This is getting ridiculous. Did they specifically get people who hate the Devils to pick our 15 To Remember? Because yes, FSN, we remember this game. NOT FONDLY.
FIRST PERIOD
19:59 We get almost no intro because this was a long one. We just jump right into the play-by-play, as Doc is complaining about some stupid-assed thing Stan said in the pregame. Ahh, how badly we miss hockey — there’s just a shortage of stupid Stan stuff in our lives right now.
19:27 Gomez and Gio combine on a nice passing play on the rush, and Gio somehow stupidly pushes a ginormous Nittymaki rebound wide of a gaping net. Was there ever a point this season where Gio was burying those chances?
18:31 Wow — this is one of the six games over the past two years that Forsberg played for the Flyers.
17:38 Marty doesn’t stand a chance when Lukowich is on the ice. A shot from the point gets tipped in, allegedly by Ben Eager, but we all know it was Choco who made it go in. Pookie points out that every goal call against the Devils from mid-December through mid-March last year went something like, “Let’s go back and look at that again — I think it might have gone off Brad’s [name a body part].”
15:40 Chico gives us a rundown of how the Flyers had been playing of late leading into this game, and concludes that he suspects this will be the toughest game the Devils play against the Flyers this year. He’s prescient, our Chico is.
14:44 After a smart, dynamic pinch by Lukowich (feeling guilty for his propensity for tipping in own goals), Travis does his best Brylin impersonation and artfully tips home a short-range rebound. He and Zach look adorably fresh-faced and excited in the goal celebration. We can only assume Gomez was rolling his eyes at them on the bench. Just, you know, because he’s a slag-faced whore.
13:49 Mike York gets called for hooking. There is something about Mike York that makes it impossible for us to remember what team he’s on. Is that just us, or does everyone else, when they encounter him on their opponent’s roster, say, “When the hell did York become a [team name]??”
12:33 Pitkanen, feverishly jealous of Zach’s Trapper Keeper good looks, decides to whack him in the chin. Zach dutifully bleeds to draw a double-minor (and then looks petulant and demanding on the bench as he sticks his chin out while waiting for a trainer to administer to it).
12:15 As the Devils take one unscreened, flat-footed shot after another on this 5-on-3, Pookie suddenly realizes, “Oh my God! We’re not going to have Raffie on our PP next year! That’s awesome!”
8:33 It seems one of the things FSN wanted us to remember in this game is the clinic the Devils just put on about how to mount an ineffective power play. It was especially artful for the way it combined a fruitless 5-on-3 with a double-minor spent exclusively in the neutral or defensive zones. Nice.
8:04 At a mention of a shot by Gagne, Pookie pipes up, “Poor Simon Gagne. If only he had a team that was his own.” Yeah, have fun with trying to lay claim to Gagne’s team, Briere.
6:38 Chico tells us Travis looked especially happy after his goal because it was his first since December 26. Chico stumbles on his words saying that Travis really “let loose”, prompting us to giggle that he pommerdoodled himself a little bit with the excitement of the moment. (Meanwhile, the Poppers are flying in this game; every time they get the puck in the neutral zone, they just blow their way up into the offensive zone, swirling and passing and swaggering. We like this line.)
3:54 For all that we roll our eyes at how the scoring in this game went — and how not-necessarily-memorable it is on that account — we will grudgingly admit that both teams are really skating. This game is the polar opposite of that snooze-fest from last week they picked for us.
1:59 Patty protests vociferously when he’s called for hooking behind his net. Pookie suggests he’s saying, “No, I’m a superstar. Superstars don’t take stupid penalties.” We get a reaction shot of Julien, and all we can think about is the Devils shooting pucks at him during practice.
0:00 We can’t believe the first period is over already! What a difference it makes when both teams are actually skating hard, unlike certain games on Long Island we can think of.
SECOND PERIOD
19:07 Doc informs us this is the fifth of eight meetings for this season, and Chico adds that, going into this game, the Devils had won the previous 7 meetings between these teams. No fucking way.
18:26 Gomez blatantly hooks Jeff Carter to the ice behind the Flyers net, because on top of being a slag-faced whore, Gomer is also lazy and undisciplined. But that’ll still be $7 million well spent, Slats, don’t worry. (A reaction shot of Julien shows our erstwhile coach rubbing his chin thoughtfully. Is he trying to signal that it was Gomer who shot at him?)
17:39 Knuble smacks a loose puck past Marty to take a 2-1 lead, and we find ourselves wondering what percentage of Gomer’s penalties the Devils killed during his tenure in Jersey. Most likely a very small percentage.
16:49 We kind of space out a bit during a stoppage in play, and tune in to hear Chico assuring us that Forsberg will finish the season in Philly. Okay, Chico. (Considering that a slurpy shot of him on the bench earlier prompted Schnookie to say, “Hey, there’s an example of addition by subtraction”, we don’t have a lot of patience for Chico’s fawning over Foppa.)
14:27 Patty has a lucid moment where he realizes his linemates are Gio and Gomer — he wisely decides to pull up on a rush and crank a booming slapshot, which Nittymaki just manages to get a tiny tip of glove on.
13:03 Chico is having a prolonged conversation with himself about a piece of stanchion that has fallen onto an abandoned corner of the ice; he is fascinated that no one on the ice has noticed it.
12:17 Some guy named Nate Guenin takes a holding penalty while he tries to cling to Zach in an ardent embrace as Zach attempts to carry the puck down the boards. We can’t blame him.
11:54 The Flyers fans, unaware of how dreadful the Devils are with 2-man advantages, rain boos on the officials for calling roughing on Hatcher after Derian uses the handle of his stick to abrade all the skin off the tip of Gionta’s nose. When Gio goes to the bench, the trainer looks at him and shrugs as if to say, “There’s nothing I can do about that. Now, if you want to take that red clown nose off I can… oh. Um. I’ve got some bad news, Brian…”
11:44 Who would ever have guessed the Flyers fans know more than we do? Turns out they had every reason to be worried about a 5-on-3. Nittymaki leaves a loose puck right in front of himself, and Gomer and Travis whack away at it until it pops into the net. Travis has officially busted out of his slump with two goals! We get a shot of him sitting on the bench next to Pando, with Johnny Mac standing behind them. Pando is speaking animatedly to Johnny Mac, and Pookie surmises Pando’s saying, “So then I shot a puck at him, and he didn’t even do anything…”
8:08 This game is just an endless stream of hockey flow. The teams are flying up and down the ice, turnovers are being forced and great passing plays are springing great offensive chances — and suddenly Patty lets loose with one of his patented, swaggering, wide-stance rebound goals on the rush that he loves scoring in Philly. And now we’re reminded why we don’t look back with warm fondness on this game. The Devils have a 3-2 lead this late in the second? And the final score ends at what, exactly?
(It should be noted that on February 1, Captain Patty Elias had exactly eight more goals than rookie Travis Zajac, who had not even been expected to make the team at the start of training camp. Pookie is outraged by this, but Schnookie points out that it’s not surprising, considering who Patty was skating with.)
4:32 It is hilarious what a difference one UFA day and hindsight makes; when we first saw this game we completely lost our minds when Eager slew-footed Gomez while they were both off the puck. Now? We can’t get enough of it. Do it again, Eager!
Meanwhile, Gio took a high sticking penalty. We will refrain from making jokes about how Gio’s too short to high stick anyone. Yes, that’s been done to death, but yes, we still think it’s funny.
