West Coast Blues

by thereverend on Dec 23, 2009 12:44 PM MST

It's 64 degrees in Santa Monica right now and I feel pretty inconvenienced when I have to put on something more than a long-sleeve t-shirt to deal with the Southern California winters. So you'd think life would be pretty good for me. Au contraire, bonjour. Because unlike many of the lucky ones, I only get to see the Avs' 3rd periods.

To make it worse, office hours are from 10-7 and Los Angeles traffic doesn't help get me home earlier, either. Yeah, I've got the DVR, but I'm not patient enough to actually wait for the final score when it's there at the click of the remote. So as soon as I waltz in the door, on goes the Avs and my winter doldrums begin. I think our inability to hold onto a 3rd period lead has been pretty well documented, but for all the west coast fans out there, maybe Joe Sacco should consider playing his 4th line a little more in the 3rd.

It's just a theory and if you want me to start spouting out statistics to back it up, well, touche. I'll have to invent a stat to justify my position (I'm looking at you, corsi numbers). But maybe, and this is just a maybe, our guys are getting gassed in the third. And no one here, no reasonable person, wants to see David Koci on the ice. But maybe if it gives some of our decent players a little bit of a breather, maybe you let him off the leash and pretend to play hockey.

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How in the world did you get to watch the 3rd on reg TV last night?? Was it because I was in OC that I got hosed on that issue?? Or was it cuz I have freaking Time Warner? My friend got to see it too. I turned to the stupid channel he was on and it was…black. The whole stupid screen. Literally blacked out. Grrrrrrrrrr. Luckily I had lovely MHHers to patiently deal with my hysteria and walk me through getting an online feed up.

Oh, and man up Rev. It’s not really that cold. ; – )

"They're unbelievable, really good...They sure don't look like 18-year-olds out there." - Joe Sakic

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 23, 2009 1:21 PM MST reply actions

Internet stream. I assume it was completely legal. They check those kind of things, right?

by thereverend on Dec 23, 2009 4:53 PM MST up reply actions

i’ve no idea of the legality of it. found out via the SBN blog for Ducks that it was a broadcast error.

"They're unbelievable, really good...They sure don't look like 18-year-olds out there." - Joe Sakic

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 23, 2009 8:09 PM MST up reply actions

I work in Hollywood

I subscribe to NHL Gamecenter so I can watch the game at work!

www.returnoftheghostbusters.com

by BraxtanFILM on Dec 23, 2009 4:55 PM MST reply actions

I'm in Toronto, aka Centre of the Universe

I feel for you man.

My problem is I rarely get the games on TV, and if it is, it’s on at 10-11pm. Not good when I wake up at 6am for work, etc.

I need a new sig, since i think I cursed ORLY by promoting him.

by Drakenlot on Dec 23, 2009 11:20 PM MST reply actions

Man, am I the only one here actually in Colorado? :/

Bills fan? In Colorado? It's more likely than you think.

by UZ on Dec 25, 2009 2:34 PM MST reply actions

I’m in Canada.

Sandie

"That’s the way we’ll win championships"- The Baron

by Sandie Gauthier on Dec 25, 2009 11:08 PM MST up reply actions

No.

I’m in CO, just not Denver.

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by gl avfan on Dec 26, 2009 6:57 AM MST up reply actions

nah. lots of folks are in CO. bubblegum, tex, hoppenkopf, red, hockeymom, jibs, …. etc etc…

"They're unbelievable, really good...They sure don't look like 18-year-olds out there." - Joe Sakic

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 26, 2009 3:36 PM MST up reply actions

im here as well, in FC

by thedoctor on Dec 29, 2009 1:11 PM MST up reply actions

Hey, at least you only have to watch the 3rd periods, and don’t have to get your hopes up when they go into second intermission with a lead, only to lose by two in the third.

meh

by Jimmy_the_scumbag on Dec 27, 2009 4:06 AM MST reply actions