We’ve settled in to watch, on TiVo delay, the second installment of “15 To Remember”. Tonight Pookie is testing the limits of her newly discovered “lack” of superstitions; all year she swore her “What Happened To Whitey In Outer Space” t-shirt was bad luck, so she’s wearing it in defiance of the Hockey Gods, since she knows the Devils win this one. Schnookie has her doubts about this exercise, because she knows the Devils win this one, but suck while doing it.
This game was the Devils home opener, and the intro, narrated by Doc, gives us chills all over again — it’s a delightfully Doc-ish, purple prose-y Devils history montage. Awww… We’re suckers for that.
FIRST PERIOD
19:46 You know what our summer really wasn’t missing? Darcy Tucker. But now here he is. Rats.
18:44 Patty is still skating with Langer and Zajac, and he’s looking a little petulant about it.
18:02 Apparently it’s not interference when Pando gets hauled off his feet a rink away from the puck! We demand justice!
17:31 Gomer dangles a bit in the offensive zone, but ultimately can’t convert on a few shots. Pookie: “Good riddance!” (It should be mentioned that Gomer, Gio and Zach get some really nice pressure here, prompting us to wonder why they ever got broken up in the first place… oh, that’s right. The Captain was sulking. That’s why they got broken up.)
16:14 Some dude wearing 22 for the Devils staggers around at the boards looking utterly incompetent. We literally have no idea who he is, a fact that doesn’t make us wonder why this fourth line ever got broken up.
16:02 Chico and Doc discuss Paul Maurice for a bit, and in the course of their talk, Chico says of the Leafs’ chances for this year, “They’re younger, they’re faster, they’re averaging over 40 shots game…” Pookie: “How’s that going to work out for them?”
15:13 Zach gets a great shot on a slow-moving (well, it was led by Zach, so it certainly couldn’t be fast) 3-on-2 in which one of the Leafs d-men doesn’t have a stick, but Aubin gets a shoulder on it. It’s okay, Zach — those will go in against Tampa in April.
14:44 Ponikarovsky takes a hooking penalty; Chico tells us the Devils lost their last game (in Dallas) because of the ineffectiveness of the power play. Yeah, we’ll get used to it.
12:44 And, uh, that power play passed without anything of note happening. We wonder if any fan, even of a team with a really good PP, has felt good about his team with the man advantage. Back in 2001, when the Devils had the best PP in the league, we would always go, “Not the power play!” every time an opponent would go to the box. Are other fans as negative as we are, or are we just overly demanding?
11:27 We come back from commercial to see Julien at the bench; Chico tells us, “Everyone we’ve talked to has nothing but good things to say” about him. Yeah, check back in six months and we’ll see how that’s going.
11:06 Marty makes a huge-assed bang-bang pad save on Ponikarovsky, who found himself wide-open right in front of the net. If we recall correctly about this game, that will be Marty’s last good save of the night.
10:12 After some very passive “pressure” by the Zajac/Elias/Langenbrunner line, Fahey makes a valiant effort to keep things going with a nice little pinch, but Langer and Patty are trying their newest offensive look: the Soporific Press. Dudes, seriously, a little effort won’t kill you.
9:17 The Madden line takes advantage of Patty’s putting the Leafs to sleep on the previous shift. They are all over the Leafs in the offensive zone, Pando smartly jabs a puck loose from a befuddled d-man, and then Sarge tic-tac-toes a nice little play to Madden, who scores. This is, we’re told, his 200th career point. You know, when he was a second-year player, Madden made it sound like he expected to be getting to that milestone a lot faster.
8:36 Chico tells us how this is Marty’s last home opener in the CAA, and adds, while we watch replays of a reasonably nice save, that it’s “good news” that Marty is playing so well. Considering this ends 7-6, well, we guess he stops looking so good.
6:06 Sarge takes a hooking penalty while lazily dawdling through the neutral zone. We are “treated” to a shot of Tucker, and Chico says, “He’s leading the Leafs in goals. He has three. He’s the only Leaf in double figures.” We’d laugh at how stupid that is for Chico to say, but opt instead to leave it all on Tucker; he probably bragged to Chico at the morning skate that he had double-figure goals, because we all know how good at counting he is.
5:51 Marty makes a humongous save on Wellwood, getting back to cover up a previously wide-open net. How does he give up six goals in this one? Does he just suddenly forget what his job is?
4:15 Oh. That’s how he lets in six. The Devils opt to stand around with their heads up their asses while the Leafs practice some nice passing through the stationary objects dressed in red. (Oh. O’Neill got open because Pando totally lost him.) Marty decides if his PK unit is standing around, so can he. (Doc tells us O’Neill is only 29 years old. No. Way. We would have put money on him being 873.)
2:31 We come back from commercial to hear Chico breaking down what went wrong on the O’Neill goal. It was 100% Pando’s fault, and a shot of Pando on the bench looking like he’s going to be beating himself up over this for months. We would both love to have Chico write our performance reviews at work, because he tapdances expertly around actually coming out and calling Pando on the blown coverage. There’s a lot of “you can’t really say it’s any one guy’s fault, but someone has to get out and cover that man” and “well, he was Pando’s man, but sometimes, it just… uh…”
Chico’s conclusion? “Sometimes a player just makes a better play than the defender.” Pookie: “That’s right. Sometimes the other player is just better than Jay Pandolfo.” Schnookie: “Ouch.”
1:24 We get a shot of Gomer and Zach talking on the bench. It looks distinctly like they’re embroiled in a deep discussion of which goal they’re supposed to be shooting at.
0:00 Huh. First period ends 1-1. Gosh. When does this all start to go off the tracks?
SECOND PERIOD
19:23 Marty flails helplessly on a Sundin-Wellwood combo play that makes us think we know how the Leafs get those five more goals. Perhaps someone drugged his first-intermission Sprite?
18:47 Stajan banks a shot in off Marty’s legpad from behind the goal line. The replay makes it look like Zach spent that shift pinned in his defensive zone, chasing Stajan uselessly, and panting, “I say, man, sometimes the offensive player just makes a better play than the defender!”
17:37 Chico tells us Mike Peca informed him at the morning skate that a mark of the 2006-2007 Leafs is that they can, among other things, “sustain pressure”. “They can keep this up for twenty, even thirty seconds at a time!” Chico chirps. Yeah, but the rest of the game? Not so much.
16:30 John Madden should be allowed to play the Leafs 82 times a season. There is something about this team that he just hates. He cranks up a booming shot from outside, with a hapless d-man screening the launching point of the shot perfectly, and blows the puck right past Aubin.
16:11 Just as the PA announcer is launching into the call of Maddog’s goal, Stajan cranks his own, not-quite-as-good shot from up high and Marty waves in effectually at it as it sails into the net. Schnookie: “Pookie, can you rewind so I can see how that happened? I wasn’t paying attention.” Pookie: “They shot the puck and Marty didn’t want to go anywhere near it.” Doc doesn’t even have to watch the replay before declaring that a soft, shit goal.
15:22 This game is one to remember? We want to pour bleach in our eyes and all over our brains after seeing this crap. A lazy, soft tap of the puck from the boards toward the net comes as a complete surprise to Marty and his D; Kilger comes around from behind the net and just stuff the puck, completely unencumbered by defensive pressure or goaltending presence, into the net.
Julien calls a timeout and Pookie declares: “You know Marty just skated over to the bench and said, ‘Hey, Clemmer, why are you standing up? Sit back down, loser, you’re not going anywhere.’”
14:35 Paulie hesitates… and hesitates… and hesitates at the point with the puck, and Tucker finally decides to make Paulie’s decision easier and goes down to block a shot that would never have come if he hadn’t taken himself out of the play. With Tucker sprawled helplessly in front of him, Paulie launches a long shot that deflects off someone in front and scores. The goal is credited to Paulie, but we suspect it will probably be taken away from him and credited to a Devils forward, because Paulie had such an atrocious first six weeks of the season it’s hard to believe he emerged from that stretch with a goal to his credit.
11:15 Ew! What is FSN thinking, showing us a game in which Tucker scores? He beats Marty on a quick shot off a nice faceoff win against Madden by Wellwood. Even though we’ve seen this before, we are disgusted all over again.
10:09 We see a little stoppage-time footage of Patty trying to look like he cares as he drifts around the Leafs zone before a faceoff. Chico tells us again how seriously he’s taking the captaincy. Yeah, he makes sure the oyster bar in the Devils dressing room is extra-foecal.
9:17 Peca gets called for tripping Gio. Pookie: “God. Peca just gets uglier with ever passing minute. You wouldn’t even need time-lapse photography to see it happening.”
7:08 Good grief. The Leafs high man on the PK didn’t have a stick and the two pointmen still couldn’t get any shots off.
5:20 Gomer and Zach combine for a high-flying (well, as high-flying as Zach can ever be) 2-on-1 with a nifty cross-over passing play, but Zach can’t finish it. He looks crushed; Pookie: “Don’t worry, Zach. Those’ll start going in as soon as you start skating with Travis.”
The Leafs bring the puck the other way and Ponikarovsky cranks a totally unscreened shot from just inside the blue line that Marty barely waves his glove at as it beats him. Boomer: “Ladies and gentlemen, your Vezina winner.”
4:37 Peca takes a weak shot that Marty manages to stop. Sarcastic applause rains down from the meager crowd. We’re from the future, Devils fans in attendance — it’s going to get a lot worse for this team before it gets better.
3:34 We come back from commercial to something horrible we remember very clearly from the first time we saw this game: Steve Cangialosi interviewing Danny Aiello. He is apparently a “good friend” of Patty’s, even though it seems they were just introduced a week ago. We feel so squicky after listening to him try to pretend to be a Devils fan while concluding, “You know, I’m also a big Rangers fan.” Patty, stop associating with these people!
0:54 Doc and Chico are still discussing Patty’s dinner plans with Aiello. Aiello dropped the name of some Italian restaurant in Hoboken that they were planning to meet at, but Pookie’s onto them. “It’s all subterfuge. They were really going to Crazy Igor’s Foecal Oyster Shack in Weehawken.” (Meanwhile a shot from Zach ricochets off Gio’s foot and rings off the bottom of the crossbar.)
0:00 With the score at 6-3 Toronto, we are desperately trying to forget this One To Remember.
THIRD PERIOD
Boomer is discussing her duties as a member of our home county’s Master Gardeners; it seems she’s been invited to next year’s “Lavender Festival”. Pookie suggests the Lavender Festival is Jason Pominville’s favorite event of the year. (She also asks, “Where is it? Provence?”)
17:50 We are wondering how the comeback gets started here. A lackluster shot by Patty is clearly not the spark for this upcoming conflagration.
16:22 We notice we haven’t written much about this period. We also notice Doc and Chico have yet to mention anything that’s happened on the ice, so we don’t really feel bad about our lack of insight. (They are talking right now about the toys in Happy Meals. No joke.)
14:37 Several lackluster thrusts and counterthrusts up and down the ice get dubbed “free-flowing offense” by Doc. We’re not buying it.
14:17 Awww… The Devils official scorers giveth and the Devils official scorers taketh away. Paulie’s goal is now Sarge’s. Poor Paulie. So putrid. (Chico begins, “If ever there was a night to just throw pucks on net…” and Schnookie finishes, “It would be when playing against Aubin.”)
13:56 McCabe takes a penalty for something or other. We weren’t paying attention.
13:27 Raffie cranks a shot from the point and Gio tips it through Aubin. Chico says happily, during the replay, “Oh, look at Brian Gionta, battling with Hal Gill!” And if ever there was a mark on a 6’7″ man’s escutcheon, it would be being “outbattled” by the ’06-’07 Gio.
12:50 O’Neill gets called for slashing Marty after Marty covered the puck. Which answers the question about how the Devils get back into this — the Leafs can be counted on to take staggeringly stupid penalties at all the worst times.
10:50 Perhaps that was optimistic of us to think the Devils were going to score on the PP.
7:45 The Devils really look spectacularly awful here. They keep trying long passes across the neutral zone and keep getting pinned in their own zone on the ensuing turnovers. Schnookie: “God, I know they win and I’m still just [disgusted groan].” Pookie: “I know. I’m sitting here thinking, ‘There’s no way they score two in the next seven minutes.’”
6:10 As bad as they were defensively, the Devs take ineptitude to new heights in the offensive zone. Patty works an awesome buttonhook spinarama around Stajan, feeds a sweet little pass across the crease to a streaking Raffie, and Raffie shanks the shot wide.
6:04 Gill gets called for sitting on snack-sized Sarge.
5:37 The worst player in the building on this night is not, amazingly, wearing red and black. A whippy little shot on a play coming out around behind the net by Gionta finds its way through Aubin. It’s almost as if he wants to best Marty in a game of “Who Can Give Up The Softest Back-Breaking Goal?”
4:31 Pookie, through a huge yawn: “I find it shocking this Devils-Maple Leafs game from October is making me sleepy.”
3:06 The Devils rattle around their own zone, unable to get past the Leafs one-man forecheck. Schnookie: “I can’t believe this team didn’t win the Stanley Cup this year.”
2:10 Patty shows off his one burst of speed for the night. We are fairly confident he limited himself to just the one every night.
0:37 Aw. As much as they drove us crazy, this team was good for last-minute heroics on a regular basis. In this case, a smartly put-together rush by Patty turns into a nice dish from behind the goal line to Gio in front, and he bangs the puck in past Aubin to complete his natural hat trick.
0:17 Chico comments about how Patty, Gio and Gomer connected on that goal, and fans often ask him why those three aren’t on a line together all the time. His explanation? “That would just be too much.” Pookie spits, “Too much what?”
OVERTIME
3:53 We really liked how the Devils always looked like a happy team. Sure, they were sucky offensively and at times seemed like our cross to bear, but almost every shot of guys on the bench included a glimpse of at least one guy smiling. Boomer suggests it’s because they were so enjoying engaging in a drawn-out, season-long coach-kill.
2:21 The teams trade wild, high-percentage odd-man rushes that peter out because the shooters who end up with the game on their sticks are McCabe for the Leafs and Pando for the Devils. Overtime continues.
0:00 You know what we hate? Shootouts. What would have been so wrong about ending on a well-earned tie? (And why subject us to five more minutes of these two teams? What about “more Leafs-Devils bang for your buck” is marketable, NHL?)
SHOOTOUT
As Doc and Chico brag that the youngster Stajan is all psyched out going up against “one of the greatest”, Marty decides to go down basically before the whistle is even blown, giving Stajan pretty much the entire net to shoot at. He takes full advantage. Chico is unable to apologize for Marty on that one.
Patty is next, feeling the full weight of October hockey bearing down on him. He does a play we can only hope he calls “The Foecal Snail” and takes a week to skate in wide, then “deke” right into Aubin.
Sundin’s turn is next. Marty goes down early again, but Mats just rolls the puck lamely right into him.
Gio, with his so-called “Flaming Stick”, rips his shot top shelf. We find it hard to believe he had so many goals in a game this early in the season and finished up with something like five for the whole year.
Tucker seems to shoot straight at Marty’s nuts. The two of them actually exchange angry looks as Tucker skates away — what was up with that?
Sarge, going for the win… and he’s stopped.
Marty makes a really sharp glove save on Ponikarovsky.
Madden, ever Mr. Clutch against the Leafs, beats Aubin’s glove on the same move Gio used. It goes to review, but this one’s over. Pookie: “One to remember: a shootout goal that goes to review.” Yup — that, people, is excitement.
Chico’s summation is, “It would be a hard game, Doc, to pick the first star.” Pookie: “I give it to me, for watching this game twice.”
Gill gets called for sitting on snack-sized Sarge
Heeee-larious!
Pookie: “I give it to me, for watching this game twice.”
That was awesome!
The lack of Leafs love… :(
But you know, this post made me really glad we got Toskala. I mean, he totally, TOTALLY owns Aubin :D
HAHA you know -ookies, I’m still kind of shocked Jersey couldn’t score much on the Leafs’ invisible PK. I mean. I know we still had Peca and all, but..still! :P
Ugh the mention of Toskala makes me bawl all over again.
Okay okay I was meant to leave over an hour ago, who know it took me so long to get ready!?
Why oh why aren’t I getting any of these game to remember type things? This is just not fair at all. Stupid Detroit and their bothering to be distracted by their other sports instead of giving me excess hockey.
Vinny, I just can’t understand what about Aubin and Raycroft made the Leafs brass think they needed to upgrade in goal! :P
Steph, I really kind of thought, after hearing the Sabres were also doing a “[Number] To Remember”, that everyone was. But then I realized we’re not really a “Fox Sports” affiliate here, because the Devils broadcast rights are owned by the Rangers. (Does that seem at all like a conflict of interest? Because apparently the League doesn’t think it is…) So I guess we’re just lucky to have MSG as our broadcast overlords, although that really explains why they picked such crappy games. I mean, the Devils had 49 wins this season, and their 15 include something like 5 postseason games and then 10 games wherein the Devils gave up huge leads and scraped back to pick up an extra point in a shootout, or from the miserable stretch in March when we were all slaves to Marty’s maniacal desire to get to the single-season wins record. It is like the Bataan Death March of hockey season retrospectives.
And, uh, that power play passed without anything of note happening. We wonder if any fan, even of a team with a really good PP, has felt good about his team with the man advantage.
Thinking back to the Sabres ’05-’06 power play, I’m going to go with “no.” I just figured it was because Sabres fans had been conditioned by all those years of shouting, “decline the penalty!” but perhaps not. Oh well, just as good not to get used to it, as it all went to shit this past season anyway. But I’m glad fans of other teams feel the same.
You know what we hate? Shootouts. What would have been so wrong about ending on a well-earned tie?
Same here. Despite the fact that the Sabres are quite good at them. I can understand not wanting to end in a tie, but if that’s the case there should really be more overtime before the shootout.
But you know, this post made me really glad we got Toskala. I mean, he totally, TOTALLY owns Aubin :D
Call me crazy, but is it really that hard to TOTALLY own Aubin?
Meg, I’m glad to hear we’re not just overly negative about everything! I mean, we know we’re just plain negative about everything, but being overly so would be bad, right? Boomer tried to be rational about the PP expectations and pointed out that even a really good one is only scoring on average one time out of every four or five chances. But still. We’re the people who scream at the TV, “Oh dear lord no, not another power play!” right before FSN flashes a graphic saying the Devils are 10 for their last 13 PP opportunities.
As for shootouts, yeah, a little more overtime would be welcome. Or make the shootouts longer. I mean, if it must be decided by a superskills contest, at least force teams to have to dip into their benches a little. I’d like to see no fewer than five guys shooting, but think seven would be even more interesting. Interminable, yes, but the only interesting shootouts in the last two years have been the marathon ones, where teams have to tap their random third-line guys or their moderately offensive-minded d-men. It’s not at all interesting to see three-man shootouts, because everyone has three guys who are at least modestly capable of scoring in that situation.
And no, it’s really not that hard to own Aubin. I believe many small, inanimate objects own him. :P
I don’t know what’s up with me this morning but this:
And no, it’s really not that hard to own Aubin. I believe many small, inanimate objects own him.
Just makes me think dirty!
As far as Aubin, I actually like him because even though he sucks and plays for the Leafs, you’ve just got to feel sorry for the fact that not only does he suck AND he plays for the Leafs.
I’d like to see no fewer than five guys shooting, but think seven would be even more interesting.
What are you trying to do? Kill your goalie? Shootouts are like taking your nerves through the blender, no matter how good you are.
Ah, see Mags, have some faith in Marty! Dude laughs in the face of shootouts. As long as he’s the Devils’ goalie, I know the last thing I ever have to worry about is my team’s goalie’s nerves. (All of my suggestions for improving the shootout, of course, come with a huge disclaimer that I think shootouts are utterly stupid and shouldn’t be used in the first place…)
Hey, just thought I’d share with you all the joy that is being a Devils fan this free-agent season! Lou didn’t give a qualifiying sheet to Johnny Oduya, which comes as a HUGE surprise. Lou’s explanation? “There was no reason for the decision, but we will do everything we can on [Sunday] to sign him.”
Ah, see Meg, not all goalies are crackpots like Crunchy!
That was Mags, not me. I’ve got no objections to longer shootouts.
Maybe I need to add the of-affairs back to my name. To you know, prevent confusion the part of our gentle blog mistresses :P
I know! I went back and fixed my comment when I realized my mistake. Sorry! (I claim still being bleary-eyed at this early, early hour of, uh… 10:13.)
It’s just that you two look so alike to me!
I know! I went back and fixed my comment when I realized my mistake.
Haha, now I look like a crackpot quoting something that doesn’t exist. You blog mistresses with your comment-editing skillz. :D
The names do look alike–sometimes I see one of Mags’s posts and think wait a second, I’m not that funny!
Schnookie, I have all the faith in the world in Marty. Don’t worry about that. I strongly suspect that man doesn’t have any fucking nerves to begin with and that’s how he’s so laissez faire. But think of the guys who aren’t like that (well, their loss really…)
But my league likes to do what the NHL does, because they have no spine, and I don’t want to have to pick up the pieces of my shattered psyche every time we go to a shootout.
I’m just here to add a goalie’s POV to the conversation. (It may not have worked for Marty, but wth, we can keep trying ne?)
Haha, now I look like a crackpot quoting something that doesn’t exist.
I’ll just back you up here, Meg, and tell everyone I was a goofusy idiot!
Mags, I see your point about all the other goalies in the NHL (and the eventual trickle-down effect on goalies everywhere), but yeah, I’m going to be just like the competition committee and ignore you! Heh. I mean, it would work out fine for my guy, so why should I care what kind of detrimental effect my proposed rule change would have elsewhere? (And seriously, Marty seems to be utterly devoid of nerves in general. How does that work? I mean, how can he be so competitive but also so “eh, whatever!”?)
Update on the shopping cart front: I walked by the house that I dropped it off at yesterday and it was no longer there. Hourray! It is not my problem!
Congrats, Sherry, on washing the blood off your hands, so to speak!
I’m going to be just like the competition committee and ignore you!
*throws a hissy fit*
how can he be so competitive but also so “eh, whatever!”?
It’s a goalie thing. You have to remember that you’re not the only one playing, even though sometimes that’s what it feels like. If you focus on the good saves instead of the dumb goals you’re going to be a better goalie in the long run because about 50% of goaltending is mental strength. You see it in all the good guys. Takes years to master. But it’s how they sleep at night and if they’re laissez faire about a stupid goal once in a while, just to keep their brain together, I’m ok with that.
I think I just came up with why I love hockey…
Personally, I think shootouts are stupid. One on One is for Penalty shots. I like old school hockey and 4 OT before a game is won. That is when you see which team wants it more.
Yup….again, I wake up, make one little comment….and kill the thread.
Aw, a.oil — it’s not you! It’s just a lazy Friday morning before the free agency floodgates open. We’re saving ourselves! (At least that’s what I’m telling myself as I keep nodding off here at my desk…)
Oil, my goalie rant would’ve totally killed to comments if it wasn’t for you. Don’t sweat it. We wuv you really.
It’s just a lazy Friday morning before the free agency floodgates open. We’re saving ourselves!
This might be the first time I’ve been paying such close attention to the FA season, so I don’t know how things usually play out. Is today going to be a big day?
Schnookie, did you see the absolute CRAP the boys gave Mags and I yesterday for our 3?
Schnookie, did you see the absolute CRAP the boys gave Mags and I yesterday for our 3?
Yeah! I got EMERY! They have no decency them boys.
Actually, Jordi gave me Emery too. But she was just being intentionally nasty. Earl and Andrew were just clueless :P
Those were some cruel playings-out for you ladies in the “3 Players” game yesterday! I was sorry to be offline during the hilarity!
Grace, I’ll say that no, nothing interesting is going to happen on the FA front until Sunday. Unless you consider thousands of fans tying themselves over and over into more and more complicated knots “interesting”, of course! (I am trying to ignore, right now, the sinking feeling I’m getting that Lou has no idea what he’s doing. His over-arcing career track record suggests his lack of an offer sheet for Oduya is a savvy move, but he’s made some real head-scratcher decisions the last two years, so I’m wondering if the current CBA is just beyond his ken or something.)
Grace, I’ll say that no, nothing interesting is going to happen on the FA front until Sunday. Unless you consider thousands of fans tying themselves over and over into more and more complicated knots “interesting”, of course!
And this is why I’m refusing to read hockey news until Sunday. I figure if anything earth shattering happens I’ll hear about it here, and otherwise I’m just going to stick largely to non-hockey stuff.
But Meg — you don’t want to check up on Eklund every 15 seconds for all the latest lies and innuendo? :P
Hey! Emery seems like he’d be a fun dude to party with, don’t knock on my goalie!
Sherry, I’m sorry. I hate him on principle. And I wouldn’t want to sleep with him, or marry him even if I didn’t hate him.
Thanks, Schnookie. I think I’ll follow Meg’s example.
And btw, P&S and Meg, your volunteering to participate in IPB’s Fantasy Hockey League has been duly noted. I’ve made a note of the interested parties and will start organizing something in September. (And anyone else who’d like to play is, of course, welcome to join!)
Um. I think we will leave that up to you.
And I wouldn’t want to sleep with him, or marry him even if I didn’t hate him.
Well, neither would I…come to think of it. Emery, while I love the guy doesn’t exactly conjure up images of ‘Good Husband Material’.
But Meg — you don’t want to check up on Eklund every 15 seconds for all the latest lies and innuendo? :P
I weaned myself off Eklund rather successfully earlier in the season. Garth’s grammar wasn’t good for my blood pressure.
This might be the first time I’ve been paying such close attention to the FA season, so I don’t know how things usually play out. Is today going to be a big day?
You never know, though. For the Ducks, two future hall-of-famers could call it a career any day now. Or not.
In that sense, for one team at least it’s another day worth paying attention to.
Sorry Earl, but Andrew wanted SMD with women.
They are:
Paris
Lindsay
Nicole
He said that it was only fair that you go these three as well.
Here you go.
Wow. Whichever one you choose to sleep with, for the sake of your five-hole use protection.
Earl, I caught this TSN article wherein Teemu’s (and Kariya’s and Foppa’s) agent makes a few comments about each of the FA’s situations. He seems to think Teemu’s not likely to make his decision soon. Dunno about Niedermayer, of course.
Emery, while I love the guy doesn’t exactly conjure up images of ‘Good Husband Material’.
Is it because you would send him out for diapers, and he would come home with a chartreuse suit instead?
He seems to think Teemu’s not likely to make his decision soon.
Isn’t it great when they wait until all the free agents have been signed and the trades made before they decide they’re going to retire?
Is it because you would send him out for diapers, and he would come home with a chartreuse suit instead?
*gigglesnort*
That would be one reason for me. Along with many others.
Ah, see Meg, not all goalies are crackpots like Crunchy!
Hey now. Crunchy may be a crackpot but he’s an awesome shootout/breakaway goalie. The kid doesn’t flinch and doesn’t budge until the shooter moves. Even though it goes against everything about being a Buffalo fan, I always go into shootouts feeling like we totally have the game in the bag. When someone scores on Crunchy in those situations – it does happen occasionally – I’m literally stunned into silence for a long moment. With Crunchy/Briere and Kotalik, I think Buffalo was one of the best shootout teams in the league.
And I will say, I was also quite excited about the 05-06 PP but maybe I’m overestimating how I felt in retrospect based on how godawful I felt about the PP this past season.
But Meg — you don’t want to check up on Eklund every 15 seconds for all the latest lies and innuendo? :P
Hey gang. So I just got to work right….I’m all happy because it’s Friday, I listened to the Aquabats on my commute, basically full of mirth and joy. I log onto IPB and immediately read this post from last night’s thread:
“I think Andrew can attest. That was a kick in the nuts for the good ol’ Sharks. Bobby Lang even, if I remember correctly. Then Schneider somewhere deep in OT.”
Now I am both sad and disgusted at the same time. Thanks Earl! I appreciate it, ya jerk!
I hope Pronger sleeps with Giguere’s wife! Take that!
oh yeah, good morning everyone!
Is it because you would send him out for diapers, and he would come home with a chartreuse suit instead?
AHAHA, one of many. Were I not married to him, I would almost find that endearing. Or it would be this:
Me: Honey, can you feed the baby?
Ray: Sorry, busy feeding the snake.
I hope Pronger sleeps with Giguere’s wife! Take that!
!!!
I’m so stunned all my tags went to hell there. Let’s try again.
I hope Pronger sleeps with Giguere’s wife! Take that!
!!!
I hope Pronger sleeps with Giguere’s wife! Take that!
Well, I say! The gloves are off now.
Isn’t it great when they wait until all the free agents have been signed and the trades made before they decide they’re going to retire?
Yeah, Teemu’s salary would make it possible to go after one of this year’s forwards. But I’m too distracted by a secret “What-if-Kariya-Goes-Back-to-Anaheim” dream scenario. I’m trying not to acknowledge it, but it’s a persistent little bugger.
Stupid Robert Lang. He seriously crushed me (and the Sharks playoff hopes) with that goal. Later on I realized, that’s how Ranger fans felt on Drury’s 7.7 sec. goal in game 5. That was different though, because Ranger fans deserved it.
Heather, I completely agree that Crunchy asserted himself as one of the preeminent shootout goalies last year. I had only pulled him out as the exemplar nutjob goalie because I’d mistakenly thought Meg was the one who’d stepped up in defense of goalies’ nerves everywhere when I proposed a longer shootout format. What made me think something that was so obviously something Mags would say came from Meg (especially since it clearly said “Mags” was the commentor), I have no idea. I blame the Devils game I sat through last night! But going back to Crunchy, I absolutely adore how he’s one of the tightest-wound young goalies in the game (the NYT ran a great article this spring about how sane goalies are these days, and Crunchy was kind of the notably absent name in their list of examples of how many good netminders in the NHL are rational, normal human beings), yet he seems utterly unflappable when he gets to shootouts. It’s probably a surprising, positive side-effect of him having to backstop a team that thinks giving up odd-man rushes at every opportunity is a great defensive gameplan; when he gets into a shootout he at least knows what’s coming and has control over it. And facing a breakaway has always got to be better than facing, say, a 3-on-none.
Isn’t it great when they wait until all the free agents have been signed and the trades made before they decide they’re going to retire?
Sorry, I’m distracted this morning with a Niedermayer number post I didn’t finish last night, but I will say this. I thought I would care about retiring or not retiring by July 1st, but when I thought about it some more, I realized I don’t care about that deadline. Retirements or no, I really don’t want Burke throwing money around July 1st–usually when you land a UFA on that day, it means you’ve overspent and overcommitted.
Nah, I’m happy if they take their time and make the right decision (which, incidentally, is not retiring).
Okay, after putting in 10 hours at the office yesterday, I’m cutting out a bit early (even by Summer Friday standards) to go get my passport picture taken. Meaning, my hair’s got a date with an eggbeater! See you all again soon.
Nah, I’m happy if they take their time and make the right decision (which, incidentally, is not retiring).
Ditto to that. Man, when work/real life intrudes, you miss shopping cart drama and people being thrown off cliffs.
Nah, I’m happy if they take their time and make the right decision (which, incidentally, is not retiring).
Amen.
With all this talk about the cap going up to near $50M this year, I was wondering–what was the average team salary before the cap?
Meaning, my hair’s got a date with an eggbeater!
Sounds hot. Have fun Schnookie! We’ll hold down the fort while you’re gone.
I’m going to grab some lunch before my on-air. Last call for song requests for the show this afternoon!
Meaning, my hair’s got a date with an eggbeater!
Make sure to listen to the photographer this time! : ) See you later, Schnookie!
I would request something Sherry, but my work computer doesn’t like your show! Just play a bunch of good stuff (I know you will!) and I’ll be satisfied.
Comfortable by John Mayer Sherry! THANK YOU I LOVE YOU.
O or Your Body is a Wonderland by the same artist. Your call.
I really hope Teemu doesn’t retire. I like him. Play forever Teemu!
Sherry, am I displaying poor taste by requesting “Welcome Home” by Coheed and Cambria? It’s been stuck in my head since last night.
But going back to Crunchy, I absolutely adore how he’s one of the tightest-wound young goalies in the game yet he seems utterly unflappable when he gets to shootouts.
Okay, then. We’re good.
It really is crazy though how he can be so calm about shootouts, especially since he was a pretty fragile little guy when he first came up. I’m sure it is partially the Sabres style of play. This is where my husband would point out that people who judge Crunchy by his GAA/total goals are doing him a disservice because he plays behind such an offensive-minded defense and gets hung out to dry so much. “Put Emery in there and his GAA would be 5 or 6!”
He does get beat up a little because of the Sabres risky defensive game. But you’re right Heather, anyone else would have a much higher GAA in his shoes.
Which is why I would personally like to see Buffalo pick up a couple of big, strong, stay-at-home defensemen. At least one would be nice.
With all this talk about the cap going up to near $50M this year, I was wondering–what was the average team salary before the cap?
I don’t know, but it was nowhere near $50M. I can tell you that to spend up to the cap last season, the Sabres spend the most money they’d ever spent in their history.
So this is totally out of the blue, but what with you guys discussing logos a while back, here are some real slugs.
http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/grad/weaver/Pages/project.html
andrew, I could go along with that. I’d love to have either one stay-at-home defensive pairing or a more defensive partner for Campbell and/or Spacek.
Mags – I’ll play ‘Comfortable’ because I’ve heard the other song more times than I can count!
Grace – I’m not a fan of the band, but I’ll play it for you anyways if I can find their disc, haha.
Well, now that I’ve seen a banana slug penis, I think I can safely say that my life is complete.
Thanks for that one Zot o.O
Sherry, merci :)
Mags, unfortunately we don’t have the John Mayer disc with “Comfortable” on it. Would you like to hear another track?
Ermmmm. Which cd’s do you have?
Haha, name it and I’ll try to find it. The only John Mayer stuff we have is the John Mayer Trio.
You’re welcome, Mags. I just like sharing my school’s mascot with everyone. ;)
You know who I think gets a bad rap? Mike Rathje, I know he’s not the fastest guy in the league, but he’s been playing through some big injuries on a shitty team. If he got healthy I wouldn’t mind seeing him play for Buffalo. He’s a defensive defenseman and I think he’s due for a revival.
Hey everyone! I’m having the day from hell here. Hell, I tells ya! Some dude just walked in and asked for a guest card to use the public internet terminals. When my coworker sweetly asked if he had a library card with us, the guy spat out, “No, and I hope never to have to come back here ever again!” I had to stop myself from saying, “Amen, brother, amen.”
As for bringing up the Death is Not Option Andrew/Earl Edition, I wasn’t crazy about the trashy options there were given last night, since Schnookie was given 3 relatively appealing subjects. So in the spirit of fairness, I present to Andrew these options:
Angelina Jolie
Grace Kelly
Helen of Troy
Now is this Helen of Troy as portrayed in the movie, or Helen of Troy as however people imagine her to be?
Grace Kelly reminds me of how my mom used to tell me people always said she looked like Grace Kelly when she was young. Were Grace Kelly short and Chinese, I guess.
Now is this Helen of Troy as portrayed in the movie, or Helen of Troy as however people imagine her to be?
Not the movie version; the epic version of her.
That’s awesome that your mom bragged about looking like Grace Kelly when she was young! I had this Latin teacher in 8th grade who was the biggest dork I’ve ever met. He once bragged to us that when he puts on dark sunglasses people in parking lots mistake him for George Michael. He, uh, didn’t look anything like George Michael.
Sherry, doesn’t matter :) I’ll come up with something next week :)
Well. We’re being very nice to Earl and Andrew. I suppose they deserve is after we stuck em with the sisterhood of the traveling skank.
Why thank you Pookie! I thought Earl and I were just going to have to live with those lousy choices. You’re too kind.
I’m thinking I’d sleep with Helen of Troy. Supposedly the most beautiful woman who ever lived, I can deal with that. Plus I’ve found that (usually) the hotter the woman, the less intelligent/interesting she is. Of course that’s a mean spirirted generalization, but hey, I ain’t marrying a girl just for looks!
I’d marry Grace Kelly for sure. She’s smart, sophisticated, and beautiful. Plus she’s royalty to boot! Just like when I married Joe Thornton, I’d be playing the role of arm candy.
That means Angelina gets the boot. But not to worry, I’ll make sure her 327 adopted kids get put in nice homes.
Grace – I’m not a fan of the band, but I’ll play it for you anyways if I can find their disc, haha.
(backpedaling like crazy) Sherry, I’m not a fan of the band, either, but it just got stuck yesterday while I was strumming a plastic guitar. : )
Grace, I was strumming a plastic guitar too! For quite awhile. I think last night was the only time I passed ‘Woman’ by Wolfmother on Hard. I’ve found the disc, but I will have to mute the expletives, haha.
He, uh, didn’t look anything like George Michael.
That’s hilarious. Although I don’t know anybody who would willingly want to look like George Michael these days.
You’re welcome, Andrew! I think you made the right choices there. And I like that Joe Thornton sort of just got compared to Grace Kelly. I bet that doesn’t happen often.
OK, I half-assed my way through my Niedermayer post. There’s lots of numbers there, but as usual, probably the best thing is the graphic.
So now that I’m somewhat freed up, how’s everyone’s Friday? Excrutiatingly long?
That’s hilarious. Although I don’t know anybody who would willingly want to look like George Michael these days.
Well, this was when I was in middle school, which was a looong time ago. But I think George Michael was already well on his way out of the cookness.
I leave work in 19 minutes, so my Friday’s going ok.
I’m actually here when other people are, I’m pretty excited.
Glad you could join us, icing. I’m a newbie, by the way. :)
Earl, we got new choices for the game today. Pookie felt bad that we were getting lousy picks yesterday.
I was so excited at the prospect of getting to pick women who couldn’t give you the clap just by standing next to you.
Andrew, I saw, but if I’m playing, I demand a new trio to choose from. Not just because of sloppy seconds, mind you, but really, it’s difficult not to just go with Andrew’s choices all over again.
I hear ya. That Joe Thornton certainly is irresistible.
Andrew, I saw, but if I’m playing, I demand a new trio to choose from. Not just because of sloppy seconds, mind you, but really, it’s difficult not to just go with Andrew’s choices all over again.
Earl, first off, LOVE the graphic! I am now imaging Neider writing letter to network executives demanding the words “bra” and “family jewels” never be uttered on television again.
As for a second list, let me think…
Famke Janssen
Gisele Bundchen
Scarlett from GI Joe
I was so excited at the prospect of getting to pick women who couldn’t give you the clap just by standing next to you.
Nice one.
Andrew & Earl on quite the roll…
Hi zot, thanks. I do recall seeing your name as I zipped through 7 billion 642 million and 87 comments the other day.
Sorry for the lameness of that list, but I’m drawing a total blank. For some reason I could only think of Audrey Hepburn and Julia Roberts, two women I distinctly remember my father telling me only other women found attractive.
Thanks iciing, we aim to please.
Hi zot! Welcome to the party.
Pookie, that list was so not lame! Scarlett from GI Joe?! That had me cracking up!
Here’s one for you Earl:
Rhea Pearlman (in her prime)
Amelia Earhart
The Little Mermaid
Haha, I was going to suggest “famous” hockey wives/spouses such as Elisha Cuthbert, Rachel Hunter, Carol…something and whoever that red head Souray is with.
How about Scarlett Johansson instead of the one from GI Joe?
Carol Alt
Hi zot! Welcome to the party.
Zot, now that I think of it, I think I was stuck doing work when you first popped up to say hi, so I never formally said, “Welcome to IPB!” Yay! Remember if you’re confused about any of the crazy stuff floating around here, you can always check the glossary to see if it’s explained. If not, just ask us what the heck we’re talking about. And on that note, lunch is over, it’s back to work for me, on this, the most excurtiating day of work in a loooong time.
Aww, I think my comment got eaten.
For some reason I could only think of Audrey Hepburn and Julia Roberts, two women I distinctly remember my father telling me only other women found attractive.
Now that I think about it, it’s kinda true.
And I’m off to the library to go make some librarian who is not Pookie’s day difficult.
And thanks for the welcome, Andrew and Pookie! I like being welcomed multiple times. :P
Katebits, you’ve got a mildly warped mind. I like it!
zot, call me old fashioned, but Audrey Hepburn is hott with two t’s. yum!
andrew, “mildly warped” is kind of a perfect description of me. You know, crazy, but mostly harmless.
Mildly warped, my ass! You’re totally warped and I love it Katebits – I was LMAO at a bunch of your stuff when I went through the comments.
Sorry, I promised to play but then I also bothered to answer my damn phone.
Famke Janssen
Gisele Bundchen
Scarlett from GI Joe
OK, OK. First, I would sleep with Gisele. Why not marry her? I dunno, I get jealous?
Marry Scarlett. I certainly like the stability that employment in G.I. Joe provides, and I think the vehicles in the driveway are great incentive.
Throw Famke off a cliff, but then sleep with her later as the Phoenix.
Umm, another one coming, I guess.
And I’m off to the library to go make some librarian who is not Pookie’s day difficult.
My recomendation is to walk in and say, “I need that picture of PJ” and then give no further information. They’ll love it! (And don’t forget to ask “Why do you not have Danielle Steele on VHS?”!)
This 3 hockey player game thing seems quite intriguing, first time I’ve come across it is here at IPB. Perhaps I’ve been living in a cave.
Salary cap is going up y’all!
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212226&hubname=nhl
to $50.3 million
Here’s one for you Earl:
Rhea Pearlman (in her prime)
Amelia Earhart
The Little Mermaid
Rhea Pearlman gets the cliff. That’s easy.
The other two are trickier. Provided Ariel is humanoid and can’t speak, I’d marry her. If she was in fish-form and singing, though, I’d have to sleep with her and marry Earheart.
When Earheart disappears off the face of the planet, then I’d probably make a deal with Ursula to get my own fishtail, and resume my under-the-sea affair.
“Throw Famke off a cliff, but then sleep with her later as the Phoenix.”
holy crap. THAT is funny.
Any other X-Men fans in here? hello? anyone?
The other night I watched a show on the NHL network, Inside the NHL (?) I think it was called. Featuring guess who, Getzy’s teeth driving the Hummer to the Ponda & Sid’s caboose hanging out at the All-star game (and some other young players but whatever). Oh! It also featured a small clip of Bryz. I did a lot of grinning and toasters dominated my thinking.
andrew, nothing wrong with old-fashioned. :) I grew up on a steady diet of black-and-white movies and those old musical films, as well as a healthy does of Audrey and Grace.
Any other X-Men fans in here? hello? anyone?
Me! I’m all about the old-school cartoon from the ’90s though. The movies were kind of disappointing which is why I haven’t seen X-3 yet.
Any other X-Men fans in here? hello? anyone?
Yes, if you aren’t talking exclusively about the movies. Although I’m technically more of a fan of the DC Universe, I really liked the X-Men because there were so many cool females to choose from.
there were so many cool females to choose from.
Kind of like IPB :)
Mildly warped, my ass!
Uh-oh, icing is on to me!
there were so many cool females to choose from.
It’s true! They had so many awesome female characters to choose from.
When my friends and I didn’t want to go to Sunday school we ran around the church pretending we were the X-Men. I was always Rogue. Just ’cause, haha.
Oh and there’s this. http://www.marvelscienceexhibition.com/
I didn’t actually get to see it when it was in town, but my sister got me an X-Men poster. Also, there’s a book called “The Physics of Superheroes”, if you wanted some summer reading.
DUDE! That’s awesome!
Okay, I’m on in uh…4 minutes. Gotta go! Hope you guys are listening!
That’s cook! I wouldn’t have guessed there would be a lot of comic book fans at IPB. Just goes to show…
I’m all about the old-school cartoon from the ’90s though.
Me too! And the Batman cartoons and Gargoyles and Beast Wars and probably a bunch of others. I even made a cd with theme songs from cartoons and old shows like Hawaii 5-0 and A-Team. Sherry, one of these days, you should just have a theme song day for your show.
I was always Rogue. Just ’cause, haha.
I think I was usually Storm. :P
Oh, I love the X-Men (more for the comics than the movies). The movies are entertaining enough, but I keep letting the purist in me get angry.
“What do you mean Iceman’s a kid and we’re introducing Beast and Angel? Don’t they know that these were three of the five original X-Men?”
Also the fact that they keep neglecting to include my favorite (Gambit) is a little troubling, but at least they haven’t killed him off yet.
but at least they haven’t killed him off yet
You mean like you killed the thread?
You mean like you killed the thread?
That hurts, icing. Hurts a lot. Plus I’m pretty sure I have a comment somewhere in Senor Spam, but he refuses to let me through.
I stopped reading comics a long time ago, but I still love ‘em. It’s hard to get into any comic-turned-movie when you’re a fanboy. I find myself getting riled up sometimes too, but you just have to let it go.
Hey, all — I’m back from taking the shiniest passport picture ever! (In case you were wondering how it went. And no, I didn’t check the mirror before the picture was taken, because, you know, it’s tradition). I just cleared out Senor Spam and direct you all to comment 112, wherein Earl answered the Rhea Pearlman 3.
That hurts, icing. Hurts a lot.
Oh boo hoo, 5 minutes without a “comment that made X laugh the hardest”, poor Earl ;
Senor Spam
I picture this dude with a very Parros-y mustache. Cackling and stroking his mustache, then rubbing his hands together delightly as he steals yet another IPB comment.
Oh, and I read, like, four X-Men comics when I was, like, 14. I loved them, but they were my brother’s so I had to pretend I thought they were stupid. And that’s my story.
I picture this dude with a very Parros-y mustache. Cackling and stroking his mustache, then rubbing his hands together delightly as he steals yet another IPB comment.
Don’t forget his giant sombrero, cigarillo and Rangers-and-Flyers-colored poncho!
Thanks, Sherry!
Thanks Schnookie – I knew I was forgetting something!
GRRRR….one of these days, me and Senor Spam are gonna throw down. I don’t like him and he don’t like me.
I can’t believe you Grace — requesting filthy songs! Tsk tsk!
Don’t forget his giant sombrero, cigarillo and Rangers-and-Flyers-colored poncho!
For no really good reason other than his IPB employment, he also wears a monacle, I think.
I can’t believe you Grace — requesting filthy songs! Tsk tsk!
I swear, Schnookie, I’d never heard of this group before yesterday! My iTunes is mostly classical and random.
Sherry–nice muting job!
Oh, andrew, I thought you and Senor Spam made up after getting over your initial comcast issues!
And because there hasn’t been enough porn in today’s comment thread, when I went in there to clean Senor Spam out, there was one comment from Earl and 14 featuring links to what I think was Pokemon porn. The fuck? (I thought I’d drop in the f-word in there right at the same time Sherry jumped on the mute button on Grace’s filthy, filthy song…)
Rhea Pearlman gets the cliff. That’s easy.
The other two are trickier. Provided Ariel is humanoid and can’t speak, I’d marry her. If she was in fish-form and singing, though, I’d have to sleep with her and marry Earheart.
You know, I thought that maybe the logistical complications of possibly being married to a singing fish might open the door a little bit for Carla. I should have known you’d go for a cartoon mermaid, Earl! Silly, Katebits.
there was one comment from Earl and 14 featuring links to what I think was Pokemon porn.
Thanks for not telling them that all 15 were from me. I knew you’d pick the right one to allow through!
For no really good reason other than his IPB employment, he also wears a monacle, I think.
I should think IPB employment is a really good reason for a monocle. I know I wear one when I’m logged in.
Hello all finally made it to work. Got stuck at the post office trying to get registered mail. Proving that I am me.
Yeah, it is good day.
Thanks for not telling them that all 15 were from me. I knew you’d pick the right one to allow through!
It’s our little secret.
Um, Rhea Pearlman had good years? Seriously?
I saw an old episode of Cheers the other day, and I kind of liked her. At least she can breathe on dry land.
Good yes, shaggable or weddable??? Nope, not really.
“I’d marry her. If she was in fish-form and singing…”
Reminds me of the episode of Futurama when they discover the lost city of Atlanta and Fry marries the mermaid. Then leaves her when he discovers sex is not going to work. “Why couldn’t she be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish half on top and the lady half on bottom?”
Schnookie, I will never forgive Senor Spam. Our feud continues!
I should think IPB employment is a really good reason for a monocle. I know I wear one when I’m logged in.
I don’t think monocle-wearing needs a good reason.
I just saw that episode like two days ago!
“I don’t think monocle-wearing needs a good reason.”
zot, you’re going to fit in just fine around here.
I wear my monocle just so when Earl asks me to wish his document good luck I can break it in indignant surprise and then gasp, “I say, that’s the third monocle I’ve broken this week!”
zot, you’re going to fit in just fine around here.
Andrew what is the requirement to fit in here? Be more screwed up then next person…..
YEAH….Shout OUT!!
I will never forgive Senor Spam. Our feud continues!
Senor Spam is happy to hear it — there’s nothing he relishes more than a good, long-standing feud.
Yes, zot’s approach to monocles definitely demonstrates a natural IPB mentality. Good to see it!
Hey -ookies, do you wear top hats and spats, too?
Andrew what is the requirement to fit in here?
I think the willingness to throw Marty Brodeur (in the face of more marriable or shaggable prospects) off a cliff seems to be a rather common element.
Why, of course we wear top hats and spats!
(We are supremely dorky and actually just received in the mail our customized hoodies from Neighborhoodies. Yup. They say “POOKIE” and “SCHNOOKIE”. So now you’ll know us if you run into us on the street…)
I think the willingness to throw Marty Brodeur (in the face of more marriable or shaggable prospects) off a cliff seems to be a rather common element.
Crap. I am out then.
I am back….let the thread killing begin.
I’ll rescue the thread from you Oil!
how’d the salon day go AO?
Oh Sandra, please don’t brnig up the salon. You might make Oil cry. Seriously
Why, of course we wear top hats and spats!
Excellent! Do you know Bustopher Jones? And what is this Neighborhoodies you speak of?
crap…i’m sorry… really
I can safely say both my eyebrows are intact and non-Crunchy like. Which is a fucking miracle. I almost had a full ride Monocle Scholorship.
What’s a spat?
Amy.. .a fight… or… http://www.flappercostumes.com/accessories_gangster_spats.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spats
We hang out with Bustopher Jones all the time! (Ahhh… you’re taking me back to being 7 and being totally obsessed with “Cats”…)
Neighborhoodies happens to be your source for only the coolest in customized hoodies!
Thanks for the definitions.
I’m off to an hour long procedure meeting. Who’s bright idea was it to hold a meeting on a Friday afternoon?
ick. Friday meetings are the worst!
Can I tell everyone? I’m so excited because I get to take off 2 hours early today! Woo Hoo! It’s only because I put in 10 hours driving all over the sonofabitch bay area on Tuesday. The gov’t don’t pay OT, so instead I get to leave early. Works for me.
I will be bailing out of here early as well. PP has a big BBQ at the park where the hockey kids gather to play Street Hockey. End of the school year celebration.
Oil, I think you and I teamed up for a super-tandem-thread-kill on that one.
Good work, team!
I just had to finish a compliance test online… weehaa… Long weekend in Canada – looking forward to it too!
I hope Amy has a great time at her meeting (we don’t have friday meetings during the summer at my company, because everyone works their summer hours differently. Which means everyone ends up spending all day M-Th in meetings, which blows…), a.oil and PP have a great time at the BBQ (less OMGWTF), and andrew enjoys reveling in going home 2 hours early!
For some reason I could only think of Audrey Hepburn and Julia Roberts, two women I distinctly remember my father telling me only other women found attractive.
Hmmm… I don’t find either to be particularly attractive so I’m now questioning where I fit in in the world.
We’re comic geeks at my house and yes, how the hecks do you make an X-Men movie without Gambit? Also, Batman: The Animated Series? Best cartoon that ever has been and ever will be.
Wow, Sandra — compliance tests! What a fun and sexy time for you!
Heather, Batman: The Animated Series does rock. I’m with you on Julia Roberts, she’s….meh. But c’mon, Audrey? I’ll say it again. Hott. Two t’s.
So. This is my friday. My Charter company calls for flights for tomorrow morning and says……well…..”we wont fly until you pay us.” We contacted them at the beginning of the week and gave them the California office information and said they needed to contact them (that was on Monday).
Shockingly now, the California office is closed and the Charter company is like, well can’t you just give us your credit card number to run this weekends charges………???
Hm….hold on….nope……$15k just isn’t available on my debit card…….UGH!!
I love old movies and a lot of old stars – if Gene Kelly walked into my apartment right now and asked me to run away with him I’d leave my husband a note on the fridge – but I’ve never seen Audrey Hepburn’s appeal as an icon, a beauty, or an actress.
I think Katherine Hepburn is the most stunning. However that is probably because I am so in awe of her powerful personality.
Hey, it’s all good. You don’t have to like her!
Personally I think Futurama is the greatest cartoon ever created. Yup, better than Batman. There I said it!
We still have our mutual love for the Sabres.
andrew, this is the internet! We have to yell and browbeat each other until we agree!
I’ve never seen an entire episode of Futurama.
I agree with you, andrew. Audrey Hepburn is hott with two T’s. I never really did understand why our dad didn’t think so, but, as Boomer would say, I guess that’s what makes a horse race. Heather, we grew up on old movies, and still would, if stripped of all hockey, probably be able to get by with only TCM on our satellite. I am such a little old biddy, the way I’m like, “Who’s a handsome actor in Hollywood? Well, you’ve got your Gary Cooper, your Cary Grant, your Tyrone Power…”
Oil, Katharine Hepburn is awesome. Philadelphia Story is one of my favorite movies. Doesn’t hurt that Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart are in it. :)
Ok….there is no way Cary Grant is going off the cliff….no matter WHO were the other 2.
Even if Gary Cooper was one of the other two?
ooooh
yes that would make the 3 be flying off the cliff……
Scnookie, I blame my mom for the fact that my first celebrity loves were Gene Kelly, Cary Grant, and Ricky Nelson. I was a total oddball in my age group.
If we’re talking Katharine Hepburn, I have to go with Bringing Up Baby. It’s not the fierce, fiery Katharine, but man, I love that movie.
That’s the funny thing, I don’t really get into old movies. with one exception…..I’m a sucker for classic horror, I love the old black and white Universal films and such. Anywho, the first time I saw Hepburn in a film was ‘Wait Until Dark’, an old thriller from the 60′s. I was hooked!
and Heather, I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage about arguing on the internet. I won’t quote it here as we’ve had our talks about saying things like ‘retard’.
damnit! I said it anyways!
I love the fierce, fiery Katherine…….mostly because someday when I grow up I want to be as amazing as her.
Our movie tastes were warped by our dad’s strict rules; we weren’t allowed to watch PG-13 movies until we were 13, and no R-rated movies until we were 17. So he tried to compensate for the lack of contemporary movies we were allowed to watch by feeding us the classics instead. Which is why, as a little kid, I could recite most of “Young Frankenstein”, “Some Like It Hot” and the Inspector Clouseau movies but have yet to see the “standards” of people my age (like “Pretty In Pink”).
Ohhh… andrew, I loved “Wait Until Dark”!
Anywho, the first time I saw Hepburn in a film was ‘Wait Until Dark’, an old thriller from the 60’s.
I just watched that last week! I spent the whole movie yelling, “Lock the door, dummy!” and “Send the kid to the police not the BUS STATION!” I enjoyed it though. It was very tense.
Plus Alan Arkin is The Man.
“How am I doing on the boards? I’m f*cked on the boards! Can’t sell sh*t!”
Alan Arkin is the man!
Our movie tastes were warped by our dad’s strict rules; we weren’t allowed to watch PG-13 movies until we were 13, and no R-rated movies until we were 17. So he tried to compensate for the lack of contemporary movies we were allowed to watch by feeding us the classics instead.
We lived exactly the same childhood!
(My computer hates me so ignore me if this comment comes up 5 times in 3 different formats.)
Don’t even get me started on “Glengarry Glen Ross”. Who in that movie isn’t the man?
…I feel really young.
Bringing up Baby, the old Pink Panther movies, and Some Like it Hot…I love you guys. :D
Most people my age have no idea what I’m talking about, but I did manage to introduce White Christmas and Singin’ in the Rain to some friends. I also managed to introduce Mystery! and a bit of Masterpiece Theater, too.
You know what’s sad/funny? I worked in the mortgage biz for years and years. Every sales manager in that industry uses the Alec Baldwin scene from Glenngarry to motivate their sales staff. It’s a funny scene, not motivating.
They also use the Ben Affleck scene from Boiler Room. Also not motivating, but that was also just weird, because most mortgage brokerages are really shady. I was always like, “Have any of you morons seen how this movie ends?”
“Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” I use that line all of the time, even when it makes absolutely no sense to do so.
Oh Sherry, I don’t know if you saw earlier, but I had the dorky suggestion of playing only theme songs on your show one day.
We lived exactly the same childhood!
Okay, Heather, here’s the real test to see if we shared a childhood — did you, like the -ookies, watch “The Great Race” a billion times? (With Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Natalie Wood.)
…I feel really young.
Maybe you just make us feel really old, Sherry!
I remember when we watched “Wait Until Dark” our dad made us block off every possible light source before starting it. He even put a book in front of the digital clock on the front of the VCR. I was, like, 6th grade, and thought it was the cookest thing ever. I also remember really liking “Charade”. I’m trying to think if there’s any man who’d push Gary Cooper to the cliff in my scenario… um… nope.
As for TCM, I think that all DVDs (even new ones or ones that are in no way shape or form classics) should have intros and outros with Robert Osbourne. And they should all have extras that contain the opening credit sequence to “Sunday Silents”. Yup, Schnookie and I are sooo cook, we used to eagerly look forward to the weekly silent film on TCM. In AZ it was on early enough to watch, but on the East Coast it’s sadly too late for us. So we have to make do with Schnookie’s extensive collection of silent comedies on DVD.
Alan Arkin is the man!
OMG, possibly my favorite funny movie of all time is the In Laws (the original). Arkin and Falk are INCREDIBLE.
I get incredibly pissed when Hollywood decides to remake a movie that in no way needs an update, like this movie or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You idiots! Remake the bad movies, not the ones that are perfectly fine!
zot, if I had to watch one scene on a repeat loop for the rest of my life it would be “Moses Supposes” from Singin’ in the Rain. That movie and The Great Escape are neck and neck for “Heather B’s All-Time Favorite Movie.”
extensive collection of silent comedies
hmmm… do the names Lou and Darcy fit this genre?
did you, like the -ookies, watch “The Great Race” a billion times? (With Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Natalie Wood.)
How could anyone not….it is a classic!
Every sales manager in that industry uses the Alec Baldwin scene from Glenngarry to motivate their sales staff.
I used to work in a bank, and our investment guy had switched out of a major investment firm because he couldn’t handle the pressure there. He loved Glengarry, of course, and said that it was like the Holy Bible to the guys he’d used to work with. He laughed because everyone always imagined they were Al Pacino, when really they were all Alan Arkin.
“Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” I use that line all of the time, even when it makes absolutely no sense to do so.
That’s better than the lines I say all the time. I just love riffing on Mamet, so I frequently find myself saying, “Will you go to lunch? Will you go to lunch!” or “Fuck the Machine? Fuck the Machine?” I think even in context those don’t make a lot of sense!
My dad had no problem with us watching things with grown-up ratings, but he was psychotically opposed to commercials. I wasn’t really allowed to watch television until I was old enough to explain to him how I was no longer susceptible to mind numbing commercialism. I showed him though! I watched tv at all my friends houses and then I came home and begged for a My Little Pony, just to piss him off! :)
He also had a really vehement objection to Michael Landon. I think Michael Landon was very publicly anti-hippie during the Vietnam war, and as a result, twenty-five years later I wasn’t allowed to watch Little House on the Prairie.
Oh Sherry, I don’t know if you saw earlier, but I had the dorky suggestion of playing only theme songs on your show one day.
I saw it! If you guys can get me a list of around 15 – 20 theme songs I would so do it.
Maybe you just make us feel really old, Sherry!
Sorry! I don’t mean to! [See how easy it is to make me feel guilty?]
Actually, my mom was big into movie stars when she was young so she told me all about them. She was all about Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable and still thinks Robert Redford is the handsomest man in the world. I’ve actually taken an affinity to Tyrone Power. Come on, his name is Tyrone Power!
Schnookie – I have been in the investment industry for 25 years…. and if I hear “have you read The Art of War yet?” one more time, I think I may start to physically implement the book on them.
Ahh, TCM. I wish I had that channel when I was in college. That and VS. I mean, what’s the point of having cable?! A belated thank you to IPB for those game diaries, btw.
Every once in awhile, my friends and I randomly break out with “Moses Supposes” or Disney songs like “Part of Your World”. And we love doing the “Yes! Yes! Yes! No! No! No!” part, too, complete with nodding and shaking of heads.
Sherry , could you start with the theme to Hockey Night in Canada… it was composed by a woman afterall.
Oh, “Some Like it Hot”! I remember we had this on the TV to kill time a year or so ago and discovered that we literally could not turn it off. It is, in my opinion, without a doubt, the funniest movie ever made. No ifs, ands or buts. Even the stuff I thought was boring when I was a kid (namely the Shell Oil stuff on the beach) is hysterical to me now.
Okay, Heather, here’s the real test to see if we shared a childhood — did you, like the -ookies, watch “The Great Race” a billion times? (With Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Natalie Wood.)
I’ve defiintely seen it – my oldest brother still calls me a “simple-headed gherkin” which I’m *pretty* sure is from that – but the fun, silly movie we watched a billion times at my house was The Court Jester.
I’m trying to think if there’s any man who’d push Gary Cooper to the cliff in my scenario… um… nope.
Come on, Pookie… not Steve McQueen? (I’d probably let McQueen drop in favor of Gary Cooper, actually. But I’d push Gary Cooper over in a heartbeat for Buster Keaton.)
a.oil, I’m so glad to hear you call “The Great Race” a classic! That was the movie we watched the most as kids; we re-watched it the way some kids wear out the tapes (uh, back when kids had tapes and not DVDs) of Disney shorts and stuff. For some reason it seems that not everyone else did the same thing… Huh. But if I could have a dime for every time a member of our family randomly blurted in a totally unexpected place, “Citizens of Boracho!” or “Now can you give a man some fighting room?”, I’d be a rich woman.
Oh, and speaking of original movie crushes, I think my first movie crush was on the fox (literal fox) who played Robin Hood in the Disney version of that. The one with Sir Hiss, the evil snake henchman…
My mom was in love with Sam Elliott when we were younger. Him and Harrison Ford. I’m sure she and Boomer would get along swimmgingly only because of their mutual Ford infatuation.
And Schnookie, those mouth breathers all absolutely live by Glenngarry. It’s totally sad.
If you guys can get me a list of around 15 – 20 theme songs I would so do it.
A-Team for Sleek, Batman and X-Men for all the comic book afficionados, and more as I think of them.
hmmm… do the names Lou and Darcy fit this genre?
Lou, maybe. I think we established yesterday that Darcy is chattering camera whore.
zot, I totally do the “Yes! Yes! Yes! No! No! No!” bit too which is great because NO ONE KNOWS WHAT I’M DOING! Except for my mom, God bless her.
Oh, and speaking of original movie crushes, I think my first movie crush was on the fox (literal fox) who played Robin Hood in the Disney version of that. The one with Sir Hiss, the evil snake henchman
I was sooo excited when I bought that DVD for PP. It was, and still is one of my favorites…total crush on Robin Hood.
However, PP was like? What? It’s ok I guess. Damn!
I love the Court Jester! Danny Kaye was amazing. And Robin Hood has the best Disney guy voice, ever. They should have given him a song. I liked the Beast’s singing voice, too.
One of you -ookies referred to a brother recently. How many of you guys are there? Where does the brother(s?) fit in, age wise?
andrew, Boomer is still in love with Sam Elliott! Every time she hears him do a voice over or sees him on TV she drawls, “Saaaaaaam Elllliott.” I think it’s an involuntary response, actually.
Katebits, I thought our dad was bad about commercials (he would insist on flipping channels during commercial breaks, so you could watch seizure-inducing flashes of all the commercials on the other channels and miss the first minute or so coming back from the break of whatever show we were watching), but yours really makes him look like a pushover. I love that you were banned from watching “Little House”, too. How odd to be so stridently anti Michael Landon! (We didn’t watch “Little House”, either, though. I have no idea why. Perhaps it would have made us too socially functional to have been watching what everyone else was…)
Heather, if we ever meet in person, that will be our special greeting!
Come on, Pookie… not Steve McQueen? (I’d probably let McQueen drop in favor of Gary Cooper, actually. But I’d push Gary Cooper over in a heartbeat for Buster Keaton.)
The only person I’d push Steve over a cliff for is Gene Kelly. And that would be a tough, tough call. I guess it would depend on whether I felt like singing and dancing or jumping things on my motorcycle that day.
Ah, Schnookie, thanks for reminded me of Steve McQueen, and since Heather mentioned “Great Escape”, I’m now putting my computer in danger of being engulfed in drool. Hm… You know, the question of who go over the cliff would be entirely dependent on their outfits. If Gary Cooper was in white tie and McQueen’s in his Thomas Crown Affair chess outfit? No question. See ya, Bullitt.
I think when things get too punchy around here I’m going to shout “Citizens of IPB!” and “Crunchy, crunchy, throw more crunchy!”
Zot, it’s a deal!
Kate, I also love that your dad was anti-Pa Ingalls.
I liked the Beast’s singing voice, too.
The Beast is definitely my Disney crush. And only in Beast form. Even now I watch the transformation scene and the end and feel let down.
man, you guys had strict parents! I think my folks were waaay too lenient on me when I was young. I remember watching Blade Runner with the fam when I was, like, 8 or 9. Scared the shit out of me!
a.oil, you get major “awesome mom” points from me for buying that Robin Hood for PP! I’m not surprised she was underwhelmed, because that is really not quite on a par with the other Disney classics, but it always spoke directly to me. I can’t figure out why. But I remember just losing my shit completely laughing at the stuff with the rampaging elephants and the fair tents at the end… and Pookie and I still, when one of us has called the other into another room, say “Coming!” in the same high-pitched, drunken voice Sir Hiss uses when he’s swimming, drunk, in the barrel of wine. (And for a long time I held up the fox Maid Marian as the pinnacle of feminine beauty. Yeah, I wanted to be slender, furry and have a fluffy fox tail when I was a little girl.)
Katebits, there are 4 -ookie children. Kate The Great is the oldest, then me, then Pookie, then our wastrel hobo brother (who is, quite literally, a bum).
By the way, is anyone still listening to Sherry’s radio station? I want to marry the playlist they’ve got going right now.
Pookie, what if Steve McQueen’s in the chess outfit, but driving the dune buggy? What then?
a.oil, you get major “awesome mom” points from me
Awe thanks. If only you really knew…….my lackluster…..”hm, dinner?? Can’t you find something in the cuboard? Goldfish Crackers, sure what the hell, call them dinner!” approach to parenting. However…good Disney movies and hockey and I have everyone here fooled that I am a competient parent!
Yippee!
The Beast is definitely my Disney crush.
Haha, mine is the Prince in Sleeping Beauty. Phillip, I think. He’s the best looking and plus Sleeping Beauty’s my favourite Disney movie. There’s just something special about the artwork in that one.
By the way, is anyone still listening to Sherry’s radio station? I want to marry the playlist they’ve got going right now.
Schnookie, it’s a compilation album from Milan Records called “From L.A. With Love” by a group called ArtDon’tSleep. It’s basically a collection of underground artists from the L.A. area. I had to throw it on because the person doing the 3 p.m. show can’t come in anymore. It’s awesome, eh?
is anyone still listening to Sherry’s radio station
what are the call letters? I’d love to listen on live-radio.net
How odd to be so stridently anti Michael Landon!
I know! Everyone else thinks of him as this all-American celebrity, and Little House was certainly wholesome enough, but at my house, Michael Landon was a war monger! Now that I am an adult, I actually appreciate his efforts to shield us from commercials, and even the Michael Landon thing seem sort of charming in retrospect.
I’m pretty sure I’ll have some wacky nonsensical rules for my future, hypothetic children. It’s in my blood.
I was totally afraid of the fox Robin Hood when I was little! Don’t know why.
Sherry, I know what you’re saying about Sleeping Beauty. I don’t know how to explain it but the art has more edges to it or something.
All the Robin Hood talk has led to me queuing up “Oo-De-Lally” on iTunes.
Pookie, what if Steve McQueen’s in the chess outfit, but driving the dune buggy? What then?
Well, I do love dune buggies… Maybe after I toss Steve over, he can drive back up the cliff in his magic dune buggy of sexiness. He should just leave the chess pieces down there. (Or, as I just typed, “cheese peices”. I’m now imaginging the chess scene with wedges of cheese. It’s still not sexy or cook.)
what are the call letters? I’d love to listen on live-radio.net
We’re at CFMU 93.3 You can stream us online too:
http://cfmu.mcmaster.ca
Schnookie, it’s a compilation album from Milan Records called “From L.A. With Love” by a group called ArtDon’tSleep.
You are making my afternoon with this, Sherry. I am loving it!!!
Katebits, don’t be afraid of the Robin Hood fox! He’s a sexy passionate fox warrior!
Even now I watch the transformation scene and the end and feel let down.
My sentiments, exactly! Even his picture was prettier. But even so, B&tB was still one of my favorites.
However…good Disney movies and hockey and I have everyone here fooled
Doesn’t take much, really, and besides I think those would be some of my requirements for good parenting.
I’m now imaginging the chess scene with wedges of cheese. It’s still not sexy or cook.
:^::::::::::::::::::::
Thanks Sherry – ur just an hour up the road from me!
Schnookie, that :^::::::::::::::::: is coming right back at ‘cha for “sexy, passionate fox warrior”.
Kate, I think Schnookie just compared Chris Drury to an animted fox. (Which leads to “Atleast he’s animated! Ha ha ha ha!”
I haven’t gone to hockeybuzz at all today. Quick, someone pat me on the back!
*pats Heather on the back* How’s that working for you?
He’s a sexy passionate fox warrior!
Really?!…maybe he’s not bland enough for me. Hmm, I’ll have to take another look at thr Robin Hood fox. I’ll give the fox another chance if you open your heart to Drury.
Glad everybody’s enjoying themselves :)
All right, I’m given permission to cut out early [a whole 18 minutes, I'm such a rebel] and I’m heading on a bus to my parent’s place for the long weekend. Have a good one ladies and gents. You’ll probably see me back here in about 2 hours :P
Atleast he’s animated! Ha ha ha ha!
Well, Drury’s more like a still from an animated movie, but whatever…
I’m so proud of you avoiding hockeybuzz, Heather! *Patting on back*
cya Sherry…
Have fun, Sherry! Enjoy the bus!
Byebye Sherry!
Heather, Eklund just reported that Briere and Drury are announcing their engagement this afternoon! It turn out they’re in love! They are going to stay in Buffalo (after they get married at Niagara Falls) and adopt internationally. Isn’t that sweet!
Hee. Good work not looking at Eklund! (I totally looked.)
I’ll give the fox another chance if you open your heart to Drury.
I’m not sure I care that much about what you think of the fox. :P
I meant Robin Hood was animated not Chris. That was the joke! That the real guy isn’t that animated! Oh, never mind!
Oh my goodness…so behind…
On comics: I don’t read comics now but read a lot when I was younger. My father collected in the 70s and 80s so I started out around the time of the Dark Phoenix saga and read lots of X-Men, Alpha Flight (the early ones were quite good), Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil, and all kinds of other Marvely goodness. Unfortunately, a lot of the comics got damaged pretty badly in a basement flood a few years back.
My father didn’t really show us these old classics that some of your dads did, but he did try to “expose us to culture.” I particularly remember the time when I was maybe 12 or 13 and my sister was 10 or 11, when I had a few friends over and he decided to show us The Rocky Horror Picture Show. My mother was less than thrilled about that one.
My recomendation is to walk in and say, “I need that picture of PJ” and then give no further information. They’ll love it!
I refrained from doing that as I needed them to actually help me with the microfilm machine. I like to think I was charmingly incompetent, but really, I’m pretty sure I was more obnoxiously incompetent.
“It’s still not sexy or cook”
It’s official. Cook is in the IPB Glossary. I couldn’t remember the thread it first popped up in, but I know it was from a Drury story that I said was ‘cook’ because I’m retarded and can’t type. Anyone remember the thread….feel free to edit the entry!
Hee. Good work not looking at Eklund! (I totally looked.)
:::GAAAASP::: Katherinebits! After the lecture you gave me last night! For shame!
Playing catch up:
Personally I think Futurama is the greatest cartoon ever created. Yup, better than Batman. There I said it!
Futurama is awesome, but have you ever seen Clone High? So freaking hilarious. Best cartoon ever, hands down.
Speaking of the cartoon Robin Hood, my friends and I constantly do the “Ah-hah, AH-hah!” laughing from that movie. (I think it’s Prince John’s laugh? I haven’t watched it in along time.)
My first crush was on the fox from “The Fox and the Hound.” That was by far my favorite Disney movie as a kid. It doesn’t get enough love.
I don’t know that many old movies but I love love LOVE “Some Like It Hot.” Also, I love everything Hitchcock.
That the real guy isn’t that animated!
I wondered about that Heather… then I thot, well, Drury could be animated I guess, kinda like the old Batman cartoons… *kapow* **blewee* *BANG* hmmm.. maybe not
Hey, everybody! I actually “applied myself” today and tried to get my work done before I even stopped by. Consequently, I will never catch up.
But, a couple of things about the game diary…
1) I love Doc. I listened to him a lot when Nieuwy and Lags joined the Devils and then more now that he does the national games. Am I crazy? I also think Chico is kind of cute in small doses. He’s never mean, and I like that.
2) Isn’t it weird to watch old games, knowing how things turn out? I’ve been watching our playoff games and it’s kind of sad. Especially G5 and G6, where there was so much hope that we could still win the series. I haven’t tried to watch G7 though.
(I’m going back to reading now.)
I haven’t gone to hockeybuzz at all today. Quick, someone pat me on the back!
Heather, I am so proud of you! I was really worried about you when you said you going to that site. It’s all junk! Just make up your quotes and news, it’s much more fun, and probably more productive! When in doubt just say, “There was no reason for not signing Drury, Breire or Vanek” all Lou-style. It’s fun!
I meant Robin Hood was animated not Chris. That was the joke! That the real guy isn’t that animated! Oh, never mind!
I totally got it Heather! And even though it was at my sweet, warrior’s expense, I laughed.
:::GAAAASP::: Katherinebits! After the lecture you gave me last night! For shame!
I know! I’m such a hypocrite. Well, I’m not sure I ever said we can’t look….we just can’t believe anything he says. *grasping at straws and walking on fine lines*
Ok, guys…so the good news is that the picture of Petr and Petr, Jr. has been retrieved. It’s not a very good printout, but that’s because the printers that the NYPL has hooked up to their microfilm readers appear to be from the 80s.
The bad news is that I failed to remember that with my roommate out of town, I don’t have a working scanner. So I’m going to have to figure out another way to get this sucker scanned and online.
Meg… gotta cellphone camera?
Meg, I love that your dad showed you and your friends “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”! Our dad broke his own rule once, when he failed to realize “Brazil” was rated R.
Andrew, nice job with adding “cook” to the Glossary!
Meg, Mags mortal soul coming your way. I said I’d owe you that, so here you go.
Well.. the long weekend is calling… I need a nap already. C’yall soon
OMG the picture is coming! The picture is coming! Maybe you could time the picture’s IPB release for the exact moment that free agency begins to offset some of the Buffalo reader’s anxiety. I for one know I will dread Sunday a lot less if I know it is the day I will get to see Petr and PJ.
gotta cellphone camera?
No…and my digital camera is broken at present. I’ll figure something out. I must know someone with a scanner.
Gambler, I also loved the fox from “The Fox and The Hound”, and I honestly don’t remember ever actually watching that movie. I guess I had a thing for foxes when I was a kid. They were just so… foxy.
Heather, I also totally got your Drury/animated comment and just totally blew it with my response. Sorry!
Meg, tell me — was the picture of Petr and PJ as funny as I remember it?
“I must know someone with a scanner.”
Meg, when you find someone to let you use their scanner, good luck explaining why you need to scan a picture of a weasel….and his pet for your internet peeps. I predict you will have a hard time appearing sane.
Meg. Kinkos.
Schnookie, the picture is fabulous. The bit of the story about PJ is pretty great too. I’ll type the relevant bit up and put it in the wiki.
Meg. Kinkos.
Already tried that…I’m convinced that their scanning program is possessed by the Devil. And the Devil wants me to pay $30 to scan the damn picture.
I think my friend who lives a few blocks from me must have a scanner…and she’d let me scan something even if she did think it was nuts. I just have to wait until she gets out of work to give her a call.
Gambler, I also loved the fox from “The Fox and The Hound”, and I honestly don’t remember ever actually watching that movie. I guess I had a thing for foxes when I was a kid. They were just so… foxy.
Schnookie, I think I had the same thing happen to me, but in reverse! I remember being in love with Robin Hood fox, even though I can’t remember one scene from that movie. I really need to watch it again. I know there’s a VHS of it around this house somewhere…
Other tapes (to make everyone feel better, DVDs weren’t around when I was a kid, either, and I’m only 20) I wore out: Newsies, Black Beauty, and the Muppet Movie. Man, I want to watch all of these now!
you need to scan a picture of a weasel….and his pet
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Not only do you win the “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” award, Andrew, but you even get a transcript of said laughter. The key here, people, is to either slip on a banana peel (that always makes me laugh really hard) or make clever fun of IPB’s archnemesis.
Meg, a million thank yous for updating the pertinent, backed-up-by-newspaper facts about PJ into the wiki!
Oh, and Patty, going a while back here in the comments, I have grown to really, really love Chico. He is completely inane all the time, and he never, ever, ever calls anyone out for screwing up, but there’s something very endearingly gentle-hearted about him. And simple-minded, but we overlook that.
Meg and the public library to save the day! Awesome! I can’t wait to see it again. And thanks for puting the pertinent stuff in the glossary, Meg. Did you read far enough into the article to read about Sheldon Souray’s miniature husky, Moco, and how the dog got, like, eaten by the bigger dogs?
And yes, Andrew definitely gets the Comment of the Day award for the dig at Sykkie.
Oh my God, Pookie! I had completely forgotten about Moco!! “MOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
It’s official. Cook is in the IPB Glossary.
Great, andrew! Although, I like to think that my incredibly bland Drury story was also responsible for inducing the typo, and not just the cough medicine. Drury’s been known to cause sleeping at the keyboard.
Gambler, The Muppet Movie is a favorite here. That’s the one non-adult movie my husband will watch over and over with me and we start every road trip by listening to “Movin’ Right Along.” (Don’t tell him I told you that though!)
Gambler! I thought it was you who wrote the story! My memory has been a tad muddled (people, I have been sick now going on 3 weeks). Feel free to edit the entry, or I’ll go slip that in there!
and, don’t worry girls, any extra digs I can take at Sykora are my pleasure!
Pookie, I did read that and it was so sad. I’m definitely not typing that part of the article in.
Is the whole article about NHL players and their crazy pets?
we start every road trip by listening to “Movin’ Right Along.”
Heather, every time someone tells me to “Bear right” I can’t help but yell out “Frog left!” It’s like some sort of Muppet Turrette’s. So I totally dig the “Movin’ Right Along” thing.
I’m so glad cook is official now, andrew!
Sounds like some teams are talking to Ray Emery’s agent about tendering offer sheets. Oh, look Emery’s agent calls him “an elite goalie.” Isn’t that cute?
And I did NOT get that from Eklund!
Uh-oh……
*suspicious sing-song voice* What are you doing Heather?
Oh. Good!
Hee! I knew someone was going to think I was at hockeybuzz! I knew it! :-)
Is the whole article about NHL players and their crazy pets?
Yeah, it says Drury has a pet rock named Rock.
Gambler, you’re ingrained into the ‘cook’ lore in the Glossary. Credit where credit is due!
Yeah, it says Drury has a pet rock named Rock.
Drury prefers to call it by its full name: Drury’s Pet Rock.
Katebits, the article was about Devils and their pets. I honestly can’t believe I forgot about Sheldon’s little dog being eaten by bigger dogs when he took it up north, because we used to joke about that constantly. I wonder what other gems have been lost to the sands of time?
Heather, that’s just so adorable that Emery and his agent think of him as “elite”!
(Oh, and I finally got around to watching Crunchy’s Steadfast video thing that was linked here yesterday [stupid work not letting me watch YouTube stuff...] and I agree that my future father-in-law is quite the, well, fox. For an older guy…)
Yeah, it says Drury has a pet rock named Rock.
Drury prefers to call it by its full name: Drury’s Pet Rock.
Actually Earl, I think his current pet is Drury’s Pet Rock II. Drury’s first pet rock had to be put to sleep a few years ago.
“Drury’s first pet rock had to be put to sleep a few years ago”
It was just too excitable for him.
Damnit! Now you’ve all got ME making fun of Dury! He’s my hero! That’s not right!
Yeah, it says Drury has a pet rock named Rock.
Drury prefers to call it by its full name: Drury’s Pet Rock.
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Drury’s first pet rock had to be put to sleep a few years ago.
It got eaten by bigger rocks when it threw itself into a quarry after deciding life as Drury’s sexy passionate warrior pet was just too dull to bear any longer.
andrew, I couldn’t possibly love Chris Drury anymore than I do right now, and yet, the more bland we make him, the hotter he becomes to me. He’s a super bland enigma.
It was just too excitable for him.
Too good, Andrew!
And making fun of players you love is the IPB way. Seriously. No one is safe. No one.
I’m back from my meeting. At least we got to go outside for it.
every time someone tells me to “Bear right” I can’t help but yell out “Frog left!
Its been a while since I’ve seen the Muppet Movie, but I’m giggling like a little kid at this line.
For some reason, most of my favorite movies are either those that came out in the late 80s (Major League, Dirty Dancing, The Breakfast Club) or during the 90s (Empire Records, 10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On). Nothing current.
“Drury’s first pet rock had to be put to sleep a few years ago”
It was just too excitable for him.
Andrew, I was about to take your trophy away and give it to Katebits, but you pulled it out in the end and get to keep it.
For now.
He’s a super bland enigma
… wrapped in a good God he’s boring puzzle wrapped in a what would I give for even an iota of Sid’s personality mystery.
dI finally got around to watching Crunchy’s Steadfast video thing that was linked here yesterday [stupid work not letting me watch YouTube stuff…] and I agree that my future father-in-law is quite the, well, fox. For an older guy…
Um, I believe it was ME that elected to marry Crunchy and YOU who elected to throw him off a cliff.
every time someone tells me to “Bear right” I can’t help but yell out “Frog left!” It’s like some sort of Muppet Turrette’s.
Gambler, that is awesome. I need to remember to do that. :P
Damnit! Now you’ve all got ME making fun of Dury! He’s my hero! That’s not right!
andrew, I’m there with you. I can’t help but love the guy. Hell, I’m the one who tried and failed to prove he has a personality! But in the end, making fun of people with the IPBIrregulars is just far too much fun. Give in to the snark, Chris will forgive you.
Or he’ll throw Drury’s Pet Rock II at you.
Alrighty folks, I somehow managed to survive this day! It’s a miracle! And on that note, I’m outta here for a long drive home and a longer nap. (Friday nights are sooo happening for me!) Catch you all later.
He’s a super bland enigma
… wrapped in a good God he’s boring puzzle wrapped in a what would I give for even an iota of Sid’s personality mystery.
Sid aspires to be as bland as Droopers.
and yet, the more bland we make him, the hotter he becomes to me.
You know, the same thing happens to me with Crunchy — the crazier, crankier or more dorkily earnest Pookie makes him, the hotter I think he is. I guess when you love a guy because of his faults, you just can’t lose. (God help me should I find out Crunchy isn’t a totally cranky nutjob. I don’t think I’d be able to handle my disappointment.)
Bye Pookie!
Ok, guys. The PJ section of that article is now in the wiki. I put the whole bit talking about him in, but if it’s too long feel free to edit it down (all I did was combine some of the articles super-short paragraphs so it took up less space). Also, feel free to make it look nicer if someone wants to. I’m shit at that. It’s pretty funny though.
see ya Pookatron 5000.
God help me should I find out Crunchy isn’t a totally cranky nutjob. I don’t think I’d be able to handle my disappointment.
I wouldn’t lose too much sleep worrying about this Schnookie!
Um, I believe it was ME that elected to marry Crunchy and YOU who elected to throw him off a cliff.
I elected to throw Crunchy off a cliff in an entirely hypothetical exercise that pitted my love of the Devils against my love of two non-Devils. In real life I would never, ever, ever marry Marty, and I certainly couldn’t choose him for the “sex only” option because just thinking about that would probably make my girlparts turn black and fall out. In real life I am marrying Crunchy. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO ME!
I know it’s the IPB standard…but this is Drury! He’s my boy! we’re talking serious mancrush here, people.
Ah well, I guess it’s a testament to IPB’s (and the Irregulars’) powers of persuasion.
Schnookie, :^::::::::::::::::
Holy.
Shit.
Meg, you just won the “Wiki Entry That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” award. Wow, that article just really sums up so much about Sykkie. I especially love the bit about him loving to come home to play with PJ. And Patty’s utter disdain of the chinchilla, and then the dismissal that Sykkie is “a strange guy”. Seriously, if Patrik Elias is calling someone “strange”, that person has some major, major normalcy issues.
Megg: That. Is too. Hilarious.
I’m dying.
Asked about his friend’s pet, teammate Patrik Elias responded: “The rat? It’s like, what, a ferret? It has nice soft fur, but it’s a strange pet. He’s a strange guy, too.”
This has me thinking that Patrik D’ville is planning to find 100 more of these guys and then make a coat out of them. Honestly, who goes out of their way to say something has nice, soft fur?
Meg, I can spell your name. Promise.
HE SLEEPS WITH IT?!
No wonder Cap’n Pat thinks he’s weird. It’s just undeniable.
Honestly, who goes out of their way to say something has nice, soft fur?
I will say in our Captain’s defense, chinchillas have crazy-soft fur. There’s a reason they’re fur-farmed!
HE SLEEPS WITH IT?!
No wonder Cap’n Pat thinks he’s weird.
Oh, Patty wants to sleep with it, too. Just in fur blanket form.
Oh, poor Schnookie! She’s been driven insane by her love for Crunchy! Schnookie, Crunchy is going to ride his recumbent bike all the way to NJ to see you. Be prepared, because Crunchy is on his way and you are going to have to prove your love after the whole Marty fiasco.
Meg, I’m speechless. Thank you so much.
HE SLEEPS WITH IT?!
No wonder Cap’n Pat thinks he’s weird. It’s just undeniable.
I know, Mags! Do you think maybe he wasn’t faking an injury in 2002, but the rest of his teammates were so desperate to get rid of him and his weirdness that they just convinced everyone he was faking? What a complete whackadoo.
(And no, I don’t think he wasn’t faking an injury. Just sayin’.)
I will say in our Captain’s defense, chinchillas have crazy-soft fur. There’s a reason they’re fur-farmed!
Ah, I see. I have not experienced chinchilla fur.
Oh, Patty wants to sleep with it, too. Just in fur blanket form.
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That will probably be the least strange thing Patty’s ever slept with, too.
Katebits, I’m confident I can prove my love to Crunchy. In fact, I’m confident I can prove it so convincingly he’ll be recumbent bicycling in the opposite direction as fast as those quadzillas of his can pedal!
It’s nice to have someone to play with when you get home.
WOW.
It’s nice to have someone to play with when you get home.
WOW.
See, this is why the highest insult we can pay a Devil is to suggest that he got lonely one day and went to the pet shop to find a friend. Because that is the factual basis for this particular myth.
but the rest of his teammates were so desperate to get rid of him and his weirdness that they just convinced everyone he was faking?
It’s a distinct possibility. On the other hand, I always think I’m weird for letting Napo sleep next to my bed. Count on a hockey player to make me feel less whacked. At least Napo isn’t allowed ON the bed.
Ah, I see. I have not experienced chinchilla fur.
You’re missing out. And I mean that sincerely. Chinchilla is like fur-crack.
Are you kidding Mags? My wife won’t let the dogs sleep anywhere else except on their pillow, right next to the bed. She’s absolutely insistant upon it.
That will probably be the least strange thing Patty’s ever slept with, too.
Well, at least it won’t give him Hep A.
Too far? I’m sorry, I feel strange making fun of players I don’t really know.
Andrew, seriously? Phew. I am saved.
Seriously Mags. See, we don’t have any kids, so the dogs fill that role in our house. Spoiled rotten!
I could recite most of “Young Frankenstein”
OMG, possibly my favorite funny movie of all time is the In Laws (the original). Arkin and Falk are INCREDIBLE.
I know I’m way late, but these are two of my five (to ten) “desert island” movies.
Young Frankenstein is, literally, my favorite movie of all time. And I’m using “literally” correctly. When someone asks what my favorite movie of all time is, I say, “Young Frankenstein”. (“Don’t help him! He wants to do it himself!”) :D
Then, I have to add that “The In-Laws” is right up there with it.
On the other hand, I always think I’m weird for letting Napo sleep next to my bed.
Mags, when I still lived with my parents, our family’s boxer slept with me pretty much every night. Sometimes she’d even wedge her head up onto the pillow and snore in my ear and I let her. This was in a twin bed, mind, of which she took up more than half.
Now one of my cats sleeps on his own pillow, right next to mine on the bed. And honestly, if I had a chinchilla, I’d probably let it sleep with me.
So on this, I don’t think I can judge Sykora.
SEDAGIVE!?!?!?!?!
So I don’t have pets, but have substituted stuffed animals instead and they are lined up on one side of my twin-size bed. And I have gotten so good that neither I nor they fall off. And neither side is against a wall.
That will probably be the least strange thing Patty’s ever slept with, too.
I keep seeing my name and having to do a double-take. It’s wearing me out! :P
Patty, welcome to the club! I have that when I watch Detroit baseball :P Yay Mags!
Mags, Boomer can’t keep the cats off her bed. She’s terribly allergic and generally has no fewer than three of them insisting they get to sleep on the bed with her. I won’t even let them in my room because they seem to think they get to sleep in the center of the mattress, and you can just curl around them or something, but Boomer’s a total pushover. So while I don’t think it’s that strange for a real person to let their pet sleep in their bed, when it’s a hockey player letting his chinchilla sleep with him I start to snicker.
Gambler, I’d say, “Have at it!” with regards to making fun of Patty’s Hep, but, depressingly (from a mockery standpoint), Hep A is the one you get from contaminated food (or, uh, eating foecal matter straight-up, if you catch my meaning…), so it’s a lot less titillating. Although we heard a report that he got it from eating tainted oysters at the Moscow Airport (not confirmed, mind you), and we’ve gotten a ton of mileage out of the “foecal oyster” jokes. And frankly, anyone eating shellfish at the Moscow Airport both deserves whatever illness they get, as well as jokes about all aspects of their approach to personal wellness and hygiene.
Oh, andrew, my heart swells. :D
Ix-nay on the otten-ray!
That will probably be the least strange thing Patty’s ever slept with, too.
I keep seeing my name and having to do a double-take. It’s wearing me out! :P
Patty, when I first read that I was all, “Dang, Schnookie! That’s pretty harsh. I mean, Patty seems like a pretty cook woman, and we have no evidence that she sleeps with weirdos.”
Heh.
Schnookie, reminds me of the time my roomate in the dorms freshman year got giardia when he and his girlfriend camping and drank out of a stream. Giardia is transmitted the same way Hep A is. Needless to say, the poop jokes were coming fast and furious for a while there.
Patty, I LOVE Young Fronk-en-steen.
So while I don’t think it’s that strange for a real person to let their pet sleep in their bed, when it’s a hockey player letting his chinchilla sleep with him I start to snicker.
Also, there is something supremely strange that PJ just gets to wander about, free as a chinchilla. I get the feeling that Petr is only hoping that PJ will choose to sleep with him. Even with his chinchilla, there is no guarantee that Sykkie will have love. Poor guy!
“no evidence” being the key phrase…
When someone asks what my favorite movie of all time is, I say, “Young Frankenstein”. (”Don’t help him! He wants to do it himself!”)
Our dad always used to do the “Walk this way” gag. EVERYWHERE. And man, you should hear when the three of us at IPB Manor pick up on some random cue to do our “Putting On The Ritz”! That movie is just so perfect.
I regretfully have to admit I’ve not seen “The In-Laws”. That should probably be remedied…
And Patty, I have been thinking since you became an IPBIrregular that there would be some confusion on the Patty (In Dallas)/Patty (Elias) front. So far, though, I’m thinking context is keeping you two pretty well differentiated. Do you have an insatiable hunger for foecal oysters, by any chance?
Hep A is the one you get from contaminated food (or, uh, eating foecal matter straight-up, if you catch my meaning…), so it’s a lot less titillating.
It’s also an STD though.
I get the feeling that Petr is only hoping that PJ will choose to sleep with him.
Oh, Katebits, you are so right!! I bet PJ was so excited to escape, and was perfectly happy to die of hunger and exposure rather than go back to Sykkie’s Den of Neediness, but then Sykkie frantically scoured the neighborhood until he found his furry little soulmate again and dragged him back home. Now poor PJ has one of those house-arrest electronic cuffs. That keeps him from getting off the bed.
“Dang, Schnookie! That’s pretty harsh. I mean, Patty seems like a pretty cook woman, and we have no evidence that she sleeps with weirdos.”
It was this comment precisely when I finally realized there were two Pattys in the conversation. Sorry, Patty-who-comments. I thought you were a real freak there for a bit also.
I get the feeling that Petr is only hoping that PJ will choose to sleep with him.
That’s just NASTY.
Meg, I’m under the impression Hep B and Hep C are the STD’s, and Hep A is basically food-borne.
Do you have an insatiable hunger for foecal oysters, by any chance?
Honey, I wouldn’t even eat a non-foecal oyster!
Poor PJ! Sykkie’s neediness is suffocating. Oh, I just hate to see a good chinchilla in an unhealthy relationship like that.
Gambler, I’d say, “Have at it!” with regards to making fun of Patty’s Hep,
Phew! I was stressing there for a minute. I swear, Sherry and I could have a motherfucking guilty-off one of these days.
Chinchilla is like fur-crack.
Wow. Doesn’t that tickle your nose, Mags?
I’m thinking context is keeping you two pretty well differentiated.
I agree. If andrew starts talking about Marleau, we might have the same problem. I’ll jump in if anything seems similar, that might confuse people. :D
Sorry, Patty-who-comments. I thought you were a real freak there for a bit also.
That’s okay, Earl, it’s kinda fun when it’s just for a bit.
Oh, I just hate to see a good chinchilla in an unhealthy relationship like that.
Imagine how much more messed-up everything got for PJ when Sykkie introduced a dog and a wife to the whole affair!
Meg, I’m under the impression Hep B and Hep C are the STD’s, and Hep A is basically food-borne.
It usually is food-borne, and I expect that’s how he got it. But it can be transmitted via sexual contact as well so I say, “Keep the jokes coming!”
After reading that article about Sykkie, it’s just so sad. Poor guy, all alone. He’s in a new country and just starting—wait a minute. Hasn’t he been around a while?
Imagine how much more messed-up everything got for PJ when Sykkie introduced a dog and a wife to the whole affair!
Sykkie has a WIFE? Sweet baby Jesus!
Meg, I’m under the impression Hep B and Hep C are the STD’s, and Hep A is basically food-borne.
Mostly yeah. It’s also entirely possible to catch Hep A from a toorthbrush (true story). Hep B and C can also be contracted via blood-blood contact, hence all medical professionals having to be vaccinated against Hep B (there is no vaccine for Hep C).
Because I am a retarded number cruncher I have a little statistic for you as well. If you come into contact with AIDS there’s a 1 in 300 chance you get sick. Hep A it’s a 1 in 30. Hep B it’s 1 in 3.
I knew it Meg! When I first heard the Hep A food rumor with Elias (see, that wasn’t tough!) I was thinking, “yeah, riiiiight. oysters. I’m sure it had nothing to do with Russian hookers.”
Toothbrush. I can spell, really.
Gambler, only one way to find out ;)
Schnookie, you really should see The In-Laws with Arkin and Faulk. Still hilarious.
Back in the 80s somebody did a techno version of Puttin’ on the Ritz and even then I always had to jump in with the Monster’s way of singing it.
After reading that article about Sykkie, it’s just so sad. Poor guy, all alone. He’s in a new country and just starting—wait a minute. Hasn’t he been around a while?
Patty, the article is from ’99. Which means that sadly PJ is probably deceased at this point.
HOLY CRAP I am so glad I decided that what should have been a 5 minute trip back to my apartment to get lighter fluid turned into a 20 minute trip that involved checking email and um, here.
Meg. Hero. Seriously.
I’m having a hard time going back to the the barbeque.
I think you have to be engaged in some pretty high level fetishes to catch Hep A from sexual contact!
I think you have to be engaged in some pretty high level fetishes to catch Hep A from sexual contact!
Thanks for introducing the concept of Cap’n Pat + kinky sex to me. I can just feel the nightmares coming on.
Hey Mags, I’ve been resisting the urge to crack jokes about this for about twenty minutes now. You started it!
Ooh, giardia and hepatitis. I have the former, though not the way you’d think.
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/giardia.html
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/hepatitis.html
And you can say you gave a diseases to people.
Thanks for introducing the concept of Cap’n Pat + kinky sex to me.
That was never much of a jump for me to imagine. Seriously, Patty seems like a deeply, deeply strange human being. Or maybe he’s just Czech. It’s hard to tell.
When X met Sykkie in 2003 she asked after PJ and he said that he was still alive. I realize that’s a lot longer ago than I think, but we can hope PJ’s still tottering around with a lot more gray in his face and a little chinchilla cane…
HOLY CRAP! I just looked them up on wikipedia, and chinchillas live, on average, to be 15 years old!
Did I really? Well then I suppose it’s a Hell of my own creation.
Patty, the article is from ‘99.
Woops. As soon as I hit Submit, that occurred to me. So it is really sad, after all. Or, was sad. You know what I mean.
I do feel sorry for foreign players with no English when they first come to the NHL. I know I wouldn’t do well in a non-English-speaking country at first. But if they’ve been around for 10 years and still can’t speak English, then I don’t sympathize any more. Certainly their prerogative not to learn, but there’s a very limited number of words that you’d need in order to be interviewed after the game, you could at least work on those over the course of a decade.
(I don’t mean Patty, though, his English is pretty good, right?. I’m thinking more about somebody like Jere Lehtinen, who is still fairly unintelligible in English after all these years.)
Alrighty, it’s my time. I’ll talk to you all later, I’m getting off work early! Woo Hoo!
Have a great weekend, and remember to sniff the oysters before you try ‘em.
See ya andrew!
I don’t mean Patty, though, his English is pretty good, right?
Patty’s English is fantastic, actually. And while I have a very bizarre, unhappy, and almost symbiotic relationship with him (more on that sometime in a blog post this summer), I sometimes get little heart flutters listening to his adorable accent. Then I remember he’s Patrik Fucking Elias and get over it. Although he hilariously substitutes “W”s for “V”s when speaking, resulting in our all-time favorite Patty quote: “Eggs are inwolved.”
Bye, andrew! Have a super weekend!
But if they’ve been around for 10 years and still can’t speak English, then I don’t sympathize any more.
My wish, though, is that somehow I could prevent Ilya Bryzgalov from improving his English at all over the next 10 years. Sometimes I need that broken English to get through my day.
Although he hilariously substitutes “W”s for “V”s when speaking, resulting in our all-time favorite Patty quote: “Eggs are inwolved.”
I love hearing that! Germans do it a lot, too, and I find it really endearing. I have to ask, though: Was he actually saying that eggs are involved with the EGG line?
…he hilariously substitutes “W”s for “V”s when speaking…
One of my best work friends is Russian and 90% of the time you can barely tell he has an accent, yet he still has that same trouble! It’s adorable.
Was he actually saying that eggs are involved with the EGG line?
Man, I wish! No, he was regaling us with the Easter traditions from his mother country. Which all sounded highly suspect, and I think are more likely the Easter traditions from Planet Crack.
Earl, I agree about Bryz! There are just some accents that need to be preserved. (And is it just me or do Finns, totally unrelatedly, seem to have especially impermeable and unchangeable accents?)
Schnookie, you are so right about Cap’n Pat. One moment I’m thinking “Oh but listen to him, his accent is just too cute!” and then I remember who I’m talking about.
Mags, I think it can be quantifiably proved that Patrik Elias has the cutest Czech accent in the history of the NHL. That accent is a total chick magnet. Now if only we could do something to improve on the guy speaking with it…
Now if only we could do something to improve on the guy speaking with it…
Maybe we should start writing a list of things we’d like to see changed.
I’d start with him stopping lollygagging around the ice and get back to being one of the top-ten players in the league, as he’s proven himself capable of being on two separate occasions (’00-’01 and ’05-’06). Then we’d have to work on the fact that his teeth look like they’re little nubbins made out of chalk.
as he’s proven himself capable of being on two separate occasions (’00-’01 and ‘05-’06).
Don’t forget ’99-’00. The A-Line was the best line in hockey. Wait, why do I like Elias more than Devils’ fans?
I’m not talking about getting rid of accents, I’m talking about being able to be understood even a little bit.
I think it might be Finns, Schnookie. We have several on our team, of course, and they’re all pretty hard to follow. Jussi is improving quite a bit, but the older guard just never really did.
We have two Swedes, now — Norstrom and Lundqvist — and I’ve noticed with other Swedes, like Lidstrom, that they seem to be very well-spoken in English. Norstrom is a veteran and his is almost un-accented (although I’ve only heard him a few times). Lundqvist was obviously just starting at the beginning of the season, but by the end of the season seemed to have advanced hugely. Oh, and Ulf Dahlen is an assist. coach here and I love the way he talks.
Personally I think something needs to be done about the hair.
He was great for the second half of ’99-’00, but the A Line didn’t really assert itself until the playoffs, as I recall. It was the ’00-’01 season that they played at that level for a full year, and Patty had 96 points. As for why you like him more than the Devils fans do, my guess would be it’s because you haven’t much liked the Devils since 2003, so you wholeheartedly approve of his lackluster performance!
Then we’d have to work on the fact that his teeth look like they’re little nubbins made out of chalk.
Eww.
Whaaa.
Since I don’t watch him play much, I think Elias is adorable. :D
All those Scandinavian guys have been speaking English since they were little kids. I was in Norway last year and everyone spoke English. Everyone.
Personally I think something needs to be done about the hair.
SO TRUE! I have long since given up Patty’s hair as a lost cause. I figure it’s not green (from a bad bleach job in, what was it? ’99?) and he doesn’t always look like one of those penguins with the yellow feathers sticking every which way off his head, he’s a step ahead of the game. You know, for him.
Speaking of accents. I just love, love, love the faint French-Canadian accent. Of course, that’s the kind of accent my Boucher has, but I like that kind of accent from anybody.
It’s best if it’s faint. Too much gets back into the hard-to-understand.
But, as alway, kudos to anybody that speaks more than one language.
All those Scandinavian guys have been speaking English since they were little kids. I was in Norway last year and everyone spoke English. Everyone.
Yeah, most of Europe is like that. EU likes to make sure we can all tell our neighboring countries we hate them and they’ll understand what we’re saying.
You know how the Dutch have this huge reputation for being able to speak 4 languages? Lies. You can get somewhere with English, but try French or German and people are looking at you as though you’re speaking Chinese instead.
Wait, why do I like Elias more than Devils’ fans?
I’ve been wondering that myself. Like Patty (in Dallas), I think he’s adorable.
Wait, why do I like Elias more than Devils’ fans?
You don’t have to watch him pretend he’s 5 all over the ice at least 82 times a season.
I was in Norway last year and everyone spoke English
That would certainly explain it. The Swedes seem to just have accented English like I have a Texas accent. Like they’re from Minnesota or something. :D
(I know Swedes are not from Norway, so don’t start. :p I think Katebits was making a point about Scandinavia. But it doesn’t explain Finns so much.)
*passes tissue* I’m so sorry, Kate!
I’m glad to hear there’s some EliasLove here. Since Margee over at SportSquee said he looked like a middle-aged lesbian science teacher I was beginning to wonder exactly how bad my Stockholm Syndrome was. The fact is, because he’s a Devil, I automatically give Patty a lot of leeway in the looks department. And he really is, objectively, fairly cute. He also looks like his body was sculpted out of marble, and his hands are the living replica of Michelangelo’s David’s. (I am very fond of hands, so that carries a lot of weight in my eyes.) But he is also a chronic underachiever and total headcase. That makes my relationship with him a bit more complex. (There is no denying, though, that his eyes are beady, his teeth are really bizarre, he has no lips and he has terrible, terrible, TERRIBLE hair.)
Like Patty (in Dallas), I think he’s adorable.
You think I’m adorable? *blushes*
Just kidding. :D
Sigh. Thanks Grace.
I agree with all of that, Schookie. Including the hair and the lesbian science teacher thing. Now I’m re-thinking. Maybe I’ve just heard him on the radio or something.
You don’t have to watch him pretend he’s 5 all over the ice at least 82 times a season.
Mags, you said it far better, and far more succinctly than I could have! (God, the stupid headroll. I. Hate. That. So. Much. Where he shanks some totally easy shot then just stops skating to petulantly roll his head. Gah!)
Katebits, I’d say I’m sorry about the Briere thing, but really, he’s not the one you care about. He’s replaceable. And not worth what someone’s going to pay him. Deep breaths now… In with Jesus, out with Satan… it’ll be fine…
I think part of the Finnish accent thing is that Finnish is from it’s own language family, isn’t it?
(Boy, I’m really spamming the comments, aren’t I?)
I am very fond of hands, so that carries a lot of weight in my eyes
Gosh, remember how I said I could tell who was who by their skating? If you just showed me clips of Stars players’ bare hands, I could do the same thing.
The hands are so titillating! I’m such a sucker for them!
I think Patty’s pretty cute……although my standards are fairly suspect, sometime I think lesbian gym teachers are pretty cute too. ;)
Deep breaths now… In with Jesus, out with Satan… it’ll be fine…
Ha! You’re right too, I don’t really care about Briere as much as I care about my S,PW. I just….don’t want to lose them both. Chris Drury isn’t probably worth what someone is going to pay him either, but….we kind of need one of them, right?
God, the stupid headroll.
I have a kid I coach that does that every time he let’s a goal in. And his name is Patrick. One day I’m going really have at him and score on every shot, just to see if his head will come off.
I am very fond of hands, so that carries a lot of weight in my eyes
Good. Man. Hands. Are. The. Best.
Whaaa.
Lalalalalaa I’m not listening, Katebits.
*whimper* someone hold me…
Will Sunday just get here already? Gosh!
I think part of the Finnish accent thing is that Finnish is from it’s own language family, isn’t it?
Could be. I always thought Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish were from the same family. But I can’t prove it.
From what little I understand, though, Sweden and Finland have a very contentious history. I think they were one country at one time, many eons ago. I could totally be wrong on that.
Gambler, Briere has girlie hands! We don’t need him!
From what little I understand, though, Sweden and Finland have a very contentious history.
Yes. VERY contentious. Finland’s history is essentially broken into two categories: having the shit kicked out of them by Sweden and living under Swedish rule, or having the shit kicked out of them by Russia and living under Russian rule.
I’m not really a linguist, but I’m pretty sure Finnish is quite distinct from any language around them.
Hey Katebits – didn’t you reference Battlestar Galactica the other day? If so… Old series? New series?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Ok, maybe not, but my mind would like to know.
I always thought Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish were from the same family.
Norwegian and Swedish people can understand each other fairly well. Finnish is a whole ‘nother animal.
icing, I will talk cylons (new version) all the live long day if you let me. Battlestar Gallactica is my most unapologetically nerdy FAVORITE THING EVER.
In with Jesus, out with Satan
It took me a couple reads to get beyond my knee-jerk reaction of “Out with Satan? Satan was out two seasons ago!” I’m not even joking. I’m a loser.
And Katebits, you’re totally right about Briere’s hands! I feel so much better now!
From what little I understand, though, Sweden and Finland have a very contentious history.
Which is why it’s so darn adorable that Tallinder (Swede) and Lydman (Finn) play together and never play quite so well with anyone else.
I’ve never actually heard or spoken it, but I have heard that Finnish is pretty much a bitch to learn.
Earl and Mags,
I can see that now. The more I think about it, it is pretty different. Now I can’t even think of another language that’s close to Finnish…
Which is why it’s so darn adorable that Tallinder (Swede) and Lydman (Finn) play together and never play quite so well with anyone else.
See, not only are the Sabres adorable, but they are closing centuries long international divides.
In the ’05-’06 season, I think the Stars had 6 Finns at one point. We lub the Finns.
I don’t know, I know people are all up and arms about it being a contract year (even though I think he was even better the previous season), but I think Danny is worth more money than Chris. I love Chris, I do, but 7 million is a ton of money to pay for intangibles.
See, not only are the Sabres adorable, but they are closing centuries long international divides.
It’s like that kids’ soccer team!
I’ve never actually heard or spoken it, but I have heard that Finnish is pretty much a bitch to learn.
It’s very pretty. I so think anyway. But completely unintelligible.
Now I can’t even think of another language that’s close to Finnish…
Telerin, Nandorin and Sindarin. Wait, not real languages? You mean Tolkien lied to me?!
One day I’m going really have at him and score on every shot, just to see if his head will come off.
I wonder if Patty’s trying to figure out how many open nets he can miss before his head comes off?
I had a boss once who was Finnish, but had a Swedish name. When I interviewed for the job with him I asked if he was Swedish, based on his name (-qvist suffix), and his eyes got all steely as he turned around in his desk chair, reached behind him for something on the desk, and spun around with a little flag propped up in a coffee mug. Thank god for my international education via hockey, because I was able to immediately identify the Finnish flag. I quite honestly think that’s why he hired me. Oh, the Sweden/Finland tension!
Katebits (& sorry everyone else) – when I was a wee thing I used to watch the old series. I’ve been watching the new series but please don’t give any spoilers – I think I’m part way through Season 2. Or is it 3? I have no idea.
I’m excited you like it too!
And as for hockey, I have a lot of Briere love. And speaking of hockey love, Brad Richards used to be on the “future husband” list (but I think I broke up with him). It’s a short and exclusive list. Headed by (gasp) a non-hockey player.
Telerin, Nandorin and Sindarin. Wait, not real languages? You mean Tolkien lied to me?!
Haha! I was feeling pretty stupid at the beginning of that sentence.
(Although not knowing Tolkien very well doesn’t make me feel smarter.)
According to wikipedia (and reinforcing what little I remember from that sophomore-year linguistics class at Rutgers), Finnish is Finno-Ugric, while most other European languages are Indo-European. So unless you’re speaking Hungarian, Estonian, or weird northern dialects, you’re probably not able to pull much of anything out of Finnish.
This is how fargone I am. I just thought “Teemu Sleek” and then thought, huh, that’s a pretty cool name.
icing, you are so lucky that you still have Battlestar Gallactica yet to watch! Oh, to be young again…..
I just thought “Teemu Sleek” and then thought, huh, that’s a pretty cool name.
What’s your phone number?
I love Chris, I do, but 7 million is a ton of money to pay for intangibles.
How ’bout 6.5, Heather? I can offer you 6.5.
Headed by (gasp) a non-hockey player.
On a day where Earl discussed the possible merits of a sexual relationship with Ariel the Mermaid, you really can’t think you’re going to get away with playing your cards close to your vest, icing. Spill it.
(Oh, and I’m glad you broke up with Richards. I think someone needs to run an intervention and give some of his teeth to poor Patty Elias.)
Although not knowing Tolkien very well doesn’t make me feel smarter.
Don’t worry about it. I have Tolkien issues. And I’m VERY good at getting obsessed with things (for example: at one point I could read and write Sindarin and was so angry with the movie makers because they fucked up the grammar of the Elvish in FotR)
Headed by (gasp) a non-hockey player.
Inquiring minds want to know!
Kate, I think 6.5 is a bit high too. I’m thinking 6. But with the cap going up so high – thanks for nothing, lockout! – I’m sure guys are going to be getting way more than that come Sunday so I’d be considered a cheapie GM/owner.
I’m currently working my way through BG too, icing. I’m almost done with the first season.
I have Tolkien issues.
Don’t worry about that because I was just pretending I knew anything about it. It’s very embarrassing to not know anything about either The Hobbit or Harry Potter.
Stupid, good for nothing lockout…..
I was discussing the whole Briere situation with Vinny yesterday and we agreed that 5.75 seemed fair for him. I can’t remember how we came up with it though.
I go away for 2 mins and…
What’s your phone number?
That totally made me ____ (guffaw, snort..insert word of choice).
Oh, and I’m glad you broke up with Richards. I think someone needs to run an intervention and give some of his teeth to poor Patty Elias
You know, I hope I’m not a shallow person generally, but I think his teeth were a major contributor to the breakup.
Spill it. Inquiring minds want to know!
Hint #1 – “The thinking woman’s man”
I’m currently working my way through BG too, icing.
Woohoo! Another BG’er :)
I was discussing the whole Briere situation with Vinny yesterday and we agreed that 5.75 seemed fair for him
Five dollars and seventy-five cents, Mags?! Are you crazy? Briere is going to get a LOT more than that! :D
I wouldn’t give Briere more than 5.75 either. Since you’ll also, necessarily, be giving him a lot of years on the contract, too. I mean, that’s a lot of money to be paying a tiny guy with a lot of miles on the odometer when the lifespan of the contract plays itself out.
Five dollars and seventy-five cents, Mags?! Are you crazy? Briere is going to get a LOT more than that! :D
Well now that depends. Are we talking $5.75 a game or $5.75 an hour?
Five dollars and seventy-five cents, Mags?! Are you crazy? Briere is going to get a LOT more than that! :D
We felt it was more than fair :P
Five dollars and seventy-five cents, Mags?!
That’s an HOUR, baby! Nuthin’ to sneeze at!
Dang. I would have thought even you cheapies would give the kid a ten spot.
I’m pretty sure the $5.75 is a weekly stipend, Heather. Of course, the Sabres also provide free breakfast, so you make a lot of money back right there.
Well, having been awake now for a whopping, uh… 10 hours (most of which have been spent, mind you, lolling in my bed while wearing my Friday afternoon pajamas and spacing out to good music — it’s been a rough day!), I can’t keep my eyes open any longer. Off to take a nap, kids! I’ll be back later!
So if Briere is going, please let this mean they’re close to signing Drury. Or Vanek. Or Roy. Or the poor college kid that plays Sabretooth. Someone, anyone. Otherwise, its going to get ug-laaay.
I also heard that the Rangers are going to offer $8 mil to Gomez.
Sweet dreams Schnookie!
So if Briere is going, please let this mean they’re close to signing Drury.
This is exactly what this means.
I also heard that the Rangers are going to offer $8 mil to Gomez.
Good grief! I could GM a team! I’m sure Gomez is a fine player, but sheesh. That’s just crazy.
Five dollars and seventy-five cents, Mags?! Are you crazy? Briere is going to get a LOT more than that! :D
But remember, Katebits, Darcy’s paying everyone in 5 minute installments! That 5.75 adds up!
And on that note, I’m off to go soak in the tub and forget my free agent woes. But before I go, I’m going to shamelessly plug my blog: I just posted my game diary for this week’s “Sabres to Remember” game (finally!), for anyone who’s interested.
See you later, all!
On a side note (like this thread isn’t a big, huge string of side notes), I was talking a co-worker today and we figured that our current salary, we’d have to work 299 years to make 5 million dollars.
Schnookie, I’m going to try this nap thing you and Pookie are always talking about.
I also heard that the Rangers are going to offer $8 mil to Gomez.
Okay, that will guarantee sweet dreams! Did they learn nothing from the Holik fiasco? $8M to anyone who isn’t a sure-bet, 70-start goalie who will promise you a GAA under 2.20 means that player will become a millstone around your franchise’s neck. Not “may” become. WILL become. Good luck with that, Rangers.
I also heard that the Rangers are going to offer $8 mil to Gomez.
Fuck no.
Yeah, but Heather, if someone offered you a contract for 399 years, wouldn’t you go for it? I mean, of course you would. Its just common sense.
Bye Gambler!
Yeah, but Heather, if someone offered you a contract for 399 years, wouldn’t you go for it? I mean, of course you would. Its just common sense.
Hilarious, Katebits!
See y’all later!
Bye Patty!
You people are not helping my calm and peaceful stance with this 8 millon dollar talk. We’re not signing anyone ever, are we? ARE WE?!?!?! Somebody please help me.
Heather, 8 mill is insane. That’s all there is to it. You guys WILL SIGN SOMEONE. And he will be good. HAVE FAITH IN YOUR GM.
(breathe)
Bye sleepy leaving folks!
Great and now you’re all going to leave! Hey, let’s tell Heather the Rangers are going to pay SCOTT GOMEZ EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS and then ABANDON her to work through that thought on her own!
Oh, thank you, Mags. Thank you!
It’s going to be okay, Heather. Darcy isn’t a fool. He didn’t severely low ball Briere because he’s stupid. He’s got some sort of plan, hopefully involving Drury.
We knew we couldn’t have them both.
He didn’t severely low ball Briere because he’s stupid. He’s got some sort of plan, hopefully involving Drury.
Yeah, he’s got beef with Briere and hopes offering Dru more will be such a blow to Briere’s ego that he’ll spontaneously stop looking like he’s diseased. And then Briere will thank Darcy for his awesome problem curing ways and come back for a massive ass discount.
Kate, you’re right. You’re right. Of course you’re right! But what does Eklund have to say about this? Should I go check just to be sure? ;-)
Too optimistic?
Heather, do you want me to look and then report back? :D
Heh, Mags. It sounds like as good a plan as any other I’ve heard!
Heather, I have M&Ms and am willing to share. Will that make you feel better?
Kate :-)
Well… I guess I have to eat tonight. I’ll be back later, hopefully in a calm and peaceful kind of way.
Okay, talk to you later Heather. I should go eat some dinner too guys. I’m out like trout! Bye Mags and Amy!
Bye Katebits!
W00t. Killed it.
We need a doctor in here, stat!
I’m a doctor. (for serious)
Oh yeah! And a professional thread assassin, so I don’t know if I can trust you. ;)
Oh, and totally random and off-topic, does being a goalie mess with your knees at all?
That’s my point. I’m just here to make sure it was a nice, peaceful sort of death.
Knees, what knees? Don’t have em anymore. No, kidding. I screwed mine up in a huge way, but that had absolutely nothing to do with hockey. If you learn the technique well there’s really no problem (I advocate hybrid style goalkeeping though, because I’ve seen bad things happen to kids who go straight into butterfly)
because I’ve seen bad things happen to kids who go straight into butterfly
Like what?
I played floor hockey for a bit (tennis shoes on gym floor), but I’m semi-convinced that I messed up my knees from the pounding and turning and whatnot. I didn’t play goalie except once, so I really admire you for that.
Like torn ligaments. It was it once, but that’s enough for me.
I’ve never had any real knee troubles that stemmed from hockey. I had a snowboarding accident that landed me on crutches for 6 months, about what, 5 years ago? Hockey may have contributed, but we will ever know. And thanks. I love what I do :)
I love what I do :)
And that’s the way it should be. :) I guess no one else is here anymore…
‘Kay folks, I’m calling it a day. NASN decided I’d really like to see NASCAR, so I’m taking the hint and getting out of here.
Bye Mags. Maybe I should go be productive, too.
Re: Emery
I don’t care what any of you guys say, you don’t get to the Stanley Cup Finals by fluke, you know!
Well, I’ve been not very attentive today, but now that the thread’s completely abandoned, I’ll say this.
Drury and Briere, it’s quite a lot of talent and leadership to potentially lose, yes, but even though I feel for the Sabres fans in here, I’ve decided that I can’t say “poor Sabres” until it is convincingly demonstrated that they are indeed poor.
And while I can appreciate losing a favorite (still miss you, Vishnevski!), even if they both disappear I’m pretty sure the Sabres will be in great shape next year. Selanne and Niedermayer isn’t quite the same dilemma for Ducks fans because we won’t be seeing either of them in another team’s jersey next year, but even so it’s got some of the same themes.
But take heart–these teams are well set-up, and should win with or without the high-priced players from last year. If they leave, well at least there’s lots of money to spend.
So poor Ducks? Poor Sabres? I’ll believe it when I see it.
But before I go, I’m going to shamelessly plug my blog
Oh good, that means I can plug mine too right? It’s not about hockey though. So I’ll plug it shamefully. (Hangs head). http://blogspectations.blogspot.com/
So poor Ducks? Poor Sabres? I’ll believe it when I see it.
Amen! Now the Devils, on the other hand… Just kidding. I stand by my earlier statements that losing Gomez is much worse than losing Briere or Drury, but I’m cook with it. The team will find a way to adapt; they almost always do.
As for the Sabres, they are loaded with offensive talent. Losing Briere is not losing an asset from an area where they are weak.
And, although this wasn’t what you meant, Earl, but one has to ask as for the “poor Sabres”, what are they doing with all the money the got from selling out every game and for selling millions of dollars worth of Slug-gear?
Re: Emery
Emery’s another guy (like Elias) that I don’t know enough about to dislike him. We never play against him. Personally I think he’s pretty good-looking.
And he did a fine job taking the Sens to the Finals. Only one other goalie did that this year. Am I right, Sherry?
Patty, YES! EXACTLY! Somebody who understands!
People say he wasn’t ‘challenged’ enough, which maybe true but he certainly was no schlump. And if you look at his shots against figures, it really was pretty comparable to everybody else.
I’m sure the team will be fine, but we are still sad to lose our captains. This city takes everything personally, and to many people it feels like we can’t keep players because no one wants to live here, and that hurts our feelings. And don’t say something mean about Buffalo now Earl, because it will hurt my feelings and then I will cry like the girl that I am.
But you are both right, Buffalo needs to buck up and quit whining! As a non-native, I consider it my DUTY to the citizenry of Buffalo to lead by example.
As for where all the Buffa-slug money went, no one is quite sure because the official stance of the team is still, “We are a small market, blah, blah, blah, small profits, skyrocketing salaries, blah blitty blah.”
As for where all the Buffa-slug money went, no one is quite sure because the official stance of the team is still, “We are a small market, blah, blah, blah, small profits, skyrocketing salaries, blah blitty blah.”
Yeah, the Ducks should have earned a lot of coin off this whole “oh, let’s change the name of the team, and the colors, and the logo, and Teemu–change your number from #13 to #8″ scam, too.
Seriously, poor Teemu fans! You could have been dupped into buying three completely different jerseys by now. You are smart to go with the green shirt, Earl. Way to stick it to The Man!
I don’t care what any of you guys say, you don’t get to the Stanley Cup Finals by fluke, you know!
Unless you’re Cam Ward, I guess.
People say he wasn’t ‘challenged’ enough, which maybe true but he certainly was no schlump. And if you look at his shots against figures, it really was pretty comparable to everybody else.
My fingers are literally twitching right now, wanting to type out a response to this, but I don’t want to risk starting a new Official Argument of IPB. So I’ll just say this: I maintain the Sens brought Emery to the finals, and not the other way around. There’s really not enough that can be said about the phenomenal way the Ottawa defense took care of their goaltender.
Still, no matter what you think, he’s nowhere near “elite.” And just to show I’m not biased, I wouldn’t refer to Crunchy as “elite,” either. (Even though I still think he’s miles better than Emery. Shutting up, now, sorry!)
Buffalo sold an ass load of merchandise but I do feel the need to point out that current management has gone out of its way to keep the prices for tickets extremely low – lowest in the league last year and even with a “hike” this season, pretty damn low o the rung – so they’ve certainly sacrificed some profit in that area.
I’m back to feeling very zen about the whole thing. My husband and I were just talking about how we’d line everyone up if we lose Chris and Danny and we can still sport 3 very good scoring lines so it’s not like the entire offense is out the door. Forward is actually the area we could stand to lose a little talent.
The husband did say tonight, “I’m sorry I laughed at you last year when you were so upset about Jay leaving. I didn’t understand!” so there’s that. We’ve also been debating what to do with his jersey. He shredded his Willis McGahee jersey when the Bills traded him but he feels Chris deserves more respect. So far we’re leaning toward building a raft and sending it out to see a la Boromir in Lord of the Rings.
Not that it’s a sure thing we’re losing Chris OR Danny. They haven’t signed anywhere yet. Right?
Still, no matter what you think, he’s nowhere near “elite.” And just to show I’m not biased, I wouldn’t refer to Crunchy as “elite,” either. (Even though I still think he’s miles better than Emery. Shutting up, now, sorry!)
I kind of hate to get into this because I really don’t HATE Emery and I don’t want it to seem that way… but if you put Crunchy behind a defense that played the way Ottawa played in the playoffs, I think he would be much higher in the elite discussion. He currently plays on a team that just isn’t very defensive minded and sometimes it shows.
I’m sure the team will be fine, but we are still sad to lose our captains.
This is my feeling: I’m not worried about the Sabres not being able to contend next season, because I’m pretty sure that’ll happen no matter what. I just really want at least one of our captains around next season. It’s a personal attachment thing.
And Katebits, you’re totally right about Buffalo. Everything’s personal here. Hence Willis McGahee getting the boot. My mom just told me people were calling in to Schopp and the Bulldog today saying “Briere’s house is for sale!” And they were all taking it personally.
But, time for some good news: my mad German skillz have allowed me to find out that Vanek is telling the Austrian media that he really wants to stay in Buffalo. Yay! Also… he’s going to be a father? Weird.
Heather, correct. No one has signed anywhere. Though TSN.ca is reporting Drury said no to the Sabres initial offer as well, but talks are still open. So really, who knows. I think the only thing we know right now is we don’t know anything.
Another thing to point out about the Sluggalo merchandise is that the profit from anything sold at the official HSBC Arena Sabres store remains 100% the team’s. The profit from things sold at the Kwik-E-Mart or on the Sabres Online store goes into the league’s revenue sharing coffers. So if a lot of people bought stuff online, not all of that money necessarily went into the Sabres pockets.
Heather, correct. No one has signed anywhere.
Amy, this is where your reply should’ve stopped :-) I didn’t want to hear all the realistic stuff that followed!
Unless you’re Cam Ward, I guess.
I think that whole entire run could be deemed a “fluke” but I watched him a lot during that run and he was actually really really good. And then he fell flat, which I’m willing to admit, haha.
Also… he’s going to be a father? Weird.
Whoa. Isn’t he like, twelve?
They haven’t signed anywhere yet. Right?
NO THEY HAVE NOT HEATHER! Until one of those bad boys signs on the dotted line, we can still hope. And, honestly, this is all going according to the plan I have been trying to sell you guys on for days. I may not know what I am talking about, but so far my analysis of the situation holds up. Listen, I understand your hesitation to trust Darcy, but come on, this is Katebits. Would I steer us wrong? ;)
He shredded his Willis McGahee jersey when the Bills traded him but he feels Chris deserves more respect. So far we’re leaning toward building a raft and sending it out to see a la Boromir in Lord of the Rings.
Hmm, how to properly honor a jersey, eh?
Suggestion 1: eat it, a little part every day for a year. It wouldn’t have to be too much, maybe just a square inch or to that you could shred into a salad or put into a margarita.
Suggestion 2: well, actually, that was it. You should probably Boromir it.
He shredded his Willis McGahee jersey when the Bills traded him but he feels Chris deserves more respect.
Well, I’d sure hope so! I admit I hate football, but I didn’t get the sense anyone was sad to see him leave. (Sorry if your husband was, like I said, I don’t pay attention to football so I don’t know if he was actually good or not).
if you put Crunchy behind a defense that played the way Ottawa played in the playoffs, I think he would be much higher in the elite discussion.
The other day, my brother and I tried to discuss what the ECF would have been like if the two goaltenders had been switched, but we couldn’t because we were laughing so hard. That would have been a horrendously mismatched series.
Ok, y’all, I’m not going to talk about the depressing Sabres news because it’s depressing but…
Thanks to my wonderful friend Kir and her scanner, the pic of Petr and Petr, Jr. is not in the IPB Wiki, so check it out! Sorry it’s not a higher quality…direct any complaints about that to the New York Public Library.
Well, thanks for the suggestion, Earl. I’ll… keep it in mind should the need arise.
Yeah, I figured it was a sign that I’m getting old when upon hearing the news that Vanek’s girlfriend was expecting I actually said outloud, “Oh, Thomas but you’re so young!” I guess he’s been with his girl for quite a while though and he seems excited so I’ll go with it.
HOLY CRAP!
It’s more amazing than I even dared to dream. He’s KISSING PJ!
Meg, that picture–ne that whole entire ENTRY is sheer brilliance.
Meg, you are a superstar! You are more than a superstar! You’re… you’re… I don’t even know what to call you. A goddess, I think. The picture looks AMAZING!!!
the pic of Petr and Petr, Jr. is not in the IPB Wiki, so check it out!
Holy crap, Meg! Great work all around!
You know, this whole time I’ve been secretly skeptical about this picture–I just didn’t think it would live up to any hype. I mean, how could a great photograph not be on the internet, right?
But wow! Fantastic!
Banker, please reroute 100 of my IPBucks to Meg’s account, and throw in 25 for Kir’s scanner.
Maybe Darcy should start working on the contract for the littlest Vanek now. An 18 year head start should be acceptable.
And there’s nothing cuter than a boy and his chinchilla.
PJ appears to have a big squirrel-like tail. I didn’t picture him with a tail like that. This is going to take some readjustment.
Meg, you rock!
Well, I’d sure hope so! I admit I hate football, but I didn’t get the sense anyone was sad to see him leave. (Sorry if your husband was, like I said, I don’t pay attention to football so I don’t know if he was actually good or not).
McGahee was good but pretty much the best example of how vicisiously Buffalonians will turn on an athlete who even SUGGESTS there’s something wrong with the city and/or the people in it. People were having organzied bonfires to burn their McGahee jerseys and if we’d had transportation at the time, my husband would’ve been right in the thick of it. As it was, he had his own personal ceremony.
I’ve got to say, it’s so nice to see that picture of Petr and PJ again. It was on our fridge for, literally, years. It’s making me so nostalgic!
Yeah, I figured it was a sign that I’m getting old when upon hearing the news that Vanek’s girlfriend was expecting I actually said outloud, “Oh, Thomas but you’re so young!”
Don’t worry about that, Heather. I was all “You’re so young!” too, and I’m younger than he is.
And yeah, that’s pretty much what I figured about McGahee.
MEG! You are so, so brilliant! I don’t know how I could live not having seen that picture!
I actually said outloud, “Oh, Thomas but you’re so young!” I guess he’s been with his girl for quite a while though and he seems excited so I’ll go with it.
Heather, I thought that too, and I’m bit younger than Vanek. I mean, I consider myself years to young to be a parent.
The picture really is great, I’m glad everyone is enjoying it. It was super easy to find because of Schnookie and Pookie’s incredibly accurate information.
I know I said I was going to bed. But I lied. I had this nagging that something was happening on IPB and I was missing out.
Meg. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It’s beautiful.
It was super easy to find because of Schnookie and Pookie’s incredibly accurate information.
Teamwork makes it happen!
Vanek’s a dad? holy crap really? He’s just THATMUCH older than me! :P
OMGAHHH MEGS :0! IPBGLOSSARY! EEEE! Hahahaha. Thank you for topping my day. Briliant entry.
whew. that took a while to catch up :D
Vanek’s only two years older than I am! He’s the same age as Patty Eaves! And Eaves only recently learned how to build model planes! Speaking of which, he’s also a Shattuck alum so I’m hoping he’ll make an appearance in the fic. Hopefully as a good guy.
Pookie just said very pertly, “I thought Patrick Eaves was a Shattuck boy.” Hee! (I don’t know enough about him to add him as a character… what is this about model planes?)
And speaking of Vanek’s impending fatherhood, Marty Brodeur was really young when his first kid was born. And look how that turned out!
What, Brodeur’s kid is a genius or something?
Schnookie, I’m pretty convinced Patty Eaves was raised Amish or something. He likes collecting fun shoes, has trouble working his iPod and it’s been famously reported and confirmed as fact by Ian Mendes that he built his very first model plane only this past year.
Vanek’s only two years older than I am!
So uh Sherry.. two years from now can I call you a Mom :X
So uh Sherry.. two years from now can I call you a Mom :X
GASP! Not unless something extremely unfortunate and unplanned happens.
What, Brodeur’s kid is a genius or something?
Well, I can’t speak for how the kid turned out, but the marriage? Not so good…
Sherry, I think we can have an Amish kid added to Shattuck Boys! Maybe he and Sid can dream of someday being cool enough to build model planes when they grow up.
So uh Sherry.. two years from now can I call you a Mom :X
GASP! Not unless something extremely unfortunate and unplanned happens.
Sherry, of course, is referring to the next lockout.
Sherry, of course, is referring to the next lockout.
Yes, because clearly if there’s another lockout I’ll have to get married and have a baby to fill the void.
Sherry, I think we can have an Amish kid added to Shattuck Boys! Maybe he and Sid can dream of someday being cool enough to build model planes when they grow up.
awesome, that would be so sweet. Just to clarify, Eaves wasn’t raised Amish but he’s got the whole “innocent-and-clueless-you-just-want-to-ruffle-his-hair” thing going on. His brother Ben is in the Penguins system, so they’ve got that Sid connection going on to.
Sid and Amish :X. HAHAHA.
Good luck on using a baby to fill a void. Have him/her skate!
:0 OT but Oduya wasn’t given a qualifying offer? Really? I didn’t think he was THAT bad… NJ irregulars feeling sad?
Hah! Vanek speaks German exactly the same way he speaks English. With the same speech pattern and cadence to his voice and constantly shaking his head and shrugging like he always does. He’s speaking way too fast for me to catch what he’s saying, but still, just watching it is entertaining…. Yes, I’m easily amused.
I’m pretty convinced Patty Eaves was raised Amish or something. He likes collecting fun shoes, has trouble working his iPod and it’s been famously reported and confirmed as fact by Ian Mendes that he built his very first model plane only this past year.
Sherry, that is so awesome! I cannot wait to see him added to Shattuck Boys!
Wow, Meg! What a great picture! It actually makes me think he’s cuter than I thought. I think it’s sweet.
Danny had his first child very young – younger than Thomas, I believe – and before he was married to Sylvie and that seems to have turned out well other than the whole “money-grubbing, Buffalo hating, I’m off to the highest bidder thing.”
(I’m fine. Really.)
With the cap that much higher, I think Buffalo can keep both :X if the two aren’t THAT greedy Heather…
What’s with NHLers and getting married, having kids young? Jesus. Do they all want to be Chelios and play with their hopefully crosby/ovechkin-tastic kid on the same team or something?
Oh, that’s right! I forgot about all of those hungry mouths Danny has to feed! No wonder he’s going for the big bucks!
Danny had his first child very young – younger than Thomas
I would imagine he must have been pretty young given that he only recently turned 17.
All this talk of early fatherhood reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Bart and Lisa are arguing over who was planned and Marge pries them apart and says “Nobody was planned!”
I meant. Chelios’ age. :x. God forbid they all be like Chelios. in terms of like you know, not shaking players’ hands after playoff rounds.
I forgot about all of those hungry mouths Danny has to feed! No wonder he’s going for the big bucks!
For THAT much money, they must be tractor children. That, or dumpsters.
Wow, Meg! What a great picture! It actually makes me think he’s cuter than I thought. I think it’s sweet.
Patty, I think it’s sweet too. Anyone who adores their animals is pretty much ok by me. I can forgive a lot of flaws for that.
Heather, I am so glad right now that I don’t live in Buffalo. I don’t think I could bear to be surrounded by all the stress. Being in NYC is more like, “Hockey? Oh yeah, we do have a hockey team. Go Yankees/Mets!”
Schnookie, I may never look at Shattuck the same way anymore as I cracked up when reading up on our dear old Patty Eaves:
15. The first job I ever had was… as a janitor at a hockey rink in Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Faribault, Minn.) where I went to boarding school.
http://www2.ottawasenators.com/eng/news/redirect.cfm?sectionID=/hockey/hockeyNewsDetails.cfm&newsItemID=2069
Also, I tried to find this on their website but it doesn’t really say as I was doing research for ‘Chasing Sidney’. Is Shattuck exclusively an all-boys school? Or are female-types also allowed?
With the cap that much higher, I think Buffalo can keep both
But one of the few things we’ve actually been told so far is that Buffalo is most definitely not spending to the cap. So it’s not like we just suddenly got an extra 6 mil to burn, or anything. How much we will actually be spending, no one knows.
Ah, my favorite justification for pro athletes going to the highest bidder. “He’ll have to retire young, he has to set up his family.” Sir, if you haven’t already set up your family after a couple years of making multiple millions, you’re a dumbass.
Meg, it really is the surrounding stress that’s so bad, I think. Between the fans going apoplectic over every rumor and Bucky *$&#@ Gleason (of the Buffalo News) determined that no matter what happens, the team is screwed, it’s a high stress place to be right now. (Seriously, if we keep both guys, his commentary will be “How could Darcy tie up that much money in two players?! We’re screwed!” If we keep Danny, it’ll be “We should’ve kept Chris! We’re screwed!” If we keep Chris, it’ll be, “What’s our offense going to be without Danny! We’re screwed!” If we let both guys go it’s going to be, “Who’s going to play offense? We’re screwed!”)
Shattuck’s is co-ed. In real-life atleast. Don’t know about the Shattuck Boys version.
Between the fans going apoplectic over every rumor and Bucky *$&#@ Gleason (of the Buffalo News) determined that no matter what happens, the team is screwed, it’s a high stress place to be right now.
Insulting your GM, asking/comparing this player vs this player is so overdone in LeafNation.
Welcome Buffalo fans :)
With the cap that much higher, I think Buffalo can keep both :X if the two aren’t THAT greedy Heather…
I see your thought process, but I’m a little worried that the rising cap is actually going to price them that much more out of our range. I can’t even wrap my brain around Darcy offering someone an 8 million dollar contract.
Seriously, if we keep both guys, his commentary will be “How could Darcy tie up that much money in two players?! We’re screwed!” If we keep Danny, it’ll be “We should’ve kept Chris! We’re screwed!” If we keep Chris, it’ll be, “What’s our offense going to be without Danny! We’re screwed!” If we let both guys go it’s going to be, “Who’s going to play offense? We’re screwed!”
It will probably not surprise you to learn that I refuse to read anything Bucky Gleason writes. I read Tim Graham, and that other guy who does actual hockey news, but I will not read any of the Buffalo News columnists. I became ruthless about not reading any of this stuff after my roommate/best friend pointed out that hobbies (like sports fandom) are supposed to be fun and make you happy, not turn you into a giant ball of stress. It was a rather necessary bit of perspective, and I’ve been trying (not always successfully) to keep that in mind.
I can’t even wrap my brain around Darcy offering someone an 8 million dollar contract.
is Lecavalier making 8 mil? I think he’s making something like 7.9 isn’t he? NO NO NO no one this year should make $8+!
Aiyaaaah. Greedy players taking advantage of a poor market!
how brilliant. ;_;
A market built on a false economy even. Pierre LeBrun pointed out that the reality is the revenues are so high because every arena has decided to raise their ticket prices despite a lot of arenas being half empty.
I really should cut Bucky Gleason out, Meg, but I’ll catch a glimpse of a headline, think “What the hell?!” and read the column, usually half outraged the whole time. I think Max beat up his kid at some point because he will not stop talking about shipping Max out of town. He’s an idiot.
Shattuck in real life is co-ed (and has a freaky figure skating program on top of it’s freaky hockey program), and in real life Drew Stafford’s dad is the coach of one of the girls’ hockey teams. In fake, better life, Shattuck is all boys. (Oh, and Steph, Ty Conklin went there, too.)
Hahahaha! Heather, you’re so, so right about Bucky Gleason! He wasted literally no time in starting in with the “Anaheim found a way to get Pronger and Neidermayer, and they have a Cup, so the Sabres MUST keep Drury and Briere! Superstars are superstars, right?” I admit, I read what he writes, but mostly so I can have something to bitch about.
Stafford formed a band called “Red Seal Peach” while at UND with current Lowell Devils goaltender Jordan Parise.
Tee-hee.
I’d imagine there’s a giant electrical fence in between the girls and boys dorms though. Unless I just happen to have a really skewed view of boarding schools. I was almost sent to a boarding/prep school for high school actually.
I think Max beat up his kid at some point because he will not stop talking about shipping Max out of town. He’s an idiot.
An exciting player, who by all appearances gets along well with his teammates, is a consummate professional, and gets paid under his market value (and almost certainly less than he could have gotten by going the arbitration/free agency route)–I’d drive him to the airport myself! The annual off-season ship-Max-out-of-town thing drives me up the wall.
Maybe I just have a heretofore unrealized thing for Russian players, because the two players I most hate to hear bashed are Max and Kalinin. I just feel like they get picked on more because of their Russian-ness and the fact that they’re not chatty and effusive with the media.
I’m fascinated by boarding schools. I would’ve absolutely hated attending one, but I’d like to visit for a few weeks.
Yeah, why do you think Pookie loves Staffy so much? Why, it’s his affiliation with Jordy Parise, of course! (Seriously. That’s why she likes him.)
Schnookie, did you kill the comments???
I’m fascinated by them to and I’m slightly curious as to how I would have turned out had I gone to one. The one I was almost sent to is called “Appleby’s”. It’s not good news when the school conjures up images of mid-range American Restaurants.
It’s not good news when the school conjures up images of mid-range American Restaurants.
are there truly “american” restaurants :X.
(no honestly. i’m really curious.)
Vinny, haven’t you heard the expression, “As American as Appleby’s pie?” :P
Obviously I live under a rock Schnookie :D
But not Drury’s Pet Rock (Rock?) :P
I know a couple guys who went to Choate. It’s interesting. I think that they never developed a sense of perspective about certain things. It kind of gave them a narrow worldview in some senses. For example, I recall one of them being shocked when I said a lot of my friends would be staying in Buffalo and going to UB. Why on earth would they do that? Uhm…because money doesn’t grow on trees and it’s what they could afford. I don’t think everyone at boarding schools grows up like that, but I imagine it’s more prevalent.
who by all appearances gets along well with his teammates
I’ve heard that Max and Vanek don’t get along at all, actually. Of course, that was a total baseless rumor, but hey. What’s one more at this point, right? And even if it is true, at least they like each other enough to score goals together, and that’s good enough for me. I’m totally baffled by everyone wanting to dump him, too. If it meant getting to keep Drury Briere and Vanek at this point, I might be tempted, but otherwise I want him to stay put. No question.
I’ve heard that Max and Vanek don’t get along at all, actually. Of course, that was a total baseless rumor, but hey. What’s one more at this point, right?
Yeah, I’m sure that there are players he doesn’t get along with…honestly I’m sure that most of the guys have teammates they don’t necessarily enjoy. What I meant is that I’ve never heard him described as a bad or otherwise problematic teammate. And I seem to recall hearing that he’s pretty good friends with quite a few of the guys.
Max is a great value for his offensive output. I hadn’t heard that rumor about him and Thomas not getting along Gambler. Interesting!
I’m a well-established Kalinin apologist. I just want to hug him and tell him it’s all going to be okay.
We went to a moderately poncey private day school, and our big sports rival was an extremely poncey boarding school (at which Scott Stevens coached the hockey team after he retired — his daughter went there). And while we certainly grew up with a narrow worldview and a fairly unhealthy understanding of the value of a dollar, we were always glad we weren’t as snooty as the boarding school kids. I imagine they’re all like Zach, expecting to get a new turtle-of-affairs every year from their fathers for their birthdays.
I’d never heard the rumour either, Heather, but if you think about have you ever worked anyplace or played on any team where everybody liked each other? I haven’t. Actually, now that I think about it, I think I have heard that Roy and Max get along quite well, so maybe the fact that I didn’t hear that about Vanek is indicative of something? I don’t know.
Oh, hey! That reminds me. What was the name of that book blog you guys recommended a couple of weeks ago? The one your friend writes?
Yeah so their turtles got to have TOA themselves and establish this whole hierachy thing you know? Kinda like the Devils :D.
I guess most hockey players send their kids to good (mayhap poncey) schools?
Danny had his first child very young – younger than Thomas
Aw, that’s nothing. Bryzgalov got his first toaster at the young age of 12, and it grew up to become a well-adjusted printer/fax machine.
And while we certainly grew up with a narrow worldview and a fairly unhealthy understanding of the value of a dollar
I went to a public school in a fairly well off area, where the public school student in my district were sometimes considered snobby (I’m from Williamsville, if the Buffalonians here are wondering) and I grew up not understanding how good I had it. When I was in college I started tutoring inner-city kids and it really blew my mind.
But the guys I knew who went to Choate are just on a whole ‘nother level from me. Let’s just say that my first car was not a Lexus.
Aw, that’s nothing. Bryzgalov got his first toaster at the young age of 12, and it grew up to become a well-adjusted printer/fax machine.
Yet the one with the deformed breadhole may only have a future in splotchy photocopying.
Heather, Sarah’s blog is The Last Book I Read. (If you head over there, tell her I say hi!)
I seem to recall hearing that he’s pretty good friends with quite a few of the guys.
Like Zubie… Another reason I wish he didn’t have to go! And yeah, I’m not surprised that not everyone gets along in the dressing room. I just find it funny that Max and Vanek, of all people, don’t get along, considering how well they play together. I hear hatred’s the new teamwork.
Seriously, though, guys, don’t quote me on this. For all I know Max could have a new godson on the way.
Yet the one with the deformed breadhole may only have a future in splotchy photocopying.
Or in microfilm printing at the New York Public Library.
I guess most hockey players send their kids to good (mayhap poncey) schools?
If they have the means to, they most likely would as ‘My dad is a hockey player’ isn’t as big of a deal compared to ‘My dad owns two Islands’. I know Dean McAmmond sends his children to a Christian private school based largely on their faith though.
My mother threatened prep school for me to ‘fix my rebellious’ behaviour. I imagine I would most likely come out even more unbalanced had I actually gone. In Taiwan it’s different because you took high school placement tests and almost all of the high schools were private anyways.
I guess most hockey players send their kids to good (mayhap poncey) schools?
Vinny, I imagine it might depend a bit on location. I think that a lot of Buffalo players/coaches send their kids to the local public school. But if they don’t their silly because the public school their kids would mostly be districted to is better than the local private schools. But players in NYC would be nuts to send their kids to the NYC public schools in my opinion. Yet some of the suburbs, particularly in Westchester, have fantastic public schools. So it probably varies widely.
I do recall hearing that Vanek was originally very unhappy playing on a line with Max and Derek because he felt like they had really good chemistry with each other but not with him. So maybe that was part of the rumor of them not getting along.
You’re probably right Meg :D
Per Toronto the private schools are pretty good so I wouldn’t think any player would really want to send them to public schools :)
It’s like that in HK too Sherry.. my cousin’s doing her placement exams this year/summer :(
I guess most hockey players send their kids to good (mayhap poncey) schools?
I went to an incredibly poncey high school in Buffalo (my first car wasn’t a Lexus either, though!), and I remember there was a lot of talk of Danny maybe sending his boys there when they were old enough (the school is grades 5-12). If he ends up moving out of town, all those years of dreaming by my school will go to waste.
I do recall hearing that Vanek was originally very unhappy playing on a line with Max and Derek because he felt like they had really good chemistry with each other but not with him.
Wait, wait… I know how this one ends. He scores 43 goals and shuts the hell up, right?
But you’re right. That very well could have been the origin of the story.
Toronto has a bunch of private schools but not so much poncey prep schools. Ottawa has a lot of them. My friend went to Ashbury College in Ottawa and he knew somebody who arrived via helicopter every morning.
It’s like that in HK too Sherry.. my cousin’s doing her placement exams this year/summer :(
It’s ridiculous there! High school is so competitive and difficult and they make university almost impossible to get into but apparently after you get in, it’s ridiculously easy. My mother never fails to remind me that she got into the best high school in Taiwan [all girls, in fact].
Wait, wait… I know how this one ends. He scores 43 goals and shuts the hell up, right?
Yep! :-)
It’s not that I don’t believe you, Gambler, I just think it’s interesting since the usual story is that all the young guys that came up through the system together get along great and hang out with each other all the time.
the usual story is that all the young guys that came up through the system together get along great and hang out with each other all the time.
A lot of the Sens guys played together through the system right? I THINK.
But it really is really interesting =D
Sherry – god i know, i feel so bad for her. HAHAHA parents can be like that.
A lot of the Sens guys played together through the system right? I THINK.
It’s true! And that’s definitely a part of the reason why they get a long so well. Spezza, Kelly, Vermette, Emery, Gratts, Eaves, Schubie and Volchenkov all spent time in Binghamton together. And Pothier and Bochenski too but they’re not with the Senators anymore and therefore no longer matter.
Just kidding, I really liked Pothier, even if he was largely useless.
The Senators have a lot of Toronto boys Sherry :P
Heather, while we’re on the topic of the guys’ off-ice relationships, I gotta ask. Have you seen this:
So funny!
(Please, Senor Spam, do not eat me just because I have a link! I am not food!)
It’s true! And that’s definitely a part of the reason why they get a long so well. Spezza, Kelly, Vermette, Emery, Gratts, Eaves, Schubie and Volchenkov all spent time in Binghamton together.
I love that. I love that about the Sabres.
Noted Vinny :P
Spezza’s from my hometown actually, haha. He went to Turner Fenton Secondary for awhile, which was the same school as one of my friends although I don’t think she actually knew him. Emery and Gratts are both from Hamilton.
I love that about the Sabres.
Ditto! I sort of felt bad for Amerk fans this season, though. I mean at one point we had, like, half their roster in Buffalo. Stupid injuries!
Hahaha my community’s too Asian. :D we’re more athletic in the volleyballs and the badmintons and ping ponger stuffs of the world :D
Gambler, I have seen that! Very funny even if the boys are terrible, terrible actors. You can see them just barely managing to not crack up while they’re saying their lines. My favorite part is Marty actually trying on the shrunken jersey just in case we missed the fact that it was really, really small.
(Please, Senor Spam, do not eat me just because I have a link! I am not food!)
Ha! That was a great clip, Gambler. They must have shot hours of footage to get that one together.
I honestly think Crunchy pulls off the best performance in that little clip. His frustration with his foolish teammates is just so…immediate and palpable. Plus, he has an awesome little smirk/shrug a the end of his line.
Ha! That was a great clip, Gambler. They must have shot hours of footage to get that one together.
I bet there are some grim/hilarious outtakes from this project!
I honestly think Crunchy pulls off the best performance in that little clip. His frustration with his foolish teammates is just so…immediate and palpable.
That probably wasn’t really a performance :-)
Crunchy is always ready to go with the cranky performance. He was born to play this role!
Have you seen the Scott Oake interview with Crunchy about Kelly Hrudey? He seemed so cranky [well, since it's Scott Oake I can't blame him] but at least played along.
I honestly think Crunchy pulls off the best performance in that little clip. His frustration with his foolish teammates is just so…immediate and palpable.
Most of the filming hours were spent with Crunchy, who kept demanding a reshoot until they could properly capture his irritatedness.
Have you seen the Scott Oake interview with Crunchy about Kelly Hrudey? He seemed so cranky [well, since it’s Scott Oake I can’t blame him] but at least played along.
Link! Sherry, Link!
Most of the filming hours were spent with Crunchy, who kept demanding a reshoot until they could properly capture his irritatedness.
Plus his contract rider contain all sorts of unreasonable demands, like prepeeled yogurt covered raisins, and a no-one-is-allowed-to-make-direct-eye-contact-with-Mr-Miller clause.
I tried finding it but I don’t think it’s up on YouTube anymore, haha.
Very funny even if the boys are terrible, terrible actors.
Oh I know. Roy is the worst. Poor Roy. The bit with Marty is my favorite, too (surprise, surprise), and you can totally tell that no one told him to actually try the sweater (he says jersey! gasp!) on, he was just like “Hey! This is fun!” Man, I miss him.
Nice work on the contract rider Katebits – you should make a blog length post with the rider in its’ entirety :)
Sherry – were you searching for “Crunchy” or “Miller” ;)
Icing – I was so certain I typed “Miller” but you had me doubting myself so I went back and checked and I did indeed search “Ryan Miller”. Phew.
Most of the filming hours were spent with Crunchy, who kept demanding a reshoot until they could properly capture his irritatedness.
His brow was sick that day you know! And had some sprained hairs. And ligament damage! Sheesh!
I was so certain I typed “Miller” but you had me doubting myself so I went back and checked and I did indeed search “Ryan Miller”.
That’s hilarious Sherry :) I would have laughed even harder if you’d actually searched for “crunchy” though ;) I guess we’ll know YouTube has gotten truly cook, hip, etc. when one can search for “crunchy” and find video of Ryan eating granola with peeled yogurt raisins.
icing, why doesn’t your name link to your blog? Then we could find you whenever we wanted!
Thank goodness for your post Katebits. I thought my double post had broken the comments. And my mind raced ahead to what I would do when no longer gainfully employed as a IPB commentor. And then I thought I could take a page out of Peters’ book and become a bodyguard for Roy. Then….well…anyhoo…. ;)
P.S. I think it should link now, thanks Katebits.
Excellent! I like to keep tabs on everyone!
Excellent! I like to keep tabs on everyone!
Man, now I know how Roy felt with Peters’ all over him. Katebits, we may need to see a counsellor…I just need my space dammit!
I can work on that icing.
Oh, also, Marty calls Peters “Ann.” Ha!
Okay, so this is going way back, but a thought occurred to me. I know we were talking about Finland’s history with Sweden and Russia (way) earlier, and Heather brought up Lydman and Tallinder. Well, while I was in the shower, I remembered that we also have Numminen (Finn) and Kalinin (Russian) playing together! So it’s official, Lindy Ruff is trying to solve the world’s problems one defensive pairing at a time. He’s just so awesome.
(And before anyone jumps on this comment: No, I don’t make a habit of thinking about Teppo Numminen in the shower.)
The worst part about working with Crunchy on that clip was the 48-hour delay after he stormed off the set because they tried just giving him plain raisins. “I clearly stated I wanted pre-peeled yogurt-covered raisins!!” He shouted. It was awful. Such a prima donna, our little Crunchy…
I thought I could take a page out of Peters’ book and become a bodyguard for Roy.
Just let him brush his own teeth, or he’ll get cranky, icing! He likes thinking he can manage some things by himself, poor boy.
I looked everywhere for the Scott Oake/Crunchy interview and I can’t find it. I’m totally bummed.
I can work on that icing.
Classic!
(And before anyone jumps on this comment: No, I don’t make a habit of thinking about Teppo Numminen in the shower.)
Man, why did you have to be so quick Gambler! Can I ask if you regularly think about Lindy Ruff in the shower then? (Oh man, I think that hurt me).
The worst part about working with Crunchy on that clip was the 48-hour delay after he stormed off the set because they tried just giving him plain raisins. “I clearly stated I wanted pre-peeled yogurt-covered raisins!!” He shouted. It was awful. Such a prima donna, our little Crunchy…
I can’t wait for Crunchy’s E! True Hollywood Story.
You know, pre-peeled yogurt covered raisins have a totally different texture than plain raisins. If the people working on the Peters clip were professionals, then they would know that.
Teppo’s a good-looking guy. A little old for me perhaps, but there are definitely WORSE guys to think about in the shower. Like Lindy Ruff.
Professionalism from the Sportsnet crew? Not bloody likely!
You know, pre-peeled yogurt covered raisins have a totally different texture than plain raisins. If the people working on the Peters clip were professionals, then they would know that.
Spoken like a true wife of Crunchy.
icing, haven’t we established this? I am Crunchy’s wife!
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO ME!!!
Teppo’s a good-looking guy. A little old for me perhaps, but there are definitely WORSE guys to think about in the shower
Hell. I’m going to make a point of thinking about Teppo Numminen in the shower tomorrow.
Spoken like a true wife of Crunchy.
I’m up to the task of tending to Crunchy’s every bizarre whim!
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO ME!!!
Except that Schnookie is already married to him! She’s married to him and he is very, very happy! And content! He is happy and content with how Schnookie tends to his raisins!
*runs away*
Awww, geez… You guys woke the sleeping Schnookie. Good job!
Teppo’s a good-looking guy. A little old for me perhaps, but there are definitely WORSE guys to think about in the shower. Like Lindy Ruff.
Can’t argue with you, there. Plus, Teppo likes Justin Timberlake. And that’s hilarious. And no, Lindy Ruff isn’t a normal subject of my shower contemplation, either. Finnish/Russian conflict, however, is! I’m a very deep shower-thinker!
It’s so nice to always have a place to return to wherein you know you will be snorting your drink within minutes of returning.
icing, haven’t we established this? I am Crunchy’s wife!
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH HE MEANS TO ME!!!
Well, I was pretty sure, but that was just a little test to allow you to TRULY prove your undying love for Crunchy. You did not disappoint. Well done.
This is completely unrelated as I have nothing to add to the Crunchy love but
[spit-take] Joe Corvo went to Shattucks as well? Joe Corvo? He does not strike me as the preppy type.
icing, you should have cut Crunchy in half Solomon-style to see who the real wife was, except they’d each be fighting over the half with the same eyebrow.
Joe Corvo also went to my college and played hockey for us for…a few years, I don’t know. We get updated on him in our season highlight book things every year.
I would fight to the death for that left eyebrow.
He is happy and content with how Schnookie tends to his raisins!
Okay, dirty.
Well, I was pretty sure, but that was just a little test to allow you to TRULY prove your undying love for Crunchy. You did not disappoint. Well done.
Suuuuuure… You just watch it, missy. I have the power to block you from this site! :P
He is happy and content with how Schnookie tends to his raisins!
Okay, dirty.
I just have to add: Schnookie, please tell me you don’t cover them in yogurt!
He is happy and content with how Schnookie tends to his raisins!
Okay, dirty.
Yeah, you know it!
Joe Corvo doesn’t get added to Shattuck Boys. There are only so many characters I can fit into one book… :P
they’d each be fighting over the half with the same eyebrow
Great image Mr. Sleek.
I would fight to the death for that left eyebrow.
Good to know. Because you’d be dead quick. Schnookie would so kick your ass! (Hey, she can block me!!!)
I just have to add: Schnookie, please tell me you don’t cover them in yogurt!
Aaaaaaaaa! Gambler!!!! My eyes, my eyes…ack, I cannot erase the image.
Aww, geez… I’m off to bed. I have to friggin’ WORK in the morning :::grumble, grumble:::
I just have to add: Schnookie, please tell me you don’t cover them in yogurt!
We keep this sort of stuff between the two of us. What happens to the raisins behind closed doors stays behind the closed doors. But I’ll add this: yogurt is just the tip of the iceberg.
He is happy and content with how Schnookie tends to his raisins!
Okay, dirty
Heh. I didn’t mean it like that!
Oh hell. this is just a dirty dangerous road my mind is on now.
Dang! Schnookie!
Oh no, I don’t expect Corvo to be added. He’s much older than the boys are. I just thought it was funny that our little tattooed-mohawked defensemen was a preppie.
Aww, bummer Heather! Sleep tight! Tomorrow you’ll wake up, and Drury will be signed, and it will be October.
‘Night Heather! Have fun at work tomorrow!
Tomorrow you’ll wake up, and Drury will be signed, and it will be October.
I’ll try to pretend that didn’t work last night and say, “Good plan!” :-)
Good night!
But I’ll add this: yogurt is just the tip of the iceberg.
You use lettuce too? WTH???!!
I don’t want to know.
Well I finally caught up, but I have a bottle of wine and laundry calling my name……
I will catch up with you all tomorrow.
I’m heading to bed too actually. I haven’t slept in since forever and am looking forward to a full day of absolute laziness tomorrow.
Night everyone!
‘Night Sherry!
See ya, a.oil!
And yes, icing, you are absolutely right about the lettuce. And no, you probably don’t want to know! :P
Oh sure, I get home and everyone leaves :P I see how it is…
Goodnight sleepy heads! I should do the same, but now all I can think about are raisins and lettuce and yogurt…and I just don’t know if I should try to sleep right now.
Well thanks everyone for all the funny tonight. It inspired me and I began to write “Chasing Sidney”. When I win the Nobel Prize of Literature (snort) I will thank each of you in my acceptance speech.
When I win the Nobel Prize of Literature
Oh, it is on!!!
Good night, icing!
Good night to all the bed goers. And a special goodnight to you Schnookie (bats eyelashes in an attempt to curry favour).
*narrows eyes suspiciously at this Nobel Prize for Literature challenger…*
‘Night, icing!
*narrows eyes suspiciously at this Nobel Prize for Literature challenger…*
Wow, she’s been practicing her husband’s look, that scared me!
461 words…
Icing, that’s 400 more words than I’ve written so far!
It’s lights out here at IPB Manor, so goodnight everyone! See you all tomorrow.
But I’ll bet those 61 words are INCREDIBLE.
:)
No ass kissing, icing!
Goodnight everybody.
Mags has a whole new appreciation for Marty Biron’s situation. Fuck that noise.
No, actually I think Toskala is more appropriate.
Good morning IPB!
Cranky Crunchy telling the Buffalo fans to calm down, take a deep breath, and have some raisins.
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/109832.html
Gambler, if Briere would send his kids to your alma mater, they would probably name the ice rink after him (please tell me I guessed the right school). I went to a Catholic high school, in Buffalo (as opposed to the burbs), and it was absolutely hysterical watching the suburban girls freak out about being “in the city.”
Amy, I’m glad to hear Crunchy is going with the zen approach as well. And why is it that every Buffalo News photo makes his hands look freakishly sized compared to the rest of his body?
That Crunchy. One minute he’s super spazzed, the next he’s Mr Zen. Gotta love that.
Cranky Crunchy telling the Buffalo fans to calm down, take a deep breath, and have some raisins.
I laughed so hard this morning reading that. It’s official: I can’t read anything he says in anything other than a cranky, pouty, voice. “Calm down people, you’re ruining my golf game!”
Also, you know you’re in Buffalo when even the professional newscasters start losing their shit, all “Drury and Briere are leaving, OMFG I DIEE!11!!” which happened this morning.
Gambler, if Briere would send his kids to your alma mater, they would probably name the ice rink after him (please tell me I guessed the right school).
Ding ding ding! Please don’t hold it against me. Also, I should probably be clear that I don’t think Briere actually had any real intention of sending his kids there, it was just my school spreading rumors about itself to seem that cool.
“I’m not going to get into the fortune-telling business.
Well, no, of course Crunchy isn’t going into the fortune-telling business. He simply has no idea what kind of work would go into becoming the best professional fortune-teller he could be, and there’s no way he’d set himself up for that kind of failure.
And it would take away from his golf game.
Oh, and IPB is heading out for a few hours to be the best countertop-buying kitchen remodellers we can be! See you all in a few hours (with even — gasp! — some new posts!).
Good luck -ookies (+Boomer?)!!
I have faith in you. The countertop will the best countertop it could possibly be.
“I’m not negotiating any deals for anybody,”
I love this, because you know what Crunchy really means is, “You fuckers, do I have to negotiated your goddamm contracts too? You can forget it. I’m staying right here and I’m finishing this golf game….(muttering)…..assholes.”
This article really is a wake up call. When you are being out-zenned by Crunchy, it’s time to take a long hard look at yourself.
[pokes it] I think you killed it.
Hmm, so everybody’s spending the day at Eklund’s, I take it?
Or in bed. Being angry with the management :P
Well, since there wasn’t much activity going on here I figured I’d eat lunch instead :P
Yeah, I thought food might be a good idea too.
Well, Devils or Sabres fans might get a summer of “Remember whens”, but the Ducks have decided to condense their summer coverage down to one half-hour FSN special, which I watched last night.
Not a whole lot to report, but they did have Burke on the show to talk over Niedermayer and Selanne (he has no clue whether they are retiring or not, but admitted Nieder was more worrisome and unexpected) and Giguere (proud of how he gave up free-agency dollars to stay).
No, the interesting thing was Bryzgalov, of whom Burke said, “It’s his time. We’re going to make sure he gets a place to play as a #1 this year. That’s why we’re such a swell organization to play for: we solve problems.”
So look for that. Also indicated that G Jonas Hiller and W Bobby Ryan were likely to be on the squad next year.
Come to Ottawa, Bryz! I promise we have full Toaster Protection Coverage in the contracts.
Anyhoos, I’m going to go shopping now. Guy friend needs some fashion advice on work-appropriate clothes, mwahaha.
See you guys!
his hands look freakishly sized
No wonder he’s such a good goalie. That hand is *almost* the size of Sid’s caboose! And dare I say, I think bigger than Marty’s barrel. How could anyone possibly get a shot by him?? Between that hand and that brow…wow.
Hey, we’re back! Mags was right — the countertops were the best countertops they could be (and we’re back on track getting the cabinets we actually asked for. Excitement level for the Unicorn Kitchen: high again).
Earl, I love that the Ducks are an organization of problem solvers. That’s the kind of team you should be happy to cheer for. (A half-hour show is all you get. Hm. I might have preferred that to the 7-6 SO win against Toronto…)
icing, you cracked me up! I love considering the sizes of things in the NHL relative to Sid’s caboose. That caboose is like the sphere at the Hayden Planetarium at the New York Museum of Natural History.
That hand is *almost* the size of Sid’s caboose!
Coincidence? Or did Crunchy plan it that way?
Coincidence? Or did Crunchy plan it that way?
Well, since Crunchy was born with those hands, and I’ve heard a great deal about the scientific process that went into building Sid’s caboose… I think maybe Sid’s the one who planned it that way! :P
Schnookie, YAY HAPPY (wait for the mood to crash, just wait for it. Always happens)
Gambler, you broke my sister’s brain. Be proud, that doesn’t happen very often :D
(wait for the mood to crash, just wait for it. Always happens)
Are you ever right, Mags! I figure I’ll enjoy the high until Monday, when we get the prognosis on the fridge…
I figure I’ll enjoy the high until Monday, when we get the prognosis on the fridge…
Prognosis: fridge is pregnant (e3), and it might be Sidney’s (e2).
Prognosis: fridge is pregnant (e3), and it might be Sidney’s (e2).
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Too good, Earl. Too good…
Oil thinks y’all are brilliant :)
Congratulations on finding some countertops you like! When it’s all finished and you look back on it, you’ll realize it was destiny.
Congratulations on finding some countertops you like! When it’s all finished and you look back on it, you’ll realize it was destiny.
Aw, thanks Patty! You’re right it probably is destiny. What’s not destiny is walking into the kitchen designer’s showroom today and being told they never did write down which cabinet fronts we picked out over a year ago! Never. Again.
Man, I so feel for you, Schnookie! I wrestled with whether I should hire a contractor and have them arrange all the stuff for me, or do all that myself. I kind of wish I had just done it myself, because that way I wouldn’t be expecting someone else to take care of it! I pretty much had to chase everything dow myself, it seemed. I even had to wrestle enough of a refund from the contractor so I could hire my own painter to come and fix all the stuff his painter messed up. But I won’t bore you with that story.
Everything is fine now! *eye twitches*
Patty, we’re so curious to see what your kitchen looks like; would you email us pictures? Maybe seeing someone else’s fabulously remodeled kitchen will be just the morale booster we need to get through the end of this one!
Our contractor, by the way, other than be a little slow, is amazing. For all the it’s-such-a-drag, the designer and contractor both responded really well to our pointing out that the cabinets were all wrong. Oh, and that they forgot to write down the tile we picked out. And that they forget to get our project started when we gave them the drawings in September, and instead waited until March to realize that we were going to run into giant permit issues… Seriously, it’s going really well. The contractor has left us with a working stove and sink this entire time which is helping a great deal to make it pretty manageable.
You don’t want to wait for the big unveiling when you get yours done? :D Just kidding. I’ll try to find a good cross-section of pictures.
Are y’all taking before-and-afters? It’s a habit I developed early in childhood when my parents were remodeling house after house after house after house.
Oooh, a big unveiling sounds fun! Let’s hold off for that. And yeah, we’ve been taking pictures of it all throughout the process. We learned the hard way after our last remodel when we realized we couldn’t remember what it looked like before.
Woops! I just sent pictures before I refreshed! Delete the email if you don’t want to see them. I think Yahoo might embed them.
Sorry about that!
We learned the hard way after our last remodel when we realized we couldn’t remember what it looked like before.
There was a point where I felt like crying about mine. I wondered if it was worth all the trouble if it wasn’t going to be perfect. Then I accidentally looked at my before pictures one night and I immediately felt so much better. The befores have really helped.