The 63rd in our 118-part series.
Colby Armstrong and Max Talbot
Once upon a time, the Devils had a player who had a sense of humor and wasn’t afraid to appear spunky and goofy in the occasional interview. When interviewed for a taste test of the Wheaties that featured an Olympic Marty Brodeur on the box, Brad Bombadir answered Stan’s queries by dribbling milk and chewed up cereal down his chin while giggling uncontrollably. Not surprisingly, he was shipped out to Minnesota where he is now a spunky, goofy sideline reporter. Devils players since have learned the lesson. So we must look elsewhere to fill our spunk and goof needs. About mid-way through last season we found the mythical Fountain of Spunky Goofiness in Pittsburgh, where Colby Armstrong and Max Talbot run rampant over Penguins pre-, during- and post- game interviews, as well as on the incomparable Inside Penguins Hockey, a half-hour, weekly showcase for their insanity.
We don’t have much to say about their on-ice play. Armstrong’s got some dirty play issues, and Talbot, while excellent on the PK, isn’t much to write home about at even strength. This Reason We Love Hockey is all about Colby “CheeseTed” Armstrong giving a tour of his disastrous minor-league apartment (“The dream is dead… Oh! Here it is!”), or showing off his waiter skills on his radio show (“Hello, my name is Colby, I’ll be your waiter this evening. Can I start you off with a glass of water? And… that’s all I’ve got.”), or discussing his buddy Sid (“He’s got a moat around his house. And a dragon. Tim Horton’s gave them to him.”). And this Reason We Love Hockey is about Max Talbot finding every opportunity, from local charity balls to holiday visits to hospitals to cheer up ill children, to announce that he’s single and looking, or constantly taking digs at his own skills (“The poker tourney organizers wanted the best NHLer to participate but 300+ guys said no, so they got me.”), or being rebuked by countless teammates on camera with cries of “No kisses, Max!”
We’ve mentioned in a prior Reason that we love being able to make up our own stories and our own jokes inspired by the players and events in each NHL season, but sometimes it’s nice to have the work done for us. And for that there are no better guys to watch than CheeseTed and Max.
Colby came up with a gem during this year’s playoffs, when asked about Scranton, PA, where he played in the minors.
His quote was essentially, “Well, Scranton, that’s a great place to go if a doctor tells you you’ve got six months to live, because it’ll feel like ten years.”
Nonetheless, even the kindest, gentlest, most mild-mannered guys can commit a Colbyism. I’ve always liked the one from pro golfer Fred Funk (think Andy Griffith…) who is one of the most accurate drivers on the PGA tour. When asked to account for his tour leading fairways hit stats, he turned the issue around and pissed everyone else off by thinking out loud, “Well, what I don’t get is that other players have trouble with the driver. I mean really, it’s the only shot in golf where you’re guaranteed a level stance, and get to hit off a tee.”…
I loved that line about Scranton! (Although for a guy from Saskatoon, Colby sure talks a lot of smack about other cities — he never misses a chance to rip on Jersey either…)
I’ve never heard that story about Fred Funk. That is just TOO funny!
I’m going right to my TiVo right now and setting up a Season Pass© for “Inside Penguins Hockey”. Those guys sound great.
P.S. I love a guy named Maxime.
“Inside Penguins Hockey” is so worth TiVoing! Sure, some segments are boring. But there weren’t many episodes that didn’t have something worth seeing. They had an “Email A Question” feature, but sadly, they never thought to use our suggestion to ask Sid what he would do if he had a time machine. Maybe next year. And maybe someday the Devils will have a fluff show like this. Sigh. Who am I kidding? (I do know the Islanders have a similar show since Margee wrote a glowing piece about it over on SportSquee earlier this summer.)
Here’s a little slice of Inside Penguins Hockey fun:
YOU TUBE LINK
“Inside Penguins Hockey” is so worth TiVoing! Sure, some segments are boring.
That’s the beauty of TiVo-ing!
It really is! I have to confess, there was the occasional IPH that we zapped over in its entirety, but then there were the ones with whiteboards! And cabooses! And Maxie Talbot kissing his teammates to distraction! Great, great stuff.
On an unrelated aside, Boomer just held up her hand and showed us a blister on her palm. She said sadly, “I have a stigmata.” Pause. “I don’t know where it’s from.” Pause. Pause. “Other than a deep religious fervor.”
HAHAHA
Is “Inside Penguins Hockey” a Center Ice thing?
Oh, Patty, that video is hysterical!!! What was that event for? I can’t believe what a ham he is!
I saw him on that Poker Tournament when I was in Montreal. I couldn’t believe I was actually watching hockey players play poker on TV. I definitely knew I wasn’t in SoCal. I think Maxime won that Poker Tourney but he wasn’t nearly as charming or talkative.
An excellent reason to love hockey! Team levity is so important. I can’t even imagine how goofy the Team Canada locker room was at the last World Championships when both Colby and Mike Commodore were on the team. There are some excellent photos of Commodore sporting a furry cossack-like hat.
I think “Inside Penguins Hockey” is a FSN thing. But shown nationally on Centre Ice. The Flames behind-the-scenes show also has excellent locker room bits that are full of whiteboards. Did you know Dion (thinks he) can sing?!
Properly, Saskatoon and Scranton would only be mentioned in the same breath, when recited from a small pale yellow card, along the lines of:
“Go directly to Scranton.
Do not pass by Saskatoon for nice weekend.
Do not attempt bribe of $200 (CDN).”
(Although for a guy from Saskatoon, Colby sure talks a lot of smack about other cities — he never misses a chance to rip on Jersey either…)
Yeah, that’s about a glass house-esque as it gets.
I can’t wait for these inside hockey shows! Ooh, so exciting.
Sadly, the FSN flavoring shows aren’t included on Center Ice, I don’t think. We have to buy a separate “sports package” on our DirecTV that gives us the FSN fluff shows that aren’t actual sports programming. Center Ice just shows the games themselves, and sometimes will pick up the pre-game show, but as far as I can tell, it wouldn’t be carrying IPH… But I could be wrong.
“Go directly to Scranton.
Do not pass by Saskatoon for nice weekend.
Do not attempt bribe of $200 (CDN).”
Hee hee!
Hmm, well, I doubt I’ll be able to get “Inside Penguins Hockey” on FSNWest seeing as I don’t recall coming across it last season. The only extra thing they did for the Kings was a special commemorating 40 years in the NHL. Otherwise, it’s just the pregame show, game, and postgame show (and sometimes just the game) but the guys aren’t nearly as comical as Armstrong and Talbot (probably due to our succesful losing streak).
“Go directly to Scranton.
Do not pass by Saskatoon for nice weekend.
Do not attempt bribe of $200 (CDN).”
Nice :D
Whenever I hear “Scranton” I think of “The Office”
Hmm, well, I doubt I’ll be able to get “Inside Penguins Hockey” on FSNWest seeing as I don’t recall coming across it last season.
