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Ducks Gameday -- OK, Fine... Positivity!

Anaheim Ducks (11-13-6, 15th in west) at Detroit Red Wings (14-11-5, 11th in west), 4:30 pm
Anaheim Calling - Winging It In Motown - Abel To Yzerman - The Triple Deke -- choose your own adventure.

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Aww, remember when this matchup was playoff-relevant?

Well, this is awkward -- two teams still sore at each other for last spring's second-round playoff series get another chance at G7 revenge -- except now with both teams sitting outside of playoff spots, it's also become two critical "catch-up" points for these once-playoff-mainstays.

I did have a good time watching the Ducks' last game at a bar with commenter/pal Gordon Bombay and another Ducks friend, and one thing that he impressed upon me was that I was being entirely too blog-despondent about the Ducks' 15th seed (and at that time, the 3-goal deficit) -- I needed to exhibit more Positivity!.  "After all," he pointed out, "the season's only about one-third done, and the Ducks are only eight points out of a playoff spot."  I had to look it up to verify, and was shocked to see that he was right -- I had just assumed that things were worse.  And after the comeback win Tuesday night, the gap has now even closed to seven standings points.

So yeah, Coach Bombay is right -- I have been too melodramatic about the whole start of the season.  It is high time I threw some Positivity! into these posts.  Who cares that the Ducks haven't won a road game in two months?

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Doin' the Positivity Shuffle!

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In the meantime, I think it's time for a BoC nickname discussion, based on rookie Dan Sexton's first two NHL goals and club-rookie-record 9 SOG, playing second-line minutes alongside Saku Koivu and Bobby Ryan.   I'm torn a bit on what to nickname the kid, because I do really like Spade's use of "Sex Monster", but I know plenty of people are already calling him "Big Sexy" (including his teammates), and that has plenty of appeal for me, too...

Side Sleek Story: When I'd come back home to SoCal during my college years, I had a deck of WCW / NWO-themed playing cards which some friends and I would use to play long-running games of late-night gin rummy.  In rummy, the valuable cards are normally 10s, face cards, and aces, but when we played with this deck, the 9s developed into somewhat of a legend, mostly because of the intensity of Big Sexy's glamor poses:

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Check out that nine of hearts glare.

Eventually, we got to the point where we'd surrender aces in the pile just to "protect a Sexy" in a hand, and when somebody got to lay down a set of Big Sexys, it was a real achievement.  So yeah, that's lame and stupid, but there it is -- it's the legendary card that comes to my mind when I hear the nickname "Big Sexy"...

Of course, with my habit of bad puns and assigning players with horrible nicknames, I can't help combining these three aspects that I know about the kid:

  1. His last name is Sexton.
  2. He plays the position of offensive forward.
  3. The Ducks are covered primarily by the Orange County Register.

Hence, here's my inappropriate suggestion; sorry if it sticks, kid.  Drumroll.....

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Proposed Nickname: Registered Sex Offender

Who's with me?  Offer your suggestions in the comments.

Prediction: Ducks win 10-5. Positivity!

Go Ducks.

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Registered Sex Offender

Okay…I haven’t laughed that hard in…I dont know how long!

PRICELESS!!!!!

because I do really like Spade’s use of “Sex Monster”

That’s MY name for the kid!

You can call me CK...Spade does. GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Dec 11, 2009 11:46 AM PST reply actions  

That’s MY name for the kid!

Shoot, you’re right, but Spade’s got it in his sig. That makes it extra compelling.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions  

hehe…yea i get lazy steal shit..sorry

anaheim ducks now feature the sex monster...lock up your daughters!!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 11, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions  

No worries — that’s not uncommon here at BoC. Hell, the blog name is stolen, too.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Borrowed from Battle of Alberta?

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Dec 11, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions  

You betcha. Battle of Ontario precedes this blog, too.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions  

Ah, thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. In a perfect world, maybe, but I think Big Sexy’s already stuck.

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by Bleys on Dec 11, 2009 11:47 AM PST via mobile reply actions  

For sure the “Registered” part is a stretch, but I could definitely see myself just going one day to “Sex Offender” — damn, I just know it’s going to slip in public, though.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 11:54 AM PST up reply actions  

I think it’s hilarious. I say go with it!

You can call me CK...Spade does. GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Dec 11, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions  

maybe Big Acne is more fitting.

by Mike in OC on Dec 11, 2009 3:21 PM PST up reply actions  

greeting fromt he community whore computer

well winning these 2 games in a row would really boost morale…heres hoping it happens.

i like the name…hmmm…i like all really

anaheim ducks now feature the sex monster...lock up your daughters!!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 11, 2009 12:44 PM PST reply actions  

play long-running games of late-night gin rummy

im the rummy master…you have offically been challenged by yours truly biiiiitch!!!

anaheim ducks now feature the sex monster...lock up your daughters!!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 11, 2009 12:45 PM PST reply actions  

Hard to scream it . . .

without shortening it to RSO, but I’m all for it. Wisniewski and Stephens took all the fun and novelty out of Big Sexy for me. When I read Stephens using it, it was like my mom friend-requesting me on Facebook.

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Dec 11, 2009 12:47 PM PST reply actions  

Yeah, it’s definitely been deflated a bit by acceptability. Still, I think I could say “Way to go, sex offender!” without too much effort, and then of course immediately regret it.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions  

My friend feels the same way…but that’s just because she gave the name to Lupul (for different reasons as you know)

But what really seals the RSO name is that he totally looks like he’d qualify for the name in that picture you used, Sleek. It’s perfect.

You can call me CK...Spade does. GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Dec 11, 2009 1:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Yay! I’m happy to see the Positivity back in effect. BoC just isn’t the same about it.

Regarding the nickname, though, I’m afraid that Randy Jones has had the market cornered for sex offending California NHL players since Oct 29, 2009. Try again guys…

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Dec 11, 2009 1:00 PM PST reply actions  

I’m not sure if Randy Jones is registered, though — it’s just more that it’s common knowledge.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m still rolling around with the “Randy Jones, Sexual Predator,” thing, but I’m pretty sure he’s going to be more of a Wooderson/Ben Affleck in “Mallrats” type sexual predator than a pedophile or straight up rapist.

The West Coast is the Best Coast.

by RudyKelly on Dec 11, 2009 1:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Joe Corvo just feels so forgotten right now.

When I'm not battling in California:
Cycle Like The Sedins

by jamestobrien on Dec 11, 2009 9:02 PM PST up reply actions  

While we’re on a nickname kick…

My roommate has been calling him “big disappointment”…of course Lupul showed him by scoring goals 3 straight games, but sitting in the press box AGAIN doesn’t really help his case much.

You can call me CK...Spade does. GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Dec 11, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions  

I’m not that disappointed with Loops, personally. He has been better and more versatile than I’d expected on most playing nights.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 3:22 PM PST up reply actions  

playing nights.

It would be nice to have more of those right now…

You can call me CK...Spade does. GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Dec 11, 2009 3:25 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, can’t blame the guy for injuries. He’d play if he could, I’m sure.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 3:27 PM PST up reply actions  

yea, I know.

It was really great seeing him play the way he had been for these past few games. THAT guy is hardly a disappointment.

You can call me CK...Spade does. GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Dec 11, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions  

I have nothing to contribute to the conversation. However...

I figured since this isn’t hockey related, I wouldn’t make a fanshot out of it, but I was driving behind this car today:

It was funny.

Because I use mouthwash. And sometimes, I floss.

by brokenyard on Dec 11, 2009 4:25 PM PST reply actions  

irvine?

I deliver high-quality H2O

by The Waterboy on Dec 11, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions  

I suspect so. The giveaway is that he’s at a red light.

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 4:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Yep, good guesses.

Because I use mouthwash. And sometimes, I floss.

by brokenyard on Dec 11, 2009 8:44 PM PST up reply actions  

I think Wisniewski is more of a round 3M salary figure when you factor in x-rays.

“They called me Mr. Glass!!!”

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Dec 11, 2009 5:12 PM PST reply actions  

What a great pass from Sexton to Koivu there!

2009-10 Kings Hockey: Delivering Milk Steaks from the Meat Train at an arena near you!

by DodgerBlueBalls on Dec 11, 2009 5:52 PM PST reply actions  

Woohoo! Way to add insult to injury!!

by g r a c e on Dec 11, 2009 5:52 PM PST reply actions  

I did yell out REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER when he scored that goal…it just rolled right off my tongue! :)

You can call me CK...Spade does. GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Dec 11, 2009 6:23 PM PST reply actions  

I’ve seen this third period before. Can we have another?

by g r a c e on Dec 11, 2009 6:40 PM PST reply actions  

Well, that was awful on a lot of levels. What’s it going to take to win on the road?

by g r a c e on Dec 11, 2009 7:12 PM PST reply actions  

Less than 10 minor penalties would be in the right direction.

Because I use mouthwash. And sometimes, I floss.

by brokenyard on Dec 11, 2009 8:46 PM PST up reply actions  

I blame myself — I had to go to a dinner with my folks and opted out of the Hiller shirt.

What’s it going to take to win on the road?

We’ll find out tomorrow — positivity is unshaken!

http://www.battleofcali.com/

by Earl Sleek on Dec 11, 2009 9:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, that was awful on a lot of levels. What’s it going to take to win on the road?

Another OTL means the Ducks are chasing the Stars in the standings AND the most OTLs!! One point at a time is a slow way to get through the season…

Sleek, if only you could have seen the look on your face with the whole 1/3 and 8 pts thing….“hmmm…all the words I’m hearing are English, but what he’s saying is unpossible.”

by GordonBombay on Dec 11, 2009 11:27 PM PST reply actions  

Sorry this is late. Going to try something different today. This is the ending scene from The Scent of a Woman. Pacino is fucking amazing in this scene. There are some funny parts in this but it’s mainly just an awesome bit of acting. If you havn’t seen The Scent of a Woman, skip this link and rent the movie. It’s a great flick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4p9BQ3V9o

by JohnQPhats on Dec 14, 2009 9:27 AM PST reply actions  

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