It is never easy for us to remain alert after dinner on Monday nights, and it’s exponentially harder to do so the day we came back from vacation. But Gentle Reader, we will endeavor, for you, to stay awake tonight while soaking up all the kick-assedness the Sharks and Flames have to offer, despite the fact that we know exactly nothing about either one of these teams.
We’re getting the Flames feed on Center Ice, and the broadcasters are color-guy Charlie Simmons and the hilariously-named play-by-play man Roger Millions. He sounds like he could be Max Power’s cousin.
Ugh. The pre-game features a tribute to Owen Nolan for his 1,000th game; there are few players we can think of who are less inspiring than Owen Nolan, and this highlight reel is pretty funny for how many teams he’s played for. The big present here for Owen is a “custom-made” bottle of wine, presented to him by Mike Ricci – oh my god! We just want to know what products he uses! Oh, wait, sorry. The big present for Owen is a goofy ATV thing. The fans appear to be as underwhelmed as we are; are we the only people here who don’t think 1,000 games played is as remarkable a milestone as it once was?
FIRST PERIOD
19:26 Mr. Millions mentions that Jeremy Roenick is on the ice right now, and we are suddenly convinced we’re going to see him score his 500th goal, because what could be more fun than watching JR get to 500 on the night Owen Nolan played his 1,000th game?
18:23 We are getting acquainted with these teams and are informed David Hale is, remarkably, “playing in his second consecutive game for the Flames.” Way to go, Hale, getting yourself into the lineup twice in a row.
15:52 It’s very, very quiet here at stately IPB Manor. Boomer is settled into the calm contentment of a person who just bought an Xbox 360 so we can play the new Katamari game (Earl Sleek has created a monster), Pookie is losing herself in the never-ending maelstrom of researching how to make a TiVo Series 3 compatible with Center Ice on cable (the answer is “you can’t”) and our announcers are muttering about how things are going slowly because of the pre-game ceremony. Thanks, Owen Nolan, for always ruining everything.
14:10 Pookie looks up and asks, without irony, “Who are the Flames playing here? It’s impossible to tell what these sweaters are from afar.” Schnookie concurs, “It really is hard to figure why you’d work so hard to make yourself look like the Blues.”
12:35 We step away from the game for a moment to mess with the cable’s TiVo. Nope. Still not working.
10:38 Michalek leads the way on a spunky 2-on-1 for the first interesting play of this game. We are in agreement that we both really like Michalek… until Schnookie remembers she has Kiprusoff on her fantasy team. When she mentions she no longer likes Michalek for that very reason, Pookie points out her fantasy goalie is Nabokov. Oohhh… tension.
7:33 Pookie doesn’t care now which goalie wins. She has finally conceded defeat at the hands of Comcast, as it has, once again, failed to mesh with our TiVo and refused to allow us to record hockey games. Life is so endlessly brutal here at IPB Manor.
4:40 “No 500th goal for Roenick tonight,” Pookie guffaws as we watch several replays of San Jose fans’ least favorite glass-jawed free-agent pick-up wobbling on his feet after taking a stiff shoulder to the head from Regehr. Amazingly, Roenick stays on the bench despite the fact that his “bell” was clearly “rung” on that hit.
4:00 Millions gets a chance to say something we never thought we’d hear, “David Hale… shot… rebound… score!” Do we really have a Hale assist here? Or did Eric Godard direct it in with his hand? While we wait on the video review and get a close-up view of Godard on the bench, Pookie marvels, “The Flames all look exactly the same!”
No goal. Thank goodness. We don’t know what we’d do in a world where David Hale is getting assists.
2:21 It’s really a Monday night here. We dully stare at the TV screen for a few moments before Pookie declares, “Pizza places in Canada have the strangest names.” Schnookie: “Such as?” Pookie, pointing out the dasher ad, “Pizza 73.”
1:35 Matthew Lombardi gets called officially for holding the stick, but unofficially for melting the ice.
0:35 Woo. We are mildly cheering for the Sharks, even though Roenick is on the ice. Following JR careening headfirst into the boards behind the net, Thornton snaps a shot toward the net, it bounces off Roenick (probably concussing him further) and Ryan Clowe is there to put it away to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead. This causes Pookie to descend further into the depth of despair because she “almost picked Clowe up” but second-guessed herself. Pookie is obviously a lousy fantasy GM.
0:11 Stephane Yelle just can’t wait for the next period to take a penalty, and gets called for tripping. Some of us are surprised to discover Yelle is still in the league, to be honest.
FIRST INTERMISSION
We do not have the words to describe how much we love Home Hardware commercials; seriously, the random tools they highlight for us are such a hoot. Tonight’s tool is a fancy-schmancy utility knife that is shaped like a shark and looks spectacularly lethal. Boomer recently did a number on her thumb with our bread knife, and she can’t help but shudder with fear thinking of how effective a flesh-cutting tool that shark-knife could be.
SECOND PERIOD
19:32 Our announcers seem to think we should be looking for Dion Phaneuf to score tonight. If that doesn’t happen, we’re going to hold it against Millions. There’s nothing we hate more than being misinformed.
16:42 We fail to notice what’s happening because we’re so excited that we’ve received in the mail the first of the Williams-Sonoma catalogs featuring their ridonkulously good Christmas candies. Pookie goes off on a bit of a monologue about how she feels about that: “I’m Pommerdoodling! The candy! It’s almost November! But then I realize it’s almost November… and where is the hockey season going? It makes me do the opposite of Pommerdoodling. I’m Comriedoodling. Or Gomerdoodling.”
13:50 Is Marleau having a terrible start of this season? We’re not paying very close attention yet to the Western Conference (what can we say? We were on vacation), but his blind drop pass on a nice 3-on-2 rush that went perfectly tape-to-tape onto a Flame’s stick kind of had that “Marleau in the playoffs” look to it.
13:44 Someone named Torrey Mitchell (for reals? That’s as fake-sounding a name as Roger Millions) takes a hooking penalty to put the Flames on the PP. A shot of Mike Keenan on the bench includes a view of a fan behind the bench who is sporting the most remarkable mustache we’ve seen in quite some time. Boomer: “It looks like it was drawn on.” Schnookie: “It does. It’s like Groucho Marx.” Pookie: “It’s like he’s one of the Pep Boys!”
