Daily Cupcakes - January 25th, 2012.
by Sandie Gauthier on Jan 25, 2012 4:00 AM MST
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PrintUPDATE: Just thought ya'll would like to know that Tyson Barrie has been named to the AHL All Star team. Barrie has 5g and 21a in 43 games for the Monsters, good for first on the team. He's 5th in the league in scoring and tops for all rookies. - Cheryl
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The Ryan O'Byrne Youth Sports Society is pleased to announce the creation of the Ryan O'Byrne Charity Camp(ROCC).
Alexander Ovechkin will not be participating in the NHL All-Star festivities.
Are you worried about facing questions about it in Ottawa?
"Again, I love the game, it’s a great event, I’d love to be there. But I’m suspended. I don’t want to be, like, a target. I feel I’m not deserving to be there right now. If I’m suspended, I have to be suspended, so that’s why I give up my roster (spot)."Do you feel like you’re making a statement?
"No, actually. It’s not about that. It’s all about the suspension that I got — I don’t think I deserved to get a three-game suspension for the hit that I did … it’s not about that. I’d love to go there. I already buy my tickets, and my friends have to go there, too. But again, it’s not about what I want. I don’t deserve it right now. I got suspended. I’m suspended until Feb. 4, so I’m not going to play until that time."
I thought this was an interesting article about how violence in hockey is not anything new.
The provincial government of the day asked Bill McMurtry to investigate violence following a number of incidents, key among them a decision by one junior team to withdraw from a championship series out of fear. He was asked to examine the "causes" of such violence at the lower levels and concluded that the No. 1 cause was the influence of the NHL and the use of violence as a tactical instrument, most dramatically illustrated by the rising success of the "Broad Street Bullies" Philadelphia Flyers, who won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw0cRsWs9So&feature=player_embedded#!
For some reason Yip got into a fight with Steve Montador… fairly even but Yip may have actually won.
Good for him.
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by Cheryl Bradley on Jan 25, 2012 9:12 AM MST up reply actions
at first i thought ovie was just try to play drama queen but after reading more i am starting to think that he really is doing the right thing stepping down cuz hes suspended. humble ovie is weird though
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by Freakoffaleash on Jan 25, 2012 9:52 AM MST via Android app reply actions
See, I’m going in the opposite direction. I think it’s passive-aggressiveness to the core.
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by Cheryl Bradley on Jan 25, 2012 10:09 AM MST up reply actions
That’s how it feels to me too but I hesitate to say that’s what it is because ovy isn’t a native speaker
At exactly what point do you start to realize that life without knowledge is death in disguise?
by SteveHouse on Jan 25, 2012 10:39 AM MST via Android app up reply actions
Pft, body language is international.
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by MalachiConstant on Jan 25, 2012 10:43 AM MST up reply actions
I’m with Cheryl. I think he’s being a whiny bitch who is taking his puck and going home because the “mean old league” penalized him and not Michalek.
Not only that, but if that is his intent he’s not owning up to it. He wants to punish the league for his “unfair” penalty, but at the same time he doesn’t want his fans to look down upon him.
I think it also serves as an example that players don’t like the ASG. Maybe it’s about the translation, but I think the quote; “….I [got] suspended, so why I have to go there?” speaks volumes.
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Bottom line: He didn’t go and a more deserving James Neal got to go. It’s probably also a passive aggresive protest of his suspension (which I find completely ridiculous, FWIW) but I don’t really care.
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Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Jan 25, 2012 1:56 PM MST up reply actions
I agree
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
by ProfessorOak on Jan 25, 2012 3:46 PM MST up reply actions
Ovi gets really upset about being suspended. It really affects his play. I heard Brooks Laich on the radio this morning saying Ovi wants to play fair and doesn’t understand why he gets the suspensions. So I think his belief that he doesn’t belong there is legitimate, Laich also said Ovi doesn’t want to distract from the All Star events. He knows the media would be all over him if he was there.
He don’t pout at the game last night, he was there supporting the team. He was the one that gave Matty P the pie in the face during his interview after the game to celebrate Matty P’s hat trick.
I think people read too much into Ovi’s poor English (the why do I have to be there quote).
He actually hadn’t planned on going to the ASG and made other vacation plans when he was selected. Then he made plans to go. I suspect he’ll go back to his original plans. Probably go visit his tennis playing girlfriend somewhere.
Sorry just realized my last part about Ovi wasn’t clear. He had made other plans, then he was selected to go when he didn’t expect it, but he planned to go.
Honestly, I don’t think he can win here. If he goes, people will be upset. If he doesn’t go, people will be upset. I think he made a good decision not to go. James Neal was more deserving anyway, they just wanted Ovi’s star power.
I don’t think people would be upset if he went. I think he’s overreaching when he says he’d be a distraction. And I still think he knows why he gets suspended but plays dumb perhaps. I spend a lot of time with people whose first language is not English and his language skills are not affecting my opinion.
I appreciate your point of view, though!
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by Cheryl Bradley on Jan 25, 2012 4:12 PM MST up reply actions
Well obviously Ovi should understand why he gets suspended if he jumps into a hit, but there is apparently understanding lacking for whatever reason, it’s not like multiple people haven’t explained it. Laich also said that Ovi asked him/the team (can’t recall exactly) and Laich/the team explained it as well. Ovi said he wasn’t aiming for the head and he didn’t get a penalty in the game as some reasons why he was confused. I think the lack of comprehension issue is legitimate, don’t know why it exists because the rules should be obvious. Hopefully he learns not to jump into hits from this experience. I honestly don’t think Ovi is a dirty player although I know other people think he is.
Yes, people would be upset if he went and played because he was suspended. I am sure there would be complaints that the NHL allowied that to happen. Some people seem very critical of whatever Ovi does, he can’t really win with them.
Ovi is upset about being suspended, he has that right in my opinion. I wouldn’t want him to go participate when he’s pissed at the NHL, I don’t think it would go very well. I think that is what he meant by his heart wasn’t into going. If not, he shouldn’t go if he can’t participate and have fun instead of being all depressing and mad. Better to let another player attend instead.
So, what, we can all complain about this that and the other, but when ovie is involved lets all take sides? This is BS. I for one think he is being held to a double standard. /whatever.
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by MalachiConstant on Jan 25, 2012 10:16 AM MST reply actions
Yay Hotpocket!! =)
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by Cheryl Bradley on Jan 25, 2012 10:22 AM MST up reply actions
Nice paycheck, too. Good on him.
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by Cheryl Bradley on Jan 25, 2012 10:23 AM MST up reply actions
$3.875M per, for four years. Not bad.
Everybody still think we’re better off without him at that price? Such a cramped D roster here in Denver. We needed some bigger bodies and most of our youth are of the puck-moving variety. So the move still makes sense to me, just a shame we could only get a 2nd for him.
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by MalachiConstant on Jan 25, 2012 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
Everyone knows I’m Liles’ biggest supporter around here and I think it was the right move. I miss him but Elliott wouldn’t be getting time if he was here. I think it’s better the prospects develop right now.
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by Cheryl Bradley on Jan 25, 2012 10:59 AM MST up reply actions
Agreed… as much as I miss him ultimately it was the right move. Although only getting a 2nd rounder in return was terrible.
yeah
Liles time in Denver had run it’s corse. Good run, and I remember him fondly. Wish the Avs had gotten more than a very low 2nd for him
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Jibblescribbits: C'mon over and waste some time
by Jibblescribbits on Jan 25, 2012 1:57 PM MST up reply actions
Yay Barrie!
At exactly what point do you start to realize that life without knowledge is death in disguise?
Barrie good, barrie good…
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lolz
I see what you did there.
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by Cheryl Bradley on Jan 25, 2012 12:08 PM MST up reply actions
I liked the interview of Varly by Chambers/Dater about his attitude. I’m glad that he is not pouting about Jiggy starting. I guess he and Chambers got over that little situation where Varly wouldn’t speak after the last game.
“J.S. is playing well right now, and it’s good for the team,” Varlamov said. “I just have to keep working. I know it’s going to be tough, but I just have to be ready — always.”
always good to see a great attitude.
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
by ProfessorOak on Jan 25, 2012 3:47 PM MST up reply actions
Dead Things
getting completely destroyed
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Holy Bertuzzi! Sometimes there is a hockey god.
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by Bob in Boulder on Jan 25, 2012 6:53 PM MST up reply actions
Lord Howard
looked so atrocious.
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
by ProfessorOak on Jan 25, 2012 7:01 PM MST up reply actions
Well, me and Seal Team 6 had to rescue some hostages from some pirates, so I had to get out of there early.
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by Jimmy Howard on Jan 25, 2012 7:12 PM MST up reply actions
No Lidstrom for the first time in 213 games. Goalies (plural) let in 7 goals. Hm……
Things ain’t lookin’ so hot in Wings land when their captain finally throws in the towel. Let’s see how they like the rebuilding process!
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