WOO HOO! We’re home tonight, and totally psyched for some hot Devils action! We’re sure their sassy awesomeness on Saturday had nothing to do with how we weren’t watching, right?
Our big note about tonight’s matchup is that no matter how many times we read the headline from Fire & Ice today about the Devils facing the reigning Stanley Cup champions, we still had to think long and hard about which team that meant. Sorry, Bruins — you really don’t resonate with us as super-cool champs.
Good evening, everyone. I see Chico is still delusional. He really thinks that was a good PP after they nearly gave up another SH goal?
Maybe Chico meant it was a good PP within the context of their PP abilities this season? Like, hey — they gave up a SH chance, but not an actual goal! That’s GREAT!
It was so unseasonably warm today — if Chico suddenly started being less delusional, I’d really worry that the apocalypse is upon us.
Like, hey — they gave up a SH chance, but not an actual goal! That’s GREAT!
That must be it. It was only nearly a disaster.
I wonder if there is any way for NJ to ‘borrow’ Gionta from the Habs for games against the Bruins. I don’t miss the vertically challenged one…it’s just that he makes Chara nuts, and Chara invariably winds up getting the worst of it.
I do miss Chara losing his shit over Gionta. Maybe Tedenby could pick up the slack?
Gionta’s little brother Stephen is still playing in Albany, maybe he can be called up for Bruins games?
Chara can’t see that far down to be able to tell the difference between Stephen and Brian, so I think the Gionta switcheroo would totally work.
Julien shouldn’t be wearing that suit. Someone that large shouldn’t wear that fabric. Too many small stripes.
Someone that large shouldn’t wear that fabric. Too many small stripes.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Maybe he was too large for a single fabric, so that’s lots of little stripes of separate fabrics?
If he went for one big stripe he’d look weirder.
If he went for one big stripe he’d look weirder.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, then everyone would be like, “Dude, you’re too big to be doing the one-stripe look. That’s… a lot of single stripe.”
He might get confused for Johan Cruyff.
Shock news: Cam Janssen, professional hockey player, watched the Stanley Cup! Gasp.
We just flipped over to Versus for intermission, and at first listen I thought Pierre was Dano. My thought was, “Huh. Versus has upgraded.” Yeah, Pierre — BURN.
He needs to go for the Goldilocks Stripes look.
and at first listen I thought Pierre was Dano
On Dano’s behalf, I’m insulted.
at first listen I thought Pierre was Dano
There aren’t enough steroids in the world.
On Dano’s behalf, I’m insulted.
There aren’t enough steroids in the world.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: to both of you. (Also, for the record, just that much exposure to Pierre has left me perilously close to never watching hockey again. ::shudder:: Why does Versus hate us so much?)
Deb Placey is fired. Christ, she doesn’t even know which order Joe N. won his Cups (hint…he was traded to NJ from Dallas…).
Hey, why didn’t MSG ask for my memories of Doug Gilmour? Because the Gilmour trade was the one that taught me that no matter how good a player supposedly is somewhere else, he’s just going to be another Devil when he gets to Jersey. It was a good lesson to learn, because it really helped me temper my expectations for Kovalchuk…
Deb Placey is fired. Christ, she doesn’t even know which order Joe N. won his Cups (hint…he was traded to NJ from Dallas…).
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. I just finished a pretty substantial meal of bread and cheese (it’s all part of a nutritionally balanced lifestyle, kids), and my brain’s moving a bit slowly because of it, so Deb’s mangling of the Nieuwendyk Cup timeline had me thinking, “Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait a sec…” I can’t believe that’s two different hockey sideline people in one intermission making me miss Dano!
It was a good lesson to learn, because it really helped me temper my expectations for Kovalchuk…
Kovalchuk can’t wait to spend the next playoffs shadowing Ryan Callahan!
just that much exposure to Pierre has left me perilously close to never watching hockey again
I wonder if there’s a device that takes away the contamination from your exposure to Pierre, sort of like that zapper on Men in Black that just takes away your memory of the aliens and replaces it with whatever they tell you you saw.
he’s just going to be another Devil when he gets to Jersey. It was a good lesson to learn, because it really helped me temper my expectations for Kovalchuk…
Gilmour was actually pretty good in NJ. The problem was that Messier was allowed to cross-check him in the head in 1997, and he played that series with a concussion, and he was the only one who scored in that disaster of a series against the Sens in 2008. Nobody else tried (although Jacques refusing to play any of the young guys, like Elias, Sykora, etc, and deciding to put Scott Daniels out there might have contributed).
and he was the only one who scored in that disaster of a series against the Sens in 2008
Sorry, 1998. I’m getting my decades mixed up.