Yeah, you have to get FSN Pittsburgh to get it. It seems every time I start to wonder why we subscribe to the “All the FSN channels” package on our dish, they suddenly come up with something like IPH. For the most part, though, it’s just a hell of a lot of “Best Damn Sports Show” and bass fishing.
I start to wonder why we subscribe to the “All the FSN channels” package on our dish
Don’t forget, if we don’t subscribe to the “All the FSN channels” we wouldn’t get the Devils pre-game show. Of course, since that’s usually just and endless stream of boring interviews with Colin White and Brian Gionta, I’m not sure what my point is!
Don’t forget Coach’s Corner, Pookie! It wouldn’t be a hockey season without 82 awkward, strange, boring and pointless interviews between Stan Fischler and whoever’s coaching the Devils at that given moment.
Sadly, the FSN flavoring shows aren’t included on Center Ice, I don’t think.
Ah, so much for that…
Okay, consider me in love with Max Talbot. That YouTube video was AMAZING. He’s so self-deprecating and hilarious! I love how all the women, young and old, are giggling uncontrollably around him.
Our introduction to Max Talbot was one of the first Penguins games we watched last year; he was mic’d up, and when they ran their little mic’d up segment, it was just him during skatearound shouting “WOO!” over and over and over and over again. It seemed to go on forever. Just Maxie Talbot whooping around all over warmups. And his teammates weren’t reacting to him at all; it was almost as if that was normal for hiim. So we started calling him “WooTed” (in the Sid “-Ted” parlance) and decided he was totally bonkers. Then we saw that IPH, and we threw that diagnosis of “a little bit too crazy” right out the window. He is just too adorably hilarious.
I love how all the women, young and old, are giggling uncontrollably around him.
Seriously, how crazy was that! He could have gotten laid by about 5 different women between the ages of 18 and 55.
Okay, consider me in love with Max Talbot.
Can someone tell Katebits I’m glad she likes Talbot? I’m not speaking to her today.
STAFFFFFFFFY!!!! *sobs uncontrollably*
Oh, Patty, that video is hysterical!!!
(that was Pookie that posted that… :D )
I have the same DirecTV “sports” package as the Ookies and I have the same struggles with whether to keep it or not. I hate that “Best Damn Sports Show”, yet I have 40 chances to watch it every night.
During my one year of liking the Red Wings (when Hull signed with them), I watched their weekly show. Most of the player stuff was good, but that host got to be unbearable.
And I like to watch the local coverage of a Stanley Cup win, too, but since it’s been in Florida, Carolina, and then Anaheim, they don’t party with them into the night like other cities might.
The thing that kills me about the “sports package” is that they black you out of every single non-fishing or non-boxing sports event. All the sports are bundled in their own Center Ice-style packages that you have to pay extra for, and now they black out any replays of any games, too. Back in the day, if there was a rebroadcast of a game on an out-of-market FSN channel, we could watch it. Now we don’t even get to see the “12 To Remember” on Buffalo’s MSG. Dudes, those games were played months ago; why are we getting blacked out of them? I mean, one would think that would just count as regular old programming on a FSN. But as far as DirecTV is concerned, that’s “hockey” and you only get “hockey” when it’s coming through the Center Ice channels. If not for Devils GameNight and IPH, that package would so not be worth it.
Now we don’t even get to see the “12 To Remember” on Buffalo’s MSG.
I think that’s just the New York teams (are they all on MSG?). Because I can watch all the Panthers replays I want. And I did see a Rangers replay, when they played the Stars. Same with the Islanders. Maybe they just unlocked it for us because it was us.
There is a ton of time in the middle of the night that FSN SW could be replaying Stars games, but they choose to replay shows about college football.
Because I can watch all the Panthers replays I want.
But I want to watch replays of NHL hockey! (Yeah, I said it!)
Seriously, though, I can never figure out what they will or won’t show us. We get everything on the FSNs for the Islanders, Rangers and Devils, because they’re our “local” channels. So when they have replays of games, we get to see them. But Buffalo is out of our market, so we get blacked out of their replays. This makes no sense to me at all.
Good Morning All…….
Yup…two days in a row….friggin amazing huh!
I might love myself a bit of Maxxy Talbot myself….the video was great!
Hi, A. Oil!
Morning everyone,
I gotta be honest, when I saw the title of the post, I was prepared to be outraged! There were many, many games last year where I wanted nothing more than for someone to put an elbow to Colby Armstrong’s face-neck-head-whatever(Seriously, Neil, you tried to take Drury’s face off! What the hell? Do us all a favor!). He’s a dirty little bastard, same with Orpik.
But a sense of humor does go a long way, I suppose. I still won’t like him, at all…but I’ll like Max Talbot solely because of this post. Fair enough?
That’s fair enough, andrew. When we posted this “we’re going to get some crap for this one, methinks” went scurrying through my little brain. Armstrong’s got some serious elbow issues, but until he takes out a Devil higher on the food chain that Brad Lukowich, I’ll let it slide.
andrew, I’d never expect someone who already hates CheeseTed to let up on him just because he’s funny. I happened to learn about him in the opposite direction (heard a lot of interviews first, then saw him being an assy menace on the ice), so now I get to live with the conflicted, terrible feeling of really, really liking him, and also really, really wanting him to be severely punished by the league and/or run out of the game. So, uh, there you go. It’s a difficult life I lead.
Glad we could all come to an agreeance!
On a lighter note. Fantasy Hockey is now up and running on Yahoo! We were talking about it a while ago, but I think it would be fun! So, did everyone still want to get in on an IPB fantasy league?
Oh! IPB Fantasy Hockey! I recall there had been some discussion about doing an opposite-conference thing… I actually know nothing at all about fantasy hockey (and suck at it), so I’ll leave this in everyone else’s capable hands as far as telling me where to go to sign up and what the rules are, but I am SO on board!
Word!
If anyone wants to take the lead on this, feel free. If no one knows enough about it, or is simply lazy (read: me), I can set up a league for us.
I don’t know anything about fantasy hockey either, but I’m all for it. The opposite conference thing sounded fun as well, if only because it would give me an excuse for how much I’ll suck at this thing. I’ve never played before.
I’m all over doing IPB Fantasy Hockey! I agree that a cross-conference thing would be fun! I just got in trouble at work recently for emailing too much. I think fantasy hockey is just the ticket to give me something to do all day that doesn’t look like email but it still just an unproductive!
I am totally down with fantasy hockey and especially with opposing conferences since it would make us have to learn lots! I am too stupid to set it up, but Andrew, go head and get it started!
I think it would be tons o’ fun, but here’s the one big catch that I see….
Check it out, if we’re doing a cross conference thing, we need to set up a live draft. It’s the only way we can be sure that everyone gets players only from their bizarro cnoference. It’s not a big deal, but everyone participating has to be online and ready to draft at the same time. It will take probably about 3 hours to complete. I can hear cascades of laughter coming down from everyone who spends 8+ hours a day here, but I just wanted to give fair warning.
Well, before you get gung ho on this Andrew, we should probably figure out a good draft day, when most everyone is free to participate (if we want to do a live draft). I’m thinking something like maybe Saturday, Sept. 8th?
“I’m thinking something like maybe Saturday, Sept. 8th?”
I was thinking more along the lines of a weekday, since IPB traffic seems to be much higher. But I’m cool with whatever.
I’m pretty sure Saturday, Sept. 8th would work for me.
Oops…weekday wouldn’t be good for me because my day-to-day workload is unpredictable…some days I don’t have enough IPB time for a live draft, I don’t think.
Can’t do Saturday. I have my first game Sunday the 9th. Sorry guys.
“if only because it would give me an excuse for how much I’ll suck at this thing. I’ve never played before.”
Awww Meg! Don’t worry, there’s lots of rookies here. In fact, last year was the first time I had every participated, and I took 2nd in one league and 4th in the other. Not bad for a guy who had never tried it before. You’ll be great!
Weekdays could work, but I’m fairly sure my work firewall hates Yahoo Sports. But heck, I’m both flexible and gullible, so don’t mind me.
If it’s logistically easier not to do a cross-conference thing, then I’m also cook with that. I have no idea what I’m doing Saturday, Sept. 8th. Pookie, am I busy that day?
Of course I would be all for it too, but I won’t be back from vacation until September 10th.
May I suggest that we all attempt to see if we can get on Yahoo Sports at work and then go from there. I agree weekday would probably be best (also we could enlist the help of others if they were unable to draft that day – I could draft for Mags with her list of players she would like).
I can’t guarantee my work computer would be up for a live draft. I guess I’ll just have to call in sick!
Is it possible to set up some kind of automated list on Yahoo (I thought I heard of something like that) which can fill in your picks for you if you’re not available to live draft?
The other option is to play this year totally random and when we all have figured it out (since most of us are probably fantasy hockey virgins) and then next year move to live draft, once we learn how it all works and what kind of players (stats) we need to do well.
Also…what are we doing for our IPB Cup winner????
Okay, this may be tougher than we thought.
I have another idea. Yahoo! allows you to customize your rankings, even for auto-draft. We could all (at our own leisure) customize our rankings to include players who are only in our selected conference, then set up an autodraft. Basically, Yahoo! drafts for you based on your rankings and who’s been picked ahead of you. All the work is done for you….
Might be more feasible.
Also…what are we doing for our IPB Cup winner????
Pour champagne on them.
Also…what are we doing for our IPB Cup winner????
Pour champagne on them.
and mustard. :P
Also…what are we doing for our IPB Cup winner????
I’m pretty sure that the current IPB currency is sexual favors.
Yahoo! allows you to customize your rankings, even for auto-draft. We could all (at our own leisure) customize our rankings to include players who are only in our selected conference, then set up an autodraft. Basically, Yahoo! drafts for you based on your rankings and who’s been picked ahead of you. All the work is done for you….
Brilliant…I could definitely do that.
I’m all for an auto-draft. Although it seems like I’m around all day when I’m at work, my workplace is really unpredictable — sometimes I can go all day without getting interrupted much, but sometimes it’s really, really busy. So I think I’d prefer this auto-draft thing. If someone gets stuck with a play from their conference, we can just excuse it as being the fault of the auto-draft.
“If someone gets stuck with a play from their conference, we can just excuse it as being the fault of the auto-draft.”
It can be completely avoided. If you merely set all your E.C. players (in your case) at the bottom, bottom of your rankings, none of them should be chosen.
“I’m pretty sure that the current IPB currency is sexual favors.”
WHOA!!! Katebits, I don’t know how you run things over at TWC, but this is a family blog!
It can be completely avoided. If you merely set all your E.C. players (in your case) at the bottom, bottom of your rankings, none of them should be chosen.
If I remember correctly (only played FH twice), on Yahoo! you can also put players on a “do not draft” list.
WHOA!!! Katebits, I don’t know how you run things over at TWC, but this is a family blog!
*snort*
“If I remember correctly (only played FH twice), on Yahoo! you can also put players on a “do not draft” list.”
I think you’re right Frisby. Easy enough!
“*snort*”
I didn’t believe it either.
Wow…I disappear for a month and Katebits has become a bit of a little racy woman……..
All that Sabers stress has gotten to her……
Seriously? I killed it already? Jeeze. Glad to know I still have that skill.
Just wanted to say I’m still totally in for the conference-exchange fantasy hockey thing, and that an auto draft would probably work best since I’m headed back to school tomorrow and have no idea what my schedule will be like.
(That being said, I have no clue how to use auto draft, and I’m a little bit worried since my brother auto drafted his fantasy football team and somehow ended up with Mike Vick. That should go over really well.)
Oh, and I’m in love with Max Talbot now, too. That video was hilarious!
That being said, I have no clue how to use auto draft, and I’m a little bit worried since my brother auto drafted his fantasy football team and somehow ended up with Mike Vick.
Ha! Gambler’s gonna get Pronger on her team!
Seriously? I killed it already? Jeeze. Glad to know I still have that skill.
It’s one of those things you never forget how to do. Along with cycling, skating, all that jazz. Unless you have a stroke. But God forbid you have one of those.
Ha! Gambler’s gonna get Pronger on her team!
I’ll trade her. He might be despicable, but Earl’s statbits sure are convincing.
Ha! Gambler’s gonna get Pronger on her team!
That wouldn’t be too bad, Yashin would be worse.
Ha! Gambler’s gonna get Pronger on her team!
I’ll trade her. He might be despicable, but Earl’s statbits sure are convincing.
I was about to say…I’d take Pronger on my team. He may be an ass, but he’s an ass who’d be good for a fantasy hockey team.
What style of league will it be (roto, head to head, fps)?
I’m in for the fantasy hockey.
Training camp starts two weeks from Friday, yay!
Okay you guys I missed all sorts of important what looks to be almost planning-type things and have zero idea what’s going on, so I’m just going to let you all figure it out and then tell me what I’m doing :P
“What style of league will it be (roto, head to head, fps)?”
I’m thinking points. It would be the easiest way to track, and it ends when the season ends. No playoffs! There’s nothing worse than being distracted by a fantasy team during the playoffs (unless your team doesn’t make it).
Ok, I’m going to training. Wish me luck guys.
Good luck, Mags!
Kick some ass Mags….
Channel some S-PP-C!
There is no doubt in my mind. Oil, you’ve still got the gift. Bigtime.
I just wanted to jump in on the fantasy hockey thing and say I’m fine with whatever y’all decide except my work is kind of unpredictable, too. I could be bored all day, or I could be too busy to stop by once. So if the auto-draft is workable, I’d prefer that.
I’ve done Yahoo fantasy league before and it’s fun. It’s easy for newbies, I think. I don’t like the salary-cap-type games (just tried it once) because it’s more like trading stock. And with Yahoo leagues, you can pick all your favorites and still do well.
I’m for going with the simplest version of the Yahoo hockey. I don’t know what it’s called. I think it’s head-to-head, right?
You get points for various things like goals and assists, of course, but also penalty minutes and stuff.
