Literally the instant we hit “Publish” on this doozy of a post, Pookie remembered — kind of — what we wanted to write about:
We were discussing how Edmonton and Calgary could both have seceded from the NHL without us noticing this year, and Pookie marveled at how she was only discovering right then that Pat Quinn was coaching the Oilers. To which we wondered aloud who was coaching the Flames.
There was a pause.
Then Pookie smirked, “Oh yeah! I remember who! Heh heh.”
Then there was another pause, while Schnookie caught up.
And then Pookie said, “Brent Sutter. I like to think of him as the Kevin Constantine of the late Aughts.”
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! Thank you very much!
And this is why they pay us the big bucks.
You miss him THAT MUCH, huh?
You guys, I do not think the Ducks are going to win this game.
Yeah, we’re really heartbroken about losing him. Heh.
And it is definitely looking like this game might be trouble for the Ducks. Might.
How could you guys stand Brent Sutter? I noticed this weekend he’s such a sour puss. Jeez. Canucks played the Flames and his face…just…sour. Not to mention unpleasant.
Not to mention unpleasant.
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I have no idea how we survived. :P
We were discussing how Edmonton and Calgary could both have seceded from the NHL without us noticing this year
Heh. I only noticed Edmonton this weekend because of the whole restaurant bill fiasco, and the fact that I fell asleep watching the Oilers/Sharks this weekend and even without my glasses on, I could tell the Oilers were not very good at hockey.
Also, why does Sutter perpetually look constipated and/or like he just swallowed a lemon?
Good morning, everybody!
Amy, I’m so glad to know we’re not the only ones who’ve forgotten all about the Flames and Oilers! And as for Sutter’s facial expression, goodness only knows. Maybe he’s just perpetually depressed because he’s the Kevin Constantine of the late Aughts? That would have me all down. :P
I think the greatest improvement for the Devils from last year to this is how they went from the lemon sucking frown of Brent Sutter to the shit eating grin of Jacques Lemaire. That’s easily good for 5+ regular season wins and a first round playoff series victory.
Oh and happy belated New Year everyone!
That’s easily good for 5+ regular season wins and a first round playoff series victory.
I’m not going to put that playoff cart before the horse, but I agree that a perma-tanned, shit-eating grin is DEFINITELY good for SOMETHING. I mean, consider that in Sutter’s first year, the Devils got shut out 12 times, and this year, they’ve almost never (???) been shut out. It’s all about the grin. :P
And happy new year to you, too, Morgan!
The grin exudes swagger, which the Devils never had under Sutter. I’m a sucker for swagger. :D
And I’m sure Patty misses Brent sooooo much. Right. At least Lemaire now goes out and says Boogerfors needs to improve after he’s had a 2-goal night (and sometimes, Jacques is right, sometimes not). Everything is now someone else’s fault – except – if it is Patty’s fault, Jacques doesn’t beat him over the head w/it.
Sutter has Babcockface. And Pat Quinn and the Oilers deserve funfetti after calling out Clarke MacArthur(!) as a dirty player and begging TPTB to suspend him. Grr. Grrrrrrr.
Pat Quinn and the Oilers deserve funfetti after calling out Clarke MacArthur(!) as a dirty player and begging TPTB to suspend him.
The whaaaa?
Anyhoo, I’d totally forgotten about Sutter too! I was reminded of him when I watched an episode of NHL on the Fly over the holidays. My sister said he looked like our Grandmere (that is to say, kind of like an aged, scarred, perpetually unhappy orc) (we do totally love her, btw. She just exudes grumpiness) and we both wonder out loud how we’d never noticed that before. We decided on Our-Team’s-Coach-Goggles.
And I love the Jacques-grin. The Jacques-grin is GOLD.
I just feel the need to throw this out there this morning.
I TOTALLY SUCK AS A FANTASY GM.
Thank you.
That is all.
I TOTALLY SUCK AS A FANTASY GM.
If you suck, so do I, because we tied 2 weeks ago.
And I don’t suck. Sure, you can lose, but you don’t suck. Circumstances conspire against you, but you don’t suck. Sometimes, you have the best day/week/month/year you’ve ever had, but someone comes along and has a better one in the same time frame. That’s not your fault. Keep going, and you’ll probably be better off in the long run.
(I sat down with our sports psych today, can you tell? ;P)
(I sat down with our sports psych today, can you tell?
Ok, Mags. No I can’t tell at all. ;)
Actually, I’ve got no goalies, haven’t had all year. I have great forwards, but they have been hot and cold. My defensemen are so-so. But my goalies have been bad from the get-go and I have not been able to replace them with anything better. Not that I haven’t tried.
