Ducks Gameday -- Hello, "Twenty Ten"!
by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 9:57 AM PST
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Well, seeing as it's the last day of the decade, I do have an old gripe to bring up, one that I assure you is quite unabashedly lame. You see, tonight around midnight a lot of people will be wishing off a year they call "Two Thousand Nine", and while the usage is quite common, it's still a term that drives me batty.
I guess I'm just a stickler to a convention that existed back when I grew up, in a decade we used to call "The Nineteen Eighties". Back then, we weren't silly; we never referred to it as "The One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighties", because the words we'd use to describe years had its own separate convention from the words we'd use to describe four-digit numbers. It was an incredibly convenient system for most everyone, and I thought for sure the tradition would last throughout my lifetime. And for the most part, that convention did hold strong, up until the waning moments of December 31, Nineteen Ninety-Nine.
Then all of a sudden it all went to shit -- the lazy man's "Two Thousand" became the dominant term. Never mind that everyone still said "Nineteen Hundred" for 100 years past and "Twenty-one Hundred" for 100 years in the future -- for a ten-year stretch, seemingly everyone dropped the convention that had served us so well in the past (and should serve very well in the future) and reverted back to number-talking. Fickle us.
But now I sense a revival -- with a new decade comes hope, and a good many people are already using the term "Twenty Ten" and returning to the year-speak tradition I grew up with. So tonight, if you feel like it, humor me -- instead of bidding farewell to "Two Thousand Nine", bid farewell to "Twenty-Oh-Nine" (or "Twenty-Aught-Nine", if so inclined). Or just make fun of me in the comments; your call.
Here's the cartoon I used last year -- yup, it still applies.
For Ducks fans, the past decade will be remembered mostly for its postseason glory -- the Sometimes-Mighty Ducks made the playoffs five times since 2000, and enjoyed a great deal of success once there. Over the past ten years, Anaheim has an impressive 49-28 postseason record (including an unreal 14-3 record in overtime games), plus has a nice symmetry to their five playoff appearances: one first-round exit, one second-round exit, one conference-finals-exit, one cup-finals-exit, and of course California's first Stanley Cup. That's paying your playoff dues.
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Yeah, I do care about the Olympics, but not in fucking December. Still, On the Forecheck has put together a nice listing of Olympians by NHL team; Ducks fans will get to see Selanne & Koivu on Finland, Niedermayer, Getzlaf, & Perry on Canada, Hiller & Sbisa on Switzerland, and probably Ryan & Whitney on USA. More on that in the new year, though.
Prediction: Woo hoo! No Hayward tonight -- I'll be watching via Center Ice. Um, Ducks 3, Stars 1. All goals by non-Olympians.
Go Ducks.
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I think I’m going to use this “Two Thousand Nine” complaint to describe you from now on.
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one first-round exit, one second-round exit, one conference-finals-exit, one cup-finals-exit, and of course California’s first Stanley Cup.
This is really interesting to me for some reason…
What’s not interesting is that it does leave an option for this season which isn’t listed above…(although it wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened this decade)
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Well, don’t fret, I think you mean the “miss the playoffs” option? Ducks did that in 2000-2002 and in 2004, but for Positivity’s sake I didn’t bother listing them.
And I guess there’s the Lockout option – Ducks did it all last decade.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 11:16 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
people will call it two thousand and ten, i think.
You have a valid point, but the whole gripe is pretty moot dude. Good luck to you anyway, you quirky ass choir-boy. hahaha
i fought the law..............and fuck.......the law won.
Oh, for sure there will be stragglers, but I think they’re already referring to “Vancouver Twenty-Ten”, so it’s coming around.
But who knows? I might be frustrated another decade. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 12:39 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Soooo…when you see “the year 2000”, you actually say “Twenty Oh Oh”?
Snerk.
Thanks to this website, I never have to pay for cheese anymore.
No to “Twenty Oh Oh” — SK’s got it right.
1800: Eighteen Hundred
1900: Nineteen Hundred
2000: Twenty Hundred
2100: Twenty-one Hundred
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BWAH HA HA
I mean, um…to each his own!
PS I’m still trying to get my Meat Train pics sent to me. My family just doesn’t understand my demented priorites. * teenage sigh *
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2000: Twenty Hundred
I’m sorry, that just sounds weird. Maybe I’m just so used to two thousand, but still.
Yeah, I agree. Even in the 1980’s, ppl called the year 1000, “one thousand.” “Twenty hundred” makes little sense to me. On the other hand, I am willing to be convinced on the “twenty ten” front.
Even in the 1980’s, ppl called the year 1000, "one thousand."
Did they? I’m not sure it ever came up in my childhood — wasn’t a terribly significant year.
Maybe if those slackers back then had done something notable. :)
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Well, a better example would be BC years, when dates are less precise. For example, you might read about the founding of Troy, which took place around 3000 BC.* Nobody would read that as “thirty hundred bee-cee,” right?
*Thank you, WIkipedia.
My theory: if they had called it “Thirty Hundred B.C.”, then maybe Troy would still be around. :)
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I am with you on this 1000% percent
Also in agreeing to the Twenty Ten and Eleven etc. business.
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Hiller & Sbisa on Switzerland…
Well, now maybe Sbisa is up in the air. From Bob McKenzie’s Twitter:
Sbisa’s injury is a torn ab/oblique muscle. Four weeks. Should be ready for Olympics but won’t have played a lot of hockey before then.
Oh well, shrug — at least that’s not a Ducks-affecting injury. And besides, I thought Sbisa was Italian anyways. :)
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I thought Sbisa was Italian anyways
no shit…didnt know he was swiss…guess i need to take back the provolone cheese i bought him and get him some chocolate yuck yuck
im back at my moms again with the king of ptown..so u might get a drunk spade again tonite
im scheuled for my tat saturday morning…so a pic will be forthcoming
lets hope for another solid effort by the duckos today…ok..im off to drink my first beer of the day
p.s.
ill call it what ever u want sleek baby…2010!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 31, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Be warned, Spade — you may have to watch on the internet tonight — it’s Center Ice only for me.
I don’t know much about internet feeds, though, so hopefully somebody helps out.
http://www.battleofcali.com/
You can check out this site around gametime. Scroll down til you find the right link. There may be options with better resolution at justin.tv or ustream.tv.
oh shit really..well we just turned on nhl 09…big kings bs ducks tournament…so might be a good think…ill turn on the radio
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Dec 31, 2009 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
haha. He’s said he’s very proud to be Swiss. Bet if he played for us this year, then he wouldn’t have been overworked into an injury.
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Dec 31, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
I cherish being
from a time in the beginning of the century. In the future, when I tell stories, I can sound extra old, and that’s the sort of pretension I can get behind.
“I remember when the Ducks won the Cup, sonny. That was, oh, let’s see . . . that was back in aught 7. Times were simpler then . . .”
by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Dec 31, 2009 2:33 PM PST reply actions
Heh. Throw in as many “aughts” as possible, if you can:
“And things really seemed in doubt when the Red Wings smoked the Ducks in G3 by a Five to Aught score. Pronger was suspended a game, Giguere looked flustered… But you know what, sonny? The Ducks won the next three games; Detroit won aught of them.”
:)
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Not to get off – on? – topic, but how on earth did this team produce (theoretically) nine olympians?
Who are you specifically questioning — I don’t really see anything shocking about the choices, probably what I would have guessed in the summertime.
Think Yzerman’s lost his marbles?
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No, that the group as a team wouldn’t make it as an olympic roster…because wearing Ducks jerseys that cant seem to get it done…
correct?
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I wouldn’t sweat it — I don’t think the Post-Pronger Curse applies to International Hockey, per the latest CBA.
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well screw the Canadian team…hell, I don’t even care about the US team…I care about the crap load of Olympians on our team together that aren’t shapping up
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Well, are you talking about the first two months of the year, or recently? Because lately I think our Olympians have generally been fine — much better than at the start of the year.
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Could just be me looking through Positivity-tinted lenses, though — plus the fact that I’ve deleted a few losses from my DVR without watching them.
But I dunno — I’m not nearly as down on them as I once was. I thought they played a great game Tuesday.
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But I dunno — I’m not nearly as down on them as I once was. I thought they played a great game Tuesday.
There’s been a lot of improvement. Like the beggining of the season when they would give up 20 shots on goal in one period. Yeah, not so much anymore.
I think even statistically, the numbers are there per individual.
Yeah, for sure — just taking a cursory look at results.
First 20 games, Ducks went 6-10-4 through regulation, were outscored by 11 goals, and outshot by 93 shots. They had a PK rate of 74.2% in those first 20.
In the last 19 games, the Ducks have gone 7-6-6 through regulation, have been outscored by only 2, and outshot by only 20 shots — about one per game. Ducks have had a PK rate of 84.4% in these last 19.
It’s coming around.
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Somewhat off topic again, but I thought that chart you put up about Perry/Getlzaf performance with and without leads was pretty interesting. They played great against Minnesota until they tried to go into a shell in the third and almost coughed up the lead – again.
Maybe you can’t play that aggressively at the NHL all the time (though I don’t see why not), but the more pressure we’re putting on the other team the less they can put on our defense, which covers up all manner of defensive zone sins. I don’t understand why Carlyle always seems inclined to take the foot off the gas.
Yeah, I need to look a bit more at how other lines do according to those metrics. I just ran a “leading” scenario for Joe Thornton plus Patrick Marleau, and apparently in “lead” scenarios they get outshot 33-18 at even-strength, so it may be quite common for even very good lines.
Something for future study, I guess.
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This list should represent who’s playing today, and I heard Hiller is starting.
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Well, it might be painful to sit through this “best of the Stars’ last decade” feature throughout tonight’s game, but I like Razor as a commenter about a thousand times more than Hazy.
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Anyone getting any of the free online
streams working?
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 5:08 PM PST reply actions
KOIIIIIIIVVUUUUUUUU!!!
OK, so much for that “Non-Olympians” crap in the prediction. So far it’s all Team Finland. :)
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Does the Ducks store usually carry
the Olympic merch for the players that make the team? Also, how do guys get numbered for the Olympics?
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 5:46 PM PST reply actions
Not sure, actually — I don’t frequent that store very much, but they might.
Also, how do guys get numbered for the Olympics?
Seniority, mostly. So I’ll take a look after the announcement, but Bobby Ryan probably doesn’t get to wear #9, especially if Modano gets a spot. Not exactly sure who else he’s up against for the number rights.
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Thanks for the info
I’m hoping to pick up my Bobby jersey before I get to Vancouver, but I’ll buy it there too if I must.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 5:58 PM PST up reply actions
The longer they wait
the more he’s gonna cost. They totally made a mistake by waiting and seeing how he’d do this season.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:01 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure — I still think he has a Getzlaf-Perry ceiling, and that’s what I would have signed him to before this season started.
We’ll see — I don’t want them negotiating at this point, though. Let the kid play.
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I do agree
that if they were going to do something in-season, it should have already been done.
Maybe they do something during the Olympic break?
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:04 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t mind waiting ‘til season’s done at this point — not sure his price changes significantly between now and then, unless he leads Anaheim to a cup or something. :)
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Boy wouldn't that be a nice
problem to have.
And hopefully he does want to continue to play here. He seems to like our strength and conditioning coach at least.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:07 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah, I’m not stressed — I think both sides know there’s a fair price there, and they’ll find it. Whether they want to guess at it now or have a bit better idea in early summer, I’d prefer the latter.
Why not wait to see what they set next year’s salary cap at, for example? Seems that could help dictate the market price.
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True
I just love the kid and want to see him stay here.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions
Mike Freaking Brown?
God I love that guy.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:00 PM PST reply actions
Huge stop by Hiller, on the comeback huge goal by Brown!
Hell yes.
Way to go, non-Olympian.
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Dude plays his ass off
He was so unfairly vilified on that hit to Hudler last year.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:03 PM PST up reply actions
1st one he thought the play was over
2nd one went off a team mate.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:09 PM PST up reply actions
That shot off the post
was really loud on the radio.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:11 PM PST reply actions
Well, that one was a more traditional goal — nothing Hiller could do, bad coverage by Whitney.
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That’d be a tough one to pull Hiller on — the only one he should have realistically stopped this period was the second Eriksson goal.
That Perry whiff really hurts. C’mon, dude.
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Well, even aside from sucky results, I’m not sold on Carlyle’s line juggling. I have no idea why Sexton was demoted, why Perry was promoted, and what it’s really accomplishing.
The Ducks played a really good game before the fall-apart; now they’ll have to figure another way to try to re-create it with new linemates.
I guess if there’s upside, it’s that the Ducks were down two goals after two periods last time they played Dallas, and that miraculously turned out OK. :|
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Well, it seems that Koivu-Sexton-Ryan is back intact, so I probably overreacted to a shift of two. Plus now Marchant’s apparently hurt or at least missing — that could have caused the switch-up right there.
Probably means a lot of ice time for Chipchura or Carter, except now Chipchura’s decided to fight Ott.
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Well, Perry draws another call — let’s hope there’s no shorty this time.
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Hmm, Boynton — I felt bad for you against Boogaard, but now you’re throwing horizontal punches the very next game?
Well, it is Ott — that does give you some leeway for sure.
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No “Give it up Whitney” on US roster…
Their chances have greatly increased already!
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Yeah, you won’t hear any Cotton Gin Olympic whining from my end. Anyways, I’d prefer more Ducks took the break off instead of playing national hero.
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