CheapCanuck's Xombytes

Feeling a bit nostalgic the other night, and having just finished watching the season finale of The Sarah Connor Chronicles I decided to brush the dust off my Terminator DVD and take a trip with Arnie down memory lane.

NHL scouts have a tough job. Evaluating natural talent isn't so difficult. Even a knowledgeable fan can detect when a kid has the skills and the hockey sense to be a potential star. The tough part for the scouts is determining which of these talented kids will be able to make the transition to the NHL. In most cases they do an admirable job, but once in a while they are just dead wrong. Every now and then a kid comes along that looks like a slam dunk to enjoy a stellar NHL career, yet for whatever reason cannot take that next step when matched up against the best in the game. These are the kids that give NHL scouts nightmares, and these never-quite-made-its have the dubious distinction of having their names etched in the minds of hockey historians for all the wrong reasons. Hundreds of players have proven the scouts wrong over the years, but a few have managed to mangle their careers so horribly they deserve special mention. Without further ado here is my list of the top 10 NHL draft busts:

The Grand Theft Auto series is the very definition of the phrase Cash Cow. GTA I & II were moderately popular games, their revolutionary gameplay garnering them critical acclaim. But it wasn't until GTA III that the series really started to rake in the dough. With the arrival of the Playstation 2 and Xbox, consoles finally had the horsepower to propel the vast open ended environments of the Grand Theft Auto series into 3D. This brought the violent gameplay to life, and the series that had previously enjoyed a cult following suddenly went mainstream. Millions of copies of Grand Theft Auto III and its spin-offs flew off the shelves. The negative media and the disapproval of parents over the R-rated content of the game simply added fuel to the fire. Everyone wanted to try these games, and see what all the buzz was about.

Like him or hate him (and the majority of people reading this probably hate him) Sean Avery is a valuable player for the New York Rangers. His ability to get under the skin of opponents, combined with his scoring touch and his physical play makes him a threat in nearly any type of game. Many believe he is the main reason New York was able to dispatch Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils in the first round. However, in the second round he has been unable to make a big impact, and his team has suffered as a result. Now, down 3-0 in the series and needing every advantage they can find to dig themselves out of the deep hole they find themselves in, the Rangers were dealt a massive blow, all but eliminating the scant chance of coming back.

Rap music technically had its roots in the 1970s, with an underground music scene that slowly gained momentum in New York City. But it wasn't until the 1980s that HipHop and Rap music really caught the attention of music company executives, and was finally pushed out to the masses. Parents everywhere had a new form of music to complain about, transplanting their ire from rock and roll to rap, claiming the corruption of their previously innocent children. Perhaps they would have been justified in their criticisms if the so-called Gangsta rap that was so popular in the early 90s had been more prevalent in the early days of the genre, but as it was, most of the songs at the time were fairly innocuous. Here is my list of the top ten best songs from the "Golden Age" of rap.

These enigmatic athletes who are willing to put their body in front of a piece of frozen rubber traveling at 100 MPH are without a doubt some of the bravest athletes in the world of sports. The last line of defense, they are always the most important players on their respective teams, and on many nights they all but single-handedly win games. Here are my picks for the top ten NHL goalies to ever don the pads.

The playing field isn't exactly level when measuring the greatest wide receivers of all time. Depending upon the quality of the quarterbacks they played with, whether their team was built around the passing or the running game, or the defensive talent they faced in their era, these players accomplishments can be difficult to measure against their peers when it comes to compiling a top ten list. Still, as with all great athletes in any sport the cream always rises to the top, and the best of the best seem to rise above any adversity. Here is my top ten list of the men who've been able to dominate the sport of football at the wide receiver position.