WCS Game 3: Red Wings At Avalanche, Preview And Open Thread
by Joe Dunman on Apr 29, 2008 11:08 AM MDT
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Okay, first of all, I'm proud to announce that I've been meeting with a psychologist for the past two days and major progress has been made. I'm no longer superstitious about goalie names. The therapist helped me to realize that not saying the name(s) of the Avalanche goalie in the past two game threads didn't do jack to prevent the Red Wings from scoring a crap ton of goals. So I'm over it. Feel free to compliment Jose Theodore (or attack him) in the thread, as MHH no longer believes in silly things like superstitions.
As for Theodore, I still think Budaj should get the start tonight, but I understand the other side, and the ESPN preview (linked below) suggests that Theodore was indeed still sick in game 2, so both of his consecutive meltdowns may have been due to fever and nausea and not a simple reversion to his 2007 self. Of course, that begs the question, why the hell did Coach Q let him play? But whatever. That's in the past.
Tonight's game is the present, and Theodore will be back in net. Hopefully the team doctor returns his Pimp Cane and the shutting down of the Red Wings offense can finally get underway.
Peter Forsberg is still a maybe, as always, and at this point I don't care. If he plays, great, if not, whatever. If he doesn't, though, don't expect to see Jaroslav Hlinka on the ice again. TJ Hensick skated with the team in practice yesterday and it wouldn't shock me to see him in the lineup. Not that it would help, since he grew up a Detroit fan and could very well be a traitor in our midst. If he scores a goal against the Wangs, I'll put my suspicions aside.
Finally, Coach Q says there's a chance that Scott Hannan will return tonight, which means he probably won't return. Jeff Finger was somewhat serviceable in game 2, so I assume he will continue to fill the open spot if necessary, only this time when he hits somebody maybe it will actually break up a play or two. His four hits on Saturday didn't do jack to stop the Detroit onslaught.
UPDATE: Seriously, what next? Even though Coach Q said Ryan Smyth's no-show in practice yesterday was nothing to worry about (link above), Helene St. James at Freep.com reports that Smytty will miss tonight's game with a foot injury. Holy god kill me now.
It hasn't been a good week for Denver sports. The Avs are down two games to none, the Nuggets just got swept by the Lakers, and the Rockies have lost four in a row and have one of the worst records in baseball. In the NFL draft, the Broncos oh my god I don't care about football. Anyway, a rough week for Denver.
Can the Avs turn it around? For the love of Roy, please let them win this game. Getting beat again might drive me to drink for the first time in twelve years, and as Bill Bixby used to say, "you wouldn't like me when I'm drunky."
So let's get a decent game 3 thread going. Remember, goalie names are not off-limits tonight, Detroit fans will be deleted/banned if they're hostile (it's my house, my rules), and for the love of god, don't feed the trolls.
The game is a late one tonight, starting at 8:00 PM Mountain time, 10:00 PM Eastern and will be on Versus after the Penguins get done beating the Rangers again. That Chris Drury is such a diver.
ESPN preview.
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In a sea of sucktitude Saturday
Hlinka, Arnason and Sauer stood out to me as the suckiest sucks to ever suck. Dan W. will never be able to wear his Hlinka jersey with pride again.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 11:29 AM MDT reply actions
Hlinka
After the season, make sure he wears it and take a picture of him, That is for sure one that should end up on StraightCachHomey.net
by Jibblescribbits on Apr 29, 2008 11:35 AM MDT up reply actions
Re: In a sea of sucktitude Saturday
Sauer wins hands-down, but yeah, Arnason and Hlinka were pretty awful.
Dan better keep that Hlinka jersey, because after this season it will be a true collector's item. Poor Hlinka is headed back to the Czech league.
yep
Hlinka's going home for sure. I too think we'll see Hensick tonight. Well, especially with that horrible news about Smyth.
by David Driscoll-Carignan on Apr 29, 2008 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions
Lineup
With Smyth now out, and with Forsberg a maybe, Hlinka might get a new lease on life, at least for one more game.
Then again, Johnny Boychuk is also up practicing with the Avs, and though he's a D-man, Coach Q has played him as a forward before. You never know...
How
do you have a hockey game, or sports period without some level of superstition? Mike has done his best to instill a deep respect of superstition in me. That being said he definitely has to watch tonight, because he missed both Game 1 and 2.
:-)
Re: How
has done his best to instill a deep respect of superstition in me.
'A deep respect of supersition' huh? So that's what we're calling it now? That's better than Winky, I guess...