12:43 Woo. And wow. Phaneuf does the opposite of scoring as promised, and is unable to muscle Michalek off his own rebound on a one-on-one short-handed play. That was an impressive goal, showing off the speed, sticktoitiveness, and all-around “being better than Kiprusoff”-ness we’ve come to expect from Michalek in this game. 2-0 Sharks.
9:28 During this commercial break we see a spot for The Keg with a crooning sort of lounge-lizard song that begins, “Every moooooo-ment…” Pookie improvises the rest of the song, “A pizza 73 is made… a slice of heeeeeeaaaaaaa-ven…” When we come back from commercial, Boomer notices the “Mr. Lube, Mr. Lube” ads going around the outsides of the dashers at the Saddledome. For some reason this starts her mumbling, “I’m down to just two buckets of kitty litter, so tomorrow I’m going to go out to buy some more.” Her statement is met with confused silence. “It’s just what Mr. Lube made me think of,” she protests, “which just proves what an ineffectual ad campaign it is.” Pookie retorts, “Unless Mr. Lube is a kitty litter manufacturer, which would make it an almost frighteningly effective campaign.” Gentle Reader, this is what Monday nights at IPB Manor are all about.
8:38 Cheechoo (who we’re pretty sure is having a crappy start to his season, but we could very well be making that up, too) takes a hooking penalty in the offensive zone. Not smart.
6:38 The Flames fans are sounding distinctly unhappy, but Millions politely describes the situation as the fans starting up a “humming”. Boomer: “That’s not humming. That’s booing.” Pookie: “No, it’s humming.”
5:23 The Sharks finally make things look interesting, putting on a shift of sustained pressure, with shots and cycling and skating all over the offensive zone, and they are rewarded with a power play when Rhett Warriner ceases being able to play defense and has to hook a Shark.
3:45 Woo. Yikes. The Flames demonstrate very little understanding of the whole “don’t let a guy stand unmolested smack-dab in front of your goalie on the power play” thing, and are burned by it when Steve Bernier sets a screen and tips Craig Rivet’s point shot to beat an oblivious Kipper. 3-0 Sharks, and Kipper is out of the game.
2:41 A shot of Bernier on the bench shows off how much he looks like if Pominville and Yashin had a kid.
1:14 This period has left us with the impression that the Sharks are a considerably better team than the Flames, but we have no idea whether that’s true. We wonder aloud how these teams are doing in relation to one another, and Pookie admits, “I really do think the Flames are good, but that might just be wishful thinking because I have a lot of them on my fantasy team.” We thought this experiment in cross-conference fantasy leagues would make us pay more attention to the conference that doesn’t matter to us, but we were wrong.
0:02 A mishandled puck by the non-Kipper kid in net now (McElhinnennnennnennney, or something like that) almost gets shoveled into the net by an alert Shark, but wouldn’t you know it – there’s David Hale making the big defensive play to stop it.
SECOND INTERMISSION
Canada might have the funniest pizza-place names, but it also has the most heinous-looking pizzas in their commercials. A spot for the Panago meatball pizza makes us think perhaps we will never eat pizza again.
Ooh! A feature on Patrick Marleau being the Grand Marshall of the San Jose Grand Prix. He looks and sounds like the biggest nerd, going so far as admitting he’s “gone go-karting, but nothing… too fast.” He even demonstrates his beauty-queen wave while in the parade with Miss San Jose Grand Prix. We would be lying if we said we didn’t just fall a little bit in love with the extravagant dorkiness of one Patrick Marleau.
THIRD PERIOD
18:01 David Hale of all people chips a great pass up the boards to start a nice rush for the Flames that Lombardi is unable to finish. The Flames end up with a power play, but we forget to pay attention to why.
16:24 Millions, apropos of nothing, says, “Keep in mind – no big Wayne Primeau in the lineup tonight.” Oh, well that explains it!
14:25 Woo. For reasons we will never understand, the Flames decide there’s no point to defending Michalek when Roenick is carrying the puck around behind the net. JR makes a nice pass to Michalek, all alone in the crease, and Michalek proves he’s better than Kipper and McElhinnennennennnennneny, netting his second goal of the game. 4-0 Sharks. (And that’s two assists for the obviously concussed Roenick. Yes, Gentle Reader, we are neurologists. Or brain specialists. Or head doctors. Or whatever.)
13:25 Godard and Murray (Flame and Shark, respectively, to those of you from the Eastern Conference who might be reading this) engage in an epically long and epically boring fight. It goes on so long that Pookie declares, “I could have eaten an entire Pizza 73 during this. I could have eaten 73 Pizza 73s.” The exciting outcome is one punch thrown and an instigator penalty to Godard.
Pookie says, while watching the players mill about the penalty boxes, “The new sweaters make the players look like Barbie dolls. I mean, the clothes fit them as well as Barbie’s clothes fit her.” She has a point.
11:45 The big guns are not on the PP because Ron Wilson doesn’t seem to want to run up the score, and Wilson’s graciousness is rewarded with a lazy hooking penalty by Clowe.
8:46 Simmons is boldly going out on a limb suggesting this game is all but over.
5:59 As the Sharks keep up some sustained offensive-zone pressure, Boomer asks about the crowd, “Are they humming again?” Yep. They are.
4:13 It’s almost impossible to believe the Flames put on such a listless and lethargic show after the wildly emotionally-charged pre-game Owen Nolan ceremony. We are simply stunned they didn’t rally around so inspiring a guy and so inspiring an achievement.
2:35 Pookie is terribly conflicted when Langkow breaks up Nabokov’s shutout (on a very sweet pass from Huselius). PanBoxer-on-PanBoxer scoring plays are never a pretty sight.
1:52 Simmons points out the Sharks have taken only one shot this period. And scored on it. And to think, we were wondering why it felt like such a barn-burner.
0:00 And so the buzzer blows on a thriller of a Monday night, with the Sharks winning 4-1. If the Flames were hoping to win our love tonight, they failed miserably; seriously, who gives up two assists to Jeremy Roenick? That’s just so wrong!
Yay! I’m so delighted you haven’t started liking the Flames! They blow. And if I have to hear one more time about Phaneuf being so good I’ll scream. He’s a caveman little bitch. The Flames are to me what the Rangers are to you Ookies. And gomerdoodling? Hilarious!
16:24 Millions, apropos of nothing, says, “Keep in mind – no big Wayne Primeau in the lineup tonight.” Oh, well that explains it!
Wait…stop…can’t…breathe! When Primeau played for the Pens, my nickname for him was “Useless.” I cannot believe he still draws a paycheck.
