Wrong Team Wins Stanley Cup

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 6:02 AM MDT in News Comment 53 comments

There has to be some kind of mistake here. Gary Bettman, commissioner of the NHL, rigged the entire hockey season just so the Pittsburgh Penguins---his favorite team---would win the Stanley Cup. Unfortunately, they lost in game 6 and some other team got to take home the trophy.

How on Earth are we supposed to have a conspiracy if the wrong team wins?

I'm not going to talk much more about this. Detroit winning the Cup is the finishing touch on a season I'm glad is over. The quicker we can all put 2007-08 behind us, the better.

My advice to you: stay clear of Red Wings blogs and/or fans for a while. They're going to be pretty intolerable for some time.

Pens in 9.

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FYI

All hockey fans should also avoid Kukla’s Korner for a while. It’s a great source of hockey news (with a sometimes Detroit bent) but the sheer volume of self-fellating crap already up over there is…

blugh.

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 5, 2008 8:00 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I have to admit I’m pretty jealous. I’ve always wanted to have the ability to self-fellate.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 8:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m sure there is a blog/website out there somewhere that will teach you in a few easy steps. Probably involves yoga and minty toothpaste thoough…

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 5, 2008 8:37 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And a lot more flexibility than I can muster.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 9:18 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Enjoy

This seems appropriate (Safe for Work)

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Jun 5, 2008 9:42 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And yet, at the same time, completely inappropriate.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

What a game last night! It took a few hours for it to sink in that we actually won because the end of that game was so intense. All credit to the Penguins for not giving up even down to the last second.

Not trying to be intolerable, just celebratory. Wow.

by hockeychic on Jun 5, 2008 9:46 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

No prob.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 10:01 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

You don't have to

try to be intolerable.

;)

by Bob in Boulder on Jun 5, 2008 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

ZING!

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can find ONE positive in all this. Now that the finals are over, we’re actually gonna see some stuff happen with re-signing, etc. right? Of course, I coulda waited a few more days.

by Rather Dashing on Jun 5, 2008 9:49 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

One other positive

it continues the West’s domination of East, at least post-lockout

by Savage33 on Jun 6, 2008 1:25 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Detroit team photo with the cup

Ok, the traditional cup picture.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20080605&Category=SPORTS05&ArtNo=806050802&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=24

Since when does the wifey get in the photo? Am I just bitter (yes I am), but I can’t recall ever having seen that before. Kids, yes. The woman in the business suite? No.

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 9:59 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

That’s Marian Bayoff Ilitch, wife of team owner Mike. That’s why she’s in the pic. I believe she’s actually co-owner of the team, for tax purposes.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wings

certainly have the market cornered on ugly Swedes. Add them to monkey face Draper, and you pretty much have the ugliest team in NHL history. So there.

by Bob in Boulder on Jun 5, 2008 10:20 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

If it makes you feel any better Bob, Draper lead the league in boarding penalties this year. That’s what we call delicious irony.

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 10:22 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not at all surprised

Draper is a very dirty little player, no doubt. One of the dirtiest little schmucks in the league. I remember one of those boards was against JML in the Can this year during the same game that Lappy crushed Lidstrom with a clean check. I yelled something to the effect that isn’t it funny how the poster boy for boarding does something like that.

I was listening to a St. Louis radio broadcast of a RW-Blues game a few years ago and the St. Louis broadcaster said something like “that Draper sure is a dirty little player.”

Oh well, fun to vent after the hated winged wheel wins another cup. Call it therapy I guess.

by Bob in Boulder on Jun 5, 2008 10:29 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

He does have a healthy level of respect for Joe Sakic. So his evil is tempered with good taste :)

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 10:33 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know

I just hate it when the media tries to humanize the Wings. Frei is a huge winged wheel butt kisser in this regard.

by Bob in Boulder on Jun 5, 2008 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Draper Boarding Penalties Stat?

Dario,

Not that I am doubting you for one second, because I know Draper is a very dirty player, but where did you find the stat breakdown that allowed you to see that he led the league in boarding penalties this season? One, I’d like to check it out. Two, I’d like to use it as ammo in friendly discussions with RW fan revisionist historians when talking about the hated rivalry between our teams.

by Bob in Boulder on Jun 5, 2008 3:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here you go.

I saw it at http://forechecker.blogspot.com/2008/04/2008-alternative-nhl-awards.html

Avalanche player of note is Hannan who tied for the league lead with 11 holding calls. He didn’t move his feet very well to start the season that’s for sure.

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 6:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the real question is

Why was Howard dressed and in the team’s celebration and photo. He can’t possibly have played 40 games in the regualr season or one in the post season.

by Savage33 on Jun 6, 2008 1:28 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does riding the pine count? He may have accumulated enough reg season games when Hasek began falling apart for a while there. Didn’t Ozzy go on the DL at one point too?

