Now That's Comedy!

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 12:22 PM MDT in News Comment 31 comments

Sprinkled throughout the 400+ comments to Mike Russo's blog today are calls for (or just speculation about) Marian Gaborik to be traded from the Wild.

Man, the guy scores 40 goals in the regular season but has a rough playoff series and the fans are already tossing him under the bus. Even if Paul Stastny failed to score a single point in this series, would any of us be calling for his ouster?

I understand being frustrated with an under-performing star player, but any team in the league would be happy to have Mary Anne in their lineup, so talking about dumping the poor guy seems a little impulsive to me. Not that I don't encourage it. I think the Avalanche could probably make some room on the bench for another gifted, sissy foreigner if Gaborik had to find a new home.

ADDENDUM: And the hate comes in buckets, apparently. Keep pouring it on.

ADDENDUM 2: I just want to point out, to anyone who hasn't already noticed this themselves, that the Minnesota fan base is more concerned about defending their goon enforcers Derek Boogaard, Todd Fedoruk and Aaron Voros than they are about keeping one of only two players on their team capable of scoring more than 20 goals a year.

Wild fans = pure entertainment.

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Like I said in the live thread

Straight up for Arny. At least he has a goal. I'd still take Maid Marion off of their hands.

by Bob in Boulder on Apr 18, 2008 12:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Like I said...

Yeah, but Arnason through the most severe elbow of all time, and you know that Minnesota won't tolerate goons like him on their team.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 12:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

RE:

Sarcasm at it's absolute finest

by Drakenlot on Apr 18, 2008 12:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ugh

Yeah, but grammar at its worst. "Through?" Honestly?

The correct spelling of that word is "threw," of course.

I will now return to sniffing glue.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 12:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

A-

So close to perfect.

Never trust the lunch lady.

by Hardshell_Taco_del_Lowayne on Apr 18, 2008 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: A-

I think an A- is generous. Definitely a B or worse---there's no excuse for misusing a word like "through."

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 1:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do it enough

And they'll amend the dicitionary

by Jibblescribbits on Apr 18, 2008 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Do it enough

Good point.

And very well played, sir, as always.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 2:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really thought

Minnesota was supposed to have one of the best educational systems in the country, but those comments really make me wonder. Either that or the average age of the posters is 13.

by Mrs @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 1:15 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: I really thought

Maybe the message board at the official Wild site has a lot of spillover to the newspaper.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Malkin

The best idea I saw was a poster who thought Minnesota could give up Gaborik and get Malkin AND a draft pick.... I'm not sure how, but they ridiculed AND over-rated Gaborik in the same sentence.

I actually thought Gaborik played pretty well last night. no points obviously, but he was skating hard, and had a lot to do with why the Wild were outplaying the Avs, he just didn't produce any goals.

Also, someone mentioned that Avs fans were all upscale, wine and cheese eaters; or college kids who don't care who wins.

by jd21 on Apr 18, 2008 1:34 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Malkin

I saw the wine and cheese comment. The funny thing is, they then cited Adrian Dater as the source of the criticism, which is especially hilarious considering that they attack and deride him for everything else he writes.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

well

considering the price of tickets in the Pepsi center, that may be the most accurate comment by a Wild fan in those posts.

by Dario on Apr 18, 2008 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

When did this happen?

From the addendum link, about Gaborik:

Instead, he has been so inept sometimes you can't tell him and Eric Belanger apart. And, all Martin Skoula references aside, that might be the worst thing you can say about a Wild player these days.

When did "Martin Skoula" become the national shorthand for "all-around sucking?" That's crazy awesome.

by Dan Winkler on Apr 18, 2008 2:31 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: When did this happen?

Also awesome is the fact that the Wild are blowing $1.7 million this year ($1.9 million next year) on that same guy.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whereas

We blow $6.75mil on Joe 'detriment to the team' Sakic.

by pingu on Apr 18, 2008 4:46 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but

we also get an extremely ineffective, lousy captain for that $6.75mil so it's ok.

by Savage33 on Apr 18, 2008 6:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's not gloat too much...