I think it was back before the lockout that I last played, but it was totally fun.
Head to head is what I’ve played both times I’ve done it – it’s nice and easy unless you’re like Elly and forget to set your team every week (and keep John Leclair for a month past when he was um, let go) because you aren’t paying attention :P
Earl, you’d be happy to know that I almost won my league once because I had a little-known (to me) backup goalie named J-S Giguere. Plus Turco.
I always would put Nieuwendyk and Hatcher and Zubov at the top of my list and (not surprisingly) nobody picked them before I did. :D
“You get points for various things like goals and assists, of course, but also penalty minutes and stuff”
That’s the points setting, pretty fun, easy to track.
“it’s nice and easy unless you’re like Elly and forget to set your team every week”
it’s always the worst when someone who never even looks at their team does better than you!
I’ve just joined random leagues with people I don’t know and I’m sure they were not happy with the fact that I didn’t like to trade. I would cut players and pick up new ones, but if somebody requested a trade, I was immediately suspicious. Obviously I should be keeping that player. :D
I’m all excited now. Get that setup, andrew! :D
Haha, rest assured, Elly was not doing better than, well…any of us. Until the very end of the season when she started actually playing on a constant basis and was doing pretty good climbing up for a while – it actually made me thankful she hadn’t been doing that from the beginning, it would have been scary.
Please be honest, is this something I could do with my limited hockey knowledge?- and more importantly, how annoying would it be for you guys to have me in your midst making all sorts of nonsensical choices? (You better believe I’m choosing players based on a complicated set of extremely intangible intangibles.)
I’d be up for fantasy hockey, even though my last go round in a fantansy league had me finishing 8 out of 10.
Fair warning about the autodraft: It takes a lot of set up. If you don’t put together a list of 75-100 players, you end up with who Yahoo thinks is the best.
Still what do I know? My sleeper pick for a goalie last year was Marc Denis…
Please be honest, is this something I could do with my limited hockey knowledge?- and more importantly, how annoying would it be for you guys to have me in your midst making all sorts of nonsensical choices?
Katebits, I totally think you should join.
I’m working on it.
Here’s how it has to be: yahoo has a max. of 20 teams per league.
Here’s the IPBer’s that have confirmed they want in:
Pookie
Scnhookie
Amy
Meg
Frisby
Oil
Mags
Earl
Steph
Gambler
Patty
andrew
Off the top of my head here’s some irregulars who either aren’t here right now, or haven’t confirmed, and might be interested:
kms2
Icing
Heather B
Vinny
Sherry
alix
kikeri
kdarc_OTT
Morgan
Margee
Jordi
So that’s 23 people, and I probably missed at least a few others. So whoever reads this and wants in, lets get a final count. That way if we need to, we can split it into two leagues of 12 or 13 teams a piece.
Crap, this means I have to pick yet ANOTHER stupid team name…I’m always so bad at that!
And Katebits, trust me, I’ve been in leagues with people who have a far more limited knowledge than you and they’ve ended up okay :P (As for choosing based on intangibles, I’ve been wrestling with myself all day wondering if I could get away with ONE stupid pick just because in this of all fantasy pools I feel like I should have Conklin)
And Kate’s on the fence. But you should totally do it Kate. it’s fun!
(And when I say ‘all day’ I mean ‘the last twenty minutes’)
Alright! I’m in! As long as you guys can stand having me around, I’m happy to be the league clown.
Woo Hoo!! you go Katebits! You’ll do fine, you already have a working knowledge of Ducks, Sharks, and Stars players. Don’t worry about it!
Katebits, rest assured I will not be picking players on anything more than intangibles! My finest fantasy hockey moment ever came in 1997 when I traded away Mario Lemieux in favor of Ken Daneyko because Mario seemed squicky. (I still won, because I had a goalie tandem of Brodeur and Hasek.)
I’m happy to be the league clown.
Kate, I know I may seem intimidatingly sophisticated and hockey-savvy (*snort*), but I assure you I know NOTHING about the Western Conference. As far as I know, that’s where players go when they die. So I will be making my selections based in large part on what I’ve heard people say about the guy. Or if I’ve ever heard his name before at all. (I think I may need to call my team “The Hearsays.”)
Hey, you both-conference fans (andrew, and Mr Frisby–aren’t you Nashville/New Jersey?), what are we going to do with you? I feel like you have an unfair advantage here.
Katebits, I am TERRIBLE at fantasy hockey. I pick guys based on cuteness, or Devilsness. And then in descending order of sucky team affiliation. I mean, I hate to have to cheer for Flyers just because they’re on my team.
Oh, I should point out that during lunch I came up with my team name and team slogan:
Pandora’s Boxworthy: Unleash the Fury, IPB Fantasy Hockey 07-08.
So you’re all forwarned. Pandora’s Boxworthy is in the mood to kick a little ass.
And Kate’s on the fence. But you should totally do it Kate. it’s fun!
And by that, he means drafting somebody like Simon Gagne because he is the best left winger still available and then feeling really dirty during the season because you catch yourself cheering on the Flyers. *shutter*
I think us Western people (by which maybe I just mean me, since Sleek at least has the statbitty type advantage on me and therefore probably knows more) have an advantage in that we hear you guys talking about all these East Coast guys all the time – I know more about that conference from hanging out here than I ever did before :P
“Hey, you both-conference fans (andrew, and Mr Frisby–aren’t you Nashville/New Jersey?), what are we going to do with you? I feel like you have an unfair advantage here.”
We’re pretty much stuck picking out of the E.C. to balance out the large number you one-team E.C. fans*snort*.
and really, does anyone have an advantage when it comes to fantasy hockey? I think it’s mostly luck.
Wow Pookie…want to name my team too?
Hey, you both-conference fans (andrew, and Mr Frisby–aren’t you Nashville/New Jersey?), what are we going to do with you? I feel like you have an unfair advantage here.
Muwahahahahahahaha!
Hee. This will probably be highly educational. Hooray! Now, as I understand it, the most important element of fantasy sports is choosing a team name. Right?
I mean, I hate to have to cheer for Flyers just because they’re on my team.
This element of fantasy hockey concerns me greatly. For me, cheering is very black and white. I love them or I hate them. I’m going to have to have a fantasy team of all Sabres, Devils, Penguins, Wild, Sharks, Islanders, and Stars. (I don’t care that I’m supposed to hate the Stars. I like them because of Patty.)
(by which maybe I just mean me, since Sleek at least has the statbitty type advantage on me and therefore probably knows more)
Heh, I’m so western-minded I don’t think I have much of an edge in an eastern-conference fantasy league, so don’t feel intimidated there. At this point, I’d still be going off of name recognition more than anything.
Last year my best team name was “Sleek and Destroy”–I don’t know why I wouldn’t stick to that again this year.
(I don’t care that I’m supposed to hate the Stars. I like them because of Patty.)
Hey! I see how it is…Patty inspires team loyalty. All I inspire is cracks about team age and how ugly Chelios is. Fine! See if my team has any Sabres on it!
