I'll warn ya now

All season long, I'll probably put my frustration on here instead of putting them on the ahlboards.com . I always want to say something on the boards but I always get absolute backlash from the members there. People use their PMS way to much to explain their feelings. But I must speak out against their harsh words for the players of the Manchester Monarchs. I only still go on that website because to hear of transactions before they happen, meet & greets or open practice.



Paul Crosty was released from the Monarchs some few days or weeks ago. It is said that he has signed with the Detroit Red Wings but will most likely play with the Grand Rapid Griffins. I am so pissed off that people on the boards think that Crosty "took down" the team this past season & that he was the reason why we didn't make playoffs for the 1st time in 8 seasons. That is the most BS thing I have ever heard! Seriously, they really think he's the reason why we didn't make playoffs?! Yet he had been with the team for 3 seasons. He was even on the team when they went further into playoffs than they had ever gone. But he was the reason for this past season. I think the reason why they didn't make playoffs for the first time was an entire team effort. By the last couple months it seemed like the team didn't want the Calder Cup that bad. Plus I do blame it on their parent organization the LA Kings for putting in Jonathan Bernier in for almost the entire season. You can't have a goalie start 8 straight times & have him win every game. I don't even think Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins can do that. And he's fan-freaking-tastic! They played Bernier way too much. He's good but he isn't God. And putting Bernier all the time probably made the back-up goalie Danny Taylor a little depressed. And by the time Taylor was put in, the team never helped him because they always relied on Bernier. I'm not putting any blame on Bernier because he did what was asked of him & did as best as he could, but damn that kid needed more of a break than they gave him.

The reason why we didn't make 2008-2009 Calder Cup playoffs was the ENTIRE team's fault! You can't blame one guy, there's 4 other guys on the ice with you, plus a goalie. You have 20-something other guys on the team with you. It was Paul Crosty's fault that the team didn't make it.

If you want to be that stupid about this, you might as well say that David Meckler will be the reason we don't make 2009-2010 playoffs because he lost a tooth or more yesterday during practice. Seriously get real people of the ahlboards.com!