After a few days of talking about off-ice stuff, and what seems like a billion years since the last time we’ve seen our team in action, we finally have some NHL product to enjoy. What is this thing on our television? Is it… can it be… a Devils game??? Will wonders never cease?
Our intro kicks off with Steve cheerfully announcing that there are some big additions to the Devils lineup tonight, and Pookie equally cheerfully says, “Yeah! Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond!” Oh right, and some guys named Madden and Rolston. (Wait, Rolston’s a Devil? When did that happen?)
The pregame show then turns to tonight’s opponent, and Doc and Chico tell us how the center tandem of Carter and Richards is so dreamy and awesome. As we’ve mentioned around here lately, we, um, might be enjoying, recreationally, some of this year’s Flyers team’s games (just on the side. It’s not like they’re leaving orange lipstick smears on our collars or anything. We mean, the Devils totally know we’ve been watching them, and it’s not like we cheer for them…), and the alpha and omega of why we’ve been drawn to them is Carter and Richards. We wonder if Flyers management would solve our embarrassing Tranny Bride problem for us by trading those two to the Devils for, say… Brian Gionta?
FIRST PERIOD
19:14 It’s “strength against strength” to start off the game, according to Doc, as the Poppers match up against the Gagne/Richards/Knuble line. The Poppers manage some weak shots, and then Gagne figures he’s going off to the races up the other way, but doesn’t count on a certain Paulie Martin waiting for him in the neutral zone. Paulie so artfully strips him of the puck that Pookie cackles, “That was just Paulie slamming a pancake straight into Gagne’s face!”
17:23 There is some sort of hubbub in Devilsland about Jay Leach wearing 28 tonight, because that’s totally Salmela’s number, or something like that. To which we say, “Whatever.” If Salmela wants to lay claim to 28, he can start by not getting sent down to allow Leach to stay in the NHL Devils lineup.
16:59 For some reason Gagne decides to tangle with Clarkson in front of the benches while the teams are changing (has he decided he hasn’t been concussed enough or something?), and the all-too-common roughing/too-many-men matching minors are exchanged. (Clarkson gets the rough, the Flyers get the idiotic change.)
15:24 The Langer/Travis forward pair on the four-on-four is not doing well against the Richards/Gagne pair. Shockingly, Clemmer is. That’s not how we would have imagined that playing out.
13:39 Our confidence in the Devils defense tonight takes a massive hit when Oduya mishandles a puck at the point, it gets bounced slowly down the ice, bounces through the last Devil back, and forces Clemmer to put a shaky glove down to cover it and get a whistle. Sigh.
13:16 After MSG+ gives us a look at the hilarious glove-throwing move Hartnell engaged in against Malone the other night, we get an in-the-corner-camera view of Paulie ragging the puck behind the goal line in the Devils zone while Hartnell chases him back and forth. Pookie asks, “What’s Paulie doing?” Schnookie responds, “Waiting for Hartnell to throw a glove at him.” Pause. “Travis is probably saying, ‘No, you don’t want them to throw gloves at you. You want them to bite you.’” Pookie says she’d like for a Flyer to bite Travis tonight to get his scoring going again, and wonders aloud, “What would happen if Carter or Richards bit him?” Schnookie suggests that would be a problem, because he was bitten last year by Hatcher, not by an actual good hockey player. “What we need,” she says, “Is for him to be bitten by a living joke. Who on their team is a living joke?” Boomer: “Hartnell.”
12:18 Oduya needs to be bitten by someone whose saliva will make him not take penalties. He misses a check on Metropolit and ends up going high to get some of his head instead. He gets called for holding.
10:18 Despite Doc and Chico’s assurances that the Flyers PP is highly potent, they are not even forced to engage in play-by-play during the kill. Instead, they spend their time talking about Kelly Zajac scoring a goal for Union College with .2 seconds left in the game.
9:04 Asham and Clarkson grapple. Chico’s call for the ages: “They were on the Devils together last year. And now… they’re… on… opposite teams.” Thanks, Chico.
We come back from commercial to find out Clarkson’s now left the game with a tweaked knee. See? Fighting is stupid. We are not pleasantly surprised by this, Asham.
7:14 Just as Schnookie is saying, “I haven’t noticed a single Devils scoring chance yet in this game,” Patty and Gio combine for a great opportunity down low. They don’t actually score, but they do prove their point. And as history has proved, that’s enough for those two.
6:08 Rupp gets a hold of a loose puck in the defensive zone and promptly clears it gently off the glass down most of the length of the ice. Schnookie: “That’s becoming Rupp’s signature move.” Pookie: “Yup. It’s the Ruppaforward.” It doesn’t quite have the same ring as “Clarkaround” but probably happens more often.
4:17 We can all release our pent-up breath – Clarkson is back. So maybe fighting isn’t stupid after all. HAHAHAHA! Just kidding.
4:16 Whoops. We’re all holding our breath again – Timonen takes a high-sticking penalty, and the Devils’ five-forward power play takes the ice.
2:34 Chico: “This is about as bad a situation of puck control as they’re coming up the ice as I’ve seen all year [from the Devils’ power play].” Yeah.
2:16 As the power play peters out to its whimpering end, Chico piles on, “Well, that was one of the best penalty kills of the year by the Devils!” HA! We wish we’d thought to say that. Chico’s hired.
1:38 Both teams look like they’re disinterested in executing at all any closer to their opponent’s goal than the tops of the faceoff circles. Honestly, this game has been laughably dreadful by both sides. Chico keeps up his hot streak by declaring it the worst passing he’s seen all year.
0:00 Well, we’re glad we didn’t pay to attend that period in person.
FIRST INTERMISSION
We get an “Ask Chico” feature that involves him trying to do a butterfly drop. It’s… amazing. Chico’s hired.
SECOND PERIOD
18:12 Both teams are showing a bit more interest in pursuing offensive chances, and after a good shift by Patty’s line, the Flyers come back with a great scramble down low. Clemmer flounders hopelessly outside the crease while the Flyers buzz all around, but their glorious chance at tapping a puck easily into a wide-open net is stymied by the only sliding shot-block by a forward that we’ve ever approved of. Yeah, that’s right – Madden falls over in the blue paint, does a sort of stacked-pad pose, and the Flyers forward shoots it right into him.
16:51 Clarkson drills Vaananen in the mush with a dump-in attempt. Vaananen gets up, swollen and bloodied, and reminds us why hockey is so rad: you can clearly read his pulpy lips as he says, “No, I’m fine.” Somewhere out there, Dwyane Wade is thinking, “Surely that guy needs a wheelchair to get to the sidelines now, right?”
15:55 Pookie: “This is starting to look like the world’s most predictable 0-0 tie. It sucks that this is the shootout era, because this would be one of those zero-goal ties that looks cool on paper, but sucked in real life.”
13:51 Rolston gets a penalty for furtively hugging Coburn while they skate up the ice together.
13:09 After a goalmouth stand in which Clemmer sucks, Hartnell sucks worse, and the Devils seem to be trying to do The Stack, the Flyers regroup and Timonen scores from the point. It’s 1-0 Flyers, and Chico tells us the whole sequence was Madden’s fault for not dumping the puck in on a shorthanded rush earlier in the PK. We think it might also be the fault of the panicked and lubberly defensive-zone coverage by the rest of the guys on the kill.
12:01 Pookie’s feeling philosophical tonight. She declares sagely, “Tonight I feel like I’m turning over a new leaf. My team is bad. The reasons it used to be good… are no more. And I’m just learning to deal with it.” We’ve finally reached Acceptance in the Seven Stages of Scott Clemmensen Is Your Starting Goalie Now.
9:13 Our zenlike balance is totally undone thanks to an outside influence – we might be mellow about the game, but WordPress just this minute rolled out the new dashboard and it’s horrible. We don’t do well with change. We might have accepted Clemmer, but now we’ve got to go through all Seven Steps again because of the dumb dashboard. We can’t buy a break around here.
7:33 Pookie has abandoned acceptance: “I’m going to go on pretending this was a 0-0 tie, because it would be if not for Clemmensen.”
6:30 Oh for fuck’s sake. Clarkson decides his knee’s not jacked up enough, so he fights again. This time with Alberts. It’s not even remotely interesting. In fact, it’s so bad that the camera cuts away while it’s happening to show us shots of the slack-jawed Flyers with their eyes glazing over on the bench.
Pookie: “He’s really putting the boneheaded dullard into ‘boneheaded dullard’.”
6:25 Speaking of boneheaded dullardliness, the Iron Boar takes a hooking penalty in front of Clemmer’s net almost as soon as play resumes.
5:37 Travis makes a good play to get to a loose puck off a rebound, then sprints out of the zone, holds off the backchecking Flyer hounding the puck, and makes a smart, sassy clear the length of the ice. Pookie, as Travis: “See, Madden? The game’s passed you by, old man.” Pause. “Any time Madden wants to make me have to stop making these jokes would be great.”
2:41 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! The Poppers put on a nice bit of pressure, swarming the net, and just as Zach misses a chance so badly that Pookie says, “Ugh. Zach is never going to score again,” Vaananen hauls Langer down on top of Biron and Zach wheels around behind the net to fire the puck over the fallen pile. 1-1 game, and Biron and the Flyers fans are not pleased with that play. Hey, complain to Vaananen, people.
0:52 All hell is breaking loose now. Hartnell slashes a Devils defender’s stick behind Clemmer’s net to pry the puck loose, and Carter pounces on it. He fails on a stuff attempt, though, as Clemmer flails over the puck, and well after the whistle, Hartnell punches the puck into the net from underneath the prone goalie. Whitey takes offense and he and Hartnell leap into each other’s arms, embrace passionately, and fall to the ice. It goes on the scoresheet as matching roughing minors.
0:00 We’re still glad we didn’t pay to see this one in person, but it certainly picked up there toward the end of the period. Steve interviews Zach, and Zach looks horribly plastic in the harsh MSG+ lights.
SECOND INTERMISSION
They are giving us the pregame feature on Rolston that was actually filmed during preseason and has no pertinence at all to the current state of the team. So we spend our intermission futzing with the new dashboard. Our initial panicky reaction may have been a bit hasty. Nice redesign, WordPress! We really like it! (And no, we’re not going to change our minds about Clemmensen, though.)
THIRD PERIOD
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! Chuck the Duck! Chuck the Duck! We get a little travelogue of pictures of him in Florida (posing on a tree and then posing next to a tiny Chuck-sized plane near the Everglades), then outside the Igloo in Pittsburgh, then inside the Igloo next to an Iceburgh doll, then on a Harley inside the FU Center, then on the floor of the FU concourse while a Flyers fan walks by looking puzzled in the background. Doc and Chico then discuss whether Chuck’s visa is in order to join the team on the road trip to Montreal, and Chico says Chuck should just put his wings to use and fly up. He then cracks himself and us up by exhorting, “Come on, Chuck!” Dude, he is so hired.
18:38 The Devils mount a little rush on a delayed penalty to Knuble for high-sticking, but can’t connect on the three-on-two. After the Flyers touch, there is some puzzling delay, but eventually the mysterious issue is resolved and the scorched-earth power play gets to strut its stuff.
17:42 Rolston is not doing a great job at the point. Just saying. There seems to be some rust.
16:44 The second power play unit is not doing a great job at anything. Just saying. Pookie: “I thought they practiced this shit.”
14:52 We don’t think we’re ever going to stop finding the Hatcher bite funny, and now we’re discussing how Travis is probably skating around waving his hands out hoping someone will take a chomp. Pookie: “He’s stuffed his gloves with pastrami.” Schnookie: “And liverwurst. Hartnell’s like, “I love liverwurst! Dur-hurr!” Pookie: “He’s been trying to bite him all night but he just sucks so bad that he keeps missing.”
11:39 The Square PEGZ magic is gone. We notice it first when Zubrus isn’t able to tip a puck far enough forward in the neutral zone to spring Gio on a break, and it’s driven home with a hammer when Patty and Gio go to criss-cross on a two-on-two rush over the Flyers blue line and Patty ends up dropping a suicide back pass for Gio to try to corral while the tangled-up Flyers defenders crash into him with their sticks at head height. Well, we all knew it was too good to last.
10:59 Chico informs us that the Wachovia Center will probably be no longer, thanks to Wachovia being bought out, not that it matters to us because we still like to call it the FU Center. Doc mentions that Wachovia was purchased by Wells Fargo, though, and Schnookie delights, “Oooh! We can call it the WtF Center!”
9:47 Clemmer is handcuffed by a Hartnell shot from the red line. Doc oohs and ahhs that it was “a tough one.” Yeah. A Hartnell shot. From center ice.
9:38 Kukkonen tries to bat a puck down at center ice with his glove, but can’t resist closing his hand on it and shovel passing it into Madden’s shorts. He gets called for it, and the Devils get another chance to give up a shorty, or just stand around looking ineffective for two minutes, depending on how much they want to piss us off.
8:39 Chico informs us that Gagne has left the game. We hadn’t noticed. Pookie: “I wonder how long he’s been out. I haven’t seen him since he took on Clarkson.” Considering his history, that might have been enough.
7:39 Gio, Clarkson and Zubrus pepper a few good shots at the Flyers net, but can’t break through. Pookie growls, “You guys, come on. Biron’s not much better than Clemmer.”
6:14 We are aghast. Paulie takes a hooking penalty behind Clemmer’s net. Against Hartnell. Paulie, he’s too stupid to take penalties against! What are you thinking? (On some planets, there could have been an even-up for diving on the play, but whatevs. PaulieMartinNation is still horrified.)
4:58 As Clemmer watches a flurry of Flyers shots hit his pads, Pookie is in shock: “I can’t believe this game is 1-1 with these goalies.”
4:28 The game is no longer 1-1. Upshall flings the puck from behind the goal line and it deflects off a lunging Iron Boar over Clemmer’s shoulder. 2-1 Flyers. PaulieMartinNation is still furious about that call.
3:39 We come back from commercial to hear an announcement that Gio’s been called for hooking. Gio, quit trying to undermine your trade value, because it’s not going to work. We are still going to find a way to leverage you into Lecavalier, Carter, Richards and Getzlaf.
2:02 We are disinterestedly watching the final minutes tick away on another Devils loss when Pookie suddenly says, “Maybe Paulie hit Gagne too hard in the face with that pancake.”
1:30 Biron is disinterestedly watching the final minutes tick away on another Devils loss when Gio, after smartly ragging the puck around the offensive zone while waiting for his linemates to finish their change, feeds a little pass to Patty, who cranks a big slapshot from the blue line that finds its way ever so sloooooooowly through Biron’s pads. 2-2 game. And was that ever a classic Patrik-Elias-against-the-Flyers moment.
0:00 Well, that was an unexpected point!
OVERTIME
3:15 Paulie makes up to PaulieMartinNation by making a sassy stop of some oncoming Flyer forward by just sticking his feet into the Flyer’s trajectory with the puck. It’s pure economy of motion and defensive awesomeness. We swoon.
2:15 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Patty! Patty! Patty Elias! The Hockey Gods may have taken the Marty out of the Devils/Flyers matchup, but they forgot about Patty and his passion for scoring huge goals in Philly. Whitey makes a great play pinching to keep the puck alive in the Flyers zone, and Zach finds Patty in the slot with a smart pass. Then Patty just skates up to Biron and shovels a backhander right through him. He and Zach proceed to elevate their adorableness in OT celebrations to new heights by rolling hugging and doubtless giggling like seven-year-olds. 3-2 Devils and WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! (With that goal, Patty moves into a four-way tie for most career regular-season OT goals. It’s… shocking.)
Wow. I honestly thought we’d be down six or seven goals (most of them shorties) by now. Whaddya know.
We get an “Ask Chico” feature that involves him trying to do a butterfly drop.
That sounds so much more awesome than the one man Kevin Sylvester show that I’ll be treated to in 8 minutes and 12 seconds.
Ouch. A one-man Kevin Sylvester show would be BRUTAL! I think we get these “Ask the Announcers” features now to spare us the one-man Steve Cangialosi show we’d otherwise be suffering through. Even MSG isn’t that cruel. :P
I keep meaning to tell you guys, I really like how you managed to get a tiny IPB logo into the address bar. I’ve always meant to do that for TWC, but I’m too lazy.
Well, WordPress did make it super easy for us by putting it in the Settings options. We didn’t have to, like, learn code for it or anything. Still, it makes me feel super special. I’m sorry our logo doesn’t really look like anything, but I know what it is, and that’s good enough for me!
It’s in the settings options?! OMG! I just have to find a teeny tiny image to use?!
Yup! When you go to settings, there’s a place to upload your “Blog Image”. Cool, no?
I am ALL over that! I wonder if Crunchy in a shower cap would work.
What. the. fuck? My dashboard looks TOTALLY different. I don’t think I can handle it.
Yowza, I hadn’t seen the new Dashboard. I knew they were rolling out a new look, but this is… Well, it’s going to take some getting used to.
Also? Poop. That goal was totally expected but still sucky. Have I mentioned I don’t like Clemmer?
Who prettied up WordPress and didn’t tell the rest of the class they were doing so?
I hate this dashboard so much. I’m going to have to call out sick from work tomorrow. That’s how much it’s set me reeling.
I took a quick peak, and I think I really like the sidebar.
I’m sure it will be fine in time, but this is going to take some serious adjustment.
I really don’t like that the recent comments are pushed down. But even more than that, I hate that they took our comment numbers away! WAAAAH!
Heeeeeey… I just figured something out. The Dashboard is made up on widgets that you can re-arrange! I just moved the comments back up to the top! WOOO!
I’m hyperventilating. I can’t breathe regularly enough to figure out how to live with this dashboard. I CAN’T BREATHE!
See? I told you guys all along WordPress sucked :P
No, it doesn’t! It’s awesome! It’s full customizable! I think I’m totally in love with it!
I actually just figured it out. Apparently even a hyperventilating person who’s busy writing on a game diary at the same time can sort out the dashboard to make it work. Heh. Wait, what’s that? I overreacted? ME?
WOOOOOOOOO!!! Zach loves the new dashboard, too!
This game’s a snooze. I don’t like it.
“This game” being mine, not yours.
