One Tidbit and a Brain Dump

First off, Justin Gutierrez  reassigned to lower level, team to be announced later this week.  I haz sad.  But I know he'll be back.  Now Justin, go eat a lot of cheeseburgers, put some meat on those bones!

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I love this team.

I enjoy writing about this team, even if I'm not as good with words as other people I know (looking at you Spokant), I still enjoy blabbering out my thoughts.

I'm one fan with opinions and a free Blogger account.  What I say here is my opinion, my (generally) uninformed opinion.  I say uninformed because I am not in the locker room, I'm not in coaches meetings, I don't talk to scouts.  I just go off of what I see on the ice and shared thoughts with other fans.   It's also been noted before that where I sit affects what I see as well, sitting so close to the glass I don't see plays develop the same way someone sitting up higher in the stands sits.

I am well aware that players/parents/billets/team management read this site.  As readership has grown (thank you everyone!) in the last four (!!) years, I have toned down some of my thoughts, lessened the swearing, tried to be nicer, without sugar-coating anything.  I'm not out to insult or demonize any player (or personnel), not here to offend or "stir the pot" so to speak.  If players/parents/billets/etc are taking what I say as gospel then...I dunno, they should stop that LOL  As a fan I have favorite players, and not-so-favorite players (rare).  My opinions sometimes reflect that.  But again, I try not to be a total asshole, I'm aware who's reading.

The easy route is to say to anyone who doesn't like what I say to stop reading.  That is obviously easier said than done.  I'm well aware than not everyone is going to agree with everything I say, or like what I say.  But seriously, I'm one fan, not an expert on anything.

I know that Bob is very protective of the boys.  As he should be, parents turn their kids over to his safe-keeping for a large chunk of the year, large chunks of their young lives.  I find myself pretty protective too, the more players I meet I am more and more impressed with their maturity, composure, and politeness.  These are terrific young men just trying to live the dream and be successful.  I would never do write anything to jeopardize that.

And speaking of jeopardizing, I don't want to write anything that would jeopardize the relationship I've developed with the head office.  I am so very grateful they've allowed me access to information--like the above tidbit about Gutierrez--and access to players for interviews (they're coming soon, hopefully, I've been insanely busy).  Bob's no fool, he knows I'm free advertising for his team.  He and I have similar goals, at least I think so, of promoting the team we love and helping these boys be successful.  Ok, I'm not a big helper with the success, that comes from him and the coaching staff, but still.

Ok, as usual, my thoughts have turned into a rambling mess.  Enjoy your Tuesday.