Last night we had our traditional Draft Party at stately IPB Manor, with the togas and the dancing formations and the cymballs.
Last time we busted out this garb we got badly burned, but with a fourth-overall pick, there was no way this could go badly, right? Right! Look at what all our suffering from last season earned us!
Insert frenzied cymball crashing here.
Deploy cymballs! Let the bacchanalia commence! We have a new best player ever, and, if the thirty seconds of Pierre McGuire we were willing to listen to last night is any indication, he is going to give us many, many orgasms. (Our actual response to Pierre’s immediate, hysterical response to the Devils’ pick — Schnookie: “Pierre just came all over him! He must be awesome!” Pookie: “This is Pierre we’re talking about. I wouldn’t read much into it.”)
It’s probably not an overreaction to say that Adam Larsson is the Best Devil EVER.
Our actual response to Pierre’s immediate, hysterical response to the Devils’ pick — Schnookie: “Pierre just came all over him! He must be awesome!”
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Buffalo just drafted a kid from Coppell, Texas, our former (sadly) home town.
Aww, Myra, that’s like a little Valentine from Buffalo to you! A secondary-team kid to have a special place in your heart…
How’s the moving in going?
I just garnered Swedish citizenship I’m so excited about Larsson, Tedenboner and JJ the Jet Plane.
Also, WTF is the deal with the Jets staying in the Southeast? I saw a Canadian geographer weeping uncontrollably in the gutter yesterday.
Woah, new comment box. I’ve been gone ever so long.
Also, WTF is the deal with the Jets staying in the Southeast?
Er, what? If that’s true, that is D-U-M-B.
Myra, I really like this kid! That’s so cool that he’s from your hometown! Hey, now you have another excuse to adopt the Sabres as your Trannies ;)
Tim, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to all of that! JJ the Jet Plane? I LOVE IT!
And seriously, they’re leaving Winnipeg in the Southeast? For reals? For fuck’s sake, the LAST thing we all need is ANOTHER Canadian fanbase/media market whining about how the league is persecuting them with their travel schedule. Vancouver is plenty for me, thankyouverymuch.
(And yes, the new comment box BLOWS, but I also didn’t notice it until fairly long after it was implemented. Damn you, WordPress!)
I just garnered Swedish citizenship I’m so excited about Larsson, Tedenboner and JJ the Jet Plane.
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The Devils drafted someone from Plano, TX. TX is taking over the NHL!*
*Slowly. Very, very slowly.
Also, WTF is the deal with the Jets staying in the Southeast?
Er, what? If that’s true, that is D-U-M-B.
Super true. They had so many goood options. Put them in the Central and move Nashville over to the Southeast. Put them in the Northwest so both of Atlanta’s former teams can wail on each other. Put them in the Pacific for the most fabulous rivalry ever: Sharks – Jets. Imagine all the ice dancing fans the NHL could convert with that.
Put them in the Pacific for the most fabulous rivalry ever: Sharks – Jets
Oh. My. God. I never even thought of that. Genius!!!
The fact that they let Sharks/Jets slip through their fingers is a shame. Stupid NHL! You’d think they’re not even interested in the musical theater demographic!
For some reason, I’m getting the regular old comment box today. ??? I’ve had the new one the last few days…?
Sharks-Jets, nice! Wish I’d thought of that.
For some reason, I’m getting the regular old comment box today. ??? I’ve had the new one the last few days…?
WITCH!
BURN HER!
the most fabulous rivalry ever: Sharks – Jets.
:^:::::::::::::::::::: It took me a second to get that, and now I feel deeply ashamed.
Anyhoo, Larsson WOOOOO. You’d better be good, little boy. I put on my Devils t-shirt for you.
Sharks-Jets…clever! Too bad the NHL isn’t equally clever.
I think it’s just for the year because they didn’t have time to work things out before they had to do the schedule, right? (Granted, if the NHL was well run they would have had time.)
You’d better be good, little boy. I put on my Devils t-shirt for you.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, I had my Devils t-shirt on last night for the Draft, too. I was like, “Dear God, what is this THING on my shirt??? Oh, right. That’s the Devils logo.” It had been a while since I’d last seen it. :P
I think it’s just for the year because they didn’t have time to work things out before they had to do the schedule, right?
I certainly HOPE it was just because the whole move to Winnipeg happened so out-of-the-blue. It’s only since Tim pointed this out here today that Pookie and I realized that was why the Devils play the Winnipegs so many times this coming season. Pookie was all, “Huh. That makes sense. I was wondering what the fans in Winnipeg had done to deserve playing the Devils so many times.”
Congrats on getting the best player in the draft Ookies!!
One of the things I like the best in the draft is the last few rounds epecially the last one), when teams evidently have no clue who they’re picking and just go for the guy with the funniest name.
I have to give high marks to the scouts that uncovered Rob O’Gara (Boston), Matt Mahalak (Carolina), and Jyrki Jokipakka (Dallas). Some went for already famous names too: Columbus got Forsberg in the 7th round (what a steal), and the Kings went with Michael Schumacher.
But my two favorites for the whole 2011 draft are the amazing Reece Scarlett (yes he’s a Devil now) and the very promising Ludwig Blomstrand (Vancouver).
Looks like a solid draft class.
when teams evidently have no clue who they’re picking and just go for the guy with the funniest name.
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It had been a while since I’d last seen it. :P
And thank GOD for that.
Looks like a solid draft class.
It reads like the cast of characters for a spectacularly weird off-Broadway show.
And thank GOD for that.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The time away has been good for all of us. Heh. But now I’m psyched again! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! DEVILS!!!!!
I certainly HOPE it was just because the whole move to Winnipeg happened so out-of-the-blue
It was. However, the rumor today is that next year there will be a massive re-alignment to (4) time zone based divisions, two of which will have 8 teams, and the others,7.
That makes me wonder if the commish has plans for a small expansion – say, 2 teams? – in the near future.
That makes me wonder if the commish has plans for a small expansion – say, 2 teams? – in the near future.
If so, cities whose teams were relocated should be considered first.
Atlanta? :p
Hey, third time’s the charm, right?
I’m surrounded by boxes. Boxes. BOXES!
HELP ME.
Also, Dallas had to draft Jyrki Jokipakka. They are the ones who drafted Jussi Jokinen. There is no way they could resist Jyrki Jokipakka.
I’m surrounded by boxes. Boxes. BOXES! HELP ME.
:::Tosses Myra a box cutter::: At least you’re armed now. Show those boxes who’s boss.
I’m surrounded by boxes. Boxes. BOXES! HELP ME.
:::Tosses Myra a box cutter::: At least you’re armed now. Show those boxes who’s boss.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to both of you! I’d offer help, but I’ve still got boxes from our last move in my bedroom. That last move? Was in October 2005. Whatever you do, Myra, DON’T be like me!
Schnookie, I thought I was bad having a laundry basket or two full of stuff in my closet from my move last fall.
Also, I can’t be the only one that thinks its humorous that the BJs are sending a search party to Philly to hunt down Carter, right?
My best friend’s parents still have boxes in their basement from their last move…25 years ago. Boxes full of things like junk mail that the movers packed up. Or 25 years ago they were full of junk mail. Now? Junk mail and old mouse nests. Unpacking sucks, but perhaps that will serve as a modicum of encouragement. (Or at least a cautionary tale.) Unpack those boxes! You can do it!
Aww…poor Columbus. They sound a lot like Buffalo. “You’ll love it once you get here! We promise!” (Although the Sabres do win rather more frequently.)
Boxes full of things like junk mail that the movers packed up. Or 25 years ago they were full of junk mail. Now? Junk mail and old mouse nests.
Junk mail is the enemy! My house has gotten covered in junk mail over the last year so I decided yesterday it has to go and I’m still not done with the shredder! Reading about mouse nests reminds me that my work is not yet done.
And WOOOOOO Larsson! I presume it’s not too early to buy a Larsson jersey with some kind of 2012 Stanley Cup insignia.
RE: Carter, I guess it’s been a long time, but have people forgotten that when Stevens was awarded to NJ by the arbitrator, he refused to report?
I think Carter is taking his anger with the Flyers out on the wrong people, but the way he’s acting isn’t unprecedented.
Thanks for the um…encouragment! Some would say this is a sign that I have too many dishes. But I don’t think so.
I can’t decide if having a large basement storage room is a good thing or a bad thing. I don’t even want to think about what could end up nesting down there.
I presume it’s not too early to buy a Larsson jersey with some kind of 2012 Stanley Cup insignia.
I don’t think so! I mean, he’s the single greatest Devil to ever breathe, right?
Also, I can’t be the only one that thinks its humorous that the BJs are sending a search party to Philly to hunt down Carter, right?
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: They better be careful how much they let Rick Nash see. Once he catches a glimpse of the Farts Sea Isle lifestyle, he’ll not want to go back to Columbus either. :P
I can’t decide if having a large basement storage room is a good thing or a bad thing. I don’t even want to think about what could end up nesting down there.
Basements are fine! You can leave whatever you want down there! Heh. It’s the garage you want to be careful about (I say, from experience. We have TONS of boxes from Boomer’s move here [also from 2005] out in the garage, and they are mouse city).
I presume it’s not too early to buy a Larsson jersey with some kind of 2012 Stanley Cup insignia.
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you guys, why is Mike Richards so freaking immature? I should seriously stop following his twitter feed. Here’s his latest tweet:
Really starting to get annoyed by everyone keep saying to me that “it’s just business”
is he for real? Does he not realize that playing hockey is his job? Did he not understand his contract and the reality that he could be traded? It is an effing business, you whiny idiot!
*stepping off my soapbox*
Imagining Beaks & Farts throwing foot-stomping hissyfits over this is making my week. Do you think they call each other and grouse about how GMs are so mean and life is so unfair? Check that, how many times a day do you think they call each other and grouse about how GMs are so mean and life is so unfair
I bet Carter (Farts? I haven’t been around lately!) has been throwing a temper tantrum everyday. And I’m just waiting till Richards demands Lombardi, Kopitar, Lucky Luc, & Bailey to pay him a visit.
Seriously, what is with the now ex-Flyers being whiny babies so publicly? Did they never learn that they should say one thing in public and another in private? Just like, oh, pretty much everyone in the world who has a job.
why is Mike Richards so freaking immature?
This is the same guy that complained when Comcast cut his cable after he didn’t pay his bill. (I guess Flyers don’t get free cable despite being Comcast employees.)
I just wonder if Richards & Carter are aware that their behavior is starting to lend credibility to the rumors that the Flyers locker room was a three-ring, immature circus.
This is the same guy that complained when Comcast cut his cable after he didn’t pay his bill.
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Completely. Here’s his comment from mid-May:
Apparently if you don’t pay your comcast bill they just shut you down, a phone call would of been nice.
Apparently if you don’t pay your comcast bill they just shut you down, a phone call would of been nice.
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Devils fans, I find your new franchise savior to be be quite handsome for a teenager. I plan to check back in when he hits 21 and then start stalking him. :D (I’m KIDDING! Don’t report me.)
Speaking of franchise saviors, ours is, according to Nieuwendyk, “the size of a glacier.” I certainly hope he’s not as slow-moving.
Speaking of franchise saviors, ours is, according to Nieuwendyk, “the size of a glacier.” I certainly hope he’s not as slow-moving.
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Apparently if you don’t pay your comcast bill they just shut you down, a phone call would of been nice.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I am speechless because I am laughing so hard! Ya know, first (years ago) I didn’t really care for him at all, then (maybe a year ago or so) you guys led me onto some video where he was really adorable because it showed him at practice not knowing how to do drills, even though he’s the captain. But now he’s just coming off as a complete joke.
I plan to check back in when he hits 21 and then start stalking him. :D (I’m KIDDING! Don’t report me.)
Patty, I don’t see a problem with that! He looks pretty good in the above photo although he looks kinda goofy in the Puck Daddy post about rookie photos, but I bet it was a forced pose.
