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Welcome Back, Colin White

October 21, 2011 by Pookie

We, um, missed you?

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Posted in Low-Hanging Fruit | 104 Comments

104 Responses

on October 21, 2011 at 7:10 pm EJGRgunner

I’m confused. Are we playing the Wild or the Sharks?

(also low-hanging fruit)
on October 21, 2011 at 7:11 pm EJGRgunner

That was a rather weird hit. Elbow was a little high. But it didn’t look like boarding.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:12 pm EJGRgunner

Wait, Kovy on the PK? This is madness!
on October 21, 2011 at 7:16 pm suenj97

Let’s see…early penalty, lousy PP…DeBoer may have put Kovy on the PK, but it’s the same team.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:17 pm Schnookie

Okay, I was just unpacking our farm stuff and putting tomatoes in the oven. I’m now here — the class has arrived! Thank you, Devils, for apparently not doing anything I’m worse off for having missed.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:26 pm Schnookie

Man, Chico’s not hiding his disdain for Heatley, is he?
on October 21, 2011 at 7:29 pm suenj97

The hilarious thing is, before NJ traded for Kovalchuk, Chico used to talk about Kovy pretty much the same way – remember the game in Atlanta when Ilya didn’t bother to play in his own zone and Chico (rightly) ripped him? It’s amazing how Chico suddenly became a Kovy fan….
on October 21, 2011 at 7:30 pm EJGRgunner

Good news, everyone! GCL changed its commercial/intermission music. I won’t be posting to threads from a psych ward!

Also, I’ve trained myself to ignore Chico when he’s talking about anything other than goaltending. What was he saying about Heatley?
on October 21, 2011 at 7:32 pm EJGRgunner

Holy crap! A PP goal! And an unrushed shot on an empty net! And it went in! Who are these guys?
on October 21, 2011 at 7:33 pm Pookie

It’s amazing how Chico suddenly became a Kovy fan….

Chico’s a good company man. I wonder what he’d say about Marty if Marty were a Ranger. I suppose he would still be a goalie. Nevermind.

I won’t be posting to threads from a psych ward!

Glad to hear it!
on October 21, 2011 at 7:33 pm Schnookie

It’s amazing how Chico suddenly became a Kovy fan….

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, Chico is not a man to stand by his principles when challenged. :P (Gunner, I wasn’t paying hugely close attention, but I did notice that Gel-O was rambling about Heatley being a 50-goal scorer, only to have Chico snap, “Well he wasn’t one in recent years.” Meee-OW!)

Good news, everyone! GCL changed its commercial/intermission music. I won’t be posting to threads from a psych ward!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Even though it’s no laughing matter.

And WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! The Devils are an unstoppable juggernaut!
on October 21, 2011 at 7:33 pm Tim

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I turned over from NHL 12 at exactly the right time.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:34 pm suenj97

They claim it was Elias. It’s been almost a week. They could have arranged for aliens to take over for some of the players.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:35 pm Tim

Holy shit. I have a new dream in life. I want to be a shark tamer. I’d have the greatest hat.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:35 pm EJGRgunner

There is no such thing as a shark tamer. That is not a job anyone has!
on October 21, 2011 at 7:37 pm Schnookie

I’ve heard that shark taming is incredibly lucrative, because once they’re tame, you can make the sharks take you to their pots of gold. Or wait, maybe that was another animal… I dunno. Give it a try and let me know.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:37 pm Tim

That’s what they said about flying before the Wright Brothers!
on October 21, 2011 at 7:37 pm EJGRgunner

Someone bring me the kneecap of Joe Thornton. I swear to Larsson if he injured Zach again, Boxworthy and are going to steal his identity and sell it to Nigerian princes.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:38 pm Pookie

A co-worker who knows I’m squeamish about freakish stuff made me look at a picture of a cyclops shark today. I will never, ever recover. (Although it would also choke in the playoffs — the “Freakish Animals that Make Pookie Squeamish Playoffs”. It would be crushed by the snake with a giant claw that was found in China a few years ago.)
on October 21, 2011 at 7:38 pm Schnookie

Hm. JJ the Jetplane needs to play with less reckless abandon, I think.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:38 pm suenj97

Nah, Zach is fine. They just killed Josefsson.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:39 pm Schnookie

That’s what they said about flying before the Wright Brothers!

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I swear to Larsson if he injured Zach again, Boxworthy and are going to steal his identity and sell it to Nigerian princes.

Ooooh, that’s definitely a horrible-enough punishment for potentially injuring Zach.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:40 pm suenj97

Or he killed himself. I thought it was Clarkson who tripped over nothing.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:40 pm EJGRgunner

Aww. The cyclops shark looks like he should have his own Nickelodeon cartoon.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:41 pm Tim

The Sharks are mercilessly trying to kill off the Devil’s Itty Bitty Viking Babies, starting with JJ the Jetplane. They need taming, badly.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:42 pm Pookie

Aww. The cyclops shark looks like he should have his own Nickelodeon cartoon.

The snake looks like he should have his own horror show on FX.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:43 pm Pookie

Maybe shark taming is like snake charming, and the organist can set the tone with some snake-charming music.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:43 pm Schnookie

How can it be a penalty when Larsson holds someone? I mean, don’t all the players want to be in his gentle-yet-powerful grasp?
on October 21, 2011 at 7:44 pm Tim

Aww. The cyclops shark looks like he should have his own Nickelodeon cartoon.

That or a sex toy range. Though, I couldn’t count the amount of situations that come down to those two choices.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:45 pm EJGRgunner

I’m pretty sure as Larsson, Hallowed Be Thy Name, went to the box he said to the ref: “Let he who is without holding call the first penalty.”

Words to live by.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:45 pm Tim

How can it be a penalty when Larsson holds someone? I mean, don’t all the players want to be in his gentle-yet-powerful grasp?

What a Larsson holding might look like:

http://www.michaeljournal.org/images/Jesus-Lamb-001-or.jpg
on October 21, 2011 at 7:46 pm Tim

Okay, is there anything better than the underline of “Hockey Fights Cancer” beneath footage of a Devil punching someone in the face?
on October 21, 2011 at 7:47 pm Pookie

“Let he who is without holding call the first penalty.”

What a Larsson holding might look like:

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on October 21, 2011 at 7:48 pm Schnookie

Yes, Tim, that is EXACTLY what a Larsson holding looks like. How is that a penalty??

I’m pretty sure as Larsson, Hallowed Be Thy Name, went to the box he said to the ref: “Let he who is without holding call the first penalty.”

Words to live by.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That ref’s life changed forever in that exchange. Now he’s going to renounce his stripes and take up a life of following Larsson around everywhere to hear more of his teachings.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:52 pm EJGRgunner

That ref’s life changed forever in that exchange. Now he’s going to renounce his stripes and take up a life of following Larsson around everywhere to hear more of his teachings.

Man it’s going to crowded in Mills’ car.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:54 pm Pookie

What was car enough for just one carpool, will become enough for twelve.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:54 pm Schnookie

Man it’s going to crowded in Mills’ car.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: That’ll be Larsson’s (HBTN) first miracle — the division of the seats in the car so there’s room for the masses.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:55 pm Schnookie

That, or he’ll just turn Mills’ car into a clown car.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:55 pm Schnookie

What was car enough for just one carpool, will become enough for twelve.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: You said it way better than me.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:56 pm Pookie

That, or he’ll just turn Mills’ car into a clown car.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: A dignified clown car. With stained glass windows. And novelty horns that sound like pipe organs.
on October 21, 2011 at 7:58 pm EJGRgunner

Or a pope-mobile.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:01 pm Schnookie

It could be a pope-mobile that’s like a little tiny hockey rink on wheels. Because pope-mobiles look kinda like a rink, right? With all the glass?
on October 21, 2011 at 8:02 pm EJGRgunner

Like a bubble-hockey-pope-mobile-hybrid?
on October 21, 2011 at 8:02 pm Pookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Turtle clowns for everyone!
on October 21, 2011 at 8:02 pm Schnookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Hey, remember back before they did penalty shots after every game, and that was “the most exciting play in hockey”(TM)?)
on October 21, 2011 at 8:03 pm EJGRgunner

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
on October 21, 2011 at 8:03 pm Pookie

Like a bubble-hockey-pope-mobile-hybrid?