;)
Re: How
Look, all the superstitions did was drive me crazy. I can't handle the insanity of insanity.
I'm trying to be a normal person here, so don't try to drag me back to the dark side. And if I have wings one more night for dinner I'm going to vomit.
Superstition
I heard being superstitious makes you go crazy. quick nobody be superstitious, lest ye end up in the crazy house.
by Jibblescribbits on Apr 29, 2008 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions
Well...
My plan to not watch any more games this season is out the window, thanks to a phone call I got yesterday. Turns out a friend had a few extra tickets in their luxury suite, and there's no way I'm turning that down. It'll be my first playoff game, first game not in the upper bowl, and HOPEFULLY the first time I see Foppa play live. I just really hope the team shows up to play.
by Rather Dashing on Apr 29, 2008 12:30 PM MDT reply actions
Re: Well...
All, you'll be joining the infamous "Wine and Cheese" crowd at the Pepsi Center. Very nice.
But
my "wine and cheese" crowd is going to be cheering our freaking brains out! That is, if we have something to cheer about.
by Rather Dashing on Apr 29, 2008 1:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Re: Goal girl
Those are some incredibly nice looking locks of hair.
by Jibblescribbits on Apr 29, 2008 1:44 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm stealing that.
I am stealing that. That's too good.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 1:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Long-time lurker here...
And I just want to bring this to your attention and say, someone must pay for this:
I should add...
that as of writing the entry is still in this state on wikipedia, but I saved the screenshot for posterity.
Fixed
As of 4:40 PM EDT, the page is fixed. I hope they further tighten their security. The person who vandalized the page just now also vandalized it this morning and the security status wasn't changed at all.
No doubt
No doubt, it was one of Bill's harem of idiots who did that.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 3:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Re: Long-time lurker here...
Wow, the page still looks like that as of 4:19 PM Eastern. Wikipedia was supposed to have secured it from vandalism, but I guess they're slacking today.
It's always good to know that rampant homophobia is still alive and well among Red Wings fans.
In fact it's now worse
KFAN to "KFAG" and Stanley Cups to "way less than the wings"
I guess that answers any question I ever had
about the integrity and validity of wikipedia. And I never had any questions about the integrity, or intelligence for that matter, of RW fans. Do they still do that thing where they burn down their city once a year?
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 2:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Re: I guess that answers...
I think they stopped because they ran out of buildings to burn. Take a look at Google Maps' aerial pictures of the "neighborhoods" around downtown Detroit some time. It's nothing but open fields now.
Emptytown indeed.
Took my wife for a ride
through Detroit the other day because she wanted to see the "Ghetto". She was amazed at how immense the ghetto is. Mile after mile after mile. She couldn't believe that pretty much every other house was burnt out with boarded-up windows.
Yes, they still set fires on Devil's Night every year.
The average Detroiter is proud of where they are from, but nobody you have ever talked to actually lives there. Everyone lives in the suburbs. Detroit is probably the only city in the country where it's a status symbol to say that you lived in the CRAPPY part of town instead of the nicer suburbs. You hear people say "you're not from Detroit, you live in the suburbs", where everywhere else I have ever been, the "city" is the metropolitan area.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 3:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Not to mention
that the thesaurus of homophobia must be printed in Detroit. I can imagine the sacred brain cells that were burned out coming up with even less and less creative ways to make the same joke.
whoops
This was supposed to be a reply to the next topic. D'oh!
by Rather Dashing on Apr 29, 2008 3:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Kinda
Kinda fitting though, don't you think?
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 3:59 PM MDT up reply actions
What's funny about that is...
What's funny about this whole thing is that we're supposed to be the team full of homos, when all my European friends tell me that Sweden is known for their large number of homosexuals, and 80% of the players on the Wings are Swedish.
Not trying to fight homophobia with more homophobia, just pointing out the irony.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 4:01 PM MDT up reply actions
Superstition
I have a superstition about not being superstitious. If I be superstitious, then the Avs will lose, but because I am not being superstitious because I believe the Avs will win as a result, then I am in fact, being superstitious. o_O
by Mike the Avs Fan on Apr 29, 2008 3:13 PM MDT reply actions
You know
what's funny? I was pretty superstitious as a baseball player. Never touching foul lines, not walking on the infield before a game, breaking in hats and gloves a certain way, etc.
It's also well documented that I'm fairly superstitious as a sports fan for the Avs.
What's odd is that I have now superstitions as a goaltender. I've tried to start a couple, but they never seem to take hold. Lots of goalies insist on putting their gear on in a certain order or touching the posts in a ritualized manor, etc., but I never have done any of that stuff. Probably because I've never gotten on a streak where something would be considered lucky or unlucky.
Anywho, I'll be wearing the Avs 3rd for tonights game, and I'll watch until it turns into a rout.
Speaking of superstitions
would it be bad to mention how lucky the Wings have been, health wise, so far in this series? How they have not suffered any injuries to very key personnel such as Lidstrom, Zetterberg, or the Mule? How they are such a picture of health and injuryfreeness, that something sinister must certainly be just around the corner? Would that be bad, superstitious wise?
Injuries
I don't think any team is completely healthy in the playoffs and I believe a few Wings players are rather banged up but are still able to play at this point.
she is right
Datsuyk has a hang nail, Zetterberg has IBS, and Chelios is going through menopause. Tough times for the Winged Wheel indeed.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 4:18 PM MDT up reply actions
Chelios
Chelios is waaaay too old to be going through menopause. His major ailment is that his bones and tissue are going through the fossilization process.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 4:21 PM MDT up reply actions
Re: Chelios
Don't forget post-menopause women are much more likely to acquire osteoporosis. And just look at the Wings injury report here:
Datsyuk- Questionable (Ovarian Cysts)
Lidstrom- Questionable (Cervix)
See the Red Wings are ailing too.
by Jibblescribbits on Apr 29, 2008 4:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Hilarious
Chelios is out for the game with Osteporosis. I may steal that.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 8:27 PM MDT up reply actions
oh man, i didn't know
I'm surprised they're able to function at ALL what with all their forwards and all their D playing!
Forsberg
Is in.. LEt's hope he doesn't pull a muscle putting on his socks
by Jibblescribbits on Apr 29, 2008 5:57 PM MDT reply actions
Help w/ Goal girl
Anyone care to explain to me how to post an image while there is no Avs game on? Better yet, it's intermission for Pens Rangers right now. Thanks in advance.
2 ways
If you find an image of appropriate size (no bigger than 300x400 I think) in a url you can link straight to it. Just hit the "image" box. Then click "Add" and then preview.
If the image is too big you can resize it with an image hosting service. I use imageshack.us When there you can select "url" copy and paste the URL and select "resize image 320x240"in the dropdown menu. Then "host it"and a few moments later the image will be ready.
When it's ready just copy the URL in the "direct link to picture" (usually at the bottom) and use that URL as the one in the first paragraph here,
got it?
by Jibblescribbits on Apr 29, 2008 6:04 PM MDT up reply actions
hockeytown?
Like this?
This was from a game at the Joe this season.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 6:14 PM MDT up reply actions
or is that too big?
if so, sorry, I go to the box for 2 minutes, feel shame, then they set me free.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 6:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Eh.
There is no official size limit, but I prefer to keep them below 500 x 500 just to keep loading times down and browsing easy.
Rivalry over... Or Not
If the rivalry between the Wings and Avs is over...
Why do I still absolutely despise the Wings team and their fans? Nothing has had me in a worse mood the last few days than these games. I want to punch a Wing player but I'll settle for a fan. I truly believe doing either of those acts, besides a win tonight, will be the only thing that will make me feel better.
Frickin' Avs better work your butts off tonight or I'm going to burn down a house.
Imagine
Imagine you lived in Detroit. Bandwagon Wings fans everywhere. And instead of reading their stupid remarks, you had to listen to them in their ridiculous, North Midwestern white trash accents.
Dis-freaking-gusting.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 8:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Grew up...
Grew up in East Lansing, but went to college at UM. Being considered a traitor to his own people is nothing new to him.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 8:31 PM MDT up reply actions
Is it just me...
or is Arny bringing it tonight?
yeah
he's now officially way worse than chelios and draper combined.
by Mike the Avs Fan on Apr 29, 2008 8:37 PM MDT up reply actions
F*ity F F
Two quickies by the rws. We're back to playing the way we've been playing the whole fricken series. Couldn't clear the puck out of our zone if our life depended on it. F me. F the Wings. F Detroit.
and of course
Forsberg hasn't been on the ice in a while. Probably hurt again. F me again.
So, when do I start cheering for the Stars?
F Altitude too
So, I was surprised that McNab even mentioned that Forsberg was missing shifts. But why couldn't the clowns at Altitude follow up a little bit, focus the cameras on the Av bench to show whether he was even fricken there or not, show him going to the locker room at the end of the period if he was still on the bench, give every single fucking Av fan watching the info they want, now, on the fucking spot? Why? Because they suck, that is why.
there are...
