It’s felt like a lifetime since we last got a good dose of Scott Clemmensen: Starting Goaltender, so let’s just jump right into the action:
FIRST PERIOD
19:32 It should be mentioned that we exchanged emails this morning about Gulitti’s post about Clarkson’s junior hockey connections to the Panthers’ coach, and we both agreed that we just love how he says he’ll do anything for his beloved coaches, including Sutter. Pookie then summed up our feelings for Clarkson best by remarking, “I love that boneheaded dullard.”
17:47 Zach is officially in a slump now – he has a great chance to shovel the puck into a gaping net, but forces it just over the crossbar. We’ll call it now: he’s never going to score again.
16:45 Pookie is still discussing Clarkson being a boneheaded dullard: “I feel like ‘boneheaded dullard’ makes it sound like he tries harder than other dullards. And he’s adorable because of it.”
16:14 Clemmer gloves and freezes a long dump-in from the Panthers. Pookie, swilling a glass of wine here after dinner has already been cleaned up: “I think it is no coincidence that now that Clemmer is our starter, I’m much more willing to drink wine after dinner than before. I’m going to become like Marge Simpson, having a single glass of red wine every evening and then worrying about my drinking problem.”
15:13 Chico tells us that Bouwmeester’s father was “ambushed” by a “small newspaper in South Florida” and “said some uncomplimentary things” about the Panthers. Doc says, with the perfect cadence of a pre-teen girl, “Ew.”
13:45 The teams are not doing anything noteworthy, and Doc makes Chico expound upon his pregame assertion that the Maple Leafs are a circus (he was talking about McCabe). Chico rises to the challenge perfectly and proudly exclaims, “I wouldn’t say they’re a three-ring circus. They’re more a six-ring circus!” And you can quote him on that!
13:18 Pando and Madden get a sort of mini odd-man rush with a perfectly executed cross play that results in a great chance by Pando. Stupid Vokoun gets a leg pad on it.
12:14 Gregory Campbell hooks Travis on his way out of the Devils zone, rightly figuring it’s better to put the Devils on the power play than let them put together a rush at even strength.
10:02 We suddenly notice, at pretty much the same time Doc does, that the power play is over. The Panthers miraculously survived.
9:31 Patty, looking desultory about being back on the Madden/Pando line for even just this shift, is not able to get a stick on Madden’s cross-crease feed on a two-on-one. Not that Vokoun was really worried when he looked up and saw those two guys bearing down on him.
8:56 For the first time in this game the Panthers set up in the Devils zone and end up with a not-half-bad scoring chance. The puck is deflected into the netting above the glass, and as we wait for the faceoff, Pookie announces, “I’m calling 1-0 Florida.”
6:07 Patty and Gio dart up the length of the ice on a give-and-go-tastic rush, and it’s really amazing how much notably happier Patty is not to be sharing the ice with Madden.
5:51 This game is so exciting that it merits mention that Boomer is deeply immersed in the latest issue of Booklist instead of watching.
5:21 Chico is being wildly catty tonight! The Panthers have a guy on their team who is known back in Czech as “Baby Jagr”, and Chico sniffs that while it’s a compliment to be held up to Jagr from a skill perspective, he had “other traits” that a guy should not want to be compared to. Hee!
4:18 The Iron Boar gets high sticked in the near corner on a rare trip into the Devils zone, and the power play gets another chance to strut its stuff as the reason why the team keeps losing.
3:20 Clarkson carries the puck hard to the net, with a defender draped all over him, and his fellow PPers pull up around the perimeter, stand in place, and watch him. Because who doesn’t want to see such a passive power play? We can only imagine Johnny Mac is clapping his hands with glee on the bench and shouting, “That’s the way boys! That’s just how I told you all to stand around when you’re on the power play!”
2:28 The best scoring chance of the power play is by some Panther guy. Clemmer makes a moderately snappy glove save on it. We just roll our eyes. Such is the life of the the 2008-2009 Devils fan.
1:25 Whitey sets up the Panthers perfectly to leave a period in which they’ve been massively outplayed with a 1-0 lead by taking a lazy hooking penalty.
1:10 We see a close up of McCabe near the benches, and Pookie says, “The A on his sweater looks embarrassed to be there.”
0:00 Wow. The script clearly said that the Panthers were supposed to score there. Somehow, they’re really bad enough that they didn’t, so we head into the intermission still tied at zero. On the bright side, we get an interview with a characteristically chipper and handsome Clarkson.
FIRST INTERMISSION
Mmm… Williams-Sonoma holiday candy. Oh, wait, was there an intermission show? Whatever.
SECOND PERIOD
Chico Eats! This season seems to be a bit more Chico Cooks!-oriented. Tonight he made a brick-oven pizza that he was too distracted about making to remember to eat it. Doc says that he and the production guys all had a bet that Chico would “burn the tar out of” the pizza, and then adds that he’s “becoming fearful” of all this food prep by Chico. Chico says that he’s going to start making Doc eat the stuff he makes, and Doc turns to the camera dryly and says, “It’s been nice knowing you all.” We really can’t measure how much we love these guys, especially now that we’re in the Scott Clemmensen Era and don’t really want to be talking about the Devils.
19:26 We are astonished that, in the head-to-head battle of sucktitude, the Devils PK is proven stronger than the Panthers PP.
19:01 The puck flies out of play as the game listlesses along and Pookie says, “Well, here’s something I never thought I’d say this season: ‘The Devils and the Panthers – two teams evenly matched.’”
17:41 Brett McLean is apparently married to Chico’s niece. That information kind of came out of nowhere. Pookie: “It’s so weird to think that Chico is somebody’s uncle.”
16:33 Paulie plays the puck (poorly) at the Florida blue line and Doc play-by-plays, “Paul Martin, himself from Minnesota University, ranked this week number one in men’s ice hockey.” Pookie: “Paulie’s ranked number one in men’s ice hockey?”
