Gentle Reader, there’s supposedly a Devils game tonight. We’re very distracted, though — the new Tomahawk album was released today! We’re totally having a listening party, and the Devils aren’t invited. Hmph.
Okay, so they’re invited. Fine. But that doesn’t mean we’re going to listen to them, too.
Okay, we lied. We’re listening to Gel-O and Chico now.
I’m wondering if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that the Devils are being all feisty this season.
Might as well be feisty, since we don’t get to keep our draft pick, right? :D
True. :)
Oh, joy. Now I get to be annoyed by NJ’s PP.
At least the Devils are feisty. The Stars are ….um…. mediocre? At best. Bleh.
But…but…The Stars have Whinomir.
Yeah, the photo bombing Wizard. And a broken Derek Roy. And a bunch of really old dudes and really young dudes who have no idea what each other is doing.
Luckily, they have one really good goalie. But no scoring = no winning.
::sniffle::
::lower lip quivering::
::tears welling in eyes::
PandoNation didn’t need to see that.
::whimper::
Yeah, the photo bombing Wizard. And a broken Derek Roy. And a bunch of really old dudes and really young dudes who have no idea what each other is doing.
::checks the GM manual:: Yep, that’s the recipe for success!
Didn’t PandoNation officially cease to exist (sort of like when the old Soviet Union hauled down its flag in December 1991) when he quit as Lou’s intern and went to play for the Isles?
Is Chico trying to tell us that the “short season” is an “illusion”? I’m sorry, Chico, but I don’t think I’m making up that we’re not getting 82 games this year.
Yeah, but having The Wizard means you get to say over and over, all game long, “They call him the Kazoo because he’s like a wizard out there!” Isn’t that worth something?!
The Bruins need to fire whoever coaches their PK. When you can’t stop the NJ 5-4 PP, it’s a sign of trouble.
Well, yes, PandoNation doesn’t exist anymore, but its former residents do have a lot of misplaced nostalgia. We miss all those bread lines and the cruel secret police from the old regime.
And WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that was funner, at least. One of the Stars rookies just beat the poopie out of Jordan Tootoo.
Fayne’s fired.
Huh. It’s been a while since I last saw commercials — I had no idea Just For Men was targeting hipsters now. My generation is getting old.
Now that was the NJ PP I know and despise!
Yeah, the photo bombing Wizard. And a broken Derek Roy. And a bunch of really old dudes and really young dudes who have no idea what each other is doing.
::checks the GM manual:: Yep, that’s the recipe for success!
Schnookie, I fully expect your team to win the Stanley Cup this year. :)
Zubrus is fired.
Oooh, Scotty Stevens is looking very handsome there on the bench! Rawr!
Schnookie, I fully expect your team to win the Stanley Cup this year.
Damn straight. They can call the engraver now. ::dusts off hands:: It’s a done deal.
The Isles are destroying Sid & Co.
Hm. That was not an entirely unexpected turn of events.
Fluck. Well, you kind of knew that was coming.
Boo.
The Devils didn’t used to give up as many goals at the end of games before the final five minutes got branded so obnoxiously. Foxwoods owes me a bunch of regulation wins!
You know what would be more fine than the Devils getting a point in OT? Actually winning a game in regulation, that’s what!
You know what would be more fine than the Devils getting a point in OT? Actually winning a game in regulation, that’s what!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mouse. You don’t want to go blowing Chico’s mind here. His toupee is still hibernating, and if his brain makes too much noise, who knows what might happen.
Okay, now I have this mental picture of Chico’s toupee as a tiny bear, curled up and hibernating on Chico’s bald pate…
Does anyone know the record for number of games in a row going to OT?
Okay, now I have this mental picture of Chico’s toupee as a tiny bear, curled up and hibernating on Chico’s bald pate…
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The best is when Chico sleeps, the bear rollerskates around the room.
Okay, now I have this mental picture of Chico’s toupee as a tiny bear, curled up and hibernating on Chico’s bald pate…
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: It gets very aggressive and dangerous if you get between it and its young.
It gets very aggressive and dangerous if you get between it and its young.
Or its rollerskates.
The best is when Chico sleeps, the bear rollerskates around the room.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It can also balance on a large ball while wearing a tutu and playing a concertina. (And, presumably, play better goal than Hedberg did on that shootout-winning shot.)
Or its rollerskates.
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so what we have here is a rollerskating goalie-bear who wears a tutu and has a concertina for a stick?
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We turned to the Devils game to rescue us from the abysmal Stars game, but nooooooo.
But the rollerskating bear toupee works. :^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
And now we wait to see how much snow we get tonight. Enjoy your new album, ladies!
Good luck with your snow, Myra! Stay warm and safe!
so what we have here is a rollerskating goalie-bear who wears a tutu and has a concertina for a stick?
Heh. I’m sure if you asked Marty, he’d tell you that’s exactly what Hedberg is.
Someone remind me why Lou wouldn’t resign Sykora? And MSG should try to get a cameraperson who isn’t drunk for the next game in Boston, I found it very jerky and hard to watch. Or was that the Devils themselves?
You know when you see a player on another team and you’re all “Man, I wish he was a Sabre.” Steve Ott? Check. Bobby Ryan, you’re next.
And speaking of the Ducks, where does Finland get it’s water supply? I don’t know if keeping alien cocoons in your swimming pool counts as juicing, but someone might want to check.
I’m on season 5 of Law and Order on Netflix. Losing to the Leafs in the last second of overtime is not a great way of breaking me away from that, Sabres!!
And MSG should try to get a cameraperson who isn’t drunk for the next game in Boston
There are sober people in Boston?
There are sober people in Boston?
Come to think of it, I have been to Boston a few times and didn’t see any. The fact I was born in Boston doesn’t help the sober stats either.
Someone remind me why Lou wouldn’t resign Sykora?
Maybe he spent some time with our crazy ex-roommate and decided that he couldn’t stand the sight of Sykora anymore either? :D
mcguggs! As I recall, Season 5 of L&O was in its heyday (although I feel like Season 13 has been unusually strong) — man, good times. I certainly wouldn’t turn it off for hockey.
Adam Henrique! I was starting to be concerned that he had died in Vegas.
Adam Henrique! I was starting to be concerned that he had died in Vegas.
Many virgins needed to be sacrificed. Pagan rites are a time-consuming activity.
Pagan rites are a time-consuming activity.
And how. Clearly what we’re learning is that an off-season and a three-month lockout aren’t enough time to perform the necessary rituals to placate the Henrique.
I think Jack Capuano fundamentally misunderstands the Mullet. Business in the front. Party in the back.
So, since we were last here, our cult leader has returned to the line-up, Janssen has been waived (what a shock, he cleared, I’m sure none of us saw that one coming) and Chico’s rollerskating bear-toupee cornered Lou and threatened to have its own press conference if Marty wasn’t back in goal tonight.
Oh, and Greene’s fired.
Business in the front. Party in the back.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Capuano: “Wait, can you go over that again? Slowly this time — I’m going to take notes…”
And poopity-poop.
Wait, Janssen got waived? HALLELUJAH! There IS a hockey gods, and they is merciful!
You guys, I just finished my apres-work Manhattan, and I have to complain that I’m sad I have no more cherries to eat out of my glass. And that’s my (slightly buzzed) story. Not enough cherries. (That is, coincidentally, what’s wrong with Henrique. Assuming we didn’t get enough of those virgins sacrificed for him liking…)
You guys, I just finished my apres-work Manhattan, and I have to complain that I’m sad I have no more cherries to eat out of my glass.
We have a drink at work that uses Absolut Berri Acai, agave sour, sprite, and three blackberries floating in it. The best part of the drink is eating the saturated blackberries afterwards. *sneers at boring glass of lemonade*
My favorite part of L&O right now is the difference in technology. Logan just pulled out his beeper! HA!
Assuming we didn’t get enough of those virgins sacrificed for him liking…
Does one really big virgin count? Like Tyler Myers?
There are plenty of people I’d be willing to sacrifice in Henrique’s honor. They’re just not virgins. But…isn’t there some ceremony that evangelical Christians claim can make you a born again virgin? What if I make these people go through the ceremony and then sacrifice them? Does it count?
What? I have to fire Zidlicky again?
A shooting powerplay? I’d like to shoot NJ’s PP.
Does one really big virgin count? Like Tyler Myers?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I literally laughed out loud at that. And yeah, Sue, I’m not sure where Henrique sounds on evangelically-proclaimed virgins. I’m sure they only count as half.
My favorite part of L&O right now is the difference in technology. Logan just pulled out his beeper! HA!
SERIOUSLY! By far the best moment of that was the first time they used a search engine. I can’t remember which detective did it — I’m guessing Logan, but he was all, “Now I just type the search term in, and then we wait for the results!” And he literally clasped his hands behind his head and leaned back in his chair. To wait. For the search engine to do its thing. Needless to say, that’s gotten a lot of play at stately IPB Manor. (The other thing that gets me is how OLD the cars look in the first few seasons. It looks like fucking Rockford Files for how old the cars are. AND THAT WAS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.)
Booze-soaked fruit is the greatest thing about cocktails. The cherries I’m lamenting finishing off today are ones we made, just halving these ENORMOUS cherries from Whole Foods this summer, pitting them, and then filling a jar first with the fruits, then halfway with bourbon, then the other half with simple syrup. They’ve been keeping great in the fridge, and are PHENOMENALLY delish.
A shooting powerplay? I’d like to shoot NJ’s PP.
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And hey! WOOOOOO!
More WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I take it all back.
I’m quite sad that I just had to watch the last episode of 30 Rock. So let’s not eff this up, Sabres.
OK, who sacrificed Tyler Myers? Henrique just scored.
OK, who sacrificed Tyler Myers? Henrique just scored.
Thanks, mcguggs!
Well he was in the box for a four minute hi sticking penalty. That counts as a sacrifice right?
And WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO Sabres!!
Congrats, Sabres! Nice work!!
Tallinder’s fired.
Yeah, I haven’t been paying very close attention (Pookie’s at work tonight, so I’m kind of distracted poking at the internet and chatting with her), but even I noticed Hank is fired. Urgh.
Tallinder? She’s still playing?
Claire Kincaid’s scrunchie collection has me in awe.
Tallinder? She’s still playing?
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And yeah, Claire made me miss scrunchies. Those were the days.
We have a player named John Scott who’s 6’8″ and 270 lbs. I imagine we’re going to hear “Great Scott!!” anytime he does anything. I was going to say anytime he scores, but he’s a 300 lb tree we got from the Blackhawks, sooooo there’s that.
I can’t wait for the Abbie Carmichael era! I have a girl crush on her voice and the way she rednecks through Jack McCoy’s hippie-isms.
I think Law and Order started going downhill after Abbie left, never really watched it much after that as that was also when they started winning every single case, even cases they had no business winning.
as that was also when they started winning every single case, even cases they had no business winning.
You know, I’d heard about that, but now we’re a couple of seasons deep into the post-9/11 era, replete with Serena and Arthur Branch (who I’m SHOCKED how much I like), but they keep occasionally losing cases. It stuns me every time — I was promised they’d win all the time! (Granted, it’s very occasionally. And being extremely conflict-averse when watching TV or movies, that makes me happy. :P)
Also, we had a lunch date today and completely forgot about the Devils. Based on the score, it seems we weren’t the only ones.
I wish the Stars would forget they can’t win the 2nd night of back-to-backs. At least we have one of the few French born players that scored in their NHL debut.