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.
* * *
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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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 10:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it is sort of funny that I get pissed about how people pronounce the year, but then don’t really give a shit when it comes to Olympic announcements and the whining thereafter.
Priorities! :)
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 10:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 11:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Looks like no Getzlaf again tonight
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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 12:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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
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by tu madre on Dec 31, 2009 12:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
2011 at earliest for “Twenty-” as a prefix
Because I use mouthwash. And sometimes, I floss.
by brokenyard on Jan 2, 2010 8:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Soooo…when you see “the year 2000”, you actually say “Twenty Oh Oh”?
Snerk.
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by Niesy on Dec 31, 2009 12:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Never mind that everyone still said “Nineteen Hundred” for 100 years past and “Twenty-one Hundred” for 100 years in the future
Right, and will it be “Twenty Hundred”?
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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 12:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 12:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Niesy on Dec 31, 2009 1:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it’s a fool’s errand for sure, but hey — I’m pot-committed now. :)
Whenever Meat Train evidence arrives is cool — he’ll still be sporting Kings colors for the foreseeable future, I’m sure.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 1:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
2000: Twenty Hundred
I’m sorry, that just sounds weird. Maybe I’m just so used to two thousand, but still.
by JohnQPhats on Dec 31, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 2:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 2:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 2:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My theory: if they had called it “Thirty Hundred B.C.”, then maybe Troy would still be around. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 2:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, you really are pot-committed.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 2:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Take it up with Homer.
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by Niesy on Dec 31, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I am with you on this 1000% percent
Also in agreeing to the Twenty Ten and Eleven etc. business.
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by Niesy on Dec 31, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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.
Yeah twenty ten works for me. I’ll go along with that.
by JohnQPhats on Dec 31, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 2:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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
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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 0 recs
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.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 2:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone have any luck finding a stream? I can’t seem to find one.
by JohnQPhats on Dec 31, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bleh, you people are my only outlet. Keep me updated. =)
by JohnQPhats on Dec 31, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
I think he said that he was born in Italy, but grew up in Switzerland, went to their schools yada yada…
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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Also if he stayed Italian I’d imagine he’d be tougher.
New Year’s Resolution: cut down on the stereotypes, Sleek!
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Ducks won game 5 even though Detroit aught to have…
Oh wait…wrong “aught”
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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not to get off – on? – topic, but how on earth did this team produce (theoretically) nine olympians?
by GOOLIAN on Dec 31, 2009 2:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 2:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, except I wouldn’t have guessed Sbisa, obviously — unless Italy iced a team.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 3:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
on paper we are bad ass, on the ice we are ass bad.
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by tu madre on Dec 31, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 3:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
um, yea…better.
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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 3:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 3:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Most definitely.
In fact I think because they didn’t have 2 of their Olympians and still played a decent game says a lot about the “progress” too.
Of course now that we’ve said that…
nevermind.
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by SK eleven on Dec 31, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
how on earth did this team produce (theoretically) nine olympians?
They’re all collectively underachieving like champions?
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by Niesy on Dec 31, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by JohnQPhats on Dec 31, 2009 3:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It’s coming around.
It might be a little late for a good playoff run, but it’s promising all the same. As far as the olympics go, I wasn’t surprised by who they picked either. Like I said above, the stats per individual are there. Getz and Perry are both in the top twenty for points.
by JohnQPhats on Dec 31, 2009 3:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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.
by GOOLIAN on Dec 31, 2009 3:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 3:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone catch the scratches?
i missed it
by Kducker on Dec 31, 2009 5:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This list should represent who’s playing today, and I heard Hiller is starting.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like Parros comes in, and Artyukhin comes out from the last game’s lineup.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I like Razor as a commenter about a thousand times more than Hazy.
Definitely.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 5:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone getting any of the free online
streams working?
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 5:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully somebody does — sorry, I’m rotten at this stuff.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, can’t help you, I’m watching via GameCenter Live. I wouldn’t give up on the free streams just yet — sometimes it takes a few minutes for them to start up.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 5:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty solid grappling match between former Duck Sutherby and current Duck Brown. Nearly a full-fledged fight.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Damn — that shorty sure sucked.
Not the right play, Whitney, though it’s tough to fully blame him — weird play.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And I’m not sure why Chipchura couldn’t bury that Turco gift. Grr!
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, because it was Carter. Oops.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Huge save there on Ott, Hiller.
Still, I mostly like what I’m seeing tonight — the couple chances against are scary but limited, and Turco’s been hurried quite a bit. Keep charging, boys.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hahahaha, Razor! “Couldn’t get it up!”
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 5:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Haha, “the ugliest mask in the National Hockey League”.
Go back to the Disney logo, Hiller. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh, Hiller’s mask does draw a lot of comments from opponents’ analysts. I wish Bryz had left his old one behind — the one with Scrooge McDuck, Darkwing Duck, etc.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 5:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Positivity! Now it’s time for our shorty!
(I hope)
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wow, great saves, some by Hiller, one by the post!
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 5:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Scary for us ever since, though — thank god Wisniewski seems to be deflecting wide tonight.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
KOIIIIIIIVVUUUUUUUU!!!
OK, so much for that “Non-Olympians” crap in the prediction. So far it’s all Team Finland. :)
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
How awesome is that New Top Line?
And how many scary chances are the Stars going to get ??
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A much, much better PK there — a good way to end the first.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:40 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 5:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Mike Freaking Brown?
God I love that guy.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Huge stop by Hiller, on the comeback huge goal by Brown!
Hell yes.
Way to go, non-Olympian.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Hrmph — a bit of a giveup there after the penalty on Brookbank, and a bit of luck by Loui Eriksson.
Tie game.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
DAMN. All those brilliant saves, then this??
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 6:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Then this. Ouch.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
what is going on with hiller?!
30 seconds apart
by Kducker on Dec 31, 2009 6:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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 0 recs
Well, the second one was Boynton getting a case of the Wisniewskis.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That shot off the post
was really loud on the radio.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Even took a review, but it was clearly just another post-and-out.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm done
Time to beat Uncharted 2.
by PhantomPretender on Dec 31, 2009 6:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, that one was a more traditional goal — nothing Hiller could do, bad coverage by Whitney.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Whitney’s a -3 on the eve of the US announcement. Maybe Burke’s not watching TV.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That Perry whiff really hurts. C’mon, dude.
No kidding! It would it be sooo nice to get one back before the end of this period.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 6:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dunno — Carlyle’s replaced Sex Offender with Perry this last shift, but now the line seems to have lost energy.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh man, Perry’s going through a bit of a drought? Missed on that chance.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 6:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
One thing you notice when playing the Stars — their pointmen shoot the puck a LOT.
Wish our guys would pay attention to how scrambly that makes us.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone remember who/what we got for Sutherby
by Kducker on Dec 31, 2009 6:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
14-Dec-08 Dallas Stars traded David McIntyre and a conditional 2010 sixth-round draft pick to the Anaheim Ducks for Brian Sutherby.
So, not much — not sure what the condition would be, nor what I’d expect from a sixth-rounder anyways.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hhaahaaha i am not so great at the reply concept
sorry
by Kducker on Dec 31, 2009 6:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No worries — doesn’t matter hugely in a running commentary like this.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Let’s start a fund to bribe the scheduling gods so that the Ducks never have to play in Dallas again.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 6:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 7:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry if anyone’s been relying on me for commentary — I took a long second intermission there.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 6:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Well, Perry draws another call — let’s hope there’s no shorty this time.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 7:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Best chance went to Dallas again on that power play. OK, Getzlaf, you can get well now.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 7:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Please come back soon, Getzlaf! And bring Perry’s scoring touch back with you.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 7:15 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wisniewski restores his deflector title back from Boynton — rough night for Hiller help for sure.
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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 7:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
God, I hate that man’s ugly stupid face.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 7:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Dec 31, 2009 7:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I say that all’s fair when it comes to that guy.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 7:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, good riddance to two thousand nine. Let’s hope for a better twenty ten.
by g r a c e on Dec 31, 2009 7:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
No “Give it up Whitney” on US roster…
Their chances have greatly increased already!
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by SK eleven on Jan 1, 2010 1:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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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by Earl Sleek on Jan 2, 2010 11:10 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
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San Jose
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71 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 96 |
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Los Angeles
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70 | 41 | 24 | 5 | 87 |
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Dallas
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71 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 75 |
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Anaheim
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