What might have happened yesterday...
by Earl Sleek on Sep 2, 2010 11:12 AM PDT
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Some rather big news, I guess, on the Neverending Story of Cap Circumvention -- if you believe this NY Post story, the league is leveraging three contracts, seemingly, in order to force the NHLPA to agree to changes to the CBA (click on the link to see the supposed demands). Apparently, the NHLPA has until sometime tomorrow to comply, or else...
If the PA refuses, or if negotiations fail to yeild a common ground, the league has informed the PA that:
1. It will reject the Kovalchuk contract.
2. It will move to immediately devoid the Luongo contract.
3. It will move to immediately open proceedings for a formal investigation into the Hossa contract.
If it's true, that's a real ballsy move for sure. As a guy who's only occasionally aware of non-hockey current events, I have to wonder where the NHL got that idea? My idiot theory:
Stay tuned -- may be an interesting day tomorrow.
Go summer of boring intrigue.
San Jose Sharks CEO/President Greg Jamison stepped down after 17 years with the team, 14 and a half running day to day operations. He was one of the figures central to the Sharks success on and off the ice in San Jose.
Sharks Goaltending: Choose Your Own Adventure
by Megalodon on Sep 2, 2010 8:03 AM PDT
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Congratulations! You have been put in charge of the goaltending situation for the San Jose Sharks following the 2009-2010 season. Your team had a great year, but it ended in disappointment once again as they lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Blackhawks, who went on to win the Stanley Cup.
#1 - Your first decision - Will you sign Evgeni Nabokov?
If yes, go to #12.
If no, go to #5
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Iron Blogger: Rudy's Entry
by RudyKelly on Sep 1, 2010 10:00 AM PDT
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Recommend this post if you think Meg's a douche bag.
Children's Sci-Fi Shows: What the fuck?
Growing up, my mind was fucked on a weekly basis by children's cartoons. I don't know what the fuck my parents were thinking. Imagine waking up one morning, groggy and without your morning Honey Smacks (not to be confused with your afternoon Honey Smacks) and all of a sudden this appears on your TV:
AHHH, HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the fuck is going on? There's a green bunny, a sexy fox and a little fairy kid shooting toads and there are more cuts than there are in Dark City. I still have acid-like flashbacks to this show every time I see a frog reading the news... or maybe I have flashbacks to frogs reading the news every time I see this show. The point is, children's TV shows used to be batshit insane, and I have no idea why. A few common traits of our favorite Sci-Fi children's shows:
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Iron Blogger: S.H.A.R.K.S.
by Megalodon on Sep 1, 2010 7:16 AM PDT
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IRON BLOGGER!
Greetings Chairman, judges, and my esteemed opponent, Iron Chef Kings. I was very pleased with today's theme ingredient, science-fiction, as I am a huge nerd. I have endeavored to prepare an article for your reading pleasure today that is both entertaining and engaging, and which combines elements both of humor and proven storytelling techniques into a playful, almost insouciant medley.
Enjoy.
*Megalodon walks into a television network executive's office, his arms full of posterboards and notes scrawled on index cards*
Network Executive: You've got ten minutes. Wow me.
Megalodon: Thank you for your time. May I present...
M: S.H.A.R.K.S. is Ender's Game meets Men in Black meets hockey.
NE: Ender's Game? What the hell is that? Which network is it on?
M: Um, it's not a TV show. It's a book. A sci-fi classic, really. It's about -
NE: You're losing me.
M: Sorry. Anyway, here's the theme song and how I imagine the credits: just picture players from the Sharks in place of these people:
NE: I like it. I like it a lot.
M: Let's start with the backstory: it is the year 2010. The National Hockey League that we know is, in reality, only a front organization for the New Homeland-defense League, an elite group of secret police that guard humanity against threats both from outer space and from the darkest corners of our own world. The entire game of hockey has been designed to identify people with the perfect balance of strength, determination, speed, and teamwork necessary to serve in the League,
Between games and during the off-season, specially selected and trained NHL players work in squads armed with advanced technology, biological and cybernetic enhancements, and ludicrously high-powered weapons. They could be sent anywhere, from the moons of Jupiter to the center of the Earth, in order to stop the newest deadly monster or evil scheme before it can end life as we know it.
The show will center on the S.H.A.R.K.S., or the Super-Human Armed Response Kill Squad.
NE: Okay, this could be interesting. What about the characters?
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I'm too lazy to color today.
by Earl Sleek on Aug 31, 2010 11:23 AM PDT
87 comments
Believe it or not, this isn't an entry into the "Iron Blogger" contest -- I had actually drawn this up before last weekend, but didn't scan it in until today. Should help pass the time until Rudy and Meg post their Sci Fi-themed submissions tomorrow.
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BoC Presents: IRON BLOGGER
by Earl Sleek on Aug 30, 2010 8:09 AM PDT
123 comments
Over the past couple of months, my fellow bloggers Megalodon and Rudy Kelly have collaborated on a few posts: Patrick Marleau Facts parts one and two, their review of The Love Guru, and most recently, why every team will fail this season. It's been a very good pairing, but I guess with enough cooperation comes that competitive itch to somehow outdo each other. And since we're a blog that thrives on silly experimentation, they came up with this...
Hey,
Meg and I wanted to try something. We wanted to do a thing where the commenters give a writing prompt, hockey or otherwise, or a jumping off point for a blog entry, and then Meg and I would have 24 hours to post it and the commenters would vote on a winner. To keep it fair, though, we need your help to pick the idea and e-mail to us, that way we aren't looking at the ideas and coming up with a story before the clock starts. Then we'd both have the story saved and ready to be put up on the blog the next day and send you a copy to prove we didn't go over the time limit. Seems like it might be fun and get the comments going a little bit. What do you think?
Uh-oh... I like it. Cartoon!
Whose rambling will reign supreme?
So now the next step is up to you, readers. What topic or scenario will be the theme ingredient to this inaugural challenge? Be as silly or as specific as you'd like -- what do you want to read two contrary versions of in the near future? To keep things simple, let's make sure we only use one topic for both bloggers, not a separate one for each. And if you'd like to add any rules or anything, now's the time to do that, too.
Allez cuisine! Let the Battle of California commence.
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Sharks Mt. Puckmore
by Megalodon on Aug 29, 2010 1:59 PM PDT
32 comments
Puck Daddy's Sharks Mt. Puckmore has been posted. It matches my choices exactly so I don't have to write an article complaining about it. Life is good.
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