Oddly, I think Hub and I work better as co-GM’s. Imagine that.
I’ve got no goalies, haven’t had all year.
Awww, I’m sorry! See, events conspiring against you!
Do you want one of mine? Because at this point, I have goaltending to spare.
Seriously? I’ll have to get back with you when I’m not at work. :)
Seriously?
Deadly.
I’d rather not discuss fantasy team goalies right now…
But this week, I’m bringing a case of scurvy to The Too Oranges!!!
You WISH, mcguggs! The Too Oranges were struggling a bit in the last few weeks, but the righted the ship last week and are roaring into 2010 like an orange afire. But not the Fire Clown kind of fire. No, you’re going to be sorry you ever tangled with the Too Oranges!
(Speaking of things we’re sorry for, I’m sorry I came to work today. I really hope I have to go to jury duty tomorrow.)
I’m an AWESOME fantasy GM. What’s the secret to my success, you ask? Why, being smart enough to have Yahoo auto-draft Joe Thornton AND Dany Heatley! Woo-hoo!
The only thing scarier than Farter’s demonic Pomeranian is how badly the Fire Clowns are going to mangle the Too Oranges this week. In fact we are going to beat them with furry canes made from evil Pomeranians! Ha!
Pookie, I thank my auto-drafting skills everytime I see Phaneuf. Actually, I mean the exact opposite of that.
Gah. I haven’t worked a full day in a while. This afternoon is taking forever, plus everyone else has left for our annual sales meeting taking place in the Keys (as in Florida).
Why did I agree to hold down the fort?
Why did I agree to hold down the fort?
Because you get to hold that fact over their heads for a whole year. Imagine all the things you’ll get done with the simple words “While you were in the Keys…”
Oh! I like your thinking there, Mags.
This could be the gift that keeps on giving. Ha.
Myra, that sucks that your stuck at work while everyone else flits around the Keys! I was all cool with coming back to work (I realized that I spent all the time leading up to vacation saying that all I needed was to recharge my batteries; the first work day after Christmas I was like, “Oof, I need a vacation. Oh, wait a minute. Heh. So this week is all about taking advantage of my newly recharged batteries) only then I got here and discovered the whole place smells like cat urine. Yay!
Imagine all the things you’ll get done with the simple words “While you were in the Keys…”
That’s brilliant thinking!
And man, a whole day of work today was BRUTAL. Thank heavens I have to go to jury duty tomorrow! WOOOOO!
While I technically did work a full day (8 hours) tonight, it didn’t feel like it because the whole time I’ve been working at this not-so-new-any-more job, it’s been 50 hour weeks.
And I don’t know what was better about being a Jets today, the fact they are in the playoffs, or reading/listening to so many people whine about the win against the Colts last week. I can’t believe some of the shit of I have read.
Speaking of being a fantasy GM and goalies, I can’t believe the Loopholes goalies (Cam Ward, Carey Price, Dwayne Roloson) were their only saving grace last week.
So I guess in a nut shell, I just don’t believe much. And those are my stories.
50-hour weeks?! Good grief! I’m so sorry! I once worked a 90-hour week followed by an 85-hour week. After that it was like “35 hours or bust”.
Good morning all!
I wonder what stories Schnookie will bring back from jury duty?
I always find it fascinating people watching. Coming from a small town and then living in the burbs, it’s the only time I’ve ever seen real live hookers. It’s amazing. :P
I love trying to figure out who everyone is and why they are there. (This is after you get to go upstairs and wait outside the courtrooms.)
Of course, I’ve never actually had to serve on a jury. I think they think I’m too opinionated. Imagine that?
Hub on the other hand, has had to serve several times. He also gets picked out of the crowd to volunteer for stuff like at Disney World, alot too. I wonder if the two are related?
Can you tell I’m by myself at the office today, again???
Hub on the other hand, has had to serve several times. He also gets picked out of the crowd to volunteer for stuff like at Disney World, alot too.
Hub is the metaphorical everyman!
Hub is the metaphorical everyman!
Or he could just have “Pick Me!” tattooed on his forehead.
Something called “Pregnancy Assistant” just started following me on Twitter. Um. Why?
At 47, I find this a little frightening. So of course, I blocked them.
Good morning!
Myra, I mentioned Girl Scout Cookies on my Twitter before and a GS Council out of Florida started following me. I blocked them, because sometimes, I’m not really Girl Scout appropriate in my content.
At 21, I find that a little frightening too. The pregnancy assistant over Twitter, I mean. Not that you blocked them.
