Whatcha Gonna Do, When Versteeg Runs Wild On You?

by SamFels on Dec 5, 2009 9:39 PM CST

I don't think I need to add anything to this.

(Thanks to Gallagher from Gametime for sending this along. Now he can go back to to his cave.)

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I feel like the title of this post is missing a "BROTHER"

by shinkicker on Dec 5, 2009 9:46 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

lol

by Zarco on Dec 5, 2009 9:52 PM CST up reply actions

That is one of the most

Attractive women I have seen in P-burg

by Ghost of Bill Wirtz on Dec 5, 2009 9:54 PM CST reply actions

which one there’s two. there’s the one that looks like a man and the one with the mustache.

by Zarco on Dec 5, 2009 9:58 PM CST up reply actions

Versteeg

Went right over to the guy and gave him “the gun show” after the winner. What a complete badass.

by AirTrafficAJ on Dec 5, 2009 10:05 PM CST reply actions

now that would be the picture to have

by runningquicklynowhere on Dec 6, 2009 9:54 PM CST up reply actions

Hahahahaahahahaha

Gold.

by Hawk_GolfeR21 on Dec 5, 2009 10:05 PM CST reply actions

hahahhahahh

i wish i could have seen the gun show. would have been even more awesome

by heyrocky on Dec 5, 2009 10:45 PM CST reply actions

He also was holding up a sign earlier:

Step on a crack.
Sign Hossa.
Break a mirror.

VERSTEEG!

by Bwana on Dec 5, 2009 11:01 PM CST reply actions

Methinks photoshopping a ! to the end of his nameplate would add a small touch

by Ghost of Bill Wirtz on Dec 5, 2009 11:14 PM CST reply actions 3 recs

rec'd

by illinikc33 on Dec 5, 2009 11:15 PM CST up reply actions

does anyone else think he deserves a second ! added to the end???

by SharpFTW10 on Dec 6, 2009 2:20 AM CST up reply actions

I don't know

He drives me nuts. He makes either dumb plays or spectacular plays. And you never know what you’re going to get. So how about VERSTEEG!?

If I can't be a good example, I'll just be a horrible warning

by Trixietrx on Dec 6, 2009 8:50 AM CST up reply actions

Art Thou Bored?

by DudeMcnude on Dec 6, 2009 2:25 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

Is it me or

does the guy in the mustache look a hell of a lot like Hulk Hogan,but in his Hollywood Hogan days with the NWO……do pens fans think its cool to look like Hollywood Hogan?…WTF??

by csm on Dec 6, 2009 8:59 AM CST up reply actions

um.......

you do know that the title of Sam’s post points you to the fact that the dude is dressed like hulk hogan, right?

You know……whatcha gonna do, when Hulkamania runs wild on you?

Hello….McFly!

"If you're scared, go buy a dog" - Stacey King

by Hack on Dec 6, 2009 1:08 PM CST up reply actions

i only saw the title of the topic after i posted that comment…i was in shock,and didn’t see the title because of the hulkster and all the hulkamaniacs…how did his song go?I’m a real americaan…?…hahahahaha..and the other entry music was Jimi Hendrix voodoo chile…hahahaha…GO HAWKS!!and Back to the Future is the best trilogy ever…EVER!!!!!

So whay dont you make like a tree and get outta here :) Biff is king :)

by csm on Dec 6, 2009 1:24 PM CST up reply actions

rec'd

Nice!

Way to give him hell, ma! I’m so proud of you.

by cliffkoroll on Dec 6, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions

In case you don't get the reference.

http://artthoubored.ytmnd.com/

by DudeMcnude on Dec 6, 2009 2:26 AM CST reply actions

More Dubble Bird action FROM THE NHL.COM WEBPAGE.

I saw this and was mildly appaled.

by Vile on Dec 6, 2009 4:00 AM CST reply actions

Nothin but class.

by ITypedforMiles on Dec 6, 2009 1:39 PM CST up reply actions

yeah because the chicago fans wouldnt have given the bird to the penguins if they won…..

by TJ3117 on Dec 6, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions

Nawww.

They simple would have waited for them after the game out by the buses.

by artroland on Dec 7, 2009 12:42 PM CST up reply actions

What are we Philly now?

We going to Fight each other too even though we’re all Hawks fans?

September 26, 2007 The day a Franchise was reborn.

by Roos-34 on Dec 7, 2009 1:38 PM CST up reply actions

Do you think NHL.com even realized that it’s Hammer in the foreground in this picture? Sure, VERSTEEG! is in the background, but half his face is covered up…

this is just all around an awesome picture – good job

Second City Hockey

by Killion on Dec 6, 2009 11:19 PM CST up reply actions

Yes, indeed... fuck us!!

How absolutely wonderful.

Thank-you flightless birds of fancy… thank-you.

"Call Detroit, tell dem... BULLSHIT!"

by Hungryhawk on Dec 6, 2009 4:40 AM CST reply actions

I think that was Crosby.....

"Let 'em say all those nice things," he says, "but I know my mistakes, and I make plenty of them.-Bobby Orr

by taBruiser on Dec 6, 2009 6:36 AM CST reply actions

Only one thing to add.

WOOOOOO!

WAIT FOR THE WHISTLE!

by Sec 326 Bureau Chief on Dec 6, 2009 9:34 AM CST reply actions

hmmn..

A Ric Flair reference…maybe Versteeg should have a Flair robe adorning his jersey, or at least a lady on his arm…perhaps a Flair sticker on his helmet.

by cubby23 on Dec 6, 2009 11:35 AM CST up reply actions

Thoughts on last night

1. Never seen Keith pull something like that before. Goes to show, if he wanted to play the goon, he’d be awesome at that too. Must’ve been really pissed about being on the receiving end of a cheap shot from that turd-bogart A two-game suspension might be a good thing. The guy needs a breather, and it would be a healthy reminder to everyone what a 27-minute hole looks like.

2. The Kopecky era enters its denouement.. Hooray!

3. Anti-matter was this close to back-to-back 1-0 shutouts v. nucks and pens. Wow!. As someone mentioned in the prior thread, this is the kind of goalie controversy worth having.

4. What an enjoyable game! Pity we’ll see so few wide-open affairs like this. The angst we felt at Pitt’s relentlessness is a taste of the pressure the Hawks now routinely put on the opposition.

5. Steeger’s ratio of flourishes to knuckleheaddery is more like 2 to 1, so maybe VERSTEEG!?!

by cliffkoroll on Dec 6, 2009 11:19 AM CST reply actions

Can you replace

the ? with an upside down !, or maybe VERWTF

by Scott13 on Dec 6, 2009 12:26 PM CST up reply actions

VERWTF!¡!

I’m not sure I like that.

by meeshak on Dec 6, 2009 12:31 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah

I guess that doesn’t really work. It’s hard to find a name for him that accurately describes his play in a game like last night where you simultaneously want to shoot him and hug his bloody corpse. And then of course there’s shit like this.

by Scott13 on Dec 6, 2009 12:44 PM CST up reply actions

I didn’t need to know that about Ferg-STEEG!

by meeshak on Dec 6, 2009 12:48 PM CST up reply actions

I tried to implement Vergie

but it didn’t really work out

"If you're scared, go buy a dog" - Stacey King

by Hack on Dec 6, 2009 1:09 PM CST up reply actions

goalie controversy

I don’t think there’s anything close to the need to even talk goalie controversy. With all the back-to-backs and short rest situations due to the compacted schedule (thanks olympics!) Niemi is going to be playing a ton of games. We just need him to be almost this good when he’s in. We need both of these guys all season. Period.

by hoorock89 on Dec 7, 2009 12:57 AM CST up reply actions

Tru 'Dat!!!!!

by Ken Doll Type on Dec 7, 2009 8:00 AM CST up reply actions

I think that Huet has been just fine

There’s nothing wrong with having 2 good goalies. Niemi may turn out to be better than Huet in the long run, but as of now the Huet/Niemi combo works very well. After Huet’s contracts up it’ll probably be Niemi’s job anyways. They’ll thank Huet for the nice 4 (or will it have been 5?) years and let him be on his way.

Coleslaw, it's what's for Picnic.

by Madlarkin on Dec 7, 2009 9:03 AM CST up reply actions

that's assuming

niemi’s with the Hawks then. he’s up for a contract this year too.

by Kevin Kujawa on Dec 7, 2009 9:40 AM CST up reply actions

we should be

hoping huet continues to play as he has been…it makes him more valuable and easier to trade…

the hawks should seriously be considering a deal that packages huet and skille (since we refuse to play him)…this will free up some cap space….

we then sign niemi and the hammer to long term deals (hopefully the laters longer than then the former)

by sec. 317 on Dec 7, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions

While he's been great in the starts he's gotten,

Niemi has only played in about 12 NHL games. Do we really want to lock him up long term already?

twitter.com/BlackhawksDL

by Original Six on Dec 7, 2009 2:04 PM CST up reply actions

Where do I start?

1. The fact that all teams (other than the odd iron man like Kipper) rely on two goalies during any year is obvious, and more so this year because of the schedule. This fact has no bearing on the issue of a ‘goalie controversy’.

2. A controversy based on two sucky goalies is, well, sucky. My point was that the Hawks controversy, based on performances of late, is not this unpalatable choice, but between two goalies who are playing well.

3. This ‘good’ controversy can be a healthy thing, like any competition.

4. Huey has played better this year than last, but the pattern has been a string of meh, followed by a string of very good games, followed by the recent two meh outings. No reason to expect this pattern not to continue.

5. In 7 games, Anti Em has vastly exceeded expectations. Two (almost 3) SOs and great numbers overall.

6. Come playoff time, teams tend to settle on one goalie (e.g Scum sticking with Osgood last year, the Caps plumping for Varlomov.) The controversy in Detroit didn’t not impair their ability to win a Cup.

7. At the beginning of the year, Huey was the obvious choice. Now, if the playoffs started today, who do you go with? For maybe 20 teams, the answer is obvious. In my opinion, it’s not at all obvious for the Hawks. Thus controversy, but a nice problem to have.

by cliffkoroll on Dec 7, 2009 10:23 AM CST up reply actions

So those homer Pens announcers...

they wouldn’t happen to be Paul Steigerwald and Bob Errey, would they?

Because SI just ranked them 8th in their November Media Power Rankings list. To quote:

8. Paul Steigerwald and Bob Errey, FSN, Penguins announcers: My colleague Michael Farber recently listed the Pittsburgh duo on his list of NHL people who you hardly know but who make their teams or the game better. Of Steigerwald and Errey, Farber wrote, “Usually fans reflexively vaunt the hometown telecast crew. Unfortunately, these two guys don’t even get the proper amount of love in their own city of champions.” Much of that is because Steigerwald is following announcer Mike Lange, winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in broadcasting.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/richard_deitsch/12/06/media.power/index.html?eref=sihp#ixzz0Z1UiU2NN

@ChiBlackhawks

by chiblackhawks on Dec 7, 2009 10:55 AM CST reply actions

So...

Even Pens fans hate them?

wait what?

by pepe126 on Dec 7, 2009 11:27 AM CST up reply actions

on a somewhat related note

Gary Danielson and Verne Lundquist are awesome

"If you're scared, go buy a dog" - Stacey King

by Hack on Dec 7, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions

verne absolutely

gary danielson annoys me

vernes great as he calls football and ncaa basketball just as well

by sec. 317 on Dec 7, 2009 2:00 PM CST up reply actions

Bob Errey is definitely a homer.

He wore the “C” in San Jose for about 2 1/2 years. He was unceremoniously shipped out of town (by then GM Dean Lombardi) about one week after he bought a house in S.J. This may have something to do with his hate of all other NHL teams (especially S.J., Chicago, and Anaheim.) and his hometown “Penguino” love.

Victim was found murdered by a Chelsea Dagger.

by pucknut on Dec 9, 2009 8:16 AM CST up reply actions