2:38 We are discussing who wears what number for the Flyers and Schnookie jokes that the Flyers hopefully offer 88 to any takers every training camp. Pookie: “How big a jackass would you have to be to take 88 in Philly?” Schnookie: “I can only hope Briere does.”
0:02 The period was kind of flagging a little, and Fedoruk, being a meathead with his name tattooed in gothic letters across his back, took a roughing penalty for getting a bit too frisky off the puck with Colin White. On the delayed penalty, Marty sassily played the puck just at the blue line and tossed a very nice pass up to Patty. He is making a good argument to be allowed to skate at forward next year…
0:00 So, um, yeah. The Devils take a 3-2 lead into the third. And the final score is what, exactly?
THIRD PERIOD
19:42 Oh dear. Fedoruk broke Whitey. He has not returned to the bench with the rest of the team.
18:41 What we’re beginning to suspect is that if Raffie had ever figured out how to set up at the point on the PP somewhere inside the blue line, instead of somewhere in the neutral zone about midway between the red line and the blue, maybe we would have liked him better.
17:08 Afanasenkov whips a sneaky wrist shot around Lukowich, Marty makes the initial save, and then Afanasenkov skates around Choco with ease, tosses the rebound off Marty’s arm and into the net to tie up the game. Pookie: “Choco’s saying, ‘I didn’t deflect that in! I can’t honestly say I had nothing to do with him being able to score that, but I didn’t deflect it in.’”
14:28 Did we say this game has great flow? It seems like the last half hour has been spent right in front of the Devils blue line, with each team taking turns handing the puck over to the other.
9:48 David Hale, working to punch his ticket to Calgary, takes a magnificently lazy interference penalty by shoving Jeff Carter over behind Marty’s net while the puck was miles away.
8:44 Poor Paulie. He was almost the hero, managing to fish a puck out from behind Marty earlier, but the Flyers regain possession and take the lead several plays later. Colin White has another of his episodes and pushes Knuble into Marty, making it laughably easy for Knuble to tip a shot into the net.
8:04 Langer is not happy with the way things are going here. After Oduya gets drilled head-first into the stanchion between the two benches (No worries — Johnny hops to his feet with body language that screams, “What’s everyone so excited about? My skull is made of solid titanium. They can’t hurt me that easily.”), he cranks up a screamer of a slapshot from above the faceoff circles, and Nittymaki just completely flubs it. 4-4. Ah, the patented Langer “Fuck this shit” game-tying goal. Gotta love it.
4:10 Now, this has been a very entertaining game. There is no denying that. But there is not a Devils fan alive who is pleased to revisit a game in which the Devils led 3-2 going into the third, but end up having to come from behind when the Flyers make the score 5-4 on a Forsberg goal with just over 4 minutes left. This, Gentle Reader, is not Devils hockey.
2:22 Even with the Flyers crashing into their own goalie and pushing him behind the goal line, Gomez is still not able to get on the puck and score into the open net. Of course, part of the reason he couldn’t do anything there was that Forsberg was demonstrating his mad captaincy skillz and warrior heart by taking a penalty for cross checking Gomer twice to the ice. And proving he’s worth at least $7 million a year, Gomer takes the Devils off the power play (trailing by one with just over 2 minutes left in the game) by following Forsberg to the bench and cross checking him back.
1:54 Marty Brodeur is such a punk. Calder skates into him after he’s caught the puck, and as Marty embellishes falling over, he just — oops! — ends up whip-kicking at Calder’s legs. Just, you know, how you do when you’ve been bumped into while you’re on your knees.
0:32 Who needs Gomez? Langer and Zach sure don’t — Langer gets a pass from Gio while coming around behind Nittymaki’s net, he passes it out to Zach in front, and Zach shovels it over Nittymaki to tie the game. We’ll say one thing for the 2006-2007 Devils: they were impossibly resourceful and cool on countless occasions facing one-goal deficits with time running out. They seemed to do this kind of thing with impunity.
OVERTIME
3:31 Marty is called upon to shut things down while the Flyers zoom around the offensive zone with alacrity. It looks like a power play, so outmatched are the Devils right now.
2:29 Marty makes his 6,000th save of the OT after another smart Flyers rush. It is ridiculous that the Flyers didn’t win this game.
1:36 Marty makes his 6,001st save of the OT after Raffie gets the puck deep in his corner, looks up at his options, and makes a perfect tape-to-tape, cross-zone pass to the Flyers point man.
0:50 On a slowly-developing play in the Flyers zone Gomer makes a lazy, slow drop pass to Patty, who can’t help but overskate the totally unexpected pass; Patty manages to recover, though, passes back to Raffie at the blue line. Raffie uncorks a shot that has just enough magic on it to make Lukowich use his goal-tipping powers for good instead of evil. That’s right: Lukowich. Crashing the net. Go figure. The Devils pour onto the ice to adorably celebrate the hilarity that is blowing a 3-2 lead to a last-place team and having to get a last-minute goal to force OT, then being outshot 10 billion-to-1 in OT, then having to get the game winner from a stay-at-home defenseman who strangely found himself parking in front of the opposition’s goal on a broken play. Chico comments as the Flyers intrepid captain is whining to the officials during the celebration, “Forsberg is not happy about something.” Schnookie suggests, “Losing?” Pookie: “Sometimes with Forsberg, it’s hard to tell whether he cares about that.” Burn.
I know you keep saying this, but these games really sound terrible. I’m suddenly very thankful that we got to vote on which Sabres games we wanted to remember.
1) I burst into laughter when Paulie just batted the puck out of the air. It traveled all its way to the Devils zone and Paulie just gloved it back where it came from. Access Denied. That is for the 5 seconds that that took up.
2) Those goal celebrations that I was talking about. Luko’s goal. When Patty jumped on the celebrating Luko and Raffie causing them to fall onto the ice=so cute, in a manly way of course, and then just chilling on the ice like that while others came to congratulate.
7) I was just watching Stella on Joost because Comcast messed up the TV connection to only my TV while doing stuff outside for another household. Every other TV in my household is perfectly fine. The one in my old bedroom that barely gets used, a-okay. The one in my room that gets used everyday, nice blank blue screen. I wish my life played out like a Stella episode. You know setting up my own coffee shop outside and across the street from another while essentially selling their coffee, doing open heart surgery on an ex-Nazi, or delivering papers on a three-person bike (is there an official name for those?). I only got through 3-4 episode, but I can’t wait to watch more. I wish Joost was available for PPC Macs, stupid MacBooks getting all the good programs.
Hey, it’s early and all, but Sherry’s talking a mile-a-minute. I only have a half-hour to listen before I go to work, but holy crap, nice “recovery” Sherry!
Genna, that was my favorite goal celebration from this year, too. No, wait, second favorite. I can’t remember what game it was, but Patty scored a huge goal to win a game in OT (I think), I’m guessing in November or maybe even December. Marty had gotten a shut-out by the goal was so great that all the guys, including Marty, rushed over to congratulate Patty. It was the first time you could really clearly see on the ice that Patty was truly the captain. It was such a warm and fuzzy moment. I wish I could remember what game it was.
I’m so glad you like Stella. The coffee shop one is my favorite, I think. The montage of the three guys working in their different shops cracks me up everytime. “It’ll be the best coffee shop the world has ever seen!”
Sherry’s on the radio now? Isn’t her show on later? What gives?
Sherry’s exclusively on the radio now. She said something about “technical difficulties” and has proceeded to do nothing but read school news at a crazy pace ever since.
Wow! By the time you go to work, you’ll know more about what’s happening at McMaster than anyone else in SoCal, I bet.
