How I Spent My Summer Vacation
by McClure on Aug 16, 2010 11:52 AM CDT
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Hola amigos, I know it's been a while since I rapped at ya, but things have finally slowed down for the summer in Blackhawk Nation, one that has worn us all the fuck out to this point. But, that doesn't mean that it's been totally dead around here, so let's get to the few things that have been happening lately.
- Nick Boynton and Jordan Hendry have been officially re-signed, at $500K and $600K respectively, both one-way deals. While it was widely reported last week, it's now been confirmed. There's your third pairing, juggalos. Get used to it.
- David Haugh gives us another Pulitzer piece, this time lamenting the miscalculation of Antti Niemi and agent Bill Zito. Haugh actually manages a quote from the muted Finn, which is somewhat impressive. Though, fittingly, the most telling sign is his declining to comment when asked if a 3-year, $8 million dollar deal was indeed offered. If it hadn't been, he would have said so. If he confirms it, he and Zito look even more bumbling than they already do. But Haugh again panders in painting Niemi as the sympathetic figure here; this was a cash grab, and a poorly-timed one at that, given the saturation of the goalie market. Niemi has no one to blame but himself (or Zito) for being a man with out a team right now.
- THIS is the Kaner we all know and love. Prior to the Cup win, Sam and I frequently joked that should they win, 20 Cent would pretty much just put the Cup in the middle of the intersection of Clark and Addison, drop trou and yell "Line up". Seems that's not far from what actually happened.
- Buff rocked the Thrash threads during his day with the Cup. Not sure how I feel about this, though he was likely just as conflicted. I'd say go neutral and no jersey, just to spare yourself any controversy from the Hockey Gods.
- Finally, single-game tickets went on sale today and promptly sold the fuck out. Particularly ridiculous are the prices for the Banner Raising in the secondary market. While it's unfortunate that a lot of very dedicated Hawks fans are now getting priced out of games, make no mistake, this is far more preferable than what was going on just four years ago.
That's all we've got for now, but rest assured, we'll soon start looking ahead to some training camp and season preview stuff. Tickets just went on sale today, the real deal is not that far off, even though a two-month priapism is going to be mighty difficult to endure.
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From the proudest logo in sports to that.
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by HjammerTime on Aug 16, 2010 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
That is one ugly fucking jersey
compared to the hawks. I like their road jerseys better; they need a alternate or something. That blue is just dreadful.
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They need a new logo and probably team name entirely. Why is it in the 60s-70s and 80s all the teams had badass names and even more badass uniforms.
Ever since the Florida Panthers and Colorado Avalanche (always thought their uniforms fucking sucked) its been all downhill….Coyotes-Predators-Thrashers…
Whalers to Hurricanes (Epic Fail)
Nordiques to Avs (Fail)
Jets to Coyotes (Fail)
North Stars to Dallas Stars (Epic Fail although understandable)
The quality of mascot and uniform design have nosedived. The only new team with any sort of respectable jersey is the Blue Jackets. The Nashville all navy blues are actually pretty cool but they dont wear them enough and their normal jerseys are ass ugly.
The Minnesota Wild have a logo open to interpretation. This is the NHL. What the fuck is that?
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by HjammerTime on Aug 16, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
You're giving the blue jackets a pass but not the avalanche?
I don’t mind the Wild’s jersey, but I hate that the Preds have gray sleeves on their home unis. I want more contrast between the visitor whites and the home jersey.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 16, 2010 1:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I actually like the avs
but the rest I have to agree with you on. Maybe because I followed the Avs so much when the hawks were in the dark years.
The Wild? I hate the ones that look like a x-mas tree but those alternate green ones are not all that bad.
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Yeah I dont mind the CBJ jerseys at all. At least there aren’t any of these lame colors and lines all over the place.
I always thought the Colorado jerseys were a little hokie. Burgundy is ugly as shit and the logo looks like the sign for a roller coaster ride at Great America.
A major step down from the original Quebec jersey although it is still far better than the Phoenix and Atlanta sweater.
19-88-81-2-7-10-36-4-51 : The Hawks
The Preds alternate jersey should be made to be their main logo. A very classy and simple concept which looks dam cool.
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They're doing that this year
With a white version for the road.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
Awesome. I hope this means the end of the atrocities they wear right now.
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It does, actually.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
did anyone scroll up?
and check out the alternate Flames jersey? let’s just say i may now be typing from a braille keyboard.
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Aug 17, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
yeah
Talk about loud; like looking at a supernova. Aside from the hideous color combo, they look more like rugby jerseys than hockey jerseys to me.
‽ ⅋ ‽
I like what they tried to do
by invoking the history of professional hockey in the area, but I have to admit that the jerseys are uglier than Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Is the Hawks alternate
still the Winter Classic version like last year?
Please say NO.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Bring back the old throwbacks from the Roenick + Chelios days. Very cool unis.
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I want the old black ones back
The WC jerseys are cool, but they’re impossible to read the numbers.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Disliked the WC since they came out
the fact that Scums looked far better has a lot to do with it
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I liked the ACTUAL WC sweater when it came out
but using an almost identical design now for the alternates dilutes the uniqueness of the original WC, to the point where I don’t have as much affection for my actual WC anymore.
Our Cup.
I haven't heard anything otherwise
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
Until further notice, yes.
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Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
BOO
I agree go back to the regular black ones. I really wanted one of those of Hossa or Seabs. The WC are not terrible but i’m not a fan.
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I'm more in the Alternates are supposed to be different camp
Keeping the same exact jersey and just making it black is unimaginative.
While the numbers are hard to see on the 3rd jersey, I’m a fan.
Ditto for Badgerdano
at least
Hawks haven’t gone camo
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I can't see what you linked to
but we already have. They were worn during pre-game warm-ups sometime during the season & then sold online with proceeds going to a veteran’s charity. I believe it was a League-wide thing. Proof.
yep same idea
I like the idea (along with MLB doing it) just not the product
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I agree with you
It looks better if you have a monochrome logo, like the Leafs, but even so, it isn’t the sort of thing you’d want to see on a regular basis.
THIS
should the Blackhawks 3rd jersey
Gimme that logo on a blood red jersey with black numbers.
That’s the logo of the 86th Infantry “Blackhawk” Division for anyone not in the know.
by Bellwether Meltdown on Aug 17, 2010 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions
I dig all three of our jerseys enough
that I really don’t see any pressing need at all for a change. Not to mention, why change after what happened last year? Let’s keep time to the beat of karma right?
That said, this is fucking awesome.
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
just once i want to see them rock this:
most intimidating jersey ever.
Try here.
Can customize w/name & number.
<http://www.icejerseys.com/item_details.php?id=1931>
"Life is a long lesson in humility."
- James M. Barrie
...so you're saying that the Canuck's jerseys were "bad ass?"
Don’t you remember that bumblebee – on – crack look, showcased for all the world to see during the SCF with the Rangers? Worst jerseys ever, and that’s really saying something. BTW, the old North Stars had a decent jersey, too bad the Wild went in a completely different direction.
Dallas should have been called the Lone Stars
although it’s a bit of an oxymoron.
The Lone Rangers?
you can’t pluralize Lone Ranger
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Have to love the offseason. I have to laugh at an athlete getting shafted by a market rather than teams having to overpay for players (i.e. Campbell). I’d like to think karma is a menstruating female.
-Matt Cooke is a turd burglar. He burgles ALL the turds.-
-At least he's not Cam Janssen. What a bag of dicks that guy is.-
by G8K33P3R on Aug 16, 2010 12:06 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I think that's TomoKop with Hendry in that picture
I believe it’s a 2 on his right sleeve.
Ditto for Badgerdano
Fixed
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
ticketmaster was a clusterfuck
now i have to plan a bachelor party at 2x face value.
Ticketmaster
It has to be the worst ticket system available. I wish teams would step in and take tickets away from brokers. The entire first row in my section and a good portion of my row is all the same scalper. You can purchase the whole row on stub hub for many games. I guess it is part of the system though.
Thank You.
Thank god there is a new thread. That Boynton picture was starting to piss me off/ depress the hell out of me.
