Daily Cupcakes: January 24th, 2011
by Sandie Gauthier on Jan 24, 2011 6:01 AM MST
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Since there is absolutely no news about the Avalanche lately, let's start today's Cupcakes with a preview of the game against St-Louis. Seems like a good night for Chris Stewart to re-become CGDS, no?
St. Louis allowed five unanswered goals and lost for the eighth in 10 games Saturday, 5-2 to Columbus. The Blues did not record a shot during a 15:57 stretch that overlapped the first intermission.
A little mention about T.J. Galiardi
Lake Erie could have used T.J. Galiardi, who was demoted from the parent Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday but returned to the Avalanche on Friday to replace an injured player. Galiardi performed well Thursday in the Monsters' 2-1 overtime victory over Rochester; it was his first game with the club since the 2008-2009 season.
Evgeni Nabokov sure has put himself in a pickle, I get that he wanted to play for a contender, but hanging up on Garth Snow when he calls?
Snow said when he identified himself on the phone, Nabokov immediately hung up, The Associated Press reported.
I want to clear something up," Nabokov said. "Everybody wrote that Garth Snow left me messages. I have no messages on my phone from him. I didn't talk to him.
The best news to come out of the Bruins/ Avalanche game
Coach Claude Julien said Savard wasn’t showing any concussion-like symptoms.
News about the All-Star cast
The Tribune-Review says that Sidney Crosby definitely won't play as he continues to recover from a concussion, and Evgeni Malkin is very unlikely to play as he battles a knee injury and a sinus infection.
They've been dropping like flies, and now you can add the Edmonton Oilers' Ales Hemsky and Jordan Eberle to the list of players missing out on the NHL All-Star festivities due to injury.
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Alright, was that enough of a tease? Let's go with some Foppa news and quotes, shall we?
I'm going to start with an article on NHL.com
Forsberg added with a smile: "Hopefully the guys can get a win (Monday against St. Louis) and it'll be a little easier practice on Tuesday."
"It was great," he said. "The guys told me that not too many people have been watching the practices. It's great to be back here. I have great memories. It's definitely better to see some people here. At least they care a little bit."
Love hearing that he is still a rink-rat.
After players headed into the dressing room, Forsberg remained on the ice to hone his game. He would've been out there longer had a Zamboni driver not honked a horn so he could prepare the ice for a youth game.
Can you imagine being a Swedish reporter, on holidays in the Denver area on Saturday? How about the fact that ESPN has a bunch of articles about Foppa, that has to show his pedigree?!
It is a measure of Forsberg's pedigree that even the notion of a comeback was big news throughout the hockey world. Television cameras were set up to record the moment Saturday, and even a vacationing Swedish reporter was on hand to carry the news back home, where Forsberg remains a god-like figure.
An article about both Foppa and Matt Hunwick, I still can't believe how injured Forsberg was during that short season. Really, how can anyone say that this man lacks heart or a love of the game, or skill. Absolutely insane.
Forsberg said yesterday he has undergone more than 10 foot operations. He acknowledged that he was scared during shootouts in the last handful of seasons because he was afraid he might fall.
"He’s a good person. He’s a good player. I had a chance to chat with him real quick [Friday] in the hotel lobby. He seems very happy here.
"That’s what a coach likes to hear. When a guy moves on and he’s happy where he is, that’s great.’’
Keeping on how he felt he played in his last year
"I feel better than I did -- I can't say I played well then," Forsberg said. "Most of the goals and stuff you could barely see me in the highlights, if you didn't see the extended version. I have to be better than I was back then."
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Nabakov is being a giant baby. Did he, or his agent, or the Red Wings actually think he wouldn’t be taken on the waiver wire? Flipping moron
"The only people we hate more than the Romans is the fucking Judean People's Front" (and the Red Wings of course)
No, he sent letters, and I think, that it said that he only wanted to go to a contender,
Winnik is a fucking Win!
by Sandie Gauthier on Jan 24, 2011 6:54 AM MST up reply actions
But the waiver wire doesn’t care, and the rules are in place…and have been. Again, he should have known. Tough rocks for him
"The only people we hate more than the Romans is the fucking Judean People's Front" (and the Red Wings of course)
Oh I know, and I completely agree.