I do the morning show on Thursdays and Fridays too :P and it usually consists of me talking about what’s happening in Hamilton.
Unfortunately I couldn’t even stop to take a break because our computer was messed up and the ads couldn’t play.
“Recovery”?
To be fair, it’s not just McMaster news, it’s Hamilton news. He’ll be so informed.
So, anything interesting going on in Hamilton today?
Sure, the East Kiwani’s Boys and Girls club is having a drive through Lemonade Sale :P
http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/Events/charity/IdleFreeDrivethrough-LemonaidStand.htm?CurPage=1
And the Public Library is having a Park Day!
Join Canadians from sea to sea to sea to celebrate the importance of our parks and historic sites.
But the real exciting stuff is happening tomorrow where the Library is having a Guitar Hero tournament. Only open to kids ages 7-12 though :P
But the real exciting stuff is happening tomorrow where the Library is having a Guitar Hero tournament. Only open to kids ages 7-12 though :P
If I didn’t work at a library in a town where the locals don’t come to programs (and if I were less lazy), I would totally hold an adults-only gaming tournament. The library owns a PS2 and Guitar Hero, but so far we’ve only used it for teens, which seems terribly unfair, to me. Also unfair? That my teen librarian co-worker gets to sit around playing Guitar Hero during work hours, while I’m stuck doing boring stuff.
The library owns a PS2 and Guitar Hero, but so far we’ve only used it for teens, which seems terribly unfair, to me. Also unfair? That my teen librarian co-worker gets to sit around playing Guitar Hero during work hours, while I’m stuck doing boring stuff.
It IS terribly unfair. You should smack that teen rightup the head. I bet if you did hold the tournament, that could get the locals to come out of the woodwork :P
We had an adults only Guitar Hero Tournament at this lounge/bar type thing one time that was only 19+ but I never did end up going, sadly.
I never get to play Guitar Hero at work, either. I just don’t get it.
Genna, I’m so glad you’re enjoying Stella! The coffee shop one is my favorite, too. Pookie and I very frequently shout at each other, “Get off my back about the boat!”
And Heather, while I’d certainly rather FSN didn’t keep showing us games where the Devils blew third-period leads, what this game diary failed to convey accurately was that the cute Devils were especially cute in this one. From a fangirl/squee perspective, watching this game was two hours well spent!
I bet if you did hold the tournament, that could get the locals to come out of the woodwork
Based on what I’ve heard about the town Pookie works in, drawing locals out of the woodwork is probably NOT a good thing… :P
I whole-heartedly agree with the “resourceful and cool” attitude of the D during the death rattle of countless games this season. In my clotted and unreliable memory, it always seemed to be Brian “Pip, the Mighty Squeak” Gionta whacking away at people’s shins until the puck found its way to the net, regardless of whether he scored or not.
Guess who’s alive…
In my clotted and unreliable memory, it always seemed to be Brian “Pip, the Mighty Squeak” Gionta whacking away at people’s shins until the puck found its way to the net, regardless of whether he scored or not.
That’s so true! Last night we were joking as the clock ticked down to 90 seconds and Marty left the net, “Yup. It’s Gio time.” It was such a surprise to see Zach scoring instead — he’s normally the guy we can count on to get that extra-attacker goal when the Devils are down by two.
MAGS!!! How’s it going? Have you grown your Crunchy legs for better cross-country running yet?
I wish. I’ve been lying in bed for most the day because they put peppers in the food and my stomach hates peppers. But the waterworks did get the training staff to feel sorry for me, so now I have my mom’s blackberry back! Whooooooo!
I’m going to try and catch up with the comments now. And I LOVE YOU ALL AND I MISSED YOU!!!!
Stalky, even after, what is it now, 6 years, of having Gio on the team, I’m constantly amazed that he’s the best of the lot for crashing the net.
Mags! Great to have you back! How’d you get internet? Are the evil training camp folks going to come and shut you down?
Sherry, Schnookie’s right. I really don’t want to see the locals come out of the woodwork around here.
Mags!
I’m sorry about the peppers. :(
But happy about the blackberry. :)
Agreed. My other Gio favorites are the classic strategem find-the-biggest-guy-on-the-ice-and-slap-him-behind-the knee trick in order to draw the sympathetic roughing pens.
Between Gio and Madden, we seem to have cornered the market on the mongrel midgets of the league (esp since that cheap shot hack Domi has left the ice to stay home and throw elbows at his elderly parents as the walk by his open bedroom door. That is in between crying about not playing anymore…)
Between Gio and Madden, we seem to have cornered the market on the mongrel midgets of the league
And with Marty we’ve cornered the market on punks! Hm, maybe it’s not the trapping that makes people hate the Devils…
“Recovery”?
I meant “recovery” in a sense of running the show despite technical issues–not everything is about recovering from drinking, you know.
And happy Mags day to all!
My other Gio favorites are the classic strategem find-the-biggest-guy-on-the-ice-and-slap-him-behind-the knee trick in order to draw the sympathetic roughing pens.
I think Gio also does that because he knows everyone loves seeing the ensuing roughing. What’s funnier than the Gio/Chara death-feud? Or Gio/Hall Gill? And he’s so sneaky about it that it always ends up looking like this huge guy is picking on our poor wee little Gio… Heh. Oh, and what should never be overlooked in a discussion of how tiny Devils play such nasty games is that for a long time Brylin was the centerpiece of the “big hits” montage they’d play on the jumbotron at CAA. With his steamroller take-out of Ed Jovanovski about nine years ago.
What I love about the Devils’ mongrel midgets is that some of our big guys play like that too. I’m constantly amazed that Langer isn’t pocket-sized, considering he has that Gio/Madden snarl all the time.
I never brought up the drinking, you did!
YAY MAGS! We’ve missed you so much here. It was weird the last couple of days being the youngest one around here, but I lived up to your thread-killing ways with dignitiy :P
Sergei! I forgot about his dimunitive power and ability to burrow into people like some nasty little wood-tick. When I ventured out of NOFO into Hempstead to support our lads this season, I couldn’t help noticing how much the Isles chased Brylin around the ice. Campoli and Witt-less hunted him down shift after shift as if catching him would get them a ticket out of Nassau County. And Brylin skated around and into them with that flat expressionless look of the disinterested teenager or DMV employee. Good times…
I also enjoy Langer playing the big brother to Travis/ Zach and leading that line face first.
Oh man — the way Sarge drives guys singularly nuts is just fantastic. I love nothing more than when he drives a defender to distraction (on the road), and the defender just lays into Sarge with some idiotic, out-of-position hit, the fans all roar with delight at the giant bodycheck, and then, as Sarge gets back to his feet, they all fall into a kind of fall into a shamed silence as they realize their big goon of a d-man just went out of his way to try to hit a guy the size of a smurf.
The Langer/Travis/Zach dynamic is utterly delightful. I was actually very glad that FSN showed that Flyers game this week because, with all the Gomez talk that has been swirling this summer, I’d forgotten how charming and dynamic their line was. I am especially fond of the way Zach and Travis seem to be eagerly soaking up everything Langer shows them about the art of being clutch.
Ah, the patented Langer “Fuck this shit” game-tying goal. Gotta love it.
Yes I DO gotta love it.
I think somewhere in all those letters on the back of Langer’s sweater is an S and a P and a W.
I think somewhere in all those letters on the back of Langer’s sweater is an S and a P and a W.
Hee! I think you’re right Pookie!
