The Calgary Flames & other sports related stuff

[JustKelli]

The Tour De France is underway and 2 stages are in the books after the team time trials yesterday and yes like the Chucks these guys have some serious pileups too ...

Jumbo-Visma trounced Ineos to victory on stage two of the Tour de France to keep Mike Teunissen in the yellow jersey but Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal picked up major chunks of time on their rivals.

Jumbo-Visma finished the 27.6km team time trial in 28 minutes 58 seconds to beat Ineos by 20 seconds, keeping the yellow jersey on the shoulders of Saturday's shock stage one winner.

Wimbledon is also going on and I'm sure I can find a paint drying and grass growing competition if I look hard enough, let me go look lmfao.

[CABJ]

It's a common thing that the players eat different foods from the Cup. Joel Edmundson's choice was poutine. I'll be honest with you, I didn't know what poutine is, so I looked it up in Wikipedia. Sounds like it's a very delicious food, although not too healthy. Do you like poutine???
The Cup sure lives an exciting life, visits a lot of interesting places and meets a bunch of new people every day. I'm sure the parties here in Europe will be phenomenal and will attract huge crowds. Especially for the Russian players.

[JustKelli]

Originally Posted by CABJ

It's a common thing that the players eat different foods from the Cup. Joel Edmundson's choice was poutine. I'll be honest with you, I didn't know what poutine is, so I looked it up in Wikipedia. Sounds like it's a very delicious food, although not too healthy. Do you like poutine???
The Cup sure lives an exciting life, visits a lot of interesting places and meets a bunch of new people every day. I'm sure the parties here in Europe will be phenomenal and will attract huge crowds. Especially for the Russian players.

Not really a fan of pig food lol, my kitten likes the gravy and clumpy cheese though! I tried a frozen processed one a week or so ago and it took 2 days to work up the bravery to nuke it and try it lol. Then again I dunk my perogyies on salsa so you are asking the wrong girl lol.

Anyway here is something I think you will enjoy. It is 10 blocks from my house in Ft Edmonton Park at a sporting store ... the second one is Johnny Boychuk.

You might also like "the keeper of the cup" website and blog. I contribute to it with articles periodically but it really is a great read

[CABJ]

Wow this is something, a huge Cup! Is that you on the first picture???
And one more question. Do you speak French???

There was a trade yesterday.

Chicago acquired Alexander Nylander from Buffalo for Henri Jokiharju.

It's surprising Bowman got rid of Jokiharju this quickly. Early last season he played 20 minutes per game and his offense was very good. I thought he'll be the defenseman of the future. Both players are very young with little experience. Nylander's dad was a Blackhawk for two and a half years and he was an important part of the team. His stats were great. Now it's his son's turn to shine in the Windy City. Hopefully he can earn a spot in the team in training camp and he makes our offense better.

[JustKelli]

Je parle assez pour ne pas m'embarrasser totalement. Mein Deutsch ist viel besser als mein Französisch.

My lawyers asked me politely to take down all or as many personal photos as is possible due to my close association with the professional sports world ... it is a family friend though.

It is a sad day in the hockey world and you may remember this name as he also played with your Hawks. Greg Johnson the former captain of the Nashville Predators died yesterday at the tender age of 48. He played in 785 NHL games during his time between 1993-2006 and took the first ever faceoff for the Preds ...

He also played with Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago.

Rest in peace dear sir and godspeed

[JustKelli]

Here are some trades of note and we may have touched on a couple but the July 1st 6 player deal between the Sens and Leafs is interesting ... the 1st on the list with Kadri is also of note. Chicago have been busy CABJ and you have something to look forward to this fall ...

JULY 1:*Colorado Avalanche acquire forward*Nazem Kadri, defenseman Calle Rosen and a third-round Draft pick in 2020 from the Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman*Tyson Barrie, forward*Alexander Kerfoot*and a sixth-round Draft pick in 2020 |*Kadri traded to Avalanche by Maple Leafs for Barrie

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JULY 1:*Buffalo Sabres acquire forward Jimmy Vesey from the New York Rangers for a third-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. |*Vesey traded to Sabres by Rangers

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JULY 1:*Ottawa Senators acquire defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, forward Connor Brown and forward Michael Carcone from Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman Ben Harpur, forward Aaron Luchuk and third-round pick in 2020 NHL Draft (previously acquired by Ottawa). |*Senators acquire Zaitsev, Brown in six-player deal with Toronto

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JUNE 30:*Anaheim Ducks acquire forward*Nicolas Deslauriers*from Montreal Canadiens for a fourth-round Draft pick in 2020 |*Canadiens trade Deslauriers to Ducks for Draft pick

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JUNE 30:*Chicago Blackhawks acquire forward*Andrew Shaw*and a seventh-round Draft pick in 2021 from Montreal Canadiens for a second- and seventh-round Draft pick in 2020 and a third-round pick in 2021 |*Shaw traded to Blackhawks by Canadiens

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JUNE 30:*Carolina Hurricanes acquire goaltender James Reimer from Florida Panthers in exchange for goaltender Scott Darling and a sixth-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft |*Reimer traded to Hurricanes by Panthers for Darling, draft pick

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JUNE 29:*Arizona Coyotes acquire forward*Phil Kessel, defenseman Dane Birks and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft from Pittsburgh Penguins for forward*Alex Galchenyuk*and defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph |*Kessel traded to Coyotes by Penguins for Galchenyuk

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JUNE 29:*Florida Panthers acquire forward Dominic Toninato from Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Jacob MacDonald |*Panthers acquire Toninato from Avalanche

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JUNE 28:*Buffalo Sabres acquire defenseman*Colin Miller*from Vegas Golden Knights for a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft and a fifth-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft. |*Miller traded to Sabres by Golden Knights

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JUNE 28:*Colorado Avalanche acquire forward*Andre Burakovsky*from Washington Capitals for minor league forward Scott Kosmachuk and second- and third-round picks in the 2020 NHL Draft |*Burakovsky traded to Avalanche by Capitals

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JUNE 27:*Carolina Hurricanes acquire forward Erik Haula from Vegas Golden Knights for forward Nicolas Roy and a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft |*Haula traded to Hurricanes by Golden Knights

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JUNE 25:*Arizona Coyotes acquire forward*Carl Soderberg*from the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman*Kevin Connautonand a third-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft |*Soderberg traded to Coyotes by Avalanche

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JUNE 24:*Chicago Blackhawks acquire defenseman*Calvin de Haan*and forward*Aleksi Saarela*from Carolina Hurricanes for goaltender*Anton Forsberg*and defenseman*Gustav Forsling*|*De Haan traded to Blackhawks by Hurricanes

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JUNE 24:*Dallas Stars acquire Ryan Hartman from Philadelphia Flyers for Tyler Pitlick |*Stars acquire Hartman*|*VIDEO: Trade analysis

[JustKelli]

The ESPYs went tonight and a full rundown tomorrow. I will discuss who took what hardware in a great sports year.

[CABJ]

Originally Posted by Smokin'34

Je parle assez pour ne pas m'embarrasser totalement. Mein Deutsch ist viel besser als mein Französisch.

I've read a few times that numerous French-Canadian players (Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, Patrice Bergeron etc.) didn't speak English at all when they have arrived to their American teams. I know Canada is a bilingual country, yet I find it incredible that in Quebec province almost nobody speaks English.

Originally Posted by Smokin'34

It is a sad day in the hockey world and you may remember this name as he also played with your Hawks. Greg Johnson the former captain of the Nashville Predators died yesterday at the tender age of 48. He played in 785 NHL games during his time between 1993-2006 and took the first ever faceoff for the Preds ...

He also played with Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago.

Rest in peace dear sir and godspeed

Yes I remember him from the Predators. And as you said, he was a former Blackhawk. It's very sad he passed away so young. Rest in peace Greg.

Originally Posted by Smokin'34

Chicago have been busy CABJ and you have something to look forward to this fall ...

I forgot to respond to this.
Our team will be much different next season. Hopefully the experienced defensemen and goaltender we have obtained so far will help reduce the allowed goals' number. Our PK was one of the worst in the league and that meant we always played catch-up hockey. And although the offense was strong, most of the times we ended up on the wrong side of the score. But the biggest problem is that the Central Division is one of the best in the league. We'll play a bunch of games against the champs, plus there's the much improved Stars, the always good Predators and the rest isn't too shabby either.

[JustKelli]

Originally Posted by CABJ

I've read a few times that numerous French-Canadian players (Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, Patrice Bergeron etc.) didn't speak English at all when they have arrived to their American teams. I know Canada is a bilingual country, yet I find it incredible that in Quebec province almost nobody speaks English.

Quebec is somewhat of an enigma but my mom taught me if I don't have anything nice to say then say nothing lol.

It isn't so much that they can't speak English it is more they choose not to ... the French signs in the province have to be bigger than the English translation by law. Tabernac lol.

If you want to hear broken English watch Slapshot lol. "Who own da Chiefs".

[JustKelli]

Here is the full ESPY breakdown and I warn you it is a long list so grab a coffee. I tweeted and texted a few winners but think I was most proud of our Canadian female golfer Brooke Henderson who was a winner ... one of our gym's mma fighters was nominated. The Raptors should have shared the best comeback but it went to a deserving team, the Blues. The Raptors might have shared the best team too but congrats to the US ladies soccer team.


The best teams, athlete and sports moments over the last year were honored at the 2019 ESPY Awards on Wednesday night.

Occurring on one of the two days where no games from any of the four major pro sports are played, the ESPYs have been a staple on the sports calendar since 1993.

Tracy Morgan hosted this year's ceremony and it was entertaining as ever.

Sporting News kept track of the winners of each award below.

2019 ESPY Award winners by category
Best Male Athlete
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Brooks Koepka, Golf
Winner: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks

Best Female Athlete
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Alex Morgan, USWNT
Mikaela Shiffrin, US Skiing
Winner: Alex Morgan, USWNT

Best Breakthrough Athlete
Saquon Barkley, New York Giants
Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
Naomi Osaka, Tennis
Winner: Saquon Barkley, New York Giants

Best Team
Boston Red Sox, MLB
Clemson Tigers, NCAA football
New England Patriots, NFL
Toronto Raptors, NBA
Baylor Bears, NCAA women's basketball
Virginia Cavaliers, NCAA men's basketball
U.S. Women's National Team, soccer
Winner: U.S. Women's National Team, soccer

Best International Men's Soccer Player
Lionel Messi, Argentina
Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
Kylian Mbappe, France
Virgil van Dijk, Netherlands
Winner: Lionel Messi, Argentina

Best International Women's Soccer Player
Pernille Harder, Denmark
Ada Hegerberg, Norway
Sam Kerr, Australia
Lucy Bronze, England
Winner: Sam Kerr, Australia

Best NFL Player
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Winner: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs

Best MLB Player
Mookie Betts, Red Sox
Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
Jacob DeGrom, New York Mets
Blake Snell, Tampa Bays Rays
Winner: Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers

Best NHL Player
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Nathan McKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Winner: Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals

Best Driver
Lewis Hamilton, F1
Steve Torrence, NHRA
Scott Dixon, Indy
Kyle Busch, NASCAR
Winner: Kyle Busch, NASCAR

Best NBA Player
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
James Harden, Houston Rockets
Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
Paul George, Oklahoma City Thunder
Winner: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks

Best WNBA Player
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
Elena Delle Donne, Washington Mystics
Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
Winner: Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm

Best Boxer
Canelo Alvarez
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Oleksandr Usyk
Terence Crawford
Winner: Canelo Alvarez

Best MMA Fighter
Israel Adesanya
Daniel Cormier
Henry Cejudo
Amanda Nunes
Winner: Daniel Cormier

Best Male Golfer
Brooks Koepka
Tiger Woods
Justin Rose
Francesco Molinari
Winner: Brooks Koepka

Best Female Golfer
Ariya Jutanugarn
Brooke Henderson
Jin-Young Ko
Sung Hyun Park
Winner: Brooke Henderson

Best Male Tennis Player
Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Winner: Roger Federer

Best Female Tennis Player
Naomi Osaka
Simona Halep
Serena Williams
Petra Kvitova
Winner: Serena Williams

Best Male Action Sports Athlete
Nyjah Houston, United States, skateboard
Scotty James, Australia, snowboard
Tom Pagès, France, freestyle motocross
Gabriel Medina, Brazil, surf
Winner: Nyjah Houston, United States, skateboard

Best Female Action Sports Athlete
Kelly Sidaru, Estonia, ski
Chloe Kim, United States, snowboard
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, New Zealand, snowboard
Stephanie Gilmore, Australia, surf
Winner: Chloe Kim, United States, snowboard

Best Jockey

Irad Ortiz Jr.Mike SmithFlorent GerouxJose Ortiz

Winner:*Mike Smith

Best Male Athlete with a Disability

Mark Barr, triathlonDeclan Farmer, hockeyDaniel Romanchuk, marathon racingOz Sanchez, cycling

Winner:*Mark Barr, triathlon

Best Female Athlete with a Disability

Oksana Masters, Nordic skiingTatyana McFadden, marathon racingShawn Morelli, cyclingAlyssa Seely triathlon

Winner:*Alyssa Seely triathlon

Best Bowler

Jason BelmonteNorm DukeAnthony SimonsenJakob Butturff

Winner:*Norm Duke

Best MLS Player

Josef Martinez, Atlanta UnitedWayne Rooney, D.C. UnitedZlatan Ibrahimovic, L.A. GalaxyAaron Long, N.Y. Red Bulls

Winner:*Zlatan Ibrahimovic, L.A. Galaxy

Best NWSL Player

Lindsay Horan, Portland ThornsAdrianna Franch, Portland ThornsSam Kerr, Chicago Red StarsAbby Erceg, North Carolina Courage

Winner:*Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars

Best Game

LSU defeats Texas A&M 74-72 in 7 OT thrillerRams defeat Chiefs 54-51 on Monday Night FootballNotre Dame defeats UConn 81-76 in Final Four

Winner:*Rams defeat Chiefs 54-51 on Monday Night Football

Best College Athlete

Kyler Murray, Oklahoma footballZion Williamson, Duke men's basketballSabrina Ionescu, Oregon women's basketballRachel Garcia, UCLA softball

Winner:*Zion Williamson, Duke men's basketball

Best Record-breaking Performance

Saints' Drew Brees becomes all-time passing leaderOregon's Sabrina Ionescu becomes all-time leader in triple-doublesWarriors' Klay Thompson sets 3-point record in a game with 14Matthew Boling sets high school track record in 100 meters

Winner:*Saints' Drew Brees becomes all-time passing leader

Best Play

Dolphins' Miami Miracle downs PatriotsKawhi Leonard's buzzer-beater ends Philly's seasonDerrick Henry's record-setting 99-yard TD runKatelyn Ohashi scores a perfect 10 in floor exercises

Winner:*Katelyn Ohashi scores a perfect 10 in floor exercises

Best Viral Sports Moment

Rudolph "Blaze" Ingram, the seven-year-old running phenomTexas A&M's Infinite Tucker dives for the goldUCLA's Katelyn Ohashi scores a perfect 10 in floor exerciseSister Mary Jo delivers a biting curveball

Winner:*UCLA's Katelyn Ohashi scores a perfect 10 in floor exercise

Best Comeback

Winner:*St. Louis Blues going from worst to first to win the Stanley Cup



From worst team in the league in January to Stanley Cup Champions

The St. Louis Blues win the ESPY for Best Comeback.

Best Upset

College Football - Old Dominion defeats No. 13 Virginia TechU.S. Open - Naomi Osaka defeats Serena WilliamsNHL - Columbus Blue Jackets sweep Tampa Bay LightningBoxing - Andy Ruiz Jr. defeats Anthony Joshua

Winner:*Boxing - Andy Ruiz Jr. defeats Anthony Joshua

Best Esports Moment (Finals)

oLarry's return to the NBA 2K League after the Jacksonville shootingNinja Fortnite win with Marshmello at E3 ProAM

Winner:*oLarry's return to the NBA 2K League after the Jacksonville shooting

​Best WWE Moment

Roman Reigns returns to WWE Raw and announces his Leukemia is in remissionBecky Lynch wins both WWE Women's Championship Titles at Wrestlemania 35Kofi Kingston wins his first WWE Heavyweight Championship Title at Wrestlemania 35Ronda Rousey defeats Alexa Bliss at Summerslam 2018 to win her first RAW Women's Championship Title

Winner:*Roman Reigns returns to WWE Raw and announces his Leukemia is in remission