Western Conference Final Game 2 « Interchangeable Parts

Western Conference Final Game 2

May 10, 2008 by Schnookie

It’s Saturday night and the Devils aren’t involved in this game, so you know what that means, Gentle Reader — Open Thread night. Yeah, sure, we said we’d be diarizing everything after the Rangers were out, but we lied. We’re here, we’re just being lazy.

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102 Responses to “Western Conference Final Game 2”

on May 10, 2008 at 7:19 pm1 Pookie

Steve Ott, you’re fired. Bury those, Ice Troll! Bury them!

Poop.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:21 pm2 Schnookie

Yeah. Is there EVER a time when a team misses the net on a four-on-one and DOESN’T give up a goal on the following rush?
on May 10, 2008 at 7:26 pm3 Schnookie

Hey Pookie — it’s just you and me here!
on May 10, 2008 at 7:27 pm4 Pookie

Oh, hi, Schnookie. I did not see you there.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:30 pm5 Schnookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
on May 10, 2008 at 7:32 pm6 Amy

Can someone who isn’t a Pookie or a Schnookie play in here too?
on May 10, 2008 at 7:32 pm7 Schnookie

[echo]WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!![/echo]
on May 10, 2008 at 7:33 pm8 Schnookie

Oh, hi Amy! I’m so glad to see you! There’s nothing more embarrassing than being all, “OPEN THREAD, EVERYONE!” and then have no one show up. :D

How’s it going?
on May 10, 2008 at 7:33 pm9 Cat

Are they really playing “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes in Joe Louis Arena? What’s that about?
on May 10, 2008 at 7:33 pm10 Pookie

Only if you go by “Amyookie” tonight.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:34 pm11 Pookie

I don’t know, Cat, but that is #2 on my list of arena songs that drive me BATTY (Blitzkrieg Bop is number 1).
on May 10, 2008 at 7:34 pm12 Schnookie

Are they really playing “What’s Up” by 4 Non Blondes in Joe Louis Arena? What’s that about?

I don’t watch many games from Detroit, but every time I hear that, I’m like, “You know it’s 15 years later now, right?”
on May 10, 2008 at 7:36 pm13 Cat

I don’t think I’ve ever heard it at a Stars game. I’ve heard Blitzkrieg Bop, though.

I’m hoping I don’t need to employ the help of Vicodin and ice cream for this game. I mean, I need the Vicodin ANYWAY, but I might need to take an extra half of one.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:38 pm14 Schnookie

Hm. I feel like there’s never a time when Vicodin and ice cream aren’t welcome. I mean, maybe they’d be celebratory Vicodin and ice cream?

Hm. That sucked.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:38 pm15 Cat

UGH! Zetterberg! Russian so mad he in box.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:39 pm16 Amy

I don’t think I’ve ever heard 4 Non Blondes at a Sabres game either. It doesn’t strike me as a “pep up the crowd” song.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:40 pm17 Cat

Oh, the oral surgeon this morning saw my shirt and, in order to calm me down, talked about hockey with me while I inhaled nitrous oxide and got my IV sedation. The last thing I remember saying is “Matt Niskanen”. And then I woke up missing four teeth. I mostly love that my surgeon talked hockey to me to calm my anxiety, and that it actually worked.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:43 pm18 Cat

Hm. I feel like there’s never a time when Vicodin and ice cream aren’t welcome. I mean, maybe they’d be celebratory Vicodin and ice cream?

That’s a good point. It really could go either way. It all depends on your attitude when consuming the Vicodin and ice cream, I suppose.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:48 pm19 Schnookie

It doesn’t strike me as a “pep up the crowd” song.

Yeah, it really strikes me as an “annoy the living crap out of the crowd” song.

Cat, that’s awesome that your surgeon was able to distract you with talk of hockey! When I had surgery last September, my anesthesiologist was chatting with me beforehand about how she’d just gotten a kitten, and it turned out she’d gotten it from the same breeder two of ours are from, and I’m there talking ragdolls, and all of a sudden it’s hours later and I’m down a gall bladder. They’re sneaky, these medical professionals. They find your weakness, and then they strike. :P
on May 10, 2008 at 7:50 pm20 Cat

It was easy to find my weakness, I presume, because I was wearing a Stars shirt - it being gameday and all. My oral surgeon totally plays hockey in his spare time. He is the raddest surgeon ever.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:53 pm21 Patty (in Dallas)

I know I sound like a whiner, but why does Osgood get to cross-check people and Turco can’t? I know Turco hasn’t been called for it or anything, but I bet he would be if he did it.

