Funfetti Begone!

December 2, 2011 by Pookie

In the hopes of vanquishing all of the bad feelings about that last game, let’s have a fresh thread for tonight’s match-up with the Wild!

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on December 2, 2011 at 8:07 pm EJGRgunner

Funfetti is like sand, it gets stuck everywhere.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:10 pm Schnookie

You are so right. I haven’t been able to shake the feeling of having funfetti between my toes for days.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:12 pm Pookie

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Who here honestly thought Andy Greene would never score again?
on December 2, 2011 at 8:15 pm EJGRgunner

There was a brief moment of hope that perhaps Fraser took all the funfetti home with him after last game. Alas it was not to be. Damn you Dany Heatley! Damn you and your Funfetti-mobile of death!
on December 2, 2011 at 8:16 pm Pookie

Hm. That sucked. I went into the kitchen to get my dinner and when I came back, all that was happy is sad again.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:19 pm suenj97

I guess the Kool-Aid isn’t strong enough to fight off the Funfetti. Either that or they just suck.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:19 pm Schnookie

I was in the kitchen prepping Pookie’s dinner, and was so excited but also a bit confused by the Devils scoring. I’m so relieved to come in here now and see that funfetti has, indeed, been spread across the land. It’s just better this way.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:20 pm Schnookie

So what the Devils are saying is that their commitment to not sucking as bad as their last game only lasted… about five minutes?
on December 2, 2011 at 8:20 pm Schnookie

I guess the Kool-Aid isn’t strong enough to fight off the Funfetti.

Oh my god — what if the Kool-Aid is the Funfetti???
on December 2, 2011 at 8:20 pm suenj97

Kovlchuk wasn’t knocked down. He fell down all on his own. He’s directly responsible for turning the puck over on both the goals. I’ve fired him. Not that it’ll do any good.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:22 pm Pookie

what if the Kool-Aid is the Funfetti???

::mind shrapnel:: That explains everything.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:23 pm suenj97

They might as well pull Marty.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:23 pm Schnookie

Chico: “Now really, who saw this coming?”
All of us: “Me.”
on December 2, 2011 at 8:25 pm suenj97

Chico: “Now really, who saw this coming?”
All of us: “Me.”

Yep. I think our pets saw it coming. Usually, Claude hangs around to watch with me. He’s nowhere to be seen for this debacle.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:25 pm EJGRgunner

Maybe you just can’t win against Minnesota during the holiday season.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:28 pm Schnookie

Claude is clearly the smart one here. (Rollie, Favre and Roy are all elsewhere, too. Huh. Maybe Funfetti is like earthquakes, and pets can be an early warning?)
on December 2, 2011 at 8:31 pm Pookie

WOOOOOOO!!!
on December 2, 2011 at 8:31 pm suenj97

I refuse to woooo. At least he stayed on his feet and didn’t give the puck away.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:31 pm Schnookie

I’m reserving any celebration until the Devils can prove that scoring a goal doesn’t also include a coda of immediately giving one up.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:32 pm Pookie

I’m feeling magnanimous. But I did delete a lot of the Os that I typed out of habit.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:32 pm EJGRgunner

Don’t think you can trick me into believing again just by scoring, Devils.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:32 pm Schnookie

I feel like instead of referring to it as going on the power play we should call it going on the short-handed-goal-against play.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:34 pm EJGRgunner

Fuck. We’re pretty much guaranteed to go down 4-2 now that we’ve got a PP.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:35 pm suenj97

If you really wanted to get drunk, you could play a drinking game based on the number of times Chuckles gives away the puck. He’s a disgrace.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:39 pm Schnookie

He’s a disgrace.

Boomer has been utterly disgusted by Chuckles from Day 1, so if you wanted to form an anti-fan club, she’ll totally be your vice president.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:43 pm suenj97

I see Chico and I disagree on Chuckles (but Boomer and I agree). Therefore, Boomer and I must be correct.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:50 pm Schnookie

Chico disagreeing is the most reliable proof of rightness in the world!
on December 2, 2011 at 8:51 pm Pookie

You might rethink you’re trust in Boomer — we just opened our Advent calendars and she mistook two fluffy robins for Santa’s boots being burned in a fire.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:52 pm Schnookie

So we just opened our advent calendar windows now; we get three calendars and rotate them. Boomer always, always gets really random crazy things when she opens the windows, no matter how normal the calendar is for Pookie and me. So tonight she opens her window and declares, “I got Santa’s boots in the fire.” I look at it, and sure enough, it’s Santa’s boots in the fire… except it was actually two little red-breasted robins. NICE TRY, Boomer.
on December 2, 2011 at 8:52 pm Schnookie

Whoops — I should have recognized that Pookie and I were telling that story in surround sound. :P
on December 2, 2011 at 9:06 pm EJGRgunner

“I got Santa’s boots in the fire.”

Greatest Christmas Special ever.
on December 2, 2011 at 9:12 pm EJGRgunner

Interesting note. Over the holiday I was able to watch some games with my father. And while I belive, as I assume many of the Irregulars do, that Tallinder is the worst Devils defenseman, my father was torn between Greene and Fayne.

Thoughts?
on December 2, 2011 at 9:14 pm Pookie

Definitely Tallinder. But Greene is a close second, but that might be because this was supposed to be one of his “on” years.
on December 2, 2011 at 9:19 pm Schnookie

I feel like Greene is so bad he almost transcends being singled out as the worst. I mean, that’s like kicking a puppy. OF COURSE he’s terrible, but similarly, the sky is blue and the ocean is wet. I haven’t been paying enough attention to Fayne, but now my curiosity is peaked… It’s almost as if each of them, Tallinder, Greene, and Fayne, has their own special way of being the worst.
on December 2, 2011 at 9:30 pm suenj97

Tallinder is making a little more than Greene, although Greene is now signed for one more year than Tallinder. Fayne makes the league minimum. So, based on suckage per cost to the team, I’d say Tallinder, followed by Greene, then Fayne.
on December 2, 2011 at 9:48 pm Schnookie

That’s a very reasonable approach to assessing the badness, Sue. I’m impressed.
on December 2, 2011 at 9:48 pm EJGRgunner

No Deb, the “Moose” chant started in Pittsburgh because he had his Manitoba Moose mask when he was called up.
on December 2, 2011 at 9:51 pm Pookie

I wasn’t listening — why does she think they call him Moose? You know what? I probably don’t want to know. :D
on December 2, 2011 at 9:55 pm suenj97

Well, we already determined that Deb is clueless. At some point in this lead-up to Scott Niedermayer Night I’m sure she’ll assure us that there was a 3rd brother named Bill who played for the Ducks in the 2003 Cup Finals.
on December 2, 2011 at 10:04 pm Tim

Dammit Henrique, don’t draw penalties. Why do you hate Devils hockey?
on December 2, 2011 at 10:14 pm EJGRgunner

Are you shitting me? How is that not in?
on December 2, 2011 at 10:19 pm Pookie

Sigh.
on December 2, 2011 at 10:20 pm Tim

At least the Wild have nice jerseys.
on December 2, 2011 at 10:21 pm Schnookie

My assessment of this game is that at least parts of it didn’t suck. Right?
on December 2, 2011 at 10:24 pm Pookie

My assessment of this game is that at least it’s mercifully almost over.
on December 2, 2011 at 10:25 pm Schnookie

It could have been worse — it could have been the game in Denver! (I’m such an optimist. Or I’m just in a good mood because, like, Pookie said, it’s almost over. :P)
on December 2, 2011 at 10:29 pm Tim

My assessment of this game is Kovy needs to spend a few years in Albany before he’s ready for NHL-level hockey.
on December 2, 2011 at 10:38 pm Schnookie

Tim, you’re absolutely right. Was that giant contract two-way? Can this happen? (Seriously, no one would claim him off waivers, so why not try it?)
on December 2, 2011 at 10:40 pm Pookie

Tim, :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
on December 2, 2011 at 10:43 pm suenj97

He’s got a no movement clause until the end of 2015-2016. Then it becomes a no trade clause. So, he can’t go to the minors until then. He can’t go anywhere until then. The best they could do is buy him out. And, in this case, we do have Lou to blame for it, since he ‘invented’ the NMC when he signed Elias.
on December 2, 2011 at 10:54 pm Schnookie

Hm. What if we just sneak Albany up to Newark and move the Devils proper to Albany? That way Chuckles can stay where he is, but be on the minor-league team, while the rest of us just quietly move on to watching the real team playing as Albany? (SURELY they’d be better against AHL competition, right?)