Wednesday Caps Clips: Two Games for Ovechkin
by J.P. on Dec 2, 2009 6:45 AM EST
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- As you know by now, Alex Ovechkin was handed a two-game suspension for his knee-on-knee hit on Carolina's Tim Gleason on Monday night.
- AO, via the team, issued the following statement in response to the suspension: "I regret that this has happened. I'm glad that Tim wasn't injured because I never ever want to see anyone get hurt. I am disappointed to miss these games and I can't wait to get back on the ice next week to help my team." Presumably left on the cutting room floor was a second half of the statement, which no doubt read, "And did I mention that Tim wasn't injured? Like, at all? In fact, he was around to not get an instigator late in the game when he dropped his gloves to fight. So yeah, no injury there. Unrelated: how's David Booth?"
- Reaction to the suspension was plentiful, and here's some of it from Puck Daddy, Peerless (as only Peerless could react), OFB (as, uh, only OFB could react) Sporting News, Scott Morrison of CBCSports, Edmonton Sun, Red and Black Hockey, Empty Netters (bringing the Pittsburgh
insanitybiaspoint of view), Fight For Old DC. - TSN asked 25 NHLers "whether they viewed Ovechkin as a hard-hitting player, or more often as a reckless and dirty player," and seven responded that he was both reckless and dirty (why no distinction was drawn is beyond me, but I guess it's good to see that Karl Rove has apparently found work). [TSN.ca]
- Before the suspension came down, a bunch of Caps shared their thoughts on the hit and reaction to it, including some strong words from Brooks Laich... [Examiner]
- ... and Bruce Boudreau threw that "R" word out there. [Puck Daddy, Washington Times]
- The other part of the AO hit, of course, is the injury, and he is officially "day-to-day" on that front. [Examiner]
- In other Caps news (yes, there was some), Mike Knuble is hopeful a December 9 return, both Tom Poti and Alexander Semin participated in full practice (though the latter ruled himself out for Thursday, unbeknownst to his coach), and Shaone Morrisonn is shutting it down for a couple of days (not good). [Examiner]
- "Eat It, Haters," Jeff Schultz edition. [From The Rink]
- More power rankings are out, with the Caps down one to fourth here at SBNation, down one to fifth at FOX Sports and down one to sixth at SI.
- AO isn't the League's most efficient scorer. In related news, they don't ask "how," they ask "how many." [WSJ]
- Zach Miskovic is playing well down in Hershey. [John Walton Hockey]
- If you want a Michael Dubuc bobblehead, you have to vote for it first. [Stingrays]
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Way to go, Brooks!
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
by boutros23 on Dec 2, 2009 6:59 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Nothing that kid does surprises me. He’s a tough kid. He’s a tough kid and he wants to play every single game.
I love how he calls Ovie “kid” in that article. Brooksie sounds like a 50-year-old coach or something when he’s actually only two years older than him.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 8:14 AM EST up reply actions
Right? I thought that was funny.
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Based upon how he handles himself on and off the ice he’d probably be the best candidate to be the next Caps Captain
I find sometimes it's easy to be myself
sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else
Here we go...
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by J.P. on Dec 2, 2009 9:05 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Yea, but Ovi is the best player on the team, so shouldn’t he be the captain?
/Opened further
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
Mr. Laich would laich a word with you...
…or maybe you’d laich to take this outside…
IS SOЯE KИEE AND TЯACK SUIT NOW
by EmilyB on Dec 2, 2009 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 9 recs
Jose… “yeah, yeah, you tell’em Brooksie… heh-heh-heh.”
And why does Laich look (say “Laich look” five times fast) like a hockey player giving a political speech like he’s running for prime minister?
If you've read this far...seek help.
I’m pretty sure I saw Bruce utter a few during the game, too. Camera guys had better watch those close ups sometimes.
"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."
Saskatchewan premier Brooks Laich
Has a nice ring to it. In about twenty years.
