Today, Mike “Doc” Emrick was given the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame. We know there are a lot of people out there who don’t care for his call, but we think those people are idiots we can’t say anything about Doc that will change their minds; we also know there are a lot of people who think Doc’s the best in the business and know that this award is well earned. We will never, ever forgot Doc calling the overtime of an absolutely insane Devils-Flyers game back in the late ’90s. The action was the fastest, most furious stuff you’ll ever see and Doc kept pace as only Doc can. When ESPN showed the highlights later they didn’t bother doing their own analysis — they just shut up and played the entire overtime with Doc’s call. That’s Doc in a nutshell for us. We consider ourselves as lucky to have had him as our play-by-play man as we do to have had Scott Stevens on the blueline, Marty in net, and Pando leading the charge. (Shut up! We heart Pando!)
Speaking of nutshells, we decided to celebrate Doc’s Hall of Fame career by making a cake. A very special cake. A cake that answers the question: what happens when you combine Mike “Applemotherfuckingsauce” Mottau and Travis “Acorns” Zajac.
Forget JMFJ, AMFS is where it’s at!
Travis’s abacus.
That’s right, it was time for a little applesauce cake, baked in miniature acorn molds. (That’s right, when Schnookie said earlier that we were “cooking up an idea for a post” she meant it literally! Hahahahaha! We crack us up. Sigh. When does Marty come back?) After some furious mixing, stirring, and baking, we had a handful of adorable acorn cakes that were good but not great — like Travis! — and which needed a touch more spice — like Travis! — but were better the more we thought about them — like Travis! (In the end the consensus was the recipe has the potential to kick ass — like Mottau!)
The cakes were so much like their Waldorf Kid inspiration, we figured they’d be appropriate medium for testing Travis’s math skills.
Hey Travis, how many months is Marty going to be out?
Three to four! Right!
Hey Travis, how many Devils are on IR right now?
Very good! When Pauile Martin was added, that brought the total to six!
Hey Travis, how many goals are you going to score this year?
What?!? Two?? Come on, Travis! You don’t have to believe that bunk about you being a playmaking defensive center! You can score acorns! You can, you can! You can’t? Fine. If that’s the way you want to be. So, how many is Zach going to score?
More than you can count? Sweet! We’ll take it!
Hey Travis, overall, how’s the season going to end up?
Is that a hill of beans? Not funny, Travis! Not funny at all.
All I can say, is that I can’t stop laughing. :p I love it. I love Travis.
“More than you can count? Sweet! We’ll take it!”
I just have a feeling this year is going to be the year that our little itty bitty Zach proves to everyone he’s a real man and can score big numbers.
KG, I hope you’re right! At this rate, I’ll take him — and any other Devil on the active roster right now — missing no more than four games from now ’til the end of the year! :D
(I’m glad you liked the post! I love Travis, too!)
I have a feeling that Boxworthy tucks Zach safely into one of those “boy in the bubble” bubbles every night. Zach’s terrified that he’s the next one on the Hockey Gods’ list.
“I have a feeling that Boxworthy tucks Zach safely into one of those “boy in the bubble” bubbles every night. Zach’s terrified that he’s the next one on the Hockey Gods’ list.”
Ha! I so suggested that last night before the game to my friend. I was like I think we need to put Zach in a plastic bubble where the puck can come in and only go out if it’s going to go in the net. Or just put the kid in bubble wrap. :p
“I love Travis, too!”
I feel like we need to give Travis as much love as possible. He always gets bashed everywhere. And everyone is always like trade Travis. And I’m like shut the hell up, Zach wouldn’t be doing jack if it weren’t for cute Travis. (Okay so that’s not true but we need Travis to stay and and and and uhm count for us! He can count Zach’s goals, it will help him with math.)
I think you’re right, KG — without Travis, who would count Zach’s goals? Zach would be LOST without him.
Without Travis, Zach would be sending petitions to the NHL daily asking why his goal count is only at 11.
AHAHAHAHAHA!!!
SO cute!
I love Travis. Good ol Prairie Boy.