14:14 The Panther re-establish their offensive-zone possession after a poorly-conceived shot attempt by Gio was shut down at the other end. We decide that we are very comfortable with the idea that the Devils aren’t going to score tonight. Pookie: “I just don’t feel like it’s really even worth harping on what they’re doing wrong.” Schnookie: “They’re not really doing anything wrong. They’re just not scoring. That’s not bad – it’s normal.”
13:13 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Patty doesn’t like us talking that way about the Devils not scoring. Also, he likes that he’s not skating with Pando and Madden here. Gio and Rupp do a nice job of working the boards, then find Patty alone in front of the net. Patty, perhaps inspired by the discussion Chico and Doc were just having about Zach’s shootout move against the Caps the other day, sassily dekes Vokoun out of position and coolly slips the puck into the net. 1-0 Devils.
11:15 Clemmer, perhaps inspired by his team suddenly doing something good, makes a fantastic bang-bang pad save on a point-blank shot in the crease from David Booth. Pookie: “I don’t want to make this sound like I have any hopes for the Devils this season, but if Scott Clemmensen is the Ty Conklin of this year, I will eat my entire outfit, not just my hat. I mean, that’s just too bizarre to really consider.”
7:00 We’re just sort of sitting back here, enjoying a nice night of November hockey in HD. It should be mentioned that, no matter how crappy the Devils are, evenings like this are one of our favorite things in life.
6:36 Cullimore is felled by his own teammate falling on his leg. It looks extravagantly painful, and he is barely able to get off the ice while being pulled by his teammates. Ouch. Adding to our pain from watching this, Chico tells us Holik is probably two weeks from getting back into the lineup for the Devils.
3:35 Paulie is bested twice in rapid succession by some tenacious Panther offense, and somehow, miraculously, Clemmer keeps the ensuing shot at a wide-open net from going in. He… can’t have done that, can he?
2:32 On a well-conceived bit of behind-the-net play by the Panthers, the Devils manage to wrest control of the puck back by teaming up in a nice display of defensive competence. Pookie begins to say she’s puzzled by how shockingly effective the Devils just looked, but Schnookie points out, “We shouldn’t underestimate how bad this Florida team is.”
0:48 It’s kind of surprising to hear how badly the Panthers have out-shot and out-chanced the Devils in this period, because they still don’t look very good. (That’s not to say the Devils look that much better. This one is not going to be appearing on NHL Network as a classic game any time soon.)
0:00 We end the period with a look back at Clemmer’s monster save from a few minutes ago, and it’s really a beauty of a blocker save. Fine. We’ll say it. That was really, really good. We don’t hate Clemmer this minute. We get an interview with Patty, and he is typically adorably honest about how bad the Devils are.
SECOND INTERMISSION
Dano sounds surprised that Patty was able to score his goal. On the replay of it, he remarks that Patty, “when he’s off”, would normally put the puck directly into Vokoun’s pads. He leaves unspoken that Patty would also normally have been fired.
THIRD PERIOD
19:41 Paulie is trying to undermine Clemmer. He decides the best approach to helping him play the puck behind the net is to skate straight into him, blocking Clemmer’s attempt to backhand the puck into the corner.
18:18 Whatever Sutter said to his team after they got outshot 10-1 in the second didn’t make much of an impact.
17:56 Doc drops this bombshell on us: if Clemmer wins tonight, he’ll be above .500 on his career in the NHL.
17:03 Pando makes a great defensive-pressure play on the Panthers point man, then recoils in pain from what Doc says looks like “a stick to the midsection”. PandoNation is not happy to see its emperor/god’s bits being shifted even slightly. Leave his bits alone, Panthers!
16:31 Shortly after the Panthers somehow failed to score on a simple tap-in chance for Booth, Travis takes a short-range shot on Vokoun that seems to roll all the way up his arm, along his shoulder, over his head, and down the arm on the other side before clearing the crease.
14:08 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Madden buttonhooks deftly on a rush, then smartly dumps the puck across the zone for Clarkson to play to Paulie at the point, all while the Panthers are backing off in a panic. Paulie calmly waits for the idiot defender challenging him to leave his feet to block a shot that doesn’t come (See??? It’s stupid!), skates around the fallen body, then cranks a shot into the top of the net. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! It’s 2-0 Devils, and Paulie looks, in the goal-following close-up shot, like he’s saying all casually, “Yeah. I scored. With my stick.”
13:09 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zubrus does his wrecking-ball forecheck thing, letting loose the puck for Patty and Gio to back-and-forth gorgeously down the crease, and Gio taps a fantastic feed from Patty into the net to make it 3-0 Devils.
12:30 Patty giveth and Patty taketh away. He takes a dumb penalty when he just can’t resist hitting McCabe in the face with his stick. We think we understand the impulse, but still.
11:16 Patty lets out a sigh of relief as he is released from the penalty box, because he’s done his job of taking a stupid penalty that turned out to be costly to boot. Frolik scores easily as the hapless PK continues to suck, making it 3-1 Devils. Pookie: “I’m going to pretend I’m a Rangers fan now and present my realistic solution to my favorite team’s problems. Our PK sucks. Let’s go get Jeff Carter and Mike Richards.”
8:56 Clarkson tries a wide-radius Clarkaround, but he isn’t able to get a goal to show off for his former junior coach.
4:32 Just as Doc is telling us the first hat trick in Panthers history was scored by Johan Garpenlov (now there’s a blast from the past), a current Panther gets a wide-open shot from the slot that Clemmer manages to get a shoulder on. Yet another nice save from Mr. Clemmensen. Weird.
1:47 The Panthers have pulled Vokoun. Cue the defensive collapse.
0:59 McCabe isn’t able to hold the point on a not-very-challenging pass from a teammate down near the faceoff dot, and as he skates the length of the rink to retrieve the puck, Chico says, “What a tough break for McCabe.” Pookie: “That’s what the title of his biography is going to be.”
0:00 WOO HOOOO!!!! Paulie gets the gamewinner! Oh, and the Devils win! If only they could play the Panthers every night.
Stan scares me.
Me too, KG. Me too. I try to ignore him as much as possible
I’m concerned about Zach’s slump. I was assuming this would be the year when he’d decide being streaky is for losers.
I’m getting kind of worried too. I mean he needs to get 100 points this season. And with the way he’s going he may only get a few more than last season. Do we need to offer him more ice cream sundaes?
If I have to eat more ice cream sundaes for Zach, that’s a burden I’m willing to take on.
I’d do anything for that kid, including gaining thirty pounds from eating ice cream sundaes if it means he will score 100 points.
Awe, Zach normally would score on that. Bad little Zach! Boxworthy, punish Zach! Hmm how can we punish him for not scoring?
Zach’s like, “Trust me, not scoring is punishment enough for me. Now excuse me while I don my hairshirt until I’m off the schnide.”
Ha that was great when Zach just goes right around the defender. Zach’s like “Yeah I’m hot shit.”
You suck until you score! *kicks Zach*
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Zach only has like 14000 votes for the All-Star Team. :( The last forward that they show has like 44000.
I haven’t voted for him once! I’m so awful!
POOKIE! How could you not vote for him?! He’s probably crying himself to sleep every night because he’s not going to make the team. Way to make Zach cry. ;)
I know! I’m a terrible, terrible Zach fan! I’ll go do that right now.
Eh, he won’t make the team anyway. I think it’s best to just let him cry and only get 14000 votes while everyone else nominated gets 100000 votes. :)
Yeah, well NHL.com is asking me to fill out all kinds of info I don’t want to, so 14,000 votes it will have to be.
I liked how Clarkson mentioned he might be a coach one day in that Fire & Ice post. I’d do anything Clarkson said if he was my coach as long as it involved me and him stripping.
Yeah I’m too lazy to vote online. I have a message saved on my phone and I just keep resending it. :) But in return, Zach must score tonight.
I voted for Zachie poo if that helps. I sure as hell didn’t want to vote for any Habs so I picked the prettiest guys in the East that weren’t Habs. So, basically Vinny, Zachie, and Patrice Bergeron.
Thanks for voting for Zach Alix. :) Zach appreciates it. I voted for Steven Stamkos, Zach, Luke Schenn, and Teppo. I want to personally put Schenn on the team since he wasn’t nominated.
I think there would be a lot less complaining about the starters if they were all cute!
EEEE Luke Schenn is a total doll! Good for you, KG.
I love Luke Schenn. That kid is my hero, he’s so adorable. His interviews are amazing. Haha the puck bunny in me is coming out for him.
WOOO! Patty?! Seriously?!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I love Luke Schenn. That kid is my hero, he’s so adorable. His interviews are amazing. Haha the puck bunny in me is coming out for him.
Oh I know! He’s best buddies with my cousin, and I met him at the Memorial Cup final 2 years ago. A total sweetheart. Me, my cousin’s aunt, and my cousin’s grandma were all like “DAMN!” Hee hee.
I’d do anything Clarkson said if he was my coach as long as it involved me and him stripping.
Somehow I missed this! :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
I’d do anything Clarkson said if he was my coach as long as it involved me and him stripping.
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“He’s best buddies with my cousin”
Hold the phone. Your cousin is best buddies with him? I wanna be your cousin’s best friend lol.
Hold the phone. Your cousin is best buddies with him? I wanna be your cousin’s best friend lol.
Hee hee! Yup, he’s from Saskatoon. Pretty much the whole family on my dad’s side knows him. :)
I’d do anything Clarkson said if he was my coach as long as it involved me and him stripping.
Thank you alix, for making me laugh after a really long day. :)
God, Boogard’s a mutant.
A good mutant or a bad mutant?
Amy, I’m sorry you’re having a long, bad day! And here I was saying it would be a beautiful day today for Sabres fans! I’m a liar!
Thank you alix, for making me laugh after a really long day. :)
You’re very welcome, Amy. :)
Boogard is a bad mutant.
I’m sorry you’re having a long, bad day! And here I was saying it would be a beautiful day today for Sabres fans! I’m a liar!
Thanks. I’ve spent over seven hours in a car today with three co-workers, one of whom didn’t get the memo that me burying my nose in a book equals “I don’t want to talk to you.” And she proceeded to yammer my ear off for an hour straight. I was ready to cut a bitch.
But at least the Devils are winning. So yay!
I think you may become my new best friend Alix. :) Luke Schenn is the only reason why I watch the Maple Leafs every time they’re on tv.
Hee hee, sounds good KG.
RAWR, I love when Shane O’Brien fights. He always jumps in to defend some guy’s honour. And he’s pretty.
Amy, that sounds terrible! Is this your night in Albany? I totally don’t get people who don’t pick up such obvious social signs like “nose in book”. Sigh.
So do you know any juicy details about Luke Schenn? Haha I’m just messin’.
I think I zoned out for the rest of the period after Patty scored because when the buzzer went off I was like wait what?
Devils…lookin’ good!
It’s been so long since we’ve had a game, I was going crazy, but now that it’s here, I’m kind of scared.
Hey all. So how many different games are we watching tonight?
New Jersey, Vancouver and Dallas?
Is this your night in Albany?
Nope, that was last night. I missed the debacle that was last night’s Sabres game, but I did get to watch the Rangers fall to the Canucks. That was kind of fun.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morrownator!!!!!!!!!!
This Minnesota/Vancouver game is SO boring compared to the game last night.
Hey, have I bitched about the NHL game scheduling recently?
The schedule has been so bizarre this season. I do not remember ever having so many instances of having so many days off between games.
WOOOOOOOOOOOO! PAULIE!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
PAULIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Isn’t it strange, Pookie?