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Long time listener first time caller.
I think we would all love it if Kaner grew 5 inches and put on 25 lbs, but I think that’s Kopecky, not Kane.
Boynton gets $500K and Hendry Gets $600K? I would have thought it would be the other way around. Maybe even $750K for Boynton. Thanks for the discount Nick.
Sad to see Nemo screw both US and himself at the same time. If Nemo signed earlier for $2.5M, I gotta think Stanley signs Jelly before the Sharks offer sheet for alot less than $3.5M.
Finally, we are much more conflicted than Buff.
IMHO.
whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender
Stan can't just sign Hammer whenever he wants
He made the offer. Hammer chose to wait and see if any other opportunities presented themselves. Niemi had no impact whatsoever on Hammer’s signing.
I realize that, but that's not what I mean.
If Nemo signs for $2.5M early then Stan can afford a $2.5M offer to Hammer. It just seems that Nemo started out as the priority and Hammer got a lowball offer because there were too many $ variables. Hammer was the only one of our guys that didn’t file for arbitration, so I read that as someone willing to negotiate. If Hammer received an offer from the Hawks for $2.5M, I don’t think he holds out for something better. That would be the same $5M cap hit. I’m just talking about timing.
Maybe I’m wrong. I defer to the SCH braintrust.
whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender
by anytime_I_can on Aug 17, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Hammer wasn't arbitration eligible.
There are rumors that he received offers that were in the upper 2’s, but who knows if that was true. Essentially, Hammer wasn’t the priority over Niemi, so Hammer probably did get a low ball offer but that’s because Stan wasn’t expecting anyone to try and poach him.
by Katherine215 on Aug 17, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm just glad to see...
… that Kaner got a haircut.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
20 Tickets?
Looking at the games on stubhub there are some people selling tickets with a quantity between 14-20 tickets (kinda lame that most people cant get a shot at one set of tickets) there wouldnt be any under the table exchanging of tickets in the city of chicago now would there be?
Brokers
Those are ticket Brokers, they own Season Tickets. There are a few rows in my section (307) that are always available on Stub Hub Seats 3-14 from the sale seller. They bought up a crap load when Toews and Kane came up. Before that no one owned most of those seats.
Guess I just never noticed
Good money move for them, just sucks to know that thoes season tickets most likely wont become available to the partial season ticket owners for a long time
Single Game Tix
Myself, along with my brother and a few other friends tried getting tickets. At first we had all picked games out to try and get, but we soon realized we should grab whatever the fuck we could. That shit was almost as bad as Bears tix.
Well if anyone wants to...
join me to go to a Hawks game in Atlanta. I know some of you are by there( our google map). It would be fun to watch the Hawks play Hawks south.
Ah geeeeaz, ah geeeeeez, ah geeeeez, oh crap.
We have been throwing that idea around
I discussed it last night with my brother about taking a few road trips since tickets are so hard and expensive at home. Atlanta was discussed and if we do decide to go I will definitely let you know.
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Ok awesome
I only live a couple hours north so it would work out great.
Ah geeeeaz, ah geeeeeez, ah geeeeez, oh crap.
Actually
cheaper to fly to Nashvegas or handful of other cities, sit up close and fly back, than to go to the UC. I was lucky and bought in for a season two years ago. A few folks have suggested I scalp put my tickets on stubnuts and make a killing, but I explain that I bought them to GO TO THE GAMES.
Our Cup.
i was thinking the same thing
i was actually asking a couple friends today about the availability of cheap Wild tix in the twin cities….apparently they are harder to get than i thought….
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Aug 17, 2010 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
OT: More Stanley Pictures; Ladd's party
I’m not sure if this link has been posted, but check out some shots from Laddy’s private cup party. BONUS: His girlfriend is quite the looker :)
those pictures are great!
what a good idea to have professional pictures taken like that. I wonder if any of the other players did that.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
lots of them were very cool
and what is with the big black strappy things on the gf’s shoes?
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I don't know what the straps are
but Ladd’s girlfriend is not ugly.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I’m not usually a fan of the peroxide-blondes, but yeah, not bad Ladd
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Bad Karma
What is this a clothing web site? Using the Cup for this kind of self (or girlfriend) promotion has to be a bad karma idea. A loss of respect for a guy that I always admired. I am now betting that this is the last time Ladd touches the Cup. The bet obviously looks a little safer given his current address.
by NiemiNation on Aug 17, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
hah, like he bought a single drink
since winning the Cup!
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Like he had the mental capacity
to come up with that idea since winning the Cup
Side note, I am buying a dog and debating on names (i name all pets after players/sports teams), here are the front runners:
Stanley-after Lord Stanley’s Cup
Stosh-after Stan Mikita (this is my personal fav thus far)
Tony-after Tony Esposito
Jet-after Bobby Hull
Pudge-After Carlton Fisk
If you have any suggestions, I’d be glad to hear them, and yes I am bored.
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Adopting
Beagle puppy, or a chocolate lab.
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
aww!!!
I LOVE chocolate labs. there is a chocolate lab puppy staring at me from my calendar as I type. Also, I’m so glad you’re adopting.
Stosh is my vote if you don’t want a current person. I bet there are dozens of Chicago dogs named Stanley now, even though you’re in Ohio.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
apparently Biscuit went that creative route
but at least he didn’t name his dog after himself (Sharpy, I’m looking at you)
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
Hey!
I used to have a black lab named Biscuit. What’s wrong with that name?
II Can Finally Die Happy Now!
nothing at all! unless your name is Biscuit
Sharpy named his dog Shooter, and Seabs went with Stanley.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
I want a dog I can take outside
fishing or hunting with me. The lab would be better for that, since Beagles are scent hounds and will follow any scent over long distances until they either find it or get lost, but I always wanted a beagle, they are good outdoor dogs, and if you can train them well, are awesome dogs-I just got to train him to not kill my roomate’s cat
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Has to be Stanley
since 2010 is the year of our Lord…
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Were Sam not in self-imposed exile, he would tell you he’s the proud owner of a beagle, but the next time his listens to a word he says will be the first. Though that might be a function of his being up there in years and being sick of Sam’s bullshit.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
I had a Cocker that got like that
eventually, she was just like “fuck you, I’m 12, I’ll do whatever I want”
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I firmly believe
dogs take after their owners. Which would explain why mine is stubborn as hell and listens to exactly no one. I call for my dog, and he looks in the opposite direction, the little bastard.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
like spelling
exception
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Fine
I’ll just be in charge of minute, trivial, unnecessary, and unjustified criticism or faultfinding.
And by the way, it’s nitpicking or nit-picking, but not nit picking.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
somethings don't translate across species
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
I think you're onto something there.
I had a 120 pound Alaskan Malamute that would look at you when you called him and if he had nothing better to do he’d lumber on over to see what was on your mind. Otherwise, he pretty much did what he wanted. What a great dog he was.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
we tried real hard to train ours
but the only thing they ever learned to do with reliability was “sing”.
They’d sit if you held your hand up like there was food in it, but that was about it. Our black lab/pit bull was the most spoiled especially after our first dog had to be put down.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
my only problem with beagles
is that they kind of howl when they bark and it annoys me after awhile. any adopted dog is a good dog in my book.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm going to teach him to howl when the Hawks score
that should piss off the neighbors
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
A scent-trained hunting beagle will come home.
Down where I grew up (a very rural area), people hunt them in packs, by releasing the pack and then following the sound of the hounds in trucks or on ATVs. If a dog gets lost, it’s no big deal, they usually find their way home or back to ‘base camp’ for the hunt within the day.
And they all wear collars with addresses and phone numbers, so if you find someone’s dog wandering your yard you can phone the owner to come fetch him up.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Aug 16, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I found a Beagle/Coonhound mix
wandering around the river on Sunday when I was fishing. Little bastard got lost chasing muskrats, he was only a few miles away from his farm so I brought him back
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm jealous
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
Chocolate Labrador
isn’t that a Chinese dessert?
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I vote Stosh
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
Thats my dogs name
Had him for 2 years and he doesn’t listen for shit. I guess he takes after me, but he is being shipped off to boot camp so I can hopefully have him move back with me.
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I once had a dog named Stanley
But had to be taken back to the shelter for being too bitey towards other dogs. This is a problem when you live in the “dog building” of a complex. He was some manner of pitbull mix.
I also once named a dog Brodie after Jason Lee in Mallrats due to his love of Sega hockey, but that dog now belongs to the woman with whom I was living at the time. Brodie was/is a cocker spaniel.
My vote is for Stosh also.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
I almost named my dog Peyton
but I’m glad I didn’t as I discovered running is not his forte. no pun intended there.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
We adopted two new dogs 4 yrs ago
Truman and Eisenhower (Howie). They fought a lot.
Didn’t see that one coming.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, man
Yes, I did. I can’t believe I made that mistake.
by Katherine215 on Aug 17, 2010 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions
My current dog is named Stanley
But I’ve had him for 3 years… he is not a bandwagon dog. Lots of people call him Stosh too. Here he is with his “cup”
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Aug 16, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
He looks thrilled
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
My vote is for Stosh
No lie, it is my dream to someday adopt a yorkie I can call Puck.
And if I could get cats, I’d name them:
- Offside
- Icing
- DOG (Delay of Game)
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 16, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
3 cats and you're officially a spinster
no lie, them’s the rules
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
this is why my roommate is awesome
her allergies keep me from fulfilling my cat lady potential.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 16, 2010 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
are you allowed to own puppies?
maybe you should wait till you see the Hawks PP this year first…..
But yeah, I vote Stosh
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Aug 17, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
given the ethnic pop of Chicago - Stosh is a good all around Chicago dog name
Preparing my psyche for the coming Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Go the other direction
Call him Cup.
"They took the bar! The whole f*cking bar!" --Bluto, Animal House
by ilikeanactivestick on Aug 17, 2010 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I like Stanley,
it has the ring of nobility to it. i also like slapshot.
II Can Finally Die Happy Now!
Bobby Hull and Patrick Kane, sometime in July:
BH: Kid, believe me, you’ll never have to buy another drink in this town.
PK: No shit?
BH: Better yet, hot babes will still be offering you tugs when you’re a fat old drunk!
PK: Mr. Hull, you make me wanna cry with joy.
Our Cup.
by 334Rules on Aug 17, 2010 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
I don't know it's "preferrable" ...
… to have brokers have SO many STH tickets tied up – plus however many they manage to get their hands on beyond STH sales – that everyday fans can’t get their hands on tickets without going through brokers. It just means that brokers dictate demand, which is not how it should be.
It doesn’t do the team, the league nor the fans any favors. But since the tickets/STHs get sold in the first place, and it’s all about bottom line, the NHL has zero motivation to change anything about it or deny brokers renewing their STHs.
At least tickets sold through TicketExchange lets the team make a little extra $ off the resale, versus Stubhub/etc., plus they guarantee the tickets, so I am more comfortable dealing w/ resellers via TixEx than any outside broker.
I wrote a blog post about this over on HockeyBroad a couple weeks ago. There’s several THOUSAND people on the wait list for STHs – shouldn’t they have the right to buy STHs before brokers?
I completely agree
Any team has the right at any time to revoke Season tickets, especially on the grounds of Scalping; either legal or not. The Broker who owns four seats next to me sell them for about $150/seat during the regular season. Our Face Value was $27 last year. I can’t see him giving that profit up anytime soon. Out seats jumped up about $14 so I am curious if he will net more or less this year.
If Nemo turned down $8 mil for 3 years
that would have been a $2.667 Cap hit for 3 years – he went to arbitration, was set at $2.75 mil and got nothing.
the big meltdown for him over what turned out to be a little over $83,000.
Preparing my psyche for the coming Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
It might have been a back end weighted contract
to fit within our cap problems. Something like 1.5, 3, 3.5 or something like that. As I mentioned in the other thread, Niemo really screwed up by listening to his greedy agent. Very unfortunate for the kid.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
the cap hit would be the average salary over the contract term
so they wouldn’t be able backload the cap hit
Ditto for Badgerdano
You'd think I'd have picked up on that by now.
Oh well… DROP THE PUCK!
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
Kane pics
The 2nd one looks like it’s a guys arm to me.
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Kane pics
The 2nd one looks like it’s a guys arm to me.
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
There could
also be a subtle Vernon God Little reference in there, but as far as I know there isn’t a porn parody of it (yet), so I’m going to guess not.
I’m the beer guzzlinest, fast drivinest, pot smokinest, heavy metalest s.o.b. around.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
by McClure on Aug 16, 2010 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fixed
I hope you feel great about yourself.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
I'm sure he does
He just got a job keeping people from hanging out in front of the Joe crack house drugstore.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Cheech and Chong - Sister Mary Elephant
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
TEACHER: Now class, Sister Rosetta has informed me that your assignment for the last two months has been to write an essay entitled “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.” Who would like to read theirs before the class?
Class? Class!? Cla— SHUT UP!!!!! Thank you.
Young man in the first row, stand up, state your name, and read your essay.
STUDENT: Who me?
TEACHER: Yes. Read your essay, please!
STUDENT: Uh, I don`t have it finished yet.
TEACHER: Well then, read what you have, young man!
STUDENT: Okay. The first day on my vacation, no, what I did on my summer vacation. The first day on my vacation, I woke up. Then, I went downtown to look for job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore.
The second day on my summer vacation, I woke up, then I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore.
The third day on my summer vacation, I woke up…
TEACHER: Now that`s fine, young man!
STUDENT : …then I went downtown to look for a job…
TEACHER: Now that`s fine, young man!
STUDENT : …then I got a job, keeping people from hanging out in front of the drugstore. The fourth day on my…
TEACHER: Young man? Young man? Young man!? SHUT UP!!!!! Thank you.
Now class, I have a surprise for you! I`m going to read you some poems out of this lovely book of poetry. The sun kisses the morning skies. The birds kiss the butterflies. The dew kisses the morning grass. Class? Class!? Cla— WAKE UP!!!!!
CHONG: I gotta go to the can, man!
I still have this album. Believe it or not, this reached #24 on the charts in 1973.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 3:37 PM CDT reply actions
I still remember finding my Dad's copies of those on vinyl and it being the greatest thing ever
But this was the reference I was going for in the title
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
Your father must be a very good and very young man
That was some good listening. Thanks. A new band to add to my repertoire. Now the kids will really think I’m cool.
Sounds like a harder version of “Rooney” meets “The Dykenies.” (thanks to Tiger Woods Golf and Shaun White Snowboarding for those additions)
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Off-topic but so many of you seem to be cap / contract geeks..
Dave Shapiro over at Blueshirt Banter has a great post about the NHL’s decision to void the Kovalchuk contract. In addition to offering his reasons, it leads into a discussion about previous contracts as well as the upcoming CBA mess, including a statement that the owners want a $48 million hard cap. That’s an almost 20% pay cut for the employees, by my math.
It’s interesting and well-written. That alone is newsworthy for a Rangers fan.
I hope the link is below. If not it’s posted at blueshirtbanter.
Apologies in advance if this is all old news from elsewhere and I’ve just been ignoring the off-season.
by flyersfaninchicago on Aug 16, 2010 3:38 PM CDT reply actions
here we go, lockout #3?
urgh.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 16, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't put it past Bettman and his handmaidens
The players screwed the pooch the last time, but this time? Uhhh….
The NHL would have to be insane to go through another lock-out
The article was interesting regarding the No Movement/No Trade clause it mentioned. Seems obvious that the Devils were trying to cheat the system and rid themselves of the cap hit when Kovalchuk got up there in years, which none of the other long term contracts have.
The fact that the owners want a $48 million hard cap is ridiculous though. Hockey players already make squat compared to those in other sports and I could see this forcing a lot of players to start playing in Europe, where they can make significantly more cash. Profit sharing is a ridiculous idea and should be done away with. If a team can’t make it on its own, then it obviously doesn’t deserve to be located in that city.
I agree, a lockout would be suicide for the league as a whole
even the Original 6 would likely have a ten year recovery period, and you can just waive goodbye to teams like Columbus, Atlanta, Carolina etc.
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
contraction
Less teams but higher cap. Vet players get good money, owners get more $$ per team from TV.
Plus the $$ saved by the NHL not supporting teams that don’t draw, and the cash teams that the Hawks could keep in house instead of revenue-sharing.
Alas it will not happen.
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
This.
It’s the only way they can sell a big money TV deal. No broadcaster wants to take a chance on an Edmonton – Florida SCH, at any price.
Our Cup.
how about a
Edmonton vs. Calgary finals? The NHL will not contract either one of those teams.
The NHL would hate that matchup in the finals
Good thing it’s impossible
"I have only space enough to add: against the assault of desperate pandas nothing can stand."
-ChicoMaki (channeling Mark Twain)
by HungryHungryPanda on Aug 18, 2010 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions
bright side in the case of another lock out
more of us non-STHers will have an easier time getting tickets to the games at the UC in future seasons without having to mortgage homes we don’t own yet.
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Aug 17, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow
Really had to dig for an upside to a lockout.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
I've said many times,
the problem with the Kovy deal was the last few years being impossible to square with the league minimum.
I’m sure there are other issues, both current and dealing with where they want to be with the next CBA, but if you compare the last years of each of the long-term deals being questioned, Kovy’s is the one that jumps out as just plain impossible (whereas some of the others are merely iffy).
Our Cup.
Now THIS is the Kaner we know and love.
The one who reads Twilight books in his spare time. And then hides them from his mother.
Oh Kaner, please never change.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Aug 16, 2010 4:15 PM CDT reply actions
I wonder if he was thinking about how cool it'd be if Edward came to save him
when he was stuck up in that firetruck ladder last Friday.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 16, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
hang on spider monkey!
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
please
Kaner would be Team Jacob, since Kaner wants to be the Alpha dog.
Toews would be Team Edward, since Edward is perfect.
You've put too much thought into this
And idk if a 100 year old virgin is “perfect”.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 17, 2010 9:15 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Edward was a virgin?
Wow, there actually was more to the story than what was in the commercials?
by Katherine215 on Aug 17, 2010 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions
He was saving himself for marriage
Or was whining about what a monster he was (couldn’t bang other vampires I guess).
And then Bella and Edward got married, made baby and baby ATE HER WAY OUT of Bella and immediately hooked up with Jacob. Or something.
Oh Mormon romance novels, you so wacky
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 17, 2010 10:03 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't even know what to say to that.
by Katherine215 on Aug 17, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
To me it said "don't read those books"
My friends’ horrified faces told me all I needed to know
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 17, 2010 11:30 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I haven't read the books
but I know of an excerpt, which is about the worst piece of writing I’ve ever seen (note this isn’t an exact quote):
He asked me if I wanted to join him for lunch. I said, “no,” because my stomach was already full. Full of butterflies.
Wow,
First I cringed, then I laughed.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
It was a dark and stormy night
and then many cliches were trotted out.
Preparing my psyche for the coming Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
Leaves fell and swirled
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 17, 2010 12:49 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He was as tall as a 6'3" tree...
…and more jocularity here.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
by cliffkoroll on Aug 17, 2010 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
After reading these
a few times, this is my favorite;
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.
Great stuff.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I don't know Germ...
you seem to know a lot of details about the books for someone who hasn’t read them…
Haha, I know
I chalk it up to my friend’s girlfriend making him read it (and him finding he enjoyed it, going on to read all 4 books…) combined with the internet’s glorious power. Honest.
the best part about what you just said
is that IT’S THE BOOK KANER IS READING RIGHT NOW.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 17, 2010 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions
psst.. look all the way up to the top of this set of replys…
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 17, 2010 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
which you commented in? WTH?
by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 17, 2010 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
huh?
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 18, 2010 7:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm worried Kaner will think that's how babies are born
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 7:42 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
nominate the best Blackhawk to give Kaner the birds-and-the-bees spiel
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 18, 2010 7:54 AM CDT up reply actions
The Captain seems an obvious choice
But Kop actually has kids, and hilarious translation errors could occur.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 8:11 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe they could provide demonstra- palomino
Nevermind.
