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What a year it has been!
One year ago we were in the final days of the most recent lockout. We were all torn between excitement that we were finally going to see NHL hockey again and bitter anger at the owners and players (but mostly the owners) for putting us through months of misery.
One year ago we didn't yet know that the Blackhawks would win the Cup, that we would see a hilarious first-round sweep involving the Sharks on the WINNING side for a change, or that the United States government would cease to function even on its most basic, pathetic, charade-like levels.
And one year ago I published a post looking at how many times the various SB Nation NHL blogs had written the word "fuck" at least once in articles.
365 days later, most of which have been filled with hockey, where do we stand?
| Team | Blog | Articles with "fuck" in the past year | Total "fuck" articles as of last year | Total "fuck" articles today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | Litter Box Cats | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Stars | Defending Big D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Jersey Devils | In Lou We Trust | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Canes Country | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | The Cannon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nashville Predators | On the Forecheck | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Phoenix Coyotes | Five for Howling | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Washington Capitals | Japers' Rink | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Pensburgh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | Raw Charge | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Buffalo Sabres | Die By The Blade | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| New York Rangers | Blueshirt Banter | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Calgary Flames | Matchsticks and Gasoline | 3 | 26 | 29 |
| New York Islanders | Lighthouse Hockey | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Winnipeg Jets | Arctic Ice Hockey | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Anaheim Ducks | Anaheim Calling | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Ottawa Senators | Silver Seven | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Los Angeles Kings | Jewels from the Crown | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| Edmonton Oilers | Copper and Blue | 10 | 43 | 53 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Broadstreet Hockey | 11 | 30 | 41 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | Second City Hockey | 18 | 397 | 415 |
| Minnesota Wild | Hockey Wilderness | 28 | 33 | 61 |
| San Jose Sharks | Fear the Fin | 28 | 43 | 71 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | Pension Plan Puppets | 35 | 145 | 180 |
| Montreal Canadiens | Eyes on the Prize | 41 | 29 | 70 |
| Detroit Red Wings | Winging it in Motown | 52 | 50 | 102 |
| Vancouver Canucks | Nucks Misconduct | 69 | 413 | 482 |
| Colorado Avalanche | Mile High Hockey | 70 | 132 | 202 |
| Boston Bruins | Stanley Cup of Chowder | 76 | 3 | 79 |
| California | Battle of California | 148 | 612 | 760 |
| St. Louis Blues | St. Louis Game Time | 185 | 746 | 931 |
Some notes...
St. Louis Game Time: These fuckers. They repeated as swearing champs, coming in at first-overall for the past year and padding their overall "fuck" lead.
Battle of California: Best state, best hockey teams, second-best at saying the word "fuck" in articles. I can live with it, but I'm not happy about it.
Pension Plan Puppets: As we discussed last year, I don't give a shit about how often your commenters swear, so please don't bother bringing it up.
Stanley Cup of Chowder: Wow guys. I guess Cornelius wasn't bullshitting last year when he said that my post made him self-conscious about how often he said "fuck." Stanley Cup of Chowder went from 3 fucks to 79 in a single year, for the biggest movement up this list by a landslide. It's almost as if the writers actually had a meeting in which they PLANNED to say "fuck" more often, which is either really cool or totally pathetic, I'm not sure which.
Pensburgh: Pensburgh's first and only article containing a "fuck" was in this post, which was an interview with Cornelius from Stanley Cup of Chowder. He was talking about the Marathon Bombing when he said it, and full credit goes to the editors of Pensburgh for leaving it uncensored.
Nucks Misconduct: Though they weren't among the top blogs over the past year, they are in no danger of losing their third-place spot overall, as the blog behind them in fourth, Second City Hockey, saw a dramatic drop-off in f-bombs this year. Third place is probably a comfortable place to be for a bunch of Canucks fans, right?
On the Forecheck and Others: As we discovered last year, some of these "fucks" are false positives, as the search function is finding "fucks" in the URLs of pieces blogs linked to, such as when On the Forecheck linked to an article from Vice.
Winging it in Motown: These guys more than doubled their total "fucks," which makes sense since all that takes is one f-bomb per groin pull.
Litter Box Cats and Defending Big D: These are the only two blogs who still haven't ever recorded a "fuck" of any kind, even in a linked-to URL. Come on guys. Grow up!
See you next year, folks!
Sharks Gameday
Prediction: I remained stunned that people can write about the Florida Panthers day after day and never once say the word "fuck."
Video Gamery: My 35th-favorite video game is the adventure series Syberia. I definitely said "fuck" all the time while trying to figure out the puzzles.
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