PREGAME
Mood: Blissed out. We’ve spent the previous two Martin Luther King weekends traveling for family reasons, and while we always like to visit family members, we also really like being home. So this year we’re not going anywhere for the weekend, and as a result managed not to be flying out of Philly on the same day Obama was flying in, and have been all cozy and warm in the embrace of the halls of stately IPB Manor on the coldest days in New Jersey in over four years, and also have not crashed into and frigid rivers. We’re not going to lie — the Devils haven’t really crossed our minds at all yet today.
Favorite Devil: Travis. We like to try to point to one single player as the straw that stirs the drink for the Devils, and while we believed it was Zubrus for a while back there when the team was scoring a lot, now we’re starting to think it’s Travis. When he’s skating like a sluggardly lagabed, the rest of the team does the same. And when he’s doing his best motoring-around-the-ice Zach impersonation, the team wins. In Columbus, he did the latter, and gave the rest of his teammates the slap in the face they all needed after two craptacular periods, and as a result they snatched victory from the sleepily-yawning jaws of defeat. Plus, he’s looked really cute in the postgame interviews and in all those curling stories this week.
Least Favorite Devil: Well, it’s not a Devil, per se, but whoever at the MSG Network decided the Islanders fans get an HD feed tonight and we don’t. Fuck you, MSG Network.
Prediction: The Devils have lately developed a taste for somnambulation. The Islanders are, well, the Islanders. This should be like watching chessmen watch paint dry.
Photograph From The Year Brendan Shanahan Was Drafted That Represents Our Feelings For This Game: A racecar.
We’re rarin’ to go, but we don’t know where we’ll end up. Nor do we think we’re going to get there very fast.
AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD
Mood: Acorntastic! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Travis was such a dreamboat that we feel like it’s 65-0, even though you’d think it’s only 1-0 Devils if you looked at the scoreboard.
Favorite Devil: A foolish consistency might be the hobgoblin of little minds, but a Travisy consistency is the hobgoblin of lovestruck Devils fan minds. A shorty and a second shorthanded breakaway? Travis, what are you trying to do to us? We were swooning already before the game.
Least Favorite Devil: Still not a Devil, per se, but whoever at MSG Network decided we’d rather watch Jimmy and Stan talking about Pando losing his job to Shanahan than the pregame ceremony for Butthead. Fuck you, MSG.
Prediction: At least four more shorthanded goals from Travis.
Photograph From The Year Brendan Shanahan Was Drafted That Represents Our Feelings For This Game: Mustachioed Pilot
The sky’s the limit for our love of Travis!
AFTER THE SECOND PERIOD
Mood: Delighted, and a little drunk. Yay for wine and 3-0 leads (the first is responsible for the former, and the second the latter)!
Favorite Devil: What the hell? Travis! Now and forever! In fact, we’re going to pretend he scored Clarkson’s and Zach’s goals, too. All of them. For the whole season.
Least Favorite Devil: We love each and every one of them, although they all pale in comparison to a certain someone. Except for Holik and Clemmer. And Shanahan. Ugh. There goes our buzz.
Prediction: A wild, goal-scoring rampage by the one and only Travis. He’s going to wreak a swath of destruction the likes of which the Islanders have never seen! That, or the Devils will cough up two quick goals and we’ll spend the remainder of the third period waiting for Clemmer to give up the inevitable game-tying goal in the final five seconds.
Photograph From The Year Brendan Shanahan Was Drafted That Represents Our Feelings For This Game: A mighty steam locomotive!
This is what opposing goalies see when Travis is bearing down on them. He might not be the Iron Boar, but he is the Iron Horse. And Shanny still isn’t sure he can trust that newfangled steam technology.
AFTER THE THIRD PERIOD
Mood: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re feeling blissed out and like the Devils just won. Life is grand!
Favorite Devil: The Devils are like beautiful snowflakes, and we love each one uniquely. The most beautiful one, though remains Travis. He’s the snowflake that stirs the drink.
Least Favorite Devil: That horse-toothed chemistry-destroyer looming on the horizon. (Oh, sure, we might end up eating those words. But we highly doubt it.)