A spot for the Panago meatball pizza makes us think perhaps we will never eat pizza again.
I was thinking that the other day, too!
I cannot believe he still draws a paycheck.
He was just as useless in Buffalo, too! After reading this recap, I realized just how many former Sabres played in this game: Brown, Grier, Warrener and Sarich. Its like old home week!
My favorite Canadian pizza chain name is Pizza Pizza. Great name, lousy pizza (sorry).
After reading this recap, I realized just how many former Sabres played in this game: Brown, Grier, Warrener and Sarich.
If anyone here has seen the wonderful movie “Funny Bones”, you’ll get the reference we just couldn’t stop saying during this game: “Surely he died in Vegas!” Every other player was a guy we were convinced was as old as the sands of time.
As for Primeau, Pookie actually didn’t hear the play-by-play guy make that comment, and only afterwards, when she proofread the diary, did it register. She was like, “Thank GOD I didn’t hear that in real time, or I would have snorted my entire bowl of peanut M&Ms up my nose.”
I also love the Pizza Pizza name! I don’t know what it is about Canadian pizza places that just cracks me up — I mean, they’re no less authentic than Domino’s or Pizza Hut or whatever, but there’s just something so much more endearing about them, I guess.
The Flames demonstrate very little understanding of the whole “don’t let a guy stand unmolested smack-dab in front of your goalie on the power play” thing
At least they weren’t demonstrating very little understanding of the whole “don’t let a guy stand around unmolested while molesting your goalie” thing that a certain other team seems to be trying out. Not that I can think of what team that might be.
We thought this experiment in cross-conference fantasy leagues would make us pay more attention to the conference that doesn’t matter to us, but we were wrong.
Same here. The only results thus far for me are that I know how the Red Wings are doing and I have discovered that the Central Division trio of suck has miraculously become less sucky. At least in the goal-prevention department. My trio-of-suck goalies are doing pretty well. My forwards not so much.
After reading this recap, I realized just how many former Sabres played in this game: Brown, Grier, Warrener and Sarich.
Me too. Also, how much more useful they all must be then Primeau.
Amy, I too love the name Pizza Pizza. It’s so melodic. Driving up to Buffalo from Tarrytown we passed a sign advertising “Private Pie”, the logo for which was a pizza under a sleuth’s magnifying glass. I would so go to the pizza place if I lived in that town. Even if the pizza sucked. I mean, Private Pie?! That’s brilliant!
At least they weren’t demonstrating very little understanding of the whole “don’t let a guy stand around unmolested while molesting your goalie” thing that a certain other team seems to be trying out.
Yeah, that particular defensive scheme is really one of the least effective ones I can think of… :D
Also, how much more useful they all must be then Primeau.
I would be more useful than Primeau, and I’m 5’4″. At least I can skate like a hellion.
Actually, a thrown octopus has a better chance of helping its team!
Also? I now have “Private Eyes” on rotation in my brain, and I’m really hungry for pizza.
Heh, sorry about that Pensgirl! My recommendation is to find a screen shot of the Panago sausage pizza. That will make sure you’re never hungry for pizza as long as you live.
because what could be more fun than watching JR get to 500 on the night Owen Nolan played his 1,000th game?
And once he does get his 500th, he’ll rip off his jersey and, in JR dramatic fashion, announce his retirement.
How is he actually scoring goals this season?!
And once he does get his 500th, he’ll rip off his jersey and, in JR dramatic fashion, announce his retirement.
That’s really got to be the only reason anyone cares about this milestone, right? That as soon as he hits it he’ll go away? I feel like opposing teams should be helping him out more with this; like, after he touches the puck they would just pick it up and throw it into their own nets. If we all work together, we can get him to disappear! Come on, NHLers!
like, after he touches the puck they would just pick it up and throw it into their own nets.
Haha, that is a great idea! Seriously though, I am so sick of him especially after all the bitching and whining he did during his season with the Kings
It’s SOOOOO good to know everyone is on the same page about JR. Can’t we just ship him somewhere?
why can’t he just play in Russia?
I wouldn’t want to do that to the Russians!
why can’t he just play in Russia?
With a one-way ticket?
JR: OMG! That’s the worst thing anyone’s ever said about me!
Hee…you know it’s bad when you end up on Bettman’s side about something!
The Kings should have sent JR down to Manchester for a conditioning assignment and then just left him there for the remainder of the season…That would have been awesome.
We can just have the Sharks play the Canucks again. For some reason they love giving JR multiple chances to get goals. 2 in one game. Ugh.
That would have been awesome, kms2! And he’d blame their lack of respect, when really it’s his own fault for not retiring, already!
I am so busy today that I can’t do my best JR bashing. I’m so glad you Californians keep signing him so he won’t end up here. I bet Modano would probably punch him himself (and it’d probably be the first time he ever punched anybody).
I’ve also been working all day — this has been brutal! But it’s amazing how when you do have stuff to do, that 1:30 rolls around a lot faster than when you don’t. I wonder if anyone else has ever realized this before… :P
Iit’s amazing how when you do have stuff to do, that 1:30 rolls around a lot faster than when you don’t. I wonder if anyone else has ever realized this before… :P
That’s so true, Schnookie. I’ve had three meetings this morning (830, 10 and 1030) and have two more yet this afternoon. Time flies when you’re really not having fun!
Meetings are a much different beast — I’m just doing data entry stuff. It’s as mindless as not having any work at all, yet makes the time fly as if you actually do have work! It’s wonderful!
Okay! My work is done! Now where is everybody? Are we ripping on JR? Because I can do that! JR is soooo old he beeps when he backs up! HAHAHAHAHA! (Wait, that’s not right…)
Guess what I’m doing right now? I’m running my mouse over a luxurious, beer-soaked Pittsburgh Penguins schedule mouse pad! It’s FAN-tastic! I should have their schedule memorized in no time!
Ohhh… Penguins mousepad! Lucky you!
Pookie, the crickets here are also jealous of your mousepad. Or so their chirping has led me to believe.
No kidding! Where is everyone? I’m so bored I’m actually doing work! This is not good people, not good.
Gosh, I long for the days when I had plenty of work but no deadline. :D
That’s kind of why I’m in a mild panic this last few days. Because suddenly we’ve assigned a deadline.
I could dig out my Stars mousepad from the pre-lockout season. :D
Monday games are mini-bobblehead night this season! I’m tempted to go to all the Monday home games now. I have a mini Mo, but not a Mini-Mo! :D
I could dig out my Stars mousepad from the pre-lockout season. :D
If you used that at work you’d feel so much better about your timelines, because you’d look at it and think you have three years of breathing room!