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 6, 2008 11:36 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Christy Yamaguchi was in an on-ice Cup picture with her Carolina Hurricane scrub of a husband, but not the TEAM picture. That’s lame.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Jun 7, 2008 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahh, a pizza Baroness no less.

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 10:06 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Indeed. And I can’t be the only one who thinks the words “Baron” and “Baroness” are underused.

Well, by everyone except this band.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 10:14 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about we agree to use Baron in somebody’s nickname next year? Any candidates? Baron von Guite? Baron Budaj? Baroness Bertuzzi?

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 5, 2008 12:15 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Baron?

I was going to suggest one for Cody McLeod, but I don’t want to give a cool nickname to my least-favorite Av this side of Arny

Since no one one has ever found a suitable nickname for Joe Sakic, there’s “the Baron of Burnaby”

I’d be up for The Baron of the Broken nose: Ian Laperriere

But both of those are old vets, who are difficult to nickname this late in their careers, so let’s go for someone younger.

I do know that I think Dion Phaneuf should be called “The Duke of Douche.”

"A witty saying proves nothing."
- Voltaire (1694-1778)

by Jibblescribbits on Jun 5, 2008 12:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Duke of Douche?!?!?!

Excellent! You sir made my day.

InYoFace Hasek! InYoFace

by InYoFace on Jun 5, 2008 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The title of Baron implies some form of nobility, so who is the most noble player on the Avs? Or at least the one who a title of nobility would be the most ironic?

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 12:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Baron....

maybe work it into a name for SoS since he is part of a family of players…all but one of which have played for the Avs/Nordiques.

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jun 5, 2008 3:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Like Baron Von Stastny or Baron Von Stastinhime.

by Savage33 on Jun 6, 2008 1:30 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

“Baron von Stastny” is pretty funny, but I think maybe “Baron von Wolski” would be even funnier.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 6, 2008 5:45 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about Baron von StastinWolski. Best of both worlds really.

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 6, 2008 4:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It just goes to show

me being at work does have a point.

by Savage33 on Jun 6, 2008 8:22 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d like to hear Thomas’ thoughts on Lidstrom as a dispasionate captain that leads by example.

I KEEED Joe. No need to ban me….................yet. I’m feeling a bit punchy.

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 10:12 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Dario, you’d be on the permanent “No Ban” list if there was one.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 10:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ratings

NBC killed it again last night for the US TV ratings. No market data for Denver yet but I suspect we are in the top 5 still.

http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2008/06/cup-runneth-over.html

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 10:17 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Just for comparisons, here are the NBA ratings for the playoffs…

http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2008/06/celticslakers-numbers-game.html

A 4.4 rating is huge when you look at how the NBA is doing and their add revenues they recieve. Now no NHL game has drawn a 5.7 like the game 7 of Cavs vs. Celts but it’s still better than losing to championship poker or something like that.

by Dario on Jun 5, 2008 10:21 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely. It’s a huge improvement.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

4.4 rating should be enough to get back with NBC again next year. But I have a feeling that NBC will keep a flex schedule with hockey and basketball and schedule according to what teams are involved instead of just picking the sport.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Jun 7, 2008 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

WAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOO!

(you already have me stereotyped….might as well try to live up to it, right?)

(seeya next season, I’ll definitely check in from time to time….)

by ahtrap on Jun 5, 2008 1:40 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

We wait with baited breath.

And by bait, we mean alchohol, cuz we know how you roll in D-town.

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 5, 2008 2:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

And in the other hand is a firearm of some sort, or a foreclosure notice. Or a body bag.

You get the idea.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 5, 2008 2:59 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll hold out the crack pipes. That really reels them in.

by Bob in Boulder on Jun 5, 2008 3:11 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or maybe all three

by Savage33 on Jun 6, 2008 1:31 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s a lot to carry when you’re running from the cops after setting a house on fire.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 6, 2008 5:46 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

There aren’t any homes left in Detroit, so we won’t have to worry about that. Plus, everybody knows that the cops don’t respond to calls in Detroit. I heard they were hopefull that their withdrawl from Detroit would be complete by 2012.

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 6, 2008 11:38 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Back to your original post, Joe

My advice to you: stay clear of Red Wings blogs and/or fans for a while. They’re going to be pretty intolerable for some time.

And this will be different from any other time in what way?

by Bob in Boulder on Jun 6, 2008 10:52 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I suppose it’s just a reminder.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe Dunman on Jun 6, 2008 11:15 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s part of our new MHH effort to limit the amount of rage issues among our readership. Nobody likes angry typers, except Ron and Fez…

by Mike @ MHH on Jun 6, 2008 11:39 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully they've jinxed themselves

Some players dented the cup during a celebration…not a bad dent, but still…
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=239990

"The difference between a successful person and others,
is not a lack of strength,not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will."
-Vince Lombardi-

by Americanario on Jun 7, 2008 11:29 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs