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The Darkest Day in MHH History

There came a day, unlike any other day when all the collective awesome of the MHH community could not turn back the tide of despair caused by the most unthinkable of all thoughts: The Well-thought-of Colorado Avalanche traded the Much Beloved Baron of Von Wolski.  (Whew.  I barely got that out without shedding an unmanly tear...) Now, many of you have no doubt just recently completed the state mandated grief counseling required to deal with that tragically historic Wednesday of Wolski, but we still need to deal with as a community.  So I thought I'd let some of the newer members help us ALL heal a little today.  And I thought the best way to do that would be to recap some of horrific things that happened on that day.

Star-divide

  • Joe logged on but everybody was so grief stricken and shocked by the trade they failed to make a Top 19 joke at his expense.
  • In solidarity for his WW brethren, DDC dropped the C and was just David Driscoll (DD) for a 3-day mourning period.
  • Nobody noticed that Bob and Dan were sitting in a corner sobbing on each others' shoulders.
  • Beachie began walking from California to Denver. Kinda like Caine in Kung Fu.
  • UZ wept silently at his computer for a minute and then deleted his Baron newsletter.  Instead, he decided to form a David Jones Fan Club in a thinly veiled attempt to deflect his shame at having backed a traded player through thick and thin.
  • gl avfan went missing for three months.
  • avschifan changed his login to chiavsfan.
  • Jibbles correctly replied to all comments. Hopfenkopf did not reply at all.
  • hockeymom and sandiegee refused to talk about sex for 86 minutes as a tribute to The Baron's new number in Phoenix.
  • Canary didn't post a single Arnason pic for, like, three days! He did however stare at this photo for hours.
  • SeeSixWhores only felt like looking at two whores all day.
  • Mike began punching JR roast beef sandwiches.

What other tales of woe do you need to get off of your chest regarding that bleakest of days?  For it truly was

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And I haven’t changed my login since. Still pining!

Help help! I'm being repressed!

by chiavsfan on Aug 6, 2010 6:09 AM MDT reply actions  

Jibbles correctly replied to all comments. Hopfenkopf did not reply at all.

my favorite, I think

The 8th month is the month for Wolskis

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 6, 2010 6:43 AM MDT reply actions  

Mine too.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 9:05 AM MDT up reply actions  

I’m not entirely positive that I logged on that day.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 6, 2010 7:07 AM MDT reply actions  

Shhh, don’t tell anyone.

Help help! I'm being repressed!

by chiavsfan on Aug 6, 2010 7:26 AM MDT up reply actions  

Hahahahaha

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 8:15 AM MDT up reply actions  

Really, Joe should have seen that coming

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by UZ on Aug 6, 2010 12:54 PM MDT up reply actions  

I am 99.9% sure he did

The 8th month is the month for Wolskis

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 6, 2010 1:19 PM MDT up reply actions  

I still recall…I was about to open my account here, but then this happened…It changed my life. I had to postpone everything, and only recently was I able to look past this team’s sudden imperfection that is the fact that the Baron is no longer here but slowly dying in Phoenix (like everyone else in Arizona), to join ya’ll on here.

"Okay, here's the deal, there's a difference between 'confident' and 'cocky'. For example, I'm confident enough to tell a girl that I'm the only guy she'll ever need, but I'm nowhere near cocky enough to quote myself." - Me

by Avapants on Aug 6, 2010 7:26 AM MDT reply actions  

well, we are glad you joined. also glad that you wear pants

The 8th month is the month for Wolskis

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 6, 2010 7:30 AM MDT up reply actions  

I'm not

pants piss me off…I just wear them so damn often. Why am I the only person with this problem? You guys laugh, but pants-wearing is a REAL affliction! I’m sure many of you wear pants too, you’re just not admitting to it…

Also, I’m glad about the “joined” part.

"Okay, here's the deal, there's a difference between 'confident' and 'cocky'. For example, I'm confident enough to tell a girl that I'm the only guy she'll ever need, but I'm nowhere near cocky enough to quote myself." - Me

by Avapants on Aug 6, 2010 7:37 AM MDT up reply actions  

I don’t wear pants….

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 8:01 AM MDT up reply actions  

…in bed!

hard dee har har

The 8th month is the month for Wolskis

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 6, 2010 8:04 AM MDT up reply actions  

hard dee har har

Really? :-)

I wear pants entirely too often!

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 6, 2010 8:07 AM MDT up reply actions  

I like dresses and skirts…

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 8:12 AM MDT up reply actions  

…on the floor.

If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!

by Mike @ MHH on Aug 6, 2010 8:12 AM MDT up reply actions  

I see what you did there, and I approve

Help help! I'm being repressed!

by chiavsfan on Aug 6, 2010 8:14 AM MDT up reply actions  

true...

but not on lamps, because that can lead to fires.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 8:14 AM MDT up reply actions  

Yeah, fires in the aforementioned pants!!

If we don't get our sauce, we ain't watching the game!

by Mike @ MHH on Aug 6, 2010 8:16 AM MDT up reply actions  

I'm curious

if Avapants jibbles a comment, does he do it in his pants?

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by hockeymom on Aug 6, 2010 8:17 AM MDT up reply actions  

I think they make a cream for that

Help help! I'm being repressed!

by chiavsfan on Aug 6, 2010 9:10 AM MDT up reply actions  

hopefully

someone would have a hose ready to put it out :)

(the 86 minutes are so over)

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by hockeymom on Aug 6, 2010 8:16 AM MDT up reply actions  

Bwahahaah

Awesomesauce.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 8:17 AM MDT up reply actions  

BTW

I love the caption on that picture.

"Okay, here's the deal, there's a difference between 'confident' and 'cocky'. For example, I'm confident enough to tell a girl that I'm the only guy she'll ever need, but I'm nowhere near cocky enough to quote myself." - Me

by Avapants on Aug 6, 2010 7:50 AM MDT reply actions  

Whoa? I'm mentioned...

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 8:02 AM MDT reply actions  

This summer is going by slower than a Wolski line change.

by Dario on Aug 6, 2010 8:38 AM MDT reply actions   1 recs

For hockey, yes. For school, not so much.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 6, 2010 9:34 AM MDT up reply actions  

Newbie

I have been registered for almost half a year and have only posted something along the lines of 5 comments. All of this grieving for Wolski has kept me from interacting with all you avaholics. Maybe when I finish mourning the loss of the Baron, I will start posting more often.

"I cannot really hear what Jeremy says because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ear."-Patrick Roy

by brabin on Aug 6, 2010 8:39 AM MDT reply actions  

see you’re totally one of us. you should comment more!

The 8th month is the month for Wolskis

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 6, 2010 8:58 AM MDT up reply actions  

I sure plan on it!

"I cannot really hear what Jeremy says because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ear."-Patrick Roy

by brabin on Aug 6, 2010 11:37 AM MDT up reply actions  

i can’t quite tell, but in case you’re not joking — the mourning is mostly tongue in cheek. i remain overjoyed wolski is gone.

by thedoctor on Aug 6, 2010 2:01 PM MDT up reply actions  

doc, I think your sarcasm meter needs some new batteries

The 8th month is the month for Wolskis

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 6, 2010 3:07 PM MDT up reply actions  

It was one of those things where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing. Like 9-11. The day that hockey died. Bye bye Miss American Pie. And fuck you Sherm. I am crying huge crocostimpy tears right now.

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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 6, 2010 8:59 AM MDT reply actions  

I do remember where I was. I had MHH open, watching TSN and reading Fleury’s book. There were tears (I stubbed my toe) and wine involved… I may have drowned my sorrows in cheese.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 9:00 AM MDT up reply actions  

I remember where I was, I think I was jumping up and down screaming YES YES YES

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by UZ on Aug 6, 2010 12:55 PM MDT up reply actions  

Why do you want the Avs to lose?

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by TheRed on Aug 6, 2010 1:58 PM MDT up reply actions  

Darcy Tucker.

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 6, 2010 4:10 PM MDT up reply actions  

Darcy Tucker

Darcy Tucker

(you gotta finish the corollary, dear!)

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by Hopfenkopf on Aug 6, 2010 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions  

I’m too depressed. Wolski, man. wolski.

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 6, 2010 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions  

Wojtek Wolski

Wojtek Wolski

Wojtek Wolski

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Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers. Really Detroit, the only thing I'm jealous about is your marketing dept. When do they go UFA?

by TheRed on Aug 6, 2010 4:47 PM MDT up reply actions  

Why is everyone so upset about Wolski being traded? He Sucked!

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by Pinchy The Lobster on Aug 6, 2010 9:01 AM MDT reply actions  

Me thinks you are missing something.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 9:04 AM MDT up reply actions  

Methinks he knows just fine, but is echoing the person that started all of this.

