a-team Stories - Battle of California
Ducks Gameday—Ready or not, it's Game Seven
Anaheim Ducks (8th in west) at Detroit Red Wings (2nd in west)Series tied 3-3, JavaGeek Odds: DET 64%Winging It In Motown, A2Y, On the Wings, IAmJoe, Triple Deke -- we're all on the ropes now. Game Seven -- it's a crazy, crazy experience that maybe only can be summarized by cliches: best players...
Up too late after a G2 loss
Um, this was supposed to be inspiring, but I think my favorite NHL team and my favorite TV show are now both tainted...At any rate, the A Team always had better comebacks than the MD movies.
Pre-Game Jitters
"Hold me, Teemu. I'm scared."I'll tell ya, these last few days have been nutty. I go from hopelessly optimistic to brutally realistic in a matter of moments. Guinness will definitely help me in this regard.Some useless stats that help confuse the issue. Throw them out the window as soon as you read...
Upping the bar with Ingmar
There’s no really good way to explain how I got to this point, but suffice to say that Ingmar Bergman and I independently have some sort of A-Team fetish to go along with our hockey fandom.Well, the devious Swede thought he could take this mutual monkey business to the next level, by designing an...
A note from the Russian Mafia
Our friend Earl Sleek has allowed us this forum (as fellow Vishnevski fans) to help settle a grievance.One of our key promising assets, Evgeni Malkin, has mysteriously disappeared from his team's training camp in Finland.This only a week after signing a one-year deal to play for our dear Metallurg...
Stupidity on my Garage Wall, Part 2
Here’s pretty much the other highlights from my garage wall, this time (mostly) non-hockey-related.From top left spiraling clockwise, we have:a) Crab playing goalieb) Spiderman vs. Juggernautc) Mario and Yoshi (no, not THAT Mario)d) Magnetoe) Hannibal Smithf) Optimus Prime and a Prius-based...
Ducks Gameday—Two-for-one special, eh?
Thursday: Anaheim Ducks (11-0-4, 1st in west) at Vancouver Canucks (8-7-1, 7th in west)Friday: Anaheim Ducks (12-0-4, 1st in west) at Calgary Flames (5-7-2, 11th in west)The Ducks are off to Western Canada, to face Vancouver (the only Northwest Division team Anaheim has never faced in the...
Ducks Gameday—Canucks logo: Separated at birth?
Round Two, Game Three: (2) Anaheim Ducks at (3) Vancouver Canucks(series tied 1-1, JavaGeek ‘odds’: ANA 57%)Sorry, I thought when I started this 'separated at birth' theme with the Wild’s logo, it could be a regular feature. But when a logo is so obviously an killer whale, I can only do so much. If...
Ducks Gameday—Pahlsson is god! (part ii)
Round Two, Game Four: (2) Anaheim Ducks at (3) Vancouver Canucks(ANA leads series 2-1, JavaGeek ‘odds’: ANA 77%)Occasional readers to this blog should know that I carry an unhealthy amount of admiration man-crush for Sammy Pahlsson, the Ducks' stopper-line center and, if there were any justice,...
Ducks Gameday—If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them…
Round Three, Game Five: (2) Anaheim Ducks at (1) Detroit Red Wings(Series tied 2-2, JavaGeek ‘odds’: DET 56%)The Ducks find themselves in the same position as Calgary and San Jose did in rounds one and two: a series tied 2-2 going back to Detroit for a best-of-three. How did those previous two...
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