Gel-O starts things off tonight with the crushing news that we won’t be seeing Havelid make his Devils debut in this game. And to think, we baked cookies and everything for him. Oh well. We’ll just have to eat all the cookies ourselves.
Doc and Chico lead off, of course, with talk about Marty. Chico: “Martin Brodeur is just a fabulous freak of nature.” Well… yes. The next topic of conversation is the potential trades Brian Burke is going to make with the Leafs. Is it just us, or is Burke the most overrated person in all of hockey?
FIRST PERIOD
19:48 The period starts with a Leafs turnover to Shanahan right above the crease. Shanny’s as surprised as everyone else, and fires wide.
19:12 Pookie: “EEEE! It’s definitely time for it to be almost Spring – look what’s on the dashers!” Yup, it’s the “Rrroll Up The Rim” ads!
17:27 The Poppers have a loooong shift working deep in the Toronto zone. Schnookie, somewhat absently, “It’s like the A Line.” Pookie: “Yeah, except I can’t see any of these guys holding out.”
16:29 WOOOOOO? What? Huh? What just happened? Clarkson pounces on a turnover at the blue line, darts up the near wing, goes hard to the net, and whiffs on the puck weakly toward the far post. At the same time, Finger barrels down the center, runs over Toskala, and drives the net off the moorings. After the net has been moved, the puck hits off the far post and ricochets just barely over the line into where the net should have been. And, after a review, it’s ruled a goal, the second time this season that the Devils have benefited from the “if the defender pushes the net off the moorings, the goal still counts” rule. Weird. The money here at stately IPB Manor was that there was no way the call would go our way again. 1-0 Devils.
15:26 White (the Leafs one) randomly whacks Madden in the face with his stick, and the Devils go to the power play.
13:43 Well that’s not how you score on the PP. The Devils give up a shorthanded two-on-one, and Stajan fires his shot off the crossbar.
12:45 In the “I don’t want to lose my job to Havelid”-off, so far we’ve got Greene being the guy on that two-on-one, and now Mottau taking an interference penalty. Advantage Greener.
11:07 We keep saying all kinds of really pithy things about this game, but Schnookie’s too lazy to write them in the diary. Instead, she sprawls on the couch and says, “This isn’t going to be a very interesting game diary.” Pookie: “That’s okay. It’s not a very interesting game so far. All that’s happened has been the goal. That shift by the Poppers. And Rrroll Up The Rim.” Pause. “And not necessarily in that order.”
9:49 We come back from commercial to see black-and-white footage of JP Parise’s one game as a Maple Leaf. It is ridiculously old-looking footage, so much so that Pookie gasps, “What, is this from the 1940s? This looks like a One-Reel Wonder on TCM!”
8:07 The Devils withstand a mild bit of defensive-zone pressure, and then, as the puck clears to the neutral zone, we wonder how many shots the Leafs have so far. We agree on just one, and as we’re cracking jokes about Darcy Tucker and the famous six-shot game from 2000, MSG+ tells us they actually have seven shots in the period. Well poo. We totally disagree.
6:41 Doc: “We haven’t had a shot recorded by either side in the last three minutes.” Pause, as play meanders through center ice. “And we’re waiting on our first crowd reaction.” Burn! And yes, it’s deathly silent at ACC.
4:40 In the head-to-head battle of Zach and Schenn, Zach, not surprisingly, wins. He coolly skates up behind Schenn in front of the Leafs net, taps him on the shoulder, and just yoinks the puck away.
3:00 Gel-O tells us after a commercial that Havelid will be joining the Devils after the game, “and what does that mean for Andy Greene?” Schnookie: “It means ‘Skate harder, Greener!’”
2:56 The crowd is making noise now – Blake has two chances at a wide-open net with Marty sprawling and down-and-out… and somehow Marty keeps the puck out of the goal. The Leafs stand there and think, “Crap. This isn’t the goalie who was playing backup for the Marlies last year anymore, is it?”
0:00 The period ends with Chico talking shutout. Chico, it might not bother Marty, but it bothers us. We get an interview with Clarkson, who claims he “never knew” a goal would count if the net gets knocked off by the D. Because he wasn’t paying attention when Madden scored that way just this season. We forgive him for being vapid, though. Because we’re shallow that way.
FIRST INTERMISSION
We go into a deep blog-crush swoon over TG in his interview with Gel-O. He’s so dreamy.
SECOND PERIOD
16:38 With the club seat fans still up and about elsewhere in the building, it seems even more dead at ACC. This game is shaping up to be a real doozy.
16:17 We get footage of Terry Sawchuk’s 100th shutout, and, interestingly, it was March 4, 1967, in Toronto. Creepy! Or just almost coincidental. One or the other.
15:28 Oh, we should mention that Gel-O’s been giving us a running countdown of all the players who are being scratched by their teams tonight, presumably in anticipation of them being traded. Because this trade deadline is already not stupid and boring enough, now everyone’s doing the Butthead thing. Including the Caps with Nylander, which makes us wonder what GM is stupid enough to trade for Nylander and his shitty contract.
14:24 Greener tries to best Mottau again by drawing a hooking penalty to Kulemin. Meanwhile, MSG+ has just informed us that Marty is one of just two goalies in NHL history to record two shutouts in their first three games back after missing 60+ days. In case you’re keeping track, the other is Sawchuk. Creepy! and/or coincidental!
12:51 Greene tries to pass point-to-point along the blue line and ends up muffing the play and passing the puck out of the zone. Mottau chuckles with glee on the bench.
12:05 The consensus at stately IPB Manor tonight is that the Devils look like they don’t think they’re going to have to try hard to win this game. Pookie: “And I might need another cookie to help me deal with this.”
10:04 The Zubrus/Gio/Patty line does its best Poppers impersonation, but finally fails to convert on a loose puck lying in the crease. Pookie: “This is Toskala, Zubrus. Not Junior Pairs ’82.”
9:33 Zach is never going to score again. And he’s spending too much time with Patty. He digs the puck out of a pile-up in front of the net, flat-out misses the gaping maw of net in front of him, then stands there in stationary disgust, rolling his head and staring up at the ceiling, while his linemates are like, “Dude, play’s still going on.”
7:28 The Devils finally manage to clear the zone after a shift that involves a running count on our parts of turnovers below the faceoff dots by Devils D-men in their own zone. It got to six. Greene probably makes a point of insisting to Sutter that it was the Iron Boar committing all those turnovers and not him. Pookie: “This proves we can’t play without Havelid.”
4:36 This game is making us want to kill ourselves. Pookie: “It’s like Larionov Bucks night.” Pause. “But if we want the Devils to fly under the radar again, I guess they’re going to have to keep playing like this.” Boomer: “But last night you were all, ‘Everything’s great! I love hockey!’” Pookie: “Yeah, well… what have you done for me lately?”
4:31 We come back from commercial to see Lou and Burke talking. NOOOOOOOO!!! Lou, look away!!!
3:58 Greene and the Iron Boar are out again, pinned in their own zone. Schnookie: “Is Paulie hurt again?”
3:25 Pookie, as Toskala freezes the puck on a rink-length dump-in: “This game is almost as boring as the Islanders/Avs one last night.” Just then, MSG+ cuts away to show us the honored numbers hanging from the ACC rafters, and Chico tells us that Devils fans should remember Dougie Gilmour from his tenure in Jersey. Pookie: “WHY ARE THEY TRYING TO MAKE THIS GAME WORSE?”
1:11 We are grousing that the Poppers and Paulie seem not to be on the ice ever tonight, and Pookie posits that Sutter’s trying to effectively bench Zach, to make everyone think he’s getting traded. Zach then takes the ice and tries to beat two defensemen by his lonesome, but gets easily muscled off the puck by Ian White. And as the play unfolds, Boomer wonders aloud what the Devils could jokingly be getting for Zach; Pookie: “Maybe a forward with some size.”
0:00 Not a period for the ages, this one. And to drive that point home, our interview now is with Blobby. This is TERRIBLE!
SECOND INTERMISSION
We get an interview with Lou. He’s so dreamy!
THIRD PERIOD
19:55 Doc informs us, as the period gets under way, that we’ve had no scoring for “at least an hour and a half.” Yeah, the first hour felt like three days, and the second half-hour felt like…
19:05 Whitey trips Stempniak at the blue line. Chico tries to argue against the penalty, but even he hasn’t brought his A game tonight, so he quickly gives up.
18:49 Kulemin picks the Iron Boar after a draw in Marty’s zone, and the Leaf PP is history.
18:21 Paulie gets the puck caught up in a fallen stick at center ice, and the Leafs chug into the Devils zone on a breakaway. Paulie chugs after, and then makes a diving-from-behind play to push the puck off the Leaf’s stick. Pookie: “Paulie’s like, ‘Who needs Niedermayer?’” Pause. “’Because I can have my head in the clouds just as much as he does!’”
17:28 Well, that was inevitable. As the Devils stand around their own zone wondering when the win is handed to them, Blake feeds Mitchell on the doorstep, and it’s a 1-1 game.
16:02 The Leafs continue to pin the Devils in their own zone. Pookie: “This isn’t going to happen when we have Havelid. He’s our Hart and heart.” Schnookie: “Yup. He’s our True Savior. It’s not too early to say that.”
15:02 Oh goody. Another Devils PP.
14:39 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Well that was an emphatic and pissy PP! After Travis is cruelly bested by Toskala on a point-blank chance, the Devils start getting serious about whipping around some sexy passes, and then Patty blasts home a shot from above the faceoff dot. 2-1 Devils, and the ACC PA announcer sounds just like the guy who does the Westminster Kennel Club show at MSG.
13:58 Gio has an “it was the best of time, it was the worst of time” chance, where he awesomely skates out from the corner and gets around Toskala, but then he lamely isn’t able to backhand the puck into the open side of the net. He’s fired.
11:28 The lethal pairing of the Madden/Holik/Pando line with the Iron Boar/Greener d-pairing leads to another lengthy shift in the Devils zone, and then a penalty to the Iron Boar. We hate when these guys are on the ice tonight. Pookie: “The Iron Boar is just nervous that he’s going to lose his job to the Iron Hart. Or rather, Iron Bunny.” Schnookie: “A hart is a deer.” Pookie and Boomer: “No, it’s a rabbit.”
10:01 Schnookie: “It’s a deer.” Boomer: “What’s a male rabbit?” Schnookie: “A hare?” Boomer: “It’s one letter.” Meanwhile, this Leafs PP is a shooting gallery.
9:20 Mottau takes a penalty as soon as the Devils get back to even strength.
9:15 Mitchell scores basically right off the draw, on a ricochet of a Kubina point shot off Paulie’s shinpad. 2-2 game. Meanwhile, Pookie has discovered that a male llama is called a Macho. We quickly try to determine which Devil should be called the Iron Macho. Certainly not any one in the lineup tonight. That means it’s Havelid, Rupp, or Leach.
8:01 Clarkson has a wide open – and we mean wide open — net on a bad rebound from Toskala, but stupid Finger ties up his stick at the last minute. We liked Finger a lot more back when he was essentially putting the puck into his own net.
6:48 Ponikarovsky tries to haul Paulie down in the corner to Marty’s right, and as the two of them go down, Ponikarovsky impales himself on Paulie’s stick. Both guys look for penalties, and neither gets rewarded.
5:02 Patty is apparently now a mere six points from the all-time Devils point lead. Not that everyone in the NHL cares about that the way they did about Iginla and the Flames’ record.
4:32 Chico informs us this game is going to overtime. Okay. Can we then not bother with these last four and a half minutes?
3:30 Paulie took a slash on his hand while ragging the puck, and now we’re all in a panic that the Leafs have broken them. Not that we didn’t already hate this misbegotten franchise, but that only makes it worse.
2:49 Mottau passes the puck to Grabovski right inside the Devils blue line, and a frantic series of shots follows. On the bench, Greene chortles with delight. Behind the bench, Sutter wonders if maybe Lou isn’t going to trade for another d-man.
0:31 We get one last awesome shift from the Poppers, but no goal.
0:00 So Chico was right. Overtime it is.
OVERTIME
4:23 Marty makes the first big save of OT. No surprise there, that the Devils are all just standing around.
4:02 GAAAAAAHHH! Zach! Mottau throws a shot on net after a Leafs turnover, and Zach is right there on the doorstep to whack at the not-quite-covered puck behind Toskala, but to no avail. He is never going to score again.
3:23 Chico begins to wonder whether Kaberle has played lately. Doc counts players on the Leafs bench and comes up with a full roster, and so the intrigue is defused for the time being.
2:29 Firewagon hockey, anyone?
0:12 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was INSANE! After relentless pressure from the Leafs, all of a sudden Gio and Oduya are flying up the other way on a two-on-one, and as the clock is winding down, Gio’s shot trickles over Toskala’s glove, and then Oduya is there crashing the net to slam the puck home. 3-2 Devils!
Wooo? :D
Who says I’m gentle? None of you better be saying that. Fighting words.
No goal, sadly.
WOOOO!!!
Wooo indeed.
Who says I’m gentle?
Well, we do make certain assumptions… Hee! From now on assume we mean “Reader (Gentle or Otherwise)”!
That was great. The Leafs announcers were so sure that goal wasn’t going to count. They were like no way; the net’s not on.
KG, hahahahahaha! I’m almost sorry I missed that! (OK, not really; sorry you’re not getting MSG+!)
“(OK, not really; sorry you’re not getting MSG+!)”
Don’t be. They just showed me Zach sitting on the bench 40 minutes before warm ups in his tight-at least it looks tight-underarmour and shorts staring at the nets and visualizing himself scoring. :D
Wait, what? Dammit! Why am I stuck with stupid MSG+?! :P
It was really funny he just kinda stared in each direction. Actually it was rather adorable.
On MSG we just got footage of JP Parise playing for the Leafs; it looked like footage from 1940 or something.
I love Zach’s little pregame visualization thing. We saw him doing it up in Buffalo two years ago. He actually finishes up pretty much when the crowd starts to show up. This was back when Crunchy was getting all kinds of press for his pregame visualization thing, and really hilariously, Crunchy made a point of waiting until the seats were all full to come out and showily do his “meditation”. It’s just one more way that Zach is as good at something as a more famous other NHLer, but not as much of a showoff about it. :P
Schnookie, are you saying Crunchy’s an attention hog? I may have to add that to his new list of titles along with his self-labeled “wimp.”
Amy, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::: Crunchy’s like, “I prefer ‘attention wimp’, thank you very much.”
Crunchy made a point of waiting until the seats were all full to come out and showily do his “meditation”. It’s just one more way that Zach is as good at something as a more famous other NHLer, but not as much of a showoff about it. :P
One man’s showoff is another man’s showman :P (Besides, Devils fans actually get to watch something good after the puck drops. Sabres fans make do with what we can. )
Vinny’s pretty. And not in a “my clothes would fall off in his presence” kind of way. He really makes pretty plays.
One man’s showoff is another man’s showman :P
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Touche! And yes, I’m totally calling Crunchy an attention wimp! TAKE THAT! :P
One man’s showoff is another man’s showman :P
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Sounds like someone hasn’t had a full Epiphvinny yet!
I bet Zach gets teased a lot for his “visualization” stuff.
“On MSG we just got footage of JP Parise playing for the Leafs; it looked like footage from 1940 or something.”
The Leafs feed just showed us that too. It definitely did look like it was from 1940.
I’m totally calling Crunchy an attention wimp!
The attention wimp admitted that he’s too much of a wimp to get tattoo ink done even though he loves the art, so he channeled the love of art into a new mask design.
And I wish I was watching the Devils or anything right. This chick on Idol is killing this Alicia Keys song.
Hellllooooooo Clarkson! Now he’s pretty! I’m not sure how he got the other dude to tackle his own goalie. Maybe he looked at Clarkson’s perfect jawline and lost focus.
mcguffers, Clarkson’s jawline should be a national treasure.
Awww, Crunchy’s such an earnestly dorky attention wimp! :D
And yeah, Clarkson’s jawline is just… it just… well, that interview was my favorite part of the game so far.
I don’t know how I feel about having dirty thoughts about a national treasure
Hm, good point, mcguffers. How about, “Clarkson’s jawline should be on my HDTV as often as possible.”
“They don’t want a hairy finish.” So apparently your announcers like ‘em shaved? Oh my! See what Clarkson’s jaw has done to me?
How about, “Clarkson’s jawline should be on my HDTV as often as possible.”
It’s quite the improvement from the last Devil’s game I saw. Holik is no Clarkson’s jawline!
How does Zach not score there?!
Zach throws his head back a lot.
Zach learned that head roll thing from Patty Elias.
Awe Luke Schenn looks so cute tonight.
The Penguins need to lose tonight. The Bolts are not helping.
The Lightning Bolts never help. It’s like Vinny hates us all.
It’s still an hour and a half until my game even starts. I need some cookies.
Patty, here’s the recipe I used. They turned out awesome!
Fuudddge. No, the “No one ever calls us Bolts” Lightning suck at life. yet, they’re always able to beat the Sabres 42-1.
I thought it was funny on Puck Daddy where he said the BOLTS are going to dress Ryan Malone in his old Pens uni and hope the Pens accidentally take him home, along with his contract.
Patty, :^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
MMMM! Bookmark!
I love that shot of the chocolate chips falling into the bowl.
The chips picture was stunning! I saw those pics at 1:30 this afternoon and was like, “I don’t care that this supposed to be a No-S Day, I’m making those cookies the minute I get home!”
I actually have all the stuff to make the lemon-clove sandwich cookies. If I can work up the energy, I’ll make a batch.
Those chocolate chip ones are the next ones I’m making. I never tried melting the butter. Pretty radical!
Gosh. Hossa went off on a stretcher!
What happened to him, Patty?
Hey, why I haven’t I made those lemon-clove cookies yet? Am I stupid?
I love how Hossa gets carried off on a stretcher but he still waves to the crowd. That’s pretty cool.
I wonder how Sid likes talking to Chris Simpson about his groin.
I just read the blurb on TSN. Apparently got hit and slid to the boards.