Katebits, I can only imagine that right now Langer is sending that furrowed-brow S,PW glare of his at you. I don’t know what he means by it (I never know what he’s glaring about. He glares in very strange, less-than-obvious-from-an-”angry-glare”-perspective situations), but I know he’s doing it.
Good morning!
Hey Mags! Glad to hear you’re alive!
Did everyone already see? The Coyotes picked up David Aebischer. Good luck with that one!
andrew, I sense a hint of disdain on your part for the Swiss Miss. You don’t think he’s going to be a difference-maker for Wayne?
haha…poor Wayne.
It’s not that I dislike Aebischer, it’s just that it’s the Coyotes. They could put Broduer in goal and he would suck. They could pick up Heatley, Lecavalier, and Sid, put them all on the same line, and they would suck. It’s something about playing for Phoenix….that sweater makes players stink!
Hee hee! So true about the ‘Yotes. Did you by any chance catch the column someone wrote for the East Valley Tribune in Phoenix about what a disaster the Gretzky Era has been for them? (It was linked ages ago on Kukla, but I can’t be bothered to go back now to find it…) I just loved how the long and short of the anti-Wayne screed was that the Coyotes have no trouble finding players who want to live in Phoenix, but they have yet to find a single guy who wants to be there because of the Coyotes. And that includes their coach/GM/part owner/whatever it is Wayne is.
Katebits, I can only imagine that right now Langer is sending that furrowed-brow S,PW glare of his at you.
I think that Langer must have been asking around about me. He seems to know exactly what I like.
haha…poor Wayne.
I’d feel so much more sympathetic to him if I didn’t think the situation was largely his own doing.
I didn’t see that article Schnookie, but I tells ya, Phoenix is soooo awful right now. I don’t know which is worse, watching Wayno’s legacy go down in flames or watching the Sharks actually get beat by them (which still happens with alarming frequency)
I’d feel so much more sympathetic to him if I didn’t think the situation was largely his own doing.
I agree, Meg. And I can’t say I’m too broken up over his legacy going down in flames, because I always felt there was a burnished glow attached to his legacy (from a management standpoint) that he hadn’t really earned. I mean, no question he’s the greatest player ever and all that stuff. I’m never going to deny that. But at the tail end of his career, he jerked the Blues around, then ran the Rangers into the ground. (Yes, the Rangers were fully capable of doing that on their own, but Wayne was an active participant.) And in running Messier out of town he contributed, indirectly, to the running-into-the-ground of the Canucks. So when he retired, suddenly everyone was like, “He should be a GM! He’s so awesome!” Um… what, now? (As for his Olympic success, please. I could GM Canada to an Olympic gold medal.)
(As for his Olympic success, please. I could GM Canada to an Olympic gold medal.)
I bet you could have done it twice too :P Let us never speak of Torino ever again.
(As for his Olympic success, please. I could GM Canada to an Olympic gold medal.)
And probably more than once. I don’t really care much for “Olympic Success” that led to Canada not even making the semifinals last time around.
Man! Talk about disdain! Sounds like you’d cockpunch Wayne if you had the chance!
I’ll point out that not only could I have gotten two gold medals for Canada, I wouldn’t have been wearing sweater vests while doing it, either. That’s one more thing I have on Wayne.
By the way, does anyone else here think Wayne’s teeth look like they’re made of fiberglass? It makes the insides of my lips hurt just looking at his teeth.
I think I’d like Wayne a lot more were he not a big corporate tool. Is there anything he doesn’t shill? I’m not convinced he actually eats any McDonald’s at all or even drives a Ford.
I’m not convinced he actually eats any McDonald’s at all or even drives a Ford.
Oh, you mean like that time he did ads for Tylenol in which he said he took Tylenol for his arthirits… and failed to mention that he doesn’t actually have arthritis?
Yeah, you want to hear disdain, come to stately IPB Manor and talk to us about Wayne. (Again, I’ll never deny the “greatest ever” thing. But I’ll sure as hell argue that he’s not a guy I’m ever going to cheer for.)
(And yes, the words “Mickey” and “Mouse” would probably come up a lot.)
Let us never speak of Torino ever again.
WAY TO GO PAHLSSON!!! Don’t ever let Selanne forget it!
I got no beef with Wayne. He was a great player, he’s a lousy GM/coach/whatever.
Don’t ever let Selanne forget it!
I was happy to see Alfie so happy for winning but it meant having to see him and Sundin being so buddy-buddy with one another. shudders.
I have nothing against Phoenix, the city but is it safe to declare it the place where hockey goes to die? I guess Abby has on aspirations to actually winning a cup anytime soon.
I got no beef with Wayne. He was a great player, he’s a lousy GM/coach/whatever.
You know how we’ve witnessed Katebits losing her hockey innocence this summer with the whole Drury thing? Wayne’s coming to New York was my version of that. He destroyed the team that made me love hockey (not that I carry a grudge for him destroying the Rangers — I’m delighted about that. I just begrudge him destroying the iteration of the Rangers that drew me to this sport in the first place), and for that I will never forgive him.
So there’s a thread on HFBoards titled, “Peca Says, ‘I Can’t Make the Sabres Want Me.’” Fine, right? Except now I have I Can’t Make You Love Me completely stuck in my head. And instead of Bonnie Raitt, it’s Peca singing–the George Michael cover version, I’ll have you know–to Darcy Regier. It’s…disturbing.
Meg, that is FANTASTIC!
Meg…I’m not sure I wanted that to be the first thing I saw this morning.
Sorry, Steph…I needed to share the discomfort.
Meg, that’s awesome. I want to see a music video of this.
“Wayne’s coming to New York was my version of that.”
Fair enough. I guess I just never had an “innocence lost” moment with hockey. But I sure as hell can’t stand a lot of players, so I can relate.
Torino was awesome! I always root for the Swedes. It goes, USA then Sweden then Canada for me. Watching Tallinder playing against Lydman in the gold medal game was a little odd though.
Watching Tallinder playing against Lydman in the gold medal game was a little odd though.
But Tallinder didn’t play in the Olympics…he was still banned from the Swedish nat’l team. It would have been odd though. :)
Except now I have I Can’t Make You Love Me completely stuck in my head. And instead of Bonnie Raitt, it’s Peca singing–the George Michael cover version, I’ll have you know–to Darcy Regier. It’s…disturbing.
That’s brilliant, but I’m betting it’s not as touching as Kevin Lowe’s rendition of “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” dedicated to Ryan Smyth.
No, I don’t think anything can top that, Sherry.
Meg, are you pulling my leg? I coulda swore Tallinder was there. Although, it was a while ago, and I am incredibly hungover this morning. So I could be mistaken.
Way to drink, Andrew! A few more and maybe Team USA wins Torino!
No Andrew, it’s really true. Because of the incident in Sweden during the lockout. I can’t imagine the US or Canadian teams banning players for a year when the charges are dismissed, but the Swedish did.
Leave it to Sherry to make it even better :b Don’t scar me too much, I won’t call and request things! (Speaking of, I still haven’t picked a song…hm I should look into this.)
Haha you’ve got time! I’ll be on from 1 – 3 pm
905-528-9888 is the request line. And Schnookie, I don’t think I can play “Candy Girl” because I don’t think I can get the track in time cause somebody is hogging the production room. Sorry! But I will play that Delgados track though.
That’s brilliant, but I’m betting it’s not as touching as Kevin Lowe’s rendition of “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” dedicated to Ryan Smyth.
12:45 and we have a winner! One CTMPLOLTH award goes to Sherry!
(You get an added bonus award for mentioning a song that will get “Monkey” to stop running through my head. All I need is one reference to George Michael and it’s all I can hear. “Monkey! Monkey! Monkey! Monkey! Ai-ee-ai-ee-ai!” Whoops, there it goes again.)
Okay, I’ve got a couple of minutes and I’m going to try fixing the track before I go on. Talk to you guys at 3! [local time]
“Way to drink, Andrew! A few more and maybe Team USA wins Torino!”
Funny how a mindblowing headache and overall sense of drunken shame can affect the memory huh!?
I think I put away almost half a liter of Jameson’s last night. and some rum. and some Guinness. Jeebus, I need a nap.
I think I might be impressed that you’re awake and capable of typing, Andrew.
Ha! I will talk to you sooner than that, Sherry!
I got some pretty good drinking blood lines (half Irish, half Swedish), so I can do that kind of boozing without much difficutly. But this morning when my alarm went off at 6:15, I thought I was dead. I had to stop and get chicken strips on my way into work.
I got some pretty good drinking blood lines (half Irish, half Swedish), so I can do that kind of boozing without much difficutly.
There is that. I think my bloodlines do me no good, good drinking ones or no, because I drink so little. I’d need to make an effort to work up some tolerance.
(half Irish, half Swedish)
That is a great drinking mix! I’ve always been proud of my half-Irish, half-Korean heritage myself.
Half-Irish! Our motto: We’ll take over the world (once this hangover subsides)!
“I’ve always been proud of my half-Irish, half-Korean heritage myself.”
That is a crazy mix, Earl.
Meg, unfortunetly I grew up in a beer swilling redneck household. I’ve been working on my tolerance for waaay too long.
Told you guys I’m not functioning. I can’t even spell today.
Meg, unfortunetly I grew up in a beer swilling redneck household. I’ve been working on my tolerance for waaay too long.
There we go, I can blame my parents infrequent drinking for my wussy drinking capabilities. It always comes back to your parents in the end.
And with that, it’s 1 o’clock, it’s Friday, I’m leaving work. Bye all.
Half-Irish! Our motto: We’ll take over the world (once this hangover subsides)!
Hehehehe. All the Irish people who I’ve ever had a booze out with were lightweights. I mean, if *I* can beat you at a drinking game, you’re a serious lightweight.
You know how we’ve witnessed Katebits losing her hockey innocence this summer with the whole Drury thing?
Wow, I can’t believe that after all those years of holding out, I ended up losing my innocence to Chris Drury, and to make matter worse, the whole damn thing was broadcast on the internet.
Hockey has made a fool of me.
“I mean, if *I* can beat you at a drinking game, you’re a serious lightweight.”
Is that a challenge, Mags?
“the whole damn thing was broadcast on the internet.”
Oh my god, Kate. You just made my day entirely worthwhile. that was hilarious.
Is that a challenge, Mags?
It is if you want it to be.
“It is if you want it to be.”
Okay, shots on three. Ready, set, Go!!!
Mags on the internet! I saw it had happened earlier but I was skeptical after these long hours of lacking. I missed you! Texts are but a poor substitute!
Andrew, you think I can find alcohol here? It’s about as hard to get at as money in a fucking Swiss bank account that doesn’t belong to you.
Steph, yes, I am here. I’m on Maarten’s laptop now actually, because I bullied him into letting me listen to Sherry’s show after dinner.
All the Irish people who I’ve ever had a booze out with were lightweights.
Ah, the full-bloods can’t hold a candle to us half-breeds. This is totally a challenge :)
Don’t you mean Maarty? oh wait, I forgot, there’s only one Maarty.
And Mags, I have to say, when I was in the Netherlands I was dissapointed in how difficult it was to find a liquor store. I wanted to get some Jenever to bring back, but I couldn’t find a store anywhere!
Okay, I just got home for my leisurely afternoon of IPBing, listening to Sherry and lolling around. And what do I find? My house is overrun by workmen. We’ve got painters, we’ve got bricklayers putting in our front walk, we’ve got kitchen contractors… I think I need to go back to my office.
Andrew, no I mean Maarten, my goalie coach (and at the moment personal bitch, which is the only light I can find in this whole “being sick at camp” fiasco)
And it’s crazy hard to find a liquor store here. Because the government over regulates everything.
By the way, I find myself wondering how an Irish-Swedish mix, or an Irish-Korean one, would match up against my hard-core drinking Irish-German heritage…
Irish-German is a good one Schnookie! No wonder you love beer!
Joost saves the spot I was at while exiting! That is mighty helpful. I do hate going on my mom’s pc to run this program though.
One my “what the fuck are you doing refs?” moments including Langs. I don’t remember what game it was, but someone was trying to fight him and he clearly did not want to and was just standing there while this person was punching/trying to get him to fight. The refs let that go on for a lot longer than they should have. I love that they were letting fights go, but Langs blatantly wasn’t interested.
I want to call in to Sherry, but wth is the country code for Canada again? I should know this, but I don’t. For fuck’s sake I spent most of my morning singing “Oh Canada” to Simon, just to piss him off. I am ashamed.
Oooh, evil! I just took a glance at BoC’s Technorati page and noted that as of this morning, there are 666 blog-links to BoC.
Bwa ha ha!
Genna, I remember that incident — I totally don’t remember what game it was (I think it might have been in the playoffs even, but I’m probably making that up) but I recall being OUTRAGED, like screaming, red-faced, at the TV over that. Poor little Langer. Because, you know, he totally can’t take care of himself out on the ice! :P
andrew, yes, I come by my fondness for beer honestly! Although my household was a teetotalling one when I was growing up. I didn’t even start drinking until I was out of college. And my beverage of choice is most often wine (and lots of it), but there’s not much with alcohol in it that I won’t drink.
Man you guys are just killing me. I’ve got Polish and…Canadian. No, seriously we don’t even know what that side of the family is all about. I think there’s a smidge of Irish in there somewhere, but don’t quote me.
Mags, the country code for Canada is 1. Same as the US.
In case anyone ever needs to know (or cares) a country code, the website is http://www.countrycallingcodes.com
Wow, Earl — you’re on Satan’s blogroll!
(The devil’s, too.)
(HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I crack myself up.)
Also…I kind of miss Lang. Sigh. Why did you have to be useless when it counted!?
Sleek is the Debil!
That’s crazy that you started drinking so late Schnookie! It’s cook though. I probably started a little too early(high school), but hey, I was a distance runner. I needed the calories! Right? Anyone?
Earl, you lucky bastard.
Amy, you’re a star. Merci merci merci (so if y’all are listening you may be able to hear my dulcet tones once I get this bastard phone to work)
Andrew, sure you did.
The Debil! :^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: One “Comment That Made Schnookie Laugh Out Loud The Hardest” Award for andrew. (And I agree with Mags — you totally needed the calories in high school.)
I am delighted with Sherry playing this -ookie block! Thanks, Sherry!
I am delighted with Sherry playing this -ookie block!
BTW, I saw a snippet in today’s L.A. Times that thanks to Michael Vick, the NFL has banned the words “Ookie” and “Dog” from the back of personalized jerseys at NFLShop.com. Apparently “Ookie” was Vick’s dogfighting nickname.
So I guess you missed your window there.
Are you SERIOUS, Earl? I mean, for reals?
Haha okay Sherry thinks I’m crazy now, everyone.
Earl, please tell me you’re kidding.
A name like “Ookie” isn’t something you would associate with dogfighting. Its too warm and fuzzy.
Haha okay Sherry thinks I’m crazy now, everyone.