Help help! I'm being repressed!

by chiavsfan on Aug 6, 2010 9:11 AM MDT up reply actions  

I don’t think much is missed by the mighty feelers of Pinchy the Lobster

The 8th month is the month for Wolskis

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Aug 6, 2010 9:15 AM MDT up reply actions  

TWSS

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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 6, 2010 9:16 AM MDT up reply actions  

You people are messing with me. Wolski is still on our team. There is no way we traded him. No way. Unless someone offered up Ovie, or Crosby or Howard, it didn’t happen. Wolski will be our 1st line LW for years to come. Carter is also still president and I rode my dinosaur to work today. More milk please. Grapes are funny little people who are stuck in a round juicy body….

Me no like da Wings.

by i2strange97 on Aug 6, 2010 9:33 AM MDT reply actions  

No trade in the world could land us the Lord Howard. If he was around, a trade of Forsberg, Sakic, Bourque, Roy and a young Wolski for Howard straight up…even that wouldn’t have worked

Help help! I'm being repressed!

by chiavsfan on Aug 6, 2010 9:35 AM MDT up reply actions  

I don’t even know who this Wolski guy is. I’m still wondering where Forsberg went.

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by Joe Dunman on Aug 6, 2010 9:36 AM MDT reply actions  

I may be in mourning…but I still am not clicking that link or staring at that image.

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by Americanario on Aug 6, 2010 9:46 AM MDT reply actions  

yeah, staring at it too long could burn a rainbow into your retina (I think I would prefer that to those tattoos).

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by hockeymom on Aug 6, 2010 10:03 AM MDT up reply actions  

Something’s been wrong with my interwebz for the past while and I haven’t been able to log on to MHH…but I just gotta say…LOL

by Stazz21 on Aug 6, 2010 9:49 AM MDT reply actions  

Is your interwebz still mourning for Wolski too?

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by Americanario on Aug 6, 2010 10:23 AM MDT up reply actions  


Just another summer at MHH!

by RyanO'Reilly FanClub on Aug 6, 2010 10:52 AM MDT up reply actions  

My grief led me to quit drinking. And I didn’t even notice.

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Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers. Really Detroit, the only thing I'm jealous about is your marketing dept. When do they go UFA?

by TheRed on Aug 6, 2010 10:54 AM MDT reply actions  

Retire Number 8

I move that we petition the club to retire Wolski’s number! That way he will forever remain in avalanche lore!!!

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by brabin on Aug 6, 2010 11:39 AM MDT reply actions  

He should be moved to #1 on the Top 19 list.

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by Americanario on Aug 6, 2010 12:05 PM MDT up reply actions  

Don’t you mean the top 8 list?

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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 6, 2010 12:15 PM MDT up reply actions  

The TRUE Great Eight.

Me no like da Wings.

by i2strange97 on Aug 6, 2010 12:21 PM MDT up reply actions  

The Great Eight (Avs "All Traded" Team)

8. Curtis Leschyshyn (To Washington 1996-97)
7. Alexei Gusarov (To NY Rangers 2000-01)
6. Mike Ricci (To San Jose 1997-98)
5. Owen Nolan (To San Jose 1995-96)
4. Claude Lemieux (To New Jersey 1999-00)
3. Alex Tanguay (To Calgary 2006-07)
2. Adam Deadmarsh (To Los Angeles 2000-01)
1. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)

Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.

by Busted Twigg on Aug 6, 2010 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions  

ummm..

maybe I’m missing the joke here… but, Drury?

by MalachiConstant on Aug 6, 2010 1:15 PM MDT up reply actions  

No joke. Spent 10 minutes putting this together. Forgot Drury. I’d slot him in at 4 or 5.

Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.

by Busted Twigg on Aug 6, 2010 1:38 PM MDT up reply actions  

Seriously though, I’d have to put mike keane in there too. (or did he leave as a FA?)

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by TheRed on Aug 6, 2010 2:00 PM MDT up reply actions  

I think he went to Dallas as a UFA.

Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.

by Busted Twigg on Aug 6, 2010 2:31 PM MDT up reply actions  

Rangers, actually. Dallas was the next year.

Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.

by Busted Twigg on Aug 6, 2010 2:34 PM MDT up reply actions  

Man, you really Wolskied that one.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions  

Oh I am loving that joke. Quick, trademark is Sandiegee.

Jimmy Howard invented the Stanley Cup.

by c6hor8 on Aug 6, 2010 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions  

Becoming an obsession

Some more notable Avalanche traded players.