I just came running over here to see how you got that picture in your address bar! I was about to freak out about the new post part, too. I guess I’ll get used to it. (I already like that the categories aren’t all broken up and insistent on leaving “Uncategorized” on every post.)
I wish I had a better picture of my paddleball gamer, but even if I did, it’s too small to see what it is. Shoot.
And what’s with the Devils playing? It’s been so long, I thought they just finished early. :P
You guys have spoiled me. Check out John Vogl’s (TBN) game blog. IN ENTIRETY.
FIRST PERIOD
7:38 p.m.: Game on.
7:51 p.m.: Aside from the guy right below me with a horn, quiet so far.
8:11 p.m.: End of one, no score. Sabres take 18-10 edge in shots, but few great chances for either team.
SECOND PERIOD
8:29 p.m.: Game back on.
I mean… this game is boring but dude, come on. So lame.
Wow, Heather. I could do better than that! Even with my tendency to stop taking notes about 5 minutes into the second period. :P
Wow, that’s like the game diary version of “They had it. Now we have it. Now they have it.” Heh.
Guys, I’m going to marry this dashboard. Did you notice you can collapse the sidebar? The new post page is gorgeous. I love it all! Wheeeee!
Wait, Heather, that’s how professionals do it? Why the hell have we been working so hard on our diaries all this time? Are we stupid or something?
Don’t answer that, of course.
And what’s with the Devils playing? It’s been so long, I thought they just finished early. :P
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I was beginning to feel that way, too. I’m not kidding when I say that I’ve kind of forgotten how to watch the team I’m actually a fan of. I’m like, “This is so strange. I really genuinely care about the guys in the white sweaters. What… does that mean?”
Heather, I noticed Vogl’s blog too. I think we’re spoiled by Harrington’s descriptions and “getting” of the blogosphere.
EEEEEEEEE!!! I am SO GLAD they brought back the “full list” of categories. I hated that “most used” system.
Even with my tendency to stop taking notes about 5 minutes into the second period.
Second periods are rough. We always write about 75% less during the second period than we do in the other two. Of course, that might be because the Devils traditionally suck rocks in the second period, but still. I think it has something to do with the biorhythms of a game. :P
Schnookie, you’ll be surprised to hear that I’m pretty sure Vogl hates blogging. At least he hasn’t complained about having to write the blog in the blog yet. That’s always fun.
This game blows. The Sabres “new season” is evident going to resemble the old one.
The “most used” category thing BLEW.
And now we’re down 2-0 just like that. Beautiful.
you’ll be surprised to hear that I’m pretty sure Vogl hates blogging.
*Clutches pearls* Heather, you have to warn me before dropping bombshells like that. I’ve had a very exhausting week, you know. My constitution is too delicate for that kind of news.
I hate the Sabres so fucking much.
Heather, I noticed Vogl’s blog too. I think we’re spoiled by Harrington’s descriptions and “getting” of the blogosphere.
So true. Mike’s definitely the blogging black sheep at TBN.
I hate this game.
The “most used” category thing BLEW.
It was only good for reminding me that I wrote a lot about Paul Gaustad and Ryan Miller.
I hate the Sabres so fucking much.
I am so sorry. :(
Kate, I just watched cats on treadmill back-to-back with weiner dog in shoes. I think it’s making me feel a little better. Of course, the period also ended so that helps too.
I hated that Brian Campbell was still on my “most used” list.
Alright, fire Lindy. Fine.
Oooh, that’s a good idea Heather. I think it’s so funny that we both posted nonsense videos yesterday.
Bradon Coburn shaken up on the play.
…but he’ll come back.
Kate, it is pretty funny. Who knew we would manifest our Sabre inflicted pain in such similar ways? That dog totally kills me.
That Coburn always does come back! :D
That dog is SO funny. I love how she sits there wagging her tail so good naturedly before she finally walks.
The new post page is gorgeous. I love it all! Wheeeee!
Ok, it must just be my computer. My post page is all scrunched up and all of the options are on top of each other. Grrr..
Chaz, there’s a little teensy tiny line between the various elements on the sidebar on the left. If you click on the ends of that line, it will collapse the sidebar and will widen the post area. Does that help?
That dog was hilarious! He’s like, I LOVE that girl! And she’s got some food! YAY! Um… how do I get over there? My feet seem to be shackled.
WordPress is still infuriating me with the fake links to my blog. NOBODY links to me, yet every day I have a new long list.
If somebody did, I’d never know!
Patty, I hate those fake links. Blogger has that sidebar widget that shows updates in the blogroll. I think it messes up the stats.
Chaz, there’s a little teensy tiny line between the various elements on the sidebar on the left. If you click on the ends of that line, it will collapse the sidebar and will widen the post area. Does that help?
