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Ducks Gameday -- Minimalism

Anaheim Ducks (6-8-3, 15 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (9-5-3, 21 pts), 4 pm
Wings at Winging It in Motown, The Triple Deke, and A2Y; Ducks at Anaheim Calling.

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Dammit.

Prediction: Busy day today -- may have to catch this one on late-night DVR.  Let's hope it's watchable.

Go Ducks.

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guess i wasnt patient enough this is a re-comment..but to add..love the cartoon…funny shit…oh and I like sourdough bread yum

chiming in on the community whore computer here

dont know what to say..were a bad team pretty much…ill continue to watch cuz i love hockey..but with my physical ailments almost at an end..i intend to destroy my liver to able to watch this debacle known as ducks hockey this year..i thought murray gave it a good gamble..and on paper we looked like a good team…but we came up craps i think…or were taking a crap or were eating crap..or i want a monkey to throw crap

well heres some positivity..the ducks somtimes al la philly game surprise us and play up to there compitietion..so we might see a decent game today

im gonna try my first beer today and see how my body reacts…ill toast our boys in white and tan or whatever u call that color our duckos wear….go ducks!! elbow holmstrom for good times sake…thats all i ask..give me somthing to smile about

Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 14, 2009 10:32 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

r..i thought murray gave it a good gamble..and on paper we looked like a good team…but we came up craps i think…or were taking a crap or were eating crap..or i want a monkey to throw crap

Yup — we’re all sorts of terrible, and it’s not working according to plan at all. Lately it’s the power play that’s killing them, but the PK could easily turn on the Ducks — they’ve demonstrated fragility in all sorts of areas.

Enjoy the beer, dude. First of many to come this season I’m sure.

And yeah, there may be some shenanigans tonight — Wings will probably wait until the game is won, though.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 10:38 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

yea its like im not mad…cuz it “could” have worked out…(only in nhl 10 now it seems) just bummed…kinda like when u lose in vegas…

not sure what now..other than maybe a coaching change could spark these guys..even though its there fault mostly…well c…im reading rumors of this and that person moving..somthing will happen..and give us somthing to talk about

Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 14, 2009 10:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

but we came up craps i think…or were taking a crap or were eating crap..or i want a monkey to throw crap

Vintage Spade, made me crap my pants… at some point, someone will tell their grandkids about you. Keep on keeping on, man. You beat the Sharks in the playoffs, and in some way, that’s all that will ever matter.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Nov 15, 2009 7:07 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fire Sale!!! Fire Sale!!!!

Just in time for Black Friday!!!!
Everything is half off!
You thought Jiggy would cost what? Slash that in half!!!
You want Scotty? Give us your best prospect, don’t even worry about that 1st you were going to throw in!!
Selanne? Koivu? There a package deal my friend!!!
You CAN be approved!!! Good credit, bad credit, or NO credit!!!!!!

Come on down to Bob Murrays Hondas at 2695 Katella Ave in Anaheim!!!

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Nov 14, 2009 10:44 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

haha

Ducks blow old goats right now but....GO DUCKS!!! for shits and giggles!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 14, 2009 10:51 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s like the old days of Burkie’s Bargains. :)

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 11:00 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Good credit, bad credit, or NO credit!!!!!!

Heh, even Phoenix is eligible, it seems.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 11:01 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I was going for the whole Cal Worthingtons Fords in Long Beach….except with Hayward being the pitchman, and also wearing a cowboy hat, oh and he makes this face….

BTW if any of you have seen Cal’s most recent commerical, at the end it shows him back in the day wrestling with a Tiger, BUT in my commercial Hayward would be wrestling with a microphone.

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Nov 14, 2009 11:06 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Flagged for inappropriate Hayward.

That grin makes me want to puke.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ahlers’ goatee sorta gives me the same reaction.

Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.

by brokenyard on Nov 14, 2009 11:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I cringe everytime I hear this mans voice on AM 830

He also has a vagina like ’stache.

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Nov 14, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

And the infamous Mus-vag is born!!!!

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Nov 14, 2009 11:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Officially going to haunt my dreams

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Nov 14, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Mostly because I’m not at the point in my life where I’ve seen a salt and pepper vag

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Nov 14, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It’s not the salt and pepper vag I worry about seeing, it’s one as thick and monstrous as that is.

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Nov 14, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

well, I mean, it looks like it could be a sex shop version of that singing bass fish, and generally masculine features (and growth that dominant) on a vagina are off-putting, but even were it properly trimmed and just at an angle, the salt and pepper would catch me offguard

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Nov 14, 2009 12:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

…aghhww..

Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.

by brokenyard on Nov 14, 2009 12:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh man, how did this not make George Parros’ list of favorite moustaches?

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by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 12:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry, Sorry!!!!

I actually love him, it is this man I despise!!!

Die in a fire, Dan Wood, die.

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Nov 14, 2009 11:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

He sounds like Jeff Bridges from The Fisher King, or maybe Starman, or — well, any Jeff Bridges role where he’s not entirely there, be it mental illness or extra-terrestrialism

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Nov 14, 2009 11:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This is the best. It does not get better than this.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Nov 15, 2009 7:08 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting to talk about it, but it’s not all bad news — the NHL has reinstated Henry Samueli as a full-privelege owner.

Here’s an old cartoon on that topic:

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 11:09 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Very funny.

I had not seen this cartoon. Have you released a coffee table book of these yet?

www.thetripledeke.blogspot.com

by TDTyler on Nov 14, 2009 11:15 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I’m thinking of publishing a State Rape flipbook, but the Ducks need to start winning some games first.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 11:20 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Detroit Redwings in the offseason…..

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Nov 14, 2009 12:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Sorry, but this picture reminded me of another picture that I just have to post

Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.

by brokenyard on Nov 15, 2009 9:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, won’t get to stick around for the full game, but did sneak home in time to see Detroit’s power play score. Forgot that’s what power plays are supposed to do.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 4:34 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

So based on what I’m seeing in this first period, when do you think the Ducks will apply to be an AHL club? We clearly don’t belong in this league.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 4:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Vomit. I don’t know if the Ducks could kill 30-second penalties, let alone 2 minutes.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 4:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Game seems over after the first period — I’d be shocked if the Ducks scored two goals tonight.

Now just to see if Getzlaf and Perry extend their points streaks to eleven games, and whether it gets pointed out that the Ducks probably should stop congratulating them for it — team’s won just three times over that span.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 4:49 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I’d be shocked if the Ducks scored two goals tonight.

Well, halfway wrong so far. Nice pass, Getzlaf (a.k.a. bad pass, Detroit).

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 5:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Now just to see if Getzlaf and Perry extend their points streaks to eleven games, and whether it gets pointed out that the Ducks probably should stop congratulating them for it — team’s won just three times over that span.

After the loss to Columbus, I started hoping that the streaks would be broken. Not only because individual accomplishments are fast becoming meaningless given the team’s situation, but also because after this season is over, I want to scrub my brain with bleach and never be reminded of it. But if Perry’s/Getzlaf’s streaks continue, then every time a future Duck puts together a little scoring streak, they’ll measure it up against what Perry/Getzlaf did in 09-10. And I’ll have to fight the urge to vomit every time.

by g r a c e on Nov 15, 2009 6:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

What’s all this Sleek activity? I thought this was a Sleek-V-R game?

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Nov 14, 2009 5:30 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

It was an iffy day — I was helping my roommate move out, but got my end done nearly in time for gametime.

Regrettably.

But I still have to run to a family dinner later — probably won’t see much third period until late night (if ever).

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Time for Plan C, I guess:

Ducks recall Kyle Calder.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 5:41 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

P- p- p- ower p- p- p- lay goal?

WTF? Game’s tied! Nice, B-Ry!

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 6:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Un-tied. Thanks, Parros/PK.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 6:05 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re-re-tied then re-un-tied. Ducks can lose this game all night, apparently.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Ducks suck — three times they tied the game up in the third period.

First time lasted 1:30. Second time lasted 2:44. Third time lasted 1:02.

I need to take quicker exhales of relief. Or probably, stop taking them at all.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 6:38 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Funny how this sounds from the other side. All of us are going “Fuck, we blew another lead.”

Hard one to take, Sleek. Sorry (maybe.)

www.thetripledeke.blogspot.com

by TDTyler on Nov 14, 2009 6:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, my Red Wings buddy tried to text me some consolation that started with “LOL”. I had to tell him Anaheim fans really don’t “LOL” about hockey any more.

Hard one to take, Sleek.

Getting easier to take by the day, actually. I’m downright expecting awfulness.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 14, 2009 6:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah one would be “LOL we’ll get em next time”

Now its “SHIT we have to play these guys again at some point”

Lol, just kidding. This post was a complete lie.

by brokenyard on Nov 15, 2009 9:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, shit the bed.

poll: which is worse, shitting in your own bed, or the Anaheim Ducks?

I was hoping for 5 or 6 points (realisticly only expecting 4) on this tough but important road trip. The most we can get now is 3 pts, and ending up with 1 being probable.

My frustration has led me to side with Sleek, this team is not NHL quality.

Its sad when your roomate ask “why are they playing so bad?”, and my answer is the same for every game, and I’ve said it countless times already this season, “the ducks suck bad.”

So while I still wear my orange and black and root for them every game….I just gotta say……..“Ducks suck.”

hooked on quack

by tu madre on Nov 15, 2009 8:16 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Minnesota gets to OT against the Hurricanes, meaning the Ducks have secured sole possession of 15th in the west. It’s our basement now.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 15, 2009 1:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Minnesota gets to OT against the Hurricanes, meaning the Ducks have secured sole possession of 15th in the west. It’s our basement now.

Man, this really sucks. Watching games has become painful. Seriously, what it is, is pretty much all of our pre season worries coming true. Everyone was worried that defense was going to suffer and it has. Defense for The Ducks is almost non existant and they are just playing like shit in the defensive zone. There was a play in the Red Wings game where three Ducks skated right past a puck that was left right in front of the net for Zetterberg to launch a shot at Hiller. One person, ok I can understand that. Two people, that’s a little stupid, but whatever. But three professional hockey players skating right by a puck, right in front of the net is pretty fucking abysmal. Of course that was just one of many abysmal mistakes made by the Ducks in the defensive zone that night. I also counted like 2-3 blatant turn overs by Ryan Getzlaf.

:Sigh: Here are my two videos for those two losses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiFKm6l5-vE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu80vwfXzGs
I’m on a movie trailer kick. The first one is a spoof on The Box and the second one is a recut of the Planes, Trains, & Automobiles trailer. I think Planes, Trains, & Automobiles is one of the best comedies ever made. That makes this trailer recut all the more funny.

Is it sad that I’m having trouble keeping up with the Ducks losses on the funny video front? I think so.

by JohnQPhats on Nov 16, 2009 8:29 AM PST up reply actions   1 recs

Is it sad that I’m having trouble keeping up with the Ducks losses on the funny video front? I think so.

Perhaps, but I really enjoyed today’s two entries. That second one is particularly awesome.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2009 8:41 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I always thought it was impressive that people could do that. I’ve also seen Titanic turned in to a horror. Wish I could find that one again.

by JohnQPhats on Nov 16, 2009 11:25 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

nice addition dude.

" I choose the box!" hahahaha

there is no gravity, the world just sucks.

by tu madre on Nov 16, 2009 9:22 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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