I made a comment on a picture of someone’s baby, that is the only thing I can think of that would have caused it. But that is really random.
Can you tell I’m by myself at the office today, again???
Hub is the metaphorical everyman!
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to both of you!
Sorry to say this, Myra, but “Pregnancy Assistant” just isn’t as cool and sexy as Al Roker. :P
Um. Yeah. Not cool, not cool at all.
I feel for Hub’s pain, I have been called for jury duty four times and served on three of them. I was named forman for two of the cases even though I was not juror number #1. Apparently I have a juror-y vibe about me.
I have suffered jury oppression as well. Called 3 times, served twice. If you want to get out of it, act very opinionated like Myra said. Acting very bitter about previous jury experiences is a guarantee to get out of it, as I discovered on my last callup. I didn’t even have to act though :P
If you’re tired of your job and it’s not an unpleasant case, it can be an interesting break however.
Haha…jury duty. I used to get called for the wrong county every single year. I got out of it for 5 years in a row. It was the best.
I got called up last year, but never made it to the box. Just read my book and waited to go home.
This is about a former Devils coach, so I guess that this kinda sorta realtes to the post… not really, but this is just too nutty not to share. Apparently Pat Burns, being an ex-cop and all, has contacts with Florida law enforcement, and he has chatted up the officers that responded to the “Tiger Woods Incident”. Well, Burns has gone public today that the cops have told him that Tiger Woods is laying low because his soon to be ex-wife knocked out his front teeth with his now infamous nine iron.
Google “Pat Burns Tiger Woods” and the story pops up.
I would have never thought Pat Burns would end up involved with the Tiger Woods Saga. Go figure.
I would have never thought Pat Burns would end up involved with the Tiger Woods Saga. Go figure.
That’s crazy!
My fifteen minute commute took 47 minutes, I passed 13 police cars, five ambulances, four firetrucks, 3 cars in the meridian and it is never. going. to. stop. snowing. I was supposed to go to Buffalo to check on my apartment tonight, but instead I think I’ll stay here and listen to my dad’s EMT radio.
Tiger Woods is laying low because his soon to be ex-wife knocked out his front teeth with his now infamous nine iron.
Wow. Just… Wow. And Pat Burns somehow being involved. It doesn’t get much weirder than that.
Mcguffers, what is it, the snow apocalypse? White death from the sky? And I thought I had it bad because the gears and the brakes on my bike froze and I couldn’t leave the house until I’d defrosted them with my hair-dryer.
I couldn’t leave the house until I’d defrosted them with my hair-dryer.
Sorry, but that made me giggle :D
I really do love living in the Northeast and I would definitely miss snow if I moved, but jeebis!! It’s been snowing for 3 days straight. And half the city forgets how to drive in the stuff so they either go 5 mph or 75 while texting.
Sorry, but that made me giggle :D
You may laugh, but I honestly couldn’t hold the hairdryer straight because I giggling too hard at the thought of what I looked like :D
75 while texting.
They’re my favourites! But seriously, don’t y’all have like the best snow management in the world? It’s snowed for 3 days over the weekend (albeit not very heavily), but they got the roads cleared up pretty fast regardless.
don’t y’all have like the best snow management in the world?
That’s the worst part! The roads aren’t that bad! You just can’t go crazy like JoJo the Idiot Circus Boy and you should be fine. But these people tailgate then jam on the brakes causing mass chaos. As if it’s never snowed before.
I wanted to wish everyone a good evening since in 46minutes a few of us will become mortal enemies.
We are all SO going to be mortal enemies! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
And my exciting news for today is that I was actually put on a jury! Whee! I was all looking forward to spending the whole day listening to my iPod and reading, but instead, I spent 15 minutes in the jury assembly room before being called into a courtroom, and then was the first person called up to sit in the jury box. Juror #1, that’s me, baby! (It’s a very, very, very simple trial, though, so I’m only going to miss one more day of work. Bummerdude. I’ll have to keep my fingers crossed that next time around I get called for the giant celebrity trial out of which I’ll write a bestseller about my days on the jury. As this trial’s going, the best I can hope for is a bestseller pamphlet.)
Hey all!!!!! How things been?
Two things: 1) Mom loved her Chuck the Duck. He chills on the table right in front of the TV to watch the games :)
2) I was in the shower listening to the radio broadcast when the Devils fans were booing in the second period? I thought he said that they were booing Avery who was in the crowd? Is this correct?
Oh, and bad news in my land-o-hockey. Was going to order a 60×40′ tarp to build a rink in my back yard – but white tarps are sold out across the country! Stupid cold snap across the continent!!!