Ducks Gameday -- Leap Year Literalism
by Earl Sleek on Feb 1, 2012 7:43 AM PST
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PrintDallas Stars (celestial) at Anaheim Ducks (terrestrial) 7:30 pm
Defending Big D and Anaheim Calling -- sometimes you have to lose the Battlestar in order to win the Star War.
Today's cartoon doesn't make the most obvious sense, but whatever -- in a bit of a rush this morning.
Leap on, you feathered fowl!
Twelve games into 2012, and the Ducks have scored 41 goals and allowed only 21 -- a huge leap forward indeed. For comparison, in the last twelve games of 2011, the Ducks allowed 42 goals -- exactly twice as many. Wow.
But even with the leaps forward in winning, Ducks haven't leapfrogged many teams in the standings yet -- just two points past the Oilers, now tied in points with the last-in-the-east Hurricanes, and still deeply embedded in the 13th spot in the west. Even with the shocking turnaround in results, it's a slow climb indeed.
Oh well, whatever -- regardless of standings implications, winning is still pretty fun to watch. Keep it up, Ducks!
Prediction: I should be around for game comments tonight -- the more the merrier. Ducks keep leaping, thanks to some net-front heroics from Perry.
Go Leap Year.
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Crap. The last time you showed the Duck gloating like this – November and December happened.
GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Feb 1, 2012 7:47 AM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
He’s not gloating, he’s leaping.
And it wasn’t the last time — you’ve complained about this already in 2012! :)
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And really, you shouldn’t forget October.
If the Ducks win tonight, they’ll have as many wins this season in 2012 as they did this season in 2011.
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I’ll say it slower: the Ducks won 9 games in January 2012, which is one fewer than the Ducks won between October 2011, November 2011, and December 2011.
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by Earl Sleek on Feb 1, 2012 10:33 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
:-P
GO DUCKS!!!
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by SK eleven on Feb 1, 2012 8:45 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Stop gloating!
(Or is that smiling? Tough to distinguish!) :)
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by Earl Sleek on Feb 1, 2012 9:18 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
shes letting u know shes down for carpet
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 Feb 1, 2012 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
someone hacked rudy’s comp….i was supicious when he said BOC center own
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 Feb 1, 2012 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
tee-hee
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 Feb 1, 2012 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
That duck reminds me of Homer Simpson for some strange reason
Fucking stupid Stars
by Dixie Normus on Feb 1, 2012 7:13 PM PST via mobile reply actions
two moar! two moar!!!
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
— Lubomir Visnovsky
I rec’d that shit.
Er, three more.
But now, four more, because they’re giving the goal to Beleskey?
Winner of the 2011 Battle of California!...Playoff Pool.
It always cracks me up with Getzlaf draws a call.
Winner of the 2011 Battle of California!...Playoff Pool.
well shit..
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
— Lubomir Visnovsky
I rec’d that shit.
uh oh you guys … not good.
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)
You’ve been waiting all of 2012 for that comment, I’m guessing.
Oh no — our playoff chances!
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haha … no … but wish I had been now. :)
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)
Well, thanks for reading the scoreboard for us very coincidentally at the first big deficit of the year!
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Nah … watching the game while I was making my salad for tomorrow’s lunch. Only just got back to the computer. Smartass! :)
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)
C'mon people
Where’s all the Stars hate?
Fuck Dallas!
by Dixie Normus on Feb 1, 2012 8:26 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Not soon enough
Fucking stupid Stars
by Dixie Normus on Feb 1, 2012 8:42 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Assist number 36274832
Yay for teemu
"Thank you very much fans and let’s go for the next game together!"
— Lubomir Visnovsky
I rec’d that shit.
Here’s hoping for a Texas sized supernova
20 minutes to restore the moral order, Anaheim. Go Ducks
by Dixie Normus on Feb 1, 2012 9:13 PM PST via mobile reply actions
On the bright side
Nail Yakupov is gonna miss the CHL prospects game and some are saying he might slip in the draft. We really only went up 2 spots from the start of January so it’s not like we’ve completely fucked up our chances for him
Fail for Nail?
by Dixie Normus on Feb 1, 2012 9:42 PM PST via mobile reply actions
yes fuck you rudy…crush our little hearts
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 Feb 2, 2012 5:22 AM PST up reply actions
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