BoC Gameday: The Best Players To Play For The Kings & Ducks, 10-6
by RudyKelly on Nov 16, 2011 6:00 AM PST
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Earl and I combined our forces for the next 2 days to bring you the best players to ever don both a Kings and Ducks jersey in the NHL. It was an exhaustive process that I'll share with you now:
Me: Hey Earl, wanna do a post together?
Earl: Sure. What is it about?
Me: Guys who played for the Ducks & Kings.
Earl: OK, let's both make a list and compare in a bit.
Later...
Earl: Here's my list.
Me: Huh? Oh, right. Hey, look at that, we have the same list!
Earl: You didn't make a list, did you?
Me: ...No.
WIthout further ado, I give you the 10 best players to don both a Kings and Ducks jersey!
10. Warren Rychel
Rudy: It's weird how much I loved Warren Rychel when I was a kid but if he played for the Kings now I'd fucking hate him. Ah who am I kidding, I can't hate a 6'0" guy who fought Stu Grimson, Marty McSorley, Rob Ray, Nick Kypreos, Bryan Marchment, Doug Houda and Jay Wells in his career! I can't remember but I'm assuming he lost all those fights.
Also, you might be interested to know that Warren Rychel is currently the co-owner and general manager of the Windsor Spitfires. He also looks like the love child of Peter Forsberg and fat Val Kilmer.
Earl: To tell the truth, Rychel wasn't on my first draft of the 10 best King-Ducks, for mainly two reasons. One, I barely remember him as a King, and two, I barely remember him as a Mighty Duck, also. But hey -- Hockey Reference says he's a good fit. He was on the first-ever Anaheim team to qualify for the playoffs, he played on the Kings' Stanley Cup Finals team, and his four highest-scoring seasons of his career came in Southern California (don't get too amazed; his best season was 19 points). But points weren't really Rychel's measuring stick -- he also compiled over 1,000 PIMs for the Kings and the Ducks, and that's some solid snarl.
9. Oleg Tverdovsky
Earl: Oleg Tverdovsky had two pretty solid stints playing in Anaheim and one fairly lousy year in Los Angeles -- the main reason he's not ranked higher is because he never succeeded as a King (see also: Dustin Penner). But he was an excellent talent, and in the height of his career he was a show-stopper, somebody you could mention in the same breath with Kariya and Selanne.
Of course, Tverdovsky's biggest contributions to the Ducks came in his trade returns -- the first time he was traded away, the Mighty Ducks landed a Finnish winger named Teemu Selanne, and that's worked out pretty well. The second time he brought the Ducks Petr Sykora and the pieces that would later land Rob Niedermayer, which of course had its own excellent payoff. Oleg did end up winning a Cup against Anaheim, but it's tough to stay too mad at the guy who did fetch us our Finnish Flash.
Rudy: He was on the Kings? Huh. The more you know.
8. George Parros & Stu Grimson (tie)
Rudy: 2 gentleman pugilists and probably the 2 most beloved hockey players in Southern California. Parros is awesome because he is goofy and can only throw 2 punches before falling down while Grimson is awesome because he's an evangelical Christian lawyer who in a past life used to beat the fuck out of people. Read that again. Here's my favorite Grimson fight in a Kings jersey and I imagine you already know which one it is:
Also, here's Grimson fighting Marty McSorley back when Stu was a Hawk and Marty was a King
FUCK. YES.
As an aside, I want to hang out with guys named Stu & George. We'd drive T-birds and break into the girls' locker room, it'd be awesome.
Earl: Two punch-throwers get to share a spot, and I think it's fitting -- I really can't solidly decide who really belongs higher than the other. Because they both owned the enforcer spot very well for both the Kings and the Ducks, with dignity and charm, and especially for newer SoCal fans, that sort of gentleman-enforcer icon is important. Both the Grim Reaper and the Moustache have earned way more SoCal fans than they probably deserve, but they did it the right way -- by being likeable individuals who could throw a mean punch when called upon.
Both the Kings and Ducks have gone through some tough seasons where as a fan, the only highlight you'd get on some nights might be a fight. Thanks to both Grimson and Parros for those woeful nights when they finally gave us something to cheer for.
7. Dan Bylsma
Earl: That's right, before he was a Stanley Cup and Jack Adams winning coach, Dan Bylsma was a King and a Duck (in fact, he never played for any other NHL franchise), and he was a very solid non-scorer. What always struck me about Bylsma, whether he was on fourth-line even-strength duty or a forward on the penalty kill, was that he consistently made smart and safe plays -- not plays that would make their way into the opponent's net, but he would keep the puck pretty effectively away from his own net.
And that was important, especially in the 2003 playoffs. After two rounds of upsets (Ducks sweeping the Wings then ousting the Stars), bottom-six winger Patric Kjellberg shocked a lot of hockey fans by arbitrarily deciding his season was finished; he abruptly left the team and went back to Sweden. After sitting two rounds, Bylsma was thrust into the playing lineup, and while he would only contribute one assist in the final two rounds, he was never a minus player in any of those playoff games, and ended with an impressive +3. Solid, solid guy.
Rudy: Bylsma is a cautionary tale against hating the marginal role players on your team. He's also the reason I'm going to feel like a real asshole when Brian Willsie leads the Quebec Coyotes to the Stanley Cup over Los Reyes de Los Angeles in 2019.
6. Jason Blake
Rudy: Let's track Jason Blake's career:
-He was happy on the Kings but then he
-got traded to the Islanders where he found some success, but then he couldn't reach an agreement with them and
-signed with the Maple Leafs, where he had an OK first season but then he
-got cancer, which he managed to beat but then
-got traded to the Ducks, which is worse than getting cancer somehow but he still managed to be decent until he
-got his forearm sliced open.
He's like a modern day Candide. Just go cultivate your garden, man, it's not worth it.
Earl: It's very easy to underappreciate the Rat -- his cap salary is too high, he can't shoot at the corners of the net, he isn't a stellar passer, and he doesn't hit anybody. But this season's Ducks have won 2 of 3 games with Blake and have only won 4 of 14 games without him -- he is still a valuable contributor, night-in and night-out Anaheim’s best hustler.
For the Ducks, he has mostly found his niche on Selanne’s opposite wing, and it’s a good fit. Selanne doesn’t do a ton of "dirty work" around the boards or in the defensive zone, and the Rat is more than willing to fill that gap. He frees and chips pucks with admirable determination, and his speed away from the puck gives Teemu a little more room to operate offensively. It will always remain a mystery how Jason Blake ever scored 40 goals on the Island – he’ll never come close to that again – but he is still a useful hustler. Go Rat!
Prediction: Fans of the two teams fight over who hates their team more.
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Do you think that, rather than getting angry, opposing goalies on whom The Moustache scores fall into deep depression? Or overwhelming embarrassment – the kind where they question life decisions?
I always feel a little bad for the goalies when the light goes on behind them and they realize that Parros just beat them.
by GordonBombay on Nov 16, 2011 6:45 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Here’s the best cartoon you’ll ever see (sorry Earl, you’ve been bested):
You tell ’em, Thomas Nast!
by RudyKelly on Nov 16, 2011 7:05 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Ugh. I wish I could un-know some of the stuff I’ve read about that
by GordonBombay on Nov 16, 2011 9:37 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You wouldn’t be talking about the rhythmic slap slap slap sound that McQueary allegedly overheard in the shower that Bob Costas asked about, would you?
"What if I picked the wrong religion? All I'm doing is getting God madder and madder at me." — Homer Simpson
Okay here is me going on my high horse again – this situation just shows again how people don’t want to see. Plain and simple.
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Oh geez, the guy was having sex with horses too?
by GordonBombay on Nov 16, 2011 4:01 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Who’s starting tonight? Hiller/Quick?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
This is not about your fantasy hockey!!
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YES IT IS
I have Quick/Bernier/Hiller so I need to know who is playing which game of the B2B. Also, if both games could be 0-0 ties decided in the shootout that would be super, thanks, because all these guys have sucked since Quick put up 3 SOs in one week/ all year (for Hiller)
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
The Ducks will do their darnedest to score zero goals tonight.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2011 9:02 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
They won’t even have to try that hard…it’ll be awesome.
GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Nov 16, 2011 9:08 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
you heathens!!..I already did a series of fanposts about this already!!..I shall slay both of you!
Niles: You'll see who feels foolish when I'm sitting on a mechanical bull sipping champagne.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 16, 2011 8:02 AM PST reply actions
We each deserve a Selke Trophy for that takeaway…
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2011 9:00 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Nov 16, 2011 9:40 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Only if it falls on a shitting bear.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Nov 16, 2011 7:59 PM PST up reply actions
No, it just makes a fanpost.
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you heathens!!..I already did a series of fanposts about this already!!..I shall slay both of you!
Consider ours the English translation of your post.
by RudyKelly on Nov 16, 2011 11:03 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
ill take that…i just wanted a mention sniffle or a “i know spade did some fanposts on this awhile back but who reads fanposts”? or somthing would have sufficed
Niles: You'll see who feels foolish when I'm sitting on a mechanical bull sipping champagne.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 16, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
I remembered, Buddy. *gently punches shoulder
by meetyourmako on Nov 16, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
sniffle
Niles: You'll see who feels foolish when I'm sitting on a mechanical bull sipping champagne.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 16, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
I’ll read any fanpost that isn’t about stupid shit like scoring chances.
I remembered too, Spade!
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Nov 16, 2011 8:00 PM PST up reply actions
If you were missing a foot, would you still wear socks? No? So why do you wear a bra? :)
by Dixie Normus on Nov 16, 2011 5:00 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I’d wear the other sock on my cock. And it’s called a mansierre.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Nov 16, 2011 8:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
...
step 1) change team name to LA Czar
step 2) get LA Czar Vineyard to your sponcer
step 3) enjoy the free wine!
(step 4 – send bottle of that stuff to me)
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Dry Creek Valley is in Sonoma.
And judging by the crowd at Staples, I’d say they’re more into Jäger shots in plastic cups.
Picklesnakebit since 2011.
@shampeon
so not close to la?
not sure which disturbs me more, jäger shots or plastic cups
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
I get very galled when they serve my merlot in plastic cups!
Niles: You'll see who feels foolish when I'm sitting on a mechanical bull sipping champagne.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 16, 2011 2:21 PM PST up reply actions
But very excited when it’s poured from a cardboard box?
by GordonBombay on Nov 16, 2011 3:55 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Sonoma county is like 100 miles north of san francisco
by lnickerson88 on Nov 17, 2011 2:14 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
The BoC fantasy recap I hope to have up by tonight.
Its taking me a lot longer than I thought because I am putting a lot of effort into it and really changing things up (I didn’t even use the template Earl gave me)
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
Good job Giants, now win 3 more world series titles and then you just might be worthy of being mentioned in the same league as the A's.
THAT IS NABOKOV IN NET NOT NITTYMAKISHUTUP!!!!!!!!!!
San Jose: Being Kept save from ferocious enemies by the Sharks and Earthquakes since 91 and 96.
That’s the BoC spirit!
(Procrastination, not exceptional effort.) :)
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2011 12:00 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
really changing things up
That’s sounds impressive. May I suggest that your unorthodox fantasy league update features an omission of the league standings at this time?
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 16, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You aren’t doing so well huh? (I say that without knowing how well you are or are not doing)
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Yep. It must be all those Jäger Shots out of plastic cups clouding my fantasy hockey judgement these days.
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 16, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
an omission of the league standings
Second.
President of the Brent Burns Robotic Sex-Pants Fan Club.
Battle of California
3rd
Niles: You'll see who feels foolish when I'm sitting on a mechanical bull sipping champagne.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 16, 2011 2:22 PM PST up reply actions
4th…just so happens im 4th from the bottom
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Good news, everyone.
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He's fancy. He'll go glove.
by brokenyard on Nov 16, 2011 1:48 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Just call them funnels already
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
Why?
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
why not?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
The Fantasy report is up now!
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
Good job Giants, now win 3 more world series titles and then you just might be worthy of being mentioned in the same league as the A's.
THAT IS NABOKOV IN NET NOT NITTYMAKISHUTUP!!!!!!!!!!
San Jose: Being Kept save from ferocious enemies by the Sharks and Earthquakes since 91 and 96.
Is it December yet?
Maybe the ducks are a monthly rotated playing chart, one month good, one month bad.
Go month go.
Let's go Ducks.
One month mediocre, next month worse.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2011 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Jim Fox? C’mon now it doesn’t get much worse than that
by Dixie Normus on Nov 16, 2011 7:34 PM PST up reply actions
You gotta love his rhythm:
Both teams (beat) wanna score more goals.
I wonder if he talks like that in real life.
Winner of the 2011 Battle of California!...Playoff Pool.
If the Ducks had been called for that tripping penalty with 3 minutes left while up by 1 goal Hayward would have gone fucking ape shit.
I don’t get it – Hayward wasn’t even broadcasting tonight and yet people here seem to be annoyed at what they think he’d say.
It’s like you’re watching a cat use a litter box and saying
“Goddamn it!”
“What?”
“If that had been a dog, there’d be shit all over the carpet right now!”
You’re getting mad at your own imagination.
He's fancy. He'll go glove.
Me: Hey guys, I don’t think we should Jerry Sandusky babysit our kids. think he’d molest them and-
brokenyard: I don’t get it- Sandusky hasn’t even babysat those kids and yet people here seem to be annoyed at what they think he’d do.
Way to support child rape, brokenyard. I hope you’re proud of yourself.
Go no 3 pts!
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Short of a massive tornado tearing apart LA, either that or the Ducks.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Foster’s kind of new — he doesn’t no about Anaheim’s “no first period shots” policy.
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Long day?
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Nov 16, 2011 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
Drink tower!
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Nov 16, 2011 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
I know, that Kings powerplay i something else
by Dixie Normus on Nov 16, 2011 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe he needs to catch the flu or something.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
This reminds me of one of the choir songs Earl posted a few years ago: How long, oh Ducks, will you stink to high heaven?
Winner of the 2011 Battle of California!...Playoff Pool.
If they’re not going to fire Carlyle, they should at least insist he dress up in clown makeup so at least he could do some antics around his ineptitude.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2011 8:47 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
im all for this..just saying
Niles: You'll see who feels foolish when I'm sitting on a mechanical bull sipping champagne.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 17, 2011 5:06 AM PST up reply actions
5-on-4s are getting old. They wanted to spice it up.
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Spiced.
Everyone hates Hiller.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2011 8:49 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Well it was bound to happen.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Dickie!
Right after I pulled my Jambalaya Dogs of the grill, Mike Richards puts one home. I will credit my superior and lucky culinary skills.
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 16, 2011 8:50 PM PST reply actions
*off the grill
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 16, 2011 8:50 PM PST up reply actions
Do you think Randy would be willing to accept a job as my personal dishwasher/prep cook after Barstool gives him the boot?
"We will come with our guns blazing, and we just blazed." - Tim Leiweke
by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 16, 2011 8:52 PM PST up reply actions
You’d starve to death, but he’d do it.
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by Earl Sleek on Nov 16, 2011 8:54 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Jambalaya Dogs?
whats this? i love Jambalaya…youll have to explain…i want to try
Niles: You'll see who feels foolish when I'm sitting on a mechanical bull sipping champagne.
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Nov 17, 2011 5:07 AM PST up reply actions
I say Selanne & Hiller should go on strike until the rest of the team decides they want to play as well.
Then again … :)
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Kopitar talks with no emotion.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Raccoons are pretty stoic folk.
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by g r a c e on Nov 16, 2011 9:00 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe our next coach should be an actual in-the-flesh duck. I’m willing to try a lot of things.
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How bout you go back to your Mighty ways and make it Donald Duck – you know he would be throwing a fit at the players. :)
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Maybe Cousin It would be a proper Carlyle replacement seeing as how Getzlaf has a fear of hair
by Dixie Normus on Nov 16, 2011 9:26 PM PST up reply actions
The co-pilot kind of looks like a young Doug MacLean
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by DodgerBlueBalls on Nov 16, 2011 9:04 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure how they missed that.
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"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Hiller doesn’t look to be in a hurry to head into the locker room. Perhaps he doesnt’ want to make eye contact with his team.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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It could be, if his best translation was “diarrhea.”
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Nov 16, 2011 9:13 PM PST up reply actions
Is it too early to bring in Scott Niedermayer as a coach? If I were a player, I’d do anything for him. Hell, I’d do anything for him now.
Winner of the 2011 Battle of California!...Playoff Pool.
holy cow – not sure what happened to Vancouver. End of 2nd it was Hawks 2 – Canucks 1. Now with 3 minutes left in the 3rd, it’s 5 – 1 Hawks.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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I’m confused too. How the fuck did Carlyle get up there so fast to coach the Nucks?
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Semi is going to be none too happy with you letting him loose up there.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
uh what?
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
I’m so torn about this power play. If the Ducks score, Carlyle might keep his job!
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He’s keeping his job regardless.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Okay remember – no 3 pts!
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Freeway face-off?? hahahahaha!!
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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As opposed to the No One Gives A Shit series the Sharks take part in with every team in the NHL.
by RudyKelly on Nov 16, 2011 9:54 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah that was a shit series we had with the Kings last season :)
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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by Angy on Nov 16, 2011 9:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah because there’s a freeway between the two cities AND face-off as in hockey face-off.. Get it? :)
by Dixie Normus on Nov 16, 2011 9:54 PM PST up reply actions
Yes I do know that. They should also point out that you could be on the freeway for hours! :)
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Sure, and when they have a Bay Area baseball series they should point out that people can drown in a bay.
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Yeah I wish those coming over this way would … :)
/okay that’s mean.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
You’re closer. How bout you drown first.
by lnickerson88 on Nov 17, 2011 2:22 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Haha, JMFJ’s face makes me laugh.
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by g r a c e on Nov 16, 2011 9:54 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Oh dammit you guys!!
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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Well someone needs to score and end this in regulation. I don’t think I’m asking much.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
You are asking that nobody give points to a fourteenth place team. For some unknown reason.
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Eventually all these points add up.
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You have more faith in the Ducks than we do.
Winner of the 2011 Battle of California!...Playoff Pool.
They always make it in.
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Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin (see profile for more info on this quote)
Ah well, it was nice to get a standings point.
(No way in hell they’ll win the shootout.)
Winner of the 2011 Battle of California!...Playoff Pool.
Foster? Really? What the fuck was he thinking?
by Dixie Normus on Nov 16, 2011 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
’Bout fucking time.
I want to be mad at Hiller, but… I just can’t. He’s too good. Right-handed catchers for life!
Ya happy now Earl?
earlsleek
I’m so torn about this third period. If the Ducks score, Carlyle might keep his job!
First of all, nobody's ever thought that. Ever.
You're more than welcome to #Occupymybed
This is still better (or worse)
First of all, nobody's ever thought that. Ever.
You're more than welcome to #Occupymybed
Omg if that happened to Thornton in real life I would dance a fucking jig. My least favorite professional sports player tied with alex rodriguez and lebron james needs to get his legs cut off
by lnickerson88 on Nov 17, 2011 2:24 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
At least there was contact on his legs. That’s embellishing.
Snapping your head back and grabbing your face when your arm got hit is more ridiculous.
Picklesnakebit since 2011.
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