Also? Setting picks. All day. I actually learned what setting a pick was by watching the Red Wings do it.

This series is going to make me all kinds of grumpy, having Detroit on the screen all the time like that.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:53 pm22 Patty (in Dallas)

Cat, I’m glad your surgery went well. It sounds serious!
on May 10, 2008 at 7:58 pm23 Patty (in Dallas)

Why is Jonesy yelling? And why do they have the music so loud over the clips? You’d think they’d realize they could kill two birds with one stone by turning down the sound on the clips.
on May 10, 2008 at 7:58 pm24 Pookie

That was some awkward intermission show prattle! Poor Jonesy! I can see him sitting there in production meetings with that great idea to do “Close Shaves” and the getting shot down by everyone.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm25 Schnookie

Patty, I’m so sorry! I know exactly how you feel, being so grumpy about having to watch a team you hate — you may have noticed my grumpiness going WAY up during the first round.

And I CAN’T STAND how VS has such a fucking loud intermission show. Between the shouting and the music, it’s just SO STUPID. Who do they think their audience is? Are the kids these days really so attracted to just “loud”?
on May 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm26 Cat

I know I sound like a whiner, but why does Osgood get to cross-check people and Turco can’t?

No way, man, I’m convinced that if Turco put one toe out of line, he’d get called, but Osgood wouldn’t. I’m a little bit of a conspiracy theorist.

Cat, I’m glad your surgery went well. It sounds serious!

Oh, it wasn’t serious at all - I was just being a big ol’ baby about it, because I’ve never had any sort of major medical procedure done. Plus, who isn’t a little scared of the dentist? Everything went fine and I bought a ton of mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, and soup. The doctor said it like eating soft, mushy foods was a punishment. I just consider it less work.

…Although I will REALLY miss Taco Bueno.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:03 pm27 Schnookie

The doctor said it like eating soft, mushy foods was a punishment. I just consider it less work.

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Was this wisdom teeth, or something worse?
on May 10, 2008 at 8:05 pm28 Schnookie

OH MY GOD. VS just showed us a pertinent replay. I’m STUNNED.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:12 pm29 Cat

Was this wisdom teeth, or something worse?

My two upper wisdom teeth, and then the two molars right next to the wisdom teeth. It wasn’t super serious at all. I thought it would take, like, 45 minutes to do. According to my dad (my only measure of time, because I was knocked out), it only took about 25 minutes from the time I left the waiting room to the time the doctor went to get him.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:14 pm30 Patty (in Dallas)

I like how they think they can just push Ribs, but then they get a punch out of it. He’s no Morrow, but he doesn’t take a lotta shit, either.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:15 pm31 Patty (in Dallas)

Gosh, Cat. You’re pretty tough. I’ve never had any teeth pulled. I think I’d have to stay the night in the hospital for something like that. :D
on May 10, 2008 at 8:19 pm32 Anne

Sometimes I think about Chelios’ NHL career in terms of the age of a person, and he was drafted the same year my sister was born… and she’s working on her master’s degree… a couple years after she graduate from college. HOLY COW
on May 10, 2008 at 8:20 pm33 Cat

Gosh, Cat. You’re pretty tough. I’ve never had any teeth pulled. I think I’d have to stay the night in the hospital for something like that. :D

Hee, I’m totally not tough, I was just too doped up to care. ;) Still am, really…Mmm, Vicodin!
on May 10, 2008 at 8:21 pm34 Schnookie

Cat, I love your “yeah, it’s nothing” swagger about this! You really are tough! (I was a total baby about having my wisdom teeth out; in hindsight I’m all, “no biggie”, but at the time I was a complete wimp.)
on May 10, 2008 at 8:23 pm35 Meg

It really is kind of crazy to think about how long Chelios has been playing. What drives a person to play for so long? I don’t understand it.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:25 pm36 Patty (in Dallas)

See?
on May 10, 2008 at 8:26 pm37 Meg

Yeah, Holmstrom definitely sold that.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:27 pm38 Cat

Ask anyone around me and I was a huge baby before the surgery. I kind of acted all tough about it (whenever I needed to think tough, I thought of Stephane Robidas, no joke), so that I wouldn’t freak. Perhaps being a hockey fan is making me tough.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:28 pm39 Pookie

Wow, Patty, they could not have proved you more right. That sucks that they called Turco for that. Not cook, refs.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:28 pm40 Schnookie

What drives a person to play for so long? I don’t understand it.

I guess he just can’t imagine doing anything else with his life. It really is bizarre.