Game Summary: Last year the Devils were catastrophically awful against every team with “New York” in their name, and while we have nothing to say about that one whose name also rhymes with “Blangers”, we would love to spend the rest of this season playing exclusively the Islanders. This year’s Devils might have trouble against teams like the Thrashers, but when facing an Islanders team that’s quite probably tanking for Tavares and feeling dispirited by the talk of relocation, they manage to beat an opponent they should be beating. That’s a refreshing change!
Photograph From The Year Brendan Shanahan Was Drafted That Represents Our Feelings For This Game: A Giant Parade!
All those horses have been trained to say “WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”
Well, I’m not getting blacked out, but I am stuck with the Islanders feed.
Is it just me or did Guerin look really, really, really awkward during the pregame ceremony?
I have a question. Are all hockey wives required to be blonde?
I agree, Frisby, Guerin looked very uncomfortable.
Hmm, maybe that’s what happened to Brodeur. It wasn’t the new mask, it’s that both his wives were brunettes. ;)
We didn’t see Guerin because the Devils feed didn’t show the pregame stuff. We got stuck listening to Jimmy (the replacement Steve) and Stan. It finally occurred to us to flip to the Islanders feed to escape Stan, but then the pregame stuff was already over.
And yeah, Myra, it’s in the rulebook. If they’re not blonde, the guys who marry them get fined.
Really? We may be on to something. It just seems like everytime I see a hockey player’s wife on any team, they all always have long blonde hair. (Frequently with dark roots, I might add if I were a catty brunette.)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! That was AWESOME!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shorthanded Acorns! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
(Pando and Madden are like, “Well, there goes what little job security we had left…”)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
(Frequently with dark roots, I might add if I were a catty brunette.)
Hee hee! Don’t think I hadn’t noticed the same thing. :P
So you’re saying it was a long time ago that Shanny was drafted?
WOOOO!!! Travis with a shortie!
(Did I mention that Travis and Jamie are both Ice Trolls. Since Frisby is slaughtering us, we need every point we can get.)
Well, Patty, Shanny is 800 years old.
No no Patty you didn’t repeat that enough and you didn’t find any strained metaphor to relate it to us. Try again.
Hey, be careful there. He is still younger than me and Patty.
Not in hockey years he ain’t.
Not in hockey years he ain’t.
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Travis is a BEAST!
Not in hockey years he ain’t.
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I’ll take that.
Did I mention that I got us another Toshiba laptop. Hub and I are sitting side by side on the sofa, surfing the hockey interwebs. We are such a cute couple.
Not, like, a goal-scoring beast. But at least a penalty-killing one. :P
I think Travis knows that you picked him as your favorite for the first period.
Awe man, I wouldn’t have cared if it helped the Ice Trolls, that would have been one awesome acorn.
We are such a cute couple.
How adorable! You’re just like the Ookies! :P
Hub and I are sitting side by side on the sofa, surfing the hockey interwebs. We are such a cute couple.
Awww! That’s so cute! And so the way to live. Boomer just got a new Toshiba, too, and now Pookie’s all jealous of our cloud-like keyboards. And, it should be noted, all three of us are sitting in the living room, Pookie and I side-by-side on the sofa and Boomer in her armchair, surfing the hockey interwebs. Pookie and I are even chatting online, because we’re too lazy to speak aloud. We’re such a cute family. :D
Ooh, congrats on the second laptop! This way Hub can follow his fantasy teams, and you can research the hair trends of hockey wives! It’s perfect! (I can’t imagine watching TV without my laptop at this point.)
I think Travis knows that you picked him as your favorite for the first period.
He’s so proud! And doesn’t want to let us down. It’s a great honor, being named our favorite Devil.
it’s in the rulebook. If they’re not blonde, the guys who marry them get fined.
I think it’s even in the CBA as well.
Hub and I may never have to speak to each other again. :P
I think the Stars need to watch the Devils more. I don’t think they know they can actually try to score a shorthanded goal.
I take a more low-tech approach – my full-sized PC has pride pf place in the living-room, and it’s basically the only place I ever sit. No laptop for me :)
Nat uses a surplus HP laptop from my work, and the tv sits in the corner doing it’s thing.
