Ducks Gameday -- We're Leading the League in Something!
by Earl Sleek on Jan 12, 2012 10:44 AM PST
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PrintAnaheim Ducks (sunny) at Calgary Flames (freezing), 6:30 pm
Anaheim Calling and Matchsticks & Gasoline -- there's two sides to every border.
Also see Meg's Sharks Gameday and Rudy's Kings Gameday below and Diamondback's Fantasy Recap to the right -- it's go time, blog!
Drink away, everybody! :)
Hey, check it out! I found a statistic that the Ducks lead the league in that isn't necessarily awful!
Well, I sort of made the stat up -- it's called GWW: Goalies With Wins. And Anaheim is leading the pack. which is perversely impressive seeing as they have the 2nd-fewest wins in the league. :)
NHL Teams Grouped by GWW (Goalies With Wins) this Season
| Team | Goaltenders with Victories this season | GWW |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim Ducks | Hiller 10, Deslauriers 1, Ellis 1, Tarkki 1 | 4 |
| Dallas Stars | Lehtonen 15, Bachman 6, Raycroft 2 | 3 |
| Florida Panthers | Theodore 14, Clemmensen 5, Markstrom 2 | 3 |
| Minnesota Wild | Backstrom 12, Harding 8, Hackett 2 | 3 |
| New York Islanders | Montoya 6, Nabokov 6, DiPietro 3 | 3 |
| Ottawa Senators | Anderson 21, Auld 1, Lehner 1 | 3 |
| Phoenix Coyotes | Smith 16, LaBarbera 3, McElhinney 1 | 3 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Gustavsson 13, Reimer 7, Scrivens 2 | 3 |
| Boston Bruins | Thomas 17, Rask 10 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | Miller 10, Enroth 8 | 2 |
| Calgary Flames | Kiprusoff 19, Irving 1 | 2 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | Crawford 16, Emery 9 | 2 |
| Colorado Avalanche | Varlamov 14, Giguere 9 | 2 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | Sanford 6, Mason 5 | 2 |
| Detroit Red Wings | Howard 24, Conklin 2 | 2 |
| Edmonton Oilers | Khabibulin 11, Dubnyk 5 | 2 |
| Los Angeles Kings | Quick 18, Bernier 3 | 2 |
| Montreal Canadiens | Price 15, Budaj 1 | 2 |
| Nashville Predators | Rinne 21, Lindback 2 | 2 |
| New Jersey Devils | Brodeur 12, Hedberg 12 | 2 |
| New York Rangers | Lundqvist 19, Biron 8 | 2 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Bryzgalov 16, Bobrovsky 9 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Fleury 19, Johnson 2 | 2 |
| San Jose Sharks | Niemi 18, Greiss 5 | 2 |
| St. Louis Blues | Elliott 15, Halak 10 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | Garon 11, Roloson 6 | 2 |
| Vancouver Canucks | Luongo 17, Schneider 10 | 2 |
| Washington Capitals | Vokoun 17, Neuvirth 5 | 2 |
| Winnipeg Jets | Pavelec 15, Mason 5 | 2 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Ward 14 | 1 |
Last season the Anaheim Ducks also had a GWW total of 4 -- Hiller, Emery, Ellis, and McElhinney were each able to pick up at least six (!) wins apiece en route to Anaheim's miracle 4th-place finish, which is pretty remarkable.
The Ducks are pretty darn dead this season, but if there's any inkling of hope, I guess it'd be last year's history ridiculously repeating itself. Last year, what saved Anaheim's awful-start season was a mysterious injury to Jonas Hiller -- once Ducks skaters were put in front of lesser replacement goalies, they began to play a much more competent game to compensate. And it, with a lot of luck, was just enough to propel them into the postseason.
This season, the sample size is extremely small obviously, but both Deslauriers and Tarkki have shown some glaring vulnerabilities in net -- but somehow the team has played well enough that both have luckily picked up wins. Can Anaheim continue to pull their game together and thrive offensively in front of these two replacements? And more importantly, when Hiller returns, can the Ducks find a way to replicate that sort of game in front of him?
Probably not, but let's watch anyways! :)
Prediction: I won't be around for game comments tonight -- I'll be following the score on my phone. Ducks 5, Flames 3. Competence reigns for one more day, at least.
Go GWW.
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Well, I sort of made the stat up
Meg’s got the SONA, Earl the GWW…get to it, Rudy!
Great cartoons.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
So your GRKHF may be 1, then.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 12, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions
you have a 1 in 2 3 chance it was a female… sorry forgot animals enter in the possibilities
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 Jan 12, 2012 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
The Ducks lead the league in shots per game!
No wait, shit, my computer monitor was upside-down. Never mind.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
both straight to hell…like shit thru a goose or somthing
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 Jan 12, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions
I'll have the fantasy recap up later today.
Maybe in a couple hours.
I wonder if the amount of suckiness on the ice for this game will be so great that it distorts the space-time continuum?
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.
No rush — been plenty of posts today.
You must be thinking of the 2011 Ducks. These 2012 Ducks are all right! :)
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by Earl Sleek on Jan 12, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Parros with 3 goals, 2 assists, about 7 points and 3 fights.
On twitter he said he`ll try to sit between Saku and Corey to catch some hat-trick miracle.
If not Parros, please, atleast Hagman with a hat-trick.
3 goals, 2 assists, about 7 points
I love that.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 12, 2012 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
damn it..i dont get the cartoon
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 Jan 12, 2012 11:00 AM PST reply actions
It doesn’t make a ton of sense, but in the first panel it’s set up so each character seemingly has a weapon prepared for the other’s demise. Then the panel two reveal is that they both like getting retarded.
It’ll be clearer after your first beer tonight.
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by Earl Sleek on Jan 12, 2012 11:09 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Uh, or whatever. Let’s go drinking! :)
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by Earl Sleek on Jan 12, 2012 11:16 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
having wine tonite thank you…nose up
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 Jan 12, 2012 11:16 AM PST up reply actions
I hope you’re buying me dinner first.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 12, 2012 11:52 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
no drink first and get the buzz….freakin amature
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 Jan 12, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Have I mentioned I have a hairless beav-
Forget it.
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by whine_country on Jan 12, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
we covered this..im good either way
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 Jan 12, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Have I mentioned that whine is too cool to be a Sharks fan?
by ScottyKnows on Jan 12, 2012 2:45 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW, SCOTTY!
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by whine_country on Jan 12, 2012 2:57 PM PST up reply actions
Are you saying the rest of us aren’t cool? So not cool.
GO SHARKS!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
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meg is a sharks fan..no way being a sharks fan is cool
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 Jan 12, 2012 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
I though meg was a canucks fan
These are the demands and sayings of tohon
by tohon on Jan 12, 2012 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Hahaha, nice.
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by whine_country on Jan 12, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions
Tohon eat the nuggets.
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Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 12, 2012 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
when i get the money from you i’ll do it.
These are the demands and sayings of tohon
by tohon on Jan 12, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
when i get the money from you i’ll do it.
Story of my life.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 13, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Anyway you claimed that you regularly ate massive amounts of nuggets. I’m not asking you to do something you didn’t claim was something you did all the time anyways, so I’m not paying for it.
Eat the nuggets.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
by Megalodon on Jan 13, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hahaha, this is great.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 13, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions
It’s time for tohon to put the nuggets where his mouth is.
"The beating hearts of other creatures are like needles in my brain. Only once I have silenced them all will I have peace." -Owen Nolan
Battle of California
Apparently you need to put your money where the nuggets are first, and then his mouth.
Wait…
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 13, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions
Spade
I just got done burying my auntpt. I come from a very large italian family. At my aunt’s funeral, My joker uncles, a-holes they are, Thought it would be funny to calm him down with chocolate. It wasn’t chocolate. It was ex – lax
by MIK3Ysfv on Jan 13, 2012 1:34 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
any crazy anctidotes from the game with daniel and arthur?…Im not sure what a “happy with the ducks play” sleek would look and sound like….?
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 Jan 12, 2012 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
There was a brief moment when I was giving the bench a “thumbs up”!
Uh, I dunno — we all got talked into getting Ducks drink mixers with our cocktails, and I kept catching myself swearing a lot when the ten-year-old kid in front of me kept turning around and disapproving. :)
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and you gave him the appropriate “meh” and shrugged your shoulders correct?
explain ducks drink mixers
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 Jan 12, 2012 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I dunno — it’s a cup with a lid and in the middle of that lid is some pour holes and a cover/shot glass.
It’s a bartender-ish thing.
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oh got it…they give u those i think at chilis too
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 Jan 12, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
I hate little kids at hockey games. Actually, I got nothing against the kids, but I hate their parents being there.
to me a hockey arena is a sacred place. And saying “fuck” there is like saying “amen” in church. Its not necessarily a holy word, but saying it feels sacred none the less.
The kids never mind—its the parents complaining to security…
Hail Poseidon!
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Oh, the kid was cool — I think he liked it. But it was kind of funny — one of the times I wasn’t swearing out of anger or habit, but rather telling somebody what Jarret Boll had said to those Ducks fans who got escorted out of the last game.
It was a quote, mom! :)
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Also, I forgot to do my assigned duty — everybody should follow and/or like these things! :)
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Also, congrats to Perry, Couture, and Quick for representing the BoC at the ASG.
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by Earl Sleek on Jan 12, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Also, congrats to Selanne, Thornton, and Marleau, who all probably would have been chosen if they wanted to go.
by RudyKelly on Jan 12, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
The league isn’t quite ready to take that extra step and allow other species such as raccoons to participate in an event that’s dominated by humans
by Dixie Normus on Jan 12, 2012 6:23 PM PST up reply actions
And Troy McClure.
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by Earl Sleek on Jan 12, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Mid-game, no less.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 12, 2012 7:07 PM PST up reply actions
If it took me more than 60 minutes to put one past Hiller I’d panic too.
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by Earl Sleek on Jan 12, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry so slow on today’s gameday — I’ll get something up eventually, but I’ve been staring at a blank piece of paper for an hour.
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I’ll get something up eventually
(*burts into tears)
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 13, 2012 10:28 AM PST up reply actions
This made my day, though.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 13, 2012 10:53 AM PST up reply actions
I’m all about the easy joke.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 13, 2012 11:45 AM PST up reply actions
You’re so easy.
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)
(*burts into tears)
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 13, 2012 12:08 PM PST up reply actions
Somehow I only realized just now that this says “burts.”
How embarrassing…for Rudy, of course.
It is that thing that I sent to you.
by whine_country on Jan 15, 2012 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
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