Final Grade: Tyler Arnason
by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 6:00 AM MDT
in Final Grades 2009
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| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GTG | GWG | SOG | |
| 1st Half | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| 2nd Half | 31 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Total | 71 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108 |
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Midseason Grade: D-
Final Grade: F
Joined Team: Signed as a free agent, July 1, 2006.
MHH Nicknames: Arnie, Sanjaya, Lumpy Gravy
Lines:
- 3rd (36)
- 2nd (23)
- 4th (8)
- 1st (4)
Pos:
- C: 66
- LW: 5
Linemates:
LW:
- McLeod (25)
- Wolski (12)
- Tucker (7)
- Smyth (5)
- Jones (5)
- McCormick (3)
- Willsie (3)
- Hensick (2)
- Laperriere (2)
C:
- Galiardi (3)
- Stastny (1)
- Wolski (1)
RW:
- Svatos (38)
- Jones (11)
- Hejduk (6)
- Willsie (4)
- Tucker (4)
- Hensick (3)
- Stewart (2)
- McCormick (2)
- Laperriere (1)
Ice Time:*
- TOT 13:18 (6th)
- EV 12:25 (4th)
- PK :01 (15th)
- PP :52 (9th)
*Rank is based on total minutes, not average per game.
Best Month: February (5 points in 11 games)
Career Highlights: Arnason sent full-season lows for goals, assists, points, +/-, penalty minutes and shots on goal.
During the season, Arnason scored his 100th point as an Avalanche. He is currently 16th on the all-time list, 2 points behind Steve Reinprecht.
Report: For a brief moment, I contemplated going the silly route here where I would just put up a blank page. I quickly decided that was too mean-spirited and decided to go the straight route.
I guess it's probably enough that I'm giving Arnason the first "F" in my three years of doing these. Antti Laaksonen and Wyatt Smith have both come close (D-), and I've given 8 D's overall, but Arnason is the first genuine F. I'm sure Tyler Arnason is a fine individual and all that jazz, but he was simply an awful, awful hockey player last year.
It's not a knee jerk reaction at all. I've given Arnie decent grades in the past, and even wrote this article in his defense last fall. In his previous two seasons with the Avalanche, Arnie at least showed some flashes of talent, whether he was stickhandling through traffic or firing that funky shot of his on net. He wasn't exerting much effort, but he was still making some stuff happen on the ice from time to time. Not last year. I'm a glass half-full guy; if I can find something nice to say about someone here, I'll find it. I can't find one positive about Arnason's 2008-2009 season, except that it's over.
Fun Fact: Arnason recorded 14 hits during his 3-year tenure with the Avalanche, or an average of one hit every 16 games.
The Tyler Arnason Drinking Game: Drink when Arnason gives a damn Drunk potential: Not going to happen
What I Said Last Year: "I think he can be a very useful player to us. He can be dangerous at even strength, enough to provide some much-needed 3rd line pop"
2008 Salary (and Cap Number): $1.75M ($1.65M)
2009-2010 Status: Ladies and gentlemen, Tyler Arnason is an unrestricted free agent.
Outlook for 2009: The Avalanche have botched just about everything so far this offseason, but this one they'll get right. Tyler Arnason is not coming back. No way, no how, nuh-uh. Frankly, I'll be surprised if Arnason lands any NHL job next year. He was simply that bad.
Next Up: Marek Svatos
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jesus, you guys are always complaining that I grade too high!
:)
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 6:30 AM MDT up reply actions
I think DD is going along with the grading policy of some high schools. Any player (student) that actually shows up gets at least a grade of 50% whether they did any work or not.
MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on May 28, 2009 1:10 PM MDT up reply actions
so, when did Arnason start wearing a visor? Of all the hockey players who would seem to be a visor guy, Arnie would be it. I have no recollection of him without one, but I found all sorts of pics sans shield
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 6:32 AM MDT reply actions
You couldn’t find any photographic evidence he played for the Avs since the unipron either, huh? Sounds about right…
2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Dry Humping Mediocrity
oops. silly me – I actually was aiming to get everyone in the pron.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 7:28 AM MDT up reply actions
While he had an abysmal season, he somehow managed to center himself 3 times?
2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Dry Humping Mediocrity
man, I’m batting 1.000 today. fixed that. I really hope that’s the one and only time I confuse Galiardi with Arnason.
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 7:30 AM MDT up reply actions
ok, who voted for “with the Avs”?
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 8:19 AM MDT reply actions
I thought about it as a joke, but then I became afraid that it might come true.
One down, three to go
by FiveJeffFingerDiscount on May 28, 2009 8:30 AM MDT up reply actions
I did, but I'm not the first.
It’s just my own little “indictment” of how unbelievably horrible the Avs’ personnel decisions have been. Re-signing Arny isn’t that far below the stupidity level of signing Tucker and Raycroft after their stinky, bought-out seasons with the Leafs. Or hiring Granato without interviewing anybody. Then there’s the recent debacle involving a former goalie with no NHL coaching/administrative experience being offered a job (or 2, or 4, who knows?)….
"Avs Flying Circus"
Awesome. Yesterday I likened Pierre Lacroix as a surreal, nightmare Fellini clown. I am today imagining him as a modern-day Nero, blissfully fiddling on a nearby hilltop (mountaintop) and fiddling while Rome (Pepsi Center) burns.
It was me. I’m the engineer on the Pessimism Train-o-Doom.
2008-2009 Colorado Avalanche: Dry Humping Mediocrity
Here's one for those of you with little ones...
“It was me. I’m the engineer on the Pessimism Train-o-Doom”
I believe that train is “powered” by Tucker the Tank (it for Tavares/Hedman/Duchene) Engine, is it not?
I don’t think he likes to play hockey, I think it was always a paycheck for him and when it’s that way at some point you say “I’m getting beaten up for this?”
I'm Mr. Positive
by An Unmitigated Disaster on May 28, 2009 9:03 AM MDT reply actions 1 recs
I agree – I think for him it’s a job
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 9:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Tyler Arnason had the following reaction:
by Jibblescribbits on May 28, 2009 9:13 AM MDT reply actions 4 recs
+1
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 10:59 AM MDT up reply actions
very funny
He has all of the emotional range of Richard Gere.
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on May 28, 2009 10:38 AM MDT up reply actions
before or after the hamster?
MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on May 28, 2009 1:12 PM MDT up reply actions
I thought it was a gerbil? And did anyone see the episode of Southpark with Lemmiwinks? Good, now I will associate Tyler Arnason with something other than wearing an Av jersey. Mission accomplished.
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on May 28, 2009 1:27 PM MDT up reply actions
There is no option in the poll for “At ’The Strip Club”…a common occurrence when he was in Chicago (remember the incident with he and Theo Fluery?")
Or “in vegas” as that’s the only time I’ve seen a pic of him wearing a smile. i would’ve voted for “in Europe”, but that would have required me to believe he gives a shit about hockey, and I just can’t believe that.
Get rid of the loser point
08-09 Avs- can we decline the penalty?
Unreal quote
This is hilarious; from the article:
Sutter, who often has criticized Arnason’s toughness, denied that he roughed up the player.
“It was probably the same as any other altercation I’ve had with Arnie,” Sutter told the newspaper. “We talked about him being a better player and a better teammate. It wasn’t physical or anything like that. I’d like it to be physical with him more.”
He'll definitely play in Europe
If and only if he can get a contract with the Amsterdam (T)H®ashers.
Rayzor is so there man…..
I think
the Arnason drinking game should be to drink whenever a negative comment is made during a game thread.
Drunk potential: Dead
Damn, when I saw Arnason’s name on the page today, My first thought was that he was finally getting his due in the Top 19 Avs of All Time list!
Talk about having your expectations rattled to their core…
One down, three to go
by FiveJeffFingerDiscount on May 28, 2009 10:13 AM MDT reply actions
Lets play the Chuck Norris game.
Only different.
When Tyler Arnason walks into a bar, he has sex with all the women, but they all immediately get blank looks on their faces and become zombies.
Tyler Arnason hid the Easter eggs at a party. All the children cried, because due to a lack of effort they were piled up in the middle of the lawn.
Tyler Arnason tried to roundhouse kick a Detroit Red Wing and slashed his own throat.
Tyler Arnason had sex with a convent of nuns. Nine months later the 2008 Detroit Lions were born.
Now you try!
Get rid of the loser point
08-09 Avs- can we decline the penalty?
Tyler Arnason turns down sex because it’s too much contact.
Tyler Arnason
by Jibblescribbits on May 28, 2009 10:39 AM MDT up reply actions 8 recs
jibs took his funny pills today
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
It’s a good thing I don’t have student in the room at the moment…I swear I hit the floor I was laughing so hard.
MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on May 28, 2009 1:17 PM MDT up reply actions
This is the comment of the year.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! HOW can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!
by SlamDunkTheFunk on May 30, 2009 12:24 AM MDT up reply actions
Sure, I'll give it a go
Tyler Arnason’s tears can cure cancer, unfortunately he can’t be bothered to show emotion.
Tyler Arnason has two speeds: coast, and “push me!”
Tyler Arnason once took a whole bottle of stimulants, he stayed up 5 minutes past his bedtime.
One down, three to go
by FiveJeffFingerDiscount on May 28, 2009 10:46 AM MDT up reply actions
And at one time wasn't DDC
one of the last DOAs (defenders of Arny)?
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on May 28, 2009 10:39 AM MDT reply actions
those were the days, my friend. I thought they’d never end
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by David Driscoll-Carignan on May 28, 2009 11:00 AM MDT up reply actions
Where will Arnason be next year?
Working for the Federal Government heading up the Energy Conservation Initiative
In a coma but nobody will notice
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on May 28, 2009 1:11 PM MDT up reply actions
ARNASONisms
Tyler Arnason has 2 speeds, stand in 1 spot on the ice, and sit in the team suite.
Tyler Arnason likes to score, but his own goalie makes every save
Tyler Arnason doesnt score goals, pucks run from his stick and hide behind the goalie in the net.
Tyler Arnason once took performance enhancing drugs, the only performance that was enhanced was his ability to sit in the team suite and watch Ian Laperriere try to single handedly save the team.
The Colorado Avalanche were randomly tested for performance enhancing drugs. They tested positive for the performance inhibitor Tyler Arnason.
by FIRE_FG_the_moron on May 28, 2009 4:52 PM MDT reply actions
I've seen Arny hustle...
to the bench. Seriously, I always thought he really skated hard to the bench after his shift. Weird.
Because the bench is were Razor has the bong man!
MHH: Like the Avs organization, we’ve now officially lost our minds.
I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.
by Americanario on May 29, 2009 10:06 AM MDT up reply actions
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