Do you think Paulie would have a party with me and Acorns if I stuffed the little acorn cakes with pot?
Almost certainly yes, alix!
Paulie’s probably like, “You actually don’t even need to bother with the acorn cakes…”
Best post ever.
And I can totally see Lapu being like “Screw this, I’m gonna have my own party! With acorn cakes and pot! …In fact, screw the party and acorn cakes!” a la Bender in Futurama.
AWWW! Acorn cakes!
Poor IR boys. I wish there were something I can do for them. (Direct mom-quote for sick kids.)
(Well, the IR part is slightly paraphrased.)
Schnookie, I love your new avatar!
Thanks, Josh and Patty! And “I wish there was something I could do for you” is the PERFECT mom-quote for times like these. It’s also something we say a lot around here at IPB Manor. We’re very good at passive, gentle fretting. :D)
Oh, and thanks about the avatar! I was really tired of the picture of sidbits, which was something we chose when we first started IPB because it was pretty much the only picture we had on either of our computers. Now that we have just a few more pictures, I was like, “I’m ready to change my avatar,” and Pookie was all, “If only we had a picture of Oh Oh Oh Pando!” and Boomer was all, “I know exactly where it is in the basement.” What can I say — we’re a great team. :P
I just noticed that I called Paulie “Lapu”…
My friend and I have been calling him Lapu Tarmin for the last year because that’s how his name was spelled on the lame “Devils Scramble” pregame thing they did last season. Only we find it amusing, hah.
Oh oh oh it’s Pando, you know, never believe it’s not so…
I just noticed that I called Paulie “Lapu”…
See, I was just ignoring it, hoping I had read it wrong. :P (Just kidding — that’s a FANTASTIC nickname for him. I love those lame scrambles. Of course, “Lapu Tarmin” probably blew Paulie’s mind in real life.)
I was wondering where the “Lapu” came from. I was like, “That’s the strangest typo ever!” For a while we called him P-Mart (like K-Mart) and that turned into P-Smart because, well, why not? That then turned into Paulie Smartin. I like Lapu because it sounds like it’s trying to be fancy and French. “La Pu”, like he’s so special, he’s The Pu. La Pu Smartin, D-man Extraordinaire.
La Pu Smartin, D-man Extraordinaire.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Ooh la la Pu!
Haha, reminds me of a cartoon skunk, only on skates and baked out of his mind! Paulie La Pu!
Haha, reminds me of a cartoon skunk, only on skates and baked out of his mind! Paulie La Pu!
Oh my god, I can see that SO CLEARLY. And it’s HILARIOUS.
I’m imagining Goldy the Minnesota Gopher wearing a beret.
I need to hit the bed, with visions of a beret wearin’, ice skatin’, pot smokin’ cartoon gopher-skunk dancing in my head.
Goodnight all!
Goodnight, Josh!
This is fantastic!
On a slightly less fantastic note, the Meat Pies are now dead last (again) in the Amazingleague. I really suck at keeping up with fantasy hockey. The Meat Pies are so neglected. Also, I told them at the beginning of the season to imitate the Stars, and see how far it’s gotten me?
Good morning!
Hmmm, those acorn cakes look delicious.
How is everyone today? I had a fantastic weekend in Normandy. The parents of one of my friends have a huuuge manor in the countryside, which was empty this weekend. So we went there with ten friends, and we really had a blast. To give you an idea, it looked just like that: http://fumechon.ifrance.com/accueil/manoir2.jpg
The highlight of the weekend was a huge hide and seek game, with all the lights off, and a fairly high blood alcohol concentration. It was like being back in my childhood (well, except for the alcohol of course…)
The acorn cakes look yummy.
So, how many is Zach going to score? More than you can count?
It’s not Paulie’s fault that he didn’t know what to do when he ran out of fingers and toes to count on.
Good morning, everyone!
Caitlin, the moral of the story for the Meat Pies is that you should never, ever, ever try to marry real-life hockey with fantasy hockey. You always need to tell your fantasy team to behave most like the real-life team you utterly despise — it’s the only way things can end happily. :P
Grrrreg, that sounds like an AMAZING weekend! I’m so jealous!
And Amy, you’re right — it’s an ugly scene in the Devils dressing room when anyone has to count past 20. It’s why there are so few guys who ever score more goals than that. They all look at Gio’s legendary 48-goal season and think that’s got to be the biggest number ever invented.
Hey everyone! Good morning! I just mortgaged a kidney to pay for my school books! Wooohooo!
Grrrreg, I’m so jealous! That sounds like such a good time :D
-Ookies, great post! I may need to make some applesauce based cakes shaped like acorns too… The entertainment possibilities are just endless! (That and it’s Saint Martin (sorta like Halloween) here today, and there’ll be trick or treating. Little cakes are just so much cooler to give out than candy bars :D)
They all look at Gio’s legendary 48-goal season and think that’s got to be the biggest number ever invented.
What do you mean. I thought all Big Corps put 48 on their balance sheets at the end of the year. That number is just so HUGE, anything more is hard to imagine!
That number is just so HUGE, anything more is hard to imagine!
It really is! It’s, like, infinity! :P
And that’s a total bummer about the school books being so expensive. Maybe you should make some mini-cakes, and instead of handing them out to kids, eat them all yourself? I know that’s what I’d do.
I can safely say that this has to be the only sight on the Interwebs that uses applesauce acorn cakes as metaphor. Well done!
Thanks, Morgan! :D
Good morning, everyone!
I have a zillion things I need to do in the next 30 minutes, but all those things had to wait until I could check Fire & Ice. I had the worst nightmare just as I was falling asleep that Paulie was officially out 3-5 months! It was terrifying! I couldn’t sleep at all because of it. My entire drive to work I was like, “I just need to check Fire & Ice to make sure it’s not true!” I’m a wreck!
Caitlin, Schnookie’s right. Short of putting Pronger on your team, the more despicable the better!
Grrrreg, your weekend sounds awesome!
Amy, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
It really is! It’s, like, infinity! :P
You’re making my head spin.
Hmmm, eating all those cakes is definitely more appealing than handing them out. Think I can get away with turning the doorbell off and ignoring the kids?
Schnookie’s right. Short of putting Pronger on your team, the more despicable the better!
Whatever, he was leading all NHL d-men in scoring last month! I’ll take those points, and at this point I don’t care where they come from.
I had the worst nightmare just as I was falling asleep that Paulie was officially out 3-5 months!
That’s a horrible nightmare! Have they said any more about what his injury is? It seems like he downgraded himself from “returning Wednesday” to “injured reserve” mighty quickly.
Caitlin, Schnookie’s right. Short of putting Pronger on your team, the more despicable the better!
I have Drury AND Briere, so I’m not sure how much lower I can go! Sob. Anyways.
That and it’s Saint Martin (sorta like Halloween) here today, and there’ll be trick or treating. Little cakes are just so much cooler to give out than candy bars :D
Are Dutch people terrified of their kids getting homemade treats like here in the U.S.? People are still scared of all the stupid urban myths about people poisoning/injuring kids with Halloween treats.
My entire drive to work I was like, “I just need to check Fire & Ice to make sure it’s not true!”
Poor Pookie! That is the worst! I take it Paulie is alright then!?!?
Back when I was taking Chantix, I was having whackadoodle dreams from it, and I dreamt one night Russian had thrown up his hands and said, “Oh, fuck it”, went back to Russia and had skipped out on his contract or something. It was decidedly odd, but now every time Russian is out injured or something, I first think to myself, “Please do not be missing the Motherland, Russian. PLEASE.”
My entire drive to work I was like, “I just need to check Fire & Ice to make sure it’s not true!”
Poor Pookie. That’s really sucky.
Are Dutch people terrified of their kids getting homemade treats like here in the U.S.?
Not as far as I know, but if they are, well tough titties for them. I could just as easily inject some mars bars with rat poison as homemade stuff. Whatever people, be paranoid.
Whew! I didn’t bother checking my schedule for today when I left the office yesterday, and thank goodness I walked to work and got here an hour earlier than usual, because it turns out there was a teleconference I had to attend at 9:30. Eep! That was a near miss.
And that’s my story.
Schnookie, how lucky for you that you were early! Yay!
I could just as easily inject some mars bars with rat poison as homemade stuff.
True, true! I feel like I missed out on Halloween by never getting popcorn balls or candied apples or anything like that.
I never got popcorn balls or candied apples, either. (Not that I would have been allowed to eat them if I did…) But that was less because Halloween had been ruined by then and more because I didn’t trick or treat when I was a kid.
I can’t even imagine getting popcorn balls or anything like that. We just got candy. Or tangerines or something. Our neighbour lady gave us crepes once though, and waffles the next year. That was awesome.
I had the worst nightmare just as I was falling asleep that Paulie was officially out 3-5 months! It was terrifying! I couldn’t sleep at all because of it.
I once had a dream that I’d heard on the radio that Rick Jeanneret had died of a heart attack. It was SO vivid that the first thing I did the next morning was get on the computer to make sure it hadn’t happened. I was really convinced I was going to discover it was true.
That’s so weird, you guys with your dreams of hockey injuries and deaths! I don’t think I’ve ever had a dream like that… (Although Pookie’s probably going to turn out to have been prescient, what with TG positing based on practice today that Paulie will not, in fact, be returning to the lineup tomorrow.)
I once dreamt Rod Brind a’mour’s leg fell completely off below the knee. I didn’t really think that had actually happened. But in my dream it was gross enough to permanently scar my already shaky opinion of ol’ Rod the Bod.
I recently had a dream that Brad Richards had bought my parents’ old place and was replanting my dad’s garden. I have no idea what that means.
Good Afternoon IPB!
I think it means Brad Richards is committing to rebuilding the Stars from the roots up, to make the team heathier, wealthier, and wiser. Or something.
I like your thinking, Pookie.
That’s pretty deep, Pookie. Let’s hope it works out :)
The only NHL related dream I’ve had recently was not exactly fit for public consumption. Let’s just say my subconscious is not so forgiving.
My hockey dreams are not so vivid or specific. The best I get are the Devils are playing on TV in the background of a dream and such. Boring!!!!! I want people’s legs falling off!
Popcorn balls reminded me of a story from another lifetime. I used to work in theatre many many moons ago, and I was stage managing (i.e. co-ordinating everything for a show, right Pookie ;) ) a play off-off-off Broadway. The show called for a bunch of candy corn to have melted in a kid’s Halloween bag and formed a ball of candy corn. Well, it turns out that:
A: Candy corn needs a heck of a lot of heat to melt and:
B: It doesn’t really stick together when melted (its very waxy).
We ended up having to use a hot glue gun and glue the candy into a ball. Ahh, the glamor that is the theatre!
Ahh, the glamor that is the theatre!
You can take the girl out of stage managing but not the stage manager out of the girl — my first thought was “Well, hot glue’ll teach those stupid actors to quit eating the props!” Heh. Thank you for reminding me again why I quit! :D
my first thought was “Well, hot glue’ll teach those stupid actors to quit eating the props!” Heh. Thank you for reminding me again why I quit! :D
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Oh, yeah, and when Mittens was still with the Stars, I had a dream that I was in a bar drinking with Mittens, but he didn’t speak English for some reason and I sure as hell don’t speak Finnish, so we had to communicate by drawing pictures on bar napkins. It was weird and bizarre, and culminated in a mass game of bar Pictionary, essentially. (This is why Cat and Jen had Mittens draw me a picture for Christmas. :P)
It was SO vivid that the first thing I did the next morning was get on the computer to make sure it hadn’t happened.
Dreams like that freak me out. I had one happen recently and had to do the same thing.
I had a lovely dream about Matty the other day. Something about a bar and a cab and a rhino. :D
You guys, I literally fell asleep at my desk here. Thank heavens my VP is wearing loud shoes today, so I was able to hear her coming up behind me. And the worst part of this all is that I didn’t have any charming dreams about NHLers while I was asleep. BOOO!
Schnookie, that’s terrible! I’m so sorry you weren’t able to dream some NHL player goodness.
Schnookie, that’s awful! But at least you didn’t get caught. :D
Now I feel very sleepy. Drats! :p
It really did seem like a waste of a perfectly good nap. :P
Schnookie, that’s terrible! At least you didn’t have a nightmare about Pauile. I’m convinced Sutter was subtlely trying to call him out for not stretching in practice with that whole “guy can’t expect to play with they don’t participate in all areas of practice” thing. :P
I’m convinced Sutter was subtlely trying to call him out for not stretching in practice with that whole “guy can’t expect to play with they don’t participate in all areas of practice” thing.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Paulie’s like, “BURN!”
Paulie’s like, “Fine, I’ll sit out forever! You will not make me stretch on the ice at practice! EVER!”
Pookie, so you’re pretty much saying that Paulie is NOT a fan of ice-humpage? Oh, Paulie. Sigh.
Yoga studios must just scare the crap out of Paulie. Heh.
Paulie is NOT a fan of ice-humpage?
Caitlin, I love the way you put it. So delicate ;P
Yoga studios must just scare the crap out of Paulie.
Based on what y’all are saying, Paulie must not be very bendy.
Caitlin, I love the way you put it. So delicate ;P
Well, I cannot refer to it any other way after seeing Nicklas Grossman conduct himself during “stretching”. It’s nearly obscene! My prudish sensibilities were highly offended. :p
There was pearl-clutching and everything.
It’s nearly obscene! My prudish sensibilities were highly offended. :p
I was totally going to look it up on youtube, but if it was pearl-clutching-worthy I’ll just take your word for it. That and if I start thinking about it, yeah, some of the stretches could be potentially scandalous, and now I don’t want to stretch any more, and that means I’m definitely going to tear something on Sunday. Crap.
That and if I start thinking about it, yeah, some of the stretches could be potentially scandalous, and now I don’t want to stretch any more, and that means I’m definitely going to tear something on Sunday. Crap.
Mags, I am sure your stretching is dainty and not at all obscene! Don’t tear anything, please. :(
Caitlin, I’m sure Grossman thinks about it the same way! And I’m pretty sure it isn’t at all dainty, and mostly show-offy “look what I can do” (I’m like that. Everything is a competition).
Caitlin, I’m sure Grossman thinks about it the same way!
The next game I go to, I am getting video of this and sending it to you. (For serious. Then, you can decide :D)
(I’m like that. Everything is a competition).
Heh! Competitive Mags even competes in stretching! :D
Yoga studios must just scare the crap out of Paulie.
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The next game I go to, I am getting video of this and sending it to you.
I’m kind of scared now…
Heh! Competitive Mags even competes in stretching! :D
Trust me, you have no idea. If I had a video camera, I would show you what goes on between me and K during stretching. We’re awful :P
I just had a thought today. Zach must be behind all these injuries. He had to have been fuming when the Devils signed Rolston over the summer to help take some of the offensive pressure off Zach and Zach’s like “No! I’m the only Devil they can rely on. Go away!” And now he’s punishing everyone for welcoming Rolston.
Zach’s like “No! I’m the only Devil they can rely on. Go away!” And now he’s punishing everyone for welcoming Rolston.
I suspect you’re right! I liked the story over on King of all Jacks about Zach injuring the guys with an eye toward the 48-goal record, too. Whatever his motivation, there’s really no doubt he’s behind this all. (And he took Marty out because he wants the team MVP.)
That’s probably why Patty’s playing so crappy, too! He’s like, “I’m on to you, Parise, and I’m not going to give you any reason to feel threatened by me.” :P
“I’m on to you, Parise, and I’m not going to give you any reason to feel threatened by me.”
Poor Patty. He’s threatened and like oh well I’ll just suck, I’m okay with it.
Bad Zach! He needs to be punished…Eh I think not making the new goal streak record was a good enough punishment…as long as he doesn’t hurt anyone else on the team. Pretty soon the team is going to be Zach and a bunch of ahlers. And that’ll be scary.
Oh and he better stay away from Travis. Travis is too pretty to hurt. I think I’m going to go wrap Travis up in the bubble wrap instead of Zach. Zach should be safe from himself.
I think Travis is definitely the one who needs protecting. Poor little Acorns.
Let’s go Stars! Anybody else watching that game tonight?
We’re watching now! We’ve been on tivo delay from this afternoon’s Tranny Brides game, and then House, but now we’re on real time! Go Stars!
Well, it won’t be a shutout because Razor already jinxed it.
Zubie pulls the Crazy Ivan!
Say, you know what I’m doing right now? I’m sitting in front of my tv, typing on my computer, while my hot chocolate maker takes care of making hot cocoa for us! Life is so grand!
Yummy!
I just finished some coffee ice cream, sprinkled with Ghirardelli chocolate chips.
Say, you know what I’m doing right now? I’m sitting in front of my tv, typing on my computer, while someone else worries about starting and stopping the hot chocolate maker!
Life is less grand now that the Kings have scored, but I think the Stars have them right where they want them.
I have hot chocolate maker envy. But really, if I just put a ton of whipped cream on regular hot chocolate, it’s all good…
Right? Right?!?! Right.
Kristin, that is ABSOLUTELY the secret. The reason I needed the hocho maker is that I can’t keep whipped cream in the house. If it’s in the fridge, I’m eating it. It doesn’t stick around long enough to get put in hot chocolate. :D
*looks at hot chocolate and wonders where the whipped cream is*
I think the Stars have them right where they want them.
The sooner you get behind, the longer you have to catch up! I allus say.
Okay, I don’t want to sound like an elitist here, but that’s pretty lame that the Kings don’t have a standardized color scheme for their retired numbers.
Awww! Right on, Rayzor! Way to say all the right things about Doc!
Poor Bouche. Struggling with his confidence. He should come sit over here by me.
Schnookie, are you eating the whip cream or just using it as an inhalant? Or are you inhaling the whipped cream? Also, I imagine that you whip your own cream at Maple Hoo. No stuff in a can for you!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Lehts gets one in his first game back!
Oooh, I love whipped cream in a can!
And go Stars!
We’re gonna miss the playoffs. There’s just no two ways about it.
Oof. Not cool.
And Kristin, I normally whip my own cream, but I’m not averse to slumming it now and again. Whipped cream in a can is DELISH!
We’re gonna miss the playoffs. There’s just no two ways about it.
There’s room on the SS Early Summer right here next to us.
I don’t like Luke Schenn tonight. He’s not playing well. :(
Also, I cannot believe I just called it “whip cream.”
Also, I cannot believe I just called it “whip cream.”
You were THISCLOSE to slipping up and calling it Reddi Wip, weren’t you? :P
Whip cream makes it sound edgy and cool!
Patty, we can be the Early Summer Club. Only the coolest kids with the least functional teams get to know the secret handshake.
That’s nice of y’all to let me sit by you, but I’d kind of rather be a dork with a winning team. :P
I shouldn’t burn the bridge, though, should I?
I shouldn’t burn the bridge, though, should I?
*Considers the state of the Stars, especially Turco*
No, you definitely want to leave all your options open. :P
I don’t think I’ll take a losing season well.
There’s room on the SS Early Summer right here next to us.
Patty, we can be the Early Summer Club. Only the coolest kids with the least functional teams get to know the secret handshake.
HUMPH. I didn’t get any company last season! NO FAIR! :P
Considering what a baby I’ve been already, I know I’m not going to take a losing season well. Although I suppose it’s harder when your team doesn’t have an excuse…
HUMPH. I didn’t get any company last season! NO FAIR! :P
What’s all this then? You had company with the Sabres fans! :PPPPP
Although I suppose it’s harder when your team doesn’t have an excuse…
Watch it, buster.
(See what I mean?)
Wait. Isn’t having Avery on your team an excuse to implode?
We have a little footstool next to our tv that has chrome legs (the cats like to sleep on it), and Pookie was just playing with a laser pointer with Matsui and the laser shot off the leg of the footstool right into my eye. On the bright side, now I can only see half of how much the Devils suck. :P
Wait. Isn’t having Avery on your team an excuse to implode?
Only if it’s not all your goalie’s fault. :P
(Just kidding! @@@@@@)
UGH! Even if I didn’t hate the Cowboys, I would still hate Jerry Jones. It’s because of him that I refuse to buy a Ford F-150. :D
What’s all this then? You had company with the Sabres fans! :PPPPP
HEE! So I did. I take it back.
I can’t believe that Sean Avery made fun of Dustin Brown’s lisp, if that article in Rudy’s post is true. I kind of figured he was only an asshole to guys on other teams while on the ice, but I guess he’s just actually an asshole.
The fact that our goalie is sucking is because of Avery! Duh. :P
I mean, he never sucked this bad before. What’s different? Avery.
Even if I didn’t hate the Cowboys, I would still hate Jerry Jones. It’s because of him that I refuse to buy a Ford F-150.
I was sitting slack-jawed watching that commercial, thinking A) that it would make me refuse to buy that truck (beyond my zillions of other reasons I wouldn’t buy one), and B) that you were probably throwing a clot watching it, Patty. :D
and WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woooooooooo!
If I hadn’t already thrown all my clots, I would have!
I kind of figured he was only an asshole to guys on other teams while on the ice, but I guess he’s just actually an asshole.
Didn’t everyone in the Kings franchise just finally agree that they didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore?
Yes. They suspended him the last 8 or 10 games of his last season just to keep him away from them.
Actually, Razor knows more about it than I do. :D
He practically ended that with a pointed stare in your direction!
Haha. He kind of did, didn’t he, Pookie? I almost heard him say, “Patty“
Woo! Turco!
Evening ladies, I’ve been watching this game very closely from the sofa…with my eyes closed. I hate these late starts.
Aww, sorry, Myra! I’ve been known to watch a playoff game or two that way. I still remember sleeping my way through most of that Ducks/Wings game in 2003 where Giggy was waving “no goal” in OT. I shut my eyes with the Wings having the game easily in hand and woke up with the Ducks winning. Very disconcerting. And totally a lose-lose. But that’s beside the point.
Anyway, at least the Stars aren’t being blown out here, right? They don’t look awful! That’s a start, right?
Hee, Myra! Last season I was so excited that the Devils Western-Canadian road trip fell during one of the weeks I was taking off. I was like, “Phew! I don’t have to fess up to being too much of a crotchety old lady to stay up for a late game!” :D
Ew. That was kind of gross.
The bloody visor is always a little disturbing.
Wake up, Myra! It’s OT!
Yikes, poor Ribs. At least we are getting a point. But from what I have seen in the past couple minutes, chances are not looking good.
Even on or should I say especially on the power play. Ugh.
I have no idea how the SO is going to go.
Actually I have an idea.
I hear you, Myra. With BC time changing, the Canucks home games don’t even start till 9 here. It’s hard work but someone has to do it.
Wow. That’s hot.
RIBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just put me out of my misery!
Aw, bummer. But at least you got a point! And at least Ribs is okay! I mean, there are positives here, right?
I’m sorry. That’s a bummer.
I hate shootouts.
Crap.
Sorry Dallas fans. Next time. It’s still only November.
I’m glad we got a point and that Ribs is okay. Happy? :P
At least we got the point, unlike in the Sharks game.
Thanks for the sympathy, alix!
Thanks for trying to be positive, Schnookie. Now, what was the name of that club you were talking about earlier? Something about an early summer? Oeh.
Yeah, well, we’ll all be in it together in our early summer. :P
My eyeballs are completely dried out now, so I’m off to bed. See y’all tomorrow (but not TOO early, since we’re both taking vacation days tomorrow! WOOO! Just for the stupid Devils/Rangers game. Whose bright idea was that???)!
This crotchety old lady is calling it a night. Thanks for the tea and sympathy.
Good night all!
Night!