Well, it’s better than me, I think. She always thinks I’m drunk.
Earl, please tell me you’re kidding.
Unfortunately, I’m incapable of making anything up about the NFL–I just don’t have enough basic knowledge to even create a good lie. So for what it’s worth, this appears to be true.
Remember when the NFl had to put a ban on the Ron Mexico jerseys that everyone kept ordering? too funny!
“you totally needed the calories in high school.”
I’m serious! I wouldn’t drink during the season and we were running 40+ miles per week. I would drop down to, like, 165 lbs! by the end of summer when training started back up I would be back at my normal 185-190.
My mind has been blown. In fact, it might be irreparably broken. I simply can’t comprehend that “Ookie” would be a dogfighting handle. (Considering that Michael Vick has been teammates for his entire pro career with a guy who actually knows me I can only assume this is a shoutout. A venal shoutout, but a shoutout nonetheless. I’d like to see Sherry top that.)
And yeah, andrew, I’m going to justify my drinking that way too. I mean, what if I’m needed for an emergency girl-on-girl sumo fight? To, like, save the world? I need to keep my weight up!
I mean, what if I’m needed for an emergency girl-on-girl sumo fight? To, like, save the world? I need to keep my weight up!
:^::::::::::::::
Schnookie, I was sitting here trying to come up with a suitably funny comment to Andrew’s “Oh heavens, it’s so hard to keep my weight up” drinking justification, and you seriously beat me to the punch. If the fate of the world ever depends on a girl-on-girl sumo wrestling match, it’s you versus me, baby.
And I’ll drink to that!
Michael Vick is a total scumbag, not that any of you needed me to tell you that.
hhahaha Schnookie, I like it! If any dastardly, sumo-wrestling-fan super villians threaten world domination, I will know who to call.
and yeah, my competitive running days are loooong behind me. I like to hover around a festive 215 lbs now. what can I say? I loves me some Guinness!
Katebits, you’re on! *Glug glug glug*
I can’t believe that Michael Vick is giving IPB a shout-out via his dog-fighting handle. Congratulations?
I like to hover around a festive 215 lbs now. what can I say? I loves me some Guinness!
Hey, you know — something’s got to kill you. And if you’re not going to enjoy a Guinness now, when are you going to? I’m quite a fan of overindulgence.
Is anyone else experiencing a strange IPB refresh button situation? About ever other time I hit refresh, the comments go back to #83 as if no one has commented since then.
I can’t believe that Michael Vick is giving IPB a shout-out via his dog-fighting handle. Congratulations?
It’s not the mode of shoutout I would have chosen, but we take what we can get.
Kate, mine keeps doing the same thing. Maybe IPB is so happy that Mags is back, it keeps fixating on a post of hers?
Is anyone else experiencing a strange IPB refresh button situation? About ever other time I hit refresh, the comments go back to #83 as if no one has commented since then.
Yeah, it’s happening here, too. WordPress really wants us to be reading #83.
Katebits, I have the same problem. O well.
Okay. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t experiencing some sort of time lapse psychotic break. It’s bound to happen sooner or later…
Yeah, Katebits, I have to hit refresh a few times to get past #83. And on the administrative side of things, our dashboard is stuck at 83.
WordPress has literally run out of comment space, I think.
So every other time I refresh this page it catches at Mags’ lovely comment 83 and pretends there aren’t any more. I know that’s Hemsky’s number and all, and this is probably the IPB gods being cute or thinking I should appreciate this, but I am not amused!
Maybe IPB is so happy that Mags is back, it keeps fixating on a post of hers
At first I just wondered if Mags was deliriously ill and was just repeating herself over and over again.
Steph, I think the IPB Gods have more of a sense of humor than anything. they’d probably stick us all on comment #69 or something like that.
At first I just wondered if Mags was deliriously ill and was just repeating herself over and over again.
I am spontaneously reminded of Robin Williams’ skit about cocaine. But hey, wouldn’t being that sick be something though?
Crap, if everyone else is having this problem too…maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. It’s not my fault! I swear!
Speaking of sumo wrestling, I’m watching the Office Party episode of Stella and the inflatable sumo wrestling blip just happened.
Oh my god! Office Party! I completely lied when I said Coffee Shop was my favorite episode. Office Party is, by a mile. I love the “Higher and Higher” montage at the party (that being only the funniest song ever written, especially when paired with the SuperCoop montage in Wet, Hot American Summer), and then the power point presentation at the end makes me convulse with laughter every single time I watch it. Just shrieking with laughter. “I. Hated. That. So. Much.” HA!!!
Thanks for ruining the end Schnookie, I’m just getting to the part when they go to the office. Do any of you want invitations to Joost? I know I have some and it looks like I might not have a limit on how many people I can invite.
Wow! Sherry doesn’t hate it at all when you call her, even if you insist on requesting Katamari music that you know you can’t hear.
Hey she put up with me defending the importance of Ty Conklin…
Yeah, Conklin came up in our conversation also, but it quickly deteriorated into mutual Roloson-hate.
You know, the emotion of somewhat liking Conklin for his insistence on not-being-Rolie.
Oh, don’t worry, Genna! It’s still really funny even when you know what the end is. I mean, it’s Stella! It’s always funny.
Earl, it never occured to me to request Katamari music! Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-naaaah!
Sorry, Genna! But trust me — if you haven’t gotten to it yet, there is no way you can be prepared for the power point presentation. It’s impossible to describe except as the funniest thing I’ve seen on television, ever.
Aww, just look at everyone talking about Conks, I’m sure it’s the only time that’s happened in his entire life not in reference to, well…you know.
Hey now, don’t make me start defending Roli too…
Steph, I hate to say it, but Conks didn’t come up once during my phone call with Sherry. (Sure, it was last week, but still…)
At the rate everyone seems to be calling today, Sherry could totally stop playing music and just make this the IPB Hour on CFMU.
Haha, it didn’t matter. The presentation was funny. Next up is the Camping episode. When I get done with all the Stella episodes, then onto watching the playoffs! I hope the NHL decides to play regular season games on this.
Gentlemen, observe what I do with this large jar of applesauce! Hee hee!
And speaking of Wet, Hot American Summer and Christopher Meloni’s character who humps a refrigerator, my fridge is being delivered RIGHT NOW!
POMMERDOODLING!
(I know you guys were all wondering…)
Aww…Schnookie, you just need to realize that Ty Conklin needs love too. And from then on your phone calls will never be lacking.
And Genna if you have mass invitations I wouldn’t mind one :b
my fridge is being delivered RIGHT NOW!
WHOOO! PARTY!
“My urethra shutdown at 4 o’clock today, that’s how tired I am!”
Oh my goodness, that’s hilarious.
I’ll send one your way!…after I get your email. I would check out the FAQ before you run it. Oh, and they only have it for Windows and Intel-based Macs. I really hope they are making a Mac PPC version because that’s what I own and I use my mom’s laptop to watch it as of now.
When I get done with all the Stella episodes, then onto watching the playoffs!
Genna, don’t forget to check out the Stella Shorts! The guys did a series of short films to show during their live acts. They predate the Comedy Central episodes (although some of the Comedy Central ones are rehashes of the shorts, like Office Party and Camping). They’re considerably, er, saltier. OK, they’re downright lewd. But they’re also really, really funny. Some of them can be found on Google Video, but there’s a more complete set at College Humor:
Google Video
College Humor
“Raking Leaves” and “Pizza” are the best, I think. Again, they’re really, really off-color, so if you have delicate sensibilities, they’re not for you.
Christopher Meloni has no qualms about what he will do on camera, does he? I saw some of his Oz stuff, holy moly.
I’m excited to check those out Pookie! I just realized they only have one more episode that they offer, Meeting Girls. That’s sad, but I can move on and watch some Strangers With Candy.
Totally random interjection here: Did you guys see that the FBI is indicting an NBA ref for betting on games he was officiating! That’s some crazy shit!
Genna, it’s ninja_breakfast@hotmail.com.
Whoo, something to play with while I sit around and wait for my roommate to get back to work and drag me off to buy groceries. I will definitely go check that faq out in the meantime.
Also YAY FRIDGE!
Hey now, don’t make me start defending Roli too…
Don’t worry, I’m sure “big minus” Souray and “big minus” Pitkanen got that covered.
Okay, I just had to go and check out that they delivered the right components for the fridge, and I’m proud of myself: I managed not to hump it. Of course, that’s only because there were so many other people in the driveway with us. POMMERDOODLING!
I totally heard about that NBA ref, andrew! I have to say, they are really having a hard time lately with integrity issues with their refs, aren’t they? Um, not that I cackle with glee when the NBA has image problems or anything… Heh heh heh!
Sent away, Steph! Don’t mind the last name part if that shows up. They required a first and last name, so I just entered in two random letters for your last name.
I would love nothing more than to watch the NBA go down in flames. But seriously, this is huge! They have been fighting image problems and credibility problems for years. This could be a tipping point.
Now that basketball is going to lose tons of fans, the NHL can move right in! I can’t wait for Bettman to totally blow this opportunity to try and grab a little share of the limelight.
Yeah, Bettman’s probably trying to figure out how to get NHL referees in a betting scandal to better copy the NBA.
They have been fighting image problems and credibility problems for years. This could be a tipping point.
Yeah, maybe all those people who were pushed right up to the brink with that stupid Suns suspension debacle this past postseason will finally throw in the towel about this deal. Of course, Earl’s right. Bettman will probably get his officials to start up a dogfighting ring.
Yeah, Bettman’s probably trying to figure out how to get NHL referees in a betting scandal to better copy the NBA.
And that’s where the Gretzky influence can really help!
NBA has more image problems then we can count……..and that is just with the pre-incarcerated players.
Just call him Gary “Ookie” Bettman.
coffee….everywhere
Just call him Gary “Ookie” Bettman.
Oh, he’s not that copy cattish. He’ll use the name “Oogaard” and claim it was his own idea.
She always thinks I’m drunk.
You give me very little reason to believe otherwise :P
Steph! I hope you heard the song. The new turntables in the on-air booth sort of scare me so I hope it got through okay!
Just call him Gary “Ookie” Bettman.
Oh, he’s not that copy cattish. He’ll use the name “Oogaard” and claim it was his own idea.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Being the bumbler he am, Bettman would probably try to start a dogfighting ring and end up running it humanely.
Thanks Genna, e-mail received!
And Sherry I definitely did! Sounded great, so you must have worked them out okay. Next time I’ll pick something less difficult :P And thanks for the shout-out! Although much too late I realized that might have been tantamount to shouting I love Ty Conklin from the rooftops, and I’m not sure that should have been my goal for the first time I called in to your station…
Although much too late I realized that might have been tantamount to shouting I love Ty Conklin from the rooftops
Steph, I think it’s way too late to close the barn door on that one…
You give me very little reason to believe otherwise :P
What? The constant refusal to actually deliver on promises of Bailey’s hasn’t convinced you?
Next time I’ll pick something less difficult :P And thanks for the shout-out!
You welcome! I’m here to serve :) and it’sno problem with the vinyl, I just should have learned it before today, HAHA.
Although much too late I realized that might have been tantamount to shouting I love Ty Conklin from the rooftops, and I’m not sure that should have been my goal for the first time I called in to your station…
There’s nothing wrong with that!
The constant refusal to actually deliver on promises of Bailey’s hasn’t convinced you?
No, that just convinced me you were like every other man :P
No, that just convinced me you were like every other man :P
I’m going to have to take this comment to the bottom of a bottle tonight.
kthx bye Alexei!
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=214140&hubname=nhl
Steph, I think it’s way too late to close the barn door on that one…
Sure, among my dear circles of friends, but spreading it to the population of Hamilton? What’s next? I’m not sure I can handle this being what I’m known for…
I just should have learned it before today, HAHA.
Consider it my goal to help with your learning process! :P
What’s funnier than the Gio/Chara death-feud?
One of my favorite moments of the season was the Sabres and Bruins getting into a bit of a scrum. Derek Roy charged in and hit Chara right in the gut. Chara pushed Roy in the head with one hand and knocked him right off his feet. It was adorable. When he’s not too busy turning the puck over and making drop passes to no one, Derek is one of those tiny guys that can somehow sucker much bigger guys into chasing him around. It’s extremely entertaining.
Yeah, that’s all I got. I don’t have the energy to read the whole thread.
How about when Chara was totally rag-dolling McCabe and he was just hanging on for dear life.
Sweet memories.
I don’t have the energy to read the whole thread.
Just read the first 83 comments. The rest is just a figment of your imagination.
Chara freakin’ ragdolls everybody.
It’s remarkable how scandalous other sports are compared to hockey. Our scandals just seem like blips in comparison.
And Chara almost killed Nathan Paetsch with a slapshot to the head. Although he did kind of redeem himself by signing Paetsch’s dented helmet afterward.
Oh, but Heather B.! No fair not reporting on the spouse-blog-revelation-experiment!
Just read the first 83 comments. The rest is just a figment of your imagination.
Yeah, about 30 comments have suddenly appeared since I posted my first comment.
Yeah, Heather, I’m dying to know how Project Get Mark To Notice Top Shelf is going!
It’s remarkable how scandalous other sports are compared to hockey. Our scandals just seem like blips in comparison.
Other sports do normal scandals. Hockey’s scandals are always INSANE. Like Tocchet and the mafia-run gambling ring (with ties to Janet effin’ Gretzky) and the whole Mike Danton thing. When the NHL does scandal, it does scandal with flair.
Anyways I’m off now…heading on a bus back to Mississauga and then going out to a pub with a friend later, heh.
Talk to you guys later, thanks for calling in and making it the best. show. ever :P
Bye Sherry! Have a ton of fun reflecting on a radio show well done!
Yeah, Heather, I’m dying to know how Project Get Mark To Notice Top Shelf is going!
Well, so far nothing. Granted, I had already left for job 2 when he got home last night and I was still in bed when he left this morning so we haven’t really seen much of each other since I changed the homepage… We’ll see what happens when he gets home tonight.
Bye Sherry! Rest assured I will make it my new mission to find obscure things you only have on vinyl from now on :P
And have a good time at the pub!
Oooooh. I can’t WAIT until Mark realizes he’s married to an internet Sabres authority. He’s going to be so proud! (And probably a little nervous too. He’ll have to go back and try and remember all those conversations you two have had about the Sabres. Did he say anything stupid? If he had know you were such an expert, he probably would have chosen his words more carefully.)
Wow — we’re entering Day 2 of Project Get Mark To Notice What Heather’s Really Been Doing All This Time. The suspense is KILLING me!
I have to say, I’m a little disappointed I didn’t get an email from him today detailing all his amazement and admiration. No, he just wanted to talk about Mike Peca more! If he doesn’t notice or doesn’t say anything in the next few days, I’m going to be annoyed.