And the Canucks played last night in New York, then they had to fly to Minnesota to play tonight, then they have to fly BACK to Pittsburgh to play the Sidney Crosbys on Saturday. Sigh. The NHL needs geography lessons.
YAY! PANCAKES FOR EVERYONE!!
That sucks, alix! Poor guys.
That said, WOOOOOOOO!!! GIOOOOO!!! That goal was GORGEOUS!
What the hell is going on? The weirdest people are scoring tonight. Gio and Patty? How strange. But yay for Paulie.
And has anyone noticed that when Patty goes on a streak Zach slumps and vice versa?
Interesting theory, KG. I’m sure there’s something to that.
Stupid Baby Jagr. I hate you. Go play in Russia.
“Interesting theory, KG. I’m sure there’s something to that.”
Maybe they have a pact that every six games they switch being the heroes. You know so that they feel like they’re both good.
That’s probably it. I wish they’d realize they can both be heroes all of the time!
*Sigh* Boys, the Wild is probably the last team you want to come from behind on. (That’s what she said)
alix, ZING! Heh.
“That’s probably it. I wish they’d realize they can both be heroes all of the time!”
Hmm do we need to host hero seminars and teach the boys that everyone on the team can and needs to be a hero every night?
So I put a new picture of Matty up on my background, but now I don’t think I’m going to get much work done. Heh.
Do you really think Doc meant that as a compliment to Zach? lol I don’t think Zach’s going to score for like eight games.
KG, I said earlier to Boomer and Schnookie that I think Zach won’t score until Dec 9th (or the game closest to that date).
WOOOOO!! Big Bear! He hasn’t scored in like 10 years!
I guess I need to make more that’s what she said comments.
Not bad, there’s a game on December 10th. Poor Zach. Maybe we should just bench him. :p
do we need to host hero seminars and teach the boys that everyone on the team can and needs to be a hero every night?
Yes!
Think of how much money you could make marketing those seminars to other teams.
And Josh Malina just showed up on Grey’s Anatomy. I love me some Josh Malina!
I guess I need to make more that’s what she said comments.
I think you can handle that! :D
KG, I want you to know Schnookie read my comment and said, “Don’t you mean January 9th?” She has such little faith in our very own Zach Parise! :PPPPP
January 9th is probably more likely. Maybe Zach should just sit on the bench and look pretty instead of trying to score. I think it would be more effective for us.
We could have “Zach on the Bench Cam” to help us all get over the pain of having to watch the Devils without Marty!
Think of how much money you could make marketing those seminars to other teams.
Exactly! I think we need to get on this.
EEEE!! Apparently when I call them useless piles of crap on the power play it works.
Congrats to the Devils!
“We could have “Zach on the Bench Cam” to help us all get over the pain of having to watch the Devils without Marty!”
Oh I’m definitely lovin’ that idea. Maybe we should put that in the suggestion box in the locker room.
Dude, this Clemmer interview is AWFUL. He is such a tool!
And thanks, Myra! I think the Stars are going to win tonight, too. Just because the Sabres sucked SO bad last night, and that’s how the Hockey Gods roll. :P
PAULIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
The Stars aren’t gonna make the playoffs.
Holy crap! Stephane Vielleux is ADORABLE. I had no idea.
I’ve got that sinking feeling.
Guys, Schnookie’s right — the Stars will win tonight! Have faith!
Ummm… That wasn’t what I was hoping to hear from y’all tonight. I’m still fairly confident that the Stars are going to win tonight. There’s lots of Brahms to be played.
Congrats to the Devils! WOOOOO!!
Gucci watches, Stars fans, Gucci watches!!
Have y’all ever tried the GameCenter thing on NHL.com? It’s kinda cool!
What’s with the long faces? I just turned on the game and the Stars have just tied the game! Quit yer bellyaching! :PPPPP
That’s what I always use, Patty. I love it! They give you all kinds of crazy stats. It’s kind of fun.
Okay, y’all can go back to having long faces. :(
THAT’S why the long faces.
WOOOOOOO!!!
I LOVE Pavol Demitra!
And the Sedins of course.
Sorry, I`ll go back to hating my team. :P
Hello, IPB. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
That is all.
Woo, is all that needs to be said tonight! What a game! (Wow, my standards have been so lowered…)
(Wow, my standards have been so lowered…)
Hey now! Paulie got the game-winner! That makes any game AWESOME!
And hi, Frisby! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Go faster clock, go faster.
[speaking shy and awkwardly] Hi, Schnookie.
Well, it’s not that I don’t want to hang out here during gametime, it’s just that the Devils have won the the last two games that I didn’t.
[speaking shy and awkwardly] Hi, Schnookie.
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I was going to say we haven’t seen you in a while, but superstitions are superstitions, so… I hope to not see you here tomorrow night! :P (Just kidding, of course.)
If you not being here is the key to winning, by all means, stay away. :D
WTF?!? Who calls a penalty with 6 seconds left. I mean come on.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I totally thought this was garaunteed loss night!!
YAY YAY YAY.
And we didn`t even have Lui.
Congrats, alix! Two in a row! Sweet!
WOO HOOO for the Canucks! Now we just need the Stars to pull through to make this a good night all around…
Well, since it is post game, I guess it’s alright for me to chat. Since I wasn’t reading or typing, I was jotting down some notes. Let me go get them and compare.
Thanks ookies! Sigh. I really do love this team.
And yeah, come on Stars! You can do it.
Dude, Frisby, you took notes? Crap. We weren’t paying that close attention. And we were writing a diary. Heh. I didn’t notice anything in this game other than Paulie scoring and the Patty/Zubrus/Gio line being awesome.
Hm. Stars fans, I’m not so sure about this one now. I’m so sorry.
Crap.
Devils scoring chances: 8 in 1rst, 5 in 2nd, 5 in 3rd.
