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February 7, 2012 by Pookie

We sat down after putting dinner together and what happens? Two staged fights right after the puck drops?! WTF?

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on February 7, 2012 at 7:12 pm suenj97

Yeah, as much as I approve of someone beating on Rupp, this was just ridiculous.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:13 pm Schnookie

This weekend we got to see Exhibit A in why fighting is good for hockey, and tonight we get to see Exhibit A in why it’s bad. Good times, man!
on February 7, 2012 at 7:14 pm EJGRgunner

Hey, I say never look a gift five-minutes-of-Janssen-and-Boulton-not-being-allowed-to-touch-the-ice in the mouth.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:17 pm Schnookie

Hey, I say never look a gift five-minutes-of-Janssen-and-Boulton-not-being-allowed-to-touch-the-ice in the mouth.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! What a fantastic glass-half-full way of looking at it! I’ll never take this situation for granted again.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:19 pm Pookie

That’s some master class level positive thinking there, Gunner.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:19 pm EJGRgunner

Plus it guarantees that neither of them will fight for the next 55 minutes, or if they for some reason do, they’ll get tossed.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:21 pm suenj97

They should be back by now. Le sigh. Maybe the penatly box door will stick.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:24 pm Schnookie

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!
on February 7, 2012 at 7:24 pm Pookie

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! (That seems like the kind of reaction that wouldn’t scare Clarkson’s goals away.)
on February 7, 2012 at 7:25 pm EJGRgunner

WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on February 7, 2012 at 7:27 pm suenj97

It’s always satisfying to score on Prawn. But, it’s really kind of uber-satisfying to see the guy the Rangers said would be a minor leaguer score on him.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:35 pm Schnookie

It seems that Clarkson is much more effective at scoring goals against Prawn when he’s not spending all his time being an idiot about Avery. What an improvement!
on February 7, 2012 at 7:37 pm suenj97

Yep. Clarkson ought to send flowers to Sather (and Torts, since he probably forced Sather’s hand), but after the season.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:41 pm EJGRgunner

I imagine a goodly number of people in the arena may be hung over from the parade this morning.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:43 pm Schnookie

You’re probably right, Gunner. And, if we’re lucky, a goodly number of the players in blue.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:43 pm suenj97

Several NJ players have Clarkson’s disease. They are falling over for no apparent reason – they aren’t even trying to dive. I know the ice sucks, but David has to stop infecting his own teammates.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:44 pm suenj97

And I doubt NJ players were allowed anywhere near the parade.
on February 7, 2012 at 7:45 pm Pookie

Sue, I noticed the same thing about everyone falling over. I had considered it might be Clarksonitis!
on February 7, 2012 at 8:05 pm Pookie

Sorry, I meant to say “Hadn’t considered Clarksonitis”. I’m so out of it tonight.
on February 7, 2012 at 8:17 pm EJGRgunner

Tense game.
on February 7, 2012 at 8:44 pm 40'sGuy

I hope the ranger’s don’t SCAR any goals in the 3rd! (tribute to Cangialosi)
on February 7, 2012 at 8:44 pm Schnookie

A little bit.
on February 7, 2012 at 8:53 pm Schnookie

I hope the ranger’s don’t SCAR any goals in the 3rd! (tribute to Cangialosi)

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on February 7, 2012 at 8:53 pm EJGRgunner

Waitaminute. Haven’t seen that guy here before. And my instinct is to assume that he’s a Rangers fan trying to put the reverse whammy on this game or a transplanted obsessed fan from another blog that we may have heard about. Which really just proves that I’m terrible at making the Devils believe that I don’t care whether or not they win this game.

/paranoia
on February 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm Schnookie

This period is moving a lot slower than the last one.
on February 7, 2012 at 8:55 pm Pookie

Which really just proves that I’m terrible at making the Devils believe that I don’t care whether or not they win this game.

:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It definitely feels like the second half of the season, doesn’t it?
on February 7, 2012 at 8:57 pm Schnookie

(And yes, I agree — I don’t know what to make of this new guy. We haven’t had a new guy in these parts in… — ::blows cobwebs and dust off pocketwatch:: — …well, a very long time.)
on February 7, 2012 at 8:57 pm EJGRgunner

Bereft of updates, I imagine that at the moment in Stately IPB Manor, knitting needles are being subjected to impromptu compressive strength tests.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:02 pm suenj97

This period is moving a lot slower than the last one.

I agree. Scotty would be very upset…someone, somewhere has managed to change the laws of physics and slowed time. Either that or they are fucking w/the clock at the Garden.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:03 pm EJGRgunner

Man. The ice at the Garden looks just downright shitty. Not Florida in Spring shitty, but definitely patchy and soft.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:03 pm 40'sGuy

Hey hey! This guy’s a friend of the Devils
on February 7, 2012 at 9:04 pm Schnookie

I imagine that at the moment in Stately IPB Manor, knitting needles are being subjected to impromptu compressive strength tests.

:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Well, I did just startle several of the cats away on that semi-breakaway. And I’m attaching the binding to a quilt right now and it’s only a miracle that’s keeping it from being pulled tight enough for the entire edge to be ruffled. Gotta love the post-all-star-break hockey! (I feel like we’re a lot closer to April than we are because of this crazy weather. I’ve spent the last few days at work marveling that not only is there still all of March to go, but also almost all of February.)
on February 7, 2012 at 9:04 pm Pookie

Has the circus been in MSG? Or is that happening soon?
on February 7, 2012 at 9:05 pm Schnookie

Hey hey! This guy’s a friend of the Devils

I never doubted you, 40′sGuy! ::shifty eyes:: Never for a second.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:05 pm suenj97

The Knicks played there last night, I think, and the Garden ice is never good. But, it’s particularly bad after the Knicks play.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:05 pm Schnookie

Has the circus been in MSG?

It’s the Devils in the third period — the circus has arrived.

(ZING!)

(And by “circus” I mean “clusterfuck”.)
on February 7, 2012 at 9:06 pm Pookie

Hey hey! This guy’s a friend of the Devils

That’s good to hear, ’40s Guy! I’d toss some ’40′s slang in there but I’m too tense. My vocabulary has been replaced entirely with “how many more minutes to the end of the game?”
on February 7, 2012 at 9:07 pm Pookie

It’s the Devils in the third period — the circus has arrived.

Touche. And by that I mean, “AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
on February 7, 2012 at 9:07 pm EJGRgunner

Maybe the Ottawa space-time distortion has drifted into the Garden.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:09 pm EJGRgunner

That was re: time slowing down.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:10 pm Schnookie

I knew what you were taking about, Gunner!
on February 7, 2012 at 9:10 pm EJGRgunner

And by that I mean, “AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

And by that fans of the Devils mean ” :*-( “
on February 7, 2012 at 9:11 pm Pookie

My theory is I have to laugh at the 3rd periods or else I’ll never survive the season.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:17 pm 40'sGuy

I’m laughing too! It’s fear-induced, borderline-crying laughter. Every time a puck hits Marty :-0
on February 7, 2012 at 9:20 pm Schnookie

It’s fear-induced, borderline-crying laughter.

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on February 7, 2012 at 9:21 pm Schnookie

Keeping with the glass-half-full theme from earlier, if this was still the third period from the Philly game from this weekend, the Devils would be down 4-1 by now!
on February 7, 2012 at 9:23 pm EJGRgunner

And we’ve. got. conTroVERSY.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:24 pm 40'sGuy

Torts is fuming!
on February 7, 2012 at 9:24 pm Pookie

I’m a little weirded out how many calls or non-calls have been going our way lately. If this weren’t an evening of positive thinking, I’d say I’m worried that this is going to come back to bite the team soon.

But that’s for another day! For tonight? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
on February 7, 2012 at 9:25 pm Schnookie

I, for one, LOVED that call. Excellent work, officials! (And Chico, seriously, which team are you a homer for? What’s all this “doubt” about the legitimacy of that call? Just go with the “he could have stopped himself if it was a pit of snakes” defense and stick to it. First he wants Elias suspended, now he doubts a call that preserved Marty’s shutout? I don’t even know him anymore!)
on February 7, 2012 at 9:25 pm EJGRgunner

On the upside, it’s going to be very difficult for Tortorella to claim that the league conspired with the network, since, you know, the network in this case signs his checks.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:27 pm suenj97

OK, time for the WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

This was completely unexpected. Hope Marty’s ankle is OK.

I think the only thing the Rangers could say is that it’s unlikely Prawn would get that call…and they would be correct. The league lets him wear huge pads…and then pretty much allows people to run over him.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:33 pm 40'sGuy

I’m so absolutely excited so watch Tortorella rip out the heart of some poor reporter on live television
on February 7, 2012 at 9:34 pm suenj97

It’ll probably be Brooks. Nobody will actually feel sorry for Larry.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:40 pm Schnookie

Nobody will actually feel sorry for Larry.

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Boomer’s looking forward to him getting fined again for complaining about officiating.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:41 pm Myra's Hub

Congrats Devils Fans. Hope th Boos continued for the one we don’t mention.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:42 pm Schnookie

We’re always booing him for you, Dave!
on February 7, 2012 at 9:47 pm Schnookie

I’m voting that 40′sGuy isn’t allowed to not be here for games now, because he’s CLEARLY lucky. Surely tonight was the first time all season the Devils had a lead going into the third period and didn’t give up a single goal (that counted). Coincidence? I think not.
on February 7, 2012 at 9:56 pm 40'sGuy

Sounds like a great deal from this end! I’m still shaking a little from that finish…
on February 7, 2012 at 10:25 pm Frisby

Bereft of updates, I imagine that at the moment in Stately IPB Manor, knitting needles are being subjected to impromptu compressive strength tests.

So were a couple of beer cans at Stately Frisby Manor
on February 7, 2012 at 10:33 pm Schnookie

So were a couple of beer cans at Stately Frisby Manor

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on February 7, 2012 at 10:35 pm Frisby

First he wants Elias suspended, now he doubts a call that preserved Marty’s shutout? I don’t even know him anymore!

Seriously, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, I spent most of the third period screaming,”Chico, Shut THE Ef Up!”

Considering the phantom holding call against Fayne and the non-highsticking call against Taormna and others that won’t show up on youtube, I’d file that “no goal” call under: Karma’s a Bitch.
on February 7, 2012 at 10:42 pm Frisby

And non-hockey related, the tree out front of Stately Frisby Manor that was brutally damaged by an ice storm a couple of years ago was officially pronounced dead and cut down yesterday. It looks so empty out there now I think I’ll have to visit a nursery in the spring to find something to replace it.
on February 7, 2012 at 10:49 pm Pookie

Frisby, I’m so sorry about the tree. It’s always a shock when a tree — even a dead one — is removed. We lost 3 in something like 18 months but each time there was no way to prepare for it. I think replacing yours is a great idea! I’ve been shocked at how big our little fruit trees have gotten in a mere six years; baby trees are a lot less depressing than I’d assumed they’d be.
on February 7, 2012 at 10:50 pm Schnookie

I’d file that “no goal” call under: Karma’s a Bitch.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. Suck it, Rangers. Heh heh heh.

And that SUCKS about your tree! How completely depressing! I have been so surprised how much I’ve mourned for the trees we’ve lost here, so I completely understand how you’d want to be running out RIGHTNOW to get something to fill the spot.
on February 7, 2012 at 11:41 pm Myra's Hub

We’re always booing him for you, Dave!

All our house thanks you!!
on February 9, 2012 at 1:09 pm Mike in Idaho

I know I’m late with commenting about a game two days ago, but I’ve been sick all week. Don’t tell Boxworthy, but I blame the normally perfect Parise for the Rangers’ almost-tying goal. If he dumps the puck in the corner instead of going for the empty net goal, the whole thing doesn’t happen. I would also like to start a rumor that Chico’s contract is about up and he is showing the Devils’ brass what an anti-homer he can be if his presumably outrageous demands aren’t met. I say fire him and call up Sherry Smith from the radio.