...other Avs players playing in the game. did you notice?
why do Avs fans, and seemingly the players, pin all their hopes on Forsberg?
by PaulinMiamiBeach on Apr 29, 2008 8:51 PM MDT up reply actions
The shinen'
"No winning and no Forsberg make InYoFace something, something."
Marge Simpson: "Go crazy?"
I read somewhere else
that he went to the locker room. Great. Well folks, this experiment at least helped to make things interesting for a little while.
This thing isn't over. But the Avs need to play much better D than they did in the middle of that period. No more free fricken passes to the net boys.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 9:02 PM MDT up reply actions
1st period
That PK was wretched, and the goal was soft. Theo read the play fine, but didn't get the Paris Hilton closed.
The Avs need to come out fast in the 2nd, or they WILL get buried.
Memo to McLeod: A goal doesn't hide stupid penalties.
If the VS crew mentions Franzen and his stupid nickname one more time, I'll kick the nearest Detroit fan's unwed, skank mother in the ovaries. Straight shot, right to the baby-maker.
Stastny out thanks to a knee by Zetterberg
will not return. The good news keeps on rolling in. Wtf? Wtffffffffff?
Zetterberg
seems to be on the delivering end of a lot of knee-on-knee and slewfoot kind of things this post-season...
The defense is disgusting.
Theodore is being hung out to dry.
We need a new coach, better leadership and a new trainer. And for goodness sake, DON'T re-sign Forsberg. Enough is enough.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 9:14 PM MDT reply actions
Probably
Probably here. It's said all the time.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 9:22 PM MDT up reply actions
didn't he...
...deserve the penalty?
by PaulinMiamiBeach on Apr 29, 2008 9:25 PM MDT up reply actions
DIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF HE IS BLEEDING, HE WAS TAPPED WITH A HIGH STICK, NOT SHOT IN THE FUCKING HEAD LIKE JFK. GIVE HIM 2 MINUTES FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE. SAMUELSON IS A DOUCHE!
LOL
two minute penalty for bleeding?
by PaulinMiamiBeach on Apr 29, 2008 9:25 PM MDT up reply actions
f f f'ity f
another call on Forsberg? Will Altitude show it again. Samuelson definitely embellished the high stick, ref could have called a 4 on Foppa and 2 on Samuelson. But the ref was too gutless to do that.
mock cheer for refs
for actually calling an infraction on the Winged Wheel. F the wings. F detroit. F every single one of those unemployed, inbred, fat and ugly transplants in the stands wearing those ugly winged wheel jerseys.
Ozzy took a nice dive on that. Must be learning from Hasek.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 9:29 PM MDT up reply actions
Oh
and so does Brunette.
Liability on the ice all series. Guess he only cared abooot out playing Minnesota.
wtf????
too many men? at this time of the year? Not even related to a play near the benches? Great job Q and staff. That is awful.
How the hell
can we expect to win when we are playing the entire game shorthanded. stop taking stupid penalties!
Hensick held
and prevented from coming back to the puck on the 2-on-1 with Lappy. Horrible non-call by the stupid fuck ref watching the whole thing.
refs...
..have missed a lot tonight on both sides. sad display for the NHL, as usual.
by PaulinMiamiBeach on Apr 29, 2008 9:38 PM MDT up reply actions
The sheer volume
of picks that are being set and not called is ri-damn-diculous. Hannan is getting anally raped in the corners by Detroit forecheckers, but apparently we'll have to wait for paternity tests before somebody is called for it...
It's games like these that make people think the NHL has an agenda with matchups.
my bad
i watched the replay. Draper hooked Hensick to keep him from getting to the rebound. Obvious penalty, took away a scoring chance, and no call. Thanks you stupid mother fucker.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 9:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Is it sad?
When the best player on the ice for the Avs has been Hensick? A team with this many veterans can't help him.
You know what. It is sad when I start to think Arnason has had a good game.
I Say
Cheers to any player who comes out in the playoffs and plays their hearts out. There is nothing sad about that.
I guess so
Good for Arny and Hensick. Not so for the rest of the team.
Actually I think Jones has been pretty good too. And Stastny fffuuuuuuaaaaarrrrggghhhh! I'm not even thinking clearly.