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on October 21, 2011 at 8:04 pm Schnookie

Like a bubble-hockey-pope-mobile-hybrid?

Yes! EXACTLY like that! Larsson is just that amazing.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:04 pm suenj97

I missed it – who scored short-handed?
on October 21, 2011 at 8:05 pm EJGRgunner

Zach, on a short-handed penalty shot.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:09 pm Schnookie

Yeah, that’s right — Zach, on a short-handed penalty shot. It was exciting and fun! Let’s all take a moment to remember what it was like a year ago, and breathe deeply in the awesomeness of the Devils not sucking that bad just yet. :P
on October 21, 2011 at 8:13 pm EJGRgunner

Am I crazy or is this a fun hockey game? I thought Don Cherry and Scott Burnside voted to ban fun at Devils games 3 years ago.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:15 pm suenj97

Fun? Vat ist this “fun” you speak of?
on October 21, 2011 at 8:20 pm Pookie

It is fun! I… don’t know how to handle it. I was so sure Travis being out for the whole year meant things were going to suck. OK, let’s be honest — I was so sure because it’s the Devils, things were going to suck.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:22 pm Schnookie

Fun? Vat ist this “fun” you speak of?

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on October 21, 2011 at 8:22 pm suenj97

I’m just concerned because Chico is way too happy about how NJ is playing.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:26 pm EJGRgunner

Distract yourself, Sue: http://www.sportsauthority.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=711782

Look! Web exclusive prices!
on October 21, 2011 at 8:28 pm EJGRgunner

Wait, we actually have a Swede house! That is awesome!
on October 21, 2011 at 8:29 pm suenj97

Does that mean all three of the baby Swedes are living with Hedberg?
on October 21, 2011 at 8:29 pm Schnookie

Chico, you don’t need to convince me that Larsson is the bomb-diggity. Really, I’m already on board with that. (And then some.)
on October 21, 2011 at 8:30 pm Pookie

I hope they live in an igloo made of Swedish meatballs.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:31 pm EJGRgunner

I suppose Tallinder isn’t there because he’s not allowed unsupervised access to minors.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:31 pm Schnookie

I hope they live in an igloo made of Swedish meatballs.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Isn’t that what “Swede House” means?
on October 21, 2011 at 8:33 pm Schnookie

I suppose Tallinder isn’t there because he’s not allowed unsupervised access to minors.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeeeeeeeeeeeah.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This game isn’t fun anymore.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:34 pm EJGRgunner

Fudge. No meatballs tonight, Johan.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:35 pm EJGRgunner

Funfetti.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:36 pm Schnookie

Guys, let’s never, ever, ever admit out loud that we think a game is fun, ever again.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:38 pm EJGRgunner

I was just about to compliment Sykora for being an adequate hockey player, but then his line lets up a goal.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:38 pm Myra

Dear Devils,

Please recover and beat the vile Sharks.

Thanks,

The Stars

PS: If you manage to break Jumbo Joe in the process, we wouldn’t mind that either.

XOXOX
on October 21, 2011 at 8:38 pm suenj97

And, when Chico sounds too happy, beware.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:40 pm Pookie

I think Larsson is teaching us all a lesson in false pride. Or counting our chickens before they hatch. Or something.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:40 pm Schnookie

Dude, Sykora is NOT an adequate hockey player! You take that back! You take that back RIGHT NOW!! ::sobs::
on October 21, 2011 at 8:41 pm suenj97

So, when Marty retires will they finally get rid of the f*cking trapezoid?
on October 21, 2011 at 8:48 pm EJGRgunner

I think you’re going to have to change your mind about Sykora – his corsi numbers are good, he isn’t being a malcontent, or making stupid plays. In the words of Bill McNeil – “It’s one thing, of course, to know you’re adequate, but to have a fellow member of the press stand up and say ‘Yes, you sir are adequate,’ Let me tell you it is a very special feeling.”
on October 21, 2011 at 8:54 pm Pookie

I think you’re going to have to change your mind about Sykora

Not. Going. To. Happen. His CORSI numbers might be good but his TraLaLaFeelingsbits numbers are abysmal.
on October 21, 2011 at 8:57 pm EJGRgunner

I’m just saying Lou has been throwing retreads at the dartboard for years, this one seems to have stuck. Like Shanahan did.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:03 pm EJGRgunner

Shoot. Looks like Josefson is out till January. Guess we’ll be calling up Henrique.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:05 pm Schnookie

My lingering memory of Shanahan was how he started strong and then fell completely off a cliff after a few weeks. Hmph. ::continues to glare at Sykora::
on October 21, 2011 at 9:15 pm Pookie

Why can’t Larsson make Josefson’s clavicle raise from the dead? Is it because we’re not clapping enough?!
on October 21, 2011 at 9:20 pm Schnookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tedenboner! Clarkson! Colin White! Awesome!!!
on October 21, 2011 at 9:21 pm Pookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Chico sounds so surprised that White fell down.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:21 pm EJGRgunner

WOOOOO!!!!!!! WHERE DID CLARKSON FIND A SPARE PARE OF HOCKEY PLAYER’S HANDS AT THIS HOUR?
on October 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm suenj97

Clarkson managed to make someone else (on the other team) fall down!!!
on October 21, 2011 at 9:23 pm suenj97

Gunner, he borrowed Josefson’s hands. Clearly, JJ won’t need then for about 3 months.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:24 pm Schnookie

I was hoping Whitey would put the puck into his own net for old time’s sake tonight, and he pretty much did there, didn’t he?
on October 21, 2011 at 9:25 pm Schnookie

Gunner, he borrowed Josefson’s hands. Clearly, JJ won’t need then for about 3 months.

::sniffle:: That just made that goal sad. :(
on October 21, 2011 at 9:30 pm Pookie

Funfetti.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:31 pm EJGRgunner

FUNFETTI
on October 21, 2011 at 9:31 pm Schnookie

Big, fat, hairy funfetti.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:33 pm Pookie

Funfetti with a broken clavicle.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:45 pm EJGRgunner

Oooooof, that was good.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:47 pm Schnookie

I take it all back. This game wasn’t even REMOTELY fun. Hmph.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:47 pm EJGRgunner

Damnit.
on October 21, 2011 at 9:49 pm Myra

Dear Devils,

Thanks for nothing.

Stars
on October 21, 2011 at 10:05 pm Myra's Hub

First the Devils lose and now no Stars feed. This night better be better once the Stars game starts.
on October 21, 2011 at 10:14 pm Schnookie

Man, it’s rough at Chez Myra tonight! (We’re watching the Stars feed. Why aren’t you getting it?)
on October 21, 2011 at 10:18 pm Myra

We have Blime Blarner Blable. That is probably why. Pooh.
on October 21, 2011 at 10:21 pm Myra's Hub

(We’re watching the Stars feed. Why aren’t you getting it?)

You guys must be special, or else the person (who isn’t Myra) with the remote is incompetant. Could be the latter.
on October 21, 2011 at 10:23 pm Myra's Hub

Also, Ribs WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
on October 21, 2011 at 10:24 pm Myra

Well, we know he can’t spell….

And Woooooooo! Stars are off to a greart start. This must be a trick. Stars don’t usually wake up until the third.
on October 21, 2011 at 10:26 pm Schnookie

or else the person (who isn’t Myra) with the remote is incompetant. Could be the latter.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m sure it’s the Blime Blarner Clable, not Myra. :D
on October 21, 2011 at 10:38 pm Myra's Hub

Oh no! The Ducks know how to keep the Stars from scoring, They put the Stars on the PP.
on October 21, 2011 at 11:17 pm Myra

A goal waived off and a penalty called on CoreyPerry CoreyPerry. Love it.

Also, the Duck announcers are very good. We have been pleasingly surprised at the good announcers we have heard so far this season.
on October 22, 2011 at 7:18 pm EJGRgunner

Are we all just going to pretend there’s no game tonight? Because after letting that goal, I’m ok with it.