Kovalchuk just got his 35th goal. He’s had at least 35 for 6 years in a row. Impressive.
Patty, I think that’s Kovalchuk-speak for “I love you.” That’s why he scored. To prove how much he cares for you. :P
Okay I’m getting tired of the Toronto feed. The announcers keep feeding us more stats about Marty. Yes, I love Marty as much as anyone else but just do the play by play already and stop. We all know how amazing Marty is.
Poop! That sucked!
Patty, is Ott back tonight?
Patty, I think that’s Kovalchuk-speak for “I love you.” That’s why he scored. To prove how much he cares for you. :P
Was it that obvious? :D
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! PATTY ELIAS!! PATTY ELIAS!! PATTY ELIAS!!
PATTY!!! WOOO!
GIO! Oh my god you’re fired.
Yes, mcguffers, Otter is back in the lineup tonight.
What the hell? Mitchell had five goals all season before tonight. This is messed up.
This game blows.
Awesome Patty!
Maybe Marty needs some practice with shootouts. I think this is all part of his grand scheme. (I’m so full of sh!@ my eyes should be brown.)
Patty, here’s the recipe I used. They turned out awesome!
Mmmm . . . I saw that today as well. They look great. I’m having an issue because I need to make cookies for Thursday but they need to be chocolate-free and as a result all I want to bake are cookies with loads of chocolate in them. Of course.
Meg, I made the brown butter cookies on Smitten Kitchen recently and they were phenomenally delicious and totally chocolate-free. (The recipe didn’t make a ton, though.)
Oof. This game has sucked!
Do you think it would be possible to maybe have an adorable Zach and Patty hug in overtime tonight? I would really appreciate it if they could make that happen.
HEY! Mitchell, you can’t push Zach like that! You can’t put him in the net. :(
EEEEEEEE!! Burr resigned!! YAY!! WOOOOOOOO!!
Now just three more to go…
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
That goal was crazy!
alix, that’s awesome!
Meg, I made the brown butter cookies on Smitten Kitchen recently and they were phenomenally delicious and totally chocolate-free.
I actually tried those after you mentioned them, but I think that I didn’t brown the butter correctly (I’d never done it before). Maybe it would be a good idea to give it another shot. :D
WOOO! That was an awesome goal!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Way to eke out a win, Devils!!!
And Meg, the browning of the butter when we made those cookies was very fraught. It took a lot of consulting amongst ourselves and way more patience than I thought it would to get it done.
Mmmm… We’re getting an HD walking tour of Oduya’s eyelashes right now. Tasty!
Flippin hell. The Canucks have managed to have 2 own goals already. *Sigh*
Well, on the bright side, alix, at least they’re not letting the other team score, right? :P
It took a lot of consulting amongst ourselves and way more patience than I thought it would to get it done.
I’m glad to hear that. I was sitting there thinking “well this butter isn’t very brown or nutty but I’ve been cooking it for long enough so it must be done.” So maybe I just need more patience.
I was sitting there thinking “well this butter isn’t very brown or nutty but I’ve been cooking it for long enough so it must be done.”
HAHAHAHA! Yeah, that’s how Pookie and I were, and Boomer had to step in and be all, “This is NOT nutty and brown yet.”
I actually tried those after you mentioned them, but I think that I didn’t brown the butter correctly (I’d never done it before).
My mom has actually unintentionally “browned” butter before. We made fun of her for actually doing something semi-technical. I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned it, but she’s the worst cook on the face of the earth. And when they find life on Mars, I’ll expand it to worst cook in the universe.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ODUYA!!!
Remember a couple of days ago when I said that, “If I never see _____ again, it will be too soon!” ? Well tonight, I’m filling in the blank with, “Toronto feed”
All night long it was the one announcer blathering about how Clarkson’s goal “should not have been a goal” and the other announcer blathering about how “Clemmenson should have had to pass through waivers”.
Oh, and I didn’t get to see a Lou interview. Booooo!
Meg, it got really clear before it got brown. I think the key is to wait for it to get clear and then give yourself three more “I think it’s done…”‘s before it’s actually close to being done.
mcguffers, that’s awesome! (Well, not that she’s such a terrible cook, but that she browned the butter by accident.) It totally seems like something that would be pretty easy to stumble upon. It’s like the people who accidentally temper chocolate (something I’ve never managed, accidentally or on purpose).
“Clemmenson should have had to pass through waivers”.
Yeah, I’m surprised that story hasn’t been flogged more, actually.
All night long it was the one announcer blathering about how Clarkson’s goal “should not have been a goal” and the other announcer blathering about how “Clemmenson should have had to pass through waivers”.
Oooh, that would have made my head explode! And then to be robbed of a Lou interview, to boot? WORST FEED EVER! I’m so sorry!
But WOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Meg, it got really clear before it got brown. I think the key is to wait for it to get clear and then give yourself three more “I think it’s done…”’s before it’s actually close to being done.
Ooh, that’s helpful. OK, I’m going to try those again.
It is strange that more people were distracted by the “Lou is such a classless beeyotch that he unceremoniously sent Clemmer down! We KNEW he was an a-hole, and he’s just proved it again!” angle, and didn’t raise more of a ruckus about the fact that he used Clemmer as an emergency recall for four months. Heh. I love our Evil Genius.
Toronto media asks Marty if Clemmer proved he can be a starter in the NHL, and Marty splutters a bit then says, “I… well… I wasn’t around to watch.” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
The ironic part though, is those are the same people that claimed Lou played that exact same Clemmer against the Ilses on the last day of the season to sabotage the Leafs chance at making the playoffs.
We quickly try to determine which Devil should be called the Iron Macho. Certainly not any one in the lineup tonight. That means it’s Havelid, Rupp, or Leach.
My vote is for Rupp.
mcguffers, that’s awesome! (Well, not that she’s such a terrible cook, but that she browned the butter by accident.)
It’s pretty awesome that she’s a terrible cook too! My brother have enjoyed it immensely
Bro: What the hell is this?
Me: I think it’s tuna casserole.
Bro: (shouting to kitchen) Mom, where did you get a recipe for tuna casserole?
Mom: (from kitchen) Tuna casserole?
Bro: Oh God.
Me: Where’s the cat?
The irony is delicious, isn’t it? (And those people were so distracted by the Clemmensen start that they failed to rail against the shootout lineup Lou iced that night. He’s so good at sleight of hand! :D)
My vote is for Rupp.
You know, as soon as we wrote that, I thought, “Definitely Rupp.”
Mom: (from kitchen) Tuna casserole?
Bro: Oh God.
Me: Where’s the cat?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Brilliant! :D
And I should add that when Pookie was researching what male animals are called, she discovered that male kangaroos are called Boomers. We’re not sure whether the Devils need an Iron Boomer. Or if Boomer Boomer is Boomer enough. :P
Wooo! Devils! Although I was THISCLOSE to having a win from one of my goalies.
This San Jose game (Stars feed) looks like they used too much saturation in Photoshop. The ice is pink and the crease is bright turquoise!
Toronto media asks Marty if Clemmer proved he can be a starter in the NHL, and Marty splutters a bit then says, “I… well… I wasn’t around to watch.”
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::: I can picture him shoving a Twix in his mouth for a few added seconds in there
Chico begins to wonder whether Kaberle has played lately. Doc counts players on the Leafs bench and comes up with a full roster, and so the intrigue is defused for the time being.
He missed the entire third period. The Toronto media was on it as soon as the third period started. They immediatly began to speculate a trade may have occured during the game until it was reported that he was injured in the second. However, nobody could pinpoint when in the second he may have been injured.
I can picture him shoving a Twix in his mouth for a few added seconds in there
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Totally! That’s exactly how it played out!
That’s interesting about Kaberle, Frisby. Chico was also speculating that he’d been traded.
4:31 [of the second] We come back from commercial to see Lou and Burke talking. NOOOOOOOO!!! Lou, look away!!!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, and Kaberle missed the third? Let the Kaberle to the Devils for Clemmer rumors begin!
Yeah Stars!!
And yes Patty, that is quite pink. First jerseys, now the ice. Will Bettman never cease to try to attract a female audience?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, and Kaberle missed the third? Let the Kaberle to the Devils for Clemmer rumors begin!
Ooooh! That would rawk! I think the Marlies are looking for a backup goalie…
If i was Kaberle and I got traded for Clemmensen, I would quite hockey on principle alone.
If i was Kaberle and I got traded for Clemmensen, I would quite hockey on principle alone.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Although surely there’s some pride there, like some hoping you’ll go down in history as one of the dumbest trades ever?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, and Kaberle missed the third? Let the Kaberle to the Devils for Clemmer rumors begin!
Lou traded Clemmer for Kaberle and is now presenting to the NHL offices that last season the Leafs did actually complete the process and paperwork for that Kaberle-for-Carter trade therefore the player the Leafs traded for Clemmer was in fact Jeff Carter. That’s right, Lou traded Clemmer for Carter.
I love a dive where the guy jumps in the air and puts his palms together in front of him then hits the ice. And the refs buy it.
That’s right, Lou traded Clemmer for Carter.
EVEN BETTER! WOO HOOOO!
I love a dive where the guy jumps in the air and puts his palms together in front of him then hits the ice. And the refs buy it.
Ooooh, that burns me up so much. Guys who do that should be shot.
Well, on the bright side, alix, at least they’re not letting the other team score, right? :P
Heh! True! And at least Burr actually scored one in the other net for a change! YAY for 17 goals! YAY for 2 million for 4 years! I luff him so!
God, speaking of diving. Backstrom could have just won a Gold medal trying to sell that goaltender interference.
Although surely there’s some pride there, like some hoping you’ll go down in history as one of the dumbest trades ever?
Clemmer: “No Joke! Can you imagine such an unbalanced trade? The Leafs are practically taking candy from a baby! And by candy I mean me and by baby I mean that little brat Broduer.”
And by candy I mean me and by baby I mean that little brat Broduer.”
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And then he tries his best Dudley Do-Right grin and says, “And you can QUOTE me on that!”
And I just realized I spelled Brodeur wrong! Please don’t ban me again! I wasn’t being offensive, I’m just a reely bad spellr.
Pookie frequently spells Brodeur that way, so it’s no biggie. :D
And then he tries his best Dudley Do-Right grin and says, “And you can QUOTE me on that!”
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Backstrom could have just won a Gold medal trying to sell that goaltender interference.
Better not see pictures of him burning with his friends too!
Pookie frequently spells Brodeur that way, so it’s no biggie. :D
Oh, good. I was gonna let you guys call me mcguggers too if that would help :D
Better not see pictures of him burning with his friends too!
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And I can still call you mcguggers if you’d like. :P
I frequently spell all manner of words and names incorrectly, so I really should have my banning privileges taken from me.
HAHAHAHA!!
And then Finnellogs would drop him! And Subland. It would be terrible!
I’d probably try to write mcguggers and I’d misspell it “mcguffers”. That’s how bad a speller I am.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Finally the Jack in the Box punchline! Did y’all see that?
Finnellogs! AHAHAHAHAHA!
Oooh, oooh, what was it, Patty? I have been LOVING the ad campaign, but feel dumb looking it up online. I mean, I’m not THAT easily manipulated by advertising, right? :P
Holy SHIT! I LOVE hockey! The Canucks just had a shift where they had the puck in Minnesota’s zone for like 5 minutes straight! My mouth was open. It was nuts.
(We’re watching the big [and hott] tranny-on-tranny game from earlier tonight.)
Oooh, oooh, what was it, Patty?
Want me to spoil it? (Do y’all have Jack in the Box back East?)
That campaign is hilarious. Back when they tried to jam him in the MRI machine and bent up his nose? Hilarious.
Please do spoil it! I can’t be positive I’m going to see it!
We laugh every time we see the little oxygen tube thingie under his nose.
They’re in the hospital room and the smarmy guy is saying, “Helloooo! Anybody home?!” Then you get Jack’s view from the haze of his coma.
Smarmy Guy: How ya doin’, Jack?
Jack (to himself in his coma): I got hit by a bus but I’m okay.
Guy: I’m taking care of things, moving things forward.
Jack: Hokaaaaaay.
Guy: And I’m going to change the name!
Jack: ??!?!
Guy: To “PHIL IN THE BOX!”
Jack wakes up and tries to choke Phil!
When he was first hit by the bus, his eyes were x’s.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I love those commercials! The best was when they were selling Philly cheesesteaks and Jack sent a flunky to Philly.
AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That’s brilliant! I love those ads SO MUCH. (I love the one where the executives at the conference table are trying to figure out what they’re selling in bowls. And as the ridiculous suggestions are shouted out, one person says, “Curds and whey!” and another says, “Rain!” Man, those are great commercials. :D)
I’d probably try to write mcguggers and I’d misspell it “mcguffers”.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m reluctant to admit it, but I almost typed it wrong, too! I guess I’m not used to typing my own nickname
We get a buttload of Jack in the Box, Sonic, and CiCi’s pizza commercials. We don’t have any of them. Though that Sonic Raspberry Lemonade icee thingy looks good
I LOVE the bowl guesses!
Little gifts! Peas! Marbles! Kelp!
Little gifts! Peas! Marbles! Kelp!
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Whoever writes those ads is a genius. :D
mcguggers, I was ASTONISHED by the Sonic drink menu when we visited Patty. Sonic is CRAZY, man.
I’ve probably mentioned it before, but I think my all-time favorite was when he was at a farmstand buying chipotle peppers.
“Chippa-topple!”
“Chi-pote-leh!”
His mouth was a big squiggle.
The squiggly mouth in the chipotle one was brilliant.
Speaking of Sonic, I accidentally got a Coke one day with a shot of chocolate flavor (they misunderstood my order). It was pretty good.
Chocolate coke? Intriguing!
WOOOOOOO!! I love hockey!
2 goals in 29 seconds and now we’re leading 3-2. SUCK IT Lemaire!
*Cough* Sorry, carry on.
Wooooo! Modano!
I accidentally got a Coke one day with a shot of chocolate flavor
One of the restaurants I worked in during college (the first time) had flavors we could add to our sodas. Vanilla and Strawberry pepsi were probably the most popular. Cherry 7up was up there too. The dude who ordered a chocolate Mountain Dew made me gag.
Modano??? But he’s on my bench tonight! NOOOO! :P
I don’t think I ever want to think about chocolate Mountain Dew ever again.
That’s disgusting, mcgaggers. I mean, mcguffers. :P
If you could leave them there for the rest of the season, Schnookie, I’d really appreciate it.
I make no promises. :P
I have to go to bed. Tomorrow at this time either the Habs will have a five game winning streak or the Sabres will end a three game losing streak. So torn! I told myself not to get too close to the Canadiens! Just let it be a meaningless affair! I’m so weak!
Best of luck to the West Coast! Go Stars! Go Canucks!
G’night, mcguffers!
That’s disgusting, mcgaggers.
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Good night mcguffers!
I think I’m going to have to get Lui a dog collar that makes him stay in his net…
I don’t like it that the Sharks goalie is named Boucher.
alix, are you going to embed a ring of transmitters in the ice, so when he ventures past it, he gets a shock?
I think I just might, Patty. Heh.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Hockey RAWKS!
WOOOO!! The Stars won a game! YAY!
Happy trade deadline day!
Vanilla and Strawberry pepsi were probably the most popular. Cherry 7up was up there too.
I’m intrigued by the idea of vanilla and strawberry Pepsi. I’ve been offered Pepsi with a shot of cherry syrup in it if I’m at a restaurant that doesn’t have Dr. Pepper. Pepsi with cherry in it is cherry Pepsi, not Dr. Pepper. They are not the same. This is my small pet peeve.
Yay trade deadline day!
Apparently Pronger is off the market. I’m kind of disappointed, it might have been fun to see someone overspend on him. On the other hand, at least he’s not going to be a Devil :P
Happy Trade Deadline Day, everyone! I saw a sign today that surely means the trades made will be small and lame. I work in an urban area that’s heavily and densely populated area. Today I saw someone standing on the side of the road, four short blocks from the center of downtown… hitchhiking. I know it’s cold out, but, dude. Walk into town. Get a bus or a cab to wherever you’re going. I have never seen anyone hitchhiking in a city. That’s just crazy!
Pookie, random hitchhikers are so much better than the inappropriate PDA happening in the car in front of me in the Tim Horton’s drive thru.
Oof, sorry, Amy! Yeah, I think I prefer the hitchhiker. Although hitchhikers always make me giggle because once, while working at the call center, I had a customer scream at me because her medication was so expensive she was going to have to “thumb it” to Florida to get treatment for her illness. It was a terrible situation, and I felt for for her, I really did, but I’d never heard someone use the euphemism “thumbing it” and it made me giggle heartily (on the inside). It totally undermined her shouting at me.
Yikes! A customer just brought two non-fiction books over to me and said, “I don’t get it. These are two books about the same thing but they have different authors. Does that make sense to you?” WTF? No, sir, that makes no sense. Only one author in all of humankind is allowed to write about the Holocaust. Them’s the rules.
Pascal Leclaire to Ottawa for Antoine Vermette.
It just.. I dunno. Interesting.
Mmmm a single little tradsie. I guess it makes sense…
Huh. Well… He’s better than Gerber and Emery and that other guy who’s wife is serving in Afganistan while he plays pro sports. (Heh.) I don’t like Vermette, though. That makes CBJ a little less likable. Rats.
Good morning everyone! I see it’s a hot and heavy trade deadline so far (at least for the people in front of Amy at Tim Hortons. Har har). Leclaire for Vermette? I didn’t see that one coming! (I… don’t think that’s necessarily the cure for what ails the Senators, but whatevs! They’re not my problem, thank heavens! :P)
An offer to Timmy of $4 million per?
*headdesk*
I don’t like Vermette, though. That makes CBJ a little less likable. Rats.
Agreed.
An offer to Timmy of $4 million per?
*headdesk*
*putting a cushion on Amy’s desk to protect her head*
Alright, it’s been like 15 minutes. Time for another!
Jay Bouw for a pile of Swedish meatballs and some of Vancouver’s best pot!
