Happy day before Thanksgiving, Gentle Reader! We hope you’re all settled in wherever your holiday will be, comfy, cozy and ready for some hot Devils/Panthers action. And, if you’re not American, we hope you’re having a really nice Wednesday night.
Steve leads us into Doc and Chico’s intro by calling tonight’s game “The Drive For Five”. Ah, how the mighty have fallen. Doc promptly makes it clear that he’s not a regular IPB reader because he grouses that the Patty/Zubrus/Gio line doesn’t have a name yet. Doc! Come on! They’re the Square PEGZ! Everyone knows that. (It should be noted that Doc looks like he’s dressed for an Easter Parade.)
Oh, have we complained yet that this game isn’t in HD? Because it’s not. That’s something we’re not thankful for.
FIRST PERIOD
19:36 Pookie is calling the Square PEGZ being -5 tonight. She also adds that she is not thankful for Scott Clemmensen, either. Which is fair. He’s probably not thankful for us.
18:41 Patty takes a dumb-assed hooking penalty in the neutral zone. The Drive For Five is falling on its flat on its face.
18:28 One of our favorite things about this season is the utterly moronic trades fans on the interwebs seem to think their teams will be able to swing for Bouwmeester. One example would be the school of Devils fans who think Gionta will be enough to bring him to Jersey. Silly fans. Gionta’s the bait we’re going to use to get Vinny Lecavalier, not Jay Bouwmeester!
17:17 By the way, Doc has noted this evening that the Devils have been suddenly good as soon as Paulie came back to the lineup. And then he melts our hearts by adding that Paulie would never take credit for it himself.
16:26 Sheesh. We get a stat that tells us the Devils PK is over 85% on the road and is under 69% at home.
16:09 Having survived the relentless Panthers PP, the Devils promptly draw a penalty on Kreps on a call Chico thinks is total crap. We’re too busy with our respective laptops to notice what happened. We’ll take Chico’s word for it.
15:35 Zach and Patty are fired. Vokoun goes behind his net to handle the puck and passes it directly to Zach, with no one in front of the net. Zach isn’t quite in position to shoot it, though, so he tries to drop a pass to Patty, and Patty misses it completely as it bounces over his stick. That would have gone in against the Lightning Bolts and Kolzig.
14:57 In discussing the missed chance by Patty, Doc and Chico posit that he could have headed the puck in; they decide it would be legal because it’s not a “distinct kicking motion”, but rather “a distinct gonging motion.”
14:27 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Gio scores. Schnookie: “I missed it!” Pookie: “So did Vokoun.” Replay shows a rush started by an awesome defensive play by Paulie, a great rush led by Oduya, and then Gio tipping an insanely stoppable shot straight through Vokoun. 1-0 Devils.
12:56 Brookbank and his fourth-line buddies work the boards nicely, and we start thinking about how Brookbank was quoted in TG’s blog today saying that the D-corps is starting to give him a hard time for being a forward now. Pookie hopes they’re shunning him like the Amish. Like, he’ll go into D meetings and the other guys will say, “Thou does not belongeth here.” Paulie would look so cute in an Amish outfit.
10:06 Chico tells us Clemmer’s been told he can get an apartment. Pookie: “That’s the worst news I’ve heard since November 4.” Thanks for ruining our holiday, Chico.
8:17 In a discussion of how Holik is one of the last guys left using a wooden stick, Doc casually mentions Chico has estimated a return to the lineup for Blobby next week against Philly. Pookie: “That’s the second worst news I’ve heard since November 4.”
6:52 Patty and Paulie pair up for a sassy rush, and while they don’t score, they do draw a penalty. And we all know how awesome the power play is. That’s as good as a goal!
5:26 Schnookie: “Why hasn’t Zubrus scored yet?” Pookie, in response, tells a story of how she had a blog up on her computer at work that had the title “A Look At Zubrus”. A coworker walked by and asked, “What’s ‘Zubrus’? Is that like hubris? What does it mean?” Excellent question, Pookie’s coworker. What does Zubrus mean?
2:24 We’re not paying a huge amount of attention to the game because we’re having a discussion about what kind of centerpiece Paulie’s going to have at the Thanksgiving dinner he’s hosting. Things quickly ratchet up from “a bong set next to a turkey decoration” to “a stuffed Oscar the Grouch” (a la Rick Nash) to “a stuffed Goldy” to “a real-life, tamed gopher” to “a real-life wild gopher”. Pookie: “He’s like, ‘I got the little turtleneck on him once, and now it’s just staying on.’” Schnookie: “Yeah, after trying that he missed a few games with ‘upper-body injuries’.” Pookie: “It was gopher-related lacerations. Again. He comes to the coaching staff and says he’s got gopher wounds again, and they have to say, ‘Just leave the gopher in the turtleneck. Stop trying to change it to a football jersey on Saturdays, and a hockey sweater on Fridays.’”