Wait, the Stars are giving mini bobbleheads EVERY monday night? That’s AWESOME!
That’s what they say. It says collect all six, but they don’t show them on the website or even list which six. Wouldn’t be doubly awesome if they had a Boucher bobblehead?
Maybe I could work out a little mini-plan for all the Monday games, then call myself a season-ticket holder.
How could they NOT have a Boucher bobblehead? He’s your fave and you’re their most influential blogger (right?)! And yes, if you get tickets to all the Mondays, then I think you qualify as a season-ticket holder. No question! :D
…you’re their most influential blogger (right?)!
I think I am. :D
Wouldn’t it be a mini Mini-Mo?
Wouldn’t it be a mini Mini-Mo?
Exactly.
A mini Mini-Mo to go with my mini Mo. I’d better save that for the post I’ll be putting up right after I get one.
Okay, I realize I wasn’t around much this morning when there was a bit of a conversation going on, but dude — this afternoon has been so slow here! I promise we’ll never write another Sharks-Flames diary ever again!
A mini Mini-Mo to go with my mini Mo. I’d better save that for the post I’ll be putting up right after I get one.
There’s poetry in that! Somewhere. :P
The ultimate Pens giveaway has to have been the Mario Lemieux nesting doll. ‘Cause when I think Russian figurines, I think French Canadian hockey gods.
On the mousepads: the Pens’ organization really doesn’t know any better. One of the things Ray Shero brought into the front office was its first-ever computer.
I’ll just let that sink in for a minute.
I liked the diary! It’s not that!
When was that, Pensgirl? Recently? Surely not.
On the mousepads: the Pens’ organization really doesn’t know any better.
I’m quite serious when I say I love the mousepad. I don’t use them at home with my laptops, of course, but at work it’s always nice to have a mousepad, particularly one that makes me think of Sid.
Hey, maybe it’s so quiet around here because everyone’s too busy reading themselves for the great “Sidney Crosby Revealed” show tonight! No? Didn’t think so.
Hey, speaking of Pens on TV, Pensgirl, as our resident Pens insider, do you know if “Inside Penguins Hockey” is going to be aired again this season?
I liked the diary! It’s not that!
You’re doing yoeman’s work today, Patty, keeping me company and all. It’s just that our only other company is the crickets. I’m so demanding…
One of the things Ray Shero brought into the front office was its first-ever computer.
I’ll just let that sink in for a minute.
I remember reading that last year and being very impressed! I’d laugh and point, but Lou Lamoriello apparently doesn’t use email; I can only assume he’s still waiting to see if these interweb things are going to catch on. (And Pookie and I genuinely love our mousepads! That’s a favorite giveaway in my book.)
Hey, maybe it’s so quiet around here because everyone’s too busy readying themselves for the great “Sidney Crosby Revealed” show tonight!
Dude, it better ROCK. Because we’re planning to write a diary of it that will rival our last Sid-interview diary, which stands as my favorite post in IPB’s history. Sid better be daring and revelatory!
The nesting doll? Prolly sometime between 2000-04, when I was back in Pittsburgh for grad school (was away for college). There were a lot of Mario-related giveaways during the lean years (as a poor student I supported the team via the student rush program; now that I am gainfully employed and the team is good, I live too far away to have season tickets. Somebody Up There hates me).
My brother was with me; I bet he’ll remember what year. And day. And the opponent, score, and plus/minus of our fourth-line center.
I’m a little disappointed that it won’t be on the HD side of Versus. And they better not change their mind about that because I already have the TiVo set and won’t be home in time to change it.
But I am getting pretty excited about it. It’s like our version of Oscar night.
Um… I also have a Modano nesting doll. The problem is that the biggest one is wearing a Mooterus jersey.
I don’t collect Modano stuff, I promise. That’s just all they give away!
Sid better be daring and revelatory!
Schnookie, just out of curiousity, how well do you deal with disappointment?
It’s like our version of Oscar night.
Hee! It so is!!
That is so fascinating, all the individual-player free giveaways your teams have done! In all our years as Devils season-ticket holders, the only player-first giveaway I can remember was a Ken Daneyko bobblehead (which was the first item we moved into the first house Pookie and I bought. We ate a lunch of Chinese take-out on the floor under our dining room chandelier, with two Dano bobbleheads as our picnic decor). Everything else was always just logoed stuff. And an inflatible Gulf blimp.
Schnookie, just out of curiousity, how well do you deal with disappointment?
What are you suggesting, Heather? That it’s going to be the same Little Wooden Robot Boy stuff? Because he’s slowly becoming a Little Wooden Robot Man, you know. His answers might be changing! He might have a favorite band this time!
I’m so jealous of all the nesting dolls! I love those things! I’m going to put that in my next blog entry and see if Lindy or Darcy picks up on it.
He’s so cute when he laughs! And not the uncomfortable chuckle right after somebody tells him he’s the best ever and what does he say to that. The kind where somebody says something funny.
Heather, want me to take a picture of mine?
It might not be proof that Lindy or Darcy should do that. It was kind of a failure, apparently. It’s my contention that it was the fact that it was the Mooterus, not the fact that it was a nesting doll.
He might have a favorite band this time!
Oh, now you’re just being ridiculous. I admire your optimism though! :-)
Heather, want me to take a picture of mine?
Yes!
How could anyone think it was the fault of the nesting dolls? I’m now dreaming of Sabres nesting dolls.
He’s so cute when he laughs!
Are you talking about Sid? And his indescribably hilarious “hohohohoHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO” laugh? Poor Sid. No one ever taught him when he was a kid how to laugh, and now he’s just making it up as he goes along.
I’ve seen a few hockey nesting dolls in my day, and I don’t think it’s the Mooterus that makes the Modano one a failure, Patty. :D
OMG! One of the radio dorks just pointed out that their engineer looks like a labradoodle! I think it’s starting to get around.
… don’t think it’s the Mooterus that makes the Modano one a failure
Yeah, it’s not really representative of his sultry good looks. That is FOR sure.
I’m now dreaming of Sabres nesting dolls.
I really kind of want one of those. They all could pop out of a giant Sabretooth or something.
And I’m kind of excited about Sidney Revealed tonight.
Hey, speaking of Pens on TV, Pensgirl, as our resident Pens insider, do you know if “Inside Penguins Hockey” is going to be aired again this season?
