Thursday Caps Clips: Green Good to Go
by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 6:44 AM EST
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Your savory breakfast links:
- Mike Green skated yesterday, looked "none the worse for wear," and expects to play tomorrow, but the debate as to whether or not the Caps need an enforcer rages on. [Washington Post]
- A couple more takes on David Koci's hit from Puck Daddy, Peerless and Hockey Or Die!
- Craig MacTavish thinks that Bruce Boudreau was mean-spirited when he belittled Koci's skill-set. Seriously. [TSN]
- "For their rookie dinner in October 2006, David Steckel and Jeff Schultz dressed up as the two main characters from 'Blades of Glory,' Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy." Pretty sure that's my new favorite story ever. [In The Room]
- Alex Ovechkin: Caveman. Villain. Whatever. [Denver Post]
- Karl Alzner has come home. [Washington Times]
- Brendan Morrison, too (in more ways than one). [Kelowna.com]
- James Duthie has Green being on the outside looking in on Team Canada (btw, on December 17, 2008, Green had eight goals - two more than he has right now - not twenty). [CTV (at 2:10, 2:54)]
- "Being Alex Ovechkin" is not nearly as entertaining as "Being John Malkovich," which is ironic, as being Alex Ovechkin is almost certainly more fun than being John Malkovich. [The Hockey News]
- The Caps' Russian trio hung out with a fellow Russian - and a top-10 women's tennis player, at that - last week. [Sony Ericsson WTA Tour]
- Caps' radio voice Steve Kolbe "enjoys fishing and archery." If that means he shoots fish with a compound bow, he's my new hero. [PressBox]
- Cody Eakin and Stefan Della Rovere will have to wait a little longer to play a game as teammates - the former was cut from Team Canada's WJC squad yesterday. [CBC]
- More on Delly. [SLAM!]
- John Carlson gets ready to represent the red, white and blue. [London Free Press]
- Happy 44th birthday to Craig Berube and happy 51st to Dave Poulin.
- Finally, we've obviously disagreed with some of Jim Kelley's recent musings, but we wish him nothing but the very best of luck in his battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Someone please post Ovi videos to Fanshots
I am technologically challenged – had url difficulties, so perhaps someone else could post it. Yesterday THN posted a 2-part video interview (7 minutes and 5 minutes) with Ovi called “Being Alex Ovechkin.” Scroll to bottom of the home page and you will see the two video screens. Part 1 is at http://video.thehockeynews.com/mediadetail/1697660. Ovi discusses Washington fans, the team, and Tiger Woods while nibbling an ice cream cone at a b-ball game. The questions are the same old, same old but his answers are still fun to hear anyway.
I always enjoy any/all player interviews like this. He truly is a great guy in the game and all this negative energy he’s getting lately is a shame.
Agreed, I can understand Pens fans hating him because of the rivalry with sid and malkin, but why on earth would Avs fans be booing him? When I was in Toronto last year before a game, i had a lot of random people coming up and talking to me about how much they liked Ovie. Is this “Villain” thing being hyped a bit too much or is Ovie starting to experience the natural backlash for being one of the media hyped players?
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by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
i think a lot of the backlash has to do with egos. mainly, how Ovi’s reactions to the criticism he’s been receiving lately is enraging the “analysts”/journalists/nhl experts.
the “i don’t care what anyone says” and, paraphrasing here, “F off, I will always play this way” is really irking people so they are trying to portray him as an irresponsible villain.
and people suck. can’t forget that.
Call me crazy (and it hasn’t stopped people before) but I think a large factor in the negative press A.O. has been recieving lately has a lot to do with the Olympics coming up.
There’s an undeniable Canadian bent in the press coverage of the NHL and Russia is by far the biggest obstacle Canada has to winning the gold on their home ice in two months. And lets face it, should Russia pull it off, A.O. will have to be a huge reason why.
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Please load brain before shooting off mouth.™
by Caps Nut on Dec 17, 2009 10:14 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I think there’s also the expectation that our sports heros are supposed to have this clean-cut, good role model thing going on (that cuts across all sports, not just hockey). Ovechkin-as-wild child was tolerated for a while, largely because he forced himself into the conversation as “Best Hockey Player.” But now, some quarters are frustrated by his unwillingness to confirm, to take on that polished persona. His refusal to abide by the script drives some people crazy.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
The funny thing is he does by and large abide by the script. People see what they want to see.
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 17, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
oops, forgot, while anything but clear cut, i think Ovie’s a great role model for kids. He works hard, plays hard, consistently goes out of his way to talk about his teammates, and the list goes on and on and on, and he’s always been himself.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
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GO FLYERS!!
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by jordanDC on Dec 17, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Flawless execution. Rec’d.
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by Scott in Shaw on Dec 17, 2009 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
agreed, my son loves Ovie and that is fine with me, at least until it comes time for my son to get a driver’s license … sorry boy, no fast cars, and you will obey the speed limits!
great call. I hadn’t considered that angle.
I also think ns was onto something though about egos. A lot of sportswriters egos can’t take it when a player doesn’t pay enough attention to them or what they say.
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by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Last week before the Toronto game, I was listening to CBC’s HNIC radio show on Sirius, and they played a radio spot advertising the Caps-Leafs game. It started with “The Washington Capitals and bad boy Alex Ovechkin take on the Leafs Saturday night….” in some menacing radio voice.
So I think your point about the Canadian media is spot on.
Hey JP, can you fix the rookie dinner link? Thanks.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
At least there were more rookies paying this year than last. Last year was only Fehr and Sloan (with Sloan not even paying the whole thing due to the circumstances of his callup). This year, it’s Varly, Neuvirth, Alzner, Laing (poor guy who can’t eat steak), and Wilson (a share). MP missed out. And to think at one point, I thought Varly would have to do it alone. (I wasn’t counting Q as a rookie.) Then, I assumed that MP would also pay.
Rocking the Red since 1975
And the Denver Post link, too. Also broken.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 7:30 AM EST reply actions
You sure it’s broken? It works for me.
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Works here too.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 8:18 AM EST up reply actions
Alex Ovechkin: Caveman. Villain. Whatever
From the lead, I was expecting another hatchet job. In reality, I think it may have been one of the best stories ever on Alex. It really captured why he’s the best thing to hit the league in decades.
Ovechkin is as subtle as a shot of vodka.
That’s my favorite quote from the article. It would make a nice sig I think.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
One I liked (and I can’t remember who said it now) said that if Sidney Crosby is a fine Chardonnay, Ovechkin is a Denver slammer.
Unleash the Alex!
I want to say Leonsis said something to that effect.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
I’m hearing that Ted Leonsis used that line.
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Didn’t the Caps owner coin that nickname?
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by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Each film is only as good as its villain. Since the heroes and the gimmicks tend to repeat from film to film, only a great villain can transform a good try into a triumph.
- Roger Ebert
by Hystricine on Dec 17, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
“For their rookie dinner in October 2006, David Steckel and Jeff Schultz dressed up as the two main characters from ‘Blades of Glory,’ Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy.”
There are many Caps fans who will argue that Schultz wasn’t “dressing up,” that it was out of his regular wardrobe.
For the record, I am not one of those Caps fans, but we couldn’t help but go for the joke.
If you've read this far...seek help.
But then Schultz poke checked that thought right out of their heads and cleared the zone before any of them knew what happened.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 8:07 AM EST up reply actions
The real question is who was who?
I’m guessing Steckel, Schultz, L to R
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I would agree with that assessment, mostly based on the hair.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 8:18 AM EST up reply actions
Rink Photoshop team, assemble!
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 8:22 AM EST up reply actions
What do you think this is? Pensblog?
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 8:27 AM EST up reply actions
Let me just thank you, formally, for using a title.
Yeeesh!
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 17, 2009 9:03 AM EST up reply actions
Click on Pic for bigger
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
by zephyr on Dec 17, 2009 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 20 recs
Awesome. Can you swap in the Caps’ names for Heder and Ferrell?
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 11:52 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
(More than awesome, in fact…)
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Thanks J.P. =]
I have a really big urge to get Stecks and Schultz to sign this now and frame it in my house. I wonder if they would want a copy for themselves?
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
I would agree if not for a few things:
1. It was their costume.
2. Hockey players are very amused by pranks and love to joke about each other being gay.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
yeah, I didn’t really have a good font where it would look good. I’ll give it a shot. I thought the schultz sign in the background was better.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Didn’t even notice it the first time. Classic.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
ahahahahahaha… wow. nicely done.
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by kellobellow on Dec 17, 2009 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
Nice. We have a solid team of photoshoppers here. Pensblog, eat your heart out.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
Here's one with the names changed.
I don’t like it as much. Click for bigger.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
by zephyr on Dec 17, 2009 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 17 recs
Looks good to me.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
Awww yeahhh I got the txt perfect on this one. (Still not the same font but doesn’t looked chopped now.)
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
by zephyr on Dec 17, 2009 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I’ve been noodling through a few ideas for a Japers’ float for Puck Daddy’s Winter Classic parade. I think we oughta represent. Don’t wanna discuss them in public, but if some of the ‘Shop Brigade would like to discuss by email… it’s @ my profile, or PM me at the Rink Rat Ticket Exchange.
ALEX, FЯEE
Here you go!
<img src=“http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m241/straysinger/Schultz-Steckel-photoshopjob.jpg?t=1261088921”/ height="500">
Click for bigger. :-)
Waiting for the bruises to fade? Maybe we didn’t really see Mike laid out on the ice for what seemed like forever.
ALEX, FЯEE
Campbell’s still within his time limit – he has until the Avalanche’s next game to make a decision, and that’s not until Saturday… personally… I’m with Boudreau: I hope he throws the book at Koci. Maybe after Koci relaxes and thinks he’s gonna get away with it. And then I hope they fine the team. Heavily.
That looks seriously painful… like bag of frozen peas on the face painful.
Wow, not a good look for Greenie. That looks painful.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
Yeah — look at those earlobes drooping! It’s the sure first sign.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 17, 2009 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
the teen girls are crying. His poor face!
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
by RedBirdie on Dec 17, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Good Scandinavian food deal
Spend $10, get $25 worth of food at Domku in Petworth. Breakfast menu is awesome.
(you thought my sig was a joke, did you?)
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Interesting article on SDR. The “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched” axiom obviously applies, but you have to be excited about the potential makeup of this team down the road with SDR and Osala.
After all, the rough and tumble left winger is the hockey player’s hockey player. He brings a warrior style of play that this nation can benefit from. He’s the kind of player you perhaps have to see on a daily basis to truly appreciate.
-SLAM! article on Della Rovere
Raise your hand if you’re as excited as I am about seeing Della Rovere in a Caps uniform
by b.orr4 on Dec 17, 2009 9:25 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
He’s gotta add weight/size to play his style against NHL-sized players. I’m not convinced he’ll play more than 120 NHL G.
I don’t think size will be an issue. The Colts have him listed at 5’11’’, 200. In terms of weight he’s already in the range of Ian Laperriere, Alex Burrows, David Clarkson, Chris Clark, Patrick Kaleta, Gregory Campbell, and Jordan Tootoo, and bigger than guys like Rick Rypien and Darren Helm.
Agreed. The league is filled with guys his size. If everything they say about the kid is true, I’m not worried about him being able to compete physically.
If he’s good enough, he’s big enough.
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Good for him? Good for Skins fans.
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 9:37 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Only if Snyder lets the next guy do his thing. Otherwise it’s same old, same old.
"No TV and no beer make Homer go something something."
by apk3000 on Dec 17, 2009 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The guys over at hogshaven i think have it right: Vinny being there was preventing Danny from bringing on a big name coach. Him being gone clears the way for a Holmgren’esk guy to come in and run the football side of things.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
Danny hanging onto Vinny was what was keeping any coach with a brain from taking the job.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 17, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
I think Danny might be the real obstacle for brains in Washington football.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
quite possibly. Since he signs the checks it doesn’t really matter. The fact that he has stepped away from Vinny is a good sign. Gotta start somewhere.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
ESPN 980 now reporting that Bruce Allen, son of George and former GM of Tampa Bay, will be the new Exec VP for Football Ops for the Redskins.
Bruce Allen is rumored to be the General Manager of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. Prior to the announcement of Allen’s position with the Redskins, Allen served as General Manager for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and as a Senior Executive with the Oakland Raiders from 1996 to 2003. It was confirmed at 9:45 a.m. ET on Dec. 17, by ESPN980 in Washington, DC, that Allen has been hired to replace Vinny Cerrato as VP of Football Operations for the Washington Redskins.
Damn, Wikipedia works fast.
That would seem to mean Jon Gruden will be head coach. Maybe Danny will helicopter him onto the field on Monday night for the national TV audience.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 17, 2009 10:47 AM EST up reply actions
Slightly related to this, but the twitter account for Jon Gruden’s (member) is childish yet oddly hilarious.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Not sure what to think of Allen. The Bucs were pretty awful from 04-08, but apparently the owners were unwilling to spend money on the team so who knows.
Is this some weird “Joe Gibbs” redux thing? Allen is George Allen’s son (brother of the former Virginia senator).
Bringing back the Redskins glory, one legendary name from the past at a time.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 17, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
Partially, but unless they get Russ Grimm to coach, I doubt it. Allen had a fairly successful career thus far (helping assemble both the talented Gannon-led Raiders squad and Tampa Bay’s championship team, obviously sharing the credit for that team with what Dungy had left behind.)
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Now the rumors are flying about Gruden. Apparently his wife is looking at homes in the area. I’d be surprised if he weren’t hired here.
If I was Jason Campbell I’d request a trade the second he gets hired.
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 17, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
I’m not sure there are any better options available than Campbell. Much rather stick with him than spend a first round pick on Colt McCoy or whoever is in the draft.
Colt McCoy isn’t a first round pick (Mel Kiper thinks he could drop all the way to the third round, for example). If the Redskins burn their first rounder on McCoy, they hired the wrong guy to do the picking.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 17, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
It would either mean they hired the wrong guy to do the picking, or that Dan isn’t letting the guy he hired do his job. IMO it would be pretty disappointing if they didn’t spend at least 2 of the first 4 picks on the O-line.
Feck, no. They’ll draft 3 receivers, a safety, and a kicker.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
I’d sooner hang a Sidney Crosby poster on my wall than root for a Tebow team. (sorry, Natty)
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
Wow, did this guy kill your dog or something?
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
Tebow cried for our sins.
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 11:38 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah I don’t get the Tebow hate, seems like a good dude.
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by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
The Tebow hate is backlash from the way the ESPN and CBS announcers worship him and the way the web and print sports media fellate him constantly. It has been a long time since I’ve seen someone who has the announcing teams so actively, and shamelessly, rooting for him.
I recognize that and I still can’t stand Tebow of Nazareth.
yeah, this. And I think he’s overrated and probably won’t be an NFL star.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
agree he won’t be an NFL star at all
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by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
Yet for all the worship he gets, absolutely no one thinks he will be any good in the NFL. Everyone praises his play at the college level (which has been undeniably terrific) while recognizing that his game won’t translate to the pros. I don’t really care about Tebow one way or the other, but how is this overrating him?
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 17, 2009 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
I think therein lies the rub – some people believe that the measure of a guy’s ability as a football player is directly related to his ability to play the game at the highest level. In other words, how great can he really be – even at the college level – if he tops out there?
Maybe he’s the Alex Giroux of college pigskin.
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Tim Teboux?
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 17, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Eric Crouch all over again.
Also, as a GMU Patriot, I’m naturally anti-Gator.
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Also, Giroux seems like a decent human being, whereas Ryan Leaf was one of the biggest toolboxes to ever walk the planet.
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
You mean breaking into someone’s home, stealing prescription opiates, then filling the bottle with fake pills isn’t OK with you?
Robots eat old people’s medicine for fuel.
Don’t believe me? Watch.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/saturday-night-live-old-glory
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You can't escape.
Because their claws are made of metal, and robots are strong.
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I love that Mel Kiper is the only ESPN personality that doesn’t heap praise on Tebow. He insists he will be an excellent TE in the NFL, but will fail miserably as an NFL QB.
#Tebowtears is a major joke at my work now, since I work on Sunday mornings and do the highlights of the Saturday games. I love it!
Sorry, sorry, you’re absolutely right. They’ll trade all their draft picks this year and next to move up to #1 so they can be sure of not missing Tebow, and draft him. Then they’ll sign 3 receivers, a safety and a kicker with identical 10 million dollar signing bonuses.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Campbell is a free agent, I think. He can walk (and I hope he does, flipping the Redskins off the whole way)
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
Same here. My real pint however, had little to do with Jason. Gruden collects QB’s and then throws them under the bus.
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 17, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t really know much about Gruden’s relationships with his quarterbacks, honestly. I’ve just admired the way Campbell has conducted himself the past couple years despite being absolutely trashed by the Skins at every possible opportunity. I hope he tells the Skins to go screw themselves, finds a good fit for him and goes on to have success.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I’ve admired, to an extent, J.Camp’s actual play lately. Not sure what it is, but he’s finally starting to make plays happen, again.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
I think the parts around him have improved plus the play calling changes seems to have made him more confident. The make shift line seems to have gelled and the young wideouts are starting to make plays. I also think the running game is better without Portis.
Campbell has been through so many offensive systems its amazing he knows what the playcalls are. He’s an average NFL starter, who maybe could get to above average if he could be in one system long term.
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 17, 2009 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
And now it’s about to change, again. Poor Camp.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
edit fail. meant point not pint. Gruden doesn’t have time for beer. He’s too busy not sleeping.
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 17, 2009 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Sure would be nice if he doesn’t mortgage the team’s future like daddy did…and that he’s a tad bit smarter than brother Macaca.
by mechanicsville on Dec 17, 2009 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
From AP Article
Cerrato added that he has “had the pleasure of working with some great coaches such as Joe Gibbs, Greg Blache and Sherman Lewis” — notably leaving out the current coach, Jim Zorn, whose job status is also tenuous.
Sherman Lewis isn’t a coach, he’s a consultant.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 17, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Not going to lie – this made my freaking day. Factor in Nyls is gone and Bud Foster got a bonus where he’s not going to leave VT anytime soon makes this one of the BEST sports administrative weeks EVER.
Cleveland’s got to be backtracking like mad on the “no timetable” comment.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
It’s a slow everything day for me. i spent half my morning playing skee ball on my iPhone.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
Ooh, must check it out. I just downloaded darts and euchre.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
um, whatever rules I learned growing up in Michigan.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
Mr. Bird’s entire extended family loves euchre. They just don’t get that I haven’t a clue how to play, and since I only make it back twice a year (at most), I also never remember how to play, no matter how many times they insist on trying to teach me. They think I must be slow.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
My grandmother plays a cutthroat game.
I taught a group of about 12 people to play when I was in college, just so I could always round up a foursome.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
I’ve been playing since I was about 5. In Michigan, I’d assume American rules or bid euchre. I play the Indiana version (9-10-J-Q-K-A, 5 cards per player per hand, 2 teams of 2 each). Cutthroat, IIRC, drops out the 9, and only has 3 players; the player who makes trump is then up against the other two, right?
Love euchre. Never knew there were British rules, which I just looked up. Just like regular euchre except you add the joker as a super-trump. Interesting.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
That might be fun to add the joker.
I’ve played with guys that insist that if you order the dealer up, you have to go alone, and that insist you can’t pick up the right unless you have at least one other trump in your hand, which it seems stem from the Brit rules.
Fun game.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Ouch!
My dad refuses to throw a hand in; he likes the “stick the dealer” variation, but I really do not like it that much.
I wouldn’t pick up the right without something to back it anyway, but I never saw that as a house rule!
Yeah, it only comes up if you’ve got 3 aces and a king but no trump. With that hand you’re likely going to get 2 tricks, and assuming your partner is good for one, then you’ve got your point.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Geez….I spent a lot of years in schools in Michigan knowing guys who played that game for hours.
I never learned the game, myself.
If you've read this far...seek help.
It’s ridiculously easy, and play moves very quickly, which helps when you are consuming a lot of beer.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
Thanks for reminding the hoi polloi that we’re elitists here at the Rink :)
by mechanicsville on Dec 17, 2009 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
Heh. The basics of bridge are simple enough. Bidding and playing conventions are where it gets ugly.
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The basics of bridge look a lot like full-deck euchre… but then you get into bidding and conventions, and I get completely lost. Bridge makes euchre look like euchre makes “go fish” look by comparison. It’s a lot more complicated, especially if you can’t count cards…
Bridge looks like fun, but I have never been able to figure out the process of bidding…what you should bid, when you should bid it, and how the bids correspond to what you’ve got in your hand. I bought cardgame software several years ago to try and figure it out, and I lost about a thousand games to the computer before I just gave up.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Well, the crazy thing is that depends on what system you use. Bidding is sort of like a secret code between you and your partner, though there are a number of common ones.
This is a pretty decent primer on bridge. I generally play rubber bridge although I have played duplicates. I’ve never played Chicago.
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I prefer spades for a group game, or cribbage if it’s one-on-one. My granny used to rock at pinochle, but I never learned it.
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
Guess this is what happens when practice isn’t until 4:15 local (D.C.) time.
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Probably. And since the trained monkeys haven’t brought out the Wheel of Justice for Colin yet (union protest, you understand) there just isn’t much happening.
Worth noting: According to Puck Rakers, the market for trading is tough right now. Do the Blue Jackets have anything we might want? :)
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I've always imagined suspensions are determined thusly:
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Bullet holes? Ya know, so we can be more gangsta.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
I’m so bored today. I’ve been on the phone for 8 hours straight so far.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
by zephyr on Dec 17, 2009 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Wow. We’re talknig football on a hockey blog. Must be a REALLY slow news day.
I was in a class all day, and come back to find over 600 comments on the Clips post on a non-game day. Now I understand why.
"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."
A few random thoughts on Vancouver
- It is number one on the list of Canadian cities I want to visit. And not just ’cos of the ’Lympics. (Calgary, ’round Stampede time, is second.)
- I could read Brendan Morrison redemption stories all day. Srsly warm-n-fuzzy. I hope he has a MONSTER game tomorrow.
- Speaking of which, the ’Nucks got caught looking past the Ducks last night and lost 2-1.
- The Caps are apparently rock stars in VAN. Ovi is signing Olympic stuff tonite at the downtown Bay. Limited to 400 items. I bet the turnout outpaces the limit by a fair amount.
- Did I mention I’d really like to go to Vancouver?
ALEX, FЯEE
I abolutely loved Vancouver. Had the best sushi I’ve ever had in some little hole-in-the-wall restaurant there.
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Vancouver is great. Great eats (as you mention), great scenery, architecture, things to do and see, the people are nice…Love Vancouver.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 17, 2009 10:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Absolutely. One of the best cities in North America. In fact I can’t think of a city I like to visit more.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
North America? I thought Vancouver was in Canada.
by mechanicsville on Dec 17, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Much fun to be had in Vancouver, legal and illegal.
I, too, love these warm-n-fuzzy B.Mo redemption stories.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
The last time I was at a ’nucks game, the guy sitting next to me sparked up mid-game…
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
That’s no way to talk about Darcy Hordichuk.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Was that before or after the Dead played “Dark Star”?
by mechanicsville on Dec 17, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
Last time I was at a ’nucks game (in VAN), Todd Bertuzzi nearly killed Steve Moore.
And yes, I reference that often.
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Btw, how have you not chimed in on Finger/HER?
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I rec’d it. Didn’t feel like I needed to add anything to that gem. Sometimes beauty is best left untouched, ya know?
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That is fucking awesome.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
They say that what makes a good artist great is knowing when to put the brush down an walk away. Well played F&B.
How’d the exam go?
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
One of the toughest exam’s I’ve taken. I left more mentally drained than I have in a long time. It was open notes but I spent all day yesterday cramming and then learned more about the subject in the test than I did all semester. Pretty confident I got some manner of B, though. So it’s all good.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
I spent all day yesterday cramming and then learned more about the subject in the test than I did all semester.
You just described my entire law school education.
Vancouver is a wonderful place — one of my favorite cities. I’m going there in March.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 17, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Or go in the winter and make a side trip up to Whistler. That drive has improved a lot since the olympics are coming to town. That used to be a haul, now its a nice 4 lane HW all the way up.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
Yeah. I have relatives up in Squamish, which is halfway between Van and Whistler. I recommend the summer, though because the weather is amazing and everything is much cheaper ‘cause it’s offseason. It would make an amazing mid-August break from DC. That’s usually when I try to schedule a trip home to the NW.
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or just swing across the georgia strait and visit victoria, the capital of BC. it’s beautiful here as well.
pretty much most of the province is beautiful.
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
i’m in victoria right now, going to university here.
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
Awesome. I’ve been to Victoria a couple of times. Both times were great. Did all the touristing things like tea etc. But we also were there for World Naked Bikeride day. That was an adventure. All sorts of neked people circling the drive infront of the statehouse, followed by a noisy ride up the main walking street.
Love Victoria.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
I’m posting this from Vancouver. Will be at the game tomorrow.
by sixsevenfiftysix on Dec 17, 2009 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
Unrelated, but holy crap!
(CNN) — Cincinnati Bengals football player Chris Henry has died, police in Charlotte, North Carolina, confirmed Thursday.
Henry suffered “life-threatening injuries” after falling out of the bed of a pickup during a fight with his fiancee, police said earlier.
First Zimmer’s wife, now this. Not a good time for that team.
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 17, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
Holy moly…reading between the lines, it looks like he jumped into the bed of the pickup as the future wife was driving off, and “came out” about half mile away. So either she stomped on the brakes and he flew out, or she stomped on the gas and he flew out, or went around a corner and he flew out…yikes.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Sadly, he was not a guy known for making smart decisions throughout his life. I couldn’t believe it when Bengals gave him another shot this year.
A man gotta have a code
by Carl Putnam on Dec 17, 2009 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
If nothing else, Chad Johnson’s response today was heartbreaking to watch.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
I reflexively avoid anything that puts that man in a human light, but I may check that out. This is just sad.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Yeah I think he’s an idiot generally, but after seeing it I wanted to put my arm around the kid.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
thanks, heartbreaking indeed. I always kinda liked Chad Johnson, He has fun without being completely self centered like a T.O.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
He was, then he got too into it and it was contrived and stupid. And I’m a Steelers fan so I hate him. Have to admit though, he’d probably be a fun guy to hang out with.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
I’m a Ravens fan but still give him a pass. Go figure.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
I think around the time he did the HoF jacket was when I was done. Maybe a little earlier. Didn’t like him hyping his celebration before the games happened either. And his checklist is lame. He almost never has good games against Ike Taylor but checks him off every week anyway. I know, it’s his shtick. But I’m a fanboy so I’m allowed to hate him for it. Still, when I pay attention to him he ends up softening my hatred, which conflicts me, so I ignore him.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Sounds like my autobiography if I’m ever important enough to write one.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
“Foreward by Canes Country”
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Alternate title: Yes, I do mix my scotch occasionally.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
Alternate Alternate title: “Ladies Love My Mustache”
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I have met F&B and his mustache is worthy of love. If I didn’t have one myself I would be jealous.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
The three of us should be on a line in the pickup game. Mustache jerks line.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
We’re still talking about facial hair, right?
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I’m with you, for quite a while I’ve thought Ocho was a jackass but watching that interview made you see he really is human and this really seems to have affected him, such a shame for all the Bengals and i hope it doesn’t throw off the good year they are having
"Ovechkin is as subtle as a shot of vodka."
got a link?
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
@TarikElBashir – I’m hearing Cerrato has resigned as Skins GM.
by Kolzilla on Dec 17, 2009 11:20 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
I can read this over and over. BEST NEWS
by vt caps fan on Dec 17, 2009 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Eklund: Confirmed that Tom Landry will be hired in next two days.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
His hat will be flown in on Monday.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
Actually, the current owner of Tom Landry’s hat is the owner of the Denver Broncos.
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by winterion on Dec 17, 2009 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
One of the best Homer Simpson lines ever in this scene.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
One of my favorite episodes.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Ba-rutal loss for the Rags last night
My take: now that Gaborik and Del Zotto aren’t on pace for 320 points, the fact that your defense sucks and no one else can score is a wee bit of a problem.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Mirtle with a family-friendly version of Torts’ post-game remarks.
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Firetruckin’, haha.
The Rags are screwed. Redden and Rozival are worthless and expensive. Ditto Chris Drury.
They need to blow it up and start over, sans Slats.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
How long does Torts get before he becomes the next lamb to be sacrificed at the MSG alter?
Unrelated: Can you really call Torts a lamb? Seems like he would be the next badger or wolverine to be sacrificed?
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
As Mirtle alluded to, Torts is going to have to bench some of his really high-paid guys if he wants to save his job. Otherwise, he’s going to get chopped just like the guys before him.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
when you have two rooks logging as much time as Del Z and Gilroy are, you are going to have some suck, irrespective of the King’s heroics in net. I would enjoy GMGM fleecing Slats in full NY panic mode.
Support your local bakery!
I’d like Gilroy. (Not sure why NY sent him to the minors.)
Must admit, I’m partial to an alum of my elder daughter’s college.
Rocking the Red since 1975
Go BU! Last year’s championship was pretty freaking amazing.
by mercurialwinger on Dec 17, 2009 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
They’re benching Redden and Kotalik tonight (or whenever they next play), for what that’s worth.
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Once again, the Rangers are self-destructing this year. Only this year, it’s happening sooner. (Last year, it was beginning to happen around the time Shaone Morrisonn had his birthday and his winning goal, in the game where the Caps came back from a 4-0 deficit against the Rags, tied it up in the third and won it in OT with a Morrisonn goal.)
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And I’m stuck riding this turd down the bowl until July 1, 2014?
Signed,
Henny
If you've read this far...seek help.
And a hot-pocket shaped turd, at that!
by mechanicsville on Dec 17, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
I’m aware of a team that has spare defensemen they’d like to get rid of.
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Emo Bunny Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Dec 17, 2009 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
Interesting article, but the Caps just got out from under Nylander’s contract… no way they’re taking on someone else’s bad deal.
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Yeah, Jesus. The options listed in that article were ridiculous.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
Not only that, but what the hell would we do with Cheechoo? Seriously? Who would he even displace? Probably no one, honestly.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t think so. He did play for HER at one point, though.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Finger HER?
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 1:01 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Ruutu – Cheechoo – Tootoo needs to happen. (Elsewhere.)
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Jerk Squad
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by jordanDC on Dec 17, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Please. If you’re doing that, it’s got to be “Brute Squad”.
“I’m on the Brute Squad.”
“You ARE the Brute Squad.”
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Threetoo? There’s gotta be a Star Wars nickname in there too.
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Re: Start Wars
Make them all co-captains and then they could be “Three C’s P.O.’ed”
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
No kidding. Does he think GMGM is Bob Gainey?
They conveniently don’t mention what Washington’s needs and wants are, nor do they mention that Nylander has an NMC that is still in effect.
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You don’t think Nylander would agree to go to NYR?
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
He might if it means he can play inthe NHL, I’m just pointing out that it’s a factor to consider.
Also, what would we want from NYR?
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There are certain moves you make where what you “want” is just to be rid of a guy, and that’s enough. I seem to recall the Caps making a move like that with the Rangers at some point in the past…
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I understand what you mean, but do you think they’re still searching for a trade and could NYR do it?
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I don’t think the Rangers are interested (not sure they even could do it if they wanted to, but I haven’t looked at their cap situation closely), but I absolutely think that if someone came along and offered to take Nylander off the Caps’ hands, they’d listen. Don’t forget, the “problem” is only solved until June 30. It’s easier to solve after that than it was this time around, but it’s still a problem of sorts.
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They’d have to offload salary to take on Nylander’s cap hit, but they could do it if they did… but who would we want on their roster? They don’t have any UFA defensemen (three RFA). One UFA goaltender (Valiquette), and a handful of forwards (Higgins, Prospal, Parenteau, Naslund, and Arnason)… I can’t see them giving up someone who isn’t a UFA…
No way in hell the Caps should (or would, I hope) think about taking on a Cheechoo or a Finger type of player. The Caps presumably don’t have a cash-flow problem, so the actual dollars are not an issue.
Now, if they find a team that is in a cash crunch, and wants to get rid of some real-dollar obligations, in return for picks or such, I’d be fine with them taking back an expensive player.
But swapping Nyls for someone else who is underperforming relative to contract value, no thankee.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
I’m not normally given to gratuitous insults, but that might be the dumbest argument in a sports article in the history of earth.
If you've read this far...seek help.
Should’ve been on Bleacher Report.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 17, 2009 1:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I like Hockey or Die but they missed the mark on that one. Maybe if they thought of a better example, but even then I don’t see why the Caps would take on another anchor after working so hard to cut loose the last one.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Right. The only way they’d even consider taking on a bad contract for Nyls is if it expired at year’s end (and thus they didn’t have to worry about buying out and/or paying Nylander for next year). But even that would have to be a contract that didn’t cripple the team, so… not happening.
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Can we convince NSH that Jason Arnott is on a bad contract? Or CBJ that Hejda is a bad one?
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Doubt it. CBJ is looking to replace Klesla – doubt they’d be in favor of trading another D man given their injury situation. I can think of a team with cap room and spare defensemen, but unsure of CBJ has anything that team would want that they’d be willing to give up.
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I know I was thinking that too. Regardless of what they want to do Hejda is a mainstay. They aren’t moving him unless we make a ridiculous offer and overpay. I don’t want to do that.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Heck no. As I’ve said before, I’m still in favor of waiting a month or so before doing anything at all, to let the D shake itself out with Alzner in the picture and figure out who fits and who doesn’t before making willy-nilly trades and spending like a drunken sailor on shore leave.
Unleash the Alex!
(joining late but) I tend to think of Cheechoo as Eric Fehr but with less talent and much more expensive.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 17, 2009 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
Less talent, less size, one great year. But definitely a better shot.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
Hey, wanna know why Bleacher Report sucks (Part 648)?
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I had no idea any of these people played hockey.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
J.P.
I give you lots of credit for trying to keep things rolling here today.
"I think the relentless negative coverage in The Washington Post is a real difference from previous years," Redskins general counsel David Donovan said. "But in terms of the way our actual fans are behaving, we don't see any difference."
Took me reading it 2 or 3 times before I noticed the headline. haha.
You can't "FЯEE ALEX" because it's impossible to contain him in the first place.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Dec 17, 2009 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Heh. I was the other way around. I noticed the headline right away and then closed the article. I didn’t even bother to read it.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Green sucks. Now, his more renowned brother Mike, on the other hand…
On the plus side, the Bleacher Report article did lead me to this gallery (mildly NSFW)
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Would be lying if I said I didn’t check that out as well.
You can't "FЯEE ALEX" because it's impossible to contain him in the first place.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Dec 17, 2009 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Well, it got me thinking. When I was in my teens, I thought the female gymnasts at the olympics were hot as hell – kind of like the Seinfeld episode (“Think of the flexibility, Jerry”).
Now I think they look mostly kind of sad.
Don’t know if I changed or if the gymnasts did.
But that gallery was entertaining – I obviously did not have enough fun in college.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
They can’t eat cupcakes? That probably leaves out some of the other necessities of life, too, like pizza, bacon, sausage, wings, nachos, chili, ice cream, fried chicken…man, no wonder I feel sorry for them.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Sounds like a great dinner to me.
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Did you say bacon?
Sincerely, Jim Gaffigan
by mechanicsville on Dec 17, 2009 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
See, what I think they were trying to do was fuse Matt Bradley and Mike Green into one person. Can you say “blinged-out recycling bins”?!
"My face is my mask."
by Jake Shapiro on Dec 17, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
/@TarikElBashir’d
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
Did they write this one, or copy it from a Wysh poster?
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
Okay, I’ve only accidentally clicked on the NFL Network / Thursday Night Football sidebar full-BG-ad about twenty-five times now today. That thing’s starting to annoy me. =\
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Agreed here as well. C’mon SBN.
"So much on my mind I just can't recline. Blastin' holes in the night 'til she bled sunshine."
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 17, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
Adblock. (Gotta give a shoutout to YvonLabresMoustache for recommending it, here)
That is all.
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
On Cavemen and Mo
Great links to Denver and Kelowna. Interesting take from Denver, it is good to be the caveman. Especially when the caveman makes more than any hockey player, and has put more points and goals up than any player post lockout (I heard that stat sometime ago when Ovi had surpassed Joe Thorton on it, i’m unsure of its standing currently).
Brendan Morrison has certainly bounced his career and it certainly helps a lot of guys on the team are looking to have career seasons and that can only go to credit the guys making the plays, Mo, Backy and Ovie. There are a lot of guys contributing offensively but Washington seems to be a great place for players to be at, consider the rehabs of both Mo and Pothier, and other players who bounced back on our team like Feds and Kozzy
People are stupid, hockey fans even more so; a person is smart, a single hockey fan can be smart.
Anyone else hear Michael Nylander on NHL Home Ice’s Power Play (Sirius/XM, simulcast on NHL Network) yesterday afternoon?
Not a bad interview, first I’ve heard him speak in quite a while about this whole situation. He basically took the high road, saying he understood that the Caps wanted to move in a different direction but that he just wanted to get back into playing hockey again. (I guess the Caps are still paying him his $$$).
You can't "FЯEE ALEX" because it's impossible to contain him in the first place.
by PaintDrinkingPete on Dec 17, 2009 1:57 PM EST reply actions
Yep
I posted a mini-summary in yesterday’s Clips. Pretty standard interview. The only thing that surprised me was that he pretty much said he wouldn’t put himself on the Swedish team if he was a coach. Very honest assessment of his current situation.
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Looking ahead to the 'Nucks
Via Puck Daddy, and article heaping scorn on Darcy Hordichuk.
Also and odd note: the Canuchs have not lost a game in OT this year…
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
Caps haven’t lost one in the Pacific time zone.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 17, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Well done.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
….until tomorrow night….. :P
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
the ‘Nucks are good, right? The Caps always beat the good teams! It’s the bad ones (See: Leafs, Maple) that give them fits.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
same for us, actually.
you should have seen us last year, so many panic attacks before our NW crown was earned.
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
actually, last night against anaheim is the perfect example.
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
They were looking ahead at the big red circle on their calendar with “Capitals” in the middle. Oopsie!
ALEX, FЯEE
i must correct you, there. the score was 3-2.
we do have something happening, but our guys just didn’t show up to play until the 3rd period (a horrible habit of theirs)
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
that happens quite often as well.
it’s usually one or the other for us, but it’s always nice when neither happens.
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
It’s the unstartable force vs. the unfinishable object.
Now drink with me deeply of the bourbon, scotch, and rye until such time as we are fighting drunk.
by Steckel Me Elmo on Dec 17, 2009 5:34 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
OT but good information
Folks, if you’re planning on doing Christmas shopping this weekend and you’re in Washington or Baltimore, you might want to revise your plans.
Unleash the Alex!
Why can’t this shit ever happen on a Sunday night?
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dammit. I have no food in the house, now I have to go brave Safeway with all the crazy people buying milk, eggs, and toilet paper.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I’m in the same fucking situation, ugh.
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Hmm..