1:35 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! The Poppers are not thrilled that the Square PEGZ are stealing their thunder, and put on an awesome tic-tac-toe passing shift that culminates in a Travis goal. 2-0 Devils.
0:00 We’re thankful for that period! WOO HOOO! However, we get an interview with Gio instead of Travis. Bummer.
FIRST INTERMISSION
They replay the “Ask the Announcers” feature with Doc from the pregame. Unlike Chico, Doc says nothing to make us think he reads IPB.
SECOND PERIOD
20:00 The hell? The Panthers have replaced Vokoun. Well, we guess we agree with Chico’s assessment of what the goalie change means: “This is just to shake up the team. The Panthers were awful in the first period. Just awful.” He sounds like he can’t put enough vehemence on “awful” to truly express how bad he thought the Panthers were.
18:15 Schnookie: “Oh crap. It’s the second period. We suck at that.” Pookie: “Yeah, a second period with a new goaltender? I’m calling 4-2 Panthers by the time it’s over.”
17:30 As if on cue, the Devils allow the Panthers to pin them for a long shift in their own zone.
16:43 After firing a shot into Vrana’s back and then watching as the Panthers deflect the puck into the crowd, Zach decides he’s going to talk some smack to Wade Belak. He’s at least a foot shorter than Belak, and, after giving him what Doc calls “a tongue-lashing”, Zach then skates away from the bewildered Panther, waggles his eyebrows at the camera and gives that DING! smile of his. Zach? Is being a punk. Heh.
15:16 Doc is still marveling at Zach taking Belak on, and excitedly looks up Zach’s career stats to see if he’s ever had a fight. He could save himself some time just by asking us — of course he’s had a fight! He got his shirt ripped off during it! How could we forget? (Doc informs us it was against Dan Boyle when he was a Lightning Bolt. We didn’t remember that part. Just the shirt-ripping-off.)
15:00 Boomer suddenly remarks, apropos of nothing, “Just think of poor Greene having to skate back home with Holik. And you think your job sucks.”
14:13 The Rupp/Pando/Clarkson line decides to join the parade of sassy shifts by Devils forwards and, after some hard work in the Panthers zone, draw a tripping penalty to Horton.
12:13 That strangled, gargling sound you’re hearing? It’s us, witnessing another fruitless Devils power play.
11:16 The Panthers are, um, not doing everything in their power to take advantage of the Devils’ proclivity for sucking in the second period. They take a terrible tripping penalty in the offensive zone on a rare shift of solid puck possession. The fans send up a feeble booing that sounds more like a cry for help than actual dismay at their team.
10:30 As the Devils set up some perimeter PP passing, Chico says it’s looked like men against boys in this game. Boomer: “Yeah. Men against boys. But we only have two goals.”
9:16 This is starting to feel like a game where these empty power plays are going to come back to haunt us.
9:06 Doc and Chico can’t get enough of telling us how horrible the Panthers are and how terrifically the Devils are kicking them around, including having a 24-7 shot advantage and a 16-1 chance advantage, but really, it can’t be stressed enough: the lead is only 2-0. Unlike a certain broadcast pair tonight, we know enough about this Devils team not to count our chickens before they hatch.
7:13 The Panthers must be able to hear the Devils broadcast guys in this deathly-silent arena, because now they’re hemming the Devils in their own zone.
5:32 The Square PEGZ step up to try to wrest control back of this game. They don’t score, but at least we’re not holding our breath hoping Clemmer’s Moonraker days aren’t about to begin.
3:48 Chico is positing that the Panthers are playing as if they’ve been instructed that they can’t bodycheck their opponent. It really hasn’t been the most scintillating game in NHL history.
2:29 Leach is not able to legally hold his ground against the apathetic rush of the Panthers and takes a hooking penalty.
0:05 FINE. We’ll say it. Clemmer’s looked sharp here in the face of modest pressure as the Panthers are trying to cram all the Devils second-period sucktitude into the final two and a half minutes of the frame.
0:00 That period was a lot less giddy than the first, and it should be said that we hate having to say nice things about Clemmer. Grumble, grumble, grumble. We get an interview with Salmela, who we’ve decided we love. We hadn’t really noticed him until the game the other night in Tampa, but that kid is bonkers. Even Sutter says he cracks him up, and really, what cracks Sutter up? The guy we’ve dubbed Batshit Bonkers tells Steve that he doesn’t have plans to have Thanksgiving with any of his teammates, and Boomer is dismayed. “What? No one’s invited Batshit over? He’s going to have to go door-to-door ringing bells until someone lets him in?” Poor, poor Batshit.
SECOND INTERMISSION
We don’t pay attention to this intermission show. Although we do notice the NHL Shop commercial with the family of Rangers fans with the son who love the Flyers. Pookie loves this commercial for this reason: “The Flyers fan is miserable and the Rangers fans are douches. All is right in the world.”
THIRD PERIOD
19:32 Chico curses this period by saying the game is in the bag, and declares, “of all [the Devils’] wins lately, this was their most convincing.” Doc actually quotes Blazing Saddles in his effort to get Chico to stop putting the cart so far before the horse. And while it’s hardly one of the more iconic quotes from that movie, we’re still surprised to hear Doc saying it. He doesn’t really seem the Blazing Saddles type, does he?
17:15 Schnookie, who normally shoulders the diarizing typing duties, is instructed to go replenish everyone’s drinks, but we don’t pause the game. She grumbles that Pookie will have to diarize whatever happens while she’s gone. When she gets back, this is Pookie’s report: “We had it, then they had it, then we had it, then Clarkson shot.”
15:34 As we watch the Devils contain the Panthers at the near boards in Clemmer’s zone, Boomer sighs, “They can play like they were in the first period any time they want to. I won’t complain.”
14:44 We’ve settled into the prevent defense part of tonight’s action. We perk up a bit when Salvador makes a nifty little between-the-legs pass from behind Clemmer’s net to start a soft outlet by his teammates. When Boomer remarks that it was a nice play, Pookie declares, “I love Salvador. He’s like my fifth or sixth favorite Devil this season.” The Iron Boar appreciates her excessive ardor; he probably didn’t count on being anywhere above 13th or 14th favorite.
13:16 What the hell just happened? Clemmer is down and out, the fans are roaring as if a goal has been scored… but the Panther shooting the puck at the wide open net… what? We need to see a replay of this. When we come back from commercial we see that the shot kind of bounced around the crease, drifting ever closer to the goal line, and at the last possible moment Oduya kicked it out with the tip of his toe.
10:27 Whitey takes offense to getting a forearm to the head from a Panther and shoves the Panther a bit after he falls over. And predictably, Whitey gets the roughing penalty. We actually think both the initial hit and the rough were pretty weak, but whatever.
9:18 After a nifty shorthanded rush that doesn’t result in a goal, Gio takes a stupid tripping penalty in the neutral zone to put the Panthers up two men. Pookie: “It’s time for the Iron Boar Three.” Doc fails to include the “Boar” part when he promptly tells us Paulie, Pando and the Iron Boar himself will be the Iron Boar Three.
8:27 The Iron Boar Three prevail, even with Pando not managing to win a single draw.
7:18 The Iron Boar Four also prevail. In large part because the Panthers are really, really, really bad at playing ice hockey.
7:08 One of the fun features of tonight’s game is that some of the secondary cameras used for replays are, like, sepia-tone. It gives some of the replays a Ye Olde Civil War-Era Archived Hockey Footage feeling, which is nice during a nostalgia-heavy holiday like Thanksgiving.
5:00 Zach bests Bouwmeester humiliatingly at the point and gets a long breakaway (with a bit of pressure coming from behind from Bouwmeester’s much faster and more focused d-partner), but he opts not to use his Unstoppable Move when he gets to the goal. We guess he was just satisfied to have made Bouwmeester look like such a loser.
4:07 Doc tells us for the billionth time that Clemmer is the first ever NHLer from Iowa. We know, Doc. And we’d care if he were anyone other than Clemmensen.
2:19 Bouwmeester decides to make up for looking like a loser a few shifts ago, and when he finds some open ice in the slot after a defensive breakdown by the Devils, he breaks up Clemmer’s shutout. It’s 2-1 Devils.
0:32 With the Devils scrambling and Paulie without a stick, Booth makes a lousy choice to take a weak-angle shot that Clemmer easily freezes.
0:07 Oh for fuck’s sake. The criminally-bad defensive presence of the Devils facing an extra attacker in an empty-net situation once again lets us down, and Booth ties the game at 2. Honestly, has there ever been a team in NHL history as crappy when facing these situations than Sutter’s Devils?
0:00 We hope Chico’s happy now that he declared this game over at the start of the third. And if we knew the theme song to Moonraker, we’d be singing it now.
OVERTIME
4:19 The Iron Boar swats at a puck at shoulder height and clears it over the glass, giving the Panthers a power play.
2:19 One positive we’ll take from this game is getting to see how calm, cool, collected and supremely professional Pando is as a penalty killer. PandoNation swoons.
0:55 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Oduya! Oduya! Johnny Oduya! After a whole bunch of Panthers missed chances, Oduya leads Zubrus on a really slow two-on-one, ends up taking the shot, and rips a shot through Anderson. Devils win 3-2. That’s five wins in a row, all against fantastically putrid teams. If the schedule feeds us a steady diet of Islanders, Panthers and Lightning Bolts from here on out, things are looking pretty good for this season!
Is it just me or does Peter DeBoer look like the coach from the NHL Network commercials?
Our long national nightmare is over: Henrik Tallinder is back in the starting line-up. (And had a huge hand in creating the Sabres’ first goal. I think that was his, “F you, Lindy.”)
Josh, THAT’S who he reminds me of! I hope his pep talk tonight included the phrase “put the stuffing in the turkey, and put the turkey in the oven”. Heh.
Heather, WOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Hell hath no fury like a Hank scorned!
WOO! Hockey and a four day weekend. I’m excited.
Josh, I hope the Panthers were confused by DeBoer’s 100% speech before the game and will be sitting ducks for the Devils offense.
Heather, yay! Hank seemed like the kind of guy who would take being benched to heart. I’m so glad he’s back on track!
Well yeah, because now the Panthers will be calling their defense their offense, and their offense their defense, so they will remember to use their defense as an offense, and their offense as a defense against our offense.
That’ll totally confuse them.
…..
Now let’s go play some hockey.
Hell hath no fury like a Hank scorned!
You know Hank is going to be stitching that on a sampler for his locker.
The Devils are like “We’re going to use our offense for neither offense nor defense, and similarly our defense.”
Awe, poor Zach, he was like sitting on the boards by the bench getting ready to change when Patty took that penalty.
Roy-Z got the scoring memo again! WHOO!
OMG, Roy-Z looks like a hockey player! It’s a Thanksgiving miracle!
KG, I’m assuming you didn’t see the Devils pregame show — during the “Ask the Announcers” segment, Doc said he suspects that Zach’s #9 will be retired some day. I can only assume Zach think that was some kind of contract that assures that no matter what he does from here on out, his number will be retired. Hee!
Amy, no way! Roy-Z, too? He’s just trying to drive y’all even more nuts by scoring juuuuust enough. :D
The Devils are like “We’re going to use our offense for neither offense nor defense, and similarly our defense.”
Winner!
Pookie, nope unfortunately I have the other team’s feed again. :( Poor little Zach is going to get his hopes up. Eh he probably will get his number retired by them someday. Or Boxworthy will just have to stage a fake retiring of Zach’s number.
Gio? What the hell is this? He keeps scoring. He’s scaring me.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Or Boxworthy will just have to stage a fake retiring of Zach’s number.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::
What in gods name did Doc just say?
Someone out there voted Brian Gionta THE goal scorer in the history of the league, or something like that?
…really?
…BRIAN Gionta?
…brian GIONTA?
…I must have misheard…
…right?
Boxworthy will just have to stage a fake retiring of Zach’s number.
Wait, did Doc say Zach’s number would be retired by the Devils, or can Boxworthy get a beer league team to retire the number and call it a day?
…I must have misheard…
…right?
We all misheard the same thing but as Schnookei’s saying, “Let’s all just pretend we didn’t hear that.”
Amy, Doc said that Scott Stevens was his favorite all-time Devil, but that Zach is his current Devil. He added that Scotty’s number is hanging in the rafters and that in twenty years from now, Zach’s will be hanging up there, too. So all Boxworthy has to do is convince Zach that Stevens’s number is retired for a beer league! That shouldn’t be hard!
“So all Boxworthy has to do is convince Zach that Stevens’s number is retired for a beer league! That shouldn’t be hard!”
Not at all. Just give Zach lots of plastic stars and ice cream sundaes while you dress up everyone on the ice of the beer league team in Zach Parise Devil jerseys. He’ll never know the difference.
Give Zach enough plastic stars and he’ll believe anything.
I may have interpreted this incorrectly but I believe the Panthers’ announcer made fun of “Zach Attack”.
WOO! Travis!! :) I love when Travis scores. Isn’t he pass the two goal mark that he promised with the acorn cakes?
Look at that! We get talking about plastic stars and look what happens! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Plastic stars and acorns for everyone!
Isn’t he pass the two goal mark that he promised with the acorn cakes?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::: I think he’s doubled that promise!
And yo-yo’s for all as well! Hecht just put one in shorthanded on Thomas.
A shortie?!? What’s the score? 3-0? Sweet! Maybe your boys just needed to reach rock bottom?
Holy crap! Another Zach interview? YAY!!!! Even if the Devils were losing 10-0 a Zach interview would make everything seem better. He looks better tonight, the Panthers obviously got the message to let Boxworthy fix up Zach before he gets on camera.
I love shorthanded goals, especially against Boston!!! Go, Go Buffalo!!!
Evening all!!
A shortie?!? What’s the score? 3-0?
3-1. I think the boys were told there would be no Thanksgiving tomorrow if they didn’t win tonight.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James Neal scores!!!!
Stars score first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately, the Wild come back and score as well. :(
I just woke up from my nap, turned on the tv and it honestly took me five minutes to figure out why I couldn’t tell which team was the Sabres (thank you third uniform). I have no idea what lines are playing together. And how are the Sabres ahead?
In fact everyone’s team seems to be ahead, and I have an upset stomach the night before Thanksgiving, so I’m pleading here: If one team has to eff it up tonight, please don’t let it be the Sabres… again.
Bad Stars! You can’t let the Wild creep up on our massive division lead!
Ryan Johnson is so hard core. He went to get his hand looked at today after blocking a shot, and his finger was broken, and the doctors also discovered he broke his foot like a month ago.
But now he’s out for a month :( Boo.
Oh, sorry, Myra! There’s still plenty of Brahms left to be played!
Amy, I think your “no Thanksgiving dinner” theory is probably exactly what Lindy thought up for motivation.
Vanek isn’t on the bench. That’s… not good. I think he’s scored every goal until tonight. Or maybe it just seems that way.
Oh and YAY for Travis! He loves acorns, he does.
Vanek isn’t on the bench. That’s… not good. I think he’s scored every goal until tonight. Or maybe it just seems that way.
Hopefully it’s just a precaution. Please, please, please.
It’s probably just a skate problem!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Zach just starting jawing with Belak! HAHAHAHA! Oh man, that was funny. What a punk! It makes me think maybe I should stop talking about plastic stars. It’s just encouraging him, I think.
What the hell? These announcers keep subtly insulting Zach!
I want to tell Rob Ray that Boston players running into Ryan Miller is not a good thing. I think Crunchy’s quite awake in the crease right now without needing assistance in that department from a Boston player.
Then the Wild score on the pp. :( Wild 2-1
I refuse to believe that Doc AND Chico don’t remember Zach’s fight from last year. Chico, maybe. But Doc remembers everything, and he claims to not remember it.
I think maybe it’s another part of Boxworthy’s nefarious sundaes and plastic stars plan…
KG, what are they saying? I’ll go down to Florida and kick their asses! Actually, I think they insult everyone. They’re big time homers, right?
Myra, I’m sorry! There’s still so much time, though!
Amy, I read that as “Crunchy’s quiet awake” and assumed it was some Crunchy-riffic yogi centering process for keeping himself calm! :D
Amy, yeah, we thought that was an interesting theory as well. It’s one thing to be busy handling a lot of shots and it’s another thing to be busy getting your skinny ass handed to you.
I think maybe it’s another part of Boxworthy’s nefarious sundaes and plastic stars plan…
That’s the only explanation! But yeah, seriously, how could they have forgotten? Doc says, “I wonder if he’s ever had a 5-minute major…” and every single Devils fan sitting in front of the tv is shouting “YES! LAST YEAR!”
I sometimes get the feeling Rob Ray doesn’t like goalies.
or officials. or rules. or Robi.
mcguffers :^::::::::: You’re so right. I’m sure Rob thinks goalies are overprotected babies who need to throw their weight around once in a while.
or officials. or rules. or Robi.
Or cookies. Or classical music. Or long walks on the beach. Or bubble wrap.
I read that as “Crunchy’s quiet awake” and assumed it was some Crunchy-riffic yogi centering process for keeping himself calm!
Hee. I can picture Crunchy deep breathing and finding his happy place during the middle of the game.
Crunchy would get out a little mini gong and yoga mat…
Or bubble wrap.
:^::::::::::::: Or this lamp.
No one can hate bubble wrap!
Breaking news from Columbus: David Hale (THE HALE STORM!) has scored a goal! First career goal for the FORMERLY longest-tenured NHL player to have not scored a goal!
“YES! LAST YEAR!” Against Tampa! And Boyle tried to strip Zach for all of us. :) Wait did they seriously forget Zach had a fight? What were they saying?
He was like saying how Zach has some skill yes but he’s got heart, that’s what matters and that everyone has some skill. Basically saying that Zach is nothing but heart. And then earlier was trying to hint that someone is going to break Zach’s goal streak record this year. I just don’t like it when anyone speaks about Zach when it’s not nice.
The Kid has this bubble wrap thing on her iPod, it is pretty cool.
REALLY?! That’s crazy! I had no idea he was the longest-tenured NHLer without a goal! I wonder if his ex-roomie Paulie will give him a call tonight?
Heather, I think that’s most likely the reason. Either that or he’s jealous that his big head could never fit in those shnazy goalie masks.
Ouch, 230 games without a goal? Even if you’re a defenseman that’s kind sad. Glad to know the boy got one.
Vanek is on the bench! Vanek is on the bench! Praise be to Jesus!
Question about the recap: Rick Nash has an Oscar the Grouch centerpiece?
Don’t panic, y’all got Vanek!
Vanek is on the bench! Vanek is on the bench! Praise be to Jesus!
Didn’t hear that too often last year
AHAHAHAHA! Stamkos and Zherdev just got in a fight!
Oh, that is BS. Chara should have gotten TWO penalties on that one. This is why Derek Roy dives! When he doesn’t, he never gets a frikkin’ call!
Rick Nash has an Oscar the Grouch centerpiece?
Yup! Would we make that up?! (Don’t answer that.) Seriously, though, you can check it out HERE. At the :30 mark or so, Nash gives a tour of his kitchen and that’s when Oscar the Grouch makes his grand entrance and in the process, leaves an enduring mark on the legacy of Rich Nash.
Yeah, Heather, I think that’s what Roy-Z’s been telling himself all these years. Corey Perry, too.
Yeah, Heather, I think that’s what Roy-Z’s been telling himself all these years. Corey Perry, too.
Well, it’s true! :P
Look, Roy-Z is like a disobedient puppy. When he does something good – attempts to play through a penalty instead of diving all over the ice for example – you gotta reward him. If you don’t, he’s going right back to the negative behavior that’s been rewarded in the past :P
Did Rob Ray just say he doesn’t know what industrious means?
And Chara should have gotten a penalty for needing to trip someone a whole foot shorter than him. If he can’t use his ogre limbs to catch up with Roy, he shouldn’t be playing.
Heather, I just had a mental image of Roy peeing on the ref’s leg.
stupid Kessel.
Bruins goal: bad.
Oscar the Grouch on a grown man’s kitchen table: completely awesome.
Heather, I just had a mental image of Roy peeing on the ref’s leg.
That’s why you gotta reward the good behavior! You don’t wanna let things get that far!
(I’ve been reading a lot of books about raising a puppy in case you can’t tell.)
Ok, Evgeny Artyukhin on the Lightning is freakin ADORABLE! He sounds like a valley girl with a Russian accent.
*Sigh* Of course Nazzy scores 2 when I left him on the Wheaty Bitches bench. Damn.
Oscar the Grouch on a grown man’s kitchen table: completely awesome.
I know, right? It’s like the saddest but yet cutest thing ever.
(I’ve been reading a lot of books about raising a puppy in case you can’t tell.)
I wouldn’t call that dog Marlowe! I’d call it Roy-Z!
Raising a puppy, training a hockey player… pretty much the same thing.
(I’ve been reading a lot of books about raising a puppy in case you can’t tell.)
Eeee . . . exciting! I hope we can expect lots of pictures of your puppy.
Raising a puppy, training a hockey player… pretty much the same thing.
Yep. You’d also be surprised how often I’ve read something in a puppy book that directly relates to working with emotionally disturbed kids. It’s pretty funny.
Meg, I will gladly post and send all the pictures you want to see! The breeder has been sending me a picture every week and I can’t stop looking at them. I’m *so* excited!
I think Jay Pandolfo would be a master at shuffleboard. Just based on that clearing-but-not-icing little push.
I think you’re right, Josh. Look out, Greater Boston Area old folk’s homes — in 50 years, Pando’s going to be unstoppable!
Meg, I will gladly post and send all the pictures you want to see! The breeder has been sending me a picture every week and I can’t stop looking at them. I’m *so* excited!
That’s awesome of the breeder. I love big dogs. And that one picture you posted . . . so adorable! (Also, everyone in my office has been watching that puppy cam thing so I’m totally in puppy mode.)
We won! WE WON! WEEEEE WOOOOOOOON!
WOOOOO, Sabres! Congrats!
It’s about time!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Yay Sabres!!!
YAY!! Winning RAWKS! Let’s GO BUFFALO!
(Poor tranny brides)
Am I a dumbass or is Jay Bouwmeester not that great? I mean not so great that he should have guys wanting to throw 7 million dollars at him in free agency or give half their farm team away for him in a trade.
alix, we were discussing that about Bouwmeester the other day. I can’t remember ever being bowled over by him but I don’t know if I’ve seen him that much.
Jochen just said Gaustad adds “grits” to the line. Oh, Yo-Yo. You’re so cute.
Great, now I’m gonna think of Paula Deen whenever I see Goose.
Oooh, Dallas scored! I’m pulling for ya Myra!
Yeah, I haven’t seen him that much either, Heather.
I LUFF when hockey players adorably mix up words. The other day when Bernier left the game with an injury, he said he got bruised up when he lost his “footings”.
Well, Bouwmeester was good enough on that play. Heh.
Heh! That was pretty funny, Pookie. Right when I was bashing him.
alix, Bernier has one of my favorites with “I’m just happy to be a Sabres.”
For fuck’s sake. I… was SO not expecting them to tie it up. This SUCKS!
Yay! Thank you mcguffers! James Neal is our youngest player, so apparently he hasn’t figured out that you are supposed to give up when you get behind.
Man, we lost all our good mojo with two minutes left in the game. Lame.
I think y’all may be on to something with the Bond trajectory, -ookies. :(
Yeah, Josh, it looks like we all need to go out into space now.
alix, Bernier has one of my favorites with “I’m just happy to be a Sabres.”
Awww! He said that about the Canucks once too. I like being a Canucks.
And about a week ago he said he is working hard but still wants to be seen as an important pieces on the team.
Gosh, I love that kid.
What they tie it up with 8 seconds left? That really does suck.
Geeez. That was a pretty rough call in OT, Ookies. Sorry dudes.
Why do the Devils hate us all? I think Zach needs to lose his plastic stars and ice cream sundaes.
It really does, Myra. And the game was so lopsided up until then that Doc and Chico had been talking since halfway through the first that the win was in the bag.
You guys know what happened, right? The Sabres won and the Hockey Gods suddenly realized, “Whoops. Can’t both win on the same night.”
Johnny Oduya!!! WOOO!!!!!
And then Johnny Oduya said, “Eff that, Hockey Gods!” WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Well there ya go! YAY!! They shouldn’t have let it get to OT but it’s still a win!
ODUYA acorns cakes for everyone!
Wait, we both won?! EFF YOU, HOCKEY GODS!!!!
Travis is like, “Oduya acorns?! WTF? Am I not special?” :D
Heather, :^:::::::::::::::
Travis is VERY special! :D
The hockey gods say, that’s ok, we still have the Stars. :(
Oh, Myra. I’m so sorry. Some magical night everyone here will be celebrating a win. Maybe.
No! The Stars will pull it out still, Myra! I can’t have the Wild winning. It just won’t do. I like that 5 point gap in the division.
Brahms and Gucci watches! Brahms and Gucci watches!
I am hoping for that.
Brahms and Gucci watches! Brahms and Gucci watches!
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It’s the story of this season for a lot of us around here.
Hey, did anybody notice that Tampa Bay has taken the Rangers into overtime! Go Lightning!
Go Lightning Bolts!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Road Spike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richards scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good old Bolties! Such lovely, batshit crazy Tranny Brides!
Aw. I can’t believe Jussi missed on the Shootout.
Sounds like everyone’s have great hockey nights! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
And in the long run, we ended up liking the way the Devils game went, because, as Boomer grumbled, “It knocked Clemmer down a notch.” Heh. We really, really, really don’t like Scott Clemmensen. :P
Hee! That’s true. Poor little Weeksie would have been TOTALLY forgotten if Clemmer had got a shutout.
STARS SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO LOUI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’M IN SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clemmer’s been watching Marty up close for so long, he’s taken to saying “y’know” every other word in postgame interviews.
Poor little Weeksie would have been TOTALLY forgotten if Clemmer had got a shutout.
I was worried about that. I’m not going to lie. :D
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! for the Stars!
Clemmer’s been watching Marty up close for so long, he’s taken to saying “y’know” every other word in postgame interviews.
HAHA! Pookie just said that Clemmer’s interviews remind her of the delusional contestants on ANTM.
See! Myra! Gucci watches! YES! I’ve never loved the Stars so much.
I was worried about that. I’m not going to lie. :D
I would be too. Weeksie is too damn pretty. :D
Okay, in this postgame, I’ve got a quibble with Steve. I don’t think anyone can call the Devils “getting healthy” until Marty’s back.
Wait, everyone’s teams won tonight?!? WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Dude! Did everyone see this little post on TG’s blog about Rupper trying to work in a soup kitchen tomorrow? Awww! Rupper’s SO CUTE!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JAMES NEAL IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! You get a win! You get a win! You get a win! EVERYBODY GETS A WIN!
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Montreal beat the Redwings, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Say, Myra, how are you enjoying being home this night before Thanksgiving? :D
I’m very happy to not be having to cook this evening instead of watching the Stars win!!!
Hey, at this point I’m looking for something happy anywhere I can find it.
Stars Win!
Devils Win!
Buffalo Wins! (and beat those whiner Bruins, yes!)
Montreal beats the hated Redwings!
Tampa Bay almost wins. (you take what you can get)
I don’t have to drive two hours to spend a few hours with a bunch of relatives that I have absolutely nothing in common with. Seriously, I don’t know where my sister and I came from.
Awwwww! Rupper’s a total doll!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! With food prep and KtG arriving in the afternoon, Schnookie and I won’t be around much at all today, but we hope everyone has a fantastic holiday (or regular Thursday, depending on where you live)!
Good afternoon, everyone! I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner (or normal Thursday)!
Anyone watching the Canes vs. Tranny Brides? Shout-out! Shout-out!
If anyone is watching the Hurricanes feed of the Canes/Flyers game, I think Tripp Tracy just gave us a shoutout! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hey! good to see you back! My “normal thursday” was fine! :)
Well, I just wanted to say hi, I’m just coming home half drunk after a party, so now it’s already time to go to bed. Have a nice hockey night, and good luck to the sabres and the stars!
Helloooo?
*knocks down cobwebs, blows the dust off the keyboard*
Anyone still following hockey around here?
You’re just getting all sorts of shutouts lately, aren’t you? YAY!
I’m just eyeing Patty Marleau in the Sharks/Stars game.(sorry Myra)
I had gotten used to my team winning. This losing thing sucks.
No, kidding, alix. I got used to the Stars winning last year and now, this is hard to watch.
Yeah, that’s rough, Myra. The Canucks just lost one and it sucked. But it was also against the Flames, who I most hate losing against. I had a whole losing season last year. It definitely ain’t fun.
We’re here! We’re just struggling to stay awake after our belated Thanksgiving dinner. We also just put up the lamest post in the history of IPB. Heh.
alix, we were watching your boys last night — that was a total bummer. And Myra, we’re planning to flip over to your boys as soon as this Sabres game is over… how’s it going?
Unless you really enjoy watching the Sharks play really well, I would suggest you watch something else. Sharks 5-1 at second intermission. I’m predicting a goalie change.
Ouch.
I’m so, so, so, so sorry.
YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH GOOOSSSSSEEEEE!!!!!!1
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! GOOSE!
Man, I wish the Canucks would just watch the Sharks power play on repeat.
Schnookie, I`m sorry you watched my boys last night. That wasn`t their best game. Although Danny Sedin and Mason Raymond did score pretty goals I suppose. And Matty was hitting guys all over the place which was pretty hott.
How`s the Sabres game?
I’m sorry Myra, I do not like to watch the Sharks play well. In fact, I do not like watching the Sharks play at all, but this Sabres game is giving me ulcers and Gaustad just scored to take the lead with 3 minutes left
Goose scores! I guess that answers my question. :)
YAY! Good job, Sabres! I kind of hate the Penguins ever since I read a bunch of their fans saying the Canucks were boring. Pshhh. Losers. I still adore Letang and Malkin though.
It’s been a sassy Sabres game. Frankly, I think the Sabres are having to play against the officials, too. But they’re trying their darnedest. :D
And alix, Matty was being quite the foxy Flame-hitter last night!
Schnookie, did you see the scrum after the whistle where the ref actually had to hold Matty back? That was delightful.
Matty was just too much man for that scrum.
I would definately like the Penguins better if I weren’t a Sabres fan
Ugh, the Pens. I loved them two years ago, mostly liked them up until the end of last season, and now I can’t stand them. I guess it’s just what happens when a spunky upstart becomes the overdog. (See also: Sharks, San Jose.)
I’ve been over watching the Sabres pull out that win. Nice job, Sabres!!!
Watching the Stars play the Sharks without Ott here to torment Jumbo Joe, just isn’t the same. (Aside from that whole losing in a big way thing.)
Stars go on a power play. That used to be a good thing.
It’s a quiet building there in Dallas.