I'm Jon Anderson...Bitch

Jason Hodgson will be the biggest bust of season 6...guaranteed. This aging player, who used to be one of the BHL's superstars, is on the decline. His level of play has steadily decreased over the last few seasons. Could it be time for him to hang 'em up?

After rumors surfaced of possible neck surgery on his completely oversized neck, Hodgson came out to dispel the rumors.

"Marquardt: 'I heard you had neck surgery in the off-season. Is that true?'

Hodgson: 'What kind of silly ass question is that. Everyone knows that my neck has been, and always will be healthy.'"

While in fact, Hodgson could be lying. Here's Dr. Daniel Alam's take on Jason's health. "Let's just face the facts, his neck is simply disproportionate to the rest of his body. This seems to have caused numerous problems with Jason's health, especially with the wear and tear of playing professional hockey. If you look at this close up of Jason's neck, you'll see a slight scar. This could be from surgery, or it could be a mere flesh wound, I guess we'll never really know. Although with a neck of his size, I would highly recommend the wearing of a braced neck guard for the remainder of his hockey career." Alam is one of the leading M.D.s from the American Academy of Otolaryngology.

Well, Now That That's Over...

Well it looks like the latest in league drama is over...for now. The re-re-ratings process has already begun, and should be released in the coming days. I agree with the system, but the timing could be better. Oh well, at least we will still have a league to play in.

What I'm wondering is how well the guidelines will be interpreted, comparing the way I rerated myself, to the way other people rerated themselves makes me think I was too stringent or cynical. Although, among my friends, cynicism is sort of my trademark.

This new rerating system could benefit a number of teams. First of which could be my own. Since the original reratings have been released, a lot of the lower rated players in the organization have gotten a lot more active.

I see a lot of people who were given a rating in arbitration that was deemed unfair by many, being disappointed by this process. But isn't that the point of the new system? It'll take a while to get used to seeing 75s and 80s as the new 80s and 85s, but for the sake of fairness it is well worth it.