Oilers v. Sharks - 2 Kings 17:1-6
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 12:10 PM MST
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During the twenty-first year of the rule of Glen Sather, Kevin Lowe was promoted to the position of general manager and Sather moved on to become the richest manger in the league in New York City. Lowe managed for nine years and he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. It was unlike the evil of his predecessor, but it was nonetheless displeasing to Yahweh.
It was in the the seventh year that the teams of the Western Conference came up to attack Lowe who had been their vassal. Under the terms of their agreement they had permitted him to make the playoffs from time to time under strict orders that he never move into the second round. But it was that spring that the Western Conference - and especially the Red Wings, Sharks and Ducks - realized that Lowe was a traitor for he had been trying to win this whole time! The Sharks and Ducks, who had never won a Stanley Cup, were particularly infuriated by this betrayal. So that summer Brian Burke, the ruler of the Ducks at the time and a man never ashamed to self-promote or take advantage of a friend, convinced Lowe to make a trade. And listening to Burke was a great sin. And from then on every team in the Western Conference led their teams into Edmonton and marched against them year after year, laying siege to it for three years until finally Lowe was dismissed promoted. It was in the ninth year of the reign of Kevin Lowe that he was finally dismissed promoted and the teams of the Western Conference put a new puppet in his place: Steve Tambellini. Under the terms of their agreement Tambellini would be granted the title of general manager and would be allowed to spend to the cap but would be completely forbidden from even making the playoffs. Knowing that he would never otherwise be given the title of general manager, Tambellini was very pleased and since that day all the teams of the Western Conference have praised Tambellini for his loyal service.
San Jose Sharks (16-6-4) @ Edmonton Oilers (10-12-3)
Rexall Place, 7:30 P.M. MDT
Television: Sportsnet West
Visiting Team Scouting Report: The San Jose Sharks are a team with two very good lines and two very good defenders and, in my opinion, some very good coaches. So far, it's been enough to make them a very good team. If you look at the lineup below those top two lines are going to roll over most groups and both Boyle and Vlasic are top notch but after that things start looking a little scary. Of all the skaters outside of their top eight (ten if you include Blake and Setoguchi), only Ben Ferreiro and Douglas Murray have a positive Corsi number. The defense normally has Rob Blake but with him out, man do things look ugly. My feeling is that they'll beat up on teams without much depth but when they run into a team like Chicago or Pittsburgh who has the horses to run with their big guns, they'll get clobbered. But hey, they're still a really good top eight guys and if some of this dreck at the bottom of the roster works out and/or they supplement their roster at the deadline, they could be a fantastic team.
The Sharks are interesting because the team isn't terribly dissimilar from the team the Oilers might be trying to bulid. Move some of the money off the back end and try to pick up an elite forward or two and the Oilers might look pretty similar. If the Oilers had added, say, Gaborik and Tanguay to the forward group this summer, kept only three of their four big money D and shipped out some middle salary, they'd be a somewhat similar team. Go top-heavy salary and filling the middle and bottom of the roster with Ryan Stones, Marc Pouliots and Gilbert Brules. I think this is the model that they're trying to pursue and the Heatley attempt sure looked like it. Let's hope they figure it out.
Expected Lineups:
Edmonton Oilers (10-12-3):
Penner - Gagner - Brule
Jacques - O'Sullivan - Horcoff
Moreau - Cogliano - Potulny
McDesperate - O'Desperate - Sucktini
Gilbert - Souray
Smid - Visnovsky
Strudwick - Staios
Deslauriers
San Jose Sharks (16-6-4)
Heatley - Thornton - Marleau
Clowe - Pavelski - Malhotra
McGinn - Nichol - Ortmeyer
McLaren - Zalewski -Ferreiro
Murray - Boyle
Vlasic - Joslin
Huskins - Demers
Nabokov
Behind the Numbers:
- Dany Heatley is second in the race for the Rocket Richard trophy with 18 goals but he's only taken 73 shots which puts him on pace for 230 shots over 82 games which is at the low end of this career norm.
- Joe Thornton leads the league in assits with 26 but only ??? of his passes have lead directly to a shot on goal. Wouldn't that be an interesting statistic to have!
- Dan Boyle has the third most points among all NHL defenders with 22 and is second among all defenders in power play points with 12.
- In 25 games so far this season the Oilers have outshot their opponents 20% of the time. They've also been victorious in 20% of those games.
- In games decided by more than one goal the Oilers are 6-9 so far this year. The Sharks have a record of 11-5.
- The Oilers record in regulation with Souray, Visnovsky, Horcoff, Hemsky and Penner all in the lineup is 2-4-3 which suggests that (1) the Oilers have had at least one of their best players out of the lineup for a lot of the season and (2) the Oilers may not be a very good team even with all of their best players in the lineup.
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McDesperate – O’Desperate – Sucktini
nice…
oh, wait, that’s an actual NHL line, not just some funny nicknames… run for the hills…
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I should probably point out that the O’Desperate was Ben’s in his title to this piece.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 12:26 PM MST up reply actions
I think they should put O’Marra and McDonald with O’Sullivan on the We’re Not English! Line
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 27, 2009 2:12 PM MST up reply actions
Doesn’t work.
Guinness is good for you.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 2:22 PM MST up reply actions
should we call them the IRA line then?
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by Stephen Sheps on Nov 27, 2009 2:23 PM MST up reply actions
The Car Bomb line?
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by Derek Zona on Nov 27, 2009 2:28 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
winner
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by Stephen Sheps on Nov 27, 2009 2:30 PM MST up reply actions
If they get out there tonight, I’m drinking a car bomb to celebrate.
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by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 2:16 PM MST up reply actions
Hm. I always figured you for a drifter.
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Penner – Gagner – Brule
Gulliver and the Liliputians?
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Two top 6 draft picks and a guy who was redshirted as a 20-year-old. So guess which one is the star?
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 27, 2009 2:31 PM MST up reply actions
I’m guessing that Dubnyk gets his first shot tonight in relief. Somewhere around the 12 minute mark of the first.
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Unless Andrew Cogliano morphs into Peter Bondra right now, how is this team going to score?
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You don’t read my posts, do you?
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I do! But that particular link went to a post from the 23rd and I know he wasn’t back yet at that point so the source was mistaken there and I didn’t see him off of the LTIR until later.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 7:30 PM MST up reply actions
Going to the game tonight!
Just like “The Chris Pronger Game” three years ago almost to the date, I wished hard enough and an actual ticket to “The Dany Heatley Game” materialized out of the ether. I’ll tell you all about it later. Enjoy the game everybody!
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I don’t think I should be excited for you, unfortunately.
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If you nail Ethan Moreau with a bourbon bottle I’ll take care of all the post-game threads for the next month.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 5:04 PM MST up reply actions
Ogie Oglethorpe
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by Bruce McCurdy on Nov 27, 2009 5:51 PM MST up reply actions
Traktor Boy!
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Anyone on when Deslauriers gets pulled?
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Frankly, I’m surprised he hasn’t been already.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 7:39 PM MST up reply actions
I have centre ice. I’m watching the CSN feed on directv. It’s choppy, blurry and echoing. Mickey mouse organization.
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Nice brawl. I like these mustaches. It’s like 1982 or something.
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The Patron Saint of Lost Hockey Causes chucks them pretty good with Frasier “Not Steve, But You’ll Be Forgiven the Confusion” McLaren.
Pretty useless hockey play, mind. But cool.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 7:43 PM MST reply actions
Pisani is playing again! Rejoice! Wait… you bastard.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 7:45 PM MST up reply actions
No, no, no. Do I need to do a flow chart on this?
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 7:45 PM MST up reply actions
I swear that the PS of LHC is Fernando Pisani.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 7:55 PM MST up reply actions
The Holy Hockey Heirarchy
Hope this helps.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:18 PM MST up reply actions
But that flies in the face of this Oilogosphere classic!
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:21 PM MST up reply actions
Well, there’s a lot of metaphor going on.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:22 PM MST up reply actions
I’m with you, Scott. 34 is, and forever will be, Patron Saint of Lost Hockey Causes.
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Put some branches in there and that’s a post unto itself.
Patron saint of cheeseburgers?
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They could kick the Safeway Score & Win to a billion dollars and a trip to Mars and it wouldn’t matter.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 7:46 PM MST reply actions
Principe would LOVE to say a BILLION dollars
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Seriously, do the Oilers even wear the navy blue home jerseys anymore? I think I’ve seen them twice this year.
Also, Marleau scores just as I turn it on. Yay?
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Welcome to the NHL Ethan – you remember how to play defense? No? Obviously.
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Heatley booing aside, this is the quietest crowd I’ve heard in some time. I can actually hear Bruce developing liver problems.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 7:49 PM MST reply actions
Yup. Seguin and Hall here we come.
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I will not cheer for Toronto. No. If we finish 29th to the Leafs 30th I’ll be nothing but happy.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 7:56 PM MST up reply actions
making the decision on the 2nd overall pick will be easier than 1st overall one….after one of seguin or hall is gone, all we wil have to do it pick the other guy
And we’ll get the added bonus of Toronto hockey fans writhing in agony for months as they await the first overall selection and possibly for years and years if the player turns out to be a superstar. It could be awesome.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:08 PM MST up reply actions
Our first line just got a full shift against their fourth and did nothing.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 7:57 PM MST reply actions
Mono
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I assume you’re including Gagner, Horcoff and Penner. Right?
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:12 PM MST up reply actions
And Cogliano and Moreau and Stortini for guys who have been consistently in the NHL the last few years and are still in the lineup. You guys are harsh!
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:19 PM MST up reply actions
I don’t get this booing thing. I’d much rather boo Tambellini for letting himself get caught up in the Heatley hoopla than Heatley for wanting to go to a contender.
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No shit. The entire arena should stand up look at the box and boo Tambellini and Lowe.
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Nope. Just checked and both Buffalo and Washington don’t have one either.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:10 PM MST up reply actions
Do you have thirty seconds on the powerplay where the goaltender has no stick and fail to even get a shot through? You might just be a lottery team!
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:09 PM MST reply actions
Holy moly. Ryan Potulny is playing whac-a-mole out there
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He’s generally been pretty impressive I think. He can do some decent things at the NHL level.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:17 PM MST up reply actions
I’m officially calling Hemsky’s shoulder a “we’re completely fucking fucking fucked thing”.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:20 PM MST reply actions
Also, I am placing a personal bounty on the head of Michal Handzus. He’s the chief punk on that Los Angeles team.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:21 PM MST up reply actions
For Christ’s sake, Tambellini, make a fucking trade!
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What for? We have no future and we have no present. We have only the constant slog of mediocrity while we empty our wallets to finance a drug lord’s empire, and then when the moths are flying out he decides he wants a new arena and just takes what he wants.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:25 PM MST up reply actions
Either trade away all the good players and tank or trade for veterans and try to hang on for playoff revenue. Don’t do this bet-hedging bullshit. Sitting on your hands will get you nowhere.
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Have you seen our GM? Steve Tambellini. Fat bloke. Idiot. Thinks that a player’s worth is determined by how much money he makes.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:33 PM MST up reply actions
If he holds on to Staios and Moreau through the deadline, he should be fired immediately.
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Strudwick on Hemsky: “We know he’s had some issues with his shoulder for a while now.”
Strudwick on Potulny: “Ryan Potulny’s played really well. He’s done a lot of great things and I expect him to continue to do that.”
My web feed just switched to cartoons. Appropriate.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:34 PM MST reply actions
Someone’s wife just grabbed the remote.
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Chopper’s having another good game. That’s a few in a row.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:39 PM MST reply actions
That one rush was really quite nice. It was against one of SJ’s depth guys but still a nice move. Too bad he didn’t hit the net but if he can keep creating chances like that it will really help.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:47 PM MST up reply actions
We’re officially at the part of the game where every time Deslauriers drops his pad in front of the puck it’s a GREAT SAVE just to make it sound like something’s going on.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:43 PM MST reply actions
question for you guys … is the quality of this broadcast a little lacking … and do you hear a low echo like sound as well??
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by ang6666 on Nov 27, 2009 8:46 PM MST reply actions
She’s a Sharks fan.
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not a complaint … an observation … didn’t know if it was just us with the problem or over here too … (shrugs)
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by ang6666 on Nov 27, 2009 8:49 PM MST up reply actions
It’s awful. I have it on directv and this is the worst feed I’ve ever seen.
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it actually just cleared up for us shortly after I asked … so should for you guys as well … was just more curious if it was all over or not … guess it was and partially is
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by ang6666 on Nov 27, 2009 8:54 PM MST up reply actions
It was blurry, echoing, and it kept cutting out. It was giving me a headache.
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Are you getting the Sharks or Oilers feed?
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Ah, this would explain my confusion. The Oilers feed has no such buggery.
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I hear ya Kevin. Wow. He made a blood clotting joke.
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POTULNY
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Yes! Yes! Yes! I will dilligently use this going forward.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 8:53 PM MST up reply actions
According sheps, all is needs a mullet to break this curse.
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Ryan Pot Loonie also has to be a candidate.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:59 PM MST up reply actions
I can’t get over how nice a goal that is. I can’t get over how nice a goal that is. That’s a goalscorer’s goal. That was legit.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 8:52 PM MST reply actions
He’s legit. He deserves a spot in the lineup even when this team is healthy.
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I think of everyone called up, he’s made the most of his opportunity to date. He’s definitely made a good case to stay for the year.
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Important they kill off this penalty. As opposed to every other.
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Out of curiousity, how many injuries until the Oilers sign Cornet and put him on the NHL team?
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:06 PM MST reply actions
He’s blistering the Q on a mediocre team, but he would need to be an emergency callup.
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It would also hurt his development to play for a team even worse than the Rimouski Oceanic.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:16 PM MST up reply actions
He’s not in Rimouski anymore.
I see that you don’t read my articles either. Awesome. I wonder if Bruce reads what I post.
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I explained! Someone isn’t reading my comments…
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 9:23 PM MST up reply actions
I read it. I chose not to believe your mealy-mouthed excuse.
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Even though it’s true…coughbadsourcecough…
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 9:26 PM MST up reply actions
The Kings didn’t call up Schenn on emergency, they signed him to an amateur tryout deal. Or is that the same thing?
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no its not the same thing. If memory serves right, they havent signed him yet and you can only call propects on emergency calls if they are signed. Hence LA had to sign Schenn
For that matter, why would they need to sign Schenn? They have a farm team, right? Surely Manchester’s not down to 12 ECHL forwards yet.
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Yeah, starting the clock early is Oiler-like
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Though if it’s an ATO, I don’t think it counts towards the ten games.
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Exactly. This is the same situation Edmonton had with the goalie the other night.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 9:36 PM MST up reply actions
well there are many factors that go in call ups. Probably there was no ways a player called up from manchester would be able to reach Vancuver in time. Also Schenn has been tearing up the W, might as well try him out
Oh, right, that makes sense.
Better Schenn than Kozun, I say. ;)
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“If you go from A to B, that’s what matters. I’ve known some skaters in this league that were going from A to Z and didn’t know where they’d started from.”
That was… profound, and yet unbelievably meaningless.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:17 PM MST reply actions
Penner’s arms were in the air before it went in
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Bah, I had it muted so I didn’t know the game was back.
FATSO!!
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Brule
His numbers are going to start to turn again. They were respectable with Penner and then went straight to hell when Penner started working with Hemsky again.
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This could make for an unbelievable pump-and-dump or an unbelivably bad contract. Which do you figure?
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 9:29 PM MST up reply actions
C’mon. I know that’s rhetorical.
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BRULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE NHL’S GREATEST BUSTS COME ALIVE!
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:28 PM MST reply actions
MY GOD! MY GOD! MY GOD! THAT’S ALEX DAIGLE’S MUSIC!!!
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:28 PM MST up reply actions
That should be “OH MY GAWWWWWWWWWWWD”
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Leading
What is “lead”?
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The Liliputians are riding Gulliver.
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If you’re playing a guy wearing #67 on your first line, you just might be a lottery team.
I love it, though.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:29 PM MST reply actions
Fun fact:
Gilbert Brule: 23 GP, 7G, 7A
Raffi Torres: 22GM, 9G, 4A
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:30 PM MST reply actions
I need to go back and check Brule w and w/o 27
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Wow, the hockey gods took umbrage at that one in a hurry.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:31 PM MST up reply actions
Molson Canadian 67? They’re really gunning hard for the Leafs fan market, aren’t they?
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:33 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Jean-Francois Jacques so totally is the Patron Saint of Lost Hockey Causes.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:36 PM MST reply actions
No, he is a lost hockey cause.
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Sigh
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What the hell was JDD doing? That was funny.
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And then getting trapped behind the net there. Oh man…
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 9:41 PM MST up reply actions
Ben called him the poor man’s Hasek. I think he’s Conklin when he was on acid.
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This sounds familiar, but is it possible to play Penner’s line all night?
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Jean-Francois Jacques thumps a guy in a way that was, strictly speaking, interference.
I think the refs are just feeling sorry for the big idiot now.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:39 PM MST reply actions
It’s been a really physical last few minutes on both sides. If nothing else I will say that this has been a good game to watch. Enjoyable. Good for Bruce.
Until Ethan Moreau goes down with a “bourbon bottle thing”, Bruce still has work to do.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:43 PM MST up reply actions
"bourbon bottle thing"
Wow.
My wife just asked what was so funny about a hockey game.
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Horcoff has been taking on Heatley’s line my himself tonight. And…winning?
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At this rate the Kings guy is going to have to settle for being Ryan Potulny Smyth.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:49 PM MST up reply actions
This is an internet name that will stick.
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To be fair, on that last goal, Smyth wouldn’t have scored – he would have been caught up in the back of the net, or bent over in the crease on top of Nabokov.
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RYAN SMYTH POTULNY!!!
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Bah, my browser fucked up and sent me back a page right as I finished typing that.
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The Oilers appear to have three lines going right now. The Penner line, the Potulny line, and whichever six bastards get pinned back in their own zone like San Jose’s blue line was made of nitroglycerin.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:53 PM MST reply actions
J.F. Jacques
Sloth from Goonies?
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Le sigh.
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“You know,” Pat Quinn said, “maybe just once I’ll send Gagner out to take an own zone draw. What could go wrong?”
Bright side: more time for Potulny to score a hat trick.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:56 PM MST reply actions
Who in the hell else can take it?
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eh. six of one.
I blame that goal on Tambellini
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Well I’m not about to disagree with that.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 9:59 PM MST up reply actions
So, are we on the power play? Sportsnet says we are but I assume that’s a mistake in graphics.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:58 PM MST reply actions
Hey, you tell me three hours ago “the Oilers will get a loser point tonight” I’d have given you oral sex.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 9:59 PM MST reply actions
I know. Someone just had to tell him. No stipulation on the outcome or anything.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 10:06 PM MST up reply actions
Exactly what I thought.
Ben – Oilers will win the cup this year.
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So, short-handed goal for Potulny here obviously.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 10:06 PM MST reply actions
Give Strudwick some room…to fall down in the corner.
Oh, Struddy. How did I know?
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That was awesome. His feet choked.
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Nice play by Cogliano, there.
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Holy hell. Gilbert and Cogs with amazing backchecks there.
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A heads-up job by Steve Staios to stay onside as Andrew Cogliano went on a trademark Cogliano roam around on the ice.
The fewer NHL players we have, the better the ones we’ve got seem to be playing.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 10:10 PM MST reply actions
Are they honestly explaining the shootout in Edmonton?
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3 on 3 hockey is fun. I would love to see an overtime where they did:
4 minutes 4 on 4
3 minutes 3 on 3
2 minutes 2 on 2
1 minute 1 on 1
Just like Minor Hockey Week. Or at least that’s how I remember doing it.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 10:11 PM MST reply actions
The Oilers would put Jean-Francois Jacques out as their one guy and he’d skate around leaping into the boards and not achieving much.
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 10:12 PM MST up reply actions
Corsi
Edmonton is winning the Corsi battle.
If you would have told me this afternoon that Edmonton would win the Corsi battle, Ben would have given you oral sex.
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Patrick O’Sullivan? Do we know that Pat Quinn is still alive?
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 10:13 PM MST reply actions
I like O’Sullivan on the shoot-out. He’s always made a really good attempt.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 10:15 PM MST up reply actions
And no Potulny? This is Crawford in ’98 all over again!
by Benjamin Massey on Nov 27, 2009 10:16 PM MST up reply actions
Well… nothing like a SH goal in the last two minutes to blow a lead and then lose. But that was a fun game. Very entertaining.
by Scott Reynolds on Nov 27, 2009 10:17 PM MST reply actions
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