Devils Are On Tonight! Yay! Wait, They’re Playing The Ranges? Boo…

February 18, 2011 by Schnookie

WOO HOO for a fun slate of Friday hockey! We will grudgingly accept that Devils/Rangers games are sometimes fun, but we can’t say we have high hopes for tonight… but it’s been really warm here lately, the kind of weather that makes a girl realize that there won’t be hockey at all before too much longer. So let’s enjoy it while we can. Even though it is Devils/Rangers.

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on February 18, 2011 at 7:16 pm EJGRgunner

This game has been fun. Mostly because the Rangers have been running around headless slightly more than we have.
on February 18, 2011 at 7:19 pm Schnookie

As long as they’re doing it more than we are, I can’t complain!
on February 18, 2011 at 7:23 pm EJGRgunner

So what are the odds that Lou’s talked himself into possible playoff run and isn’t going to auction off any of the tradeable assets on the roster?
on February 18, 2011 at 7:28 pm Pookie

Well, in the past Lou’s always been loathe to trade away the pending UFAs for fear of breaking up team chemistry so… the way this season’s been going… Travis will be a Thrasher this time tomorrow. Heh.
on February 18, 2011 at 7:29 pm EJGRgunner

Gosh. Do they even have acorns in Atlanta?
on February 18, 2011 at 7:32 pm Pookie

Travis would have to have them imported. Zach would have to send him care packages.
on February 18, 2011 at 7:35 pm EJGRgunner

I don’t know. Based on shots of Zach in the stands, I think he’s a little hot under the collar about all this time Travis is spending with that Russian hussy. Or those nights in the car with Patty.
on February 18, 2011 at 7:36 pm Schnookie

That is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard — Travis being acornless. How heartbreaking. It’s almost a heartbreaking as the likelihood that no, Lou won’t break this team up. I mean, if he tampers with the chemistry, they won’t be able to claw their way up into 10th place! That would be terrible!

(I just badly overcooked our ravioli. Booo!)
on February 18, 2011 at 7:37 pm Schnookie

Or those nights in the car with Patty.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Zach’s all, “I say, man! I’m Batman! Not that guy! Robin, what’s come over you??”
on February 18, 2011 at 7:37 pm Pookie

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to both of you!
on February 18, 2011 at 7:38 pm EJGRgunner

Did all the stuffing explode out?
on February 18, 2011 at 7:39 pm EJGRgunner

Travis: Ilya says I could be Nightwing! I don’t need you!
on February 18, 2011 at 7:39 pm SueNJ97

Based on shots of Zach in the stands, I think he’s a little hot under the collar about all this time Travis is spending with that Russian hussy. Or those nights in the car with Patty.

You sure it isn’t that Boxworthy confiscated his pizza again?
on February 18, 2011 at 7:42 pm Schnookie

Did all the stuffing explode out?

Yeah, on some of them. It wasn’t a pretty scene. Pookie’s reassured me that she has a high mushiness threshold with food, though, so I haven’t failed as the cook tonight after all. Whew. That was a near miss.

You sure it isn’t that Boxworthy confiscated his pizza again?

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Zach: “Same difference.”
on February 18, 2011 at 8:12 pm SueNJ97

WOOOOOOOO!!!! I think Ilya was happy.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:13 pm Schnookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
on February 18, 2011 at 8:13 pm Pookie

It’s the acorn-based borscht he and Travis invented.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:13 pm SueNJ97

And NJ immediately takes a penalty….
on February 18, 2011 at 8:15 pm SueNJ97

It’s the acorn-based borscht he and Travis invented.

It’s replaced the Kool Aid Lou used to make them drink.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:18 pm Schnookie

I can’t imagine a world without Lou’s Kool Aid. Can it just be a new flavor of Kool Aid they invented? I mean, who wouldn’t like acorn-borscht Kool Aid?
on February 18, 2011 at 8:18 pm Pookie

It’s probably about as tasty as Kool-Aid.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:19 pm Pookie

I’m now imagining a giant acorn with beet tops crashing through a brick wall, shouting, “Oh da!”
on February 18, 2011 at 8:20 pm Schnookie

I’m now imagining a giant acorn with beet tops crashing through a brick wall, shouting, “Oh da!”

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: You got one part of it wrong — it’s a giant beet with an acorn top. I mean, come on.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:20 pm Pookie

No, you’re WRONG!
on February 18, 2011 at 8:21 pm SueNJ97

I’m now imagining a giant acorn with beet tops crashing through a brick wall, shouting, “Oh da!”

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

I laughed out loud and scared poor Claude, who is looking at me to make sure everything is OK.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:22 pm Schnookie

An acorn with beet tops is CLEARLY the mark of the off-brand Acorn-Borscht Flavored Drink. A beet with an acorn lid is, as everyone knows, the trademark of Kool-Aid Brand Acorn-Borscht Kool-Aid, Official Beverage Of The Kovalchuk/Zajac-Era New Jersey Devils. One you can find in fine food stores everywhere. The other you get if you’re an astronaut. (I’m not going to tell which is which.)
on February 18, 2011 at 8:23 pm Schnookie

An astronaut, or if you’re in prison.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:23 pm SueNJ97

You got one part of it wrong — it’s a giant beet with an acorn top. I mean, come on.

