Thank You Ryan O’Reilly

by TheBrandyBarrelRescueTeam on Dec 5, 2011 1:15 PM MST

As some of you may or may not have read, I wrote a pretty nasty article that pretty much stopped short of punching an Arby’s sandwich a week or so ago when the Avalanche lost a terrible, uninspired game against the Minnesota Wild. I deservingly received the ire of a few Avs fans who disagreed with my diatribe; especially after I said that I may not cheer for the Colorado Avalanche in the future if they don’t start spending money. I am here to say that I regret a lot of what I said in that story, mainly because I was running off of pure unadulterated anger when writing it. The truth is that no matter how much I want to turn away at times, I just can’t… I love this team too much.

But on to what I was going to say in the first place… Thank you Ryan O’Reilly. Thank you for winning games with hard work and passion. Thank you for playing with heart and with a purpose. When Adrian Dater first said sometime last year that he believed that you would be a good candidate for captain in the near future I didn’t agree simply looking at the stats sheet; but now I am almost certain that not only will you be the future captain of this franchise but you have the potential to be a star in this league.

Most of all… THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE RED WINGS FANS HOME CRYING LAST NIGHT; THEIR TEARS WERE AS SWEET AS WINE ON A SUMMERS DAY! I almost wish someone at the door at Pepsi Center could gather all the tears into thousands of vials and pour it into a fountain outside of the Altitude Store. How beautiful a fountain that runs off of the tears of Red Wings fans would be.

GO AVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Would you support a fountain in the Pepsi Center that ran off the tears of disheartened Detroit Red Wings fans?

Yes

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Indeed.

Ahh, and what music to my ears such a fountain would produce. Its good to see you’ve embraced the ‘sunnyside’ of Avalanche hockey. It can be tough at times like these to be an appreciative fan, but the fact remains that Avs fans bleed burgundy and blue and it feels GOOD to be winning at home again. Did I mention we beat the fucking Red Wings?

Ryan O’Reilly is indeed ‘The Factor’ on this team.. and Varlamov is certainly making a positive impact of late too.

by HansoBonanzo on Dec 5, 2011 1:52 PM MST reply actions

Amen Brother!

I think its time to go on ShopNHL and give a #37 Ryan O’Reilly jersey a good home!

Remember #36 Steve Moore!! Remember #3 Karlis Skrastins!! Remember #24 Ruslan Salei!! Remember #6 Wade Belak!!

by TheBrandyBarrelRescueTeam on Dec 5, 2011 2:17 PM MST up reply actions

So again my fellow Avalanche fans…we can all say in Unison;

FUCK THE RED WINGS!!!

by Avalanchefan86 on Dec 5, 2011 2:38 PM MST reply actions

INDEED!

So say we all.

2011-2012 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Vyechnaya Pamyat!
2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche: Chances are rapidly diminishing that this will not suck.

by Hopfenkopf on Dec 5, 2011 3:56 PM MST up reply actions

to the tune of "Yellow Submarine"

In a town, where hockey was born
lived a team, who skated on ice
and they say, they can do no wrong
in the rink, of the AVALANCHE

so they skated, into the can
and they found, a hostile crowd
and they cowered, behind their bench
when they saw, the AVALANCHE

So say we all – FUCK THE REDWINGS FUCK THE REDWINGS FUCK THE REDWINGS
So say we all – FUCK THE REDWINGS FUCK THE REDWINGS FUCK THE REDWINGS

"Hey man, don't bogart that puck."

by KKtheHippie on Dec 5, 2011 6:31 PM MST up reply actions 2 recs

So say we all!

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

by andidee15 on Dec 5, 2011 6:39 PM MST up reply actions

Next time I play Beatles Rock Band I’m definitely going to try and pull this off.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. - Kv

by MalachiConstant on Dec 5, 2011 7:15 PM MST up reply actions

How was this not green?

2011-2012 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: Vyechnaya Pamyat!
2011-2012 Colorado Avalanche: Chances are rapidly diminishing that this will not suck.

by Hopfenkopf on Dec 6, 2011 10:18 AM MST up reply actions

Bunch of savages in this town.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. - Kv

by MalachiConstant on Dec 6, 2011 11:48 AM MST up reply actions

Can I flag it just because I don’t care for the Beatles?

Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.

Thanks for everything Foppa!
Footer: We'll miss seeing you clear the riff raff off your lawn.

by Americanario on Dec 8, 2011 7:57 AM MST up reply actions

I wouldn’t want a fountain of redwing fans tears because then there would always be a redwing presence in the Can. Let them cry in the streets where they belong.

Datsyuk may have done it first, but he learned it from Peter Forsberg.

Thanks for everything Foppa!
Footer: We'll miss seeing you clear the riff raff off your lawn.

by Americanario on Dec 5, 2011 9:19 PM MST reply actions

We could gather their tears as you said and use them to ice the arena. Maybe the team will keep playing well at home… Just a weird, borderline creepy suggestion.

"It's not my fault I never learned to accept responsibility."-Woody Paige

by GeorgeInLimbo on Dec 5, 2011 9:32 PM MST up reply actions