Wherein Life Has Nevertheless Been Worth While Living

Every October we pop a bottle of champagne and toast NHL Opening Night with this passage from Halldor Laxness’s Independent People: And when later in life he thought of those days of the face that reigned over them, then he felt that he too, no less than the blue mountains, had been fortunate enough to [...]

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Now That We’re All Western Conference Fans, Here’s An Open Thread

Things were getting a bit stale around here, what with that days-old post, so here’s an open thread for tonight’s exciting Detroit/Phoenix Game 7! (We thought the Washington/Montreal one was tonight, too. What gives?)

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Wherein We Go On At Surprising Length About The Devils Being Losers, Or: This Is The Worst Great Team In The History Of The World

After a day of wallowing in the predictable failure — yet again — of the Devils, we find ourselves thinking, horrifyingly, of numbers. You know how much we hate statbits on the whole, Gentle Reader, but the fact is that there is one statbit we do consider worthy of significant regard. And that statbit is [...]

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Devils vs. Flyers, Game 5

We had grand plans to go out for a fancy dinner tonight to avoid this game, but inertia settled in so here we are, in front of the television for the puck drop on what should be the final game of the season. Join us for an open thread and a rousing game of “Pin [...]

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Devils @ Flyers, Game 4

Our absolute favorite sporting-world insult that we’ve read about in the last calendar year comes from our favorite Olympic sport, cross-country skiing. At some indeterminate time in the last few years (we don’t really have much of a grasp of the timeline of the world of cross-country skiing, needless to say), Norway’s Petter Northug apparently [...]

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Devils @ Flyers, Game 3

We’re breaking them out preemptively. We’re hoping not to have to use them in the game. Devils, don’t make us use the fuck hell kitten mittens on you!

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Wherein We Find A Sign In Our Quilting Fabric

We may have mentioned in this space that we have concocted consolation prizes for the inevitable moment when the Devils are no longer contending in this year’s playoffs. In the last few years, we’ve been plunged into periods of alternating rage and depression after the eliminating loss, so this year we’re prepared. We’ve both selected [...]

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