Ryan Smyth (should be in the Great 8)
Eric Lindros (by Nords, but set up great Avs teams)
Wendel Clark
Anson Carter
Chris Simon
Keith Jones
Robyn Regehr (farm hand at the time)
Aaron Miller
Radim Vrbata
Derek Morris

and my favorite…

George Parros (for 2nd round pick that became T.J. Galiardi)

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by Busted Twigg on Aug 6, 2010 3:30 PM MDT up reply actions  

Tom Gilbert (farm hand at the time)

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by Hopfenkopf on Aug 6, 2010 3:45 PM MDT up reply actions  

hehe, George Parros for TJ Galiardi

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by hedge_duck on Aug 6, 2010 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions  

Gali was born from the stash

by MalachiConstant on Aug 6, 2010 4:50 PM MDT up reply actions  

I am confused

We traded Keith Jones? What did versus give us in return?

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by c6hor8 on Aug 6, 2010 4:46 PM MDT up reply actions  

Jones went to Philly for Shjon Podein (craziest person to ever wear the burgundy and blue).

ESPN picked up Jones on waivers from the Flyers and then traded him to Comcast in exchange for the rights to the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) name and logo. It was becoming a threat to their gun-totin’, pole waving demographic. Comcast was requred to change the name to something really stupid, and then alienate all DirecTV viewers who wanted to watch hockey.

It’s all in the archives here at MHH.

Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.

by Busted Twigg on Aug 7, 2010 9:09 AM MDT up reply actions  

got me thinking...

fan favorite shjon podein…man I loved that guy…wasn’t he traded for mike keane? (from St. Luis?)

"I cannot really hear what Jeremy says because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ear."-Patrick Roy

by brabin on Aug 6, 2010 8:55 PM MDT up reply actions  

OT question. As a baby name possibility, how screwed do you think a kid who had the name Shjon would be? It’s one of many we’re tossing around.

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 9, 2010 8:21 AM MDT up reply actions  

Honestly...

My little brother has one of those “Odd” names. I love his name, I wish mine was like that, but as a kid he hated it. Nobody could pronounce or spell it correctly. Now that he’s an adult he likes it, and he is used to people miss-pronouncing it and goes by a short form of his name to those who still can’t wrap their heads around it. (It’s a French name- some people have issues with those).

I’ve always been jealous of his “odd” name. I’ve only ever met one other person with his name and they were from overseas.

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 9, 2010 9:06 AM MDT up reply actions  

Not really a proper comparison, but I named my dog a “unique” name and after 8 years of mispronunciations and no one being able to spell it correctly, I wish like hell I hadn’t done it. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be her if she were a kid having to deal with it too. I used to think I might do that with a child. I’m glad I had a “test run” with the dog because I won’t do it again. But this is just from the “parent” perspective – and a totally selfish one at that. Who knows…if she could tell me, maybe the dog would love it.

(In case anyone wants to know, her name is Latis (la-teece) – who is a Celtic Goddess of lakes and ale…the dog’s a Lab and I like beer. lol)

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 9, 2010 10:26 AM MDT up reply actions  

That’s a cool name! Mike and I both have weird spelled names (Michel and Jessie), so we’ve dealt with it some, but Shjon just seems like another level of that, ya know?

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 9, 2010 10:35 AM MDT up reply actions  

Jessie isn’t weird (my wife spells her name that way). Her problem is that everyone assumes that it is short for Jessica.

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by Americanario on Aug 9, 2010 11:12 AM MDT up reply actions  

Yep, that’s me too.

by Mrs @ MHH on Aug 9, 2010 12:28 PM MDT up reply actions  

My friend’s name was just her initials “CJ” and everyone insisted they stood for something; she got so annoyed. Same thing happened to my grandpa. His middle initial was “T” – didn’t stand for anything. It was common at the turn of the century to do that. People are so adamant about that stuff it’s weird. “NO, your name MUST be Jessica!!” lol. So bizarre!

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 9, 2010 12:48 PM MDT up reply actions  

My advice on names

1. For boys, no sissy names, and no names that sound like their member (Peter, Dick, etc). It just saves you calls from the principal because you son is beating kids up for bullying him.
2. No really long names, because they have to put their full name on every stinking lousy worksheet they do in school. Keep it short. None of this Marcellina-Angelica crap.

It has become sort of in vogue for parents to give their kids unusual names with unusual spellings, so much so that we used the common spelling for our son, and most people misspell it with the uncommon version – go figure!