I guess I should have gone back to look at my blog after reading the comments and adding my own. I think they’ve got the quirks worked out now. =)
Instead of the menu on the side, it went all the way across the page. When I clicked on comments, I had to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to actually see the comments. My favorite though was actually trying to post something because the post button was on top of the save button. It all looks really pretty now. I’m scared I may love it more than Goose.
The incoming link think is super annoying, but the new dashboard is lovely!
Ummm, my page just refreshed and all of the comments are now the width of the page. Freaky. But the numbers are back!!!!
Damn it, shouldn’t have hit “Submit comment”
Blogger has that sidebar widget that shows updates in the blogroll.
Yeah! It’s all Blogger’s fault!
I was so pleasantly surprised that the Devils weren’t losing this game miserably like I expected they would, but now that they are actually losing, I’m much sadder than I expected. I mean, the Devils suck. They’re supposed to be losing. But… It’s sad.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Holy Hatcher Bite, Batman! The Devils are going to overtime against the Flyers! No way!
Hee. Hub gets so annoyed now everytime Elias scores. He keeps kicking himself for dropping him from the Ice Trolls.
I’m a little worried about him. Maybe the stress of being GM is getting to him. He has taken to actually making notes.
Somewhere out there, Dwyane Wade is thinking, “Surely that guy needs a wheelchair to get to the sidelines now, right?”
Hee! Wade’s little drama queen moment will never not be funny.
I’m glad the Devils made it into overtime, but I am in the sad place myself. Lindy should be fired. And that’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. The Sabres are about to be shut out AGAIN.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Poor Hub!
Gaaaaaaaasp! You saw a STACK ATTEMPT! I’m sorry it didn’t work though. I bet they just need more practice.
Dude, Alice scored. That says something. I’m with you Kate, down with Lindy. We need a new system.
WOOOOOOO!!! Sorry, Hub! Elias strikes again! WOOOOOO!!! I canNOT believe we won this game! WOOOOO!!!!
And no, Dwayne Wade’s drama queen moment will never ever not be funny! :D
Thanks, Kate, that Blogger thing explains it. Now Blogger is infuriating me. :D
Myra, I was starting to be a little worried about Hub when I was there. :P
Speaking of teams, I know Sid is great, and 4 assists is a great stat. But a goal would be nice. (I’m a hard-ass GM. Can’t let them get complacent.)
Aw, that was too sweet. I love goal celebrations and I don’t know why. I hate it in football. Go figure.
That sound you heard was Hub nashing his teeth. :P
Aw man, sorry Sabres fans!
(I’m a hard-ass GM. Can’t let them get complacent.)
Sid doesn’t like that style. He’s demanding a trade. To the BoxPanners.
Thanks. I guess I should be happy it wasn’t a shut out. With Roy, Vanek, Max, etc, getting a goal from Kotalik is disappointing.
Congrats to the Devils!
Wow! Congratulations Devils fans!
Sid doesn’t like that style. He’s demanding a trade. To the BoxPanners.
Well, Sid can demand in one hand and spit in the other.
So sorry Sabres fans! It can still turn around!
Myra, do y’all have Center Ice?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys, this game was AWESOME!!!!! And has there EVER been a cuter goal celebration? Seriously, Zach and Patty celebrating OT goals is the cutest thing on earth. The NHL should be marketing that.
And I think the Devils need to figure out how to convince Patty he’s always playing in OT.
I am SO sorry, Sabres fans, that tonight is sucking. SO SORRY.
Okay, I love Hank but when he’s the Carruba Collision of the game you might be watching a really, really shitty hockey game.
Sid can demand in one hand and spit in the other.
I like this expression! I may have to use it when some of my clients and co-workers get a little demanding.
I just turned over to the Bruins-Lightning game to hear their color analyst say, “High mahks fuh Mahk Savahd!”
Thanks. It makes me happy that you guys are getting to see a good game. (read:when our team actually wins)They only come so often, so we must rejoice when we get them. =P
Well, Sid can demand in one hand and spit in the other.
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Myra, do y’all have Center Ice?
Gosh, no, I just got Hub to upgrade to FIOS. Yahoo was showing the game so I was checking on the web. I’ve got the Toronto/Phoenix game up now.
Thanks, Amy! My mom used to say a version of that to me all the time. :D
Okay, I love Hank but when he’s the Carruba Collision of the game you might be watching a really, really shitty hockey game.
I loved that he had this look on his face like “meh, I hit him.”
I love Hank but when he’s the Carruba Collision of the game you might be watching a really, really shitty hockey game.
Ouch. That is some kind of shitty. I’m so sorry.
And Patty, I love Boston’s color guy’s accent. It’s a shame Jack Edwards makes their feeds unwatchable. And the whole Bruins thing making them unwatchable, too.
Cool, Myra! I always forget about Yahoo showing the games.
Well, Sid can demand in one hand and spit in the other.
“Unkie Mario says spitting is rude.”
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddd, we lost.
Dude, Patty and Zach’s celebration was so cute that Chico can’t stop talking about how adorable it was.
Peace out, y’all. I’m going to forget about the dreck I just watched and go watch The Office. Have a good night!
Good night, Amy! Feel better! Tomorrow’s going to be a beautiful day! (Is it helping?)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
*cough*
WOOOOOOOO!!!
*cough*
WOOOOooooooooo…
Good night, Amy! I’m sorry your team is being so poopy!
“Unkie Mario says spitting is rude.”
Unkie Mario can say spitting is rude in one hand…
Besides, I’ve asked the SuperLeague PA to look into Unkie Mario. We think he might be adversely affecting Sid’s game.
I mean, he got NO goals tonight. Somebody needs to look into that.
Good night, Amy! The Sabres will get better!
Unkie Mario can say spitting is rude in one hand…
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I mean, he got NO goals tonight. Somebody needs to look into that.
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ARGH. That game was SO annoying!
How’d the liveblogging go, alix? I saw the score and wondered how you were getting by without profanity.
The live blog was actually really fun! And the Canucks came back to make it interesting, it ended up 6-5. But just ran out of time. Sigh.
alix, I am so impressed/jealous of the Canucks Fan Zone! That live blog set-up is perfect. It’s exactly what I wanted the hockey blogosphere to include, and the Canucks are all over it! Thanks for being so awesome that the Canucks had to acknowledge that bloggers like you are an important part of their team experience! I know that sounds cheesy, but seriously, how awesome! I love that the tag line for the Fan Zone is “Your Alternative Canucks News Source”. I love that they’re just totally cool with fan blogging for fan blogging’s sake! Go Canucks!
Hey, Devils? Are you listening?
Hey, Devils? Are you listening?
And everybody else? You should be listening, too!
Sorry about the stupid Red Wings, alix! They’re no fun!
alix, are you around? You can rest easy now. I saw on TSN that the Stars asked the Moose to take Avery several days ago, before all this happened, and they said no thanks. So your baby Canucks are safe!
Sorry, my friend came by and wanted to go for coffee.
alix, I am so impressed/jealous of the Canucks Fan Zone! That live blog set-up is perfect. It’s exactly what I wanted the hockey blogosphere to include, and the Canucks are all over it! Thanks for being so awesome that the Canucks had to acknowledge that bloggers like you are an important part of their team experience! I know that sounds cheesy, but seriously, how awesome! I love that the tag line for the Fan Zone is “Your Alternative Canucks News Source”. I love that they’re just totally cool with fan blogging for fan blogging’s sake! Go Canucks!
Hey, Devils? Are you listening?
Awwwww! I don’t think it’s cheesy at all! That’s so sweet of you to say. And yeah I’ve been SO impressed with the Canucks, and especially the PR group that’s spoken to me directly. I mean they approached me to join the Fan Zone, they wanted us to liveblog, they thanked me for showing up etc. They’ve been uber nice. And it just makes me like my team even more, ya know?
Thanks so much, Patty! I was actually worrying about that all day. I mean I know the Stars couldn’t force the Moose to take him, but still. I thought some weird loop hole might come out of nowehere.
And it just makes me like my team even more, ya know?
DING DING DING! Hey, NHL teams — want to endear yourself EVEN MORE to the people willing to give you free publicity? But without expecting them to act like professional journalists? It’s not that hard! :D
I’m SO excited for you, alix, that the Canucks have been so awesome to you. That’s just the cookest thing in the world!
I just cannot even IMAGINE hearing from the Stars PR people in person! I can’t imagine it! I’d be just as freaked out as if a player called me about my blog.
It’s extremely cool that you’re one of the ones they picked, but it’s darn cool in and of itself, isn’t it?
I’m SO excited for you, alix, that the Canucks have been so awesome to you. That’s just the cookest thing in the world!
Thanks, Schnookie!
And actually I should have said emailed not spoken. They didn’t actually phone me. Sorry, Patty. I perhaps made it sound cooler than it did. But still. It’s pretty cool. :)
And they wanted me to send in a video question for Trev’s retirement game, but I have NO IDEA what I would I ask him. He’s just too awesome for me to question. And I’m not sure if I want myself broadcasted around the world :P
I have NO IDEA what I would I ask him.
May I suggest, “Hey Big Trev! Can you swim?”
May I suggest, “Hey Big Trev! Can you swim?”
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Good morning everyone! Hope you’re all having a good day. Sorry about the Sabres :(
Good morning everyone!
May I suggest, “Hey Big Trev! Can you swim?”
Yeah alix, there’s ALWAYS a question RIGHT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS now just for that sort of situation. :P
Good morning, everyone! It’s Friday, its payday, the sun is shining and my hockey team sucks. Three out of four ain’t bad, I guess.
Awww, Amy, that’s so sad. But you’re right — in baseball terms you’re batting .750, and that’s AWESOME. :P
It’s Friday, the sun is shining, and I get to leave work in 2 1/2 hours! Of course, I could have left in 1 1/2 hours if my coworker hadn’t broken another tooth and needed emergency dental help. I swear, his teeth are made out of whatever Pavol Demitra is.
Awww, poor co-worker. Breaking your teeth can’t be a pleasant experience.
It’s Friday, it’s raining, I’ve been trying to talk myself into doing my homework all day but I knit instead, and at least the Devils beat the Flyers. I’m not sure what that puts me at, but I’d say .660 or something.
I swear, his teeth are made out of whatever Pavol Demitra is.
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Let’s see… It’s Friday, it’s allegedly Layoff Day, the sun is shining, I’m meeting Pookie for lunch today, and I haven’t been fired yet. So that’s .800. Not too shabby! Yet. :P
Hm. I’m batting a little bit less now. I’ve have business cards for a year or so now that have the wrong phone ext and wrong email suffix. So I finally ordered new ones which just got delivered. The phone ext is right, the email suffix is right, but the first part of the email now reads the equivalent of “pookiet”. I have no idea if I slipped and put a “t” at the end of my last name or if they screwed up. Sigh. Considering I’ll probably give out four over the next two years, I don’t think I’ll send them back.
HAHAHAHAHA! Pookiet, you’re so lame! :P
The league just announced that Avery is suspended for six games retroactive to the Calgary game and agreed to undergo an anger management evaluation.
The league just announced that Avery is suspended for six games
Excuse me while I dance and throw confetti! Although really, I think his time with the Stars is over, so… more confetti!
Six games, eh? You know, now that Shanahan doesn’t have a team to play for, maybe he could start up a coffee klatch to save the NHL’s disciplinary system.
Anger management and counseling? Interesting.
maybe he could start up a coffee klatch to save the NHL’s disciplinary system.
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I’m coming in at about .700 right now. I just went to the library to pick up some books, which means that I’ve actually achieved something today.
Hey, way to accomplish something, Mags! That’s always a good feeling! :D
Thank you, Schnookie! And now I’m going to pile all the crap that is on my floor (floor = biggest shelf I have) on the bed, and vacuum. More accomplishments!
Pookie, I just read back the thread, and I’m sorry about the extra t on you business cards! Maybe you can make the extra email address and have it forwarded to your proper one?
floor = biggest shelf I have
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Is anger management really Avery’s problem? Is it not conceivable that some people are just nasty human beings?
Is anger management really Avery’s problem? Is it not conceivable that some people are just nasty human beings?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
Is anger management really Avery’s problem? Is it not conceivable that some people are just nasty human beings?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
Ditto.
I think it’s an evaluation first. They’ll probably find that he’s just an ass and not require him to take any courses.
They’ll probably find that he’s just an ass and not require him to take any courses.
Or, if they make him take a class, we’ll hear about Avery’s epiphany on his anger until the cows come home.
Quote from Hull on Heika:
“We have to fix him before anything else,”
That might help.
Also, is there a 12-step program for being an ass?
Also, is there a 12-step program for being an ass?
Oh goodness. Can you imagine Avery the Religious? (Don’t 12 step programs usually involve God? Just ignore me if I’m wrong)
May I suggest, “Hey Big Trev! Can you swim?”
I swear, his teeth are made out of whatever Pavol Demitra is.
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Pookiet is on a roll!
Avery only worships Prada and Gucci.
Oh goodness. Can you imagine Avery the Religious?
Hee. I hadn’t thought about that. I think they refer to a “Higher Power” but I’m not sure. So that wouldn’t really work because Avery would only recognize himself as his higher power.
Quote from Hull on Heika:
“We have to fix him before anything else,”
I thought he literally meant fix him…ya know…like we fix dogs and cats. After some thought, I doubt much would change.
Okay since I was at the Coyotes/Leafs game last night I just finished the Devils game and that Zach/Patty celebration was unbelievably adorable!
Oh and I met Luke Schenn last night after the game. :) My life was awesome yesterday.
KG, that Zach/Patty thing has got to be up in the top five cutest goal celebrations EVER! And congrats on meeting Luke Schenn!
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