I think it would be doubly awesome if Mark then revealed that he was the force behind bfloblog or something like that.
C’mon irony!
Heather, I really enjoyed your post on McKee and Peca. I totally agree, they should certainly stay where they are!
andrew, thank you! I liked both guys when they were here and maybe I could understand bringing them back – maybe – but people just seem to be thinking so unrealistically about it. We’re not going to get ’99 Peca. The deal doesn’t come with a time machine, fans!
I think, under specific circumsatances, they could come back. By that I mean cheap, cheap, cheap. And no captaincy for Peca, not even an ‘A’. does no one remember how he left Buffalo? He wasn’t exactly the picture of maturity in my opinion.
The deal doesn’t come with a time machine, fans!
Unfortunately, Teemu Selanne took the last time machine with him when he signed with Anaheim post-lockout.
Unfortunately, Teemu Selanne took the last time machine with him when he signed with Anaheim post-lockout.
Damn you, Teemu!
Oh, but andrew, Peca has turned over a new leaf in maturity since the Rigas’s no longer own the Sabres :::eyeroll:::
I loved your points on the FINEST SABRES BLOG ON THE INTERWEB, Heather, about factoring injuries into the equation with those guys. Not only are both McKee and Peca expensive (dare I say it — “overpriced”?), but they’re both fragile. With Peca, it’s not even a question of him having put a lot of miles on his frail little body since last time he was in Buffalo — he’s also really likely to shatter into a million pieces. (And he’s a doucherocket.) Anyone who thinks he’s a panacea is INSANE.
Peca has turned over a new leaf in maturity since the Rigas’s no longer own the Sabres
Because the Islanders and Leafs organizations are such model breeding grounds of maturity and good character.
Schnookie, I’m genuinely stunned at the reaction Jay McKee is getting. I love him. LOVE HIM. I was really, really sad to see him leave Buffalo. But in his ten or so years here, he had a handful of seasons that weren’t absolutely injury0riddled. He played in 23 games last year! Why is no one getting this?! “He would’ve made all the difference in the playoffs this year!” What, from the press box?! This is totally fans (and media) trying to replace two fan favorites (Drury and Briere) with two former fan favorites with very little study of what they would actually bring to the team. I’m more thankful than ever that my GM has a brain in his head.
hahaha ZING! good one Schnookie!
BTW I am pumped for December 8th. Sabres/Sharks at the Tank!! I’m gonna wear each teams sweater to the game, then get soooo drunk and start a fight with myself.
Yeah, Heather, I totally don’t understand why so few people seem willing to factor in a history of being injury-prone when they’re weighing the hypothetical value of a player. I mean, Souray’s a great example of this. Sure, his +/- will give anyone pause, but when everyone was all atwitter that he was coming to the Devils I was far more concerned about his chronic wrist injuries. I mean, yes, obviously injuries can happen to anyone, blah blah blah, but sometimes the constant, repeated injuries should be raising a red flag.
I’m gonna wear each teams sweater to the game, then get soooo drunk and start a fight with myself.
Just let us all know what section you’re sitting in so we can watch for this on the tv!
“Just let us all know what section you’re sitting in so we can watch for this on the tv!”
You got it! Then I’ll fight Marty McSorely! wait. no I won’t.
Oh yeah, Steph! Did you happen to see the post on Ty Conklin’s signing w/the Pens over at American Hockey Fan? You might be a little upset by it. That is one Devils fan who does not share the -ookies enthusiasm for Pittsburgh.
All right, well now that I’ve had my rant – honestly, it’s exhausting keeping Buffalo in line sometimes – I’m off for my pre-night job nap! Have fun, kids!
Sweet dreams, Heather!
Haha I didn’t, until just now. Wow, even Elly wasn’t that mean!
I’m going to resist making any comments because the last thing I need is the whole blog world knowing about my little weakness too – but jeez, he made one really awful mistake and he’s never going to be more than a backup (which seems crazy if you look at the numbers he put up in college – he was captain!), it doesn’t mean he’s never going to play another decent game again, especially when he hardly even has to be relied on for more than what like, six games a season?
Hahaha okay I’m done. Really.
Woo-hoo! Quitting time for Pookie! See you later, IPB!
You know what, all that said, like a year ago at this time? Oh man I couldn’t stand the guy. I did nothing but make constant fun of him. How did he get so endearing? Crap, I need to figure this out so it doesn’t happen again and I don’t start yelling for the Oilers to can Roli and give Garon a chance or something.
Bye Pookie! Enjoy the fridge!
He does take a beating over that whole ‘Stanley Cup Finals’ thing doesn’t he Steph? Personally I have no feelings either way for him. So, good for him, landing a job in this glut-of-goalies market.
I have to agree with you Steph — poor Conks makes one mistake in an otherwise totally ignorably mediocre career, and he’s a laughingstock. Meanwhile, Rick DiPietro does crap like that three or four times a night and he gets a 15-year contract. Makes no sense to me!
I’m listening to The Blood right now, and the song that’s playing is “Done Some Brain Cells Last Nite”. Due to my still slightly muddled state, the irony was lost on me until about halfway through the song. I really should go home.
andrew, that is as clear a sign from the hangover gods as there has ever been!
haha, I know Schnookie!
I’m actually feeling fine now. Just not firing on all cylinders. Trying to do a crossword and it’s just not coming together!
I was just watching an Eddie Izzard show, and he had this text projected onto the screen behind him. And at one point “all my meadows belong to you” came up and I could. not. stop. laughing. He was so channeling the Paradise Penalty Box 5 years ago.
See, I guess I understand why people complain about hangovers, but maybe it’s just that people fail to see the bright side. I mean, sure a hangover day starts crummy, but literally as the day progresses every hour you feel better than the last.
It’s a day of steady improvement, constantly on the up-and-up. What’s not to enjoy about that?
I am so impressed that the Paradise Penalty Box was anticipated so vividly by Eddie Izzard!
And on that note, it’s naptime for Schnookie. This has been a grueling afternoon of humping my fridge.
Exactly! I mean sure it’s fun to go point and laugh at that goal and condemn him to a life of failure, but seriously he looked no worse than any other backup goalie last season managed to. And not only that but he, at least, isn’t hanging his career on that goal. My liking him goes far more to it being a big joke that got out of hand and then him being a sweetheart when I met him, which sealed the deal, than it does to him being some great goalie, but he’s not that bad either dammit!
Or maybe he’s just smart enough to stay away from the Isles :b For all we know they already offered him eighteen years at a price that made his head spin and he considered it and then went, “Hey, wait a minute…” and signed with Pittsburgh.
Uh, I just spent like five minutes defending Conks again didn’t I?
Definitely time to go barbecue. Catch you guys later!
I hear ya Earl. All I need is a constant source of food, some water, and not a lot of work. And presto! I’m feeling better!
See ya Schnookie, go easy on the fridge. you gotta break new appliances in slowly!
Just be gentle with your new fridge Schnookie, it’s gonna be nervous on it’s first night.
Hi Mags!!
I only got so far on the comments today, and I’m going out of town for the weekend.
So everybody have a good weekend! I’ll catch up later and wish I could have joined the hundred convos that will happen between now and Sunday night.
Also, -ookies, congratulations on the new fridge! Get all new food for it. Don’t insult it with stuff that’s been living in a mini-fridge.
By the way, I find myself wondering how an Irish-Swedish mix, or an Irish-Korean one, would match up against my hard-core drinking Irish-German heritage…
Me? Irish-Native American. Might be why I prefer liquor to beer.
Really leaving now.