Marcia and I usually eat tacos for dinner on Tuesday. (I couldn’t think of anything better to title the post …….. sorry.)
The Owners BS
Sorry, but this is what I think of it. The news leaked that the NHL owners will outright reject the players offer this morning. Supposedly they will have a counterproposal, but it will not be working upon what the players proposed. My feeling is that this is very shortsighted. The problem lies that the owners are treating this salary cap as the only way to keep players salaries from skyrocketting. But if they would not spend money they don’t have, then there wouldn’t be much of a problem. Sure, other teams make more money, therefore can spend more money. But the owners that are losing money are basically handicapping those that run their business really well. Actually, I should say they are cutting them off at the knees. A luxury tax would be handicapping.
It is a real shame that the owners are doing this. And they are going to find it hard to convince a judge that they have negotiated in good faith when this goes to court to be called an “impassé”. (Or at least I see it that way.)
Igor’s Farewell
I watched the last half of the farewell game. Mostly due to a scheduling snafu. Comcast has so many channels here in Philly (they are headquartered here) that it is hard to remember what ones are. So I finally stumbled upon the game half way through the second period.
It looked like everyone was having fun, but it was more than an All-Star game. It was rather competitive. It was set up so that Team Russia played Team World. Larionov was playing for the Russian team, but came out for the third period suited up for the World side. Steve Yzerman also switched to even it out, and ended up scoring two goals for the Russians. Larionov had a goal in the second for the Russians, and an assist for Team World in the third.
What was also cool (from a hockey jersey geek side of it) was that the Russian team’s jersey had the players’ names in Cyrillic (the alphabet used for the Russian language). The World team players’ names were in English. But even when Steve Yzerman switched (this was obviously planned), his name was in Cyrillic.
The End (But Maybe Not) of Physical Therapy
I had my last session of physical therapy based on the perscription from my doctor yesterday. Like always, they do an evaluation to see what the progress was. Brian, the head therapist, took the necessary measurements and informed me that I have all my range of motion back. That was news that I didn’t expect. Especially my dorsal flex motion. Though totally surprised me. I am back to over 15 degrees! I knew I was over 10, but didn’t think that much over.
The only thing I am lacking right now is strength. My right calf is still much smaller then my left, but there is noticed improvement. And some of the more demanding movements show that I still lack a lot of strength laterally. But given the doctor’s direction to remain in the brace, we have not be able to work on that, and it has not been happening naturally with walking.
Brian is sending a recommendation to the doctor that I need more physical therapy. I totally agree. Though the basic strength is there, and my range of motion is back, it still feels tight and weak. We put a figure that I am at 70% of where I should or would like to be. Hoping to be ready to play tennis again this coming summer. Even if it is just lightly moving around the court and hitting some balls around.
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