Jay Bouw for a pile of Swedish meatballs and some of Vancouver’s best pot!
Oooh, that’s a tough offer to beat. I was going to give Florida Salmela, and hope they don’t notice he’s in Atlanta now.
I’ll give Florida some wings, some beef on weck and some sponge candy for Jay-Bouw. They’re on their own for antacids.
And I love that my team is messing with people’s heads. They made the morning skate optional this morning. Everyone was expected to use the skate as the barometer of who was shuffling out of town. Love it!
I finally had some sponge candy at Christmas this year. Jacques Martin would be stupid to turn down that offer!
No, Florida, doesn’t listen to them! Jay Bouw for a pile of salt water taffy and some of Paulie’s pot brownies! Oh, and some player. *waves hand airily* Here, take Gio.
Oh, and some player. *waves hand airily* Here, take Gio.
Not Gio — Salmela! *Stage whisper* He doesn’t know we traded him already!
Mags, thank you for the cushion. TSN’s reporting Timmy’s officially re-signed at $4.5 per. It’s good he’s staying, but I wish it was for less money.
Hoooly crapski. Timmy signed a 2 year, 9 million dollar contract. Words fail me.
That. Blows.
Um, unless you really wanted to keep him, in which case, WOO HOO!! I’m so happy for you!
(Is the room kind of divided on Timmy?)
Well little Timmay was resigned. 2 years 4.5. Fingers crossed Sabres fans.
That’s 4.5 chips, right? (Anyone here seen that commercial with guy calling his wife from Vegas? Him: “I lost 3,000 chips.” Her: “3,000 dollars.” Him: “No, 3,000 chips.”)
(Is the room kind of divided on Timmy?)
I mean, I like having Timmy on the team when he’s healthy, but….he’s almost NEVER healthy. Plus, I HATE the current Sabres team, so I’m a little scared the Sabres are going to be all, “Yay! Vanek is back and we signed Timmy! Aren’t we awesome?!” Um, no. You’re the same.
“Yay! Vanek is back and we signed Timmy! Aren’t we awesome?!” Um, no. You’re the same.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I gotta say, in the grand scheme of “UFAs the Sabres had a chance to re-sign over the last four years”, I’m not sure Timmy’s the one I would have picked to have gotten in under contract while letting all the others go. :P
No shit. I can’t believe it. I really didn’t see this coming.
I mean, I like having Timmy on the team when he’s healthy, but….he’s almost NEVER healthy.
That’s a lot of money to tie up on someone who seems to get injured at the drop of a hat. Sabres fans, I’ve got my fingers crossed for you.
Maybe no one wanted to trade for a rental Timmy? Maybe there are great offers out there, but only if he’s already locked up for the low, low price of $4.5 million?
I’m not sure Timmy’s the one I would have picked to have gotten in under contract while letting all the others go.
Bucky, is that you?
I can’t believe it. I really didn’t see this coming.
Me neither. Darcy is full of surprises. Next thing you know, we’ll be hearing about Goose dealt to Anaheim for Niedermayer. At which point I will start drinking heavily.
Maybe there are great offers out there, but only if he’s already locked up for the low, low price of $4.5 million?
Um, the Rangers need help scoring, right? And they LOVE unreasonable contracts. Do you think they’d give us Torts for Timmy?
Me neither. Darcy is full of surprises
Yeah, now I’m scared.
Um, the Rangers need help scoring, right? And they LOVE unreasonable contracts. Do you think they’d give us Torts for Timmy?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: No question! That will TOTALLY happen! And it’s gonna be AWESOME!
Nay, I think that’s why they picked Torts up in the first place! To trade for Timmy! I mean, all along they’ve wanted Avery and they don’t think the two can work together; ergo, Torts is just trade bait!
Good morning everyone!
After last night’s game, who else thinks Mottau should be headed for scratch-land over Greene? I know you Ookies hate Greene but Mottay had a costly penalty that led to Toronto’s second goal plus several bad coverages and plays.
I also predict (with the aid of mathematics of course) that no big name trades will happen today and that Bowmeester will stay with Florida. There will be a trade that has Clemmensen moving to the Capitals for a 3rd round pick. This sabotage will result in a 4 game sweep for the Devils over the Capitals in the second round this year. You can’t argue with math :)
Maybe no one wanted to trade for a rental Timmy? Maybe there are great offers out there, but only if he’s already locked up for the low, low price of $4.5 million?
Heh, who knows. Dreger was on WGR a couple days ago and thought there would be definite interest in him. And also that right in the 4 million range would be a good amount for his services considering league-wide interest. I’m not saying that makes this a good signing, just that it’s further proof that Dreger is one of the more accurate hockey dudes out there.
Dude, Mottau was a trainwreck last night. Boomer volunteers for the state library for the blind as a newsreader on their radio, and she was told she could pick a pseudonym for her broadcasts. We had a ton of fun picking which Devil name she should modify as a little shout-out, and in the end, “Karen Mott” won out over “Karen Lang” as her DJ name. So we keep calling Mottau “Mr. Karen Mott” during games, and last night was so bad that Boomer was like, “Karen Mott isn’t going to be able to show her face on the radio tomorrow,” and threatening to change her radio name now. It was a bad, bad scene. Heh.
There will be a trade that has Clemmensen moving to the Capitals for a 3rd round pick. This sabotage will result in a 4 game sweep for the Devils over the Capitals in the second round this year. You can’t argue with math :)
WOO HOOO!!! I love math!!! :D
Aww, TSN is reporting that when they broke the news of the Timmy deal, the Sabres watching in the locker room cheered.
“Karen Mott” won out over “Karen Lang”
I like Karen Mott. It’s a good, newsy name. Karen Lang is just too similar sounding to Darren Pang, in my lowly opinion.
I wanted her to go with Karen Buekeboom, since Buek was one of her early favorites, but that was nixed for being too obvious.
Aww! I’m so glad the Sabres are all happy! :D
And yeah, Karen Mott has a nice snappy zing to it. Well, it did until last night. Stupid Mottau…
Aww, TSN is reporting that when they broke the news of the Timmy deal, the Sabres watching in the locker room cheered.
Awww, that’s kinda sweet.
The Pens and Blues just traded AHLers. Exciting!
The Pens and Blues just traded AHLers. Exciting!
Be still my heart!
And now we have Tellqvist from the Coyotes. Huh. Wonder what we traded.
Meg, the News says a 4th rounder in 2010 for Tellqvist. I guess that erases the Marty to Buffalo rumors.
And the Flames got Leopold from the Avs.
BO-RING! Come on NHL! Spice it up!
And now we have Tellqvist from the Coyotes. Huh. Wonder what we traded.
4th rounder. I wonder who’s going to back up Breezy from now on.
And as if timing couldn’t be better, I can’t get the Yotes page to load and can’t find out. Ugh.
Toronto just picked up Gerber and Dallas picked up Morrison off the waiver wire. Toskala may very well be shut down by the Leafs.
I wonder who’s going to back up Breezy from now on.
Apparently they’ve got a good guy in the AHL. It’s not like they’re going anywhere this year.
Dallas picked up Morrison
Oh, sorry Stars fans! But now you can be on the look-out for Mo at your local Target — be sure to make him aware that you know who he is! :D
What? As in Brendan Morrison? WHAT?
Oh well. I can’t remember who half the team is now anyways, like I’ll remember him!
Apparently they’ve got a good guy in the AHL.
I dunno, from where the Rampage is in the standings, I wouldn’t say so. But what the hell do I know?
It’s not like they’re going anywhere this year.
Other than Kansas City/Hamilton.
BO-RING! Come on NHL! Spice it up!
It’s not NHL related, but it does involve spices. Sandra Lee has a new show debuting in May: Money Saving Meals. It will focus on making food “aspirational, accessible and affordable.” No word on whether this is a new and improved Semi-Ho.
Oh my god, the Stars are “in talks” for Mark Recchi, according to Sweater Vest.
Seriously, if Brett Hull picks up Mark fucking Recchi, I will stage a protest. Not that I’m jumping the gun or anything.
EEEEEEEEE!! A new Sandra Lee show? Where she claims she’s going to be saving you money? AWESOME! (Honestly, the Semi-Ho way is CRAZY expensive, so this should be a real treat.)
Mark Recchi, eh? To go with Brendan Morrison? Everything old is new again!
A new Sandra Lee show?! AWESOME! Thanks for the heads up, Amy! I’ll put in on my calendar to remind myself to set a season pass.
It will focus on making food “aspirational, accessible and affordable.”
Aspirational as in aspirating on your own vomit, correct? Yowza.
Recchi? HA! One of my teammates would have to buy another jersey! (he has one for every team Recchi has ever played on. Which is sort of cool and sort of odd at the same time). That said, I hope it doesn’t happen!
Other than Kansas City/Hamilton.
Zing!
Everything old is new again!
BUT I WANT EVERYTHING TO BE OLD AGAIN.
(I don’t think they have enough cap space to sign Recchi, but you never know. And Hull is notorious for insane things, so um… I am afraid of him. And that’s my story.)
And back to Sandra Lee:
Five bucks says she makes “Kwanzaa Ramen” complete with corn nuts, y’all.
Awwwwww! Take care of B-Mo, Stars fans. He’s a sweetheart. Don’t let the Ookies tell you otherwise. :D Is there any fishing in Texas? Mo likes to fish.
alix, there’s tons of fishing. He’ll love it here, then. :D
Five bucks says she makes “Kwanzaa Ramen” complete with corn nuts, y’all.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No bet!
Five bucks says she makes “Kwanzaa Ramen” complete with corn nuts, y’all.
I keep waiting for Hannukah pork roast or Passover bread pudding.
And according to Puck Daddy, the Rangers have inquired about Martin St. Louis. That seems odd.
And according to Puck Daddy, the Rangers have inquired about Martin St. Louis. That seems odd.
Hah. The Rangers are such idiots if that’s true.
alix, there’s tons of fishing. He’ll love it here, then. :D
YAY! He was pretty awful for the Ducks, but he was also recovering from injury. I think he’ll be just fine in Dallas.
(Don’t listen to alix, Caitlin. He’s a brat. :P)
Olli Jokinen has been sent to Calgary.
Olli Jokinen has been sent to Calgary.
Way to continue to play for teams that are completely off my radar, Olli!
Ollie to Calgary is bad news for the Flames, I mean they haven’t mathmatically clinched a playoff spot yet and the man has a streak to keep alive!
Way to continue to play for teams that are completely off my radar, Olli!
What, do you want Olli on your radar? I know his pornstache is pretty impressive, but other than that…
I mean they haven’t mathmatically clinched a playoff spot yet and the man has a streak to keep alive!
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I mean they haven’t mathmatically clinched a playoff spot yet and the man has a streak to keep alive!
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Ziiiing.
Recchi’s off to Boston!
I know his pornstache is pretty impressive, but other than that…
Is it more epic than Parros’? That thing is epic.
I guess Calgary needs to make another move or two as they are over the cap. And Philly and Vancouver are apparently the leading contenders for J-Bouw.
So where are all the exciting trades?
Recchi’s off to Boston!
Hm. Well, I guess that’s okay with me. The Tranny Gentleman Callers have been swooning a bit of late, so… maybe that’ll help?
Recchi in Boston? Meh.
My interwebs are moving very slowly today, by the way. By the time my “Where are the exciting trades?” comment posted, Mags and Amy had both given us updates! BOOO, slow interwebs!
(Don’t listen to alix, Caitlin. He’s a brat. :P)
Aww, I’m torn!
I will say that the Morrison pickup is odd, mainly because Darryl Reaugh’s wife is the sister of Brendan Morrison’s wife. Hmm.
Woo, Boston! Way to take Recchi. I’m sure he’ll work out smashingly.
Holy crap, so Jokinen didn’t pan out so well in Phoenix then, eh?
BOOO, slow interwebs
The internet spiders are spinning as fast as they can.
The internet spiders are spinning as fast as they can.
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Bill Guerin has gone to Pittsburgh to star in the role of grizzled veteran bringing grizzled veteran leadership to a team floundering with a young, untested captain currently living in his owner’s basement.
Amy, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And really, Penguins, Butthead? My how Shero has fallen.
Bill Guerin has gone to Pittsburgh to star in the role of grizzled veteran bringing grizzled veteran leadership to a team floundering with a young, untested captain currently living in his owner’s basement.
Sounds like a recipe for success.
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I just picture Crosby huddled in Mario’s basement, sobbing because he’s afraid they’re going to cart him off and make glue out of him because he’s a FAILURE.
I’m sorry, but I always picture Crosby behaving like a teenage girl in a Lifetime movie. I can’t help it.
sobbing because he’s afraid they’re going to cart him off and make glue out of him because he’s a FAILURE.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And then mentally calculating how he wasn’t a failure when he had a scoring winger, but now he has Butthead, and how can he not get turned into glue when THAT’S all he’s got to work with?
how can he not get turned into glue when THAT’S all he’s got to work with?
Uncle Mario’s idea of motivation is to sidle up next to Sid and talk loudly into his cell phone. “Oh yes, I just got a competing offer from Elmer’s…but the Thompson people? You know? The folks who make WOOD GLUE, they’re very interested.”
Guerin’s like, “Hey man, maybe being glue wouldn’t be so bad!”
You know? The folks who make WOOD GLUE, they’re very interested.”
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Poor Sid! I guess the Pens should brace themselves for Butthead’s awesome joke-telling skills!
“Oh yes, I just got a competing offer from Elmer’s…but the Thompson people? You know? The folks who make WOOD GLUE, they’re very interested.”
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And frankly, I think Butthead already is glue.
I guess the Pens should brace themselves for Butthead’s awesome joke-telling skills!
He’s going to put on a lot of sketch shows in the locker room, I guess.
And frankly, I think Butthead already is glue.
“Hey, Sid, look, the Islanders sold me off a couple seasons ago to a glue factory and I came out alright! Sure, a little touched in the head…but alright!”
HAHAHA! Yeah, Butthead’s totally been brought aboard to quell Sid’s fears. “Kid, no less than eight NHL teams have shipped me off to glue factories. And I’m still a millionaire! It’s all good!”
Kid, no less than eight NHL teams have shipped me off to glue factories. And I’m still a millionaire! It’s all good!”
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Sid: “But you suck at hockey.”
The Rangers just gave up Kalinen, Dawes & Prucha to get Derek Morris from the Desert Dogs. Uh, is it just me or doesn’t that sound like a bit much?
I can’t decide if it would be worse to be sent to a glue factory or to a farm upstate.
And the Flyers picked up Carcillo from Phoenix, while Buffalo picks up Moore from the Laffs for a 2nd round pick.
Uh, is it just me or doesn’t that sound like a bit much?
I was thinking the same thing, but I guess they need to dump salary… I dunno. *Shakes head* That’s what the trade deadline is all about, isn’t it? Wondering what’s going on inside GMs’ heads. Heh.
I can’t decide if it would be worse to be sent to a glue factory or to a farm upstate.
That’s a very tough call!
And I’m sorry to see On The Go get dealt from the Tranny Brides. Now which teammate is Farter going to imagine having a soap opera about him? :P
Well the trade deadline has come and gone and despite predictions to the contrary, Clemmensen is still part of the Devils. I’m sure you’re all as annoyed and angry about this as I am so I feel it is my duty to share the private conversation I taped in Lou’s office between Lou and George McPhee, GM of the Capitals.
Lou: Hey George, I hear you have some goaltending issues down there and I’m here to help.
George: There is a small problem but I will take Brodeur off your hands if the price is right.
Lou: Let’s remember that I’m Lou here not you, shall we? I’m afraid Brodeur is off the market but I have a very close runner up prize available in Scott Clemmensen. It was only with great deliberation and a heavy heart that we gave Brodeur his starting job back instead of Clemmensen and it saddens me to the point of hanging myself from the Brooklyn Bridge that we don’t have room for three top quality goaltenders on the team.
George: Are you f***ing kidding me Lou? That guy can’t control a rebound to save his life, his communication with defenders makes you think they’re speaking different languages and he singlehandedly blew a 5 goal lead to the Rangers.
Lou: I was afraid you might have heard of that. I would direct you to the MSM, many of whom theorized that Brodeur would have to earn his starting job back (which I assure you he did). He has 25 wins, which is even more than the Ottawa Senators. I can see you drive a hard bargain, George, so I will merely ask for a high draft pick instead of an actual player.
George: The draft doesn’t have enough rounds for this to be worth my while Lou. I do have a bag of pucks in the office that I will trade you however.
Lou: Are they new?
George: No, Ovechkin used them in practice. I think some of them may have been kissed, you know how Alex gets during goal celebrations.
Lou: No deal! (hangs up phone in rudest possible manner)
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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That’s beautiful! I can hear it playing out just like that! And I’m GLAD Lou turned down Ovechkin-used pucks. I mean, I might hate Clemmer, but I have standards.
Phew. Apparently Gillis laughed when someone said he had Bieksa, Raymond, Hodgson and a 1st rounder on the table for Jay Bouw. I mean I love that little nerd, but that would have gutted our team.
And I’m glad Carcillo is going to the East. :)
Oh and I hope Jokinen fucks up Calgary royally. BUAHAHAHA. That’s a lot to give up for a guy that is habitually playing golf in May.
I figured you’d have more of an opinion on the Jokinen trade than many of the rest of us, alix. :D
You know me so well, Schnookie. :D
Apparently Vancouver was offered Recchi for much less than Boston gave up, but Gillis said no. Guess he’s against the dinosaurs. Works for me. I thought we maybe would have got a third liner…but I’m pleased he didn’t do anything crazy.
There’s still more trades coming in. Anaheim made a couple moves, and there’s a three way (heh) between Carolina, Edmonton and someone else that’s still being processed.
Matthew Barnaby said on TSN that the Rags are a bad team with a good goalie, and are in trouble based on the moves the Pens and Sabres made today. Have I mentioned how much I like Barnaby?
Guess he’s against the dinosaurs.
Mats is like, “I take offense at that!” :P
Amy, I’m hoping Barnaby’s right. :D
Mats is like, “I take offense at that!” :P
Hee! Oh but he likes Swedish snuffalufaguses, Mats. Don’t worry. :D
I wonder how Sleek is doing losing his beloved Sammy Paulson.
“The Rangers just gave up Kalinen, Dawes & Prucha to get Derek Morris from the Desert Dogs. Uh, is it just me or doesn’t that sound like a bit much?”
Ranger fans believe it is. They aren’t happy. They also believe Prucha was completely misused the last few years by Renney and could score 25-30 goals a season again if used correctly.
I wonder how Sleek is doing losing his beloved Sammy Paulson.
He sounded pretty sad moping around Martle’s comment threads. Poor guy.
Yeah, I’m not sure I’m going to go by the Rangers fans’ reactions to the Morris deal, since they have been howling about Prucha all season as if he’s just decent ice time away from being Ovechkin or something. :P
Awww poor button.
So the LA/Carolina/Edmonton deal was Justin Williams to LA Patrick O’Sullivan to Oilers and Eric Cole back to Carolina.
Oh and Ales Kotalik was thrown in too. Kinky.
Justin Williams was one of the reasons I still enjoyed watching the Canes. He’s so foxy. Oh well. I guess now he can be a reason I don’t mind watching the Kings (if he’s ever not injured).
I just saw the Kotalik thing on Sabres Edge. Well, that’s at least one UFA we don’t need to worry about, but I will miss his talent during the skills competitions.
I’m going to miss Matty and Eric Cole trying to take each other out every Canucks/Oilers game. Heh.
The Kings are shaping up really nicely actually. They’re one of my very loose secondary teams.
It figures the Sabres would do all their remotely interesting trading after I have to go into a meeting.
And the Laffs picked up Olaf Kolzig.
And the Laffs picked up Olaf Kolzig.
I thought he had a season-ending injury? Am I just imagining things now?
I thought he had a season-ending injury? Am I just imagining things now?
Nope, he’s still hurt. I’m not sure what Brian Burke is working on with this one.
He is injured, Meg. Toronto picked up a few of Tampa’s injured players for a prospect. Kolzig is expected to retire and I think the others are UFAs. TSN said this is Toronto simply taking salary off Tampa’s books for the rest of the season.
Ooooooh! Matthew Barnaby apparently talked to Western conference players about the Jokinen trade and they said “Good. He’s a cancer.” EEEEE! Oh please Hockey Gods let it be true!
That’s GREAT news, alix!
I’m so BUMMED that I missed getting to hang around here all day!
I was a little surprised that Jokinen got dealt again already. I never heard he was a cancer, but I don’t think I’d be surprised.
It wasn’t the same without you, Patty. I mean, I would have done SO much more needling about Morrison if you’d been here!
I think Morrison probably pestered Razor about getting him a job at “his company” until Razor finally had to tell Les Jackson to just pick him up off waivers, I promise he won’t be any trouble, he’ll be gone in the summer. Listen, my wife won’t leave me alone about it!
(He and Morrison are brothers-in-law.)
There’s no other explanation for it, Patty! :P
Oh my god did anybody read on TG’s blog about Zach’s dream on Saturday about Langer getting his 200th goal?
KG, wasn’t that the funniest thing ever? Pookie emailed me at work all, “YOU HAVE TO READ TG RIGHT NOW!!!” Our team just gets more and more adorable with each day, don’t they? (And by that I mean “now that Clemmer’s gone”. Just think how much better it would be if we could rid ourselves of Holik and Shanny, too! :P)
KG, I saw that and nearly fell off my chair laughing. I LOVE THE DEVILS! They’re so spunky and cute!
Listen, my wife won’t leave me alone about it!
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::: I bet Mo starts every family event off with a hearty round of “Don’t you know who I am?!”s.
If I were a Devil, I’d really be buying a lotto ticket. Two guys having two dreams that come true? What are the odds?
And while we’re playing the who’s related to who game, Max Afinogenov’s sister is dating one of the Habs.
And while we’re playing the who’s related to who game, Max Afinogenov’s sister is dating one of the Habs.
That’s craziness! The hockey world really is a bit incestuous, isn’t it?
And I hope lots of Devils are dreaming about June! :P (Pookie just said to me, “I love that the Devils dream about their jobs.” Hee! Hockey players — they’re just like us!)
Well…my cousin is James Wright! So there! And I met Luke Schenn. Once… Heh
Awwwww poor Mo. How quickly his hockey life took a turn for the worse. Although it is kind of comforting in a sick way that everyone that leaves Vancouver recently ends up doing dick all.
I’m sure Morrison will be better in Dallas. Nobody thrives as a Duck. It’s a fact.
(We already have two Mo’s so he’ll have to be Rissy or something.)
(We already have two Mo’s so he’ll have to be Rissy or something.)
Mo: “DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM???”
We already have two Mo’s so he’ll have to be Rissy or something.
Rissy sounds like a name you’d find on a contestant in the Miss Belle of the Ball pageant or something. Maybe he could be Sonny?
I know who you are, Prissy Rissy!
Or he could be B-Mo. B-Dawg.
And yeah, he spent the first half of the season still recovering from knee surgery, and then he was better later on, but Carlyle already decided he didn’t like him. I think I’ll fit better in the Stars system.
Mo: “DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM???”
(The real) Mo: I KNOW WHO YOU AIN’T!
Maybe he could be Sonny?
Prissy Rissy!
These are all good ideas!
Prissy Rissy!
Good thing he’s not on the Islanders, then. Imagine the confusion that could result between Pretty Ricky and Prissy Rissy.
Arrrrrghhhh. If I have to hear one more thing about Calgary’s moves being SOOOOOOO wonderful, I’ll scream.
Standing pat means we’re already totally rad!
Amy, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Pretty Ricky’s the good player. Yeah! I said it! (Just kidding. They both suck.)
Or he could be B-Mo. B-Dawg.
We already have a B-somebody! That’s B-Rad!
We have 3 Mo’s, 2 Brenda/ens, 3 Steves (if you count Robidas), 2 Mikes, 2 Marks, 2 Chrises. Fortunately, we just have one Fabian. :P
We have 3 Mo’s, 2 Brenda/ens, 3 Steves (if you count Robidas), 2 Mikes, 2 Marks, 2 Chrises. Fortunately, we just have one Fabian. :P
Yeah, cause 2 Fabians could get confusing
Fabian with the yummy bum is enough all on his own.
Then there is Tobias Stephan whose first and last names were already taken by other members of the team. I never know what to call him. I called him Stephie once, but it just didn’t seem right. :P
Is anyone watching the Sabres game? I think they like having Vanek back.
Is anyone watching the Sabres game? I think they like having Vanek back.
The Sabres should be celebrating having Price back. Apparently Halak’s Bratislava immune system wasn’t prepared for the flu.
We have 3 Mo’s, 2 Brenda/ens, 3 Steves (if you count Robidas), 2 Mikes, 2 Marks, 2 Chrises. Fortunately, we just have one Fabian. :P
Sounds like some of today’s kindergarten classes where every girl’s name ends in -ayley/-aleigh and the boys names end in -aden.
The only confusion I ever remember on the Sabres roster was the Mike Ryan / Ryan Miller days. You really had to stress who you were talking about, lest someone mixup the hot Boston forward with the wacky Michigan goaltender.
They should’ve put it in Timmy’s new contract that he has to wear a visor and mouth guard. That might make me feel a *little* bit better.
We always seem to have tons of Ryans. And Alexs.
Gosh, I still can’t believe we got Burr for $2 mill and he’s on pace for 20-25 goals playing with the Sedins. I love him so. What a great finish to his story. I could kiss Gillis.
The Habs office is hoping that by not making any trades it will show they have confidence in the team and make them play better. I used to let my cousin “beat me” at checkers. It may have built her confidence, but she’s still a sucky checkers player.
“That’s craziness! The hockey world really is a bit incestuous, isn’t it?”
Well…yeah. Brendan Morrow marries (well, dates and later marries) his teammate’s daughter. Good thing the teammate in question was Carbo and practically ready for AARP at the time. Apparently Ovechkin is (or was) dating Larionov’s daughter. Shanahan attends team Christmas party, meets the wife of one of his teammates, she then leaves her husband for him.
Maybe these guys need to get out more. Then again, when they do, we get Marty ending up with his ex-sister-in-law. Hmmmm.
We used to have a hefty collection of Scotts. But now we’ve got a more diversified name lineup.
You guys — it’s a DOUBLE episode of ANTM tonight! I’m in heaven! :D
Shanahan attends team Christmas party, meets the wife of one of his teammates, she then leaves her husband for him.
This still just boggles my mind. First of all, why does she get TWO hockey players when the rest of us get NONE!
DOUBLE!?! Thanks SchnookieSven for reminding me!
I had no idea that Shanny poached a teammate’s wife.
I have to tape Friday’s encore of ANTM. I lost the DVR fight tonight.
It may have built her confidence, but she’s still a sucky checkers player.
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That’s the fatal flaw in the everybody-gets-a-trophy approach. :P
(Or, as my dad says, eeeeeeehhhhh-vry body gets a trophy.)
I lost the DVR fight tonight.
What a terrible night for that! Thank HEAVEN they replay this!
i suppose it would be beyond tacky of me to ask which former teammate’s wife it was that is now mrs shanny…
Don, the current Mrs. Shanahan is the former Mrs. Craig Janney.
oh…wasn’t there someone from a flyers team of years past who was banished for ‘dating’ a teammates wife?…i’ll ask someone tom’w who will know the answer to that question, not that anyone cares exactly since we all have our own problems to deal with…
That Flyers story sounds kind of scandalous. That story and Shanny’s might top Marty’s in the scandalous affairs category. (Though Marty did win me over by admitting in his book that he acted like a model idiot in regards to his marriage and family.)
And Goose just got a shortie on a breakaway. Here’s hoping the honker can get the hat trick tonight.
sabres win…good, that gets them two points closer to the rangers (i always cheer for whever is playing the rangers :D)
or does anything to make life more difficult for the rangers and their fans
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! for the Sabres! Hunt down those Rangers! Get them in the crosshairs and TAKE THEM DOWN! :D
Good morning, everyone! I hope we’re all still happy in the wake of Trade Deadline ’09! I still think Havelid is going to stand as the shiniest prize of this year’s trades, but I might be biased. :P
Also, I remembered to bring cookies for breakfast today! WOOO HOOOO! It’s the breakfast of champions!
I hope we’re all still happy in the wake of Trade Deadline ‘09!
I am. If I may be shallow for a moment, Tellqvist and Moore are quite foxy. And Moore gets bonus points for making it to the arena at 9:20pm and participating in the postgame media circus.
They are foxy! That was the first thing I thought when I heard about the Moore deal. I was like, “Oooh, I think they’re going to like looking at him now…” :D
If I may be shallow for a moment, Tellqvist and Moore are quite foxy.
It’s true.
Also, my office cookie day has been very satisfying. People made oatmeal cookies without raisins, and peanut-butter-and-jelly bars, and these delicious muffiny cookies. Cookies for breakfast really are the breakfast of champions.
Meg, your breakfast sounds like it kicked the pants off mine. Hmph. Where are my other cookies, coworkers? WHERE ARE THEY???
Where are my other cookies, coworkers? WHERE ARE THEY???
Yeah, your coworkers need to get on that. Slackers!
I should go work in your office, Meg. You guys would take better care of me. :P
(I had to be here an hour earlier than usual today, and I’m totally dragging now. Who knew getting up at 8:15 instead of 9:15 could be so taxing on a person? Thank goodness I’m taking tomorrow off.)
Oh, and I have to say, that’s wildly thoughtful and extremely rare that your coworker made oatmeal cookies without raisins. That person should have no trouble getting into heaven.
Who knew getting up at 8:15 instead of 9:15
So jealous. I’m already at my desk at 8:15.
I’m already at my desk at 8:15.
Ouch! I find having to be at work at 9:00 so intolerable that I show up about 10 minutes late every day.
I have a problem everyone. Fire and Ice is reporting that Greene will be the scratched defenseman next game. I told my wife during the last game that I would eat my hat if Mottau didn’t sit the next game after his abysmal performance. So I guess the problem is I need a recipe to make a hat out of cookies or a ham and cheese sandwich or something. Any ideas?
You could just put a big cookie on your head and call it a had, no?
I need a recipe to make a hat out of cookies or a ham and cheese sandwich or something. Any ideas?
Or, there’s the “Hat? I didn’t say hat? I said ham.” defense.
I was at school at 8:30 for a class that was ultimately cancelled because the teacher (still) has the flu.
Good afternoon everyone. Hope you’re all having a delightful day so far :)
Mags, that’s rough.
I find hat makes a lovely soup…
I have a favour to ask all you fine people. My ma knows the editor of one of our main newspapers back home, and I’m trying to get an internship there this summer. I wanted to send her some of my blog posts to read and I was hoping some of you could maybe tell me your three or four favourite posts at THG? Just if you’re bored at work/school with some minutes to spare… I’ll luff you for ever and ever.
Or, there’s the “Hat? I didn’t say hat? I said ham.” defense.
HAHAHAHAHA! That works like a charm!
I find having to be at work at 9:00 so intolerable that I show up about 10 minutes late every day.
That was my problem. I found 8:30 so intolerable that I started showing up at 8:45, then 9:00, then 9:15, now 9:30, creeping ever closer to 9:45… I’m a disaster.
alix, let me go riffle through your archives! How exciting for you!
I found 8:30 so intolerable that I started showing up at 8:45, then 9:00, then 9:15, now 9:30, creeping ever closer to 9:45… I’m a disaster.
Oh. OH WOW. You’re a lucky girl, Schnookie! I’m here everyday at 8:30 sharp (actually usually a few minutes before.)
Hi, everybody! alix, I hope that you get that internship…I’ll see if I can review some of your old stuff, okay?!
maybe tell me your three or four favourite posts at THG?
Is “all of them” an ok response? I’m really sorry I’m no help, I can’t choose :(
Thanks Schnookie and Caitlin! You’re dolls!
Mags, hee! That’s actually very flattering :)
I am lucky. There’s not a lot of oversight here at my workplace. Heh. :P
There’s not a lot of oversight here at my workplace. Heh. :P
Hee! How awesome for you, though!
I am lucky. There’s not a lot of oversight here at my workplace.
You are lucky, I used to have a job like that and foolishly traded it for a job where I have a coworker who likes to spy on everyone and report everyone for non-work related internet usage. Even the boss is tired of hearing about it but the reports continue…
Ugh. The spying, gossiping coworkers. That’s the worst. I happen to work in a building without any other admins, and on a floor without any other office residents. Heh. It’s just me at the end of an empty hallway. I love it, but I know it won’t last forever. I wouldn’t voluntarily trade it for anything, though! That’s just crazy, Mike! :P
There’s not a lot of oversight here at my workplace.
I’m an early bird at work. My co-workers start freaking out if I’m not at my desk before twenty after 8. It’s really kind of endearing.
If it’s any help, Amy, I kind of freak out when we don’t hear from you before 8:30, too. :D
I’m not at work today because both Max and I are home sick. We don’t have a lot of oversight at my workplace either, but we do have ESPN.com and Yahoo blocked by IT. Thank God for TSN or I would have probably quit by now.
I was surfing the Interwebs during Max’s nap, and I ran across a comment on Fire and Ice that just pissed me off:
“Johhny Oduya sucks.”
It amazes me how many Devils fans get an instant impression of a player (present company excluded), and then stick with it even after the player has clearly improved. Yes Johhny Oduya dropped his stick every other game his rookie year, but come on he is so much better than that now. When I read things like that, I just cringe because I know that’s the kind of stuff that gets Devils fans labeled as “ignorant”. I’ll take crazy, but not ignorant.
Sorry for the rant. Maybe the cold meds have worn off, or kicked in. Who can say?
I’m so sorry you guys are sick, Morgan! I hope you feel better in a jiffy!
I think the “Oduya sucks” comments are kind of a running joke at Fire and Ice. In as much as there are running jokes over there. I was reading that comment thread just now (I saw your comment and was like, “Way to go, Morgan!”) and I thought it was pretty funny how the guy who originally said it clarified that yes, it’s an old riff going back to how hard everyone was dogging Oduya last year, but then he also went on to clarify all the ways he actually thinks Oduya sucks. I’m like, “Uh… can you really have this both ways?”
For the record, IPB’s official stance is that Oduya does not suck. I had, in fact, completely forgotten about all the stick-dropping. :D
I just cringe because I know that’s the kind of stuff that gets Devils fans labeled as “ignorant”. I’ll take crazy, but not ignorant.
I’m not sure it makes a difference, Morgan, as all American hockey fans are automatically ignorant last I checked.
I’m not sure it makes a difference, Morgan, as all American hockey fans are automatically ignorant last I checked.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That we are. *Eyeroll* :D
Only you guys that are fans of the nontraditional markets and the ones that have low attendance averages. :D
Yes Johhny Oduya dropped his stick every other game his rookie year, but come on he is so much better than that now.
I saw that as well on Fire and Ice and had to chime in in defense of Oduya. I thought he was terrible for the first half of last season (and often said so on Fire and Ice), but he really improved the second half and has been solid this year.
Too bad I’m American so everything I just said is wrong :)
Only you guys that are fans of the nontraditional markets and the ones that have low attendance averages. :D
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I hadn’t forgotten the stick-dropping, but I am waiting for the day three years from now when I realize that the Devils can’t win without Oduya. It happened with Whitey, and now with Paulie. Scary.
I was surfing the Interwebs during Max’s nap, and I ran across a comment on Fire and Ice that just pissed me off:
“Johhny Oduya sucks.”
tom gulitti, the writer from the north jersey paper who covers the devils is the moderator of the website and he does a really nice job both with the newspaper and the website, but at least a few of the people who contribute (some of them on a very frequent basis) would be better served to write less and listen more…you could tear your hair out reading the proposed four for one trades for bouwmeester which were almost laughable, and all last summer and into the regular season they were cries to ship out zack parise for a bag of hockey pucks and that colin white should have his contract bought out…