To be fair to Beaks, if you listen to him in interviews he has a VERY dry sense of humor. So perhaps the literal reading of his Comcast tweet isn’t necessarily the fair one. Heh.
As for how immature he and Farts are being, it’s pretty hilarious. At the same time, I can see why they’re both miffed, considering the three-ring circus aspect of how the media and the Flyers front office conduct their business. Philly isn’t fooling around when it comes to being a complete crazytown clusterfuck, and that includes the players, the beat writers and columnists, the coaches, the management, and the ownership. EVERYONE there is immature, unprofessional, and crazy. (kms2, give Richards a chance to play for the Kings before you make up your mind about him. He’s my favorite player in the entire league. You’re going to like him. :D)
As for how immature he and Farts are being, it’s pretty hilarious.
It’s at least giving us something to talk about in the week between the draft and UFA Day.
Speaking of franchise saviors, ours is, according to Nieuwendyk, “the size of a glacier.” I certainly hope he’s not as slow-moving.
Or melts under intense glare of the spotlight.
Philly isn’t fooling around when it comes to being a complete crazytown clusterfuck, and that includes the players, the beat writers and columnists, the coaches, the management, and the ownership. EVERYONE there is immature, unprofessional, and crazy.
So, even though Bobby Clarke resigned, he’s actually exerting complete mind control, like the Borg queen?
So, even though Bobby Clarke resigned, he’s actually exerting complete mind control, like the Borg queen?
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So, even though Bobby Clarke resigned, he’s actually exerting complete mind control, like the Borg queen?
Yup. Giroux and VanReimsdork spent the whole season going up to Beaks and Farts saying, “Resistance is futile” and Beaks and Farts just kept Riker-ing it up with Philly co-eds. Something had to give.
I did think that Farts was kind of unfairly piled-on for not responding to the trade within the first five minutes of the news showing up on Twitter. I wasn’t really seeing him as being mad about who traded FOR him so much as who traded him. I give him some leeway for being shocked. Sure his NTC hadn’t kicked in, but he had a deal for, like 20 years!
I wasn’t really seeing him as being mad about who traded FOR him so much as who traded him. I give him some leeway for being shocked. Sure his NTC hadn’t kicked in, but he had a deal for, like 20 years!
Exactly! And he seems to believe that he’d gotten a reassurance from Paul Holmgren earlier in the week that he wasn’t going to be traded. I certainly would have been a bit pouty if that had happened to me!
give Richards a chance to play for the Kings before you make up your mind about him. He’s my favorite player in the entire league. You’re going to like him
Don’t worry, Schnookie, I’ll give him a chance! Maybe I just need to find and watch that video of him a couple hundred times between now and the start of the season to remind myself that he is entertaining and can be adorable. I have a feeling that there won’t be as much pressure on him as there was on Penner to immediately put up huge numbers. In fact, I bet Penner will still be the media whipping boy in LA until he leads the team in scoring. So at least Beaks will have someone to hide behind. And I think not being in the same locker room as the surly, curmudgeonly Pronger will hopefully bring out a better Beaks. I would LOVE it if there are still problems in Philly next year and the rumors start flying that actually it’s Pronger who’s the locker room cancer!
Sure his NTC hadn’t kicked in, but he had a deal for, like 20 years!
Maybe the next guy who signs a ridiculously long contract will make sure his NTC kicks in immediately (if that’s possible)
I did think that Farts was kind of unfairly piled-on for not responding to the trade within the first five minutes of the news showing up on Twitter.
I agree with that. But I think there’s a difference between that and not responding to your new boss’s attempts to contact you (if the story here matches the reality). I would be mad too…I don’t think it’s unreasonable for him to be mad. I just think its possible to be really angry and still act like a mature adult.
Woohoo! Break out the cymbals, indeed!
Canadian hockey fans will be seeing a lot less of Pierre McGuire in the future.
Looks like he’s going to NBC full-time. SNORT! It’s a great day – summed up best with this tweet:
So wait, the US GAVE us the Jets and then TOOK Pierre McGuire? I’m really starting to like those cats.
LOLS.
I would LOVE it if there are still problems in Philly next year and the rumors start flying that actually it’s Pronger who’s the locker room cancer!
You can rest assured that here will always be problems in Philly. Their 2012 playoff collapse should be especially entertaining as brand new goats will have to be picked.
Looks like he’s going to NBC full-time
I don’t understand how Pierre McGuire still employed! Is there really no one else in the entire hockey universe who can stand between the benches and makes useless comments? But I guess the real question is: why does there even have to be an “analyst” between the benches? I think from here on out I may have to start calling Pierre “an analrapist”.
I think from here on out I may have to start calling Pierre “an analrapist”.
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When will Pierre leave us alone?! Just when I was starting to like Versus, they added disgusting Jeremy Roenick and now Pierre! They’re trying to run us off! I bet the whole TV deal they just signed is one of those tax shelter things where it’s supposed to fail.
I would LOVE it if there are still problems in Philly next year and the rumors start flying that actually it’s Pronger who’s the locker room cancer!
I’m definitely looking forward to this.
When will Pierre leave us alone?!
Never. Not only is he invading our hockey, he’s also going to be invading the Olympics coverage. I just wonder if he’s going to holler at Bob Costas the same way he hollers at Edzo.
I just wonder if he’s going to holler at Bob Costas the same way he hollers at Edzo.
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Probably, but I bet he’ll still start all his sentences with, “Edzo!” It’s his “you know.” Maybe he’ll just add “Bob” to it like he does “Doc.”
I bet the whole TV deal they just signed is one of those tax shelter things where it’s supposed to fail.
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So wait, the US GAVE us the Jets and then TOOK Pierre McGuire? I’m really starting to like those cats.
The truth is (and I didn’t know this until recently) Pierre is (gulp) an American. He was born and raised in NJ (yes, apparently, it’s NJ’s fault, yet again). So, you weren’t so much giving him to us as sending him back. But, couldn’t you keep him? Haven’t you heard of no backsies?
I’m pretty sure the Pierre that NJ spawned was cool and funny and awesome and then some evil spirit from the underworld replaced him. There’s no way NJ could be responsible for that much skeeviness. (And that’s saying a lot considering how much skeeve I’ll attribute to my beloved state.)
Bwahaha, Jagr’s a Flyer. Because they and the Pens don’t hate each other enough.
Y’all know, I didn’t get that “our tranny wears purple now” thing until my tranny signed with Chicago.
We’re doomed, aren’t we?
We’re doomed, aren’t we?
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Well, at least we know ;)
And apparently the rest of the world does too. When my mother called me this morning the first thing she said was “So, should I buy you a Blackhawks jersey now?”.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! At least a Blackhawks sweater is something you can wear outside the house, unlike his previous team’s logo. Heh. (On the day of Beaks’s trade, I stopped on the way home to buy a bouquet of purple flowers. To grieve, and to move on. :D)
B-rad is now dead to me. That is all.
Happy Independence Day to you American types! Have a great, sunny day!
So I had a strange dream over the weekend. The Ookies had invited me to IPB Manor along with Zach Parise, who was staying over at their house hiding out from the media during his contract negotiations with the Devils. I was a rude houseguest and was hanging out in Zach’s room the whole time talking about strategies to improve the team. Later, I had to drive incredibly windy roads to get to a local mall and somehow got lost. I had to walk home (exactly where home was wasn’t clear) because the Ookies were too angry with me to pick me up. What does it all mean?
What does it all mean?
Probably that top-hat wearing turtles are about to take over the world or something.
In other news, I’ve graduated from Miss Mags to Drs. Mags. That’s right, I’ve got a degree! WOOO ME.
Congratulations Mags! Although I got two degrees and still ended up in a job I hate, so try to choose wiser than me.
Probably that top-hat wearing turtles are about to take over the world or something.
So that explains the bunch of turtles that shut down JFK last week while trying to cross the runway.
Congratulations, Mags!!!
What does it all mean?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Of course, that was no dream! Bwahahahahaha!