I have not heard anything specific, but I have to assume they will show it. Pens programming always draws big, and people LOVE anything that lets them see the antics of Army, Talbot, and Whit.
I am taping Sidney Crosby Revealed and plan to re-watch it as I read your diary. Forgive me if I haven’t picked up on the proper use of this phrase, but if I understand it correctly I am pommerdoodling in anticipation of this event!
I really kind of want one of those. They all could pop out of a giant Sabretooth or something.
Amy, we have to make this happen. Seriously.
I’m a little concerned about how excited I am about Sidney Revealed really. As is Mark.
I’m not sure if I should be charmed or horrified by the idea of hockey nesting dolls.
In other news, did you all see Martle’s blurb that there will be Hawks home games on the television this year? Miracles do happen!
Now that I’m falling more and more in love with Sid, I might have to defend him against comments like that, Schnookie!
No, it’s not the put-on laugh, where he’s trying to be cool for interviews. Or maybe I just saw him laughing when I couldn’t hear him, now that I think about it. He just has a big shiny smile.
I’m easily swayed by that kind of thing. It’s what makes Morrow and Zubov and Daley so hot–their full-on laugh-smile.
Forgive me if I haven’t picked up on the proper use of this phrase, but if I understand it correctly I am pommerdoodling in anticipation of this event!
That’s the perfect use!
One of the radio dorks just pointed out that their engineer looks like a labradoodle! I think it’s starting to get around.
I bet they read us! More lurkers! (I get very excited about lurkers, because while we have pretty spiffy stats here at IPB, they are driven by the same 25 people reloading their pages repeatedly. Not that we have any problem at all with that, but just that it’s kind of deflating to realize 2,000 views in a day doesn’t mean 2,000 people read us. So I am henceforth going to assume the radio guy you listen to, Patty, is a quiet IPB reader.)
Forgive me if I haven’t picked up on the proper use of this phrase, but if I understand it correctly I am pommerdoodling in anticipation of this event!
You used it perfectly, Pensgirl! Nicely done!
(Oh, and in a programming note, we’ll probably diarize after watching it live once. There’s too much stopping and starting with that kind of thing, and we want to be all ready to diarize the game, too!)
I have not heard anything specific, but I have to assume they will show it. Pens programming always draws big, and people LOVE anything that lets them see the antics of Army, Talbot, and Whit.
I think any hockey program that shows players outside their natural environment or gives fans an inside glance at the team would be highly rated in any hockey market.
Amy, we have to make this happen. Seriously.
Considering the amount of Sabres related tchochkes out there, I’m surprised there aren’t nesting dolls yet.
if I understand it correctly I am pommerdoodling in anticipation of this event!
That’s pretty much it! Nothing induces pommerdoodling quite like a Sid interview!
Now that I’m falling more and more in love with Sid, I might have to defend him against comments like that, Schnookie!
Everything I say about Sid I say with the utmost love and respect! You should know that by now, Patty! :D (The fact remains that his laugh is… horrifically dorky. To put it as nicely as I can.)
In other news, did you all see Martle’s blurb that there will be Hawks home games on the television this year? Miracles do happen!
It’s amazing! And all six of the Blackhawks’ remaining fans are probably really excited.
No one ever taught him when he was a kid how to laugh, and now he’s just making it up as he goes along.
I taped the Caps’ re-airing of our game on Saturday (I was too busy being there to see it the first time ’round). At one point they show Sid and Army on the bench doing a clearly premeditated “we’re bestest buddies EVER” combo high-five-glove-tap thing, during which Sid looked positively gleeful. If there is anything for which Army deserves to be given a big fat bearhug, it’s giving Sid the opportunity to have an actual, real, honest-to-goodness-oh-this-is-what-it’s-like best friend. The moment reminded me of ones my brother and his best friend had when they were 9, which is something poor Siddo probably never experienced.
I wish I knew a computer geek who could upload it for me, because I so need it to be on Youtube.
And all six of the Blackhawks’ remaining fans are probably really excited.
I figure that either those six fans will be very very happy at finally having something go right for them, or they’re such masochists that they won’t be able to enjoy it. I find either idea pretty entertaining.
Considering the amount of Sabres related tchochkes out there, I’m surprised there aren’t nesting dolls yet.
I’m now totally fixated on this. I can think of nothing else.
Zubov
Zooby!! Whenever anybody says his name my mom and I go all Sinatra: “Zooby, Zooby Zoo….”
I’m now totally fixated on this. I can think of nothing else.
I don’t mean to send anyone into fits of longing, but if the Sabres were to do this, then in this blog’s honor I think they really have to start with a Crunchy nesting doll.
Zooby!! Whenever anybody says his name my mom and I go all Sinatra: “Zooby, Zooby Zoo….”
I did that with Zubrus last season. That was the best part of having him on the team for a few months!
I think they really have to start with a Crunchy nesting doll.
But he’s too skinny to fit anything inside! Seriously, I would fully expect them to start with him. And it would probably be years before they got around to Tallinder. But I’m okay with that! I just want them!
Whenever anybody says his name my mom and I go all Sinatra: “Zooby, Zooby Zoo….”
Hee hee!
Of course you realize I’ll be doing this all the time now. Thanks a lot. ;P
How sad is it that Chicago fans (if there are any left) are thrilled about possibly seeing SIX home games on TV? Poor little Chicago fans. They might go into a coma next season when they can watch all of them.
The Devils nesting dolls would all be the same size. Not only would they kill hockey, they’d kill nesting dolls. It’ll be awesome!
Aw, Army (Pensgirl, just a heads up — we refer to him as CheeseTed around here, just so you don’t get confused), helping Sid be less of a little wooden robot boy! Those two are so darling.
But he’s too skinny to fit anything inside!
Mario’s built thin himself. They just paint his li’l Crunchy face on the doll, and if it’s anything like Le Mangifique’s it’ll be the spitting image of someone who looks nothing like him. :D
They just paint his li’l Crunchy face on the doll, and if it’s anything like Le Mangifique’s it’ll be the spitting image of someone who looks nothing like him.
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As long as they get Crunchy’s glass eyes and his magnificent monocle brow right, the fact that he’d be shaped all rotundly would be easy to overlook.
But he’s too skinny to fit anything inside!
Mario’s built thin himself.
Modano’s no babushka himself, but they painted him like one. Just little hands barely reaching around the front of his giant tummy.
I definitely need to get a picture of that one.
Poor little Chicago fans. They might go into a coma next season when they can watch all of them.
They’ll probably take a look at a few games and wish the team would go back to not broadcasting them again. (There are times I wish the Devils would do that… :P)
They’ll probably take a look at a few games and wish the team would go back to not broadcasting them again.
I don’t know…Chicago’s been on the right side of some pretty exciting games thus far (fantasy team + Kane = Meg watching bits of Chicago games). They’ve been fun to watch.
As long as they get Crunchy’s glass eyes and his magnificent monocle brow right, the fact that he’d be shaped all rotundly would be easy to overlook.
Maybe they could dig up some that were rejected because the head part didn’t come out right, and use them for Crunchy’s.
(I assume it’s his hairstyle that makes his head look odd. Not saying he has a misshapen head.)
(I assume it’s his hairstyle that makes his head look odd. Not saying he has a misshapen head.)
I think the latter is probably correct.
(I assume it’s his hairstyle that makes his head look odd. Not saying he has a misshapen head.)
I’m sure the hairstyle doesn’t help but the chances are good that there is indeed a misshapen head under there somewhere.
I don’t know…Chicago’s been on the right side of some pretty exciting games thus far (fantasy team + Kane = Meg watching bits of Chicago games). They’ve been fun to watch.
Plug in “Toews” instead of “Kane” and I agree. Those two are looking pretty darn good so far.
Those two are so darling.
They ARE. Nickelodeon oughta make a cartoon of ‘em. Or, even better! The day I was born my dad bought this momma and baby polar bear set that are attached by velcro on one front paw. They could make a Sid-n-Army set! I would buy that sucker and hug it every damn day.
I know people don’t necessarily like the way Army plays – personally, I don’t think he’s dirty so much as he can just get reckless sometimes – but that boy has a heart of gold. You can tell he doesn’t have one shred of jealousy over Sid’s talent, and if there’s one thing Sid needs in a teammate that’s it. If I could give Ray Shero one tip, it would be “never, ever, EVER get rid of Army. Even if he loses a leg, you keep him on the team.”
Last season, Chicago started out great. It was going to be their year. Then that one guy got hurt in a game against Dallas (I am blanking on who it is — I think he’s moved on now) and they basically just kicked their shoes off and stepped into the tank.
Never to be heard from again.
I’m sure the hairstyle doesn’t help but the chances are good that there is indeed a misshapen head under there somewhere.
I don’t doubt it. But I do think the CrunchyDo has been looking a lot better lately. Maybe he’s been taking grooming lessons from Roy or something.
(fantasy team + Kane = Meg watching bits of Chicago games)
Ah, see, I prefer to make sweeping generalizations without actually watching them. :D (I don’t have any Blackhawks on the Marauders; my one move I’ve made as a GM was to dump Havlat.)
As for Crunchy’s misshapen head, I personally thing the hairstyle helps significantly by distracting from his actual features.
I don’t doubt it. But I do think the CrunchyDo has been looking a lot better lately. Maybe he’s been taking grooming lessons from Roy or something.
Those two kill me. Crunchy looks like a hobo and Derek looks like he spent 8 hours getting dressed and groomed. And Amy, I’ll agree that the CrunchyDo has looked much, much better lately.
Patty, it’s all about Kane and Toews! And… that about covers my WC knowledge. Thank you very much!
I noticed his hair looks better, too. Not just all one length… has a little bit of purpose.
But I do think the CrunchyDo has been looking a lot better lately.
Amy, you just nearly killed me for how hard I laughed at that. You see, Boomer once, years ago, when we were laughing at someone (I actually think it was Mario) getting hit in the nuts during a hockey game, said, “He took it right in the Mario-do!” I suppose the correct spelling of that suffix would be “-doo”, but ever since, we’ve always just spelled it “-do”, and use it with alarming frequency. So I read this and was like, “Amy! I’m scandalized! I thought I was the only one who got to dip his raisins!”
Plug in “Toews” instead of “Kane” and I agree. Those two are looking pretty darn good so far.
Are we entering the luckiest era of hockey fandom in the history of hockey fandom? Feels like every year Stanley Clause drops another enormous talent on us. I find myself using the words “beast” and “stud” every time I see a game.
…it’s all about Kane and Toews! And… that about covers my WC knowledge. Thank you very much!
*courtesy applause*
Plug in “Toews” instead of “Kane” and I agree. Those two are looking pretty darn good so far.
Yeah, Toews has been more fun to watch I think, even besides that goal. I just initially tuned in because I figured I’d see how the Buffalo kid was doing.
(I don’t have any Blackhawks on the Marauders; my one move I’ve made as a GM was to dump Havlat.)
Heh…I kept him because by the time I got around to really switching players around he was on IR and I figured I might as well just leave him there.
I find myself using the words “beast” and “stud” every time I see a game.
I’ve been using those words for years while watching hockey… Oh. Wait. I get what you’re saying… :P
Yeah, Toews has been more fun to watch I think, even besides that goal. I just initially tuned in because I figured I’d see how the Buffalo kid was doing.
I’ve got a problem with that Buffalo kid — he seems to like putting meat sauce on everything.
Actually, Schnookie, you make a good point…me using “stud” to describe a hockey player is pretty much status quo.
I find that straight beer-guzzlin’ dudes are using the words “beast” and “stud” whenever they see a game.
I’ve got a problem with that Buffalo kid — he seems to like putting meat sauce on everything.
We don’t get all crazy and picky in Buffalo. We eat what they slap down in front of us, darn it!
“Amy! I’m scandalized! I thought I was the only one who got to dip his raisins!”
Scuse me, I’m now wiping water off my monitor from this one. Its very hard to explain to co-workers why yogurt dipped raisins are funny.
Stanley Clause
Love it!
I find that straight beer-guzzlin’ dudes are using the words “beast” and “stud” whenever they see a game.
It’s true. There’s a tag line for the NHL: The hockey talent is so great that it makes straight men think they just might make some exceptions.
Somehow, I don’t think that’s the image they’re going for.
Also, not very catchy.
You know, we really should’ve taken you for pizza or subs. Buffalo does those really well. Next year!
Stanley Clause
Love it!
Ohhh! I missed that at first — nicely done, Pensgirl! You’re so sneaky clever. (I was so busy cracking myself up about the studs, I guess. That’s me — always with the lowest common denominator!)
Amy, if someone doesn’t understand why yogurt-dipped raisins are funny, well… *Shakes head sadly*
There’s a tag line for the NHL: The hockey talent is so great that it makes straight men think they just might make some exceptions.
Meg, I think you’re onto something. Maybe the entire league should use Patty’s “Come in to the hott”?
Heather, as someone who lived downstate, then in Buffalo, and now in New York I have to say: they only think they do pizza well in Buffalo.
On the subject of subs I do agree though.
Also, not very catchy.
Are you kidding?! You should enter that in the Dallas Stars billboard contest.
*bows* Thank you, I’m here all night.
NHL: Studs on Ice.
Heather, as someone who lived downstate, then in Buffalo, and now in New York I have to say: they only think they do pizza well in Buffalo.
Yeah, I wasn’t going to say anything, but I’ve lived most of my life in the greater NYC metropolitan area. I’m fairly confident I don’t even need to try whatever they’re passing off as pizza up in Buffalo.
Schnookie, you don’t think you’d like pizza with meat sauce?
Heather, as someone who lived downstate, then in Buffalo, and now in New York I have to say: they only think they do pizza well in Buffalo.
I’ll have to take your word for it, Meg. Where I grew up we only had one non-chain pizza place around so I’m kind of boggled at all the little local pizza joints Buffalo has.
I’m fairly confident I don’t even need to try whatever they’re passing off as pizza up in Buffalo.
Buffalo pizza is better than the pizza in the vast majority of the US–i.e. edible, and at times quite decent–but it’s just not up to the NYC metro area standard.
NHL: Studs on Ice.
Ooh, I like that one, too.
Y’all should all enter that billboard contest, then, when you win and you can’t go to the game, give your glass seats to me. That’s fair, right?
NHL: Studs on Ice.
See, that’s much snappier than mine. :)
Fine, pizza in Buffalo stinks, okay?! Geez! Everybody hates Buffalo! Look what you’re doing to us!
Schnookie, you don’t think you’d like pizza with meat sauce?
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And I’ll take your word for it, Meg, that Buffalo pizza isn’t as dire as it sounds! (To be fair, we ate at some really good restaurants during our visit — we just happened to focus on the one awful one.)
And on that note, it’s after 5! I’ve got to get home and start up the IPB Machine for the HOURS of diarizing we’ve got ahead of us! Happy Sid Night, everyone! :D
Where I grew up we only had one non-chain pizza place around so I’m kind of boggled at all the little local pizza joints Buffalo has.
Yeah, I can see that. My parents are (very happily) displaced New Yorkers so I was raised on the gospel of NYC pizza. :)
Aw, Heather, nobody hates Buffalo.
But for the record the best pizza on earth is my biz nonna’s (great grandmother’s) recipe, straight outta northern Italy and made by a teeny club in my dad’s hometown, somewhere-you’ve-never-heard-of, PA. We call it Club Pizza, and we only let someone eat it after they’re granted entrance into la famiglia.
Kidding, sorta, on that last part. It is the best pizza though.
Geez! Everybody hates Buffalo! Look what you’re doing to us!
I love Buffalo! But as someone raised there it is my right, nay my duty to whine about the place. Hey, if I were ever to leave New York City I’d be happy to move back to Buffalo and eat their pizza for the rest of eternity (that said, there’s no way I’m leaving the city).
And on that note, I’m out of here too. Happy Sidney Crosby Revealed watching all . . . if that’s not must see tv I don’t know what is!
…biz nonna’s (great grandmother’s)…
That is such a cook name!
I really should get back to work, I guess. *sobs*
I had pizza in New York last March, and now I can never go back to Canadian pizza, ever, ever, ever. Is Sidney Crosby revealed only airing on Versus? Surely is has to air up here as well. He’s our native robot son!
Aw, Heather, nobody hates Buffalo.
Thanks, Pensgirl. I was just teasing. Buffalonians think we’re abused and mistreated at all times. It’s our lot in life :-)
tag line for the NHL: The hockey talent is so great that it makes straight men think they just might make some exceptions.
I’m catching up here – Meg, loved your tagline!
Is it just me, or has Andrew not been around lately? I’m thinking he finally OD’d on hookers and blow.
RIP Andrew, RIP. He was a great Fantasy League GM, a caring husband, and a loyal friend to IPB. (Wipes away tear). When we think of dearly departed Andrew, we think of….
I had pizza in New York last March, and now I can never go back to Canadian pizza, ever, ever, ever.
I have a friend who, remarkably, hates New York-style pizza. Not because she likes Chicago-style more, but because she likes Dominos more. I can’t even begin to wrap my brain around this.
she likes Dominos more. I can’t even begin to wrap my brain around this.
Don’t try Schnookie! Don’t! I started to and I think my brain nearly exploded. Or there was a tear in the space time continuum. Whatever it was, don’t go there. {Shivers}
Is it just me, or has Andrew not been around lately? I’m thinking he finally OD’d on hookers and blow.
Hee hee! That was a beautiful loving tribute there, Icing! andrew did drop by yesterday to say he’ll be incommunicado this week (but if you have fantasy issues, he will be checking email from time to time). So that gives him an excuse for this week, but no explanation for his absence last week. I don’t like this “gallivanting about somewhere other than IPB” crap. I don’t like it one bit. (Yes, I’m incredibly possessive, and no, you all better not ever leave me, or I WILL find you. Isn’t hanging out here fun? :P)
Thanks for the warning about trying to understand liking Domino’s, Icing; it sounds like you went to a terrible, terrible place. I’ll keep that in mind, and never give the issue another thought.
Happy Sidney Crosby Revealed watching all . . . if that’s not must see tv I don’t know what is!
Sorry kids, but there’s about 100 things I think I’d rather see than “NHL/VS promotes anything”, especially with an eastern player.
But… but… but… the revelations! :P (I can’t believe you don’t want to watch a half-hour sit-down interview with Sid Crosby in which nothing interesting is going to be said. I just don’t understand you sometimes, Earl.)
I can’t believe you don’t want to watch a half-hour sit-down interview with Sid Crosby in which nothing interesting is going to be said.
Sorry, I have to save up some tolerance to watch the Niedermayer and Selanne interviews where even less is going to be said.
she likes Dominos more.
When I encounter someone like this, I react thusly: “Your utter insanity in not liking {x} means I can have your share of it. Yay for me!”
It’s really the only way to handle the situation that won’t make you pass out from confusion.
Is Versus the only place I can watch Sid?
