So we’ve decided to show up to diarize tonight – does that mean the Pens will show up, too? Whatever happens, we can be pretty much guaranteed the presentation of it will suck, because it’s on NBC. We’d say something like, “Buckle your seatbelt, Gentle Reader,” but with the way NBC presents hockey, we’re afraid we’ll all be dozing by 9:00.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! After Doc’s intro seems to imply that Sid invented the white-out, we then cut to an “outside the dressing room” interview with Marion Hossa (who we suspect didn’t bother going to Detroit for the first two games), and it’s Pierre McGuire doing the interviewing! Oh Pierre, how we’ve missed you! Of course, we take all our jubilation back if it turns out that Mike Milbury’s reign of terror reporting from between the benches hasn’t ended.
We ignore most of the rest of the pregame stuff as we try to figure out whether the HD picture is better on the cable or satellite. We decide we like the cable picture better, in case you’re wondering.
Comparing NBC to Versus, it’s actually hard to say which commercials for the network’s other programming are worse, Extreme Fighting and/or rodeo, or “Celebrity Circus”.
When we come back from commercial, Pierre and Milbury ramble on nonsensically about what the keys to the Pens winning are. The consensus at IPB Manor is that we have no idea what either of them is talking about, and that Pierre looks especially freaky tonight. Pookie: “It’s like he’s a little wooden doll or something.” When Milbury makes the wildly unpredictable statement that the Pens would like to get a lot of points from Sid, Pierre visibly salivates. Pookie suggests he says, like Robert Downey Jr. in Wonder Boys, “Sidney Sidney Sidney”.
We come back from another commercial to see Pierre on the ice interviewing Gary Roberts. Considering his proclivity for hilariously overpronouncing European names, we expect him to say the name “Gary Roberts” with some kind of Southern twang.
After yet another commercial break, we come back to discover the anthem has been sung off-camera. Nice, NBC.
FIRST PERIOD
19:46 Ah yes. This is why watching the NBC games on cable sucks. We’re not 15 seconds into the game, and our HD has been taken away while an interminable scroll at the bottom of the screen implores us to buy Flyers tickets. Not. Going. To happen.
18:56 Franzen gets called for a dumb holding penalty in the neutral zone. Edzo tries to tell us this might have been whistled because Therrien laid the groundwork by whining in the media about how much obstruction the Wings have been getting away with. We think it’s because it was a really obvious and stupid penalty.
18:08 Malone gets a chance to walk out in front of the net, and ends up shooting wide. Pookie: “If I was a Pens fan, I’d be calling for Malone to be benched right now.”
17:14 Things are going great for the Pens, as they ice the puck on the PP. By the way, Malkin looked terrible on the first unit, passing when he needed to crank a shot from the high point, and then dogging it to pursue a puck at the far point, leading to the Wings clearing the zone. Our official position on the “what’s wrong with Geno” issue is that we don’t think he’s injured. He just looks gassed.
16:55 The raucous crowd is hushed when Staal gets called for roughing shortly after the Wings win the offensive-zone draw. Pierre talks over the official’s call, and then NBC doesn’t offer a replay of the penalty. Our picture then falls apart, and we flip to the satellite… where a commercial for the Marines is playing. The fuck?
15:55 We finally get a replay of the penalty, and it turns out it was every bit as stupid as Franzen’s.
14:35 Our cable is having all kinds of difficulty, so we flip back to the satellite again and get to revel in what supergeniuses we are: we are deeply confused that Franzen has just taken another penalty identical to his first one, and then we realize the game on the satellite is four minutes behind the one on the cable. The delay between them didn’t seem that long during the pregame… Oh, right. Somehow we ended up rewinding on the DVR, and hadn’t caught up yet. We’re very, very smart.
12:35 Stuart is a bit lackadaisical playing the puck at the point in the Pittsburgh zone, and Sid pressures him hard, looking like he’s about to poke the puck past him and dart down the wing. But Stuart calmly holds his ground and pokes the puck back off Sid’s stick, recovering his own turnover and stopping the rush before it has a chance to happen. Schnookie: “I suppose Pens fans are going to call that trapping.” Pookie: “Well yeah. Whenever the other team beats you to loose pucks, it’s trapping.”
9:47 Edzo tells us all about how Therrien was “sending a message” to the league and officials about the crap the Wings are allegedly getting away with (one man’s “sending a message” is another man’s “whining and trying to deflect attention from your own shortcomings as a coach”, but we digress), and then Pierre pipes up excitedly, “Michel Therrien is sending another message right now, putting his top line against Detroit’s fourth line.” Oooooh. Pookie: “Yeah, he’s sending a message. And that message is, ‘Snore!’” We can hear all those new fans jumping aboard the NHL bandwagon right now.
7:53 Gonchar is caught flat-footed by Franzen trying to turn the corner down low, and he hooks him in response. Any old day the Wings want to figure out how to score on the power play is fine with us.
7:17 Doc informs us that Hall Gill has “never played better” than he is right now. That’s really damning his current play with faint praise, though.
6:19 The Wings move the puck around the zone with ease on the PP, but no one seems to want to shoot, except from terrible angles in close. Pierre pants about how “masterful” the passing is, but the unwillingness to shoot is just reminding us of all the things we hate about the Devils.
5:15 Therrien is now desperate to figure out how to get a second shot in this game, so he throws his three big guns onto one line together. The Sid/Geno/Hossa unit manages to muster a series of very soft shots from Hossa right on the doorstep. Osgood seems unimpressed.
4:18 The crowd has been roused from its slumber thanks to the unfamiliar sight of guys in black sweaters shooting at the goalie in the white sweater.
3:17 The Pens swarm a bit in the Detroit zone, but Lilja manages to clear the puck after some dogged man-to-man defense. The fans roar with displeasure, and Pookie snides, “See? Trapping.”
2:35 Just as Pookie is declaring the Pens’ first demonstration of sustained offensive-zone presence in the series will be too little, as the period will end without a goal, Stuart turns the puck over in front of his net by passing it into Zetterberg’s skates, and Sid is there to capitalize. The building goes up, and it’s 1-0 Pens.
0:40 Raffie trips up Malkin to break up a two-on-one, and the Pens go back on the power play. It’s a good call, but NBC’s replay of the infraction is framed in such a way that it looks like Malkin skated directly into a totally stationary Rafalski.
0:00 The period ends with Hossa missing a wide-open net off a great feed from Sid, which, because it was a great feed from Sid, gets the “what an amazing play!” treatment from Edzo, rather than the “you’ve got to put that puck in the net” treatment that it probably should have gotten. Oh well. The Pens are obviously doing a lot better so far in this one than they had in the first two games.
FIRST INTERMISSION
Pookie leaves the TV muted when she leaves the room, so Schnookie and Boomer are stuck without sound for the intermission show (and no, they can’t get up and get the zapper to turn the volume on, okay?). Boomer looks up to see Pierre and Milbury and says, “Ugh, these two guys? There’s no need to turn the sound on.”
SECOND PERIOD
19:15 As the Pens get some PP pressure, our screen suddenly condenses again. Pookie says dreamily, “I’m thinking about getting season tickets… to the Flyers…” The subliminal programming is working.
17:58 The “we don’t really want to bother winning this hockey game” Wings have shown up for this period, and Kronwall takes a hooking penalty on Malone behind Osgood’s net.
17:45 Malkin cranks a giant slapshot from midrange, and Osgood stops it. Malkin is left thinking, “That’s funny. Those go in against Biron.”
17:26 Sid is on the doorstep to bang home a sloppy rebound from Osgood (Pookie: “I think he just lost his Conn Smythe on that”) and even sloppier defense in front of the crease. 2-0 Pens, and Pierre crows, “The Skill is back in the game!” Pookie: “Because there was no skill in the games the Red Wings won.” Boomer: “Meh, it’s just setting the Pens fans up to be crushed.”
16:12 Zetterberg manages to make a shot out of nothing as he artfully stickhandles in the feet of a Pens defender, but then Fleury’s long rebound kicks out past an unprepared Datsyuk. Schnookie: “Where’s your head, Datsyuk?” Pause. “Is it in a candy corn dispenser?”
14:37 The fans are booing as Datsyuk rags the puck at center ice while waiting to regroup with his teammates after a change. Because he’s trapping, you know. (To be fair, they’re probably cheering Ruutu, but still.)
12:15 There is a bit of a scrum following a late hit by Kennedy on Lebda on an icing touch-up, and as the officials sort things out (no penalties are called), the commentary falls oddly silent. There are long breaks between exchanges by Edzo and Pierre. Pookie: “Does it feel like the broadcast just ground to a halt?” Boomer suspects Doc has left.
11:06 Gill gets called for cross-checking Holmstrom in front of the net, and as we watch him skate slooooooowly to the box, Pookie makes a startling realization: “The reason these last two playoffs have sucked is because the new Stanley Cup patches suck.” That’s got to be it.
10:44 The puck is deflected into the netting, and we have another interminable delay while waiting for the draw in the Pittsburgh zone. Schnookie: “This pace is torrid.” Boomer grumbles from the depths of her chair, “Mmmmmm hmmmmmm.”
10:35 The puck gets behind Fleury, but the net had been knocked off the moorings. Of course, we have no real idea of what’s going on because NBC is experimenting with a never-before-used-on-live-action camera angle from the jumbotron. Psst, NBC – no one else uses this camera angle for a reason.
9:06 It’s hard to say whether the Pens PK is good or the Wings PP is just sucky. Considering our vast expertise in sucky PPs, we’re going to go with the latter.
7:24 NBC gives us a “leaders of the game” stat screen, and Doc informs us proudly that on top of his two goals on two shots, Sid also has a hit. Schnookie: “A hit! How good for him!” Pookie: “Eight more of those and two fewer goals, and he’ll be just as good as Ovechkin.”
7:03 Gill takes another penalty for cross-checking Holmstrom in front. Because he’s really good at learning from his past mistakes. (Not that Detroit’s PP is any kind of deterrent for taking penalties.)
5:12 YOWZA! It looks like absolutely nothing is happening as the PP is winding down, and suddenly Franzen just methodically marches down the far boards, deftly stickhandling through the Pens d-man with a surgical economy of motion, and then walks to the net and pushes the puck over Fleury without the slightest difficulty. 2-1 Pens.
3:56 The Pens charge back for a good shift in the Detroit zone, and Osgood is forced to cover the puck and send us to commercial. That Coldplay song on the iTunes commercial sounds like the single most boring piece of music ever committed to recording.
3:51 Pierre reports with no small outrage that Gronk has just gotten away with a high stick on Lidstrom. “He got him but good,” he shouts, further proving that the Wings are getting all the calls in this series.
2:56 Osgood has to stop a Malkin shot after a Rafalski turnover down low (Us: “Oh right! That Brian Rafalski!”), and NBC shows us Lidstrom spitting out blood on the bench. Pierre sounds like he’s reporting on news of international import when he breathlesses, “He hasn’t taken a shift [since the high stick]! He hasn’t taken a shift yet!” Because it’s been an entire minute. He must be on death’s door.
1:28 Doc gets all excited as it looks like the Pens are getting a two-on-one with Dupuis and Hossa, but no sooner does he shout the words than Lidstrom calmly skates back, looking like he’s not even going at full speed, to turn it into a two-on-two that yields nothing more than a weak shot. There goes Pierre’s Pulitzer for reporting on the Split Lip Heard ’Round The World.
0:00 And so passes another period of scintillating SCF action. Pierre interviews Dallas Drake on the ice and, while looking not unlike a toilet paper tube with his brown suit and strangely cylindrical build, asks Drake how Lidstrom is doing. Drake seems puzzled that this would even be a question; “Uh… he’s fine.” Pierre tries not to sag visibly in disappointment.
SECOND INTERMISSION
While Schnookie is busy freezing her tongue to the ice cream scoop while doling out mojito sorbets for everyone, Pookie and Boomer watch Ovechkin’s appearance in the studio. Pookie gives him “major props” for admitting he “played like a dog” in the Philly series, but Boomer will give him nothing, as she is appalled at his choice of shirt.
THIRD PERIOD
17:00 Real life interferes for a moment here at stately IPB Manor; in cool television news, though, we discover that our new DirecTV dish gives us caller ID info on our TV screen. What a fascinating modern age we live in!
16:22 The Pens have Osgood beat on two occasions in one shift, but the first one hits the inside of the pipe, and the second one flutters to the goal line before Osgood falls back on it with his glove. Maltby takes the opportunity of this stoppage to exchange bitchslaps with Sid for a few minutes.
13:04 Things have now entered the “wide open” phase of the game, as the teams are wheeling from end to end, throwing flying checks and flinging all manner of shots at the nets.
12:42 With the Wings scrambling around their own net, Hall takes advantage of Osgood wandering in a panicky state behind the goal line and banks the puck into the net off his back. 3-1 Pens.
12:13 The Wings miss a chance at a wide-open net with a floundering Fleury; it’s the kind of missed chance that makes it very clear they are not a team that’s coming back in this game.
11:44 Well, if that previous chance wasn’t convincing enough, Holmstrom has the puck on his stick, plenty of time to calmly push the puck into the net, and not a goaltender in sight… and somehow he manages to shoot right into the diving paddle of Fleury’s stick. This one’s over. (And of course NBC doesn’t show a replay of the save.)
6:39 After going nearly two weeks without a stoppage in play, with both teams motoring back and forth up the ice, the Wings finally draw a whistle by touching up on a Pens icing. The stoppage gives NBC a chance to show us Pierre between the benches, and he looks so cylindrical and so like he’s made out of wood that it’s easy to mistake him for a Russian nesting doll.
6:23 This game continues to give us unwelcome reminders of the Devils; Samuelsson whips a shot from a moderate angle just below the hash marks, and it beats Fleury over his shoulder because he went down too early and lost the post. Schnookie: “It’s the Martin Brodeur special.” And just like Chico apologizing for Marty, Edzo stammers through the replays that he’s sure that shot deflected in off Orpik. 3-2 Pens.
5:17 Datsyuk is in the slot for a few rebound chances, but he either whiffs on them or shoots way wide. Pookie: “Datsyuk has his candy corn up his ass tonight.”
4:16 Malkin cleverly decides to hook a Red Wing in the offensive zone, and puts the slightly-less-ineffectual-than-earlier-in-the-game Detroit PP back on the ice.
3:35 Nope, never mind. The Detroit PP is every bit as ineffectual as ever. Raffie decides he needs to be keeping his fellow pointman company at the near point, and then dives helplessly as he watches a pass to his now-vacated point drift harmlessly to center ice. Pookie: “That’s the Rafalski we knew and loved. In fact, I’d go so far as to call that the Briiiiiian Rafalski Special.”
1:00 Zetterberg seems to be operating under the notion that if he can’t score with a snap shot from the high slot while he’s cutting across the zone, he doesn’t want to score at all. He’s, um, not going to score at all.
0:00 You can feel the enormous sighs of relief from the NHL league offices now that this series isn’t going to be a 12-period steamrolling by an unstoppable juggernaut.
Sorry I’ve been out of the comment loop, but my boy was sick last week. Actually Max was sick Wednesday, rallied and we were able to visit both sets of grandparents on Memorial Day Weekend. Is he a gamer or what?
Quick comments on the SCF so far:
I was kinda hoping that Lou would makea rune for Malone as a free agent, but after Game 2, not so much.
Crosby better get it going tonight, because right now he is a series of concussions and a collapsed lung away from being the next Eric Lindros. Yeah, I said it!
Seriously though, I can see this being a lot like 2003. Home team wins every time. The Wings seem to lose interest from time to time.
Max is a trooper, for sure! The Pens wish they had someone with that kinda heart in their dressing room! ZING! (That said, sorry the little guy was sick!)
As for Malone: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! The Devils don’t need someone else to take stupid penalties; Langer can handle that duty himself.
I don’t see the Pens winning both at home here. I think they might have a bit of a burst tonight, but I can’t see them holding Detroit off for two in a row.
Is it just me or has this game been really boring so far?
No, Sherry, it’s not just you. Heh.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…has the game started yet?
Ookies, I’m so bummed now. I came home to discover that something has thoroughly trampled my garden! Nooooo!
All the plants can be saved, but I’m going to have to stake some things, although some brave onions were lost in the struggle with whatever animal came rampaging through my garden.
We’ll take Langer and you take Malone. How’s zat sound?
I just sat down for the game and I’m (not) thrilled to see Pierre between the benches.
Caitlin, that’s TERRIBLE! I’m so sorry! I’m glad to hear most of the plants can be saved, though. You might need to put some fencing of some sort. Maybe it was the mint! On a rampage!
Patty, that Malone-Langer deal sounds TERRIBLE!
Caitlin! I’m so sorry to hear about your garden that sucks! We always have wild rabbits in our yard which drives my mother nuts because they eat all of our plants. But I love them because they’re so adorable! I actually had video footage of them eating our plants that I showed to my mom and she got really mad.
They just showed Ovie sitting with Messier in one of the press boxes and Ovie was looking really scary and unhappy. Like he was staring daggers at somebody. Probably Crosby.
Maybe it was the mint! On a rampage!
The mint is jealous of all the time I spend primping and messing with the vegetables!
I normally wouldn’t be this distraught except I’ve spent so much time on that garden, and I just got home from the library where I nearly had a coronary! I need a Netflix version of the library. I wish I was kidding.
I actually had video footage of them eating our plants that I showed to my mom and she got really mad.
I would become bar none enraged. I’m with your mom! Rabbits can suck it, as far as I’m concerned. They eat produce, the bastards!
hey just showed Ovie sitting with Messier in one of the press boxes
NOOO! I missed Ovechkin, too? Dammit!
Poor Caitlin! Could it be rabbits?
When I first moved here, some neighbor kids had a GIANT pet rabbit that was always getting away and it would come over to my yard and dig tunnels in the garden and eat the roots of all the flowers the previous owner had planted.
If I had known anything about plants or rabbits or my rights, I’d probably have been a lot more pissed than I was. :D
Wow, I really thought the Pens were going to put up a bit more of a fight tonight than they are.
Oohhh-kay, or Sid wants to prove me wrong!
The fans sound like they’re watching fireworks. Boooo! Yaaay!
Like Ooooh Aaahhh!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could it be rabbits?
No, nothing ate anything. It just looks like something was digging around and running around in the bed. It looks suspiciously like an overcurious dog. We have several neighbors that have escape happy dogs.
The bed’s actually in the fenced in part of our back yard, it’s just the gate door that’s loose and jiggly, so it’s easy for an animal to push it open.
Sigh.
WOOOOO suck on that Osgood!
Do it again, Pookie! Do it again so Tiny Tim, I mean, Sidney, will totally hear you!
SIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDD!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I was way way way too excited about that goal.
Boooooo.
Meanwhile the Pens fans are going crazy like they just won the Cup or something – should we remind them that’s the FIRST goal they’ve scored in three games? To quote Pensblog…act like you’ve won something before. ;)
Yeah! Go Little Sid Baby!
But I don’t want the Pens to win, so maybe I should say, “Wow, look at all the pep the Pens are playing with!”
CBC just made it sound like Sidney Crosby was THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD who could have possibly scored that goal. Ummmm. Really? I know the Pens are not playing so great but their star player is the only one who could take advantage of a blatant fuck up on Detroit’s part? That’s not so good, guys.
Steph! Hey! How’s it going? And how’s Elly holding up?
No shutout for the freaking diving ballerina!
CBC just made it sound like Sidney Crosby was THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD who could have possibly scored that goal.
To be fair, this IS Bob Cole we’re talking about.
Pierre’s got a hockey-player’s caboose. And it starts up under his arms. Heh.
It’s the little victories, CC! They can be thrilled they got a goal, because they haven’t so far. That’s how the Stars won a game against the Wings — got the first goal.
Hey Pookie! Elly is still alive, she even survived watching Game 1 at the bar with me – her texts after Game 2 sounded like she may have been considering drinking enough alcohol that it would actually poison her to death, but I believe she’s still hanging in here :P
Meanwhile the Pens fans are going crazy like they just won the Cup or something – should we remind them that’s the FIRST goal they’ve scored in three games?
Winning the Stanley Cup vs scoring first goal in 6 periods, first goal of game against the Wings and not being completely and totally humiliated. Speaking from past experience, feels about the same at this point.
Don showed us some clips of players with wet hair with an explanation why. See? Don knows women watch hockey too!
Yeah, it may be silly but if I were a Pens fan I’d be going crazy after that goal too. It would be a vast relief if nothing else.
Don showed us some clips of players with wet hair with an explanation why. See? Don knows women watch hockey too!
He could’ve picked people who were not…Draper :P Although I was certainly all right with Zetterberg.
Hey y’all! I was at work aaaaalll day. Sucks.
So get this. Ya know how my cousin and Uncle flew down for the Red Wings game last night for my cousin’s birthday? Apparently my Uncle went to university with Mike Babcock, and he like remembers him and shit, and they got to go meet half the Red Wings in their dressing room. I’m kind of jealous. Although I probably would have passed out if I met Lidstrom anyways.
It’s the little victories, CC! They can be thrilled they got a goal, because they haven’t so far. That’s how the Stars won a game against the Wings — got the first goal.
Oh, god. Please don’t tell me that, please. I was happy the Stars did it; not so much right now.
So…little victories, shmittle shmictories ;)
Although I probably would have passed out if I met Lidstrom anyways.
I’m passing out just thinking about it. That’s so awesome!
Guys when Sid scored I got up off my couch and jumped up and down. I think I’m just so starved for things to cheer for, lol.
Anne, I totally understand.
Steph, I’m glad to hear Elly survived Games 1 and 2. Tell her I say hello!
alix, that’s so awesome about your uncle and cousin meeting the Wings!
Yeah, it may be silly but if I were a Pens fan I’d be going crazy after that goal too. It would be a vast relief if nothing else.
Yeah, me too! I mean, hello! It’s the SCF! You’re supposed to cheer like you just won even for one measly goal. That’s the whole point! :P
Yeah, it may be silly but if I were a Pens fan I’d be going crazy after that goal too. It would be a vast relief if nothing else.
Agreed. I just like being bitter cranky anti-Pens fan – it works for me, brings out the blue in my eyes ;)
Yay! Ovie’s there!
HI OVIEKINS!!!!
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That’s so awesome! (I would have totally turned into a gibbering mess)
haha Ovie’s chewin the fat with Bettman. I would love to be a fly on the wall in that suite.
Pookie suggests he says, like Robert Downey Jr. in Wonder Boys…
Love RDJ in Wonder Boys. (Sorry for ignoring all the hockey related stuff in the diary :P)
See, even reading about it has turned me into a gibbering mess who can’t use html.
Haha Ovie’s chewin the fat with Bettman. I would love to be a fly on the wall in that suite.
And Messier was simply chewing. :P But yes, I’d always love to be listening in on Ovie’s conversations, the kid is just hilarious (and not always on purpose).
alix! That’s so cool!! I’d freak out, too! Especially if it was a surprise.
(Sorry for ignoring all the hockey related stuff in the diary :P)
For someone who loves RDJ in Wonder Boys, I’ll say it’s okay. “Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy…” I love that movie so much, and yet the book is one of the worst I’ve ever read.
WOOOOOOOOOO!!!
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY! YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!YAY!
YES! BABY SID! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
I love that movie so much, and yet the book is one of the worst I’ve ever read.
Really? I’ve never read it, but I love Chabon, so that’s disappointing. :(
*sigh*
Is it too late to switch over to So You Think You Can Dance?
Guys I feel like I hadn’t cheered in so long before those goals, haha
It’s on for another half hour (I’m watching it, and normally I’d channel surf, but I have to tivo it for my roommate).
Meg, to be fair, I read Wonder Boys immediately after reading Kavalier and Clay so… I could have read the greatest book in the universe then and I’d probably think it sucked. (I also wasn’t fond of The Yiddish Policeman’s Union either now that I think about it.)
This game’s kind of exciting. Huh.
Well, Patty, Pierre did just tell us that “the skill is back in the game”, so that might explain it. Because, you know, there was no skill in Games 1 and 2.
Guys I feel like I hadn’t cheered in so long before those goals, haha
I know what you mean. :D
It’s on for another half hour (I’m watching it, and normally I’d channel surf, but I have to tivo it for my roommate).
I recorded the first half but I had to stop it at 9 because roomie was taping something on another channel and…I’m too lazy to just go upstairs and watch the game :P
Steph, I’m glad to hear Elly survived Games 1 and 2. Tell her I say hello!
Will do! As long as she survives tonight as well :P But uh, the way it looks right now…
You’re right, Pookie.
But wasn’t Pierre telling us in the first about how the Pens weren’t doing anything right and never would?
I read Wonder Boys immediately after reading Kavalier and Clay so… I could have read the greatest book in the universe then and I’d probably think it sucked.
Kavalier and Clay is the one I particularly love . . . maybe it’s just safe to avoid Wonder Boys. :) (I am planning on reading The Yiddish Policeman’s Union soon, although I know some people who’ve really liked it and some who . . . haven’t.)
I know we don’t like the [color]-out, but that looks pretty cool.
Hal Gill is ummmm not pleased
I’m passing out just thinking about it. That’s so awesome!
alix! That’s so cool!! I’d freak out, too! Especially if it was a surprise.
That’s so awesome! (I would have totally turned into a gibbering mess)
alix, that’s so awesome about your uncle and cousin meeting the Wings!
I know, right?
Apparently Mike Babcock was doing the press conference and my Uncle and cousin were just waiting to say hi, and a bunch of Wings security/PR dudes were about to throw them out, and Mike Babcock stops the press conference and says he knows them. Heh.
No way, alix. NO WAY!
Did your Uncle talk up your cousin so they’ll draft him?
I am planning on reading The Yiddish Policeman’s Union soon, although I know some people who’ve really liked it and some who . . . haven’t.
I thought I was enjoying while I was reading it, but pretty the minute I finished it I was like, “This seems… wrong.”
I know we don’t like the [color]-out, but that looks pretty cool.
It looks cool because white pops on the television screen! Red and black don’t; that’s my main issue with them. Still, towels or pompoms would look cooler.
So, uh scratch that whole Crosby/Lindros thing…
Morgan, :^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Alix, I didn’t get a chance to say earlier, but that is amazing. Especially that he remembered him and stopped the press conference to say so. I’d be so star-struck.
Still, towels or pompoms would look cooler.
I can’t stand the towels. Pompoms all the way!
It looks cool because white pops on the television screen! Red and black don’t
Right. Although red can pop if it’s the Flames. :D
Did your Uncle talk up your cousin so they’ll draft him?
Hee! I hope so! The getting drafted cousin is at the combine this week. Everybody cross your fingers he kicks some ass.
I can’t stand the towels. Pompoms all the way!
I can’t stand the towels either – but I think that’s more because I always end up hitting the person next to me with my towel. Pompoms are much easier to control apparently.
…or maybe I’m just not very coordinated ;)
Everybody cross your fingers he kicks some ass.
I will! I feel sure he’ll kick some ass. He’ll make up for that time he missed.
Did you know in the history of time, no team has ever killed a penalty without Jordan Staal?
Pompoms are great unless you happen to sit next to a girl who can’t shake a pompom without whapping you in the freaking face with it.
I don’t remember LOVING Wonder Boys but I don’t remember hating it either. (The book, I mean.) I did love Kavalier and Klay and the baseball-centric young adult book he wrote that I can’t remember the name of right now.
Dear Holmstrom,
Please tighten your chin strap. Every other time a whistle blows, your helmet and your head are not together. I may be cheering against your team, but I don’t want you to dent your noggin.
Love,
Anne
I looooooove towels! You people are crazy. But maybe that`s because of the Canucks towel power thing. And that I was waving one when my cousin`s team won the Memorial Cup last year.
Especially that he remembered him and stopped the press conference to say so. I’d be so star-struck.
I know, eh? Mike Babcock`s always bugged me, but that was a pretty damn cool thing to do. And I would have been star-struck too.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
What the heck was that? He just walked the puck right up to the goal.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Boo
Well that was rather sudden. But yay! Maybe we`ll actually get a close fought game tonight.
I love the towels, too. It’s like the stands are TEEMING.
WOOOOOOO!!
Oh and it’s the sumo car wash commercial again HAHA.
Oh and it’s the sumo car wash commercial again HAHA.
This was evidently the first time Mark’s seen it because halfway through he was yelling, “Please just make it stop!”
Whoever wins, this is definitely the most exciting game thus far.
This was evidently the first time Mark’s seen it because halfway through he was yelling, “Please just make it stop!”
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Oh and it’s the sumo car wash commercial again HAHA.
Hee! I freakin love that ad now that I got over the shock of seeing it for the first time.
The Mule is not a plain old donkey tonight!
I watched the first period of the game in a bar on 3rd Ave and let me tell ya, it was great. I couldn’t hear a thing, I was distracted by my beer and my co-drinker, and there were lots of distractions in the bar. Best first period ever!
And I hate the white shirts. It looks like an Up! With People convention.
I love the moment after a puck is deflected crazily over the net and there’s that moment when everyone around the net is like “WHERE’D IT GO?!?! HEY THERE IT IS!”
Is this sumo car wash commercial on YouTube or anything? Now I really want to see it!
Whoever wins, this is definitely the most exciting game thus far.
Definitely. I guess as a hockey fan I should find that to be a good thing ;) And yet I’m struggling with the desire to just have the playoffs end already. Before June would be a pleasant surprise…
This was evidently the first time Mark’s seen it because halfway through he was yelling, “Please just make it stop!”
Poor Mark! He will learn to love it!
Okay, Mellon Arena officially has the best music person, (sorry Joe Louis) because they just played “Supermassive Blackhole” by Muse. That is like the way to my heart.
HA! It looked like Draper and Sid wanted to get in a slap fight right there. “You bitch!“ `You slag!““Your shorts are pink!“ “You can`t grow a beard!“
“You bitch!“ `You slag!““Your shorts are pink!“ “You can`t grow a beard!“
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CC, you won’t regret it: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Vasc8ghyu1g
Ooh, Ovechkin in the intermission report!
That sound you hear? That’s the sound of IPB Manor’s TV changing to another station ;)
Liz, that sounds delightful! I remember watching Devils playoff games at the Riviera in the West Village because I didn’t get FSNY at my dorm. I was able to drag some sports-other-than-hockey fans with me, but I was too self-conscious to cheer. It was really bizarre. I think Whitey and Madden both scored and it was like, “Eek! Our rookies are going nuts!” but I was all trying to be cool. And that’s my story.
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That sound you hear? That’s the sound of IPB Manor’s TV changing to another station ;)
That’s the sound of me thinking my mojito sorbert needs a lot more rum.
OVIE!
OK, I’ll admit, that dog-cat exchange was funny. /begruding
Hmmm. I think it`s time I made that drink again. If this appears, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZHHHJHJHIZZZZZZZZZZZZZ in my comment you know I`ve passed out on my keyboard.
So I forgot the Finals game was on NBC today because my digital cable thingy said it was supposed to be “Law and Order” so imagine my surprise when I switched over to see Ovie talking about his hair to Mike Milbury. Hockey knows when I’m cheating on it.
Okay, I have to say Ovechkin was delightful in that interview as usual – and Milbury was an asshole as usual.
Ooooooo! CBC said Trev Linden is coming up later! YAY! I miss Trev.
i just got home in the mood for some exciting hockey, but it’s not next season yet, so go, um, Pens, Wings, whatevs.
Oh, and can someone tell Malkin’s interpretor that the announcers don’t consider him one of “the two best hockey players in the arena tonight”
OK, I’ll admit, that dog-cat exchange was funny. /begruding
Attagirl ;)
How’s the mojito sorbet? Is it minty?
I’m playing with the idea of watching the NBC feed instead of the CBC one because I’m a little tired of listening to Bob Cole. Or would that be a huge mistake?
I’m playing with the idea of watching the NBC feed instead of the CBC one because I’m a little tired of listening to Bob Cole. Or would that be a huge mistake?
Sherry, I’m pretty sure it’s six of one, half dozen of the other. Of course I’m not sure what the CBC feed is like but NBC isn’t good at handling noisy arenas so you can’t really HEAR the commentators. I consider that to be a plus (although I’m not a Doc fan and I’m really not a fan of Edzo and Pierre).
The mojito sorbert is minty and delicious! It’s really, really refreshing.
Sherry, variety is the spice of life; give NBC for a whirl until Pierre comes on and then remember why you’re grateful you get CBC!
Why was Milbury touching Ovechkin like they were friends or something? God, that creeped me out.
I’m playing with the idea of watching the NBC feed instead of the CBC one because I’m a little tired of listening to Bob Cole. Or would that be a huge mistake?
For some reason, the NBC feed just seems really bright and faded, so it looks like they’re playing in a snow storm (ala winter classic). Plus the white out isn’t helping. Didn’t someone mention that they were happy there were no color outs this series? Thanks Pittsburgh.
For some reason, the NBC feed just seems really bright and faded, so it looks like they’re playing in a snow storm (ala winter classic). Plus the white out isn’t helping. Didn’t someone mention that they were happy there were no color outs this series? Thanks Pittsburgh.
That’s exactly what I thought! So I switched back to CBC, it also helped that I turned to NBC just as Pierre was salivating over Crosby again.
Haha. Apparently someone is “trying to get into Crosby’s kitchen.”
Haha. Apparently someone is “trying to get into Crosby’s kitchen.”
I was just thinking that was a phrase I never ever needed to hear again. Ugh.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
(I can’t believe how excited that just made me!)
Dammit. I hate ass goals.
I was just thinking that was a phrase I never ever needed to hear again. Ugh.
I had to rewind to make sure I heard right. I have no idea what the heck that even means.
Schnikies! nice goal
Haha. Apparently someone is “trying to get into Crosby’s kitchen.”
Is that somebody Pierre?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
That looked like another head shot by Roberts.
When Pierre said that about Sid’s kitchen, I was picturing Sid saying, Go ahead! There’s nothing in there but ketchup and beer. I’ll stay out here on the rink.
Boy, Orpik was doing it all himself there for a minute.
What is going on with this game and why (for the first time this series) do I wish I had seen the first two periods??
When Pierre said that about Sid’s kitchen, I was picturing Sid saying, Go ahead! There’s nothing in there but ketchup and beer.
One of the older players had to buy the beer for him. It’s in his contract.
I don’t know Hossa that well, but he seems pretty dogged tonight.
Um, I’m sorry, but when Lebda was riding Malone like a pony, maybe that might have been a penalty? maybe? No, okay.
One of the older players had to buy the beer for him. It’s in his contract.
And has to be handy in case Sid needs to hand his beer to somebody before he is caught with it.
Um, I’m sorry, but when Lebda was riding Malone like a pony, maybe that might have been a penalty? maybe? No, okay.
That goes uncalled so many times throughout the year that I’m starting to think it’s not really a penalty. Seems like it should be, though, right?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
This game is flying! Finally! I want to marry Orpik after that one shift.
CBC called Gary Roberts an inspirational leader. *Sigh* Yeah. Inspires you to lift your elbows at the right height.
Wooooooooooo!
I don’t know Hossa that well, but he seems pretty dogged tonight.
I’m surprised too because from what I remember of Hossa he can usually be expected to disappear by Game 2 of Round 1.
WOOOOO!!! It seems like the perfect night to have OT. Even though I have to work at 7 am. Heh.
Um, I’m sorry, but when Lebda was riding Malone like a pony, maybe that might have been a penalty?
Not at all. Not when Draper did that to Ott, either. :D
At least it wasn’t a shot to the head, like Roberts has been doing.
Where are you working, alix? Isn’t this a new job?
Were they booing Holmstrom as he was getting off the ice? Or were they just saying “Boo-urns”?
Not at all. Not when Draper did that to Ott, either.
Funny Patty, I was just thinking the same thing.
Gee, Roberts takes a penalty. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer fella.
I can’t wait for June 20. That’s the day Love Guru opens, and I predict it’s the day it closes.
maybe if Sean Avery starts doing it, they’ll finally making a penalty against tripping someone down then riding them like a pony. And that’s exactly what the penalty will be called so the refs will have to say it just like that. And then someone will make a t-shirt “Avery rule #17″ or something like that.
Oh, btw for goal #3, I was away from the computer:
WOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Oh, check that. Malkin took a penalty – is he playing in this series??
Were they booing Holmstrom as he was getting off the ice?
They were probably going HOOOOOO!
I can’t wait for June 20. That’s the day Love Guru opens, and I predict it’s the day it closes.
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And even better, on June 21 we’ll stop seeing commercials for it!
I was saying Boo-urns! They better not booo Holmstrom. He’ll crush them with his ghetto booty. And then Matty will come beat them up since he and Holmstrom are BFF. Hee.
Where are you working, alix? Isn’t this a new job?
It is fairly new, Patty. I started 2 weeks ago. I work at a warehouse collating flyers that go into our local newspaper. It’s not exactly thrilling, but it’s really laid back and good hours.
My cat is clearly a Red Wings fan, he’s been antsy all night.
maybe if Sean Avery starts doing it, they’ll finally making a penalty against tripping someone down then riding them like a pony.
Two minutes for Riding? I would not be able to stop giggling at that.
Poop.
WWWWWEEEEEEEHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two minutes for Riding? I would not be able to stop giggling at that.
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YAY!! I’m not cheering for the Penguins, but I want a long series.
Two minutes for Riding? I would not be able to stop giggling at that.
AHAHAHA That would be just as good as “Givin’ him the bizness!” (But I think that’s only in football)
Why are they giving me Don Cherry and not Trev Linden? BOOOOO!!! Where’s my Trev? CBC lied to me!
Bugsy!!!!!!!!! He’s so colorful.
I like that when showing the “Breakthrough line”, they list Hossa and Dupois as both RW. That’s a new strategy. Double team the right, leave the left open.
Ok, all it took was for me to say I really didn’t care anymore for the Penguins to sit up and take notice. Thanks little guys! I feel better now. :)
Also, we just watched the Sumo car wash commercial and that is really scary. I had to cover my eyes!
Now it’s time for Top Chef.
Woooooooo!
Those fuckers! They totally got my hopes up about seeing Trev.
I honestly don’t care who wins the Stanley Cup (Thanks Montreal!) but I just want to see the Penguins be competitive. It would hurt to watch a team that bitch slapped half the teams in the Eastern Conference to just crumble to the Wings.
All right it’s time for me to sign off. Good night IPB! I’ll be up north over the next couple of days hanging out with some cows.
Bye!
G’night, Sherry! Have fun with the cows!
Good night, Sherry! Have fun with the cows! Mooooo!
Awww cows! Have fun, Sherry!
Ok, apparently Trev was on during the intermission. And I missed it. Sorry CBC. My bad.
Wow, look at you, alix, TOTALLY assuming the worst about CBC. For shame! :P (Meanwhile, we’re looking at the scheduling note on the bottom line of the NHL Network, where they say the awards show will be on VS on June 12. It does not say what time it will be on, though, and Pookie’s all, “It’s because they don’t know yet how much ‘Tapout’ they’re going to have on first.” Speaking of assuming the worst.)
Wow, look at you, alix, TOTALLY assuming the worst about CBC. For shame! :P
I know! I`m so horrible. :P
Pookie’s all, “It’s because they don’t know yet how much ‘Tapout’ they’re going to have on first.” Speaking of assuming the worst.)
HA HA HA!
I know I rag on Bob Cole a lot, but he called Trev “`The great Trevor Linden“ when they flashed to Trev talking to Bettman in the box. Awwww. And Trev looked so handsome in his suit. I luff him. Stupid AV. Trev`s not coming back to the Canucks when he`s still here.
Okay, that mojito sorbet knocked me on my ass. That and the whole “going back to work today” thing. I’m off now! G’night to anybody who’s still around!
Night, Schnookie!
Our official position on the “what’s wrong with Geno” issue is that we don’t think he’s injured. He just looks gassed.
Every time I see the guy, his eyes are all droopy and glazed over.. waht is UP with that? Too many drugs? Not enough sleep?
Alix- I watched CBC tonight and saw Trevor during the intermission and he was looking FINE! I hadn’t really seen the guy in a while ( I don’t believe the Sabres played the Canucks this year) but the Canucks were my first hockey team and he was the Captain back then (oh the glory days of 1994- and the heartache) and he has aged very well. He was wearing this HOT jacket and his hair was all curly and it was good.
Sorry ya missed it!
Someone already put it up on Youtube luckily! Sigh. I wasn`t a huge fan in 1994, but it even breaks my heart. Yeah I loved his jacket. And I`ve always dug his hair. The older he gets the better he looks. :D
My clueless friend who somehow doesn’t know the game was on called me with a minute to go in the game. That was a great game. I hate to say it, but the Pens are doing better than we did so far. Sure, we scored in all of ours, but we waited until Game 4 to win one.
alix, that job sounds great, actually. It’s much better than the vet job you were first considering.
Hee. Much better indeed, Patty. No animal carcasses, and I can just show up at work in sweat pants or jeans. Not too shabby.
Aren’t non hockey friends the worst? Always wanting to talk at the worst possible times. :P
Good morning, IPB!
Boomer will give him nothing, as she is appalled at his choice of shirt.
It just hit me that between the gold chain, v-neck Hanes t-shirt and suit coat that Ovie was totally channeling Uncle Jesse in the latter years of “Full House.”
Haha. Apparently someone is “trying to get into Crosby’s kitchen.”
There’s a “bun in the oven” joke around here somewhere, I just can’t find it.
Good morning, Amy! And you’re SO RIGHT — that was totally the Uncle Jesse look Ovie was sporting. Definitely a poor sartorial choice.
Oh my god, Amy, you are so right! Ovechkin is slowly becoming Uncle Jesse from Full House. Does this make Alex Semin Uncle Joey, then?
He looked so weird and oddly uncomfortable on that broadcast and it didn’t help that Milbury was admonishing him to cut his hair and use gel. WTF? Ovechkin was definitely not inventing fun on that broadcast.
Morning, IPB!
Morning, Caitlin! I didn’t get a chance to tell you during the game, but I am HORRIFIED that your garden got trampled! That’s TERRIBLE! TERRIBLE! I live in constant fear of animals or people smushing our garden, and actually frequently dream about it. My most memorable dream like that involved a deer reclining on the pea gravel while eating parsley like carrot sticks.
I’m also really not sorry I missed the Ovechkin interview.
Good morning everyone! Caitlin, I am SO SORRY your garden got all mangled. Booooo! Booooooo!
I’m also really not sorry I missed the Ovechkin interview.
Me neither.
Y’all, we had an honest to God twister here this afternoon. With thunder, lightning and very very frightening and everything. It was bizarre. And very un-Holland.
I didn’t get a chance to tell you during the game, but I am HORRIFIED that your garden got trampled!
Well, it’s salvageable at least, so all my hard work was not for…naught. Hee. But it does make me mad. You can see where an animal was pawing at the beds and basically ran around in it. I was going to to stake the tomatoes this weekend because they’re getting so big; well, because they’ve gotten so nice and tall, they just crumpled over. They’re still intact, of course, just sadly leaning over at an extremely awkward angle.
Y’all, we had an honest to God twister here this afternoon.
Whaaa? That’s odd. Well, I’m glad you’re safe and okay…and thanks for the garden well-wishes. I had no idea you could get tornadoes in Holland!
They’re still intact, of course, just sadly leaning over at an extremely awkward angle.
Awwww, poor crippled tomatoes.
I had no idea you could get tornadoes in Holland!
Me neither. I didn’t even know it was happening because we were in a lecture, but at the end someone came in and we were told not to leave the building because it wasn’t safe. WTF?
Mags, glad to hear you came through the tornado okay.
Ovechkin was definitely not inventing fun on that broadcast.
I looked like maybe he was considering it but then Milbury went in for that awkwardly non-reciprocated man-hug and Ovie clearly thought better of unveiling his new invention — “fun” — to the world.
Mags, I’m glad you made it through the totally-not-cool weather okay.
Ovie clearly thought better of unveiling his new invention — “fun” — to the world.
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Thanks y’all. I can’t really say we were in any danger, and I kind of feel deprived of cool tornado sirens, but whatever. Can’t win them all.
Milbury went in for that awkwardly non-reciprocated man-hug and Ovie clearly thought better of unveiling his new invention — “fun” — to the world.
Wouldn’t you. I kinda feel sorry for Ovie now. Not because he had to bottle up all the “fun” but because he got hugged by Milbury. That’s not cool.
at the end someone came in and we were told not to leave the building because it wasn’t safe.
Clearly, I need to have a talk about “tornado safety” with some people in Holland. Good Lord.
Ovie clearly thought better of unveiling his new invention — “fun” — to the world.
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I actually felt bad for Ovie. He was stuck with Messier, then Bettman, then Milbury. What an awful night! And it may be horrible, but that long, protracted shot of Messier chowing down on nachos in his box made me giggle horribly.
Clearly, I need to have a talk about “tornado safety” with some people in Holland. Good Lord.
Yeah, you probably do. Although it’ll probably be 50 years before another one hits (that’s what the news said. First one in 46 years)
that long, protracted shot of Messier chowing down on nachos in his box made me giggle horribly.
I was without internet last night so I didn’t get to go on IPB to talk, but I remember thinking Brett Hull must be crazy jealous of Mess when that came by.
I was without internet last night so I didn’t get to go on IPB to talk, but I remember thinking Brett Hull must be crazy jealous of Mess when that came by.
Hullie was so jealous, he ate his television set.
I cannot believe we’re two to four games away from the end of the season! No, wait, I can.
It feels like the season should have ended MONTHS ago. I think what I can’t believe is that, while it seems that two to four more games is interminable, it’s not even JUNE yet.
I cannot believe we’re two to four games away from the end of the season!
I’m in denial over this. It’s going to be a PLONG off season.
I think what I can’t believe is that, while it seems that two to four more games is interminable, it’s not even JUNE yet.
I’m so despondent over this SCF. I mean, this is the first one I’ve actually watched in…three years? And look at where we are. I only hope the Pens can pull it out, because I might fall over if I have to watch the Red Wings parade around with the Cup.
I’m in denial over this. It’s going to be a PLONG off season.
I’m looking forward to a nice, plong off-season, truthfully. I have to uh…catch up on my life, you know. Remind me of the fact that I was looking forward to off-season when it’s early August and I’m ripping out my hair, muttering about hockey coming back.
I’m looking forward to a nice, plong off-season, truthfully.
I’ll bet you anything you’re going to regret saying that :P
I’m also looking forward to the plong off-season because I’m very excited about the summer series we have planned for IPB. That said, I suspect I’m going to be all kinds of bored in about a week.
Actually, you know what I like best about the off-season? I don’t have to hurry to get dinner cooked. I hate having to be sitting in front of the TV by 7:00 for Devils games. HATE. 7:30 is a bit more manageable, but the switch to the 7:00 start time this year was BRUTAL. I think that contributed to my being so worn down by the end of the season. Anyway, I’ve been loving having these off-days to be able to grill in a leisurely fashion, or take my time putting dinner together while talking with Boomer and Pookie after work.
And that’s my story.
I’m very excited about the summer series we have planned for IPB.
Ooh, and I’m quite excited to see what you have planned! Me, I plan on actually getting out of my house, doing some film club stuff and generally turning my life over to the movie thing for a few months, which will be nice.
Anyway, I’ve been loving having these off-days to be able to grill in a leisurely fashion, or take my time putting dinner together while talking with Boomer and Pookie after work.
Ha! It’s nice, right? After I got home last night from the library, I had fifteen minutes to check on the garden and fix dinner before the game started. So I threw in a TV dinner, because I’m lazy like that. I’m looking forward to taking the time to make something less lazy (although nothing like what you ladies do) in the off-season.
I am SO enjoying not having to rush to sit down in front of the TV! It’s taken me a bit longer than I thought it would to get out of that mind-set, but now that I’m there, I’m kind of dreading going back!
7:30 is a bit more manageable, but the switch to the 7:00 start time this year was BRUTAL.
I’m the exact opposite. 7:30 start times throw me all out of whack. I’m used to 7:00.
Ooooh, film club stuff sounds great! Look at us — we’ve got lives OUTSIDE OF HOCKEY! It’s shocking!
Look at us — we’ve got lives OUTSIDE OF HOCKEY! It’s shocking!
But I have no life outside of the internets! (Kidding, kidding.) But yes, I think there are people specifically picking up the phone and calling me now because they’re like, “Oh, I hear it’s Stanley Cup Finals time. Surely we can wrest Caitlin away in a week or so.”
I’m there, I’m kind of dreading going back!
I’m dreading the late start times, to tell you the truth. Once we start the regular season up again, there’s going to be 9:00 – 9:30 start times on the schedule and that will kill me, I swear.
I’m the exact opposite. 7:30 start times throw me all out of whack. I’m used to 7:00.
That’s just NUTS, Amy! :P
But I have no life outside of the internets!
Oh, me neither. Not in the least.
Look at us — we’ve got lives OUTSIDE OF HOCKEY! It’s shocking!
Isn’t it?
If this series goes to a Game 7, I may have to dunk a bitch. That game is scheduled to be played June 7th, which is when I’m in rural Indiana visiting family. Somehow, I don’t think “Bye family! Scuse me while I leave your smoke infested house to go watch the last hockey game played for the next four months” is going to fly with the family.
Amy, I don’t think you have to worry! :D (That said, I am going to try to rearrange my work schedule to free me up for a potential Game 6, which I didn’t think would happen until last night’s game ended.)
But I have no life outside of the internets!
Oh, me neither. Not in the least.
Me three! Yesterday, I taught a computer class to the computer club of a local senior citizen community. Somehow the topic of discussion headed into online communities. The bossy, brassy head of the club launched into this very rambly, very boring discussion about the arguments he gets into on AOL message boards with young people who don’t believe in marriage. I’m there at the front of the class room like, “No, people, don’t listen to him! Life on the internets is a lot more fun than what he’s describing!
Oh, me neither. Not in the least.
Have you ever read Neuromancer by William Gibson? I’m so constantly connected to the internet I fear we may all end up like that. :D
Somehow, I don’t think “Bye family! Scuse me while I leave your smoke infested house to go watch the last hockey game played for the next four months” is going to fly with the family.
Well, erm, I hope the Pens win it in 6 for your sake (I initially predicted the Pens to win in 7. Hmph.)
Somehow, I don’t think “Bye family! Scuse me while I leave your smoke infested house to go watch the last hockey game played for the next four months” is going to fly with the family.
That’s awful on so many counts! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you (and I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt it’s going to be a problem for you. Well, the G7 probably won’t be. I suspect the smoke-infested part will be there either way).
I’m there at the front of the class room like, “No, people, don’t listen to him! Life on the internets is a lot more fun than what he’s describing!
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Oh, man. That’s horrible! Did you have to verbally bitchslap the president of the senior citizen’s computer club? I think you should show these people Star Wars Kid. That truly is “the magic of the internet”, right there.
That’s awful on so many counts!
Thanks for the sympathy. I respect people’s right to smoke, but I hate that I smell like smoke after leaving their house.
AOL message boards
Well, there’s his problem right there. :)
Then again, I have been friends for over 10 years with one guy I met on the AOL boards.
I respect people’s right to smoke, but I hate that I smell like smoke after leaving their house.
See, I respect people’s right to smoke right up until the point when I have to actually tolerate it. Then I think very disrespectful and resentful thoughts even though I don’t say anything.
I’m the same way as you, Meg. This is probably in large part due to the fact that I’ve never had any friends who were smokers, so I’ve never had to really associate it in person with people I enjoy hanging out with. Our grandparents in Arizona smoked, but they hated how it made their house smell, so they only ever smoked outside. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a house that the residents have smoked in, other than one place we looked at when Pookie and I were buying our first house. (And let me tell you, as soon as we opened the front door of the house and got a whiff of the cigarette smell, we knew we weren’t buying the place. It was a lovely house, but it was going to take a major overhaul to get that stench out. I guess our grandparents were on to something by not letting their own place get like that…)
It was a lovely house, but it was going to take a major overhaul to get that stench out.
A lot of people I know don’t smoke in their houses for particularly that reason. If you’re only smoking every once in a while in your house, the stench isn’t there, but if you’re puffing around chain-smoking, yeah, your house is going to be embedded with the smoke smell forever.
Smokers don’t notice it, but non-smokers sure can. I don’t know how much a cleaning to de-smoke-smell your house costs, but for a car (from experience) I can say it’s about $100 – $150 for the deep clean to remove the smoking smell.
Yeah, our realtor’s advice when we looked at that house was that the carpets would have to go, as well as the drapes (which were things we would have ditched anyway), but then she added that every surface in the house would have to be repainted, including the ceilings. I have no idea if that would have taken care of it all.
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/media/comments/mike_doc_emrick_and_neil_stevens_to_the_hall_of_fame/
“Doc” will be honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame in November with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions as a Hockey Broadcaster.
It is long, long overdue.
. This is probably in large part due to the fact that I’ve never had any friends who were smokers, so I’ve never had to really associate it in person with people I enjoy hanging out with.
I have a couple friends who are/were smokers but for the most part didn’t smoke around me much.
One of my dad’s paralegals once borrowed his car for something (lunch run, probably) and smoked in it thinking it would be fine because the windows were open. I think he didn’t close his windows for days. I’m pretty sure she never did that again.
I would KILL someone if they smoked in my car. Oh my god. That would be SO TERRIBLE. I totally don’t understand the thought process that holding the cigarette outside the window, or having the windows open, would keep the smell from getting into the car. I mean, do you hang your head out the window to get to the cigarette when you want to puff away? No! No you do not! Gah! This is a huge pet peeve of mine, because it seems that every time I get a loaner car when mine’s being serviced, a previous driver has smoked in it.
This is a huge pet peeve of mine, because it seems that every time I get a loaner car when mine’s being serviced, a previous driver has smoked in it.
When I rented cars, I never smoked in them. NEVER. Am I the only courteous smoker in existence? (Yes, I’m blowing at the whole ‘quit smoking’ thing, but jeez.)
The majority of people nowadays are non-smokers. These days, I don’t smoke that much, but god, even when I smoked a pack plus per day, I could wait it out to get out of the loaner car and smoke.
I totally don’t understand the thought process that holding the cigarette outside the window, or having the windows open, would keep the smell from getting into the car.
It’s not a smell thing, it’s an ash thing. Even when you have the little car ashtray things, it’s not easy to ash in them while you’re driving. Most smokers keep their cigarettes in the open window like that because the rush of air will automatically ash your cigarette for you, thereby saving you the trouble of having to take your eyes off the road to do so.
However, most smokers would notice the smell if you got into a car where someone had been smoking with all the windows rolled up. Not so much if the person routinely drives with the windows down. Your sense of smell really does become deadened to it.
OK, so I just got my work schedule rearranged so I can be home to watch Game 6 next week, so everyone place your bets now on the Wings winning in 5!
I would KILL someone if they smoked in my car. Oh my god. That would be SO TERRIBLE.
If it hadn’t rained that night (with all the windows completely down to air out the car) he probably would have been annoyed but less annoyed than he was. I think the employee had no idea it would smell noticeably–she wasn’t the brightest–and felt pretty terrible, though.
Am I the only courteous smoker in existence?
I think you might be!
(As for the smell/ash thing, I had a passenger once ask if she could smoke in my car, and insisted that by holding the cigarette outside the window, none of the smoke would get into the car. So apparently at least one smoker out there thinks that’s sufficient protection against permeating loaner cars with cigarette smell…)
Way to shorten the series for us all, Pookie!
OK, so I just got my work schedule rearranged so I can be home to watch Game 6 next week, so everyone place your bets now on the Wings winning in 5!
I will be totally shocked if this goes to six now. :)
I had a passenger once ask if she could smoke in my car, and insisted that by holding the cigarette outside the window, none of the smoke would get into the car.
What? That makes absolutely no sense. Smoke is going in your lungs, which are in your body last time I checked, which is firmly situated inside the moving vehicle (hopefully).
Even then, when you smoke, even holding it OUTSIDE of the car, the smell’s still getting on your fingers, on your lips, in your hair (a byproduct of that whole ‘exhaling’ thing) so you still smell like cigarettes. Which, by proxy, makes other things smell like smoke.
I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but good lord, that makes no rational sense.
Dang it, Pookie! I want a seven game series! Noooo!
The other thing to remember about cigarette smoke is that even ONE TINY MOLECULE of it will leave a car REEKING for MONTHS! :P
Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident.
Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident.
O my.
Schnookie, it really will. :( And I’m sorry if you’ve had bad run-ins with smokers in cars!
Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident.
That is so terrible. :(
Re: smoking. I never smoke in rentals, either. I smoke in my own car, but it’s just assy to smoke in rentals!
Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident.
That is so, so sad. :( He was so young.
That’s so sad about Luc Bourdon. It’s just so unbelievable when someone dies so young. :(
Man, this day is just really dragging, huh?
That it is, Caitlin. That it is. I was even at work early today!
Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident.
That’s awful!
That it is. I was even at work early today!
Oh boo, that’s no good! I’m sorry to hear that.
Random note: I’m hungry. Like, really hungry. That’s odd.
Man, this day is just really dragging, huh?
Totally.
Random note: I’m hungry. Like, really hungry. That’s odd.
I’ve had that feeling since Sunday. Let me tell you, don’t let it go on that long. It is driving me INSANE.
I just went to the hockey club to pick up all my gear and empty out my locker. So depressing. But not depressing, I cycled there in a tshirt and shorts. It’s hot out now.
I’ve been reduced to reading the CBA. Typical of me, though, I’ve skipped right over all the statbitty stuff about salaries and escrows and caps and contracts, and am reading about reimbursements for “going home for the summer” travel expenses. This is fascinating! Their training camp per diems allot $12 for breakfast and $15 for lunch!
Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle accident.
I had just seen that on Andrew’s Stars Page and was Googling to confirm. I immediately thought of Alix. My heart goes out to the family and his teammates. I will never forget attending the funeral of a classmate who died at 19 in a car accident. He was a star on our football team and seeing all his devastated teammates was the worst. I’ve been to funerals from all manner of ages and deaths and that was by far the hardest.
I’ve had that feeling since Sunday. Let me tell you, don’t let it go on that long. It is driving me INSANE.
Good Lord, no. I plan on eating my fridge when I get home! ;) (I’d say go eat something super carb-heavy or sugary. That’ll make you feel full reallllly quick.)
and am reading about reimbursements for “going home for the summer” travel expenses. This is fascinating! Their training camp per diems allot $12 for breakfast and $15 for lunch!
Really?! That is interesting! I actually have the CBA lying around somewhere but I’ve never read it. They actually get “going home for the summer” travel expenses? And they don’t have to pay for their own meals at training camps? WTF?
am reading about reimbursements for “going home for the summer” travel expenses. This is fascinating! Their training camp per diems allot $12 for breakfast and $15 for lunch!
That is fascinating!
I’m really getting stuck on poor Luc Bourdon. Christ, he was my age. I hope he wasn’t in pain.
Um, what’s the CBA? Also, I have a hockey newbie request. What all hockey wise is going on this summer? I know there is the NHL draft. I’ve read your post about the NHL Awards Show. What types of training camps do they have? Anything else to look forward to? I need something to plan for. No vacation plans until we find out Hubbie’s job.
The CBA is the collective bargaining agreement, where all the rules about contracts and salaries and zzzzzzzzzz… HUH? What? Sorry, I dozed off there. It’s really dull. I think I’ve sussed everything interesting out of it.
As for the summer, there is diddly-pooh, hockey-wise, in the summertime. There’s the awards show, the draft, free agent signings, and NOTHING ELSE. Training camps tend to open in September, and then the exhibition schedule starts shortly after that. I know the Devils don’t have open practices, so we’re stuck with just the preseason games, which aren’t worth going all the way up to Newark for. I hope they play one in Trenton again this year! That’s just 20 minutes from IPB Manor!
Um, what’s the CBA?
Collective Bargaining Agreement.
What all hockey wise is going on this summer?
Not much. Awards, Draft, UFA Day. Players sometimes go to kids camps for a day/week of amusement, some of them run their own camps. Basically nothing till like, Schedule Day and then the Season Opener.
But there’s IPB. IPB helped me a lot last year.
Damn, Schnookie was faster. And I forgot the pre-season. Buggah.
Myra, the CBA is the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which dictates all the financials, etc. of the teams – what they can spend, how they can spend it, etc. It negotiates what the terms are for player salaries, the cap, expenditure limits, insurance issues, contracts, and other various stuff. (I probably didn’t explain that very well, but here’s the Wikipedia entry for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_Collective_Bargaining_Agreement
It’s what caused the lockout in ’04-’05 – this is what the owners and players association finally agreed on after having to cancel the entire season because they couldn’t reach an agreement during the season.
Ok, thanks for the info. I have a feeling it’s going to be a plong, plong summer.
On an up note, Trevor Daley is getting married later this summer. Congrats to Trevor, new contract and new wife!
Myra, since we have open practices and such, we should go to one!
Also, there are the preseason games. I think I went to almost every one (except for one, because I had tickets to something else) because they don’t air the preseason games on TV.
During the summer…not much else happens. Free agent movement and awards day. Draft. A lot of sleeping. I hear alcohol helps in the off season…
I’m forcing myself to attempt to enjoy baseball this summer. I need a sport! I can’t sit around and watch summer television shows. I need a sport to have on in the background, otherwise I don’t feel right.
My favorite is the first day of training camp. I went last year, and I stood around watching the teams play, and I found myself saying “…Who’s that guy? He’s really good! Wait, what about that one?!”
They provided a handy-dandy list of all the players that I had to consult often.
I sometimes find my way to other sports in the summer, but in the last six or seven years, I’ve found myself increasingly disinterested in what the sports scene has to offer during the plong, plong summer months. Baseball just doesn’t do it for me. So, yeah. Alcohol, IPB, video games. That’s my summer. :D
They provided a handy-dandy list of all the players that I had to consult often.
They need to hurry up and announce training camp, so, you know, I can schedule some time off and go. Ha!
I’m forcing myself to attempt to enjoy baseball this summer.
I did that last season. It sort of helped. The Detroit Tigers were very compelling to me for some reason. I think it was Steph and her references to Magglio “Mags” Ordonez… and that funny rookie pitcher they had… And their dysfunctional bullpen.
Well, at least part of this summer will have Olympics to watch! But yeah, I recommend alcohol and video games. The video games are fun and the alcohol makes it possible to convince youself that the Katamari prince and Zach Parise are one and the same, thus making it seem like hockey is still going strong.
Cat or Caitlin, where do they have training camp?
Hubbie likes baseball, so we(he) watch a lot of the Rangers’ games. At least this year sounds a little more interesting with the addition of Josh Hamilton. Maybe I’ll start reading up on them and really scare my husband. The hockey thing was strange enough but if I start talking baseball he may claim I’ve been taken over by aliens.
Players sometimes go to kids camps for a day/week of amusement, some of them run their own camps.
Some of them also pop back into town for the assorted golf tourney / charity signing / teammate wedding.
There’s also rookie camp, where prospects and second year pros skate under the tutelage of the coaching staff. That’s good for some talk, and the generation of some unrealistic expectations based on performance at said camp. (Yes, Staffy. I’m looking at you.)
the alcohol makes it possible to convince youself that the Katamari prince and Zach Parise are one and the same
As if the words “itty bitty Prince” weren’t enough :D
Rookie camp? I don’t think the Devils have had one of those in eight years. We don’t believe in rookies. Or young players. Or prospects.
Cat or Caitlin, where do they have training camp?
Last year they had it at the Frisco StarCenter. Brett Hull was there, because Cat ran into him. I remember it very, very well.
That’s good for some talk, and the generation of some unrealistic expectations based on performance at said camp.
I can believe that! Hee!
Oh and Caitlin, if we are still living here, :( , I will definitely be going to practices. I struck up a friendship with another one of the old chics at practice. I was amazed at how many of us, old chics, were there. Maybe I’ll organize us into a club. :P
There’s also rookie camp, where prospects and second year pros skate under the tutelage of the coaching staff.
We could have an “adopt-a-rookie” campaign. I could use pot roasts as bait!
Rookie camp? I don’t think the Devils have had one of those in eight years. We don’t believe in rookies. Or young players. Or prospects.
Right. Your entire team is ready for the senior discount at Denny’s. ;)
Caitlin, if we are still living here, :( , I will definitely be going to practices.
Well, I have a good feeling about y’all staying here. :D Yeah, most of the time we’re the youngest people aside from the little kids at practice, actually. Except for the time that I showed up and a gaggle of 15 year old girls had come along as “support” for this one girl who burst out into tears when she met Mike Ribeiro.
We could have an “adopt-a-rookie” campaign. I could use pot roasts as bait!
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On second thought, bringing a pot roast to the StarCenter could be awfully dangerous with Brett Hull around. Hmmm.
On second thought, bringing a pot roast to the StarCenter could be awfully dangerous with Brett Hull around. Hmmm.
Don’t worry, Myra. I’ll have a courier deliver some roast beef and cheddar sandwiches, or perhaps a delicous Reuben wrap to distract him from your rookie-baiting!
Except for the time that I showed up and a gaggle of 15 year old girls had come along as “support” for this one girl who burst out into tears when she met Mike Ribeiro.
That was the most hysterical thing I have ever seen. Seeing them all flirt with Matt Niskanen made me giggle too. Talk about uncomfortable moment.
On second thought, bringing a pot roast to the StarCenter could be awfully dangerous with Brett Hull around. Hmmm.
I just have this mental image of Brett Hull as the Blob, chasing Myra around the StarCenter trying to get pot roast.
We could have an “adopt-a-rookie” campaign. I could use pot roasts as bait!
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a gaggle of 15 year old girls had come along as “support” for this one girl who burst out into tears when she met Mike Ribeiro.
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I just have this mental image of Brett Hull as the Blob, chasing Myra around the StarCenter trying to get pot roast.
The Kid says it would be more like me chasing Brett Hull saying, “YOU GET AWAY FROM MY ROOKIE-BAIT!”
that’s not funny, but it’s funny.)
What was funny was Ribeiro’s face. He looked totally shocked that some girl was so keyed up over meeting him that she was bawling. He signed her $3 Ribeiro shirt and when she managed to garble out “Thank you” he asked her if she wanted a picture, she flipped out and was like, “oh my god, no!” and totally wailing and shit.
The look on his face was the best ever. He kinda scurried on out after that. Well, he pimp-walked himself out, I should say.
I just have this mental image of Brett Hull as the Blob, chasing Myra around the StarCenter trying to get pot roast.
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Or as Jabba the Hutt!
Caitlin, Ribeiro sounds HILARIOUS. And that poor girl, omg. I shouldn’t laugh because I have totally done the same thing. I completely froze and Flutter ended up talking for me. Heh.
Ribeiro had his very own “Beatles” moment. I bet that was a little scary for him!
But were you sobbing, Mags? Because this girl was SOBBING. I’m talking twelve-year-old girl at an ‘NSYNC concert sobbing. It was awesome to watch, because I’m a bad person. At least I laughed on the INSIDE.
Ribeiro sounds HILARIOUS.
Oooh, he is. I heart Ribs.
And that poor girl, omg. I shouldn’t laugh because I have totally done the same thing.
I shouldn’t laugh either, because I’m sure the people next to me when I “met” Russian were laughing their asses off at my reaction. God, I’m horrible. I just wanted to run away, run away!
this girl was SOBBING.
Awww, poor her! Awwwwwwwww. (no, I wasn’t. I just couldn’t talk, move or think)
I usually don’t freeze up when I meet players, I just say really stupid shit. Like when I met Brett Hull, I said, “Oh my God, you totally won us the Stanley Cup.” Like he didn’t know. I told Mike Modano I wanted to give him a hug because he’s so awesome.
The Kid says it would be more like me chasing Brett Hull saying, “YOU GET AWAY FROM MY ROOKIE-BAIT!”
This made me laugh and snort chocolate soy milk out of my nose.
Ok, I usually have no problem accosting semi-famous people (have done it on numerous occasions) but I have been a big chicken about talking to the players. I want to wear a sign that says “I promise I am really not a dirty old chic, I really am just a fan!”
I usually don’t freeze up when I meet players, I just say really stupid shit.
Yeah, I only froze the one time. The rest I’ve always been “You’re AWESOME! I can has a hug?”. Wow, it’s been years since I’ve done that to an NHL player. And the Dutch field hockey guys just aren’t “special” anymore, since I see them all the time.
This made me laugh and snort chocolate soy milk out of my nose.
And that made the Kid’s day!
Wow, it’s been years since I’ve done that to an NHL player.
Erm, come to Dallas, we’ll hook you up! Heh!
And the Dutch field hockey guys just aren’t “special” anymore, since I see them all the time.
I, personally, would vote the Dutch field hockey guys as “special” but I never see them, so erm, yeah. :D
I want to wear a sign that says “I promise I am really not a dirty old chic, I really am just a fan!”
Dude, we had to go to like…three separate practices to get something signed for Cat, and the waiting in line thing they are very cool with and they realize. I have seen some decidedly uncool things in the few autograph lines I’ve stood in, and if you’re asking for an autograph, I think they know you’re a fan. Versus whether or not you’re quizzing them about their children, you know.
chocolate soy milk
mmmm, chocolate soy milk… I’m thirsty. /random
Dude, we had to go to like…three separate practices to get something signed for Cat
I STILL need to hang that. I meant to the other day, but I couldn’t find the hammer. Perhaps while dinner is cooking later tonight, I will hang it. I just don’t know where I’m gonna put it.
Erm, come to Dallas, we’ll hook you up! Heh!
I just spent all my money on hockey camp and plane tickets. Can I sleep on the couch?
I, personally, would vote the Dutch field hockey guys as “special” but I never see them, so erm, yeah. :D
Watch the Olympics, yo! If all goes well, they should be AWESOME. I would give you a list of guys to look for, but we’d both forget in about 10 minutes :P
I just spent all my money on hockey camp and plane tickets. Can I sleep on the couch?
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Yeah sure, why not?
Watch the Olympics, yo! If all goes well, they should be AWESOME.
I sure will! I’m so stoked for Beijing!
Totally unrelated to anything we’re talking about, but Clay Aiken is going to be a father. Just thought you would want to know.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
That was pretty much my reaction. Also, the pregnant woman? According to TMZ, is FIFTY YEARS OLD. Isn’t that an age when you should, like, NOT have a baby?
Yeah sure, why not?
One day I’m taking you up on that :P
Clay Aiken is going to be a father.
Good for him.
Death and birth in one day. We’re going full circle!
Anyway, bed time. Have a good evening everyone!
Anyway, bed time. Have a good evening everyone!
Bye, Mags! Have a good night!
alix, we’re all very sorry to hear about Luc Bourdon. I hope you’re okay.
His poor family, and his poor hockey family. Very tragic.
So, so, so sorry.
Same here Alix, I’ve been wondering how you were doing.
alix, the sentiment that I hope you’re doing okay is thirded here. I’m so sorry — it’s such a tragic, terrible thing.
Thanks ladies. I was at work all day, didn’t have a computer or anything so I just found out about 2 hours ago. It’s just really tragic. I’m still pretty shocked. He was probably going to make the team next season. I didn’t get a chance to know him well, but I’m still quite choked up. I can’t imagine how his family is feeling.
alix, I’m so sorry for you, your fellow fans, his teammates, and of course, his family.
Thanks, Pookie.
Your post was very sweet, alix.
Alanah on Canucks and Beyond posted a very sweet story about Luc in his Manitoba days.
Thanks, Patty. The one with the guy’s little daughter? That made me tear up like a mo fo.
Me too, alix. It’s so sweet when the players pay extra attention to the little kids. Especially when they’re kids themselves.
Exactly! Awww.