I’m not sure which is better, but imagine either one of them chasing Stan Fischler around.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:24 pm Schnookie

I laughed out loud and scared poor Claude, who is looking at me to make sure everything is OK.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I hope you reassured him by miming busting through a brick wall and shouting in a deep, gravelly voice “OH DA!”
on February 18, 2011 at 8:24 pm Pookie

The other you get if you’re an astronaut. (I’m not going to tell which is which.)

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Travis loves cosmonaut ice cream. It’s the block crayon of sweets.

Claude, it’s okay! You come back and watch the rest of the game now! :D
on February 18, 2011 at 8:24 pm Schnookie

I’m not sure which is better, but imagine either one of them chasing Stan Fischler around.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I hope that for that the two sworn enemies can join forces. There’s no way Stan can out-run both acorn-beet AND beet-acorn.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:25 pm Schnookie

Travis loves cosmonaut ice cream. It’s the block crayon of sweets.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Similarly, he loves the color yellow. Because it’s the sweet of block crayons.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:27 pm Pookie

Because it’s the sweet of block crayons.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: He made his own version of those ~~smelly~~ scented markers. He tied a lemon to the yellow one, tied a blueberry to the blue one, and a cinnamon stick to the brown one.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:27 pm SueNJ97

Someone shut Chico up. He should know better than to say that the Rangers are just waiting for the second period to end. Bad, bad Chico.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:27 pm Schnookie

He tied a lemon to the yellow one, tied a blueberry to the blue one, and a cinnamon stick to the brown one.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: He was quite an enterprising youngster.
on February 18, 2011 at 8:28 pm Schnookie

He should know better than to say that the Rangers are just waiting for the second period to end. Bad, bad Chico.

Seriously! He’s been doing this long enough to know better by now. Sigh.
on February 18, 2011 at 9:22 pm Schnookie

I hope all those douchebag Rangers fans (I know, I know, it’s redundant) are happy they went to Newark tonight. Heh heh heh. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

(Tim was there tonight, right? He TOTALLY has to go to the rest of the Devils games this season.)
on February 18, 2011 at 9:24 pm SueNJ97

WOOOOOOO!!!!! And, for a 1-0 game it was fairly interesting.

And IIRC, we wondered why Tim was going. Obviously, he’s the Devils’ good luck charm against the Rangers.
on February 18, 2011 at 9:26 pm Schnookie

Yeah, from now on I’m going to wonder why Tim isn’t going to Devils games.
on February 18, 2011 at 9:32 pm SueNJ97

Was the Flyer game delayed? They are only in the second period.
on February 18, 2011 at 9:35 pm Schnookie

It was Rod Brind’Amour night in Raleigh, so they didn’t start until 8. Because who doesn’t want to spend hours before a game singing paeans to Rod Brind’Amour? ::gack::
on February 18, 2011 at 9:40 pm SueNJ97

There is no way you can make Rod Brind’Amour night attractive.
on February 18, 2011 at 9:41 pm SueNJ97

Well, I take that back. Maybe if you scheduled it against Mark Messier night, which is unattractive, drags on forever, and weeps constantly….
on February 18, 2011 at 9:42 pm Schnookie

Maybe if you scheduled it against Mark Messier night, which is unattractive, drags on forever, and weeps constantly….

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Beaks was a last-minute scratch tonight due to “flu-like symptoms” (he’s pregnant!), and Boomer suggested it was because he got sick from having to look at Brind’Amour during the ceremony.
on February 18, 2011 at 9:46 pm SueNJ97

Beaks was a last-minute scratch tonight due to “flu-like symptoms” (he’s pregnant!), and Boomer suggested it was because he got sick from having to look at Brind’Amour during the ceremony.

He can’t be preganent, he’s been nowhere near Langenbrunner lately (this isn’t just a gratuitous shot at Langer, when he first joined NJ, his wife was popping out kids on a regular basis and we joked that all Jaime had to do was look at someone to get them pregnant).
on February 18, 2011 at 9:48 pm SueNJ97

Geez about the only time Jacques smiles is when he talks about Kovy.
on February 18, 2011 at 9:56 pm Schnookie

He can’t be preganent, he’s been nowhere near Langenbrunner lately

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: What Langer lacks in leadership skills he apparently makes up for in sperm count.
on February 19, 2011 at 1:27 am Tim

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That game was all I could hope for. Except for getting sat in front of the biggest douchebags to ever call Jersey home, who primal screamed when the puck was dead and mocked me relentlessly when I asked them to calm down. And for arriving in my seat to find a little yellow piece of paper proclaiming I won something, only to find I had “won” the right to buy season tickets for next year half-off and meet the team and stuff, for only just under a grand! Because I can really afford that after rent to my mom, student fees, etc., so all I really won was a free Devils temporary tattoo.

I’ll gladly go to all the rest of the games if you guys are willing to stump up the ticets, train fare, food and drink! I’m 2-for-2 going to Devils wins this season.
on February 19, 2011 at 11:16 am Kathleen

Whoa. The Blues traded their captain, flew to Buffalo, shutout the Sabres, and then traded Erik Johnson & Jay McClement in the middle of the night? Cold.
on February 19, 2011 at 3:08 pm Myra

Did y’all know Patty (in Dallas) bought a new red sofa and chair? I didn’t. I had to hear about it on Twitter first, not even here on IPB? What has gotten into that girl? :P

Hmm. I wonder what she is going to do with her old blue sofa and chair?