Because You Asked: Why is Wolski nicknamed "Baron von Wolski"?

We didn't have anybody with "Baron" in their name/nickname.
We had a 'royalty' theme started with The Duke.
Other announcers are constantly screwing up the 'v' and 'w' sounds in his given name.
It rolls off the tongue.
I'm awesome, that's why.

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Lol

Thanks. Now we need an Earl, a Marquess, a Viscount, and a Maiden (Arnason).

by JonHaven on Jan 5, 2009 3:02 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

How about Shogun?

And I’ve always been partial to Warlord. Though not technically a royal term, there is certain amount of power in it.

by InYoFace on Jan 5, 2009 3:05 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Warlord is a bad azz comic book character. Nobody on the current Avs roster could carry his loincloth.

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 5, 2009 3:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh yeah

you have a point there.

by InYoFace on Jan 5, 2009 3:23 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m just glad somebody else knows who Warlord is. Seriously kids, wiki Warlord.

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 5, 2009 3:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I even have a couple issues. I was more a marvel man myself though so I don’t have too many DC comics.

by InYoFace on Jan 5, 2009 3:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I found a book at barnes & noble

recently that totally blew me away. It was a complete history of the Marvel comics. Fifty bucks, and it was HUGE. I almost bought it.

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 5, 2009 3:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Mike has that, and loves it.

by Mrs @ MHH on Jan 5, 2009 5:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

What?

But Mike is supposed to be so much cooler than I am.

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 5, 2009 6:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

He's a goalie

That automatically makes him so much cooler than you, and also half as cool as me.

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by Savage33 on Jan 5, 2009 8:02 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

But because you’re on the ass end of the planet, with reciprocals at what not, I still come out twice as cool as you at the same time.

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 6, 2009 7:59 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Gee, passing the PE certainly inflated your ego. I’m definitely going to have to work on that…

by Mrs @ MHH on Jan 6, 2009 8:02 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Stop using big words

And we have Kagaroos, boxing kangaroos at that. So I win.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 6, 2009 5:57 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, but you also gave the world Russell Crowe. I win again.

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 7, 2009 7:57 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t forget Bryan Adams and Alanis Morissette

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Jan 7, 2009 12:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

They’re not Australian are they? And Russel Crowe is kinda gay, We gave you Heath ledger as the joker, granted I’ve never seen the film. Pause for thrown rocks…

But I’ve heard hes great and feel it’s my duty to claim it’s all because he’s Australian.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 7, 2009 4:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Canadian

both of them.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Jan 7, 2009 5:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

ForsLord!!!

If/when he comes back

I blame it all on my goalie

by TheRed on Jan 5, 2009 6:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I like it, but Peter deserves to have the longest, coolest nickname of any Av. Something like ForsLordJesusMohammadOurSavior I would be okay with.

by JonHaven on Jan 5, 2009 8:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Peter the Great

I think that says it all.

Keeping my fingers away from all moving parts since 2007

by tele-mon on Jan 5, 2009 10:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 6, 2009 7:59 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Royalty

Here’s your euro-royalty source

Personally, I like Kaiser Smytty, if we are going royalty.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Jan 5, 2009 3:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

and instead of Son of Stastny… Prince Stastny.

Then the Smytty-Stastny-Duke line could be the Royal Flush line…

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Jan 5, 2009 3:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought Arnason’s line was always the Royal Flush line?

by JonHaven on Jan 5, 2009 3:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Minus

the Royal

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Jan 5, 2009 3:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

or Lord Statsny. I like McDreamy for Liles. That nickname was used on a caption on one of the pictures and I think it flows nicely.

by hockeymom on Jan 6, 2009 9:38 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I hate it

because it was taken from greys Anatomy, which I mega loathe.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 6, 2009 5:58 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

All I can think about when I read that is Kaiser Sosei (or however you spell it). And like that *poof
he was gone.

Red Wings Suck

by texacogirl on Jan 5, 2009 10:51 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey

He was an answer to a question in Trivial Pursuit last weekend. I totally got it wrong.

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 5, 2009 11:16 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Blasphemy!

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by texacogirl on Jan 7, 2009 3:11 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Forget Baron von Wolski..

I want to know what the deal is on Sanjaya.

Never trust the lunch lady.

by Hardshell_Taco_del_Lowayne on Jan 5, 2009 3:16 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

(Really, I have no idea where why Arny’s name is now Sanjaya. Throw me a bone?)

Never trust the lunch lady.

by Hardshell_Taco_del_Lowayne on Jan 5, 2009 7:51 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Don’t ask me. Ask DDC, he came up with it.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 5, 2009 8:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sanjaya was an American Idol contestant a season or two ago who had some talent, but stayed on the show far longer than he deserved.

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 5, 2009 8:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

had some talent?

Are you kidding me? His only talent was being insanely obnoxious. That dude was DREADFUL.

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 5, 2009 8:56 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Being insanely obnoxious requires serious talent, most people can’t be completely obnoxious to everyone 100% of the time.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 5, 2009 9:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

well, he sings better than I do…

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jan 6, 2009 7:51 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Well the Pussycat dolls sing better than me, doesn’t mean they have singing talent. That goes for pretty much everyother pop tart.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 6, 2009 5:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Wait...

Murray Baron couldn’t be lured out of retirement?

BTW: Nice formatting on the list, Mike…looks good! Gonna have to try that.

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by Whale4ever on Jan 5, 2009 5:02 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, that came out good. One of those tabs on the Fanshot that doesn’t get much love.

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 6, 2009 8:00 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I need to point out the possible cultural conflict arising from using a German indicator of nobility for a Polish-born person. What with the whole Poland being subjugated by Germany for nearly 300 years thing…

softpillowcase

by Selanne on Jan 6, 2009 12:04 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

My head hurts

This is a hockey blog. we have no need for your cultural sensitivity. Plus I don’t think Wolski’s aware of his nickname.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 6, 2009 12:31 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Back to your room!!! Nobody wants you swinging your big brain around in here.

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 6, 2009 8:01 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

If you click on this above nobility link I linked to above (aw what the hell, here too) the Term “Baron” was used across the continent and across languages. The only language mentioned in there that didn’t use the term was Russian, which used Tiarna.Polish isn’t mentioned there.

I can’t find anything on the Polish having a “baron” class of nobility, but I don’t thuink it matters much because we call him Baron von Wolski, and “von” is normally Dutch. So I think we’ve establish a nice eclectic blend of nationalities in the nickname already.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Jan 6, 2009 9:09 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Way to nerd that up, Jibbles.

Seriously, looking back at the nickname now that Jibbles has packed his big, dignity blue brain away, I don’t think we could have done a better job of Euro-ing up a nickname for Wolski. Kinda funny when you remember how long he’s been in North America and how well he speeka de english.

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by Mike @ MHH on Jan 6, 2009 12:07 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

and "von" is normally ~~Dutch~~ German

Thank you very much. Our language might be difficult to learn, but it’s not as ugly as german…

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by Tommelot on Jan 6, 2009 1:19 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Von

Van is Dutch, my fault.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Jan 6, 2009 1:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You are correct, sir!

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by Tommelot on Jan 6, 2009 3:45 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

When did this site became a grammar/language lesson. This is Hockey, you don’t need to think.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 6, 2009 6:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Stop your moaning, mate. Proper use of language is actually more important in the civilised world than in the desert.

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by Tommelot on Jan 7, 2009 12:37 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

but the desert is civilized. It has rocks and caves, theyre part of the civilized world, right. RIGHT?

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 7, 2009 4:43 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Genau

Die Deutschen und die Niederlander haben eine verbundene Geschichte. Allerdings sind ihre Beziehungen mit Osteuropa und besonders Polen sehr vershiedene. Obwohl die Niederlander auch viel Macht im Gebiet hatten, waren ihre Macht praktisch nur oekonomisch. Die Deutschen fuehrten aber Krieg nach blutigem Krieg im Gebiet, und sie dominierten das Gebiet durch militaerische Macht und kulturelle Herrschaft. Durch einem Prozess von “deutschifizierung” versuchten die Deutschen polnische Volksidentitaet zu zerstoeren und ausratten. Auch war viel von heutzutagem Polen historisch ein Teil von Preussen, und die Polner lebten da nur als untergedrueckte Minderheit. Wegen diesen Gruende sollen wir immer bewusst sein, wenn wir Phrasen aus Deutsch den Polen geben.

Translation: don’t fuck with my German skills.

softpillowcase

by Selanne on Jan 6, 2009 9:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Who needs german

When you have… a Gun.
Think about t.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 6, 2009 11:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

What if

its the Germans who have the guns?

softpillowcase

by Selanne on Jan 7, 2009 9:00 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

We’ll do what we always do. Wait for them to attack America and drop an A bomb on them.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 7, 2009 4:43 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

So basically...

Germany and the Netherlands have a connected history, but Poland and Eastern Europe are very different. The Germans were a military power, whereas the Netherlands power lied within its economic strength. Through a process known as “deutschifizierung”, the Germans attempted to annihilate the Polish and their identity. No idea wtf it says at the end, except maybe something about languages clashing? I dunno.

What the hell is deutschifizierung?

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 7, 2009 1:48 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Gotta love computer translators

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 7, 2009 2:03 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You think?

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 7, 2009 3:23 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m not allowed to think, Court Order

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Jan 7, 2009 5:26 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Close, but not quite

That’s why you should never rely on a computer to do your translating.

The Germans and the Dutch (as in peoples, not nation-states) have an interconnected history. However, their relationships with Eastern Europe, and in Poland in particular, are very different. Although the Dutch also had considerable power in the region, theirs was practically completely economic. The Germans waged war after bloody war in the region, and they dominated the region through military power and cultural dominance. Through a process of “Germanification” they attempted to destroy and eliminate Polish ethnic identity. As well, most of present day Poland was historically part of Prussia proper, and Poles lived only as a suppressed minority there. Because of these grounds/reasons/aspects we must always be aware when we ascribe phrases (or traits) from German to Poles.

softpillowcase

by Selanne on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

I knew using a translator wouldn’t get me the right translation lol. I just wanted a general idea of what was being said.

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Jan 7, 2009 4:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Ach ja, maar afgezien van die economische macht hebben wij wel een veel mooiere taal. Jullie taal klinkt een beetje alsof je een haarbal in je keel hebt zitten (behalve als Sarah Chalke het melkmeisje speelt).

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Jan 7, 2009 12:38 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs