The Agony And The Ecstasy

The Ecstasy: Yay! We re-signed Oduya! Every time we’ve looked at the pending UFA lists in the last few months, his was the only name on there that set our hearts a-flutter. We would have been some very sad Ookies if he’d flown the coop, so thank goodness our very own Johnny Handsome remains our [...]

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Not On The Road With IPB: Chapter 4

So, Gentle Reader, we have all survived another Draft. How exciting! And as difficult as it is to believe, given how thrill-a-minute the Draft is on TV, our not-trip to not-Montreal was equally exciting. Yesterday was our “later rounds of the Draft” day in not-Montreal, and Mats was happy to show off how we would [...]

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Not On The Road With IPB: Chapter 3

It’s the most wonderful a kinda fun the somewhat tolerable a day of the hockey season: Draft Day! After making the trek up to Ottawa to witness it in person last year, we’re making the trek to the couch to witness it on television this year. While this means we can’t whoop and holler for [...]

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Not On The Road With IPB: Chapter Two

Today began bright and early with loading up the car, bidding Stately IPB Manor fond adieu, and setting sail for Montreal*. Before beginning the journey, Victory Euro Mats consulted the trusty nine-years-out-of-date road atlas to make sure the route was properly planned. How’s it looking, Mats? Looks like Mats is ready to go! “Wheeee! Road [...]

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Not On The Road With IPB: Prologue

Gentle Reader, starting some time in January we hatched a hair-brained scheme to hit the road with our closest Flyers/Habs-fan friend kristin for some quality first-hand Draft experiences in Montreal. We mapped routes. We put in for vacation time. We booked hotel rooms. We planned all manner of “how we’re going to meet future NHL [...]

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Devils In The Wild

We’ve been busy hosting the marvelous Kate the Great here at stately IPB Manor the last few days, so we haven’t been able to put our regular high levels of effort into blogging; our apologies, Gentle Reader, for not doing a better job of assessing the possible outcomes for the Devils at the upcoming draft. [...]

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One Last Open Thread For 2008-2009

Every year we watch the NHL Awards and every year we think “this is the worst pain on Earth!” So… uh… join us for the worst pain on Earth! Will Zach win the Lady Byng? Will Beaker when the Selke? Will the musical acts be even more ear-bleedingly-awful than last year?

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