Might be a good time to give that a whirl.
My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.
unfortunately, committed to a holiday party after work tonight. Although maybe that will be good, I’ll hit safeway at 9 or so and everyone else will have already gone through.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
We’re about to be trapped in our house for weeks! Hurry – buy all the swiftly perishable food!
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yeah, never did understand that. Me, I buy pretzels and beer.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I’ve started eating those Hanover honey mustard ones, the bites? Gooooood stuff.
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The garlic ones are the best.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 17, 2009 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
I never understood that in MD. Why in the hell do people always need TP? Are they constantly on the verge of being out?
Well, if it’s for childhood pranking, I’m all for that.
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During a snowstorm? That’s dedication.
by mercurialwinger on Dec 17, 2009 4:58 PM EST up reply actions
Milk, eggs, bread, toilet paper — I suspect everyone plans on making French toast when it snows.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 17, 2009 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
I am not the cook in my household, that’s for sure. But French toast is often, um, rich.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 17, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
shopping no, driving from central illinois to baltimore, yes. looks like i’ll be taking the turnpike rather than 68 :-(
Yeeeah… but definitely be careful on that long hill coming down into … dammit … Breezewood. The truckers get insane out there…
i love the double high jersey wall that is all scratched and beat up from the trucks glancing off of it
The interchange in Cranberry is much cleaner, but yes, Breezewood is a mess – not just getting off and onto 70 but also the entire plaza. It’s life in your hands getting into and out of those restaurants.
Unleash the Alex!
Ridiculous. How could they have designed that thing so poorly. I’ve never seen a McDonald’s with such a great location that was so impossible to get to.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Been driving up and down I83 a lot lately, they had one lane closed off for superfluous “rebuilding america” stimulus package construction, replacing a perfectly good road. To my right were cones lined up half way into the only open lane, to my left was about 4 inches of space and a jersey barrier.
Of course the tractor trailer in front of me leaned toward the cone side and not the jersey barrier side, ran over two cones launching them in the air at my car cracking the front grill. The cone got stuck underneath my car and I dragged it for about 4 miles because I had nowhere to pull over.
Because now I can justify browsing and commenting during the work day with the argument that I am promoting my business.
by Sombrero Guy on Dec 17, 2009 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
Upon further review, the turn I was thinking of is the I79-I70 interchange just outside of Washington, PA
There’s still a nasty turn going into Breezewood…
But coming west to east, you’ll be uphill on the big nasty hill I was talking about. It’s downhill east to west, and I’ve been pulled over a couple of times for speeding at the bottom. 7% grade. At least it’s not hairpin curves like they have out west!
Yeah, not sure if I ever did the breezewood one. I think last time i went through i (accidentally) got off of 70 a stop early for gas and food, and took the local roads until i got back onto the turnpike ( thanks GPS!). Next time I’d probably do the same thing. Last year when I drove home i took 68 out, and the turnpike back. I’d take 68 but i fear the mountains might be un-fun.
Coming from Illinois to Maryland, you have to cross ’em somewhere… unless you head to MDW and just take Southwest into BWI. Of course, that could be maddening this time of year, too……..
I would if i could, i usually fly if i can (i often have work in greenbelt). But i have to transport my fiancee, christmas stuff, the dog, and everything i need for a 6 week stint at Goddard.
I hope to, I’ll be checking the exchange, at least for myself and my fiancee. My parents want to go, but no one here ever has more than a pair of tickets up and I try my hardest not to give ticketbastard any extra cash
please be careful! Snow in Western PA/MD always sucks.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
There won’t be too many people out. People hide inside for days when there are like 3 flurries.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
its not the people i worry about, its reliving an experience i had driving back from christmas, down to Tech one year. Heading west on 66 as a storm blows east. I stayed in the tracks of a Sheetz gas hauler all the way to 81. Any time i got out of its line, i got squirrely. when it changed lanes, I did.
It was eerie listening to the traffic report list the cars in the ditches right as i was driving by said car in said ditch.
I remember one storm we had here, I had to drive back to College Park that night because the Spring semester was starting the next day. I was in my new little nissan sentra and it was barely snowing when I left. By the time I got through the tunnel there was about 2 feet on the ground. No one was on the road and I was scared to death. Luckily a big F-150 got in front of me and let me follow his tracks all the way to my exit. I was so grateful. I never would have gotten to school if not for him.
Could be worse, I look and that map and picture where Blacksburg is. I hope all the Hokies we have around here have left town by tomorrow night.
i’m supposed to be going TO blacksburg tomorrow night, for the weekend… not thinking that’s going to happen, haha.
"No Brooks Laich, no win. Know Brooks Laich, know win."
Koci’s sorry. At least that’s somethin’.
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For those of us sans CPUs with audio, got a recap of the clip?
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Yeah, yeah like, i don’t like to see the guy go down on the ice i mean like I’m not dirty player my purpose was not to like uh hurt someone on the ice or something like that my purpose is to go out there and have a good shift you know like that’s all I have to say I’m not a dirty player and I don’t mean to hurt the guy.
Guy in background “YOU SHALL NOT PASS”
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Thanks for the transcription, though I have my doubts about its accuracy, given the presence of poly-syllabic words.
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by J.P. on Dec 17, 2009 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
At least he’s the anti-Carcillo.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Also OT, but also Good Information
On tomorrow’s edition of ‘The Martha Stewart Show’ (syndicated, check local listings), rapper Snoop Dogg will join daytime host Martha Stewart in the kitchen to bake chocolate brownies with green sprinkles.
I feel like I need to set my DVR for this.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
Given the connotation, I can’t believe I used to call them that when I was a kid in Boston. It’ll still slip out from time to time, but I stick with “chocolate sprinkles” now.
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
I still call them “jimmies.” Once in Michigan I asked for jimmies and the girl at the counter looked at me like I was speaking Chinese.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I would have handed you condoms.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
REALLY?!?! I had no idea “jimmies” was slang for condoms in some parts!
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I’m probably the only person on the planet who naturally calls it ‘cola’, but at least nobody is confused when I say it. =)
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I think “jimmies” is slang for what they go on.
Jimmies/sprinkles is a total regional thing. In Baltimore, they’re jimmies.
I’m with F&B on pop. It enrages me almost as much as the morons that tap on soda cans before opening them.
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Right, which is why condoms are “jimmy hats.” Someone go to Urban Dictionary for the official ruling…
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First 7 results are jimmies as in sprinkles, the 8th is for a condom. First google result is the wiki page for sprinkles.
I have never heard of it refereed to as sprinkles before. I read the wiki page and it’s a trademarked name so I ban the use of it unless you are asking for the exact product. It’s like asking for a Kleenex when someone wants tissue paper.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
No one ever wants anything other than a Zamboni. Olympia sucks.
But yes, valid point.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Zambonis ( at least those from 20-25 years ago) had a tendency to have poor lift (resulting in really bad freeze-up) where the horizontal and vertical conveyors meet. I never had that problem on an Olympia, but the Olympias were about 15 years newer.
The Olympias were “easier to use” which really meant you had less control over the finer details, which in turn meant crappier ice.
Caps fan in Minnesota
Rec the Carlin reference.
BTW there’s a term for items referred to as a specific brand, but it’s not coming to me.
by mechanicsville on Dec 17, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions
Genericide is the process by which a trademark loses its enforceability because of this.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 17, 2009 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
Synecdoche was the one I was looking for: “Range Rover” for all four-wheel drive vehicle
“Thermos” for any kind of vacuum flask for holding a hot drink
Also referenced genericide. (Wikipedia’s a good thing)
by mechanicsville on Dec 18, 2009 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
You’re a goof if you call anything other than Advil “Advil.”
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I don’t think escalator applies.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Indeed, “escalator” is one. It’s just so old that people don’t know it by any other name.
Zipper is another good one
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 17, 2009 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I was looking at these as they relate to brand names as opposed to patented items.
by mechanicsville on Dec 18, 2009 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
Btw, I believe it’s urban legend that referring to chocolate sprinkles as “jimmies” has a racist derivation.
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Wiki says it’s named for the producer, Jimmy Bartholomew.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Do you like playing Novelty Flying Disc with your dog?
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Nope; I don’t have a dog. But then, I usually buy a real Frisbee. All others are cheap knockoffs, and don’t fly right.
What about Stair-descending Spring Toy?
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“What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs
rolls over your neighbor’s dog?
What’s great for a snack and fits on your back?
It’s Log, Log, Log!
It’s Log, Log, it’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood.
It’s Log, Log, it’s better than bad, it’s good!
Everyone wants a log! You’re gonna love it, Log!
Come on and get your log! Everyone needs a Log!"
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by winterion on Dec 17, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
jordanDC’s right, it’s a regional thing. I never heard the term “jimmies” before college, and only the guys from the Northeast/mid-Atlantic knew it. I had never heard it living in DC for 4 years, but I don’t eat/order a lot of sprinkles.
I have seen nothing but ‘Pop’ signs out here in the midwest for the last 4 years. I usually adjust my language to the local dialect, but i absolutely flat out refuse to call soda ‘pop’.
Fight the good fight. I endured it for 7 or 8 years in WV.
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What’s the big deal about what someone calls a soft drink?
I can see getting annoyed at people asking “what cokes do you have” but soda and pop are SORT of the same word. Unless you are a person who was more accustomed to only having soda fountains. Then a pop was for a soft drink not from a fountain.
I’d like a soda’
I’d like a ’pop
soda-pop.
Personally, I only ask if there is any carbonated high-fructose corn syrup beverages. UNLESS I am in China, Japan, Brasil or Mexico because they use sugar.
Here is a cool map in case you want do see where they say it throughout the country.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
I’ve actually bought a case of mexican coke from Sam’s Club here. I think they get it so they can supply the Mexican restaurants and grocers, but man, that stuff is awesome.
You were living in the wrong part of Italy if the best part was real Coke… :)
"You're gonna eat that g**d**n Koho, three!"
by fat_daddyo on Dec 17, 2009 4:07 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
It’s annoying because it sounds like it belongs in a black and white movie. We don’t say “swell” or “golly” anymore, and the world is better for it.
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David Koci made Mike Green’s eye swell.
/aw yeah suck it!
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
It’s all relative to where you live. There are places in the world so isolated from society they still speak old english. Who are you to say what the world is better for?
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
I come from one of the places where the dialect is very close to Old English. Funny thing is, people think I sound Canadian
Close to Tangier! On the Eastern Shore of VA. It is also an unusual area because it remained very British culturally and architecturally because of little immigration after the initial settlements in the 17th century.
So, did you go to Nandua, Arcadia, or…damn, I can’t remember the name of the third high school?!
by mechanicsville on Dec 18, 2009 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
I would have gone to Arcadia, but I went to a private Mennonite school in MD. I lived in Modest Town with its population of 200! The other high school is Chincoteague over on the island
Should have gone with my gut…thought it was Chincoteague, but then I doubted myself.
Population 200…rush hour must suck!
by mechanicsville on Dec 18, 2009 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Slightly OT but going along the lines of regional slang…How about “snowballs”? During the summer we have snowball stands and eat snowballs. My best friend went to school in PA and when she said she was craving a snowball, they looked at her like she had 7 heads and thought it was something extremely dirty. They call it shaved ice or sno-cones.
I think of this when someone says they want a snowball.
But I’ve known the first version since I was about 12. I think I’ve always used the term shaved ice and sometimes snow cone.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Snowballs are HUGE around Baltimore. Stands on every corner, lines down the block in the summer.
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We actually have an ice shaver and buy our own syrups to make our own at home when we’re too lazy to walk to the corner to get one. I crave snowballs in the middle of winter sometime. They rock.
It’s sad to see that some of the staple stands in the area have shut down.
Nice. I think we tried making them a few times, but it was never great.
The one by the lightrail tracks in Ferndale is the best ever. You can get ice cream in the bottom of the cup and that liquid marshmallow stuff on top.. awesome.
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Ice cream on the bottom is completely underrated. There were only a few places around us that had ice cream. I’m usually a marshmallow in the middle kinda gal.
I’m on the opposite side of town from you, obviously. We went to My-T Fine in Perry Hall.
Yeah, I lived in Glen Burnie for a little while and my grandparents were in Ferndale. I’m happily in Alexandria now. Though there are no snowball stands..
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That’s what I was thinking but I didn’t want to go there.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
I'm watching!
I definitely want to know how Snoop Dogg cooks his brownies…
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Yeah… I, um, think I’ll stick to a conventional recipe.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 17, 2009 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
brownies is actually a very inefficient way to ingest the special ingredient.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
But it lasts way longer.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Are you talking science or personal experience? And do you mean brownies specifically or baked goods in general? And really, if you are going for efficiency, you vaporize it and then cook the scraps into your snack of choice.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
I’m just going to disagree. The common method is probably the most efficient, but it is also the most damaging. I’m trying to be a little healthier now that I’m playing men’s league at Kettler. Never know when GMGM is watching…
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Ugh, there was a guy there for stick n shoot one day that was convinced McPhee was watching him. I dropped him in a pickup game later that week because it irritated me so bad.
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Haha. Nice. There is a guy in one of my Kettler leagues that is the epitome of the head-down-stickhandler and I’ve dropped his ass hard on two occasions. Don’t mind earning those penalty minutes. The first time I maintain that he skated right into me; the second time he almost skated into me and then tried to dodge but I got my shoulder out in front of him, definitely a PIM. He was pissed, but he doesn’t try that crap on my half of the ice anymore.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
I’m that way when someone is typing on their Blackberry while walking thru the Metro stations. I won’t get out of their way anymore.
Don’t text and walk, people, it’s not safe.
ALEX, FЯEE
OT but great set up
As you are all aware, I spend way too much time thinking about hockey. I’ve also thought about how terrible the NHL is at marketing. For almost a decade now, I’ve been pitching a commercial idea to anyone that would listen (i.e., my family and nobody else).
Dude walking through the airport, street, whatever, on his phone/blackberry/whatever. Scott Stevens, in street clothes with his Devils jersey on (pick any other modern equivalent) walks right into the guy and plants his shoulder in the man’s chest and decks him flat. Then a simple message: “Keep your head up.” End scene. Tell me you’ve seen a better NHL ad in your life. (Ok, those Bruins ones are decent and the Kane/Toews ASG ones were good, but neither are NHL produced.)
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
And why do hockey players always have to be in full gear for the ads? Peyton Manning isn’t in his full uniform when he does his unless it’s relevant to the commercial. Idiots run this league.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
Remember the Caps commercial where an old lady cuts off Bondra in the supermarket and then Killer checks her cart into the freezer door?
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My favorite has always been the Olie anniversary dinner where he sprays champagne all over himself.
Let’s turn this into a commercial link off!
Entry A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhMb1M5OycA
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
That’s right, Olie had a classic quote afterwards about how he had to go home to his wife and explain why he was covered in champagne and was missing his underwear, or something like that.
That’s a great one. The good ones are always team-created. The NHL created ads are terrible.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
On a semi-related note, does it bother anyone else that NHL Network repeats the same four commercials over and over again?
Yeah, or “HOCKEY IS FOR EVERYONE!!!”…
Ovechkin: “Great save!”
“Willie O’Ree: “You stayin in school? That’s good!”
Kill me now.
That commercial pissed me off because they show people that live in NHL markets rooting for teams other than the home team. Seems counter-productive.
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did you notice that a lot of those “fans” were wearing the jerseys of teams from rust belt cities? at least they got that part right.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
Oh yeah, I noticed.
It just pissed me off that they showed those jerks in LA, which has a great young team.
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If I move away from DC, I’m still a caps fan, and my seats will definitely be Center Ice.
ALEX, FЯEE
only way I’m moving away from DC is nuclear holocaust, or they pry my cold dead body out of the ground.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I’m pretty sure I’ve started reciting the “Hockey is For Everyone” commerical in my sleep.
When I get comcast out-of-market games on channel 21 (I think that’s the one), they have the worst commercials. And its the same set over and over and over.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
Entry B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z10ZFSQ6Q-g&feature=related
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
If you have anything to do that week, I suggest avoiding that contraption. Jesus. Is that design so you can keep your snacks on it, like petite fore trays?
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
I think that top piece is a charcoal filter.
It does have a certain Flash Gordon retro showpiece quality to it.
Support your local bakery!
Funny what topics come up when the Caps are in Vancouver…
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Must be the timing…
In other news, I asked my parents to buy me tickets to an Olympic hockey game in Vancouver for Xmas. I’m pretty sure I know why I’m not getting them.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
speaking of Olympic tickets, did anyone else read the excellent series out of the Seattle Post on the near-impossibility of average fans getting Olympic tickets, let alone tickets at face value? Some really outstanding investigative journalism.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
I figured that was the case. I told my parents a couple months ago that they could just settle on getting me and my brother a ticket to an Olympic game for Xmas. I would be happy with just that. But I was sure they were insanely expensive and hard to get (plus we are both in school during the Olympics) so I never had much hope.
You're the reason that I hate Nova Scotia.
seriously? $750 for a first round game? That sounds like price gouging.
Fun fact: A popular opinion can still be stupid.
of course olympics tickets are expensive.
seriously, i can’t even afford to go to vancouver for a canucks game!
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
Your blog needs to be updated.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
….and i just put up a new post.
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
Cool, =] you should just try to become a writer on ‘nucks misconduct since that’s your favorite place.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
i already do.
i started my blog a year ago, but last april i officially registered here on SBNation. i do most of my stuff over at NM now. this was just my first post on my website since the season opener.
most of the stuff i do at NM though is quick updates and tons of comments. i don’t usually have time to come up with bigger posts (the main reason my blog hadn’t been updated in forever).
i have a few ideas now, so i want to start doing both now. quick updates and comments galore at NM, general previews and recaps at my blog, and bigger analytical posts can be shared between the two.
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
Dude, I’ve been searching for tickets for months. It’s a shame because my wife’s sister lives in Burnaby, and I have a place to stay for free. But exorbitant plane ticket prices and hockey ticket prices have soured my whole motivation to go.
My (distant) family in Canada won the lottery for hockey tickets, and my brother and dad tried to buy them. They were willing to go to $1000, but the guy wanted around $3000.
The rest of my family is going to watch my cousin ski, which I did when she was in Torino.
The weird thing about the tickets here is the difference with Torino in 2006 – they had TONS of free tickets then.
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
Have you seen him make mashed potatoes on her show? He adds cognac and she about dies. It’s hilarious.
I could have been equipment manager, but nooooo!
I make a mean carmelised plantains with Jagermeister
also works with apples, or pears.
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I always go back to Walken’s chicken recipe.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Check the tubes. It’s actually not that bad; it includes roasted pears.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VjLCRqKNk
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Swell of you to swing by, Mr Dogg, but back to hockey
I’m sure you all are aware that our Nicky is one or 2 sick games away from leading the league in scoring….lurking 5 points behind the mighty Thornton.
Randomness
In Hindu myth, an avatar is a deity descended to earth in human form
Now I REALLY wouldn’t want to be caught without one . . .
Yeah. That's why the only avatar I care about is this one:
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
David Koci fined for hit on Mike Green. Hearing but no suspension.
Per McKenzie.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
That’s fucking garbage. I wish I had it in me to get more worked up. That hit was more dangerous than anything AO has ever done, more dangerous than what Ruutu did to Tucker, more dangerous than what Carcillo did to Bradley. This league is run by hacks.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
by Rob Parker on Dec 17, 2009 5:28 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
But he apologized, so that counts, right?
Face to the palm.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 5:30 PM EST up reply actions
If Green had been concussed, or worse, the punishment would have been 5+ for sure. But the outcome of the downed player should not determine the punishment.
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Dec 17, 2009 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
But the outcome of the downed player should not determine the punishment.
I disagree.
Signed,
T. Gleason
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
"Wow. I'm not going to comment."
Boudreau, after practice today.
"After the Cold War, the AK-47 became Russia's biggest export. After that came vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists (and a couple good hockey players)."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 17, 2009 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
Like Becca said on her twitter “Who says only stars get leniency? Amazing.”
"Ovechkin is as subtle as a shot of vodka."
maybe the league thinks it’s a worse punishment to leave him in the Avs’ lineup.
ALEX, FЯEE
by EmilyB on Dec 17, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well this throws Down Goes Brown’s chart out the window.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
by zephyr on Dec 17, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
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This is fucking unbelievable! The guy is sent out there when his team is losing 5-0, he hurts a couple of the players from the opposing team and the NHL sees nothing wrong with this? So teams beware! If you are winning by a few goals watch out for the other team’s goons, they are going to try to take some of your players out of the game. I’d like to know what explanation was given for the decision not to suspend him. Was it because Mike Green wasn’t hurt too badly? Then why did they suspend Ovie? Gleason wasn’t hurt either. I don’t get it.
Lobbies: Green, Carlson
Damn, Wade Redden has got to have zero self-awareness. At least he acknowledges he has more to give.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
Haha,
Tortorella could be heard down the corridor screaming at Redden that his play had been unacceptable and soff.
Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.
Pretty amazing right. That’s the kind of coach that is going to have to follow up BB. They aren’t going to bring in another player’s coach. It’s going to be a hard ass that screams and motivates. Hopefully.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
Hmm. If they’re stapling Voros to the bench, I wouldn’t mind him on the Caps. Decent scrapper and not-Godawful skater – defensively responsible after playing for Lemaire.
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
Who do you push out of the lineup?
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
When the team is healthy I don’t think either are in anyway.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
Hmmm. I think one or the other will be in when the team’s healthy. If Gordo comes back, maybe he knocks Wilson out, or maybe he plays wing on the 4th line. There are ways to fit him in, is all I’m saying.
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
Lines 1/2 locks: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semin, Knuble, Morrison
that’s 5 so far
Lines 2/3 locks: Laich, Flash, Fehr
that’s 8 so far
Lines 3/4 locks: Steckel, Bradley
that’s 10 locks
So I count two lineup slots. One of them is a center. Could be Gordon, Perreault, Wilson. The other slot is a wing. That slot is probably Clark’s.
Yup, I don’t see Sloan or Laing in the lineup when everyone’s ehalthy.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 18, 2009 1:30 AM EST up reply actions
I keep forgetting that Clark exists.
Is that me being exhausted, or is it that he has just disappeared to that extent?
Grand Rapids A-Go-Go
Unfortunately probably a little of both. He had a brief stretch where he looked viable again when MP came up, then he went to the top line and became invisible again. I think he fought someone once though.
In an ideal world all ten fingers would be on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
Anyone watching the Philly-Pitt game? I hate both teams but boy are they entertaining to watch play each other. Fleury also made a pretty sick save on the spearing midget (Briere). The best thing about those games? One of those teams has to lose. The worst thing about these games? One of those teams has to win. I just hope for a regulation decision. No 3 point nights!
by BradleyFightingVehicle on Dec 17, 2009 7:35 PM EST reply actions
Center Ice?
Anyone else not getting their CI feed tonight? I got Philly-Pitt on Versus but blank screens on the CI channels.
Just shoot me.
No, I meant to say CSN for that game, but I’m getting no CI feeds at all…WInchester/Front Royal area. Called Comcast and they went hmmmm…beats us.
Just shoot me.
tomorrow on tsn, there is a double-header:
early game: leafs-islanders
late game: caps-canucks
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler."
GO CANUCKS GO!
4 or 5th time the Caps are on HNIC?
In years past it would take them a decade to reach that mark and it’s not even the allstar break yet.
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tomorrow night is tsn, not cbc. cbc is only saturdays.
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Washington
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53 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 60 |
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Florida
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52 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 59 |
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55 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 56 |
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