Tuesday, January 19, 2010  Rob Blake : The Interview  Bet you
never thought you'd see this one did you?!?!  Yep, the Rob Blake
interview. For real. No joke.  For those who don't know, there's
a little history here. I'm very much a 'you're with me or
against me' type guy. So, when Rob Blake resigned the captaincy
of the Kings in September 2000 it pretty much sealed his fate
with me.  From the moment he was traded to the Colorado
Avalanche the following spring, he was one of my top targets
along the visiting team tunnel.  The banter with players comes
from many places - dark places for some, respect for others.
It's a blast when you know you're inside of a guys head. For
others, it's a respectful give-and-take, back-and-forth thing.
You can 'hate' a player and still respect him - see Theo Fleury,
Mike Ricci, etc. You can also 'hate' a player to your very core
- see Craig Muni, Craig MacTavish, etc.  Then there's Rob Blake.
It's so hard to describe. On some levels you want to like him
for what he did for the org