Things I Care as Little About as The Kovalchuk Contract Saga

by Brad Gardner on Jul 21, 2010 9:20 AM CDT in Dallas Stars News

Last night at 10:34pm CDT I looked down at the "Tweetdeck" application open on my phone and watched the 129th "Kovalchuk contract rejected by NHL!!" tweet roll across the screen. Hours after the fact people were still writing their own little stories and wanting to "break" the news, and then something inside of me "broke". I just absolutely do not care any more.

There are plenty of good reasons to care, such as the aftermath of circumventing the salary cap, causing other players to pay more into the escrow tax (On the Forecheck) or the complete lack of respect deals like this have for the last lockout and their effect on the next possible lockout in 3 years, but I'm going to let someone else worry about that. Between Lebron James and Ilya Kovalchuk I have had it with this free agent garbage.

Here is a quick list off the top of my head of things I care as little about as Ilya Kovalchuk's contract at this point...

Sabre's fans opinions on Brett Hull's Cup clincher.
Olympic synchronized swimming
What Tom Hicks thinks of hockey in Southern Markets.
What channel Dancing with American Idols is on, or whatever they're called. Never seen them.
Who put who's "stick blade" to which poor girl first, how sloppy it was, and any other Sean Avery related matters.
Sean Avery.
NL Baseball.
Keith Olbermann.
What fans of other teams have to say about Steve Ott.
Fabian Brunnstrom's arbitration hearing.
Anything on MTV.
ESPN's coverage of Brett Favre coming back for another year or not.
9/11 ~~idiots~~ truthers
The 17th eventual Tiger Woods bimbo to go public.
Dallas Stars Ice Girls.
105.3 FM "the fan"
Winnipeg, Hamilton, and anyone else whining about getting an NHL team.

And so many more.

This guy knows a thing or two about not caring about something...

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Brad G, all I can say is, I LOVE YOU!

And thank you for making my morning.

Excellent.

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by laughs2loud on Jul 21, 2010 10:26 AM CDT reply actions

Always glad to help :)

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Jul 21, 2010 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh, and especially for having this one on the list.

What fans of other teams have to say about Steve Ott.

Love it.

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by laughs2loud on Jul 21, 2010 10:30 AM CDT reply actions

I love the list, and agree with all but one of them...

Can’t help that I care about the ice girls though, lol…

For Scrubs, I prefer the last episode when he reads the rant out of the book to JD instead. I love that show so stinking much that I bought a dog and named it Rowdy, too…

And the only show I ever watched on MTV was the Andy Milonakis show. Now that it’s gone, MTV is useless.

I don’t understand why people are surprised that this contract was rejected… it’s not really THAT big f a deal to everyone, is it?

by Tsudbury on Jul 21, 2010 10:47 AM CDT reply actions

Tsuds, why did I know you would object to the Ice Girls one? :P

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by laughs2loud on Jul 21, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions

The only thing I like about ice girls

Is watching them try to scrape the ice with the shovel by the visiting goaltenders, who half of the time will stand in the crease and the two of the will awkwardly do a dance around each other….Turco always just skated off to the corner.

It’s so awkward and so funny. You miss out on that if you’re watching at home.

Other than that, they’re superfluous, fake tanned looking bimbos who I’m sure are very nice girls, but mostly they just make the place look like a 3 ringed circus.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Jul 21, 2010 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions

My favorite was the bio about the Ice Girl who had to take a year off ice girling because it was too stressful.

Shoveling ice is hard.

by Sugaa on Jul 21, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

One of the ice girls was a teacher at my daughter's middle school.

It was so disconcerting every time I would run into her. All I could think of was, “I’ve seen your bellybutton.” Bleh. One should never have to think that about your child’s teacher.

Supporting your local ice troll, 24/7/365

by laughs2loud on Jul 21, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions

hahaha

Sorry, I just can’t help myself. Although I do agree with Brad, that they are “fake tanned looking bimbos who I’m sure are very nice girls.” I just try to weigh in the nice part with everything else. And I also agree that the pelvic thrust/booby jiggle dancing for every song needs to stop.

Shovel the ice, do promotional stuff, and that’s it.

by Tsudbury on Jul 21, 2010 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Shovel the ice, do promotional stuff, and that’s it.

They’re probably not too bad in boosting web hits, either.

At least the gals are well-regarded as one of the better … [/stoptryingtomakesenseofitall]

by cC Dallas on Jul 21, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I’m sure all those girls have Sean Avery cooties…

Here's to all us girls who love hockey...and the men who play it.

by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jul 21, 2010 12:45 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

that really was great to wake up to

and i found myself nodding along throughout. thanks for this brad.

if you get a chance, and it’s completely unhockey-related, but at least it’ll make you think and not think about how annoying this summer has been, go see inception. absolutely amazing.

by agvdstars on Jul 21, 2010 11:20 AM CDT reply actions

And

If you’re a fan of the original Predator, you must MISS Predators. Awful.

by Mike Russo on Jul 21, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions

Already planned on missing it.

Let me guess. Everyone dies but one guy and one chick. Just like every other predator/aliens movie ever made ever.

by Tsudbury on Jul 21, 2010 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Correct sir, and even Topher Grace couldn't save this one

I must say that the Aliens series kicks butt, save the hokey ending in Alien 3 and the strange human/alien hybrid “blob” in Resurrection.

by Mike Russo on Jul 21, 2010 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Topher grace doesn't really save movies

as much as ruin them.

Let’s face it…. after “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton” his career went downhill. And that movie was only good because of Kate Bosworth.

by Tsudbury on Jul 21, 2010 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Here here, my good man!

Excellent list – much funnier than the one I posted.

by Mike Russo on Jul 21, 2010 11:21 AM CDT reply actions

I feel I was disengenuous

About Fabian Brunnstrom’s arbitration hearing.

I am a little interested in it, but mainly because it’s blog fodder in a slow off-season. We need content.

But still, I think the point was made.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Jul 21, 2010 11:24 AM CDT reply actions

It's only useful for its comedic value

by Tsudbury on Jul 21, 2010 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Nice list!

Though I do care about Kovalchuk more than Twilight and Justin Bieber. But that’s about it.

Here's to all us girls who love hockey...and the men who play it.

by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jul 21, 2010 12:47 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

I don't think I know who justin beiber is

But twilight…that’s a good one. Should of though of that.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Jul 21, 2010 1:22 PM CDT reply actions

Better yet, Twilight wives

Did you hear that one? Middle-aged women leaving their husbands to become Twilight fanatics. Lunacy.

by Mike Russo on Jul 21, 2010 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions

consider yourself lucky

if you really don’t know who bieber is. Try not to find out. They play his songs over and over on the radio, and it’s all some of the women in my office talk about. Including sending e-mail forwards concerning information about him.

by Tsudbury on Jul 21, 2010 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I've heard the name on the The Ticket

But I thought they were saying “Justin Beaver”

A googling reveals that he’s some kid who very badly needs a hair cut. I think I saw him on SNL one time or something. I’ll try to avoid this…

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Jul 21, 2010 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Worse than hanson

is the only way to describe it.

by Tsudbury on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions

You're lucky ...

my daughter’s camp just taught the girls a dance routine to it. “Baby, baby, baby, ARRRRRGH!”

by cC Dallas on Jul 21, 2010 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I care about Kovalchuk more than Lindsey Lohan's prison sentence.

And whether or not she’ll get a new jumpsuit or a used one in the slammer, which is what they were talking about on CNN when I was at the gym this morning.

by Sugaa on Jul 21, 2010 1:25 PM CDT reply actions