...about blowing a ton of money on a so-so defenseman **cough**Hannan!**cough**

by Dan Winkler on Apr 18, 2008 8:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought

you were going to say Clark...

by Jibblescribbits on Apr 18, 2008 10:48 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I loved this comment

about Theo

And while Theodore is a good goaltender, I'm sorry but he must have a horseshoe up his behind this series because if this were a regular season game, it'd easily have been 7-3 Wild.

because it seems to imply Theo is only good and has been lucky all this calender year pretty much.
The fact it's a playoff game and not regular season is why he's playing so well this series, Its what seperates the average goalies from the great goalies like Roy, Brodeur and of course the godlike BACKSTROM. The ability to play well and make the tough saves in the playoffs that you might have missed in the regular season, not because you're lucky and have a horseshoe on you but because you're good enough and can handle the pressure of having to carry your team like Theo did in the last game.

by Savage33 on Apr 18, 2008 6:48 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: I loved this comment

How does that comment make any sense whatsoever?

"Theodore sucks during the regular season when it doesn't matter, but he's awesome in the playoffs when it really matters, so overall he's just lucky and really sucks."

Is that what they mean?

Bizarre.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 18, 2008 7:42 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Re: I loved this comment

I'm not sure whether my comment made much sense, i kinda confused myself. What i meant to say is Theo's a good goalie who's been great this year and turned it up to 11 in the playoffs. He hasn't been lucky, he's just played to the level he should have been playing at since 2002.

by Savage33 on Apr 19, 2008 12:55 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man

Not your comment, the comment you quoted!

Your comment was fine!

Sorry about the confusion.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 19, 2008 5:04 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Meh

Dude's obviously been money since the beginning of the calendar year, but he was borderline worthless for the several years prior to that, including the beginning of this season, the occasional Turco-shaming notwithstanding. If the situation was reversed and Skoula was playing like Orr or something, I would probably be equally furious, and equally clutching at straws.

Except, obviously, Skoula was never particularly good to begin with, but I digress.

by andrew on Apr 19, 2008 7:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rumors

I also really like the rumor on the blogs about trading Luongo for Spezza. Without Luongo and Waaborik it might be an easy division again.

by Scott from CT on Apr 19, 2008 12:45 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Rumors

Luongo for Spezza? So the Canucks would go from having great defense but no offense to having decent offense but no defense? Are they also considering a move to the Eastern Conference?

And like it's Luongo's fault the Canucks suck.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 19, 2008 5:06 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

When you've only got

one good player capable of winning a game it kinda does put a lot of pressure on that one player and leave him with no room for error. I can see why people are quick to blame him since he stands out so much as opposed to a quality team, not that i agree with it.

by Savage33 on Apr 19, 2008 5:28 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: When you've only got

Yeah, I mean, there always has to be a scapegoat.

At any rate, I certainly hope the Canucks trade Luongo---like you said, easy division again.

by Joe @ MHH on Apr 19, 2008 5:56 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Easy Division????

That kind of trade would only ensure Vancouver would be at the back of the pack. Edmonton is going to be very tough the next few season. After that, it will depend on if they can keep the young players they currently have. I don't see the Wild or Flames making too many changes that would suddenly drop their skill or potential either. This division will still be the toughest in the league.

by Americanario on Apr 19, 2008 4:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

I think the Pacific is going to be brutal next year. Anaheim is going to be a little worse, especially with Niedermayer and Selanne (presumably) finally fucking off for good, but Phoenix is going to have a full year of Bryzgalov, and Ersberg looked pretty sharp, which should finally give LA a real live NHL netminder.

by andrew on Apr 19, 2008 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Selanne and Neidermayer

better fuck of for good, i respected them both last year and was happy to see them win the cup, especially Selanne, but then they destroyed any respect i had by taking half the season to "decide" whether they wanted to play and when they saw that the Ducks were in a position to challenge for the cup they finally decided they wanted to play. Thaat's a douche thing to do which is also unfair on the other Ducks players. At least with Forsberg he always stated that it would be a deadline decision and told everyone what to expect.

by Savage33 on Apr 19, 2008 7:35 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs