Can I Blame Versus For That?
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 10, 2009 5:55 AM MST
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No clue what happened to the Avalanche last night. All I know is that when I went to bed, the Avalanche were in 2nd place and now they are in 5th. I guess I wasn't the only one to take last night off...
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Here is what you missed.
- Refs take away a Duchene goal on a controversial call
- HOWEVER, the Avs given plenty of PP chances…but they play pass around the perimeter and never really come close to scoring
- The Wild played old boring “Wild Hockey” put the viewers to sleep
- Peter Budaj played OK…I’m not sure though, I was catching up on re-runs of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” after seeing the Wild playing style
- Oh by the way, I think JM Liles is still standing at the point, trying to figure out if he is going to shoot.
The power play was infuriating. The offense in general, too. Tons of skating around but no trigger-pulling. There were at least three separate instances where Hejduk had a clear shot to the net but wouldn’t fire. Infuriating.
The one time I saw a point shot on the PP, it created a scoring chance (the puck between Backstrom’s legs that Svatos almost stuffed through).
It was very frustrating to watch. The Wild defense wasn’t good enough to justify the lack of shooting.
Mile High Hockey: Hoping for the best, expecting the worst, hating the Wings.
btw
my bf is standing at the point because i am undressing in the stands and he’s being distracted. i was trying to reward him for doing well last game but apparently it backfired. i shall restrain in the future.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 2:06 PM MST up reply actions
Wait...
You were in Denver and didn’t call? Fine be that way.
This is a hockey board — You fuck with our Hejduk, and the spirit of Lappy is coming. =)-Jibbles
sorry...
it was a quicky, in-and-out thing.
(and yes, that’s what he said)
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 2:09 PM MST up reply actions
You know for all the bitching about Versus (rightfully so), I do have to comment that I was excited for this game as it was one of the only Avs games that I got to watch on TV instead of streaming online (I live in Tampa, have Verizon Fios cable and no hockey packages).
That said, while the Avs may be a 5th place team in the standings right now, they have also played 3 more games than everyone else. You have to think that this is really a 6-8th place team right now. They really have to take advantage of the fact that the majority of their games are at home from here on out and start gaining points to distance themselves from the teams below them.
by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 10, 2009 7:31 AM MST reply actions
over at jibbles new digs (http://jibblescribbits.com/2009-articles/december/the-avs-brutal-schedule.html#comments) we’ve been discussing whether the Avs are for real or not. I think you all know where I stand on this (not enough offense to sustain it)
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 10, 2009 8:12 AM MST up reply actions
I wish work would finally unblock my new site, so I could keep the conversation going throughout the day.
But like I said over there, I think the Avs are the 6th-8th best team in the conference.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 8:23 AM MST up reply actions
This is the greatest thing about being the IT guy
I can easily edit the firewall to unblock/block sites of my choosing.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
Damn
But you’re also probably the most secretly hated guy in the building.
It’s not really a blocked thing, it’s a new website thing. All the bloguin sites are blocked at first here, but eventually become unblocked, it just takes time.
For example I just started being able to get Anything bu Detroit about a week ago.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 8:34 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah, I probably am hated
But then again, I secretly subtlely just about publicly hate everyone else.
I have something similar to this on my office/server freezer door.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
by Drakenlot on Dec 10, 2009 9:00 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Can you blame Versus?
Yes, yes you can.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
I paid to see a bunch of guys skate around and really not do much of anything.
Jesus Saves! Duchene gets the rebound and scores!
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 10, 2009 8:10 AM MST reply actions
most boring game I ever went too, I drank way more than I normally do.
Jesus Saves! Duchene gets the rebound and scores!
by An Unmitigated Disaster on Dec 10, 2009 9:51 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah, I was sitting there most of the game thinking about how it wasn’t even worth the gas to get down there. And walking through the freezing cold parking lot.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
i was also at that game and it was the most boring game of hockey i have ever seen. there was no flow to the game and no action, no good hits and no offense…from either team. i’ve been to high school games that were more entertaining, i’ve never been to a game with that few fans and the atmosphere in the building was dead. its a shame to see after how great the avs support used to be when we sold out every game
Avs must have been confused last night
I guess they thought that since Versus wasn’t going to show up in many of the homes of Avs fans, they didn’t have to show up for the game.
I thought Budaj played well. In fact, I think he was probably the only player who showed up for the game. Budaj must have gotten Jibbles’ memo to play better, because he has. In fact, here are is stats for game he as started: .939 SV%, 1.83 GAA. Not too shaby for a back-up goaltender.
Both goalies have repeated given the Avs a chance to win in games, and the Avs keep blowing those chances. Come February, the Avs are going to look back and games like this one and kick themselves for not putting forth enough effort.
I pulled these quotes from today’s Denver Post article:
“Just not good enough,” a frustrated-sounding Avs coach Joe Sacco said. “The difference in the game was the power play. We had six chances on the power play, and you just can’t go 0-for-6 when you’re looking to generate offense. We looked sloppy (on it). We weren’t sharp. We just weren’t strong enough on the puck.”
Sacco has been trying to find a more reliable pair on the point, lately moving Wojtek Wolski back there with Kyle Quincey. But without a booming slap shot, teams seem to cheat a little more down low with players like Wolski on the point. When teams can hang back more because they know a player isn’t going to fire many slappers, making passes down low becomes tougher.
And I agree with Duchene on his goal:
“I don’t know what’s going on. It’s getting ridiculous,” Duchene said. "I don’t get why you can knock your own net off and either not get scored on or get a penalty shot against. I talked to the linesman, and he said if I’d have shot the puck before the net got knocked off, it would have counted. But (Guillaume) Latendresse tied up my stick pretty well. It was going in, but Havlat knocked the net off.
Colorado Avalanche: Please excuse the mess while we are under construction.
I wonder, if it had been Sakic or Hejduk or Forsberg or Ovie or Crosby or Yzerman or…you get the picture, would it have counted? I think it would have. I think many of Duchene’s non-goals this season (and does anyone have a stat showing he’s had the most cuz I bet he has) are because he’s a rookie. He has to be beyond frustrated about it. I wonder what kind of advice he’s getting. Can anyone in the locker room really give him advice on that? Hell, is there even any to give as I can’t remember another Avs player having that many goals disallowed this early in the season…hell, in a whole season. Like Dutchy said, it’s getting ridiculous.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 8:53 AM MST up reply actions
I don’t know; I don’t think that goal would’ve counted for anyone else, after seeing the replay. That said, I do think that there was a missed call on Havlat knocking the net off. Heck, not only was a penalty not called, the face-off came back out to the neutral zone, which implies that the refs thought Galiardi knocked it off.
by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 10, 2009 9:05 AM MST up reply actions
i give you one on the goal, but no penalty or penalty shot? i think a “star” player would have gotten that one
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 10:16 AM MST up reply actions
I mentioned this on Disaster’s post, but thought I’d bring it over here too…one player whom I thought actually did a great job last night was Svatos. Now if he can only keep that shit up!!!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 9:03 AM MST reply actions
Yeah, I agree! He seemed to be buzzing for the entire third period. I’m glad to see him getting chances by the coaches and creating chances on the ice. I still don’t think that he belongs with Duchene. But, at least they were both trying to make things happen.
by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 10, 2009 9:06 AM MST up reply actions
Svatos played great before. Just like Wolski. The problem is getting any form of consistency out of them.
In Russia, Consistency choose you!
My problem with Svats isn’t how he plays the game. He is always buzzing around and working hard. But I always hear and have heard what a great finisher he is. That is the big point of his game. And he is getting chances, and isn’t finishing. It seems the goals he is getting this year are more lucky bounces off of pads, opponents, and the like. He used to actually beat goalies…he doesn’t do that anymore.
And if he isn’t doing that…he’s pretty much useless to the team
i thought he did pretty well too, but he had a couple chances that he needed to bury for me to give him props. That one where he walked out in front all alone and just shot it into the goalies pads…ugh.
You’re a scorer Marek. Score.
and then there was the one that was under the goalies but like he dropped a bertuzzi and svats was just staring at it instead of getting his stick on it to scoot it in…i wasn’t quite sure what happened there. but he always seemed to be in front of the net last night, more so than i’ve seen him all year
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 10:19 AM MST up reply actions
the game in 3 sentences:
1. Both teams played like they were on the road.
2. The Avalanche PP sucked and the Wild PK was excellent.
3. Despite the above 2 points, the Avs and Duchene still managed to get robbed by the refs.
I thought the Avs PP problems were an epic fail of coaching. The Avs flat refused to do anything but receive a pass, wait a beat, then try to pass to someone next to them. The Wild, clearly having studied tape, simply pressure the man with the puck and sent a man to each of the guys next to whoever had the puck. All you had to do was make a quick skip pass. But noooooooo, the whole team had to be infected with Liles-itis and take their fricken time. /sigh
Even though we deserved to lose, the goal that got disallowed was a flat disgrace. Galliardi is standing behind the goalie, puck squirts to Duchene in the slot, as Duchene takes the shot Galiardi is checked into the net by Havlat. Net goes off its moorings, but the puck clearly goes in. Not only was the goal completely unaffected by the net going off the moorings, it was knocked off in a play deliberately initiated by the defending team. The rules are clear ( http://www.nhl.com/rules/rule51.html ), that should be a goal.
Props to the Vs. team, they clearly did their homework. They mentioned Duchene had more goals called back than anyone in the league, really showed some knowledge of the teams involved.
Anyways, a terrible game. The Avs were sleepwalking after the 1st (you could just see the wind go out of their sails after the disallowed goal the the PP fail) and it was almost unwatchable.
In the event that a goal post is deliberately displaced by a defending player or goalkeeper, a minor penalty shall be assessed for delaying the game.
In the event that a goal post is deliberately displaced by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goal posts, the Referee may award a goal.
In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been deliberately displaced by a defending player, the puck must have been shot (or the player must be in the act of shooting) at the goal prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.
Here’s the rule.
Was the goal deliberately displaced by a defending player? I think so. The refs didn’t. Again, the face off was brought out to center, implying they thought an Avs player dislodged the net.
Was the player in the act of shooting prior to the net being dislodged? It happened quickly. But actually, i think that the net was off before Duchene was shooting.
Would the puck have entered the net if it were in a normal position? Yes.
I haven’t seen a good replay this morning. But, I think that the right call was made on the no goal. Where the call was missed was on the delay of game for deliberately dislodging the net. Or at the very least, the team guilty of dislodging the net.
by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 10, 2009 9:45 AM MST up reply actions
duchene’s shot was a slow one, but I thought he made the shot before the net came off when watching on my DVR last night. imo, it was a definite goal.
either way (goal or penalty), the ref missed the call. badly.
Even if it’s close, it should have at least been a penalty shot.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 9:53 AM MST up reply actions
the ref missed the call. badly
Seems to be Duchene’s fate this season. How many of his recalled goals were victim to this?
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 10:22 AM MST up reply actions
Shots off of rebounds
Did the Avs have any? We really need a defenseman who can put a little fear into the goalie and defense who try to block a shot.
If Santa comes down my chimney wearing those Red Wing colors, he's going to wish he didn't exist.
What's retarded
That’s exactly how they won against the Blues.
The whole team is inconsistent
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
You know how you know this was a boring and hard game to watch? THe NHL.com highlights from this game were only 3 minutes long (which included two extended replays, and about 25 seconds during the Duchene review)…with only 1 PP “highlight.”
The Hawks/Rangers game was 2-1…they have 5 minutes of highlights. (Although Lundquist was a beast last night…so he had a ton o’ highlights)
Avalanche: Great name for a hockey team.
Wild: Wtf.
So at least we have that going for us.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
Seriously
Wild is the stupidest name in NHL hockey, and seriously contends for worst in pro sports.
Also receiving nominations for the pro:
Heat, Miami
Texans, Houston
Bills, Buffalo (Seriously, WTF is a bill. A guys first name? A duck Bill? a debt?)
Jazz, Utah
I vote for Texans.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 10:58 AM MST up reply actions
on the Jazz…they shoulda dropped that name when the team moved from N’awlins.
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yeah
it’s not so much “Jazz” that’s the bad name… it’s the Utah + Jazz combo.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
somewhat OT
but I’m surprised more people don’t talk about our baseball team stealing our original NHL team’s name. And those jerseys were way cool. I have a home white that I wear to games sometimes (no name or number) and always get compliments on it.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
what would you call a team in Utah though…the morons?
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Anything Mountain related
Considering the Timberwolves, Grizzlies hadn’t been a team yet. Plus there’s mining stuff: Miners, etc.
And plain generic stuff like Rams/Bighorns, And any other ferocious animal.
there were plenty of options
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 11:14 AM MST up reply actions
Fighting Whities (like the UNCo intramural team that made headlines several years ago)?
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:17 AM MST up reply actions
Another bad name
Orlando Magic
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
I bet
If I were to look at the WNBA names there’d be some doozies in there. The Wild sounds like a WNBA name.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:08 AM MST up reply actions
Sparkz.
The WNBA and WSL (Womens soccer league) get their own special brand.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 11:09 AM MST up reply actions
sexist
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 11:24 AM MST up reply actions
not sexist! It just seemed to me based on memory that some of those teams had lame names. Although I also do find the game to be unwatchable. Does that make me sexist too?
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:31 AM MST up reply actions
totally! N TEH SUXORS 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! (turn up sarcasm meter, my love! xoxo)
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 11:32 AM MST up reply actions
totally! N TEH SUXORS 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! (turn up sarcasm meter, my love! xoxo)
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 11:32 AM MST up reply actions
You can say that again! ;)
(I figured as much … and since I am probably somewhat sexist (see campaign for ice girls), I probably resembled the mark anyway)
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:34 AM MST up reply actions
remark
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:35 AM MST up reply actions
Can we all take a moment here to be thankful that the Avs weren’t named the “Extreme”?
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 11:10 AM MST up reply actions
Yes
Best thing Avs fans ever did…
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 11:11 AM MST up reply actions
I voted for "Cutthroats"
but only because we already had a AA minor league team in Vail called the “Avalanche”
ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC!
no doubt
What was it going to be, Rocky Mountain Extreme or Colorado Extreme? And did they ever consider “Denver” something? “Extreme” would have been almost worse than “Wild.”
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:13 AM MST up reply actions
I think “Extreme” would have been much, much worse than “Wild”.
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 11:17 AM MST up reply actions
But they’d be more likely to be shown on the four-letter family of networks.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 11:18 AM MST up reply actions
I thought it was even worse, as in Xtreme
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 10, 2009 1:51 PM MST up reply actions
Worst Name:
Norway soccer team called the Fotballaget Fart. http://www.FLFart.no
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
Yep. That’s definitely the worst. Hands down.
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 11:30 AM MST up reply actions
Wild is a dumb name, for sure. Buffalo Bills is a dumb name, as well, but I’m pretty sure it’s after Buffalo Bill. Buffalo Bill was a famous cowboy, or something like that…
Who was born in Iowa, and stayed in the West USA.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:02 PM MST up reply actions
Didn’t they travel to the east coast for that show too?
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:06 PM MST up reply actions
or maybe the city was named after him? or maybe the name’s just stupid. lol.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:08 PM MST up reply actions
Probably
Maybe Denver should have named their team the Globetrotters
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:11 PM MST up reply actions
bwahahahahahahaha!!!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:17 PM MST up reply actions
I actually like the buff bills and yes, it’s after the famous wild west showman Buffalo Bill.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:02 PM MST up reply actions
with a name like skijumper, i’ve no doubt as to why! lol.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:39 PM MST up reply actions
And think about it, in a one on one fight no mascot in any sport could take on an Avalanche, they destroy everything. Badass.
What about a hurricane?
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
don’t more people survive hurricanes than avalanches? (avalanchi?)
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:46 PM MST up reply actions
Not sure, but according to Avalanche.org, avalanches kill an average of 25 people a year. I’d imagine hurricane deaths are higher than that.
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
i’m sure that deaths are higher in hurricanes, but i guess i’m talking percentages here. x% of the people who were subjected to this hurricane survived vs. x% of people subjected to this avalanche survived.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:58 PM MST up reply actions
What’s common here, if you get killed in either a ‘Lance or a Cane…you’re a tard! Especially with Hurricanes…since we in Hurricane country have about a week to prepare.
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getting killed in a ‘lance or a ’lanche? if you mean ’lanche, it’s not often you’re fault. that shit can be totally unexpected. yes, it is usually a result of extreme sportage, but that doesn’t make you stupid.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:02 PM MST up reply actions
True, but still…if you get killed in a hurricane…it makes you one of the stupidest people on Earth. You have at least a week, sometimes two. You have time to even go steal a car and get the heck outa dodge.
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hurricane, yes. i agree totally with that assessment.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:11 PM MST up reply actions
What if you live in a third world country?
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
you still have a week to find high ground. Trust me, I’ve lived through 5 of em.
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People with all the avalanche training and taking all the precautions still die in them. This winter a lady was skiing a cute at Snowbird in bounds and someone kicked off an avalanche above her and it came down into the chute she was in. Her fault? not at all.
Her fault? not at all.
Patrol’s fault? Probably. Do you know what happened with this?
Get rid of the loser point
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Freak accident really. The Snowbird patrol is some of the best in the world at avalanche control. They even have to blast Little Cottonwood Canyon to keep the road to the resort open. The lady didnt make it and there was another in bounds avalanche death at snowbird last winter too. A guy got caught in bounds and patrol was there with dogs and search gear within 5 minutes but the guy wasn’t wearing a beacon and by the time they pulled him out it was too late. Thats to me what makes avalanches so scary, even in areas they blast and control every morning they can still happen and when they do its so sudden and without warning
Found this
At Snowbird, the ski patrol had barraged Mount Baldy with high explosives, 2-pound charges, artillery fire and test runs the morning of Dec. 14 to prevent avalanches. Despite the safety efforts, the mountain let loose a slide that killed a 27-year-old woman, according to the accident report.
That sucks. I’ve seen a few instances (ok, 1) at the local hill where patrol said, “don’t open it” the GM said, “open it” and 4 guys got caught in a slide. Fortunately none had their heads buried and all survived.
And another local hill here had a bump run slide a few years ago late season, killing a guy. I’m still not going to wear a beacon body locator in bounds though. The odds are just too low. Recco clothing maybe, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t survive the slide or being buried more than about 35 seconds, so there’s that.
Backcountry, though, that’s another story.
Get rid of the loser point
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I know some people who’ve survived avalanches but ive been lucky enough to have never been in own. I wouldnt wear a beacon in bounds unless i was skiing snowbird or jackson on a day were avalanche danger is high. Backcountry almost always, unless im skiing an area I know very well to be stable ie trees, northfacing, not steep enough etc. One other article I found about Jackson last winter.
On Dec. 27, snow on an in-bounds slope shattered like a pane of glass under the weight of a local skier, David Nodine, and his companion, burying Mr. Nodine beneath roughly seven feet of snow. The patrol team had conducted avalanche hazard reduction work on the slope that morning, and it had already been skied. Squaw Valley and Snowbird had also conducted reduction work on their slopes before their in-bound fatalities occurred.
Two patrollers witnessed the slide and located Mr. Nodine’s beacon within two minutes. They uncovered his head within another six. Patrollers quickly recovered him from a deep, concretelike tomb, but it was too late; he had suffocated.
Two days later, Mr. McCollister was on duty when he heard an emergency call over his radio: "The building’s been hit," and, "there’s workers buried." He immediately took the gondola to the resort’s Bridger Restaurant, at 9,095 feet.
"I heard someone say multiple workers were down and that one person was definitely not recoverable," Mr. McCollister said.
A massive deep slab avalanche had rushed down the Headwall slope toward the resort’s midmountain restaurant, partially pinning four patrollers on the outside patio, trapping a fifth and his search dog inside a nearby ski patrol room and knocking two more patrollers down the mountain’s face.
scary shit.
Yeah,
I’ve worked some Avalancehs in my career. I snowmobile and am always super aware of Avalanche danger. And people need to know that a beacon only does you any good if you’re with other people that have one and know how to use it.
This is a hockey board — You fuck with our Hejduk, and the spirit of Lappy is coming. =)-Jibbles
Plenty of people dont even bother to evacuate when hurricanes hit. You’re screwed if you get buried in an avalanche without a beacon and people who know how to use them to search for you. And thats assuming you dont get smashed up on rocks and trees as the avalanche drags you down the hill
Using that same logic, a lot of people go back-country skiing in dangerous territory regardless of the avalanche danger. Hurricanes are also blowing debris around. I’m not saying avalanches (avalanchi?) are not dangerous, I just think that if an avalanche fought a hurricane, I think the hurricane would win.
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
I think we found the two mascots that couldnt do any damage to each other, im sure a hurricane could trigger an avalanche, but neither would really win in this fight
i disagree. the hurricane would win cuz it would melt the snow. physics, my love.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:03 PM MST up reply actions
True, but neither could do anything to a ferocious ‘Wild’! Wilds kill an average of 10 billion people a year in the US.
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by smoky201 on Dec 10, 2009 1:08 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
No doubt
It must be ferocious … and HUGE. Imagine some sort of cougar head with an entire forest in it. Wow.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 1:09 PM MST up reply actions
by boring it to death, or have one of their snobby fans nag you to death about why they are god’s gift to hockey.
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
What if the hurricane was named “Ditka”?
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:51 PM MST up reply actions
Duchene Robbed
But when you get 4 shots on 5 powerplays, you probably deserve to get skunked. The Avs had so many chances to get back into the game, and did not really seem to care. Budaj did have a great game
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
In NO WAY did the Av'a get screwed by the refs...
Actually watch the game from a non-fan based perspective, they marched the wild to the box plently while alot of non calls were made on the Av’s.And The goal was rightfully waved off, havlet was tied up with the other guy and spun into the net and knocked it off, yes he knocked it off but he was helped into it, which agreed, it sucks but is all to common, what they need to do is look at plays like turco pulled last year (and i hear several other times) As the opposing team started a rush he elbowed the goal off (just barley off, too not far, while checking his “positioning” in the goal) with absolutley noone around him, goal was scored shortly after but since the net was 2 inches off the post it was a no goal although it had absolutly no effect on the goal being scored. I think the Refs need a serious evaluation because this year seems to be riddled with home town officating
non-fan based perspective?
you wouldn’t be a wild fan would you? Because your profile has you as a member of the Wild sbnation blog for most of this year…
by thedoctor on Dec 10, 2009 10:22 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
key difference
I can watch the game and see non-calls on both sides, unlike majority of sports fans, thats about as pathetic as debating names, saying which ones suck, cause the same arguement can be made about almost all teams (just not by the people who live there) if they woulda named them the mudslides instead of the AV’s you would love that name too
i was going to dignify this with a response, but i won’t. it’s just too laughable of a statement.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 11:31 AM MST up reply actions
I think we’ve got a troll on our hands, eh?
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 11:31 AM MST up reply actions
looks like
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 11:32 AM MST up reply actions
Here I was thinking I’d like to have Troll for lunch today ;)
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what i find the most humorous is that the wild won and yet the troll still comes around. we bash the avs for sucking and he/she (or he-she…not that there’s anything wrong with that) accuses us of biased homerisms. it’s like the troll’s working for tbs…very funny.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 11:57 AM MST up reply actions
it’s like the troll’s working for tbs…very funny
Lol. Thanks for making me laugh today.
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i try!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:07 PM MST up reply actions
ah, so you’re the only unbiased fan in the world. I see. Saying you’re the only objective person around here, that’s not a red flag to you? I’m sure all of us acknowledge our own biases (I do, at least), but to claim you have none? Why, that’s just silly.
And you’re insulting our idle conversation with each other. Classy.
Smells like troll in here. Wonder why.
never said only unbiased fan, but its obvious you are not, but what more can you expect from a state that has players such as foote, Mcloud, and tucker… D-bag players for blind bias fan base… enough said. good day to all, wait most are assholes… ok good day to very few
So who wants to dismantle his “logic” on this one?
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by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 12:16 PM MST up reply actions
why bother? he’s like an old cranky dog that just needs pity and a pat on the head.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:19 PM MST up reply actions
ROFL! I love you Beachie!
In a friend, unbiased fan sort of way….of course
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by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 12:59 PM MST up reply actions
Tucker is an asshole… lol. This guy thinks we all love Tucker.
Never trust the lunch lady.
by Hardshell_Taco_del_Lowayne on Dec 10, 2009 1:31 PM MST up reply actions
Here’s the flaw in your logic: Every single fan is biased. and that plays strongly into their opinions, even if it’s subconsciously. The ability to recognize that is actually the first step to being more objective, but no one ever really becomes completely objective.
You are biased towards the Wild, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I’m biased towards the Avs, which is why it’s important to have reasoning behind your opinions and open to changing those opinions based on evidence. There were certainly calls that could have gone against the Avs last night that I didn’t see which are obvious to Wild fans. There were ones that I thought should have been called against the wild, that you probably didn’t even notice.
A reasnoable fan will be able to go back look at the play in question and say “maybe you’re right”, or even disagree but have logic behind the argument.
But don’t give me the Bullshit of “unbiased fan”because it just flat out doesn’t exist. The nature of being a fan is to be biased.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:20 PM MST up reply actions
i do have a question: what does having d-bag players have to do with being a biased fan? does that mean that a team that does not have a single d-bag player have only non-biased fans?
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:52 PM MST up reply actions
And...
How are Foote, Mcloud and Tucker D-bag players? I’m not saying we’ve never had them just don’t think these guys are them
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Dude, its Darcy Tucker.
by Inebriated Simian Miscreants on Dec 10, 2009 1:30 PM MST up reply actions
yah, tucker is a d-bag, at least in years past. he has been better since being on the avs. maybe he got a memo on that or something. and honestly, footer has his moments but i wouldn’t classify him as always a d-bag. mcleod is just young and zealous so maybe gets carried away but there’s no douchery about him at all. i had planned on including that in the post but then thought, “what’s the point?” since i knew the troll would (a) argue it or (b) ignore it. either way, the logic would escape him.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:35 PM MST up reply actions
I think McLeod falls into the Hinote/Nieminen class of “professional hockey irritant”. Every team has one, fans always love the ones on their own team and hate everyone elses.
by Inebriated Simian Miscreants on Dec 10, 2009 1:38 PM MST up reply actions
i dislike the irritants on other teams but hate? kind of a strong word, for me anyway. i get what you’re saying tho.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:40 PM MST up reply actions
Boogaard?
Tell me he’s not a big douche…
by Avalanche318 on Dec 11, 2009 9:38 AM MST up reply actions
I can watch the game and see non-calls on both sides,
so can i, but there wasn’t anything as egregious as the non-call on the Havlat net dislodging last night on the Avs side. There’s been plenty of times I’ve seen something and said “That was a bad call” even in favor of the Avs. Nice try.
thats about as pathetic as debating names, saying which ones suck, cause the same arguement can be made about almost all teams (just not by the people who live there
NHL team names that aren’t lame: Sharks, Kings, Coyotes, Stars, Canucks, Avalanche, Flames, Oilers, Blues, Blue Jackets, Blackhawks, Red Wings, Predators, Bruins, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Senators, Sabres, Penguins, Islanders, Rangers, Devils, Flyers, Panthers, Hurricanes, Lightning, Panthers, Capitals
NHL team names that are lame: Ducks, Wild
You can’t argue about every name… But Wild is fucking stupid. .
if they woulda named them the mudslides instead of the AV’s you would love that name too
Umm, no. In fact they nearly called the Avs “The Extreme” and there was almost a riot, and fan reaction was so strong that they changed the name.
Nice try though.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:00 PM MST up reply actions
you tell him, jibs!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:08 PM MST up reply actions
Id expect as much
looks like the altitude is getting to you… its ok…
Or
I actually have a rudimentary understanding of physics.
Altitude joke… a poor one at that. Hilarious.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:12 PM MST up reply actions
excatly right
nothing but a bunch of jibblescribbits… couldnt have said it better myself
??
Did that even make sense? I say no
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:21 PM MST up reply actions
oh no, an altitude joke!! like every single avalanche fan has not heard that one a few dozen times…even if they live at sea level (note the BEACH in the moniker, dude)
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:33 PM MST up reply actions
oh no, an altitude joke!! like every single avalanche fan has not heard that one a few dozen times…even if they live at sea level (note the BEACH in the moniker, dude)
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:33 PM MST up reply actions
And...
She lives very near sea level. so……….
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thats about as pathetic as debating names
We haven’t even started with the Christmas colors
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by smoky201 on Dec 10, 2009 12:24 PM MST up reply actions 2 recs
I always thought their red uniforms looked like a used tampon.
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
I don’t know what a used tampon looks like, and I hope I never do.
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by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 12:27 PM MST up reply actions
a visual i did not need this morning.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:29 PM MST up reply actions
There’s no such thing as used tampons…
There’s no such thing as used tampons…
There’s no such thing as used tampons…
There’s no such thing as used tampons…
There’s no such thing as used tampons…
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by BraxtanFILM on Dec 10, 2009 12:32 PM MST up reply actions
I am an Avs fan that thinks the Wild have a great name, jersey, and atmosphere. It is all very Minnesota.
That said, I still haven’t forgiven those Assholes for headhunting in the playoffs 2 years ago. F them.
Never trust the lunch lady.
by Hardshell_Taco_del_Lowayne on Dec 10, 2009 1:30 PM MST up reply actions
i will admit i love their third jerseys.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:36 PM MST up reply actions
Oh yeah
It’s a beauty
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 1:53 PM MST up reply actions
Their Jerseys are ugly (even the third jersey-Softball logos don’t belong on hockey jerseys).
-Their name is stupid (not saying Avalanche is great).
-The logo is kinda cool.
It’s too bad such a hockey avid fan base is subjected to the garbage that is the Minnesota Wild. Can’t we make Minnesota really good and San Jose really suck?
www.returnoftheghostbusters.com
Not quite sure how I did the strikeout on my first point there. But rest assured, I absolutely think their jerseys are horrible.
www.returnoftheghostbusters.com
Really?
The Green ones? Those are probably my favorite sweaters in the NHL. I don’t see the logo as “Softball” but it’s more a tribute to their HS hockey traditions, and HS hockey uses that all the time.
The name is stupider than stupid.
I think the Logo is stupid too.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 4:24 PM MST up reply actions
But the bright side
The logo is very easy to chop for laughs.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
PHYSICS FAIL
havlet was tied up with the other guy and spun into the net and knocked it off, yes he knocked it off but he was helped into it, which agreed, it sucks but is all to common,
Galiardi was stopped in front of the net (and never even touched it.) Havlat charged in, put his arm around Galiardi to try and stop, couldn’t and put his hand on the cross bar to further try and stop, dislodging the net.
I agree that it probably shouldn’t have been a goal, but it most certainly should have been a penalty shot.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 11:01 AM MST up reply actions
You tell him Dr. Physics!!
Colorado Avalanche: Please excuse the mess while we are under construction.
You guys are forgetting something, TJ is just that damn good, people. TJ is just THAT DAMN GOOD!
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will somone please post screen shots of the vid replay of this here so griz can see it frozen in time. my firewall won’t let me and as i did it last night via the dvr to be sure i saw what i thought i saw, i know it’s out there. t hanks!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 11:28 AM MST up reply actions
MORE PHYSICA FAIL
Wait, he spun him that fast and that hard in a fraction of a second, and without spinning himself (until after the net was dislodged)?
Nope.
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 11:54 AM MST up reply actions
MHHers please take note:
he spun him around him of course he didnt hit the net he used havlet to do that, and if that was the case, there would be alot more penalty shots, it happens all the time
As a fan of the only team in the United States that deserves to exist based on the inherent superiority of the knowledge of its fanbase, the illustrious Griz O has attempted in his/her/its(not that there’s anything wrong with that) subtle and magnanimous way, to draw your attention to the fact that the Mild not only managed to sign one of the season’s top free agents for 3rd line duty, but also prevailed upon him to change his name.
Henceforth he is to be known as Mr. Havlet. Please correct any misspellings that you may be perpetuating.
Thank you, that is all.
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by Hopfenkopf on Dec 10, 2009 12:16 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Havlat moved the net
but according to Sacco, Duchene made a kicking motion, so the goal would have been waved off anyway.
ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC! ANOTHER RIGHT BY SAKIC!
*Havlet
At least have the decency to spell his name write.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
bwahahahahahaha!
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:54 PM MST up reply actions
Didn't Dutchy hit it with his stick?
That’s what I saw on the replay.
by ExiledAmongYou on Dec 10, 2009 1:55 PM MST up reply actions
no, i don’t think so. even he said it bounced off his foot. at least that is what i thought he said. i could be wrong. my head is not right today.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:57 PM MST up reply actions
New Division
Here’s to a new division without the Wild. The Mild can go into the Central with the rest of those boring, defensive teams (excluding Chicago) while the St. Louis Blues move into our division. I was incredibly entertained by the St. Louis game on Monday. This one? not so much. Announcers in Minnesota must main-line caffeine to broadcast their games.
Making Moser’s version of the “Avalanche Experience” even more unlistenable last night. I think at one time his voice inflection went ape shit on someone on the Avs “sending the puck down low.” I’m not making that up.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 10:33 AM MST up reply actions
The VS announcers seemed to have hard-ons for the Avs, esp Duchene. They actually said, I kid you not, that his style of play was “sexy.”
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 10:48 AM MST up reply actions
seemed to have hard-ons for the Avs
not that there is anything wrong with that.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 10:51 AM MST up reply actions
Ah Yes
“Duchene has that sexy game play” !! I LOLed!
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I think I recall that? They were comparing the two 18yr olds (Duchene and O"Reilly of course) and said something about Duchene having a sexier game….
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by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 1:04 PM MST up reply actions
yup, that would be the conversation. and then later, radar made a “classic o’reilly move” to get the puck out of the zone. how can an 18-yr-old have any move that’s classic??
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:14 PM MST up reply actions
Wasn't that
right before a puck hit Boods in the Tummy Button?
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lolololol!! yup.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:37 PM MST up reply actions
Tummy Button
That was a gasser!
These guys try too hard sometimes…
by Avalanche318 on Dec 11, 2009 9:26 AM MST up reply actions
“We’re trying different things,” Sacco said. "We just have to find a solution. We have to be better on the power play
Ummmm, trade for a point man with a booming slap shot?
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 10:59 AM MST reply actions
Who would we trade / trade for?
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 11:00 AM MST up reply actions
There you go...
bringing that damn logic shit into the conversation. what’s wrong with you?
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:01 PM MST up reply actions
Crap, you’re right. My bad, my bad. I forgot we were living in hypothetical land!
Forever grateful that Joe Sakic isn't a douche bag like Brett Favre.
by Rather Dashing on Dec 10, 2009 12:11 PM MST up reply actions
I have an idea…let’s just kick the Vile out of the NHL, along with all these other boring teams.
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Totally off topic
I got a new laptop yesterday at work and it ROCKS!!! Soooo much faster than my other dinosaur.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:09 PM MST reply actions
WOO HOO!!
I wonder if we ever get new equipment here? It would be nice.
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It took a year of my bitching, 6 months of IT insisting it was me and my tendency to get viruses (that never existed mind you) and 3 months of IT trying to fix it without being able to even figure out what was wrong before anything happened. Oh, and having a top guy in the curriculum development dept, for whom I’m doing an important special project upon which tens of thousands of dollars of grant money is riding, insisting something be done. lol.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:37 PM MST up reply actions
AH
Yeah, it’s that top guy on your side that I’m missing. Oh, Well, I kid, our equipment is actually pretty good, or getting there. Thank You Grand County 911 authority board! (in case the eyes are watching!)
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Big Brother is always watching…..
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by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 1:36 PM MST up reply actions
Yeah I know.
They must like you guys cuz, I haven’t gotten fired yet.
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See, being in IT I understand the lack of buying shit
My budget is ridiculously small compared to all the other depts, yet I’m expected to pay for everyone’s technology.
New comps for about 50 people cost a buttload of money. Money my budget doesn’t have.
If the other depts paid up for the equipment, I’d be more than willing to pick up the best stuff for them.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
Do you ever watch the IT Crowd?
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Dec 10, 2009 6:25 PM MST up reply actions
(Thanks DDC!)
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 11, 2009 8:26 AM MST up reply actions
1-0
It’s too bad the Avs lost because it takes away from a perfect opportunity to enjoy the fact that the Wings lost 1-0 to St. Louis last night as well.
If Santa comes down my chimney wearing those Red Wing colors, he's going to wish he didn't exist.
that loss made our loss almost palpable.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:38 PM MST up reply actions
yup, i sure did. good thing i’m not an english teacher or anything. oh wait….
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:37 PM MST up reply actions
shhhhhhhhhh
Your students aren’t here it’s the middle of the school day.
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This is why I have to “reteach” English before I can teach Spanish….darn you English teachers! ;)
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by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 1:38 PM MST up reply actions
it’s cool. i teach spanish literacy in my english class it’s all good.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:41 PM MST up reply actions
that loss made our loss almost palpable.
/Beachie’d
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:39 PM MST up reply actions
huh? what’s beachie’d about it? and what’s a beachie?
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:45 PM MST up reply actions
You’ve got a couple double posts above…
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:49 PM MST up reply actions
oh no, an altitude joke!! like every single avalanche fan has not heard that one a few dozen times…even if they live at sea level (note the BEACH in the moniker, dude)
x2 and
totally! N TEH SUXORS 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! (turn up sarcasm meter, my love! xoxo)x 2
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by Jibblescribbits on Dec 10, 2009 12:50 PM MST up reply actions
ah, that would be my computer…and that would not be visible to me because of my computer.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 12:54 PM MST up reply actions
oh, and i do it all the time. so yah, it’s a beachie’d. lol.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:11 PM MST up reply actions
Does this deserve a glossary entry?
I say yes, considering how often you do it.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
Jersey Question
Probably not the best thread to ask, but here goes.
I want to get my girlfriend a Cody McLeod jersey, but am having a hard time finding an official one.
1. I think Cody is here to stay, but you all have differing opinions I’d like to know.
2. Where is a good place to shop for this item?
If Santa comes down my chimney wearing those Red Wing colors, he's going to wish he didn't exist.
I’m going McLeod when I can get the third customized. FWIW.
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by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:04 PM MST up reply actions
You can always order authentic/pro jerseys from NHL.com, RiverCitySports.com, AltitudeAuthentics.com.
Most of those are customizable with the current players.
Or by “Official” do you mean you are looking for an actual game worn jersey?
The 2009-10 Avalanche: Have the wheels fallen off?
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 1:17 PM MST up reply actions
If so you can head to Meigray. Here is just one…they have quite a few, including an older style Pre-season game-worn. It’s the cheapest. This one is not
http://www.meigray.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?nurl=control/StoreItem.vm&ctl_nbr=2381&siId=4108417&catLevel=0&scLevel=&thisCatLevel=&oldParentID=&catParentID=4527&scId=4527
Reading on AltitudeAuthentics.com, it looks like the Reebok “Edge” jersey’s are game worn…but they have blank ones, so I’m not sure if they have been worn? Or if they are the exact same jersey as what the players wear?
Manufactured by Reebok. The Rbk® EDGE hockey jersey authenticates the player worn Pro-cut jersey in fabric, trim and team design.
Take a look:
3rd Jersey
Home Unipron
The 2009-10 Avalanche: Have the wheels fallen off?
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 3:58 PM MST up reply actions
Looking through the site
http://www.meigray.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?nurl=control/StoreItem.vm&ctl_nbr=2381&siId=2525938&catLevel=1&scLevel=1&thisCatLevel=&oldParentID=&catParentID=4527&scId=4527
My god, I didn’t know he played in the Av jersey. I CAN legitimately get my name on a jersey.
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
Dater, can we give the attendence talk a rest?
It seems every week Dater has a blurb in his blog about attendence at the can. in one breath he says he understands that the economy is bad then goes onto ask—
STOP. That’s all you need to say. The economy is shitty AND the prices are high (and Christmas shopping season).
My favorite was a comment from this mornings blog that acknowledged that prices are too high and yet asked, “What’s the true problem?” and acted like it’s a conspiracy due to lack of big players, bad blood between owners and fans, or whatever ridiculous ideas he could come up with.
I guess they’re trying to guilt us into going?
Bottom line: If the teams wants more attendance, they need to lower the prices. There’s no other way around it.
New "Avalanche Experience" Ad based on last night
Icing. “Power” play. Cleared puck. Off-side. No goal. Catch the Avalanche Experience!
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
From most other nights
Too many men on the ice!!
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind - Humphrey Bogart
Can’t quit when you never get started.
The 2009-10 Avalanche: Have the wheels fallen off?
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 1:33 PM MST up reply actions
These posts make me think of Haiku
Avalanche Wild Game
Power Play Kittens lay slain
Heartless effort loss
Colorado Avalanche: Please excuse the mess while we are under construction.
by hockeymom on Dec 10, 2009 3:22 PM MST up reply actions 3 recs
We should have a whole live thread in haiku some day!! It would be fun.
This is a hockey board — You fuck with our Hejduk, and the spirit of Lappy is coming. =)-Jibbles
One more
No-cash wallet blues
Avalanche Experience?
HD and cold beer
Colorado Avalanche: Please excuse the mess while we are under construction.
west coast exile
would trade
sun for can
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 11, 2009 8:28 AM MST up reply actions
grrrr…early morning mess up… haiku format escaped me… let’s try that again
west coast exile crap
would trade sunshine
for glass seats in can
ah. better.
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 11, 2009 8:31 AM MST up reply actions
hell, this works too
west coast exile crap
would trade sunshine
for glass seats nosebleeds in can
get the feeling i’m ready to get the hell out of dodge hell? fixed
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 11, 2009 9:23 AM MST up reply actions
ME MORE ANGRY!!!
RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHH!
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
by Pinchy The Lobster on Dec 10, 2009 1:38 PM MST reply actions
bang on some drums or something. you’ll feel better.
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:39 PM MST up reply actions
Pinchy
I’m concerned about your blood pressure,
breath in, breath out. hit something;)
This is a hockey board — You fuck with our Hejduk, and the spirit of Lappy is coming. =)-Jibbles
Make sure you hit something and not someone….we don’t want you in jail….or a pot of boiling water.
The 2009-10 Avalanche: Have the wheels fallen off?
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on Dec 10, 2009 1:41 PM MST up reply actions
“It’s not what you think! I swear!”
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 1:58 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Better caption…
“Guys, I thought we were supposed to wait until we got back to the hotel”
Mile High Mayhem just another ho-hum Avs blog.
“C’mon, guys. I got the Viagra. I swear I’m good now. Let me come back? Please?”
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
A theory about Dutchy's linemates
and why he’s not playing with Stewie despite them showing lots of chemistry, why he played for so long with Shamwow/Svatos.
If Dutchy is going to be really freaking good, he’s got to be able to produce regardless of his linemates; he needs to be able to create offense by himself. Maybe that’s what Sacco is trying to let him figure out. After all, if he can produce without any help from his linemates, what will he be able to do with good linemates? Hopefully produce even more.
kind of like a build-a-forsberg kind of move?
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 2:13 PM MST up reply actions
Is that like Build-A-Bear? If so where is this store?
This is a hockey board — You fuck with our Hejduk, and the spirit of Lappy is coming. =)-Jibbles
precisely!
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 2:17 PM MST up reply actions
Why ruin a good thing?
I was surprised that Matty D wasn’t with Stewart. Those two have been killing recently, so why separate them?
I’d like to see Duchene w/ Stewart and Wolski.
by Avalanche318 on Dec 11, 2009 9:34 AM MST up reply actions
You know, I've given this more thought
What are we complaining about. Last night’s game wasn’t bad, from what I didn’t see. Actually, it was great. Really great.
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
FOR ME TO POOP ON!
And with the 32nd pick in the 2009 NHL draft, the Red Wings select: Someone other than Ryan O'Reilly. LOL@Detoilet.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 10, 2009 3:05 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
2009-2010 Avs: a game away from being up on blocks
by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 10, 2009 3:25 PM MST up reply actions
You know mike,
that was one of the best, if not THE best, 1 goal shutout loss I’ve ever seen the avalanche play.
Get rid of the loser point
09-10 Avs- Nowhere to go but up!
Join us... you know the game was good...
I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.
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