Sorry, I have to save up some tolerance to watch the Niedermayer and Selanne interviews where even less is going to be said.
Except the word, “obviously.” I think Niedermayer got that one out of the crutch-word grab-bag.
Turco’s is “certainly.”
I’m incredibly possessive, and no, you all better not ever leave me, or I WILL find you.
Is it sad that, instead of being freaked out by this stalkerish behaviour, I’m thinking, it’s so nice to be wanted.
(Don’t answer that).
Oh and hi Earl. I was just about to write a eulogy for you as well.
And Earl! How dare you call Sid an “eastern player!” Oh. Wait…
Earl, my favorite statbitty fella! How hard would it be for you to tell me what the 05-06 Sabres record was through the end of October and then the end of November?
I live in a chain-pizza world, too. There’s the occasional NY-style or Chicago-style attempt, but I grew up on Pizza Hut and I love it. I loathe Domino’s, though.
As a kid I loved Mazzio’s and Godfather’s pizza. But we don’t have any of those in Dallas. Or they’re defunct. Not sure which.
Personally, I would die happy if Sid took a page from The Office’s Jim, and responded to a lead-up by saying “So is the question why am I so awesome?”
Sadly, that will never happen. Ovechkin would say it, bless his awesome frankness (did anybody see Ovie’s Washington Times interview last week where of course most of the questions were about Sid? His answers were priceless…I mean, how do you answer “Why does everybody ask you about Sidney Crosby?” I don’t know, jackass, why did you?).
Ack! Reporters! I’d do such a better job.
“So is the question why am I so awesome?”
I was just joking with my dad last night about how I’d be so much better as a locker-room reporter:
Me: I think you’re awesome! [sticks mic in front of player's face]
Player: Um…
It’s not much worse than what you get from professionals.
Sorry, I have to save up some tolerance to watch the Niedermayer and Selanne interviews where even less is going to be said.
So true!
alix, I have no idea if this is a VS exclusive or what. Considering how hard VS has been flogging it, it probably is the only place to see it. Sorry. (So you’ll be spared a boring half hour of Sid being a little wooden robot boy/man…)
I LOVED that Ovie interview! You could almost see his eyes pop out of his head as he was rolling them about the Sid questions. Love that kid! I have to get center ice so I can watch him play more.
How hard would it be for you to tell me what the 05-06 Sabres record was through the end of October and then the end of November?
It wouldn’t be hard at all!
Buffalo through Oct 31, 05:
7-4-0, 35 gf, 32 ga, PP: 15/77 19.4%, PK: 9/51 82.4%
Buffalo from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30, 05:
8-5-1, 46 gf, 47 ga, PP: 18/76 23.7%, PK: 13/75 82.7%
I was just joking with my dad last night about how I’d be so much better as a locker-room reporter:
If I could stand the smell of the locker room, I’d be asking questions like “Where have you been all my life?”
I predict that whoever interviews poor Sid will be much more unbearable than the dullness of his robot answers will be.
Damn! I know it was going to be incredibly boring, but I was excited to see exactly how boring it would be! I’ll settle for your lovely blog recap of it. Which will probably be better than the real thing…
Wow, Earl! How do you do that?
Earl is a statbitty stud.
Okay, we just saw the lead-in commercial for Sid: Revealed and I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, Earl! How do you do that?
A very good memory.
Oh and hi Earl. I was just about to write a eulogy for you as well.
I am terrified of what you would have used as a rhyme for “Earl” and “Sleek”.
Earl is a statbitty stud.
And because I’ve once again fallen to DEAD LAST in the IPB pool – and Earl is only just slightly better – that’s the only thing I’m able to take a modicum of comfort from.
A very good memory.
Of where to find it?
Okay, we just saw the lead-in commercial for Sid: Revealed
Don’t tell me what happens! ;)
OH MY GOD!!!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE THE SHIT SID JUST REVEALED!!!!!!! Oh, sorry Patty. Didn’t see you there…
A very good memory.
Of where to find it?
Well, I guess I should say my computer has a very good memory (though be warned, it doesn’t extend to before the lockout).
I’m dead last too Icing! In the other league. But maybe getting rid of my useless third goalie will help things.
And because I’ve once again fallen to DEAD LAST in the IPB pool – and Earl is only just slightly better – that’s the only thing I’m able to take a modicum of comfort from.
I’ve been bragging about a comeback, but it looks like that’s going to wait a week now. Thanks a lot, Mr. Fernandez! Nothing like a 6.15 GAA and a .700 save percentage to start the week off swell!
(In other words, plan on looking down on Earl in the near future; at that point I’ll re-remind you to watch your back)
I’m dead last too Icing! In the other league.
We must be getting punished for cheering for the Canucks. The fantasy hockey god(s) have smote us.
HA! No kidding eh, Icing? It’s not enough that my real life team are lazy underachievers but my fantasy team has to suck too!
Oh yeah, and to add to my Manny Fernandez woes, last Saturday I had to pick one of three goalies to bench (that eastern conference loooooooves Saturdays), so of course I missed out on his shutout.
In fact, the last time Manny gave up six goals was the only time he’s earned me a win. I love this guy.
It wouldn’t be hard at all!
Earl, you’re the best. Thanks for writing my blog for me :-)
Thanks for writing my blog for me :-)
You don’t want a crummy cartoon? I never post anything without a shiny picture to hide behind :)
Oh, btw all, I finally watched Youngblood the other week. I’d never seen it before and all the cool kids were making fun of me. I cannot believe that I never saw that movie until so recently.
Marty! The most entertaining part of the whole show.
You don’t want a crummy cartoon? I never post anything without a shiny picture to hide behind :)
I’ll get back to you on that. I’m already making Kate take care of a photo for me so we’ll see :-)
I’m behind here, but I’d just like to say that I really did not need Roenick interspersed with my dramatic title cards.
I was the only one in the fantasy league who hadn’t made a move so I’ve remedied that situation. Ruutu has been summarily dismissed from The Freudian Slips.
I’m behind here, but I’d just like to say that I really did not need Roenick interspersed with my dramatic title cards.
I like to think Versus gave us Marty at the end to make up for JR.
Ohhhhh, I love Ruutu! Well Jarko Ruutu anyways.
Yeah, it was nice to see Marty. :)
Sorry Alix!
Ha! It’s ok Icing. I know he doesn’t rack up the points, so it makes sense for fantasy hockey. He’s just an entertaining little bugger that I liked watching when he was a Canuck.