McLeod
was strong in the first period too (other than the dumb penalty). They seem like the only guys skating at all for the avs
I said it before
when 4 of your top eight forwards (Wolski, Svatos, Stastny, Smyth) are not playing, we don't have a chance against a team with Detroits depth.
Yeah
We are fucked. We are seriously, 100% fucked. If Jose Theodore had not gotten the flu and would've played at the same level as he played the Wild, we might have had a chance. But he did get the flu, and Theodore has sucked this series. But, either way, we are fucked. Fucked.
by Mike the Avs Fan on Apr 29, 2008 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah...
But he did get the flu
yeah, sure he did.
by PaulinMiamiBeach on Apr 29, 2008 9:55 PM MDT up reply actions
and
we're probably playing with about half of Forsberg as well. When he isn't in the box or locker room.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 9:49 PM MDT up reply actions
I miss the svatts machine
The avs should re-sign him. Not too much money though. He is injury prone.
Jedi Masters
are nice and all, but i much prefer jessica alba the goal girl. if it works i will take it though
OT: something I'd like to see in the NBA playoffs
If and when SA is way ahead in the deciding game of the SA-Suns series, someone from the Suns needs to absolutely, positively, take Horry out, hard. He more than deserved it after that crap he pulled last year. Hell, he took out Nash. Someone on the Suns needs to take out Duncan or Parker.
Sheesh Leoprone
I guess nobody ever called him Leoskate. Too many men on the wings. Too bad Osgood is such a wall. I SAID OSGOOD IS SUCH A WALL.
WOW
Good things happen when you put the f'ing puck on net, eh? Especially against the 2nd coming of Roy, Chris Osgood.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:02 PM MDT reply actions
Forsberg just killed Kronwall
I hope they show it again. Absolutely crushed him.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:06 PM MDT reply actions
Forsberg tripped, should be a 5-on-3
Fuck these gutless puke refs.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:10 PM MDT reply actions
Yep but...
Avs better shut up about it. Don't need a bench minor at this point.
by Shane @ Mile High Hockey on Apr 29, 2008 10:11 PM MDT up reply actions
at first glance
looked like the Wing got the puck first because it came off Forsberg's stick.
slow-mo replay, not so much.
tough for the ref to see, only having one chance full speed.
by PaulinMiamiBeach on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM MDT up reply actions
Roles reversed?
Would you see it the same way? I mean, complete role reversal, not just that play.
No? Thought not. ;)
by Shane @ Mile High Hockey on Apr 29, 2008 10:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Getting the puck
doesn't negate a tripping call. I refer you to Exhibit A: Hasek's takedown of Gaborik.
You can admit you're devil-worshipping-son-of-a-whore player got away with one Paul, you won't go to hell, and none of your fellow RW fans can read, so it's not like they'll hold it against you...
I vote this
for post of the night. Well played, Mike, well played. Yes, the devil-worshipping-son-of-a-whore players got away with a few there. Indeed. Throw in the fact that the inbred, unemployed idiot RW fans can't read, and you scored huge in my book!
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:46 PM MDT up reply actions
Wow
That no call was apocalyptically idiotic.
by Mike the Avs Fan on Apr 29, 2008 10:14 PM MDT reply actions
No doubt
I can't believe they haven't been on more up to this point.
by Shane @ Mile High Hockey on Apr 29, 2008 10:17 PM MDT up reply actions
I'm Just A Girl
But my call was to bench the team minus a few players and put out the Monsters. LOL
At least the kids want to win.
Jones tripped too
Well, I guess it's not like these blatant trips on charges to the net are taking away scoring chances or anything. Why call those?
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:19 PM MDT reply actions
OSGOOD
IS A FRICKEN WALL, I TELL YOU. A FRICKEN WALL. NOBODY BEATS CHRIS FRICKEN OSGOOD. NOBODY.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:21 PM MDT reply actions
Haha
I love Youtube as much as the next guy, but oh my GOD is it not the curren generation's version of television like, 40 years ago? EVERYBODY seems to go there and refer to it like a bazillion times a day.
Of course, I'm in a really not good mood. I'll be quiet now.
by SlamDunkTheFunk on Apr 29, 2008 10:26 PM MDT up reply actions
Leave it to fricken Arny
to flub a 3-on-1 down low.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:26 PM MDT reply actions
I don't know
the minute in the first when Detroit scored two was pretty bad. That gets my vote for the worst minute (actually, 58 seconds).
Ok
We fought this game. I won't burn down someone's house. I might still punch a Wing player... none handy? How 'bout a fan? Nope.
I'll just punch a wall.
Third Period
Despite controlling the puck and the momentum for most of the third period, the Avs couldn't tie it up.
And now, despite a close game, they're down three games to none.
Great.
And another star player hurt, just to top it off.
I know you're talking about
Stastny, but Hannan was laboring at the end there too.
It's official. We ran out of luck with the injury bug. The hockey gods have spoken.
Re: I know...
Yeah, Hannan hit the boards hard feet-first, and considering that his foot was the source of his pain before, that can't be good.
We might actually see a Jones-Hensick-Stewart line in game 4, along with the triumphant return of Wheels (Kyle Cumiskey).
Re: Wheels
Liles owned Zetterberg in the last 10 minutes of the game. That was some of the finest defensive work I've seen #4 put in all season, for what it's worth.
JML
Has really stepped up in the last month and a half and played like he can play. He is superfly like Cumiskey without as much liability.
Well, at least
we saw a little glimpse of our future tonight. Jones and Hensick should turn out pretty well. We were robbed twice by obvious trips in the 3rd, but you can't rely on decent or even fair officiating to bail you out when you don't play well for 60 minutes. They finally went balls out in the 3rd, and were gassed at the very end.
Crap. God I hate the Wings. Hate, hate, hate the wings. Worse than dog crap on my shoes.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:31 PM MDT reply actions
Mike At MHH
Mike, I was only able to catch the last 15 minutes of the game, so you're on point for the recap tomorrow morning...please.
Just type away, add whatever pictures you can, and I'll clean up the formatting (if necessary) when I get a chance in the morning.
Thanks.
I've banged out a rough draft
as I'll be out of the office all day tomorrow. Can you pull it from my account or should I post it as is for you to tinker with?
I didn't see much of the game
but seriously can we play Budaj now. Theo has let in 4 goals in all 3 games...We need a change.
Ehh....
Only the second goal was really his fault. He had absolutely ZERO chance on the third and fourth.
by Rather Dashing on Apr 29, 2008 11:25 PM MDT up reply actions
Down
Fighting for one game doesn't count in my book. Not against this team. Now I have to stay away from all relationships for the next two days because of these games. I HATE THE WANGS but I am more pissed at my team for not playing them HARD.
If and when it ends, I only have two words
Go Stars. And I really don't like the Stars.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:36 PM MDT reply actions
Re: F that
I'm with you. Go Pens! If/when the Avs go down, there's no way I'm rooting for another Western Conference team.
And besides, I'm a fan of diving, so make mine Crosby & Co!
hehe
yeah.
Plus, sorry for the football reference but, if Crosby needs to win a cup a la Peyton Manning style, might as well get it out of the way. The pens won't be able to afford crosby, malkin and staal in the future. It can't happen.
Re: hehe
Yep, if they're going to do it with the crew they've got, it has to be this year. And so far they're 7-0 in the playoffs, with a possible matchup with the Flyers ahead. I like their chances.
I'd be all over the Pen, Flyers or Habs
over either the Wings or Stars. But next round, given the choice of lesser of two evil, inbred, mfing, devil worshipping teams, I'd have to choose the Stars.
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Screw that
I'm jumping ship on the NHL playoffs. If my choices are Flyers, Wings, Stars, or Pens, I choose an early start to my summer.
If there were a way...
...for the Pens to win the Cup without Crosby winning one, I'd be cool with that. But I'd even root for a Canadian team to win it before I would the Pens.
Can you imagine the fellatio if Crysby were to actually win something? My word. You'd never hear the end of it.
If the SCF is Wings-Pens, I am not watching. I can't think of a worse scenario.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 11:59 PM MDT up reply actions
Why am I watching this crap
the Altitude post game fellating of the Wings organization. I think I am going to puke. Did I mention that I really, really, really hate the Wings?
by Bob in Boulder on Apr 29, 2008 10:38 PM MDT reply actions
I don't mind the Wings.
I admire a lot of their players, and their coach is probably the most underrated in hockey.
It's their fans that are downright disgusting. I know of maybe ten who are worthy of breath (and they do that breathing through their mouths), and that's only because I live in Detroit and know a lot of Wings fans.
by Neptune on Apr 29, 2008 11:57 PM MDT up reply actions
ugh
I feel sick. I'm going to listen to some angry music. Altitude is already talking about the future with the rookies. I'm not ready yet damnit.
"Urge to kill...rising..."
Conspiracy Theory
Bab-cock is giving kickbacks and reach-arounds to Q for tanking in the regular season and the playoffs (all teams included).
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