Winnik is a fucking Win!
by Sandie Gauthier on Jan 24, 2011 7:08 AM MST up reply actions
Nabokov should take some time to remember that he’s being paid millions of dollars to do something most of us would kill just to be a part of. Lets see some humility
Chris Stewart, now with even more expletives
by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 24, 2011 9:09 AM MST up reply actions
He should suck it up.
He isn’t the 1st player that’s had to go somewhere he didn’t want to… just ask anyone that’s been traded to the Oilers.
"When they should be throwing to the cutoff man, they are reading Men's Health for ab workout tips. When they should be sacrifice bunting, they are buying effeminate designer jeans. When they should be fouling off pitches, they are masturbating. Always, they are masturbating."
"God I'm excited for those two to fail miserably." - SBNation writer Andrew Sharp on Josh McDaniels and Tim Tebow.
by Tempestuous Binary on Jan 24, 2011 7:29 AM MST up reply actions
This Nabby situation cracks me up so much. I cannot feel sorry for him at all. I guess I understand how he feels, but he should have made his decisions better in the offseason. hilarious.
Thanks Joe...
by mfured20 on Jan 24, 2011 9:36 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Or before December 15th.
Winnik is a fucking Win!
by Sandie Gauthier on Jan 24, 2011 9:39 AM MST up reply actions
Wouldn’t he have still had to clear waivers before the 15th if he played in the KHL? I thought the deadline was the number of games played, not an actual date.
Thanks Joe...
yes i think thats right
Chris Stewart, now with even more expletives
by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 24, 2011 9:42 AM MST up reply actions
you
Chris Stewart, now with even more expletives
by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 24, 2011 9:46 AM MST up reply actions
He just wants to go somewhere that he can help in the playoffs, because he never got that chance playing for the Sharks
The Savage has spoken. Let it be done
December, 1995 - In a strong statement that still resonates to this day, the Montreal Canadiens make it clear to Patrick Roy that the franchise will simply not tolerate championship-calibre goaltending.
DGB
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost
Who is this Forsberg kid everyone is talking about?
What makes this all the more surreal is that he felt good enough to fly over here from Sweden on his own dime to try and play again. I’m really curious how the boys will play tonight, if there is a Foppa Effect.
PS- LOVE seeing the dead things have their plans dashed by the Isles. Just love it!
Jonas Holøs- Putting the Ø in defense since 2010!
He has the money, with the Crocs empire. Coming over, not much of an expenditure for him. He was at the game Saturday, so maybe not much of a Foppa effect?
Winnik is a fucking Win!
by Sandie Gauthier on Jan 24, 2011 7:17 AM MST up reply actions
Doesn’t he still maintain some sort of residents in CO as well?
"The only people we hate more than the Romans is the fucking Judean People's Front" (and the Red Wings of course)
Yup, as far as I know, he does.
Winnik is a fucking Win!
by Sandie Gauthier on Jan 24, 2011 7:33 AM MST up reply actions
Bababouy enjoys the Isles throwing a monkey wrench into Detroit's plans !
Nabby should show up on the Island and maybe he can have his agent negotiate a trade to the team of his choice. Hopefully not to the Wings though.
Not that Nabby has a leg to stand on, but Garth Snow needs to take his little Wang and jump off a bridge. The Island deserves better.
Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
No doubt, but if the Islanders didn’t take him, someone would have. You have a quality goaltender for next to nothing? No way he was making it to the Wings
"The only people we hate more than the Romans is the fucking Judean People's Front" (and the Red Wings of course)
Absolutely no way
I understand him not reporting, but Russia obviously sucks, so could it really be worse? The Islanders are mismanaged by an egomaniac owner and incompetent backup goalie as a GM, but it could really work out well for both teams.
There’s no way Nabby would be there at the end of the season. Go there and play really well for a month, then get traded at the deadline to a contender. It could net the Isles some draft picks, which they would inevitably blow on some kid that’s almost there but always gets hurt, or they could get a solid piece or two if people really think Nabokov is worth it. Could be a win-win, but the guy’s a moron.
Speaking of wanting to “go to a contender”, didn’t he get traded to Philadelphia last summer? Bet he wishes he’d have taken that deal now.
Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
He also had a chance to sign with them over the summer and turned it down for the KHL (where he was also on a last place team and had crappy numbers). I guess the more I read about it, and as douchy as the Isle are being…I just can’t feel sorry for Nabby
"The only people we hate more than the Romans is the fucking Judean People's Front" (and the Red Wings of course)
I guess I’m not entirely clear on how the Isles are being douchey.
Sure, it’s pretty obvious that they’re in a full on tank job, having dealt Wisniewski and Rolo. Sure, Wang and Snow are every hockey fan’s nightmare when it comes to an ownership/GM tandem, but how are they being douches for claiming a legit #1 keeper off the waiver wire for relative pocket change? Even if they flip him for some picks in a week or two, isn’t that just prudent General Management?
2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: pretty good at hockey since they can't get into the bars yet.
They cant flip him for picks, he’d go straight to Detroit, but there’s nothing douchey about it. they’re doing their job, they need a goalie? And there was one for almost nothing, any GM after them wouldve done the same
Chris Stewart, now with even more expletives
by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 24, 2011 9:28 AM MST up reply actions
Exactly. NYI are in dire need of a keeper. DiPietro is healthy enough to start every 45th game and they are now playing with an AHL tandem as their primary keeper pair. If they claim Nabby, they get him at a super discount and he helps their team if nothing else. If somebody wants to trade for him, maybe they are willing to part with him for picks/prospects.
If, however, Nabby is the douche in the equation, he refuses to report to NYI and stays in Peterburg with his ginormous butthurt.
2010-2011 Colorado Avalanche: pretty good at hockey since they can't get into the bars yet.
where he was also on a last place team and had crappy numbers
Gotta intervene here…the team he was playing for is 3rd in their conference and won the Spengler Cup a month ago. As much as I hate that team (SKA St. Petersburg) because they buy every decent player (while being owned by the KHL president, what a coincidence), they don’t suck. Here are some of their players who you might have heard of before:
Maxim Sushinsky, Alexei Yashin, Maxim Afinogenov, Mattias Weinhandl, Petr Cajanek, Vitaly Vishnevski, Denis Grebeshkov, Sergei Brylin, Evgeny Artyukhin, Petr Prucha
But you’re right about his numbers, they were crappy.
Nabokov – 22 games, 3.02 GAA, .888
Stepanek (SKA’s #1) – 25 games, 1.98 GAA, .927
AVS. HEALTHY. WHEN.
They all suck and/or are over the hill. If they’re like most Russians, about 10 percent of them play with any consistency. If they were any good, they’d be playing in the best league in the world, not just cashing a paycheck from their oligarch overlords.
Finally, I wanna thank God, because God gave me this Dundie. And I feel God in this Chili's tonight.
by Dan Winkler on Jan 24, 2011 11:46 AM MST up reply actions
At least those guys played in the NHL for some time, have a look at the rosters of teams like Ekaterinburg or Novokuznetsk and you’ll know what a shitty, last-place KHL team looks like. That most of them aren’t good enough for the NHL anymore doesn’t have anything to do with this.
AVS. HEALTHY. WHEN.
by StiflersMom on Jan 24, 2011 12:06 PM MST up reply actions
Come on Dan, be fair!
The overlords are more plutarchs than oligarchs.
Because Foppa at 50% is still better than 95% of the NHL.
Breaking news, Marty Turco (like everyone else) thinks Pierre McGuire sucks
"The only people we hate more than the Romans is the fucking Judean People's Front" (and the Red Wings of course)
ha ha thats awesome
Chris Stewart, now with even more expletives
by Cole D Hamilton on Jan 24, 2011 9:11 AM MST up reply actions
That is seriously the funniest shit I have seen in a long time. He looks right at the camera when he shakes his head.
Turco’s great like that.
Horton Hears a Holøs.
suprisingly that was hilarious, had to watch it a few times.
Living in the D, but It's All About The A.
by Avalanche318 on Jan 24, 2011 12:10 PM MST up reply actions
Have you asked “Doc” and “Enzo” forty three times what they think, including their nicknames in each and every question at least once?
Hunwick- Twice as good as Holos when seen through the (extremely) narrow lens of takeways!
by Rapierwhitt on Jan 24, 2011 10:18 AM MST up reply actions
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