The Devils had five scoring chances in the second? I thought they only had the puck in the Florida zone just that once. :P
Good saves by Clemmenson: 1 in first, 6 in 2nd, 6 in 3rd (including 3 with multiple exclamation points).
Hm. Maybe that’s why Sydor was scratched so much in Pittsburgh.
No way, 5 in the second?! That can’t be.
I have to say, though, for all that the Panthers had ten times as many shots in the 2nd period as the Devils, I never felt like they were really threatening, you know? Sure, Clemmer made a couple of miracle saves, but still, if Clemmer’s able to make the stops, even with a miracle on his side, how good can the shots be?
I thought they only had the puck in the Florida zone just that once. :P
Well I also had a note that for 5:00 in the middle of the 2nd period it looked like the Panthers were on the PP, even though they were not.
Good saves by Clemmenson: 1 in first, 6 in 2nd, 6 in 3rd (including 3 with multiple exclamation points).
That I agree with wholeheartedly. Clemmer was, for all that he’s a total tool in post-game interviews with Stan, really good tonight. (But I’m still going to grouse about him because, come on, he’s Clemmer. :P)
Maybe that’s why Sydor was scratched so much in Pittsburgh.
Uhhh… yeah. I know you don’t need to hear it from me, but that trade is such a head-scratcher for the Stars. Stupid Hull.
I’m starting to look at it as Hull doing Boucher a favor. At least Bouche gets to see what it’s like to win a game.
Yeah, Bouche definitely came out a winner in that deal.
Oof. Sorry, Stars fans! That was brutal.
Gah. Brett Hull has killed hockey for me.
I wonder what panic-personnel-move they’re going to make now.
I’m so, so, so, so sorry, Stars fans. :(
Trust me, I’m totally grounded ny the fact that the Devils were playing the Panthers, that’s why I used the adjective good to describe the saves worth noting. Those three with exclamation points were the only ones I considered great.
I’m totally grounded ny the fact that the Devils were playing the Panthers, that’s why I used the adjective good to describe the saves worth noting.
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Oh, and of course I should also note that the Clarkaround attempt didn’t happen until 8:55 left in the the 3rd.
I wonder what panic-personnel-move they’re going to make now.
Maybe Hull will do a Bobby Clarke and “step down”?
OK, Frisby, that makes more sense! :D I’m totally on board with the fact that the Devils aren’t the team I thought they’d be when the season started, but I’m really resisting this Clemmer thing. I recognize he’s played better than Weekes, but there’s just something about him that rubs me the wrong way. But if he’s going to keep us in games against teams better than the Panthers (that remains to be seen) I suppose I can suck it up!
Hey, the Panthers might not be the Wings, but they aren’t oh and eighteen. You should be proud of winning against them!
Oh, and of course I should also note that the Clarkaround attempt didn’t happen until 8:55 left in the the 3rd.
I was disappointed by that. I figured with deBoer in the house, Clarkson would be Clarkarounding all over the place.
Hey, the Panthers might not be the Wings, but they aren’t oh and eighteen. You should be proud of winning against them!
Hee hee! Thanks. But really the teams that have lost to them should be ashamed more than we should be proud. :P
I figured with deBoer in the house, Clarkson would be Clarkarounding all over the place.
Not only that, but he didn’t even try the toe-drag, or the half-spin-o-rama.
Speaking of spin-o-ramas, does Soupy have some kind of sponsorship of his? It’s like he gets a bonus for every one, because he does it so much, and in situations where it’s hardly called for.
Razor just mentioned “blame-storming.” I think I can use that word.
Not only that, but he didn’t even try the toe-drag, or the half-spin-o-rama.
He’s probably kicking himself for that right now. “Dammit! Coach was in the house and I barely even dipped into my bag of tricks!”
Patty, I think Soupy has convinced himself he gets a bonus for each spin-a-rama. He doesn’t get anything for reals, but he’s too dumb to know.
“Blame-storming”? That’s AWESOME! What a FANTASTIC term!
Why do they have to start with a Brad Richards’ interview. He almost always makes me want to cry.
I think we need to take away Brad Richards’ belt and shoe strings.
Some stupid reporter asked Brad “How do you fix it?” At this point, if that were me, I think I would have hit him.
I think we need to take away Brad Richards’ belt and shoe strings.
Agreed.
I’m surprised Ric Renner doesn’t get punched a lot.
5:21 Chico is being wildly catty tonight! The Panthers have a guy on their team who is known back in Czech as “Baby Jagr”, and Chico sniffs that while it’s a compliment to be held up to Jagr from a skill perspective, he had “other traits” that a guy should not want to be compared to. Hee!
Oh man, that had me rolling. Even bettr was Doc afterward,”The opinions expressed are purely those of Chice Resch..”
I’m surprised Ric Renner doesn’t get punched a lot.
You know, that is surprising. :D
Even bettr was Doc afterward,”The opinions expressed are purely those of Chice Resch..”
They were in fine form tonight!
That whole circus exchange was pretty classic, too. I think they sense we all need a little extra Doc and Chico to get us through this tough time. You know what we really need? More Chuck the Duck! Put Chuck in net!
Chuck the Duck would be an incredible goaltender!
14:08 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!…
Some how I knew that you girls would love that sequence.
OK, so I’m a slow reader, SHUT UP!!!
Heh heh. (And I think slow-reading is very admirable. :D)
Well, I’m going to go climb under a blanket and contemplate what I could watch on TV now that hockey is dead to me.
Good night!
Wait, there was a game on tonight?
I TOTALLY CONVENIENTLY FORGOT. Mmm hmm.
I settled for watching Manos: Hands of Fate instead. Manos seems like it might’ve been preferable to watching the Stars, which is um, saying a lot.
does Soupy have some kind of sponsorship of his? It’s like he gets a bonus for every one, because he does it so much, and in situations where it’s hardly called for.
Uh oh. Sounds like Soupy needs some help from the Center for Excessive Spin-o-ramas.
And how is everyone’s Friday going so far? I can only hope that my guys do well against the Briere-less Tranny Brides tonight, otherwise its going to be ug-lay downtown tonight.
Sounds like Soupy needs some help from the Center for Excessive Spin-o-ramas.
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And good morning, everyone! Amy, I also hope the Sabres do well against the Tranny Brides — I mean, they might be my Tranny Brides, but I do have standards. :P
And guess what I had to do this morning? Brush snow off my car! WOO HOOOO!!!! Granted it was more like a very heavy frost, and the whole affair was roughly equivalent to when you unpack electronics that have been encased in styrofoam packing and you have to wipe the little styrofoam particles off the surfaces, but still! Snow! And it was falling when I woke up, so I was able to have a little lie-in staring out at the snowfall. I was very much in the dumps last night, full of glum, and I dragged Pookie and Boomer down with me, but a wee tiny bit of snow in the morning was all the pick-me-up I needed! :D
Good morning, all. Is anyone here a big reader of Kissing Suzy Kolber?
Yay, Schnookie!!!! Snow, that’s exciting.
I was very much in the dumps last night, full of glum, and I dragged Pookie and Boomer down with me, but a wee tiny bit of snow in the morning was all the pick-me-up I needed! :D
Aww, yay! I just can’t seem to get out of the dumps lately, myself, so I’m super glad to hear that! :D
This is totally nerdy, but I’m thrilled – so thrilled – that Gmail has redone themes and everything. I’m currently running a ninja theme on my inbox, and it is making me ridiculously happy. :D
What’s going on with Kissing Suzy Kolber? It’s one I haven’t really gotten into reading because the few times I’ve been over there it hasn’t been hugely safe for work…
I’m not a big fan of change, so I’m highly suspicious of the gmail themes. I tried a few out, but went back to the classic look, because I’m a loser. :P
As for being down in the dumps, I’m a worrier by nature, so now I’m spending most of my energy on freaking out that I’m going to become an okie or have to live in a Hooverville. I don’t handle international economic crises well. :P (With my luck, I’ll probably end up living in a Hooverville next door to Meg, so I’ll get bedbugs too. :PPP)
What’s going on with Kissing Suzy Kolber?
Oh, nothing in particular. I just picked up a free copy of the cofounder’s book and was going to offer to stick it in the mail to anyone who might want it.
I’m a worrier by nature, so now I’m spending most of my energy on freaking out that I’m going to become an okie or have to live in a Hooverville.
Right now? Yeah, I know how you feel. Trust me. :D *big hugs* We’ll get through it, right. Bootstraps, and all that. :)
Meg, I know virtually zip about Kissing Suzy Kolber. I think they’re too cool for me. :(
I too am dwelling in dumps lately, but my father is coming down from Buffalo to help me caulk and plaster in my apartment this weekend and I’m almost comically excited about it. It’s like I’m 5 years old again and I’m convinced that his mere presense is going to fix all my problems. Magical thinking, you know.
Trust me. :D *big hugs* We’ll get through it, right. Bootstraps, and all that. :)
Aww, thanks! It’s nice to hear. I was all like, “Boomer, Pookie, I need you guys to tell me everything’s going to be all right” last night, and Boomer promptly went into a matching downward spiral. I’m like, “You’re not helping!” Heh.
Meg, I love that feeling that a parent is going to make everything better! (Which kind of explains why I was hoping my mother would be more of a help last night… :P) I’m sure that at least having a second person, let alone your dad, to help you battle the bedbugs will be a big boon. (Woo! Alliteration!)
I just picked up a free copy of the cofounder’s book and was going to offer to stick it in the mail to anyone who might want it.
You’re about a week too late for me. I bought the book last week at Barnes & Noble.
This is totally nerdy, but I’m thrilled – so thrilled – that Gmail has redone themes and everything.
There’s themes in gmail now? I know they’re on iGoogle (and I love my Diane vonFurstenburg one), but I had no idea they migrated over to gmail.
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Happy Friday everyone.
Good luck Sabres.
to help you battle the bedbugs will be a big boon. (Woo! Alliteration!)
I think so too. Because it’s mostly the amount of stuff to do and the difficulty of doing it myself–moving big heavy furniture, caulking lights I can barely reach standing on a chair–that is making things so hard. Of course I also can’t declutter the way I’d like to because my roommate a) keeps everything that might be useful and b) has so much furniture in her room you can barely walk in it and there’s nothing I can really do about her stuff, only my own.
I’m sorry Boomer wasn’t helpful last night. I’m sure you guys will be fine–everyone needs libraries and medication!
Holy macaroni. The Sabres called up Mancari and are going to scratch Max and Hank for tonight. Lindy’s not kidding around today.
You’re about a week too late for me. I bought the book last week at Barnes & Noble.
Sorry . . . it just appeared on the take shelf this morning. Hope it’s good though!
I’m sure you guys will be fine–everyone needs libraries and medication!
Hee hee! Right! I was actually just joking with a coworker about how extremely doom-and-gloomy we get, and just as she was suggesting we could, in the event of massive societal collapse, move to the cities and live in the sewers, my boss came by. He just gave me the biggest “it’s going to be all right” pep talk — it was kind of hilarious. I wanted to reassure him that I wasn’t actually planning on moving into any sewers any time soon. I think he thinks I’m crazy.
Meg, I also think fighting bedbugs will be more fun with your dad! I mean, he seems so cool! :D
The Sabres called up Mancari and are going to scratch Max and Hank for tonight.
Wowza! Max and Hank are probably thinking, “Maybe it’s time for me to consider heading for the cities to live in the sewers…”
Schnookie…can we share bosses? ::whimper::
Meg, that’s so awesome that your dad is coming to help you!! I mean, I would feel like, “Daddy is here! He can fix anything!” if I were in your shoes. Hee.
Schnookie…can we share bosses? ::whimper::
Hee! He also pointed out that, worst-case scenario, there’s a pond behind our building and a large herd of deer stuck inside the perimeter fencing around our campus. My coworker then pointed out there’s also plenty of alcohol in the labs. So we’re all set! :P
Schnookie, I now have a vision of y’all stocking up on guns, ammo and non-perishable foods in your office, like some dude in a suit hauling in a tent and a camp stove with a rifle slung over his shoulder.
“You can never be too prepared!”
Meh. DJIA, NYSE, & S&P500 are up as usual at this point in the day, before the traders go for their liquid/white powder lunches. I think Wall St. needs Mount Sutter pep talks, and the Treasury department needs a retooling, like what Lindy is doing in Buffalo tonight. Maybe the Federal Reserve should take a page from Tampa Bay.
I think Wall St. needs Mount Sutter pep talks, and the Treasury department needs a retooling, like what Lindy is doing in Buffalo tonight. Maybe the Federal Reserve should take a page from Tampa Bay.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Thanks, redank! That was EXACTLY what I needed to hear!
And Caitlin, your vision of me and my office mates is perfect, but instead of a businessman in a suit, imagine a science nerd in a lab coat. :D
imagine a science nerd in a lab coat. :D
Now I imagine Bill Nye hauling all that shit in. Heh.
Maybe the Federal Reserve should take a page from Tampa Bay.
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Now I imagine Bill Nye hauling all that shit in. Heh.
HAHA! Totally!
In other hockey news, I’m sitting here minding my own business, restoring my equilibrium and getting cheerier and cheerier, and then what do I see? Why, that Madden’s hurt, of course! Good times!
Sigh.
Is it June yet? :P
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You guys, the Canucks had THE CUTEST win celebration I’ve ever seen last night. I love this team so much.
And now I should probably ban myself until they start sucking again…
Heh.
Schnookie, I’m so sorry about Madden. But maybe there’s some whippersnapper on the farm team that’s ready to offensively explode for the Devils? (that’s what she said)
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You guys, the Canucks had THE CUTEST win celebration I’ve ever seen last night. I love this team so much.
AWWW! That’s so wonderful! (And you don’t need to ban yourself because you’re not on the suckage bandwagon with the rest of us. I mean, andrew’s not banned, and look at the Sharks! Also, you were ahead of the sucking trend. [That's what she said.])
As for Madden, I think Mount Sutter’s latest pep talk should go, “Some whippersnapper on the farm team that’s ready to offensively explode is NOT walking through that door!” Because he’d be right. :P
Is it June yet? :P
We need a Stars/Devils blingy-bob counter for June.
I’m so sorry about Madden, Schnookie. Poop. Double poop. Is he out for a long time?
Oh, they’re not even sure he’s out tonight, but he might be. He took a shot off his foot last night.
And you know, what with the post-game toolish interview by Clemmer, I’d totally forgotten the Devils won last night! HAHAHAHA! Clemmer and Stan are just so gruesome a post-game combo that it erased all my positive memories of the game! (Except for Paulie’s goal. That I’ll never forget. :P)
(And you don’t need to ban yourself because you’re not on the suckage bandwagon with the rest of us. I mean, andrew’s not banned, and look at the Sharks!
Phew! I don’t need to find another hobby.
Also, you were ahead of the sucking trend. [That's what she said.])
HEE HEE HEE! That is true.
Well, I hope he’s not out for long!
(Except for Paulie’s goal. That I’ll never forget. :P)
Awww! It’s like he scored it just for you, Schnookie! Just for you. :)
And alix, aww, you should be proud of the Canucks! They’re not making you cry bitter, bloody tears – I say celebrate! WOO!
(I will not, however, celebrate for the Sharks. NO WAY, andrew. :p)
And alix, aww, you should be proud of the Canucks! They’re not making you cry bitter, bloody tears – I say celebrate! WOO!
Thanks, Caitlin!
I’m still a little stunned they won back to back against MInnesota after flying from New York the night before.
I was a little bit scared Curtis Sanford was going to get crushed in the end of game celebration. They were treating him like a bobble head doll. When Matty went to hug him, you couldn’t even see Sanford. Hee.
All the new guys keep saying how much they love playing in Vancouver, and everyone is so smiley when another guy scores, and I just really have never loved my team so much before. Anyways, I’ll stop gushing now.
Schnookie, a pancakes goal is unforgettable.
Hockey’s just so grand when your team is adorable and good, isn’t it?
And you know when the last time Paulie scored was? In the one game we attended in person last year! :D
Hockey’s just so grand when your team is adorable and good, isn’t it?
It really is!
Schnookie, Paulie must just know when you need a Paulie goal and saves them all up just for you. :)
If only Paulie realized he doesn’t need to be so stingy with his goals! :D
I can’t believe it’s only 3:00, by the way. And it’s sunny out! No more snow! :(
Perhaps all the Devils need to hear they don’t have to be so stingy :)
I’m so sorry you have no snow :( And it’s only 3.
Perhaps all the Devils need to hear they don’t have to be so stingy :)
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Or maybe they need to jettison their captain, spend a summer wooing Mars Sundin, and then POOF! All their problems will be solved. :P
Or maybe they need to jettison their captain, spend a summer wooing Mars Sundin, and then POOF! All their problems will be solved. :P
HAHAHAHAHAHA!! It’s a winning formula, I tells ya.
Hey, IPB, how’re y’all doing? Don’t worry about the economic crisis. It’s seriously just a bump in the road, and provided no one with a lot of power does anything fantastically stupid, it’ll be ok in a few years. History says so!
I had surgery on my hand and wrist today (don’t worry nothing major) and typing is a PITA with only one hand. I just wanted to comment on the Devils win last night: WOOOOOOOOOOOO! and Yick, Clemmer and Stan *gag* I saw them on NHL on the Fly:Final. Groooooooooss. And now watch them loose spectacularly to the Isles, because that’s totally what’s going to happen.
Way to win, btw, Canucks! And sorry about them Stars :(
Ouch, Mags, I’m so sorry you had to have surgery! I hope you mend super-quickly! (Watching Stan and Clemmer won’t help with that…)
And thanks for the financial pep talk! History also says I could be an okie who lives in a Hooverville, but I think I’m cook with that now. :P
alix, the Canucks should market their improvement plan — teams that are willing to go off the deep end but have no idea how to do so productively would probably pay a pretty penny for it!
Schnookie, meh, it’s ok. It was an unfortunate series of events and it’ll probably never happen again. But the surgery was cool! They asked if I wanted to be put under or just have local anaesthetic, and I said local because I want to watch. So they sat me in a chair and let me see the whole thing. It was kinda gross, actually, now that I think about it.
Hooverville might be a fantastic place to live. Dingy, and all that, but who knows, maybe there’ll be some great people to make friends with.
You’re a better man than I, Gunga Din. I asked for some kind of anesthetic and/or distracting narcotic when I had the stitches from my gum grafts taken out. My periodontist wouldn’t give me anything, and then afterwards said I probably had needed something. Heh. (::Starts to feel alternate waves of nausea and faintness just thinking about it::)
I’m not sure “making new friends” is selling me on Hoovervilles… It’s like a gated master-planned community, but without the gate or master planning! :P
It’s like a gated master-planned community, but without the gate or master planning! :P
Don’t worry. Directions to your house and my house will probably read something like, “The last cardboard box on the left under the I-30 bridge. If you go all the way down to the crackhead with long hair, you’ve gone too far!”
I asked for some kind of anesthetic and/or distracting narcotic when I had the stitches from my gum grafts taken out.
They refuse to give me nitrous at the dentist anymore, which is disconcerting because having nitrous just zens my ass out. I wish they’d give me some more. :(
They SHOULD have given you some sort of anaesthetic, Schnookie.
And Mags, you watched them do your surgery? Eek! I don’t know that I could handle that.
So they sat me in a chair and let me see the whole thing. It was kinda gross, actually, now that I think about it.
That’s cool that they let you watch. I think some doctors wouldn’t let their patient watch, since they’d be afraid that the patient would get squeamish and make things worse.
“The last cardboard box on the left under the I-30 bridge. If you go all the way down to the crackhead with long hair, you’ve gone too far!”
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Well, when you put it like that, this Hooverville life sounds almost fun! :P (Or it sounds like a regular day at work for Pookie. Heh.)
Schnookie, I’m sorry about your not getting any anaesthetic! That’s kinda assy.
they’d be afraid that the patient would get squeamish and make things worse.
I did have to solemnly swear to let them know if I felt sick, so they could put me under anyway. But it was really cool, especially because he explained everything as he was doing it. And it didn’t really feel like I was looking at my own hand anyway, because I could SEE that he was doing stuff, but not feel it.
The last cardboard box on the left under the I-30 bridge. If you go all the way down to the crackhead with long hair, you’ve gone too far!
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I’m not sure “making new friends” is selling me on Hoovervilles… It’s like a gated master-planned community, but without the gate or master planning!
But there could be a “gated” aspect to it. Us regular folks would be fighting over TV boxes and food shipping boxes, but the well-to-do would have split level houses built from a refrigerator box and a dryer box.
but the well-to-do would have split level houses built from a refrigerator box and a dryer box.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Please God, let me have a split-level Hooverville house… Please God, let me have a split-level Hooverville house… Please God, let me have a split-level Hooverville house…
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You know what else the well-to-dos would have? Outdoor plumbing.
You know what else the well-to-dos would have? Outdoor plumbing.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Please God, let me have that too… :P
:^::::::::::::::::::::::: to the Hooverville stuff!
Please God, let me have a split-level Hooverville house…
And when its not functioning as a split level Hooverville house, it could function as a rocketship, or a fort, or anything your little imagination wants it to be.
Please God, let me have a split-level Hooverville house…
And the really fancy people build what looks to be a front lawn, rosebushes and all, out of empty Coke cans and 40 oz. Mickey’s.
(Or it sounds like a regular day at work for Pookie. Heh.)
Poor Pookie. Aww!
Relax. The Dow went up almost 500 points, so lets table the Hooverville discussion for tomorrow, when it plummets 800, OK?
Besides, I’ll be the crackhead with the long hair living out of a goalie equipment bag.
it could function as a rocketship, or a fort, or anything your little imagination wants it to be.
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I just got back from an all-day training which included a trip to a poisonous room. We were all feeling fine, but then when we got to the government documents area, I felt instantly like I was going to pass out. I actually had to sneak away from the group to sit down and collect myself. Afterwards, I learned that a lot of other people also hot headaches and felt sick while they were in there. How bizarre is that?
That’s. Just. Weird.
Afterwards, I learned that a lot of other people also hot headaches and felt sick while they were in there. How bizarre is that?
That’s no good! I’m sorry!
Afterwards, I learned that a lot of other people also hot headaches and felt sick while they were in there. How bizarre is that?
Pookie, that’s happened to me. I did a review of documents a few years back for a client where the guy had kept the docs in a storage room with all kinds of industrial strength cleaners, etc.
By the end of the day, I felt like I was going to pass out at any second, went home and spent the rest of the night puking. If the papers have been in any proximity to strong chemicals or anything of that nature, you could be inhaling residual fumes/chemicals.
That could’ve been it, Caitlin. I think it was also a combo of very poor air circulation and very sketchy lunch food. I shouldda had the lasagna. Heh.
OK, I’m off to sleep of the residual chemical fume damage. To anyone who won’t be around later, have a great weekend! Hope the right teams win! We’ll be on radio silence here since we’re starting the game late, so cheerio, everyone! Sweet dreams of fancy hooverville homes! :D