And yeah, Patty, you were right.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:28 pm41 Cat

Oh, Marty.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:29 pm42 Schnookie

Dear Stars,

I’m from the Devils’ past. Failing to hit the net with your shots is a really bad idea. Seriously. Hit the fucking net. It’s not that hard.

Love,
Schnookie
on May 10, 2008 at 8:32 pm43 Patty (in Dallas)

Ohh, Zubie. Nice beard.

WOO HOO! Holmstrom got a diving penalty!
on May 10, 2008 at 8:36 pm44 Cat

Ohh, Zubie. Nice beard.

Yes. Indeed.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:39 pm45 Patty (in Dallas)

Chelios: I didn’t high-stick ‘im, ref!! I speared him! I mean, um… Never mind.
on May 10, 2008 at 8:41 pm46 Schnookie

That was an hilariously awesome totally-out-of-control poke-check by Turco!
on May 10, 2008 at 8:42 pm47 Patty (in Dallas)

I LOVE poke checks!
on May 10, 2008 at 8:59 pm48 Patty (in Dallas)

I think if I were a Red Wings fan, I’d be pretty sick of the octupus thing.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:01 pm49 Cat

I hate that octopus.

My oral surgeon just called me to make sure I was okay, and then we got in a five-minute convo about the game. Why do I have the coolest oral surgeon ever?
on May 10, 2008 at 9:02 pm50 Patty (in Dallas)

Franzen’s out? Has he been out the whole game or did something happen in this one?
on May 10, 2008 at 9:02 pm51 Cat

Franzen’s been out the whole game. Concussive-like symptoms or something? I don’t remember.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:03 pm52 Patty (in Dallas)

I might have to get his number from you someday, Cat. :D
on May 10, 2008 at 9:08 pm53 Schnookie

I would HATE the octopus thing if I was a Wings fan. Maybe that’s one reason I’m not a Wings fan… :P

Cat, I’m in love with your oral surgeon!
on May 10, 2008 at 9:08 pm54 Pookie

Patty, they said at the top of the game that Franzen is out for a concussion.

I also hate the octopus. Or, as I just mistyped it, “octopud”. I really hate the design of the one that descends from the roof. It’s tonally wrong.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:09 pm55 Cat

Patty, my dentist’s office is amazing. They have HDTVs above every chair, with noise-cancelling headphones, so when you’re getting your teeth cleaned or a cavity filled or whatever you don’t have to listen to the sound of the dental equipment. I had a HUGE fear of dentists before going to this place, but all three of the dentists who work there are totally nice, and the hygienists are great as well as the office staff. I have been raving about this dentist’s office for a week.

Hey, if the Stars could convert these scoring chances into actual goals, that would be REALLY EXCELLENT, YOU HEAR ME, STARS?
on May 10, 2008 at 9:09 pm56 mcguffers

Hello everyone! I gotta say, now that my hair has grown pretty long, instead of buying a purple octopus “hat”, I think I would rather just dye my hair and make eigth pig tails. I think it would be more creative.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:13 pm57 Amy

I think I would rather just dye my hair and make eigth pig tails. I think it would be more creative.

Add in purple clothing and you’ve got yourself a Halloween costume.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:14 pm58 Cat

I think I would rather just dye my hair and make eigth pig tails. I think it would be more creative.

BRILLIANT. I think this is a very, very good idea.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:16 pm59 mcguffers

Add in purple clothing and you’ve got yourself a Halloween costume.

Most definately. But it will have to wait until next year. This coming Halloween is going to be dedicated to my bridesmaid dress.

And I love Marty’s “Fuck it” attitute this game. He is going to cut a bitch this series
on May 10, 2008 at 9:16 pm60 Pookie

Cat, I’m in the market for a new dentist. Do you think yours makes house calls? To NJ? And do they accept NJ government employee insurance? :D

mcguffers and Amy, I think you’re onto something there! NHL themed creative Halloween costumes! Amy, we could pair your idea with some disgusting food stuffs and make our own NHL Semi-Homemade Halloween special!
on May 10, 2008 at 9:17 pm61 mcguffers

or attitude. I think attitute is French
on May 10, 2008 at 9:19 pm62 Schnookie

Oh my god, Cat, I think I’m going to start going to the dentist in the Dallas area…

mcguffers, that’s a great idea with the pigtails. When we first got our Devils season tickets, Pookie was in the throes of a year-long correction of a terrible haircut, and wore hats all the time everywhere she went. So I sewed two little felt Devil horns, and then we’d pin them to whichever hat she had on at every game. We got put on the TV ALL THE TIME. It helped that we sat next to a cameraman, but they ate that shit up.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:22 pm63 Amy

we could pair your idea with some disgusting food stuffs and make our own NHL Semi-Homemade Halloween special!

Slow cooked Cammallieri Calamari?
on May 10, 2008 at 9:25 pm64 Pookie

Now you’re talking, Amy! It would be frozen calamari slow cooked in soy sauce, ranch dressing seasoning and cool whip.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:26 pm65 Schnookie

Slow cooked Cammallieri Calamari?

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I’m trying to imagine what calamari coming out of a slow-cooker would be like. It seems… delightfully awful.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:28 pm66 mcguffers

Schnookie, I love that! I’m not allowed to cut my hair until after the wedding, then I just figured I’d hold out to 10 inches and donate it. But I need something creative to do until then. I’m thinking 8 inch tall mohawk.

Pookie, for some reason constructing a yourmamaween costume with disgusting food made me think of going as Avery’s lacerated spleen.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:33 pm67 Amy

Now you’re talking, Amy! It would be frozen calamari slow cooked in soy sauce, ranch dressing seasoning and cool whip.

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on May 10, 2008 at 9:35 pm68 Amy

What the hell just happened?
on May 10, 2008 at 9:35 pm69 Meg

Ooh, Ribiero . . . not cool.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:35 pm70 Pookie

You know what I didn’t need to see? McCarty’s teeth in HD.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:36 pm71 Heather B.

Okay. Rib’s definitely should not have done that. It was so stupid. But there’s no way Osgood needed to drop like that. That’s hilariously dramatic. He probably didn’t even feel that.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:36 pm72 Amy

That wasn’t cool by Ribiero but it looks like Osgood embellished a tad.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:37 pm73 Pookie

Ooh, Ribiero . . . not cool.

Yeah. Having Ribiero suspended for the next game isn’t going to help.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:37 pm74 Heather B.

(Ignore the random apostrophe in “Ribs.)
on May 10, 2008 at 9:37 pm75 mcguffers

You know what I didn’t need to see? McCarty’s teeth in HD.

I was about to adjust the contrast and brightness on my tv, then I realized who’s “teeth” those were.

Did Ribiero break his stick on Osgood? Or was that someone else’s broken on the ice?
on May 10, 2008 at 9:38 pm76 Meg

Yeah. Having Ribiero suspended for the next game isn’t going to help.

Not one bit. And while I am cheering for the Red Wings here, I’d prefer that they win without one of the Stars’ best players suspended for being an idiot.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:38 pm77 Cat

I think I might take two Vicodin and go to bed now. Jesus.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:42 pm78 Pookie

I’m so sorry, Stars fans!

Poor Myra went to watch this one at the arena. I hope she and her family managed to have a good time.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:42 pm79 Schnookie

I’m so sorry, Stars fans.

And, um, Ribs? What were you thinking? Yeah, Osgood went down like he was shot, but dude, still. Enjoy sitting for the next game. Your team really didn’t need that.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:43 pm80 Schnookie

Oh, noes! Myra! I hope the crowd was fun!
on May 10, 2008 at 9:44 pm81 Cat

I was going to go watch this one at the arena, but decided sitting at home in my pajamas with ice cream sounded better post-surgery. I know Caitlin and Jen went too.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:46 pm82 Amy

Osgood must’ve taken lessons at the Dominik Hasek School Of Overacting.

I hope Myra had a good time and it wasn’t too hot down there.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:46 pm83 Patty (in Dallas)

Osgood probably didn’t even feel that. What Ribs should have done was fall to the ground clutching his throat and peeking to see if the refs saw him. Like Osgood did.

That was stupid by Ribs, but that was pretty sorry of Osgood to stick his handle out to catch Ribs as he went by. He wasn’t even close to crowding the goalie.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:48 pm84 Patty (in Dallas)

I hope the game was fun for Myra and Caitlin and Jen, even though they lost.

I thought they played a ton better. If they could have finished just a couple of their tons of chances, they’d have won. Marty did a good job.

Maybe they’re doing the 18-wheeler thing where it takes them a couple of games to get rolling.
on May 10, 2008 at 9:49 pm85 Schnookie

What Ribs should have done was fall to the ground clutching his throat and peeking to see if the refs saw him. Like Osgood did.

Yeah, he probably should have. :P
on May 10, 2008 at 9:49 pm86 Cat

I hope Myra had a good time and it wasn’t too hot down there.

It wasn’t hot, but I know it rained. =X
on May 10, 2008 at 9:51 pm87 Patty (in Dallas)

Oh, that’s right! It rained at the beginning of the game! Poor guys. Those cantilevered buildings on the side are probably little protection.
on May 10, 2008 at 10:00 pm88 Patty (in Dallas)

Guh. Babcock gives me the creeps.

*crickets*
on May 10, 2008 at 10:01 pm89 Patty (in Dallas)

The reporter asked about “Ribeiro’s cheap shot”. Probably a Detroit guy. :D
on May 10, 2008 at 10:03 pm90 Schnookie

Babcock is TOTALLY creepy! (Sorry, we stepped away to slice Boomer’s cake.)
on May 10, 2008 at 10:03 pm91 Cat

Guh. Babcock gives me the creeps.

Me too.
on May 10, 2008 at 10:04 pm92 mcguffers

Why is my sixth grade gym teacher being interviewed on VERSUS? And when did he become brain dead?
on May 10, 2008 at 10:10 pm93 Pookie

I can’t stand Babcock. At all.
on May 10, 2008 at 10:12 pm94 Patty (in Dallas)

He’s like, “Bleu bleu bleu bleu bleu…” when he talks. :D His lips all pursed and his smugness high.
on May 10, 2008 at 10:13 pm95 Schnookie

Babcock told Mikey C that he never should have been drafted. This is both an insult to Mikey C and to the Devils for drafting him. That’s a MORTAL offense as far as I’m concerned.

(Boomer picked out a cake with passion fruit and raspberry mousses in it, and I’m DYING with delight eating it. It’s SO GOOD.)
on May 10, 2008 at 10:17 pm96 Patty (in Dallas)

Happy Mother’s Day to Boomer!

(Don’t let us interrupt your party…It’s okay if you take a break for that.)
on May 10, 2008 at 10:24 pm97 Schnookie

Oh, the party was basically just the photo shoot of the cake. Now we’re back in front of the TV, eating cake and ignoring each other. :P
on May 11, 2008 at 12:25 pm98 Myra

Happy Mother’s Day IPB!

I got flowers, cards and breakfast in bed (and got to skip church, shh!! don’t tell anybody)!

Kid keeps saying about last night, “The game was fun… Even though we lost…And we got soaked in the rain…And there was a chain smoker sitting in front of us…And I think the guys sitting beside us were sweating beer…a lot of beer.” :D

She also loved the matching Stars shirts I bought for all three of us! :P

For everyone who saw me last night, I apologize for my appearance. I have naturally curly hair which didn’t react well to getting soaked and I had no hairbrush with me. Very scary “Brillo pad” hair. And since my pants got wet they stretched out and I had to go around holding them up like one of those teeage boys with lowriders. It’s really hard. How do they do that?

Then when we got home, WordPress wouldn’t let me access IPB. I’ve been going through withdrawal!!!!

At least the Stars played better than in Game 1.

And strangely enough, we did have a good time.

Ok, I feel better now.
on May 11, 2008 at 2:21 pm99 Mags

Happy Mother’s Day, Boomer! Enjoy your cake and whatever else you get/do today :)
on May 11, 2008 at 2:51 pm100 Schnookie

Myra, it sounds like a great day for you! I’m sorry for the rain, and all the heinous people around you, but I’m so glad you guys had a good time regardless! Sometimes that kind of thing is almost better for the hilarious adverse conditions!

And happy Mother’s Day! Breakfast in bed, cards, flowers — sounds FANTASTIC!

We just had a little barbecue for Boomer, and gave her some iTunes and Barnes & Noble gift cards, as well as a new game for the Wii (Super Smash Brothers Brawl), and a Nintendo DS and Brain Age. I think it was a good haul for her. :D Next up — some gardening, then cocktails, cake, and trying out the game! And I’m making her favorite dinner tonight. Yesterday morning I woke up and didn’t hear her moving around downstairs, so I momentarily freaked out that she’d, like, had a stroke or something. And the first thing I thought was, “Oh fuck! I don’t know what day the garbage pickup is!” So I hope that what we’re doing for her today appropriately conveys how much she means to us. Heh. :P

Oh, and the WordPress outage last night was DREADFUL. I was at loose ends ALL NIGHT.
on May 11, 2008 at 2:51 pm101 Schnookie

Mags, Boomer says thanks for the happy day wishes!
on May 11, 2008 at 5:33 pm102 Pookie

That’s so great that you got breakfast in bed and flowers, Myra! Tell hubby and the Kid they did good! And I’m glad you had fun at the game even though it didn’t end right.

So how’s everyone this fine day?