Sadly, all we have to watch tonight is Mtl-Ott, then Cgy-Phx.
Okay this is late but I love Travis. He’s so adorable.
This way Hub can follow his fantasy teams, and you can research the hair trends of hockey wives! It’s perfect!
I decided for the sake of our marriage, we needed to get another one.
I think the Stars need to watch the Devils more. I don’t think they know they can actually try to score a shorthanded goal.
Well, it took the Devils almost half a season to figure it out, so I’m not sure they’re really the team to be learning from…
Ack! Iain, a desktop??? Perish the thought! :P
KG, it can’t be said enough. Travis is totally adorable. During his rookie year I declared to Pookie that if we still had season tickets, I would be getting a Travis sweater to pepper in occasionally in place of the Pando Tent. Last year he made me glad I didn’t do that, but this year, he’s sort of shyly trying to tell me that he likes me too. It’s a lot like the Baby-Sitters Club book “Logan Likes Maryann”, but about me and Travis instead.
Aw. Travis and Schnookie. That is so cute.
We have a pretty powerful PC but it is setup in the family room and big screen tv with hd is in the living room.
Heh – that’s just how I roll. Or whatever the kids say nowadays.
I spend a *lot* of time in front of this thing, and I just don’t dig laptops!
So, am I missing much with the Devils game?
You’re missing Travis and Zach being awesome, but it’s still only 1-0.
Sheesh, the Isles almost seem to be gift wrapping this game for the Devils. Too bad there’s still the “Curse of the Backup Goalie”.
Awe Travis jerseys are awesome. He seems to score most of the time when I wear my Travis jersey. On most days, I think he’s cuter than Zach…and then I’m like what am I thinking, but it’s true. I think.
Iain, if you want to pretend you’re watching the game, just say, “Devils shot goes wide” every minute.
With all of the talk about making the nets bigger, it would have to be soccer goal sized. I hope it’s because they are missing intentionally hoping for a lucky bounce.
Ahh, business as usual, then – cheers, Frisby! :)
Holy crap, Don Cherry’s coat is even worse than usual!
Holy crap, Don Cherry’s coat is even worse than usual!
Darn, I wish I could see it!
And Nat has just popped downstairs, and would like to make that a double “holy crap”.
Don Cherry says he loves Calgary. Somehow, I’m not surprised.
So the Stars won, the Devils, the Sabres and the Habs are leading. Pretty good night so far.
Your wish is my command – very quick and dirty, but:
Here it is
Hope the HTML stuff works in this like I think it does…
yipes! that jacket is….wow!
Iain, I’ll make that a third holy crap.
Iain, if you want to pretend you’re watching the game, just say, “Devils shot goes wide” every minute.
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And Iain, make that a fourth holy crap.
I think I saw that same jacket at Goodwill.
And this’ll be a fifth holy crap.
It really is something, isn’t it?
It looks like Ron is about to throw up in his hands over that jacket.
Who told Cherry that jacket was a good idea?
The isles feed just promised the viewers a picture of a wee little Clarkson with Shanny at hockey camp.
I actually jumped when that thing came up on the screen.
Thank you for sharing, Iain!
They should make a book with just screencaps of Cherry’s jackets.
That looked…. too easy. But WOOOOOOOOOO nonetheless!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
And,
It looks like Ron is about to throw up in his hands over that jacket.
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Who told Cherry that jacket was a good idea?
Can anyone tell Cherry anything!
And WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WordPress says I am posting too quickly and need to slow down.
Frisby, are you monopolizing conversation again? :P (My WordPress is being very pokey, so maybe the problem isn’t that you’re too fast, but rather that it’s too slow.)
Giggity giggity goo.
/quagmire
Can anyone tell Cherry anything!
No.
I think WordPress’s “you’re posting too quickly — slow down!” screen should say, “Your rapier wit is too quick. Ease off!”
Your rapier wit is too quick. Ease off!”
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Islanders are like, “You’re scoring too quickly! Slow down!”
Clarkson!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I get the “Duplicate comment, you’ve already said that” often. I’m like, “I know I already said ‘WOOOOO!’ but believe it or not, the Devils scored again! This is a different ‘WOOOO!’”
That said, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And another WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! for good measure.
Yeah, I’ve learned to vary the amount of O’s and !’s :P
The Islanders are like, “You’re scoring too quickly! Slow down!”
“I know I already said ‘WOOOOO!’ but believe it or not, the Devils scored again! This is a different ‘WOOOO!’”
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HM Wellwood looks SOOOOOOO much like Qaugmire. It cracks me up!
Awwwwww Acorns. Good little prairie boy.
Grrreg, I know this sounds creepy, but I found a present for you today. Let me know if you want to give me your mailing address.
The isles feed just promised the viewers a picture of a wee little Clarkson with Shanny at hockey camp.
Are you sure it wasn’t a wee little Clarkson’s grandpa? :P
alix, you’re such a creepy internet stalker!
I think you are safe, Grrreg. alix only stalks giraffes in Canucks sweaters.
HA! I know, Schnookie! I’m surprised you weren’t terrified to meet me at the draft. :D
Myra, tee hee hee!
I’m trying to convince Hub it is ok to leave comments here. I’m like look, honey, there are boys to play with. But somehow that just didn’t sound quite right.
A present? Niiiice, I will definitely send you my address!
I’m like look, honey, there are boys to play with. But somehow that just didn’t sound quite right.
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I’m like look, honey, there are boys to play with. But somehow that just didn’t sound quite right.
HAHAHAHA!! That’s like in the FanZone liveblogs when we nicknamed Ryan Johnson “Balls” And then I proceeded to type “I love balls!” when he blocked a shot and then almost scored.
I’m like look, honey, there are boys to play with. But somehow that just didn’t sound quite right.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, no need to get us in trouble with the interweb police!
I say! Such libidinous innuendo is enough to make one’s monocle fall out!
And how did he get the nickname “Balls” dare I ask?
A present? Niiiice, I will definitely send you my address!
OK cool! You can send it to humminggiraffe [at] gmail
I was hammered in a convenience store and spotted it and couldn’t resist!
I say! Such libidinous innuendo is enough to make one’s monocle fall out!
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And I love the way Steve and Chico are talking about this road trip as if the Devils have been a juggernaut for all three periods of all the games so far. Um, are we pretending Anaheim didn’t happen? And the second and third periods in Vancouver? And the first and second periods in Columbus?
I was hammered in a convenience store and spotted it and couldn’t resist!
If that is not a resounding endorsement, I don’t know what is.
Oh just because he’s awesome and gritty and leads the team in blocked shots and went to get his finger looked at when it was broken and came out with a cast on his foot too, that he had been playing on for oh…a month and a half.
I was hammered in a convenience store and spotted it and couldn’t resist!
Grrreg’s going to be like, “Wow, alix, thanks for sending me some 5-Hour Energy, a turkey sub, and two packages of beef jerky. That was really sweet of you.”
Pookie, maybe alix is the 5-Hour Energy Designated Driver! :D
HAHAHAHA!!
NAH, it’s cute, I promise.
Just lemme say, as a warning, you know, that all a-y’all that are up 3-0 should watch out. Just sayin’. Don’t be like us!
and came out with a cast on his foot too, that he had been playing on for oh…a month and a half.
That sounds very Robidasian.
I sent you the address.
I can’t wait to get this turkey sub!
Just lemme say, as a warning, you know, that all a-y’all that are up 3-0 should watch out.
You sound like the Texas Stan Fischler! :P
that all a-y’all that are up 3-0 should watch out.
I just know Lindy’s reminding the boys about that during the intermission.
And Rod the Bod is now a -29 for the year, as he was on the ice for Timmy’s second goal.
Ok, that’s the end of the second period for the habs, and it’s officially bedtime for me!
See you, and well… thanks Alix!
AHAHAHA! -29?! That’s truly terrible.
Sweet, Grrreg! I hope your friends want goody bags. Heh.
Good night, Grrreg. Happy dreams of turkey subs and beef jerky!
Night, Grrreg!
Good night, Grrreg!