IS SOЯE KИEE AND TЯACK SUIT NOW
Brooks Laich, laughs with you, and at you, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
by ns on Dec 2, 2009 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
Oh, HELL yeah. Better late than never, right? :)
Sometime when there’s nothing else going on I say we have an entire post filled w/ Brooks pictures. And first person to call me a puck bunny gets fed a f*%king porcupine.
by Becca H on Dec 2, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
It’s only fair. The men of the Rink were talking about Hooters, so the women can talk about Brooks.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t care at all. Z lets me get through the puck bunny stuff pretty quickly.
Opinions of yours I don't care about: Politics, Religion, Ovechkin.
Z
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 2, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Colbert Z!
(with Nicole Sullivan)
"I don’t even know if he reads English. He speaks it okay, but I don’t know if he reads it. But he doesn’t care about public opinion. He just wants to win hockey games." - Brooks Laich on Alex Ovechkin
by mercurialwinger on Dec 2, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
The off-season may be a good time for a Brooks Laich post, I don’t think I can wait that long though :P
They, strangely enough, have one over at Canes Country
"And next year it will be ours."
Yummy. Brooksie, grow out your hair a little. No likey the shaved look on you.
IS ЯED CЯOSS LIИE TODAY, PЯESS BOX LIИE TOMOЯЯOW
I vote during the off season, or Olympic break, one thread filled with Brooksie pics, and another thread filled with bad photoshops of people eating fucking porcupines.
Before we create photoshops of fucking porcupine consumption, we need to clarify the connotation of the word “fucking,” because that could completely change the final product.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
well, I always took “fucking” in this context as a pure swear, but I suppose we could photoshop two copulating porcupines into someone’s mouth.
Porcupines are way bigger than I thought. Or maybe it was because it was 2 am and I was drunk.
Maybe you were thinking of hedgehogs?
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
I know the squirrels in Michigan are the size of small dogs.
Fight, you time-wasting figure skaters!
I think you’re confusing them with U-M coeds.
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 2, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We Are…Rec’d!
"Let the rest be scared of us." - Emo Bunny Sasha Semin
by Scott in Shaw on Dec 2, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
OMG
I’m laughing my fucking ass off at work to this entire thread.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
I’m actually biting my lips because I’m in class and in no way is CCA tax procedures funny.
fwiw, my cousin actually owns a pet hedgehog. It’s actually really, really cute.
{staying out of this one}
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Hmmm, was thinking a bit more like this!
"I play Russian roulette every day - a man's sport - with a bullet called life"
I could totally get behind a brooks filled thread.
by J.B on Dec 2, 2009 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
Between that and the puppies, yeah.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 2, 2009 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
“Eat It, Haters,” Jeff Schultz edition
Actually, I’m more surprised to see Milan Jurcina at #15.
If you've read this far...seek help.
Yes. That surprises people like you and me. But not nearly as much as the 55-bashers are surprised by his ranking. Of course “you can make stats say whatever you want them to,” and “[they] know what [they] see with [their] eyes.”
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by J.P. on Dec 2, 2009 7:08 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
OFB, Nov. 8: “Jeff Schultz and Milan Jurcina are the biggest guys on the team, but it amazes me how often they get beat to the puck, even when they’re in an advantageous position. Schultz seems scared to use his body and Jurcina often gets beat because his stick isn’t on the ice when he goes to the corners to clear the puck. It’s nice to see a healthy John Erskine in the line-up again.”
by TylerG on Dec 2, 2009 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Boy, you sure hate OFB Tyler….wow.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 8:18 AM EST up reply actions
You seem to “point out” what they say. In a negative tone. A lot.
Don’t get me wrong, i’ve got no problem with it. Someone’s got to do it.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 8:20 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed here. Tyler’s often full of negative tone, but I don’t see any present here.
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Its implied. Wait…why am I defending OFB?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 8:25 AM EST up reply actions
No, it’s inferred. Unless the implication is that presenting a quote that is wrong in light of facts is prima facie negative.
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Maybe he’s implying that it’s inferred?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 8:27 AM EST up reply actions
Wow, I thought I was the only member of the grammar police here. Way to go JP!
"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."
It’s not really grammar. They’re separate but related concepts.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 8:31 AM EST up reply actions
That still makes it a grammar issue. Whatever. Snark fail.
"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."
Eh, I see a grammar fail as a violation of sentence/word composition rules. I think he just used to wrong concept (i.e. imply vs. infer). But whatever, not really worth a debate for a snark comment.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
The context of your post and your history with OFB are what give it a negative tone.
Your point is well made and well taken.
"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."
by Sct112 on Dec 2, 2009 9:57 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I never thought the day would come that I’d find myself so in agreement with you Tyler that I had to recommend your post and I’m not a huge Schultz fan by any measure
by markbona-capsfan99 on Dec 2, 2009 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
While Juice is still Juice sometimes, I think he’s quietly done a serviceable job so far this year. Perhaps his returned role on the PK has made him realize not to take as many HHTs or something.
And I’ll rec any post that says “‘Eat It, Haters,’” Jeff Schultz edition".
"Eloquence, brought to you by a peanut butter, egg and dice sandwich."
I don’t always read blogs, but when I do, I prefer Japers’ Rink. Stay informed, my friend.
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by J.P. on Dec 2, 2009 8:56 AM EST up reply actions 11 recs
Signed,
N. Ewell
"Eloquence, brought to you by a peanut butter, egg and dice sandwich."
by Bald Pollack on Dec 2, 2009 9:02 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
JP: The Most Interesting Man in the Washington Capitals Blogging World.
"My face is my mask."
by Jake Shapiro on Dec 2, 2009 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
He’s certainly been a lot better than Shaone Morrisonn.
{ducks}
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:21 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Truth. Don’t tell D’ohboy you heard it from me. I hope Shamo gets healthy because I’m just reflexively scared of head injuries, but I also hope Alzner isn’t demoted when Shamo does get healthy. Not even for a “show-casing” stint.
Opinions of yours I don't care about: Politics, Religion, Ovechkin.
Why the ducking? You speak the truth, and it should be pretty clear to all so far this season.
One of these guys is playing like he wants to earn a new contract and stick around, and it ain’t ShaMo.
I think because it’s been a hotly debated subject. Here for example.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
Yup. F&B and I have both attempted to defend the indefensible Shaone Morrisonn as being better than Juice. D’Ohboy set us straight.
I feel bad kicking a guy when his head is broken, but Mo really hasn’t been playing well this year at all.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
If his play were the result of an injury I’d feel bad, but it wasn’t. Don’t mean to kick him when he’s down of course, but it will anger me greatly if Alzner is sent back down just to keep ShaMo in the lineup (not that Alzner would even have to be much better than Mo, but they need to start breaking him in at the NHL level).
it will anger me greatly if Alzner is sent back down just to keep ShaMo in the lineup
Me too. And yet I’m concerned that’s exactly what’s going to happen, if GMGM can’t pull off any great personnel moves before Christmas.
"Camaraderie, that's what the Washington Capitals are all about."
by CapitalCentre on Dec 2, 2009 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Clarification Needed—-
So there is gripe that this suspension is a mute point, because his knee may take a week to heal. Even without a suspension, he may not have played Thursday and Saturday.
Is there really a rule that a suspension cant start until someone is healthy? How could that be enforced? I would think the only way is that he has to play a game, then the two game suspension kicks in.
Anyway…whats thew rule suspension while injured?
Moot point, not mute.
And no, re: your question. It’d be awfully hard to enforce, as you note.
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by J.P. on Dec 2, 2009 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Perhaps his point is inaudible?
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 8:15 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
No no, it's like a cow's opinion
It’s moo.
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
by D'ohboy on Dec 2, 2009 9:01 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I’m so happy somebody made this reference
by SeattleCapsFan on Dec 2, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
The Question Is Moot! (click the link, you won’t regret it)
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
What was that from? Saturday Night Live?
"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."
This thread doesn’t have audio, so it’s moot and mute. All you need now is a dog mascot, and you’ll have a mutt.
If you've read this far...seek help.
I win!!! * does Pat LaFontaine fist pump *
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 8:22 AM EST up reply actions
I like the way Ovie is handling this latest controversy. The big lovable kid is growing up on the mean streets of the NHL, but his heart is true and his courage is great. His mom’s saying what he would like to say, no doubt, and that’s ok because she’s his mom and irreproachable and all that, but his own public comment is the hallmark of class. That’s the man I hope he’ll always be.
by FlyingCloud on Dec 2, 2009 8:13 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Alex Ovechkin was supposed to win it all. The only problem is, HE’S SUSPENDED. And now, he’s about to find out, that being suspended isn’t the same as winning.
Imagine, if there was one game, one chance to win it all…
TWO GAMES ЯEMAINING NOW
I love this episode.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
In related news, they don’t ask “how,” they ask “how many.”
Exactly. I saw that headline (with a reference to Ovie) last night while surfing, and couldn’t even be bothered to click on the article.
"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."
While surfing?
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Sure. I do everything while drinking, after all.
by DrinkingPartner on Dec 2, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Reckless
Since his use of the word “reckless” has been blared in headlines across North America as an indictment of his best player, I bet Gabby is wishing he had taken a breath before he uttered that particular statement. Maybe Bruce needs to change his game a little.
Agreed that, in retrospect, Bruce would want a mulligan on that one.
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Sort of.
Merriam-Webster: “Marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences.” It sure fits, doesn’t it? I agree with JP in that I think we’ve seen some sponginess in how the word is being used/applied. It does not mean dirty. It means what it means.
I don’t think that Bruce would want it back based on it being the wrong word – it’s absolutely the right one. But Bruce is on Team Alex. From a PR perspective, I don’t think you’d want one of your guys using a word with that connotation. Might I suggest “exuberant.”
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I dunno. I think Bruce may have said exactly what he wanted to say. Now he’ll have a garden salad.
by TylerG on Dec 2, 2009 9:15 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And you don’t think that Nate/Paul/Kurt would rather he have used a softer word?
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I think Nate/Paul/Kurt wish he’d used another word, because Bruce’s choice makes their lives harder.
I think Bruce’s choice was a considered one. I don’t for one second think he was talking off the cuff. I think he thought about it all night and decided that this is what he had to do. It’s not the first time he’s sent a message this way.
I’m glad he did it. Bruce is still the boss, and even Ovechkin needs to know that. Bruce didn’t set the team back at all by acknowledging what everyone (including us) is saying. But he may hell have helped the team by giving Ovi a kick in the pants.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
I think we’re all on the same page here, more or less – Bruce’s word choice, from a PR perspective, was a poor one, even though it accurately describes the subject player.
Where we disagree is in whether or not he has some responsibility to consider the implications of his words from a PR perspective.
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Oh, I definitely think he has “some responsibility.” I just think the other responsibility comes first. They don’t often conflict, but where they do…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:40 AM EST up reply actions
Fair enough – guess I should’ve said “the degree to which he has responsibility…”
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Merriam-Webster: "Marked by lack of proper caution : careless of consequences." It sure fits, doesn’t it?
The word may be technically correct, but PR Rule #1 is that you never want to say anything that can used for a different purpose counter to your argument. If Bruce had added the word abandon to reckless, it would have taken on an entirely different meaning. Instead, you’ve got papers from Boston to Vancouver saying Alex’s coach thinks he’s “reckless”. It was a huge gaffe on Boudreau’s part.
It was a huge gaffe on Boudreau’s part.
Disagree strongly, as I said up above. “PR Rule #1 is that you never want to say anything that can used for a different purpose counter to your argument,” but Bruce’s main job isn’t PR. It’s getting his players to play to the best of their abilities. PR is a bonus responsibility. And Bruce’s statement was carefully calculated to fulfill his #1 job.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
I have to agree with this. Bruce Boudreau is a brutally honest man; it’s one of his (many) best qualities. He is more honest with the world than most people are with themselves. This comment was in line with that open honesty that he projects, and it will help in the long run, with coaching the best player in the world.
“Oh my God, I’m coaching Alex Ovechkin!”
Agreed. Part of his book (forgetting where) talked about how he uses the media as a tool to get a message across to the players sometimes. While I think he goes to the “calling guys out well” a little too much sometimes, he’s much more calculating on his statements than he is off the sheet, so to speak.
"Eloquence, brought to you by a peanut butter, egg and dice sandwich."
Never said PR is Bruce’s main job, but it’s certainly an important part of his job description. That’s why he talks to the press every day. He can and he should tell Alex in private he’s being reckless, but there’s nothing, and I mean nothing, to be gained by saying it publicly other than to give fodder to the Empty Nettters of the world.
but there’s nothing, and I mean nothing, to be gained by saying it publicly other than to give fodder to the Empty Nettters of the world.
I think sometimes a coach says something in private and it’s lost. But if he says it in public, and the player has to deal with that every day for a week, it sinks in.
Perhaps Bruce should be more persuasive in private, so this is unnecessary. But I think sending the clear signal, publicly, that this is unacceptable, is not a bad thing. Top to bottom, this organization is consistently a group of straight shooters, and I don’t have a problem with this one.
Carefully worded PR couldn’t have helped yesterday — the day he was suspended. But this helps set up the “he’s turned another leaf” story for the future. Sometimes the best PR is just to acknowledge what everybody already knows.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
Sometimes the best PR is just to acknowledge what everybody already knows.
Indeed, that approach can work sometimes, but saying something that can later be used to publicly embarrass your star player doesn’t seem like one of those times. Check out this Google search to see how many times “reckless” was used in a newspaper headline to describe Ovechkin, then tell me that Bruce couldn’t have chosen a better word.
Do you really think that people wouldn’t have come up with the word “reckless” on their own without Boudreau? I’ve seen it been used to describe Ovechkin long before this incident. And if they didn’t use reckless they would resort to using terms like “dirty” or “cheap shot” more often. I know which one I prefer.
Of all our iniquities ignorance may be the worst
by Killer_Carlson on Dec 2, 2009 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
Do you think headlines read better as “Boudreau: Ovechkin is ‘Reckless’” or “Boudreau: Ovechkin is ’Exuberant.”
It’s not about the applicability of the term – we all agree it’s fitting. It’s about what amounts to his primary spokesman using it.
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A moment of “wreckiness?”
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 2, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow. That sure cuts like a knife.
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I haven’t heard a joke like that since the Summer of ’69.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions
I thought Bryan Adams was black.
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Lobbies: Osala, Perreault, Erskine, Pothier, Neuvirth, Flash.
Fan of: Mean Lars Backstrom, Line Mashing, Cake.
You’re thinking of Flozell Adams.
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Maybe it was Ryan Adams?
?
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 9:16 AM EST up reply actions
I dig the “haven’t showered in a week” look.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Dec 2, 2009 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
Mandy Moore sure does…lucky bastard.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
If there’s an artist from the past decade who was in more desperate need of an editor than Adams, I don’t know who it is. I mean, that guy churned out records with so much filler so fast it’s ridiculous. And it’s a shame, b/c his best stuff (Heartbreaker, Gold) is brilliant.
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The problem is the exact VOLUME of stuff he released, and has yet to release, which is substantial. Its just too much. There are too many duds like Rock and Roll and 29.
I liked the stuff he’s done with The Cardinals (particularly Cold Roses) much better than the stuff on Heartbreaker and Gold. Jacksonville City Nights was an AMAZING album.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 9:26 AM EST up reply actions
Not to mention how awesome his work with Whiskeytown was. I could listen to Pneumonia every day and never get tired of it.
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions
I saw Ryan Adams and the Cardinals in concert. They were decent I guess, but nothing to write home about.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
The Whiskeytown stuff is the best. Love Faithless Street and the eponymous record. And I think we’re on the same page re: volume/editing – if he’d culled the best stuff off of RandR and 29, it’d make a good album.
We disagree on those first two solo records though. Heartbreaker’s unreal, IMO.
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I like Heartbreaker and its a great album, but I just like the twangier stuff better on Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights.
One of my favorite songs of his was “Monday Night”, which was on a Bloodshot Compilation album, which are also awesome (you can’t do better than a song by a bluegrass act that combines Public Enemy and “Dixie”)
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by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions
For me, there’s “Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart,” “16 Days,” and everything else when it comes to his catalog.
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agreed…but I actually prefer his solo stuff to Whiskeytown (as much as I like Whiskeytown). “Nobody Girl”, “Tina Toledo’s Street Walkin’s Blues”, “The Resuce Blues” and “Come Pick Me Up” are some of my flat out favorite songs
by SeattleCapsFan on Dec 2, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
They don’t have to apologize for her, they got her to move to LA…
by markbona-capsfan99 on Dec 2, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, but that’s probably more a factor of the high altitude in Vancouver messing with her, uh…flotation devices.
Sorry to burst your "bubbles"
But Vancouver’s at sea level. :)
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Damn. It sounded like a good joke in my head – I should really avoid breast-related humor.
Maybe she’s from the mountainous part? I mean…
No need to avoid breast related humor. Have you made your way to the Hooters talk yet?
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you call 49° 11’ N latitute “sea level”??? Dude, that’s way up there.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
I think Gouldie gets a gross misconduct for confusing sea level with equator…..maybe?
BTW, didn’t the NHL use to dole our “misconducts” as well as “gross misconducts”? Anybody else remember that?
If you pour a glass of water on top of a globe, is it going to stay up near British Columbia? I sure don’t think so…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 3:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So Bruce is clarifying what he meant by “reckless”:
Boudreau on Ovechkin: “When I said reckless, I was using the term in fear of him getting hurt, not him hurting anyone else.”
Anyone still think he’s not have second thoughts about using the word or how it came out?
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Also, time for another sig change. AO’s knee hardly looked sore in Tarik’s video.
IS SOЯE KИEE AND TЯACK SUIT NOW
I dig your sig changes. You should post a list of them all or something.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
You can keep a running list in your SB profile…
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions
Voila.
IS ЯED CЯOSS LIИE TODAY, PЯESS BOX LIИE TOMOЯЯOW
by EmilyB on Dec 2, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Good idea. I guess that’s part of “or something.”
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
He meant “wreck less,” as in, “Alex, we need you to wreck yourself less and wreck the other guys more.”
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 2, 2009 12:53 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Or maybe “rec less.” As in: AO recs too many comments that shouldn’t be rec’d. It deflates the value of a rec.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Boudreau on Ovechkin: "When I said reckless, I was using the term in fear of him getting hurt, not him hurting anyone else."
Thanks, JP. So this is what validation feels like. :-)
by b.orr4 on Dec 2, 2009 1:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My use of the word "reckless" should be in no way construed to mean that Mr. Boudreau thinks Mr. Ovechkin's actions were reckless
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Juice!
As the de-facto president of the Juice lobby (offices at 17th and K), I’d like to issue this press release on the occasion of Juice placing 15th (ahead of Zdeno Chara) in the early-season Rod Langway Award competition:
" AYHSMB "
h/t BikeSnob
:)
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by D'ohboy on Dec 2, 2009 9:16 AM EST reply actions 11 recs
I’d love to have a coffee mug with Alex’s photo on it with “AYHSMB” below. Then I’d send a complimentary mug to Empty Netters.
Only if you can predict who wins the NCAA hockey finals.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
I'm officially a convert.
“Leave the Mo, take the Jurcina”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for the Godfather reference, and for the lulz.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by The Ghost of Bebop on Dec 2, 2009 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
Personally I love Ovie comments and the AYHSMB attitude. But I have a history of loving uber talented, truth speaking, lightning rods who care not what people, or even leagues think of them.
Dear Japers Rink
“to call Jurcina one-dimensional would mislead the reader by implying there is an area of his game that is particularly strong”
Perhaps you meant one-dimensionally AWESOME!!!
Suck it,
M Jurcina
by S h a g g y on Dec 2, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I’m waiting for his shocking playoff scoring run so we can refer to it as “The Juice is on the loose”
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions
Me too. D’ohboy wins today but I’m not even a little bit sold that Juice plays like this for the next 50+ games.
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Or, more importantly, the following ~25.
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That was meant to be included in the +.
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You beat me to the punch
The irony is, had I not become tied down at work, I would have made the following reply to my post:
“. . . And now Juice is going to go out and stink up the joint for the next 10 games. . .”
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December 2, 2009, Wall Street
Standard & Poors upgraded Milan Jurcina (JUCE) to “Adequate” today, following the release of the Mirtle Inc.‘s influential Langway Report for the 1st Quarter. Analyst Robert Goulderssen said of Jurcina "the market is not yet convinced that he is a solid investment, but it has become clear that his earlier ’POOR’ rating can no longer be justified." After noting that trading was surprisingly light, Gouldersson said “I believe the market is taking a wait-and-see approach. But this is a very big year for Jurcina, whose initial public offering is scheduled for this summer. I am hoping for big things from the big man.”
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Hey!… I’ll buy that stock!!
If you've read this far...seek help.
by ThePeerless on Dec 2, 2009 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Beat me to it.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Same way Jon Stewart ripped the guys on Crossfire back when that show existed. Amazing.
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I wouldn’t call it a “war of words.” I would call it an “epic smakedown” on the part of Stewart.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 1:54 PM EST up reply actions
Whoops. My bad. Danm tyypos.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it was an intentional mash-up “smackdown” and “takedown.”
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Um… yea, we’ll go with that.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
I figured it was some cool new term the kids were using that I was not yet hip to.
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I guess I just invented it. So now you are hip to it.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
We rule. Someone go put it on Urban Dictionary.
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I wonder if it makes Natty’s glossary.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
i’d like to see some repeat usage first. i mean, if the new oxford dictionary wouldn’t accept “sexting,” then we have some high standards to live up to.
They did take “defriend” though.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
This has been pretty good. I’m not getting much work done, but I’m having a great time not doing it!
I'm trying to work out a deal with a club in Europe
And we haven’t had to provide a lick of content, either. Sweet for us writers!
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Yeah, can we just get you guys to riff on random things on a daily basis? I could use a break ;)
Your topic for tomorrow: three-toed sloths and the people who love them.
…but enough about Hal Gill.
I’d rather had Smake Plissken
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Why did it have to be smakes?
"Eloquence, brought to you by a peanut butter, egg and dice sandwich."
I’m tired of all these smakes on this muthafucking plame.
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by D'ohboy on Dec 2, 2009 2:10 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Hey, I was born in the Chinese Year of the Smake
"I play Russian roulette every day - a man's sport - with a bullet called life"
All these malapropisms smake my head hurt.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 2:13 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Could we argue Voukon was smakebitten the other night?
"I play Russian roulette every day - a man's sport - with a bullet called life"
Not as badly as poor David Smeckel
Ron and Fez 11 to 3
by YvonLabresMoustache on Dec 2, 2009 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
How about AYHSMB as a Logo an Alternate Jersey Logo For The Caps
Hey, I can think of the following as Caps players who proabably feel this way more than a few times a week in order to survive it all:
1) Ovie
2) Green
3) Erskine
4) Schultz
5) Jurcina
6) Poti
7) Sha-Mo
8) Semin
9) Theodore
10) Flash ….
So how about we try and come up with a Caps Alternate Jersey that somehow incorporates it?
by markbona-capsfan99 on Dec 2, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
AYHSMB would be good plastered across Lance Armstrong’s gear, although it would have to be amended to AYHSMLN.
"I play Russian roulette every day - a man's sport - with a bullet called life"
Dear pucksandbooks, and OFB in general:
One idea that might have occurred to IMG brass would be to exploit Ovi’s on-ice aggressor activity…
But I don’t want to sound conspiratorial.
If you really don’t want to sound conspiratorial, then don’t write crazy shit. Seriously, that article (and it’s theory that he changed his on-ice play to please IMG) is some crazy-ass stuff.
Atta dinnin stick a who!
by Gould Old Days on Dec 2, 2009 9:45 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
But I don’t want to sound conspiratorial.
The inherent irony being that this is exactly his intent.
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions
It’s like starting a sentence with “all due respect.”
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Or...
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by J.P. on Dec 2, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Or starting a sentence with “I’m a huge Caps fan, but…”
"If you're gonna die after 24, might as well jump out at 23:59, no?"
by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 2, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions