Posters on a Fence
by Earl Sleek on Jul 26, 2011 11:40 AM PDT
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Who signs first, Drew Doughty or Teemu Selanne? Come back in a couple of months and find out! :)
Go Offseason.
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Well done
I want them both to come back, honestly. I’m hoping that if Teemu keeps coming back then eventually he’ll have a bad season marred by injury and you’ll all turn on him, thus tarring his legacy.
by RudyKelly on Jul 26, 2011 11:45 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
We’d just blame Jason Blake, I bet. The guy is a natural scapegoat.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 26, 2011 11:51 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Despite the Blake hate, I liked his hustle last season.
"There is no gravity son, the world just sucks." - my father.
I don’t hate blake, his habit of trying to shoot the puck through the goalies’ chest annoys me
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by tohon on Jul 26, 2011 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 27, 2011 5:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Don't worry you guys, we still have the best one!
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by Megalodon on Jul 26, 2011 11:46 AM PDT reply actions 12 recs
It’s true — Pavelski has exceeded his bandwidth.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 26, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
If we were trying to dam a river without tools, then yes
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Jul 26, 2011 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs
comment of the year right here
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 26, 2011 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
That comparison makes me cry … :(
That’s like comparing a teal LA Galaxy with FC Barcelona in soccer….
No joke...
Pavelski is like Messi compared to the other two 8’s…
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
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by SeanCrosby87 on Jul 26, 2011 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
It was either going to be this gag or some joke comparing Doughty and Selanne decisions to the debt ceiling. But I don’t really know shit about what’s going on there. :)
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Debt ceiling is being raised cause previously it was made with that “popcorn” spray on stuff, so now they are going with the current fashion and smoothing it out and paining it a cream color. They might even put in inset lighting.
Let's go Ducks.
by deb d on Jul 26, 2011 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m sure the Kings will have some nice crown moulding. huh huh?
by ScottyKnows on Jul 26, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this a poll?
where are the buttons?
Let's go Ducks.
No poll — not enough people were going to pick Maggie.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 26, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Compared to baseball, this is an action-packed news day.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 26, 2011 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
REC!!
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 26, 2011 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I rather watch Football during the lock-out than watch baseball. =/
by ScottyKnows on Jul 26, 2011 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha great cartoon….doughty signs first though…sigh
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 26, 2011 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Maybe he’ll be confused enough and think he’s a Wings so retire instead.
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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how many cups did he win with the wings?
by ScottyKnows on Jul 26, 2011 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
This is great
Oddly, I’m not as panicked about this Doughty situation as I should be… I need more panic…
The more you drink, the less gruesome I look.
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Yeah, I’m similarly unnervous about the Teemu situation — still lots of summer left to sit around and do nothing anyways.
I need more panic…
Maybe Albert K can spare some of his.
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Fuck Lombardi?
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Speaking of guys who are gay:
Mom and Dad, I’m Gay And Also Stronger Than Both Of You, So Don’t Try Any Shit
Dad, you’ve said some very hateful things, not considering for a second that I might be gay, and it hurt. Not nearly as much as it will hurt when I throw you across the room if you ever say any of those shitty things again, but it still stung.
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Just realized what’s missing from this cartoon – Sharks lauging at them. :)
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)
I had to draw the line somewhere. Just assume that just off-panel there’s a bruin laughing at an orca laughing at a shark laughing at the duck and king’s miserable July record.
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Couldnt’ just leave it at the Sharks laughing huh? No no, you just had to bring in the orca.
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)
I thought it was a lumberjack, like Johnny Canuck.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel comfortable enough going with the logo they’ve worn since I can remember.
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Really? You don’t remember that really lame fast food-colored skate?
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
When’s the last time they wore it? I only remember it tangentially — I didn’t really watch their 90s cup run.
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1997 I think?
They had it for like 25 years or something crazy. I always remember this logo when I think of the Canucks, not the Orca one… it almost looks weird to me now seeing them in non-german flag colour scheme.
Drew: 'Oh no.. That is certainly the meaty part alright, but it's not the thigh..."
Randy: "No... that bone is NOT connected to the thigh bone..."
www.fearthefin.com - Where masochism is defined.
I rushed the Furd's farm in 2009
www.californiagoldenblogs.com - Where Cal grads prove they learned something.
by SeanCrosby87 on Jul 26, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn’t really watch their 90s cup run.
I must have missed that, too.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ve just been watching hockey since before 2006, you fucking ducks fan piece of shit.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Makes sense, I guess. You’d probably hate the Ducks less if you started watching hockey after 2007.
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That’s true! I really liked the movie as a kid. One of the things that made me really mad was that Disney named the team The Mighty Ducks, which is completely stupid because the team in the movie was called the Ducks. Naming the franchise after the movie, rather than the team in it, exposed to me the utter cheapness of the marketing gimmick and absolutely disgusted me even at a young age. Dropping the “Mighty” from the name has helped the image to no end, but, you’ve got to admit, ducks are really fucking lame animals to be using as mascots.
Go, Banana Slugs!
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Also maybe folks who started watching more recently don’t have as strong a concept of what a douche bag Chris Pronger is and was.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
It was confusing when the description “that douchebag with the initials C.P.” narrowed the Ducks roster down to two players.
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I wouldn’t have hated the Ducks so much from the start if they had worn those green jerseys they wore in the movie. Those were pretty awesome.
by RudyKelly on Jul 26, 2011 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I also would appreciate the gimmick of wearing Team USA jerseys for the first two periods but then switching to Ducks jerseys for the 3rd period comeback.
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I still want a #44 FULTON jersey in that original green. I’d sport it.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
“Take the fall! Act hurt! Get indignant!”
by meetyourmako on Jul 27, 2011 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I’m the opposite — I’ve been grumbling ever since they dropped the “Mighty”. Now it’s just generic text.
I dunno — all team names are stupid, so why not just own that stupidity proudly?
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all team names are stupid
Maybe I’m just in denial, but I always thought ‘The Sharks’
was fucking sweet.
and it’s only gotten sweeter
They’re fast. They’re fearsome. They’re graceful and powerful. They swarm in vicious feeding frenzies. They can smell blood. They have been some of the fiercest predators in the oceans for over 420 million years.
And almost 40% of all U.S. recorded great white attacks on humans have occurred between Marin and Monterrey.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
As it is, I must be content to be a fan.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
But hey, owning the stupidity works for some!
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Is this your girlfriend?
Dump and chase
by cmatthew35 on Jul 27, 2011 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I mean: Thats hawt.
Isn’t that what you kids are saying now-a-days?
by meetyourmako on Jul 27, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
You’d probably hate the Ducks less if you started watching hockey after 2007.
Oh, wait. Sharks fan? Make that 2009. :)
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I'm not going to lie.
That hurt really badly.
by meetyourmako on Jul 26, 2011 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
He’ll probably start next season overprotecting his five-hole.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 26, 2011 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
"A Chortled Evils Nip"
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 27, 2011 5:14 AM PDT up reply actions
As an offshoot of the fact that goalies don’t serve their own penalties, poor Khabibulin probably assumes that one of the forwards on the Oilers will be serving his jail sentence for him. :)
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he’s gonna get his salad tossed: http://youtu.be/077UtUWGQOA
Told by a radio friend in Vancouver that Brad Winchester is about to sign with the Canucks. Winchester played in 19 games with Ducks.
See ya, Winchie.
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Netminder Ray Emery will join the Chicago Blackhawks at training camp on a tryout basis agent J.P. Barry tells ESPN.com.
Later, Ray.
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Bryzgalov and Vokoun, each in their own way, hurt that goalie market considerably.
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mmkk…moving on
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by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 27, 2011 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah that’s okay. his nickname was kind of weak anyway…
by meetyourmako on Jul 27, 2011 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
That wasn’t a frequent nickname — more it was fun with letter reversal like “Ray to go, Way!” or “Now stop emerything, Every!”
And the wins were nice, too.
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Beware the one-femured man...
Now stop emerything
that’s a good one
by meetyourmako on Jul 27, 2011 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Is Sam McCraig a fake person Wysh created to troll everyone while he’s on vacation? These top 25 lists Puck Daddy’s doing are embarrassing. The top 25 left winger list has Ryan Smyth, Simon Gagne and Sean Fucking Bergenheim* on it while omitting Dustin Penner, Ryane Clowe and Patrick Sharp. Ilya Kovalchuk isn’t on the list but that’s because he’s on the right wing list, despite not being a right winger; meanwhile, Alex Burrows is on the the left wing list even though he is actually a right winger. It’s mind-blowing.
*Bergenheim is #25 while Matt Moulson is an honorable mention, despite the fact that they were on the same team last season and Moulson had more goals than Bergenheim had points.
Yeah, they’re messed up, and he hasn’t even got to goalies yet. That’s a list that’d be controversial even if it were 100% correct.
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Wait I think Bergenheim was on the Lightning, not the Islanders with Moulson.
Your point still stands though.
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AARRRRRRRGGGGHHHH
Well, that explains why he thinks he’s good; he thinks the 11 points he scored in 16 playoff games means more than every other game in his career.
Hahahahaha, I googled Sam McCraig because I actually thought he might be a fake person and this was the first article that came up. The article is from 2009 and is called, “”http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/27117-THNcom-Blog-Best-value-UFA-signings.html" >Best Value UFA Signings." The 2nd entry:
Nikolai Khabibulin, Edmonton (4 years, $15 million)
The last time Khabibulin was due for unrestricted free agency, his final act as an under-contract player was to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to the 2004 Stanley Cup – and he parlayed his championship performance into a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Chicago.
Then, he battled injury and inconsistency for three seasons, finally turning it around in 2008-09 – which, coincidentally, was his final campaign before getting another shot at UFA riches.
As the only free agent goalie who was in net when his team won a Stanley Cup, Khabibulin was the best netminding option available. At 36, he’s no spring chicken and his performance during his first three seasons in Chicago doesn’t instill confidence. But Khabibulin responded with a wonderful 2008-09 regular season and a clutch playoff run, guiding the young Hawks to a conference final berth against Detroit.
The Oilers, trying desperately to break out of a 19-year Cup funk, made a big move at an affordable price; if Khabibulin is healthy and happy, this deal is a steal.
Well, that’s totally incoherent.
Is “Sam McCraig” some sort of experimental natural-language computer program designed to write hockey analysis?
The robot felt...more than Patrick Marleau but less than Yoshimi's pink model.
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In the end, the robot couldn’t figure out that Sean Bergenheim fucking sucks. He wasn’t programmed to.
by RudyKelly on Jul 27, 2011 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
In fairness, he probably panicked when he had to hastily pull Kris Draper off his list.
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by Earl Sleek on Jul 27, 2011 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
On McCraig’s D -men list based on next years point totals doesn’t have Visnovsky on it, but has Marc Staal.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
I just glanced at it — defensemen is tough, because it can’t all be points-based. Still, don’t know that I’d exclude the top point-getter.
Shrug — prove ’em wrong, Lubo.
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he’s used to it. If it isn’t based on points than his lists are far stupider than I initially thought.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Yeah. I just assumed because on the C list he has Stamkos above Malkin, Getzlaf, and Thornton when all he does is score and he has Carter above Kopitar. On the RW list he has Hemsky above Giroux, Franzen, Brown and Selanne.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
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