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by hockeymom on Aug 9, 2010 1:13 PM MDT up reply actions  

Yea I wasn’t going to name my son “Harry Bush” or “Oliver Bush” :-)

MHH: The Burgundy Army is on the March!

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by Americanario on Aug 9, 2010 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions  

I like it!
If we ever have a son we’re gonna give him our fathers’ middle names,
William and Roy
Buy we’ll call him Billy-Roy (with the proper pronunciation of Roy of course ;) )
But we think William Roy Campbell is a nice strong Scottish name that he could grow into.

"That F******* sandwich had it coming!" -Mike@MHH

by gl avfan on Aug 9, 2010 3:50 PM MDT up reply actions  

This isn’t me being funny. I really want my son’s middle name to be ‘danger’ I see no downside.

Son, when you participate in sporting events - it's not whether you win or lose, it's how drunk you get.

by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 9, 2010 9:43 PM MDT up reply actions  

An Unmitigated Danger Disaster?

MHH: The Burgundy Army is on the March!

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by Americanario on Aug 9, 2010 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions  

also

jordan leopold, Aebishcer (however you spell it…)

"I cannot really hear what Jeremy says because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ear."-Patrick Roy

by brabin on Aug 6, 2010 8:57 PM MDT up reply actions  

awww leo…i liked that guy, never mind the fact he was so leoprone to injuries.

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 6, 2010 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions  

Dude can fly. He’s like a superhero or sumthin’.

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by Hopfenkopf on Aug 7, 2010 9:49 AM MDT up reply actions  

Hey Beach,
Did you get that yet?

Me no like da Wings.

by i2strange97 on Aug 7, 2010 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions  

8. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)
7. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)
6. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)
5. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)
4. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)
3. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)
2. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)
1. Wojtek Wolski (To Phoenix 2009-10)

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Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers. Really Detroit, the only thing I'm jealous about is your marketing dept. When do they go UFA?

by TheRed on Aug 6, 2010 1:59 PM MDT up reply actions  

What about OZO?

How can you have a Great Eight without the original Great Eight? You know, the all-time goal and points leader among defencemen in Colorado Avalanche history? The guy we traded a young Owen Nolan for? The guy who led defencemen in scoring during our first cup, and came in 2nd for the Norris Trophy? The guy who was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for Nolan Pratt and draft picks that became Vaclav Nedorost, Jared Aulin, and Agris Saviels?

That would be Sandis Ozolinsh. Damn kids these days, learn your history!

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by tele-mon on Aug 7, 2010 5:26 PM MDT up reply actions  

Love me some Ozo, but one must have a very liberal definition of “defenseman” when speaking of him! :)

Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October

by Hopfenkopf on Aug 7, 2010 8:12 PM MDT up reply actions  

They guy (because NHL Network showed game 4 of the 1996 Finals the other day), who along with Scott Young had about 50 chance to end game 4 in regulation and the 1st OT. Talk about snake bitten.

It’s too bad what happened in Ozo’s personal life, the guy was something else on the ice

Help help! I'm being repressed!

by chiavsfan on Aug 8, 2010 5:54 AM MDT up reply actions  

Like I said in the other thread...

Bubs and I just watched it recently too and we kept saying how Ozo could not buy a freaking goal in that game. Man, that was painful for him, huh?? And then on a fluke, Krupp just “oops there it is” and ends it. Talk about on-ice injustice.

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 8, 2010 11:19 AM MDT up reply actions  

That’s why I threw the list up there. Evidently the database I was working from is incomplete. It’s missing a ton of Avs trades including Drury, Podein, Ozo, and Scott Young.

I may have to commit sacrilege and expand the All Traded team beyond (the magic number) 8 players.

Running-dog lackey counter-revolutionary malcontent, Not an expert.

by Busted Twigg on Aug 8, 2010 7:55 AM MDT up reply actions  

What's a "Top 19 list"?

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by UZ on Aug 6, 2010 12:57 PM MDT up reply actions  

I think it was something Jimmy Howard created to allow Steve Yzerman a little time in the spot light. It was all based on Yzerman’s jersey number.

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by Americanario on Aug 6, 2010 2:58 PM MDT up reply actions  

Thanks a lot for reminding me. My hangover is now only the second most influential thing on my stomach.

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by InYoFace on Aug 6, 2010 4:11 PM MDT reply actions  

still walkin...

heart still heavy…

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 6, 2010 4:20 PM MDT reply actions  

The new guy always misses something

Hey guys, Heretic here…maybe i’m missing something, but didn’t we all pray wolski would be traded every time we screamed at our TVs?
I don’t know, either way my darkest day in Aves history will always be when Bourque missed tying the game when he rung the post with no seconds left against Dallas.

by The Heretic on Aug 6, 2010 5:50 PM MDT reply actions  

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by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 6, 2010 6:19 PM MDT up reply actions  

What?

No love for me?

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by Americanario on Aug 6, 2010 6:27 PM MDT up reply actions  

Heresy!!!!!!

See what I did there?

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by c6hor8 on Aug 6, 2010 6:36 PM MDT up reply actions  

It’s like he’s looking into my soul.

Me no like da Wings.

by i2strange97 on Aug 7, 2010 1:52 PM MDT up reply actions  

It’s ‘coz he doesn’t have one to look into himself….

Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October

by Hopfenkopf on Aug 7, 2010 8:12 PM MDT up reply actions  

This whole thing started in this thread. Start here and go chronologically. Have fun and, like Sandi said, keep your meter turned way up!

I just like the fights.

by Cheryl Bradley on Aug 6, 2010 8:32 PM MDT up reply actions  

This article is complete and total BS

The absolute darkest hour in avalanche history was was when Peter Worrell was betrayed by the Colorado Avalanche. After overhearing that the avalanche were looking to trade for his friend Andreas Lilja but the asking price was too high. Peter told then gm pierre lacroix that he had an idea. Pierre was to go out and a case of good champagne and leave it in Andreas’ car to impress him. Pierre did do that but went out and bought a case of Totts. Peter, after telling Andreas about what a cool team the avs were, was aghast. Andreas was going to be coming home soon and there was all of this cheap champagne around, what was he to do? He took one for the team and what the the avalanche do for him? I think we all know the rest of this story.

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by An Unmitigated Disaster on Aug 6, 2010 7:07 PM MDT reply actions  

Sorry....

..I was totally “buying-in” to this story until I got to the part about Bob and Dan. I have known both for many years and the only thing that makes Dan cry is a Night Ranger Power Ballad. Bob, on the other hand, “cries” at just about anything and everything and doubt the Wolski trade news made any impact on what was probably already an emotional day of sobbing somewhere in a dark corner.

by Idaho Av on Aug 6, 2010 10:44 PM MDT reply actions  

Ronaldaho checks in with vengeance. Quit lurking and contribute more often Ronaldaho.

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by Bob in Boulder on Aug 6, 2010 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions  

Wow. Yes, please do contribute more.

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Hockeytown was a marketing invention to draw fans to a team that had less gate than the atlanta thrashers. Really Detroit, the only thing I'm jealous about is your marketing dept. When do they go UFA?

by TheRed on Aug 7, 2010 1:54 AM MDT up reply actions  

All these crazy footballers and their nicknames!

Colorado Avalanche Offseason Strategy - Please wake us in October

by Hopfenkopf on Aug 7, 2010 9:51 AM MDT up reply actions  

Remember, too, that you have His Awesome Awesomeness to thank for Matt Duchene. In a startling display of omniscience, remember that he scored just enough shootout goals that year to give the Avs the third pick in the next year’s draft, thus ensuring that there would be no flirtations with temptations such as Tavares or Hedman by the clearly less competent than Him scouting staff.

Maybe the draft and the imminent Coming of Duchene had nothing to do with the majesty that is WW showing his might, you say? Think back. Did he show any such skills during the games that might have gained the team enough points that they would have a lower draft rank? I think not. Did he ever show such prowess on the shootout ever again? No. His job there was done.

I say: Praise Him.

by Andy_ on Aug 7, 2010 2:08 PM MDT reply actions   1 recs

You are a genius!

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by avs7733 on Aug 7, 2010 9:38 PM MDT up reply actions  

So I showed my buddy this post...

He knows nothing of hockey but he saw the


hockeymom and sandiegee refused to talk about sex for 86 minutes as a tribute to The Baron’s new number in Phoenix.

and said something along the lines of… That could never happen. Yup, I’m the same online as I am offline. I still can’t decide if it’s a good thing or not. :/

Sandie

"We called him Clark Kent because away from the rink, he was just a nerd. Then he'd go into the Colorado dressing room and put on his Avs jersey, and all of a sudden he was Super Joe"- Theo Fleury

by Sandie Gauthier on Aug 9, 2010 10:22 PM MDT reply actions  

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