And now there’s one less boy to play with. ;)
Oh by the way my parents totally rawk. They said they would fly me out for the Canucks practice!
alix! That is fabulous!!! I am soooo jealous!!!
And now there’s one less boy to play with. ;),
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alix, that is so cool! Your parents do rock! I can’t believe you’re going to cover a Canucks practice! Ask them if they can swim!
You sound like the Texas Stan Fischler! :P
You take that back!
(Goodnight, Grrrreg!)
I’m listening to the Lightning game in the other room and they have poor Stamkos in the booth with them and they have not mentioned what’s going on on the ice the whole time.
That, or the Devils will cough up two quick goals and we’ll spend the remainder of the third period waiting for Clemmer to give up the inevitable game-tying goal in the final five seconds.
Nah. That is the Stars game plan.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! alix! I can’t believe you’re going to get to do it! Your parents DO rawk!
And now there’s one less boy to play with. ;)
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And alix, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! That is the coolest thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now there’s one less boy to play with.
It’s ok, honey, really it is. There are still Iain and Frisby to play with.
The Islanders announcers have lost all interest in calling the game now.
That they have, Myra. But they haven’t said if Gervais enjoyed eating python.
They are doing their best to jinx Clemmer, but I think that only works for the Devils announcers.
Nope, apparently it works for Isles announcers too.
Poop. I had no idea they were being so devious.
Hmm, maybe it does. Are you sure Chico didn’t say ‘shutout’ a couple of minutes ago?
Oh, hairy arseholes.
At least it wasn’t before the intermission – then you’d no doubt have to listen to Stan doing his HILARIOUS two-goal lead schtick. Again.
I’ve been trying to decide who does the worst interview. Stan Fischler or Ric Renner. Anyone?
I don’t know, but that’s not a competition that I want to be judge.
I think the refs may have swallowed their whistles.
I’ve seen both in a matter of hours, today. I think I’m a little loopy because of it.
I feel like Renner and Fischler are almost incomparable. Like, they are both wretchedly awful, but in completely different ways.
I agree, Schnookie.
WOOOO! Devils win!
(What was Butthead’s ceremony for?)
(I think Shanny is probably telling the transportation industry they should go back to steam train days. That way people wouldn’t be injured in those high-speed train wrecks.)
WOOO!!!
I was kinda hoping that Clemmer would let in a soft one at the end. You know, just to increase Weekes’ chances of starting on Monday.
Sweet – worth staying up for :)
And with that, I’m off to my scratcher. Nighty-night, all.
‘Night, Iain!
WOOO for the Sabres, too! I can’t believe we all three won on the same day!
Congrats Devils!
Those poor announcers, it must be hard to be the Islanders announcers.
Night-Night, Iain.
Hey, Stars, Sabres and Devils all won tonight!
Night, Iain!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Devils!
Hey, Stars, Sabres and Devils all won tonight!
Hey, you’re right! That’s insane!
G’night, Iain!
I was kinda hoping that Clemmer would let in a soft one at the end.
You weren’t alone in that. We’re always cheering for that first goal against him. :D
I am SHOCKED that the Stars, Sabres AND Devils all won today. Is this the first time that’s happened?
Parise interview. His Under Amour needs to be alot tighter. That is no fun.
Hey, Stars, Sabres and Devils all won tonight!
WOOOOOOOO!!! That’s worth a couple of more shots of Captain! ;)
Surely he’s breaking a team rule, Myra! :D
His Under Amour needs to be alot tighter.
The Devils (except for Brian Rolston) all seem to have body image issues. Paulie’s always in several layered baggy t-shirts. It’s very sad.
Dude, what is the point of wearing UA otherwise?
Dude, what is the point of wearing UA otherwise?
Lou’s like, “Modesty. That’s the point.”
Ron Duguay scares me.
Man, I hope the Thrashers aren’t suddenly getting good, right before we come to town!
Ron Duguay is the worst. That show was bad enough before they added him. (Although I’ll still take him over Renner. :P)
I’ll take pretty much anyone over Renner.
Patty, lets just hope that Nashville just had an off night.
And that we don’t. :D
Anybody going to watch the Sharks/Red Wings game?
We tivoed the Tranny Gentleman Callers, so we’re watching them now, but we forgot to record the first half-hour, so we’ll probably be able to catch the very end of the Wings/Sharks game.
Say, is there anyone around watching the game on NBC? It’s extraordinary. It prompted Pookie to finally just shout in exasperation, “Milbury, Pierre — you’re both ignorant sluts!”
Oh noes! After an entire game in which all the NBC guys talked at length about the Pens’ new, wonderful “defensive scheme” without ever saying the words “trap” or “1-2-2″, I think Pierre might just get fired for saying BOTH terms, “1-2-2 trap” in his postgame interview. There was a MORATORIUM on those words, Pierre!
We caught just the third period. I think it is a requirement of the NHL that to do player interviews, you have to fall in the goofy category to say the least.
I fell asleep last night and missed the Detroit/San Jose game. Sounded like it would have been a good one to watch.
fter an entire game in which all the NBC guys talked at length about the Pens’ new, wonderful “defensive scheme” without ever saying the words “trap” or “1-2-2″, I think Pierre might just get fired for saying BOTH terms, “1-2-2 trap” in his postgame interview.
I was coming on here to say the exact same thing! And Pierre and Mike both said “trap” during the second intermission. My mom and I sat there, complete speechless (in as far as I am ever speechless) for a couple of second before we both spat out “But only the Devils!”
What got me was the tangent during the third period where Doc told us all about the time in the 1992 playoffs when Mario himself instituted the very defensive scheme we were watching today. And then how guys from the ’67 Leafs said that they played it. As well as the Canadiens in the ’50s (although they called theirs a “center lock”). I just… shit, NBC. Can you possibly be more OBVIOUSLY douchey in your favoritism of the Pens? I got mildly annoyed when the Wings, playing much like the Devils did in 2000 and 2001, were praised for their uptempo awesomeness last Spring (and have never, in the entire history of their left-wing lock, been called a trapping team), but today I was just like, “That’s it. Someone hand me a sniper rifle and point me to the nearest clock tower.”
I fell asleep last night and missed the Detroit/San Jose game. Sounded like it would have been a good one to watch.
Dude, it was MADNESS. What a game!
I’m kind of choked I missed that Wings/Sharks game. I wonder how many words the NBC people can come up with that aren’t “trap”. We could make it a drinking game.
Can I just say that I heart Gillis? Apparently he told the media guys at practice that they could see the Canucks sports psychologist free of charge. HEH.
Oh and thanks for all your nice comments about me going to the Canucks practice last night! My internet kind of died right after I announced that.
The Canucks are such a touchy-feely organization!
“That’s it. Someone hand me a sniper rifle and point me to the nearest clock tower.”
I had a similar reaction. It just, argh, it makes me mad.
Can I just say that I heart Gillis? Apparently he told the media guys at practice that they could see the Canucks sports psychologist free of charge. HEH.
Dude, Gillis is made of gold. That’s awesome :D
They are! They’re all about Ryan Walter’s circle of trust, and group hugs, and Swedish themed parties…
Gillis really is totally badass. I wasn’t sure Nonis deserved to be fired at the time, but I am fo sho on board with Gillis.
I did hear them claim that Mario invented it, and I waited for them to call it the trap. What idiots.
First of all, it’s the trap, and second of all, there’s nothing wrong with the trap!
If you don’t want defense, then just have the teams take turns on the ice by themselves against an empty net!
P.S. WHY IS PIERRE STILL ON TV?!?!?! WHYYYYYY!!!
First of all, it’s the trap, and second of all, there’s nothing wrong with the trap!
EXACTLY! As evidenced by the fact that they LOVE it when the Pens play it! GAH!!!! (And yeah, if they hate defense so much, why not just outlaw forwards being allowed in the defensive zone, or something stupid like that?)
It was such a tough call today who was the most egregious member of the broadcast team. Was it Pierre? Was it Milbury? Was it Olczyk? Was it Doc? (Okay, it wasn’t Doc. Of course. But NBC muzzling him from using the word “Trap” did not endear him to me at all. :P)