I think sue just pulled a Placey
I think sue just pulled a Placey
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I think sue just pulled a Placey
Mea culpa. But, nobody’s paying me to be right about this stuff.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sue totally pulled a Placey! (And I have always recognized that Jacques basically submarined any hope Gilmour might have had of leading the Devils to any sort of success, but I’m lazy, and always find it easier to just blame the guy I know is never coming back to the Devils. :P)
I feel like Patty Elias just did to Adam Oates’s PP scheme what Laviolette was doing to Boucher’s trap the other day. (How is it only an 0-for-22 streak they’re on? It seems like we’ve lived every one of those failed PPs twice.)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember the good old days of 2008. It’s a shame we never got to see what came of those young bucks Elias and Sykora.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I still don’t understand how that puck found the net.
Regardless:
WOOO!!!
WOOOOOOO!!!!! And, WTF has happened to Clarkson (or, is it just that he seems less dim because he’s scoring?)
WTF has happened to Clarkson
He signed a pact with…*puts on sunglasses*…The Devils
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I was wondering why Lou would let Clarkson do that hockey store commercial. It must be so that we can all be reminded, a few times a game, that Clarkson is still dim.
He signed a pact with…*puts on sunglasses*…The Devils
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! As the Monty Python Oscar Wilde sketch said, “Wish I’d thought of that.”
He signed a pact with…*puts on sunglasses*…The Devils
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It’s a good thing I read that just as the Bruins scored, so it really softened the funfetti blow.
And, WTF has happened to Clarkson (or, is it just that he seems less dim because he’s scoring?)
Well, he is playing for his favorite-ist coach of all time now.
Also, funfetti.
Butt.
Butt?
Funbutti.
Bahaha, Chico was a crappy goalie.
That was buttfetti.
Wow, I was prescient.
Someone get Chico in pads, we need a better goalie!
FUNFETTI
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s almost as if someone hypnotized Palmieri to make him forget that he’s wearing 12 now!
Reverse the curse ;-)
That was terrible.
I can’t handle this roller coaster of emotions!
Can the Devils please quit it on the emotional back and forth games? I can’t pay attention to a game this much. Just blow someone out of the water and let me read my comics.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Totally not goalie interference, nossir!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! And that was AWESOME!!!! There will be extra dancing in the solstice moonlight for Henriqueists everywhere!
This game is giving me motion sickness.
I can’t pay attention to a game this much. Just blow someone out of the water and let me read my comics.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I completely agree. This is seriously cutting into my playlist-building right now. I need to focus, Devils.
Gah!
double-ultra-funfutti.
Ugh. I think this game has decided to settle on “utterly repulsive” after fluctuating between that and “totally rad” for a while.
Well that sucked.
You should have just stuck to the comics, Tim.
I sorta want the time spent I watching that back.
Holy crap, I want my ringtone to be Moose saying “fluky” in his Swedish accent. It’s outstanding.
Wow, y’all have been on quite the roller coaster ride.
The Stars game has been like one of those giant slides and not even a water slide. It’s been one of those hot metal ones that your thighs keep alternating between sticking to and getting burned by. And with those little hills in it that make your stomach flop so that by the time you get to the bottom your thighs are chapped and burned, you’re nauseous and you are left wondering why you climbed up all those steps for THAT.
Yeah. I’m talking to you, Stars. **death glare**
Myra, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It’s funny because it’s true. And sad.
Yikes. We’ve got the Stars game on, and it’s like they just added rusty spikes to the slide.
They are losing 5-0 to the Panthers.
THE PANTHERS.
5-0.
WITH CLEMMENSEN IN GOAL.
ARGH. My thighs hurt.
Clemmensen is the rusty spikes.
Clemmensen is ALWAYS the rusty spikes.
Myra, that was the best analogy for a bad game ever. So at least some good came out of this game, right? Right? No? Right. Sorry.
Boy, you know things are bad when your color guy is cheering, “Go clock go!”
Out of great pain, great literature is born?
6-0 now. This is beyond ridiculous.
At least Dave made it to his meeting intact.
Thank goodness, we finally reached the bottom.
Myra, awesome analogy.
And are we all ready for an epic Sabres/Devils matchup on Versus tonight? I’d like to apologize in advance for all of the “goalie is fair game” talk that we’ll be subjected to because Crunchy decided to get whiplash & a concussion after colliding with Looch. (All joking aside, I hope Crunchy’s head gets unfrazzled soon.)
Sabres/Devils: Versus – it would be really cool if Johnny Mac was guest commentator again tonight.
My condolences, Stars fans, losing to Clemmensen is about as low as you can go, the Devils have certainly done it a couple of times in the last couple of years. And I can’t believe I actually said the words “I should get Clarkson on my fantasy team” last night. And I wasn’t even drunk.
Hey gang — we’re not going to be around for the first half of tonight’s game. We’re taking a “Learn Your Local Foodshed” class at a local farm, and we swear it’s just a coincidence that it coincides with the Devils being on Versus. (We’re not saying it’s a happy coincidence, but we’re also not saying it’s not… :P)
I demand you learn about your local foodshed for all future Devils games. Ilya scored, Zach has a shorty, all we need is a Larsson, HBTN, goal to make it complete.
That looks like a dirty, dirty hit. SHANABAN!
This Brodeur guy appears to be quite good.
And I can’t tell how much of the hit was dirty versus how much of that hit was due to Myers being eleventy-seven feet tall on skates.
I demand you learn about your local foodshed for all future Devils games.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! TOTALLY! Zach has a shorty?!!? I thought that would never happen again!
As for the hit, I’ve seen it once and it looked to me like the head was the principal point of contact.
And I can’t tell how much of the hit was dirty versus how much of that hit was due to Myers being eleventy-seven feet tall on skates.
Ah, yes, the old Pronger Defense. :P
Ah, yes, the old Pronger Defense.
Ooooh, BURN! (And seriously… BURN.)
I’m so pleased to see how this game has been going so far, but I’m a bit dismayed that this is two times now that the Devils have played well while we were out. Are they trying to tell us something? Gunner, I think we will have to learn about our local foodshed over and over and over again.
By the end of the season I expect you to be able to recite the chemical composition of your local foodshed in alphabetical order.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe they DON’T hate us!
Who are these guys? Can we keep them?
OK, this I recognize…Clarkson in the sin bin.
By the end of the season I expect you to be able to recite the chemical composition of your local foodshed in alphabetical order.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: If that’s what we have to do, I can totally be on that.
Gah! I’m clearly not thinking foodshed enough thoughts. I’ve let Devils fans everywhere down.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Pookie and I just actually were discussing our local foodshed, and look what happened! There is an undeniable power to Cherry Grove Farm’s upcoming grilled cheese event.
Maybe we need to put a replica of the Foodshed in the NJ locker room (even on the road).
One of the things the lecturer said was to source local meat by asking a 4-H kid for his or her animal once it’s, um, sent to farm animal heaven. Maybe we need Teddenby to start raising lambs or something?
Sue, that is DEFINITELY what this team needs.
He’s a healthy scratch tonight. He has the time.
Exactly! And he seems like a little lamb himself. A little, hyperactive lamb.
Ah, yes, the old Pronger Defense.
Crap, I walked right into that one, didn’t I?
Crap, I walked right into that one, didn’t I?
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Yeah, it just proves how easy it is to succumb to it. ANYONE can fall for it, at any time!
Crap, I walked right into that one, didn’t I?
It happens to everyone! The difference is Myers isn’t evil, so it’s all cool. :D
Whew, that was close there at the end! WOOOOO!!!
Sorry, Sabres fans. :(
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Tonight’s Devils foodshed? Donuts for everyone! Or, um, donuts for everyone, but Marty gets to eat them all.
I suggest Tedenby begin raising dormice and Tallinder start keeping bees.
Tallinder can’t have bees in here.
But I’m all over Tedenby raising dormice. That’ll make it so Marty can shop locally for his honey’d dormice.
Only if Tallinder starts keeping the bees in Sweden.
I suggest Tedenby begin raising dormice and Tallinder start keeping bees.
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Locally-sourced honey’d dormice are the very best honey’d dormice.
Really, Pelley should be the one keeping the bees out in his team-adjacent shack.
Really, Pelley should be the one keeping the bees out in his team-adjacent shack.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Poor Egg. But he really does need to prove his worth to the team somehow, and if beekeeping is how that’s going to happen, then beekeeping is what it should be.
Clarkson can raise Fainting Goats.
For some reason, everytime I first see honeyed dormice. My eye skips over the “dor” and I get honeyed mice. It’s not an appealing image…Marty Brodeur eating sticky mice.
Clarkson can raise Fainting Goats.
RIGHT! And then he can make wheels of Clarkaround goat’s milk cheese!
Myra, are you saying you don’t want to see this little dormouse covered in honey on Marty’s training table:
DORMOUSE
Wait you mean, dormice are actually mice? I just assumed it was some French Canadian pastry. Like their verison of Baklava.
Eek! Eek! Eek!
I just assumed it was some French Canadian pastry. Like their verison of Baklava.
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Just so you don’t think we’re making this up, Myra, here’s the wikipedia entry on edible dormice:
LINK
Heh heh.
French Canadian pastry would be poutine’d dormice.
I just assumed it was some French Canadian pastry. Like their verison of Baklava.
So did I, Myra. So did I.
I’m so glad that everyone is getting an education in edible rodents here!
We just had baklava.
It’s much better than edible rodents.
It’s much better than edible rodents.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Please! That’s just what the baklava lobby wants you to think!
That’s just what the baklava lobby wants you to think!
And Marty. He wants his training table snack all to himself. Poor meeces.