Daily Cupcakes- November 23rd, 2011

by Sandie Gauthier on Nov 23, 2011 6:01 AM MST in Sandie's Daily Cupcakes

TORONTO, CANADA - OCTOBER 17: Shane O'Brien #5 of the Colorado Avalanche and Nikolai Kulemin #41 of the Toronto Maple Leafs watch an incoming puck in a game on October 17, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Avalanche defeated the Leafs 3-2 in overtime. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

A preview for the game tonight.

More than two years have passed since the Vancouver Canucks have failed to earn at least one point when facing the Colorado Avalanche.

Meeting the Avs in Denver could help the Canucks extend that streak and give coach Alain Vigneault the franchise record for victories.

The Avs won't be facing Luongo.

Roberto Luongo says his mystery ailment is better and he's again ready to play but, unless Cory Schneider face-plants in Denver, Luongo will watch tonight's Vancouver Canuck-Colorado Avalance clash wearing a ball cap.

Schneider is coming off a superb 28-save performance against the Ottawa Senators and head coach Alain Vigneault obviously doesn't want to switch horses with his team stumbling around the NHL's nether regions.

Reimer has finally talked about his symptoms.

James Reimer walked into a utility room deep in the bowels of the St. Pete Times Forum, saw a crowd of reporters and cameramen waiting for him, and said: "I missed you guys."

Actually, it was the other way around.

It had been almost a month since the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender last spoke about a mysterious head-and-neck injury suffered when he was elbowed in a game against the Montreal Canadiens on Oct. 22. The reason, according to Reimer, was because there was not much to report. He did not know what he had, when he was going to be back or what the future might hold.

A story on concussions.

It’s something of a subjective injury, therefore unpredictable, and it’s also mysterious, which can make it scary.

Despite technological marvels and the best efforts of modern neuroscience, more is unknown than known when it comes to concussion.

There are a finite number of things that can go wrong with a knee or a shoulder, but it’s not clear, for example, exactly why one person’s brain can need months or years to bounce back whereas another will make what seems like a miracle recovery in a week or two.

And a Cupcake from DDC. Actually, it was made by the artist formerly known as Paul's Coffey. And he's trying to get his funny commercial in the Super Bowl

http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/gallery?video=16485

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Bozak was the NHL’s number 2 star last night (Number 1 for Puck Daddy)…pull that trade for Stats NOW!

Aebischer. Nope. Salo? Ha! Sauve? Nah. Theodore. Meh. Kolesnik? Hey bud, nice shootout against the Devils, but no. Budaj? You kidding? Anderson, close, but no cigar. Elliott? GET THE TANK!!! Varlamov and Giguere? To the playoffs...AND BEYOND!!

by chiavsfan on Nov 23, 2011 6:22 AM MST reply actions

Dater with another article on Varly. A light and fluffy piece on Varly’s family coming over. Kind of a surprise to read after reading all Dater’s doom and gloom on twitter.

by vtcapsfan99 on Nov 23, 2011 7:18 AM MST reply actions

It’s still kinda sad.

It's all about Winnik

by Sandie Gauthier on Nov 23, 2011 7:27 AM MST up reply actions

Yeah it’s about 2 parts depressing, 1 part uplifting

by chiavsfan on Nov 23, 2011 7:30 AM MST up reply actions

2 parts depressing, 1 part uplifting

Add a swath of vermouth and you have “The Avalanche” Cocktail

Maybe
Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time

by Jibblescribbits on Nov 23, 2011 10:01 AM MST up reply actions

Hm. There are people working on the roof of the Pepsi Center this morning. I hope they’re done by tonight.

Man, being back in Colorado feels good. Even if it took a 17 hour busride to get here.

Just a Colorado girl in Montana who ♥s the Avs.
Varly: you're awesome. We love you. Please don't break.

by andidee15 on Nov 23, 2011 7:51 AM MST via mobile reply actions

wow, that sounds…less than outstanding

I am the most humble blogger of all time

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Nov 23, 2011 7:53 AM MST up reply actions

Are you going to the game tonight andidee?

We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.

by Bob in Boulder on Nov 23, 2011 9:43 AM MST up reply actions

No, I wish. Just watching it on Altitude from the same state of its origin.

Just a Colorado girl in Montana who ♥s the Avs.
Varly: you're awesome. We love you. Please don't break.

by andidee15 on Nov 23, 2011 3:34 PM MST up reply actions

Alain Vigneault obviously doesn’t want to switch horses with his team stumbling around the NHL’s nether regions.

We must ask the question, does the NHL want to get kicked in the balls by Alain Vigneault’s stumbling horses? I can’t imagine it would. I know I wouldn’t.

Good god, that has to be the worst mixed metaphor I’ve read in years. I’d almost read the article to see if it gets worse.

My Eno$ itches

by Busted Twigg on Nov 23, 2011 9:09 AM MST reply actions

If somehow he could just work in how he could lead that horse to a cart and put it before the water, then beat it to death.

4th biggest pessimist of MHH.
"There's always next season." -- Jimmy Howard on not winning the Calder Trophy.

by Dixomatic on Nov 23, 2011 1:38 PM MST up reply actions

another cupcake

I submitted a question for the Colorado Sports Guys podcast yesterday that generated some Av discussion. It starts at about 1:18 into CSG #16.

We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.

by Bob in Boulder on Nov 23, 2011 11:05 AM MST reply actions

I’ll go look, but if there’s one “hockey vs other sports in popularity” comment, I’m coming back to flag every comment from you for the rest of the day.

4th biggest pessimist of MHH.
"There's always next season." -- Jimmy Howard on not winning the Calder Trophy.

by Dixomatic on Nov 23, 2011 1:40 PM MST up reply actions

Uh, sorry Bob, couldn’t make it past the four minute mark when they start talking about Twilight.

4th biggest pessimist of MHH.
"There's always next season." -- Jimmy Howard on not winning the Calder Trophy.

by Dixomatic on Nov 23, 2011 1:45 PM MST up reply actions

You know, you can click right to 1:18. Just sayin.

Duchene may be the face of this franchise, but O’Reilly is the heart. - Guitarpick8120

by Cheryl Bradley on Nov 23, 2011 2:08 PM MST up reply actions

flag away

One of them, I think Ross, was particularly unkind to hockey and to the Avs in general. I think Nate and Jeff were pretty cool, however. And like Beachie said, you can skip the first hour plus. After the general nonsense there was a ton of Tebow/Bronco talk before they got to the topic of the day.

We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.

by Bob in Boulder on Nov 23, 2011 2:15 PM MST up reply actions

I think you have them mixed up. Ross was very upbeat about the Avs. The other guy on there – I don’t know who he is, so he must be Jeff? – was the one who was bashing on the Avs, saying they’re still terrible and attendance is still dropping and that the Avs are sucking the soul out of the KSE sports franchise. Yeah, I wanted to smack him.

Duchene may be the face of this franchise, but O’Reilly is the heart. - Guitarpick8120

by Cheryl Bradley on Nov 23, 2011 2:20 PM MST up reply actions

I very well could have. Nate always seems pretty cool about the Avs. But yes, one of them definitely made the Avs sound like nothing more than an anchor around Enos’s waste. Which is how he treats them, so who knows? They didn’t really fully answer my questions. But they did spark discussion.

We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.

by Bob in Boulder on Nov 23, 2011 2:24 PM MST up reply actions