I assure you I know NOTHING about the Western Conference. As far as I know, that’s where players go when they die. So I will be making my selections based in large part on what I’ve heard people say about the guy. Or if I’ve ever heard his name before at all.
I was planning on picking players based on whether or not I like their names, so I’m not in any better shape.
I’m going to have to have a fantasy team of all Sabres, Devils, Penguins, Wild, Sharks, Islanders, and Stars.
You can’t have any Devils, Penguils, Sabres, or Islanders. :)
The good thing about the opposite conference thing though, is that most teams don’t have fierce rivalries with teams in the other conference, so there’s less hatred. Also, you don’t have the conflict of cheering for teams your team needs to do badly for the sake of playoff position.
Hey! I see how it is…Patty inspires team loyalty. All I inspire is cracks about team age and how ugly Chelios is. Fine! See if my team has any Sabres on it!
I dunno Steph, there are several Red Wings I’d be very happy to have on my team.
Wait. I can ONLY have Western League players! Oh no.
I dunno Steph, there are several Red Wings I’d be very happy to have on my team.
Oh, we’re playing with “age” and “ugliness” as categories this year?
I guess getting a head count is the next step. ookies, do you want to make it official and do a post?
If not, everyone just e-mail me at:
a_d_mattson(at)yahoo(dot)com
Let me know that you’re in, your favorite team (I know most of yours, but just in case), and your league-type preference (head to head, roto, or points). League-type with the most votes wins.
Here’s the descriptions of how each league works:
HEAD TO HEAD: A standard Head-to-Head league lets you square off each week against another manager. Each stat category counts as one ‘game,’ with the win going to the team that finishes the week with the highest total in that category. This weekly win-loss total will be added to a cumulative season record. Teams with the best records will compete in playoffs after the regular season.
POINTS: In a Points league, fantasy points are awarded based on how well your players perform in each of several statistical categories. All real-life statistics have associated point values, and each player’s points are summed to produce your daily total. The team with the highest total at the end of the year wins its league championship.
ROTISSERIE: In a Rotisserie League, fantasy teams are ranked from first to last in each of several statistical categories. Points are awarded according to these rankings, with the most points in each category going to the highest-ranked team. These points are then totaled to determine the overall standings. The team highest in the standings at the end of the season is declared the winner.
I will find out how many we have and if we need to split it into two leagues.
Woo HOO!!!
Oh, we’re playing with “age” and “ugliness” as categories this year?
Well, I was really thinking Zetterberg, in which case I think the category would have to be “dirtiness” since he’s neither old nor ugly.
I don’t care that I’m supposed to hate the Stars. I like them because of Patty.
Awww. Thanks, Katebits.
That’s my main goal: make everybody love the Stars. :D I thought I was hiding it, though.
“That’s my main goal: make everybody love the Stars.”
ACK! never!!!!
I like the Head-to-Head, but mainly because that’s all I’ve ever played. Also, I think the “playoffs” start before the real playoffs, so by that time, you’re finished with the game. If I remember correctly.
“That’s my main goal: make everybody love the Stars.”
ACK! never!!!!
Not really! That’s not my goal! You never saw me here!
Well, I was really thinking Zetterberg, in which case I think the category would have to be “dirtiness” since he’s neither old nor ugly.
Hey, he cleans up nice! I’d find you pictures if I didn’t have to go pay my rent :P
Points seems simplest to me, so that’s got my vote…sending you an email now, Andrew.
“Not really! That’s not my goal! You never saw me here!”
you can’t hide it now Patty! The truth is out there!
The Stars get a double dose of ire from this guy. I get to hate them being a Sabres fan AND a Sharks fan. It’s great!
I vote for Head to Head…since then we can have some inter IPB rivalry!!! :)
Oh wait?? Just me that needs some competitive spirit this year? Remember….I want a fighting chance to win a game…….since well I am an Oilers fan…and well…that isn’t going to happen this year.
“Points seems simplest to me, so that’s got my vote…sending you an email now, Andrew.”
Word.
Oh yeah, if anyone has reservations about sending an e-mail to a random ‘internet guy’, I guess you could send it to the IPB e-mail address and the ookies can just forward it to me. I know how some of you anonymous types are (looking at you Sleek).
andrew, we’ll put a post up tonight about it along with our Reason To Love Hockey. This is so exciting!
I’m with you, Meg, Points seems like the way to go.
Oh yeah, if anyone has reservations about sending an e-mail to a random ‘internet guy’, I guess you could send it to the IPB e-mail address and the ookies can just forward it to me.
Absolutely!
The address is interchangeablepartsblog [at] gmail [dot] com.
Cause clearly we trust random interweb blog writers then just random interweb blog readers……….
I know how some of you anonymous types are (looking at you Sleek).
Brilliantly disguised?
Brilliantly disguised?
Yeah, that isn’t what I was thinking…….
andrew (and everyone else), what kind of deadline do we want to put on responding? Shall we give the Gentle Readers who don’t comment a lot a week to decide? Two?
I think that, if possible, it would be better to wait at least a week…people might be on vacation (like Heather B.) and not see the information for a while.
“Shall we give the Gentle Readers who don’t comment a lot a week to decide? Two?”
Either way is fine with me. Give me a date, and I’ll have that shit done!
Also, if we need to split into 2 leagues, we’ll need a volunteer to be commish for the 2nd league.
we’ll need a volunteer to be commish for the 2nd league.
I nominate Bettman.
I just checked the archives and noticed that Grace floated this Fantasy Hockey idea back at the end of June. I think she’s on a lengthy vacation; is there any way to add people after we start? I’m thinking a deadline 2 weeks from now is good. We can post a reminder every few days, maybe.
“I nominate Bettman.”
Okay, we need a competent volunteer to be commissioner.
Okay, we need a competent volunteer to be commissioner.
Dear Lou’s Copy Boy,
We are seeking a competent volunteer to run our fantasy league.
Sincerely,
IPB
Man, I haven’t seen Grace around these parts in a while! Wonder how she’s doing?
I think we can extend invitations if the league isn’t full. But I don’t know if that works once the seaon starts. Never put one of these together before!
2 weeks sounds pretty good though.
2 weeks sounds pretty good though.
That’ll give the less creative, like me, time to think of a cool team name.
That’ll give the less creative, like me, time to think of a cool team name.
If it helps, you know what I had for lunch? A Texas Patty Melt.
If it helps, you know what I had for lunch? A Texas Patty Melt.
It helps, kind of.
Um I nominate Vinny for her weird and skillful salary cap information to move to the position of 2nd Commish.
Has she agreed to even play? Who knows…but that is my nomination!
Although that one’s not that common, Earl, it does point out that plays on my name that I hear all the time might not seem as overused to people with other names. So I could go with something obvious, couldn’t I?
(I don’t need more suggestions, though, because it will quickly become insulting and I don’t want y’all to be dragged into it.)
Patty and the Jack-Two-Ohs!
Sounds like a mowtown group or something.
Patty and the Jack-Two-Ohs!
I don’t think Earl and I would be allowed to share a team. ;P
I think Grace said she was going on some lengthy trip overseas. I’ll email her and see if she’s on complete radio silence or just ignoring IPB. :)
Texas Patty Melt is a very imposing team name. It’s almost enough to have Pandora’s Boxworthy quaking in their boots. Hm. I just realized I chose one of those obnoxiously not plural team names. Pandora’s Boxworthies is kinda cute.
“Um I nominate Vinny for her weird and skillful salary cap information to move to the position of 2nd Commish.”
Ooohh, I don’t know about having a Leafs fan as commish. Could be trouble.
Just kidding Vinny!!!
Somehow I oughta be able to work the Patty Melt around to apply to melting the ice or something.
(You know what they call a Quarter Pounder in France? :D )
Did I say “mowtown”? That’s a good one.
“Big Mac’s a Big Mac. But they call it ‘Le Big Mac’.”
Mags is back, from rockin’ the casbah :D:D:D
I’m going to have to think hard about my team’s name.
I know…I know…….I am having team name issues myself.
Any suggestions welcome.
Mags is back, from rockin’ the casbah :D:D:D
Go you!
My team name is going to suck because I’m not the least bit clever.
My team name is going to suck because I’m not the least bit clever.
That’s what I think is going to happen to mine as well. Brevity is the soul of wit. I get roped into writing poems and speeches for people at uni and I do fine, but one liners are so not my thing.
Oh, and Meg, thanks :)
woo Mags! Good work.
You guys, don’t stress about your team names! just remember, if you have a lousy name and your team wins, you’re better than everyone else!
Just kidding, but in all seriousness, just head over to the IPB Glossary and start looking at some of the random terms we’ve been able to create. There’s a goldmine of team names in there:
“The Breadhole Brigade”
“Sid’s Bits” (oh, nasty!)
“I heart Boogaard”
or incorporate your favorite player names:
“I got Zhitnik on my Peca” (I didn’t think that up. I saw it in another league last year….and eeww!)
The possibilities are endless!
“Sid’s Bits” (oh, nasty!)
I want to call dibs on that so badly, but that’s just nasty.
“I heart Boogaard”
I did think about the Boogaard Berries, but decided against it. I want something WC influenced, but I know next to nothing about that whole conference.
On a totally unrelated note, I’ve mentioned here a couple of times about how I got Scott Neidermayer to autograph a random essay about MacBeth. Every time I tell that story I forget the actual title of the essay and make up something lame, knowing that the actual title is a riot. Well, I was just cleaning out my closet and look what I found!
Neider’s Autograph
The title is much funnier than I remember, as is the fact that I apparently also got Denis Pederson to sign it as well. I know when you all think of Scott Neidermayer you think “You know who Neider played with? Denis Pederson!”
Pwhahahahaha! That’s awesome……Cannibals, Witches, and Divorce. Heh. I bet Neider’s totally read that though.
“I want something WC influenced, but I know next to nothing about that whole conference.”
Should make it interesting.
Oh yeah, and you can change your team name as many times as you want, all season long. And there’s a 20 character max. Last year, for just one team I went through these names:
Zombified
Sabre Freak
Who Needs Bob Clarke
Forsberg Left You
Chris Neil is a turd
Soupy’s Sales
Brian Campbell Rules
If you get other cool people in your league, changing your team name just gets out of hand. It’s a great way to taunt. (as you can see I was going back and forth with a Philly fan.) So fun!
I bet Neider’s totally read that though.
Neider’s all about estranging the Renaissance.
I vote Head to Head because while Points sounds easy there is waaaaaay more roster updating with Points. I had to swap out players all the time cause someone on my bench was playing on Tuesday, but my starter wasn’t and then vice versa on Wednesday.
For some reason Yahoo listed Patrick Elias as C/LW, so I had a bizzarro Elias/Zajac/Steve Sullivan/Jason Blake square dance going all freakin’ year!
When I didn’t keep track of this on a daily basis I had half my team sitting on days their real team were playing.
Head to Head you put your team up for the week and let it ride. Much less work.
Oh yeah! I was also in a NBA fantasty league (don’t ask) that played Head to Head, and there was a playoff format at the end of the season. The league was broken in half top half in the standings and bottom half, and I “won” the bottom half playoffs.
This is pretty cool, because you still have something to do late in the year if your team sucks.
“When I didn’t keep track of this on a daily basis I had half my team sitting on days their real team were playing.”
What we can do to avoid that problem is if we end up doing points, we can set an 82 game max at each position. Then you just put your 2 best LW’s/RW’s etc. out there and only swap them out if they get injured or go on a nasty cold streak.
Oh wow. Do they play 82 games in the eastern conference, too?
Do they play 82 games in the eastern conference, too?
:^::::::::::::::::::::::
Hm, Morgan makes a very valid argument for Head to Head competition. It seems like if we go with that 82 game max per position in the Points option there isn’t enough swapping out to make it fun, but if there’s no limit, it does sound like the Points option is too much swapping. I guess since all the people who’ve done Yahoo leagues before are leaning towards Head to Head, I’ll go with the pack and change my vote.
I’m not 100% sure on this, but I think the question of “what format to play” (H2H, Points, Roto) and “how often should we change rosters” (weekly or daily) are mutually exclusive decisions.
In other words, if we want weekly roster changes, that can happen in any league format. So I don’t think we need to make decisions like “I’ll take H2H because I like weekly roster changes.”
Earl’s got a point. We can make it as involving or non involving as we want.
I can tell you guys, it doesn’t matter all that much which league type we choose. we can customize the settings.
Speaking of rockin’ the casbah, my Maryland friend informs me that there is a 99% chance we could play some roller hockey while I’m up. I guess I will have to go into the garage tonight and shake out any brown recluse spiders that may be hiding in my equipment.
I picked one way because it’s the only way I’ve done it before and it was easy. But I didn’t know anything about that type before I tried it, either, so I’m game for any kind.
…since we’ve all agreed not to think any less of someone that doesn’t spend a lot of time on theirs. Right?
I’m in no matter what the settings are. I was just throwing in my two cents.
Clink… Clink…
Oh, well then, I’ll stop worrying about this and settle back into cackling gleefully about how much of a whuppin’ Pandora’s Boxworthy is going lay on all you unsuspecting IPB Leaguers! On on that note, I’m off for a little nap, because I’m on vacation and I can take a nap if I want to, dammit!
I guess I will have to go into the garage tonight and shake out any brown recluse spiders that may be hiding in my equipment.
When you see those little white web-balls around, squish those, too. They’re the next generation.
I’m afraid of my whole garage for that very reason.
…since we’ve all agreed not to think any less of someone that doesn’t spend a lot of time on theirs. Right?
Agreed! Agreed, big time!
aw crap.. I knew I should’ve checked in with IPB! My university gave me a whole ton of schedule conflicts to think about yesterday.
I’m so in for fantasy hockey, and I wouldn’t mind being a 2nd commish if we need one, except I’ve never played fantasy hockey before, just spectated, so I’m not very competent. So I nominate someone else.
Sooo.. anyone want to name my team?
…since we’ve all agreed not to think any less of someone that doesn’t spend a lot of time on theirs. Right?
Agreed! Agreed, big time!
*rubs hands together ominously* I’m so going to win this thing!
;P
Sooo.. anyone want to name my team?
Vin-ny, Vin-ny, Vin-ny.
Format, I don’t really care about, roto is the only style I haven’t played.
OK, I’m outta here. I’m off to get my hairs cut.
Sooo.. anyone want to name my team?
Vinny’s one team with hope for a championship?
Vinny “The Evilest Leafs”
Bye MrF! Good luck! (I’d mention that hair joke we had going a while back, but I forgot how it went… Something with a whisk or something)
Vinny “The Evilest Leafs”
Huh. I was thinking someone’d say “08 Ends the Drought” or “This is the year” (which I totally swear is the (incompetent) MLSE front office’s slogan)
“Huh. I was thinking someone’d say “08 Ends the Drought” or “This is the year” ”
I’m not gonna lie, Vinny. You kinda set youself up on that one. There’s quite an anti-Leafs crowd running around IPB. Luckily they all like you!
what can I say? I’m completely lovable. :P
“08 Ends the Drought”
After 08 it turns from a Drought into a Serious Concern?
what can I say? I’m completely lovable. :P
Loveable ain’t got nothing to do with it. It’s my inner Canadian that makes me apologize for everything even remotely cruel.
After 08 it turns from a Drought into a Serious Concern?
Hehehehehe. Nice one Earl.
I might take andrew’s suggestion and just make it random sentences. I think I’ll call mine, “I Hate CFP”
Or, “Ryan Smyth Totally Took the Money”
Or, “I Miss Reunion Arena”
Patty,
CFP? Should I know this?
“what can I say? I’m completely lovable.”
your frighteningly accurate knowledge of every NHL players salary and their corresponding teams cap space helps too!
I know hardly anything about fantasy hockey but I’m in! Sounds fun. I’m on the road for the next two days driving across country to school but let me know when the details are worked out. I’ll probably be able to check in on friday. Have a good week everybody!
CFP is what the Covered In Oil guys (and other Oilers fans and haters) call Chris Pronger.
Oilers fans and Pronger haters, that is. Not Oilers haters.
Bye, alix! (And hi, alix)
CFP = Chris Fucking Pronger. Or so I have been told.
Alix, drive safe and see you later!
Right, Mags.
I think when he joined the Oilers, they called him that, too, as a compliment. But not any more. :D
Bye Alix :D
that’s an awesome name for Elbows!
See y’all in the morning. I’m tired, hungry (I had to pick 3 pro athletes for housemates, we’re NEVER going to have enough food to feed all 4 of us) and I’ve got a headache (fucking de-stress). In short, I am going to bed before I have a temper tantrum on IPB.
Night, Mags! Congrats again!
Bye Mags!
G’night Mags!
Hahaha I’m watching Sportscentre, which is running a story about a surburban rink north of Montreal where quite a number of NHLers play haphazard (the ref is “responsible for dropping the puck and getting out the way”) hockey… and Pommerdoodle was shown (and asked about) his punishment for arriving late at the game being asked to pick up hockey pucks into a bucket after the game.
I find myself strangely giggling at his short questioning.
Must be so nice to see hockey on SportsCenter.
Where is the NHL Network, by the way? Mr. Bettman? You promised!
Well, it’s pretty quiet in here.
Earl! I saw that you posted that Cheechoo/Selanne ska song on BoC! Glad you liked it. thought it was hilarious.
I guess I’ll leave, too. Head on home.
See ya, andrew. And anybody left.
Later Patty.
Bye MrF! Good luck! (I’d mention that hair joke we had going a while back, but I forgot how it went… Something with a whisk or something)
Thank you, Mags. I indeed had very good luck. There was a chair available as soon as I walked in and the nice lady who cut my hair did not need a whole lot of instructions (I have very poor hair cut communication skills).
That’s been one of the worst parts about moving, finding a barber. Before I moved I had the same guy (good ol’ Herb) cutting my hair for the last five years. No need to explain how to him how to cut it. Just sit down, let him do his work, and talk about fishing. Since I moved, even though I have been going to the same barber shop, I have not had the same barber twice. I guess it might help if went more than three times a year.
As far as jokes go, that’s why I said, “get my hairs cut”. If I just say, “hair cut” it seems there is always somebody there to say, “just one hair? why don’t you get them all cut while you are there?” To which my response is always, “That’s funny, I’ve never heard that one before.”
“No need to explain how to him how to cut it. Just sit down, let him do his work, and talk about fishing.”
Nice. It’s good to have a regular barber. My wife cuts my hair (Yes, she cut hair for a living at one point. I’m not just a cheap a-hole). The good thing is that I get a great cut without leaving the kitchen. The bad part is that I’m at her mercy. So, sometimes I’ll go a month or 2 over my “past due” date. I look all scraggly, like a hobo!
Alright, heading home.
Frisby, catch ya later (get it? Catch!? Man. I’m funny!)
The rest of you, see ya’s.
the kitchen
I look all scraggly, like a hobo!
Hmm, kitchen, hobo…it was YOU waving that knife around outside your office wasn’t it Andrew!!
Frisby, catch ya later (get it? Catch!? Man. I’m funny!)
I think that was so bad it got good again.
Bye Andrew! (Bye everyone? I’m probably the only one here now).
Last year my best team name was “Sleek and Destroy”–I don’t know why I wouldn’t stick to that again this year.
That is an awesome team name! You know, if your name is Sleek. Just think, one day (not so little anymore) Teemu Sleek will have the fantasy hockey pool team name “Teem(u) Sleek and Destroy”.
Also…what are we doing for our IPB Cup winner????
I’m pretty sure that the current IPB currency is sexual favors.
Awesome!
Oh…wait…who is giving the sexual favors…
ACK…out of my head! out of my head! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Awesome!
Oh…wait…who is giving the sexual favors…
I know what I have to do. I have to take one for the team.
(unless Earl or Andrew wins) :P
Earl! I saw that you posted that Cheechoo/Selanne ska song on BoC! Glad you liked it. thought it was hilarious.
Oh, it’s fantastic! I listened to it a bunch today on loop, now I might be a tad sick of it, but still–fantastic!
(unless Earl or Andrew wins)
We won’t win. Unfortunately, we have to take players from the lesser eastern conference.
I’m catching up (as usual) but that Sharks homepage thing Andrew mentioned the other day was pretty cook.
Oh, it’s fantastic! I listened to it a bunch today on loop, now I might be a tad sick of it, but still–fantastic!
I finally listened to it. Even though they are totally ripping off of the Police (de do do do , de da da da, that’s all I want to say to you) it is still pretty cook.
Another cook thing from the archives – Sherry – that tie breaker swimsuit competition – nice!
(Sidney Crosby in a {girls} swimsuit….)
Look what you did, Icing! Crosby in a swimsuit totally killed it!
The more I think about it htough, the more I am steering towards a head-to-head league. Think of all the the dialog that could happen:
“Pookie is so kicking Earls arse!”
“Frisby is killing Mags in every stat except goaltending.”
We won’t win. Unfortunately, we have to take players from the lesser eastern conference.
I hear you :P It’s going to be a rough season for the few of us, isn’t it?
Was that really your barber, Mr. Frisby?
Herb Benjamin has been cutting hair in the town of North East, Maryland for more than forty-five years.
Is North East a northern suburb of East, Maryland?
Down in Central Texas, there’s a town called, West, Texas.
We won’t win. Unfortunately, we have to take players from the lesser eastern conference.
I hear you :P It’s going to be a rough season for the few of us, isn’t it?
I hadn’t thought of that, but it’s definitely going to put us Westerners at a disadvantage. :D
The more I think about it htough, the more I am steering towards a head-to-head league.
I’ve played a few, and H2H is my favorite too. In roto or points, often teams will fall too far out of contention. In H2H, the suspense lasts longer.
As for the east/west thing, I’m totally kidding. All the goals get scored in the east–we’ll rule the scoring stats, but we’ll probably get murdered in goaltending (dibs on Brodeur!).
I took it as sarcasm, too. If defense got points, maybe the West would be the way to go. But there’s scoring all over the East.
Except for the Devils. You could get some defense points from the Devils.
This will be the first fantasy league where I can’t have Hemsky…crap where will all my assists come from?
I feel for you, Steph. I don’t know who I’m going to get to replace all my Philippe Boucher power-play goals.
Yeah well, who is going to replace my goaltender? (Ignore me, I’m only here till sleep gets me again)
Am I too late to the party? I haven’t been in IPB today cause I’m officially on vacation and what do I do? Spend the day cleaning the house. I’m so cool I know.
Count me in on the fantasy league then! I did it for the first time last year (and came in 6th, heh…not bad since I didn’t even know I was in it, I guess?) I profess to knowing nothing about this stuff but it should be fun.
I, too don’t know what to name my team. It’ll most likely not be witty :P
Anyone else see Earl in the crowd at the Canada Russia game?
Patty, North East is it’s own little town at the tip of the Chesapeake Bay. It is not suburb of any town (although if Elkton keeps expanding it will be). Herb was indeed my barber for many years. Well ok, sometimes his son, Mike was there instead of Herb. But the fun fact was that it was a tackle shop and a barber shop built in to one. I could get my hair cut, buy a fishing license, and bloodworms all in the same place place.
North East is in fact a very small town. If you get off of I-95 Maryland exit 100 and go south on 272, if you blink you will miss it.
I, too don’t know what to name my team. It’ll most likely not be witty :P
Well you can’t have Toasters. I’m claiming it here and now unless someone gives me something more clever :P
I was actually thinking something a long the lines of “The Hobo Brigade”
I could get my hair cut, buy a fishing license, and bloodworms all in the same place place.
You can tell it’s empty in here when there’s an echo like that.
That’s the mark of a fine establishment Mr Frisby – I know when I go to get my hair cut I’m always looking for a place that also sells bloodworms ;)
(Sorry, couldn’t resist)
North East, Maryland
West, Texas.
From now on when people ask me where I’m from I’m going to say Northeastwestsouth. (Drat, I just remembered that there was a joke like that in some Adam Sandler movie, Mr. Deeds I think).
I was actually thinking something a long the lines of “The Hobo Brigade”
I like that Sherry.
Or perhaps “The Knife Wielding Hobo Brigade?” (watch your Sid Bits).
“The Knife Wielding Hobo Brigade?” (watch your Sid Bits).
HAHA that’s even better!
Here’s a team name I’ve used in previous years of fantasy pools… The Oh-We-Won Kenobis.
Yep, combines total geekiness, nerdiness, and probably a few other kinds of -ness as well. (I’ve now got the lightsabre noise stuck in my head).
IPB is just like hockey.
When it’s a really good, fast-paced game, not much icing.
When it’s a slow game, it’s almost one Icing after another.
That’s the mark of a fine establishment Mr Frisby – I know when I go to get my hair cut I’m always looking for a place that also sells bloodworms ;)
I know it sounds redneckish, but it has that small town charm that people can appreciate. It even has a freaking bait vending machine outside for people who go fishing before dawn!
I know it sounds redneckish, but it has that small town charm that people can appreciate. It even has a freaking bait vending machine outside for people who go fishing before dawn!
Like I said, I couldn’t help but kid :)
And speaking of “before dawn” – anyone else see the lunar eclipse last night/this morning (if you ask me, anything before 6 am is not morning)?
IPB is just like hockey.
When it’s a really good, fast-paced game, not much icing.
When it’s a slow game, it’s almost one Icing after another.
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Na, I have seen enough lunar eclipses that it is not worth getting up early (or going to bed late) for. If it was once every 75 years or something, well then maybe (and yes, I did see Haley’s comet the last time it was around. If I’m still alive, I will look for it at it’s next time around).
Whoo! It’s official, the Tigers are probably going to pick up Pudge’s option for at least one more year with us :D (Uhhh, so okay “probably official” doesn’t really count, but I’m happy anyway!)
Meanwhile, stupid Tigers, stop losing!
And Icing that comment about IPB being like hockey just cracked me up. Brilliant!
IPB is just like hockey.
When it’s a really good, fast-paced game, not much icing.
When it’s a slow game, it’s almost one Icing after another.
Icing, I love you.
IPB is just like hockey.
When it’s a really good, fast-paced game, not much icing.
When it’s a slow game, it’s almost one Icing after another
Funny! But not true, of course. At IPB constant Icing is a good thing.
It even has a freaking bait vending machine outside for people who go fishing before dawn!
That doesn’t sound a bit redneckish! :D
Now, if the town is nowhere near a lake…
When it’s a slow game, it’s almost one Icing after another
Aw, Icing. You make me want to change my screen name to “Penalty”.
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Thanks you guys. Glad people appreciated my sudden poetic foray. Between Mags Icing, I love you and Earl Aw, Icing. You make me want to change my screen name to “Penalty”. I think I pretty much got a marriage proposal out of all that ;)
Okay, folks, the time has come for me to make my yearly pilgrimage to the Great White North and go to school. I’ll be away for the next couple of days while I drive out there and get myself situated in my new (totally awesome!) apartment. But I’ll be back! And I can’t wait to see what hilarity you’ve cooked up in the meantime!
PS This trip could involve dropping my grandparents off at my great-uncle’s house in Fairbault, MN, and perhaps a swing by Shattuck is in order. If it is, you better believe there will be pictures! (And I’ll be on Staffy watch, too!)
PPS School is starting… Surely there will be hockey, like, tomorrow?
Have a great trip, Gambler! How exciting — a new apartment, a new school year, AND a trip to Shattuck! I can’t wait to see the pictures!!! (And yes, this simply has to mean hockey is right around the corner…)
Have fun Gambler!
I just noticed that the Stars’ first preseason game is three weeks from today! It’s almost here!