I would’ve nominated Sopel, but Atlanta.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 8:27 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Just noticed
your current drummer is named Kopecky. Ha!
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
At the concert...
“I don’t know what happened. He was in the middle of a drum solo, lost his stick, and then just fell over and out of his seat.”
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
thanks
I give out free samplers by email (and in person) to anyone that wants them, so email me if you want to download stuff. The album will not be released for at least a few months.
almost forgot
there is 4th track on the Facebook page too.
http://www.facebook.com/trialsmusic
Well since everyone has to pimp their blog/site...
http://www.facebook.com/trialsmusic
actually I didn't put much thought into it at all...
I only read the first book (and regretted those hours ever since) and it was just supposed to be a flippant comment…
I didn’t think it’d devolve that much, but silly me, this is SCH, I should’ve expected it. :)
It's like you don't even know us!
And I was cracking up, because WWBD has the same thoughts about Kaner being Team Jacob and the manly thing.
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 7:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
this is just wrong
There’s less OT stuff now than when there was actually hockey going on.
Well since everyone has to pimp their blog/site...
http://www.facebook.com/trialsmusic
Oh Kaner,
Your Pussy Magnet just weakened severely with the drinking age girls, but it’s OK, the highschool girls will be all over that
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
high school girls and moms
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 16, 2010 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Fucking Fucking Fucking
Fucking Ticketmaster.
I want to punch it in the face til it bleeds forever.
www.mjt.org
by ChicoMaki on Aug 16, 2010 4:23 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I cant stand ticket master
I’ll go to Stubhub over Ticketmaster any day of the week, but I still hate paying those premium prices
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
It just killed me today. KILLED me. I got into a search 2 seconds after zero hour and I didn’t even get to sniff a ticket. Now I’m looking at $150 for standing room only. I pass over a lot of things without mention … but it’s the whole what’s fair/what’s not fair thing that gets me bristling. Fuck brokers, fuck them all, I hope they all develop some horrible foot problem, something that isn’t painful but that makes them limp hilariously. Ya. And I hope anyone who doesn’t feel the same as me develops the same thing. Don’t tell my mom that, though, she’d be disappointed in me.
www.mjt.org
Same result for me
Had two computers going with 3 different browsers open on each computer (Chrome, Firefox, and IE, since it doesn’t recognize multiple windows open if they’re different browsers). In addition, my son and I were speed dialing Ticketmaster. All I could get were 2 SRO’s for the last freakin game of the season against Detroit.
I even tried getting handicapped seats for my dad and failed there too. He’s been going to games since the 50’s and missed ’61 because he was in Korea. I really wanted him to get to see the banner-raising, but no go. I know his days are numbered, so it was really something I wanted to share with him. Frustrated.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Just the ONLY son
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Fortunately
I have three brothers with whom I can share the load.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
Siamese quadruplets??
/palomino
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
...a little late
to the Ticketmaster-hate party?
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
not far enough north?
(wait, are you further north than Nova Scotia?) I’m not good with latitude and longitude apparently.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
is that further north
than Scotland? that’s what I got distracted by.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
not even close
here’s a geography fact that routinely blows Americans away.
Chicago is about the same latitude as Rome.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
it was more
I wasn’t sure how far north Nova Scotia was in comparison to Chicago and Scotland.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
As I mentioned just below
Glasgow’s about the same as Moscow (for the record, they both rhyme with the word “go”), and yet you have much cooler winters than me because the UK gets warmed by the Gulf Stream. Otherwise I’d be living somewhere comparable to Finland.
I don't know
your December was pretty damn cold for me.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Really?
I figured you were colder because you actually get snow. Where I am, there’s about a 50-50 chance it’ll snow in any given year, and even then most of the time it snows we get ~an inch.
someone correct me if i'm wrong,
but i think it doesn’t snow when it’s super cold. I think it has to be warmer for it to snow. However, we do get down into the single digits (you’ll have to do the F to C conversion there), so overall, Chicago is probably colder. it was in the 20-30 degree range when we were there, which was cold enough!
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
that is a myth
like it’s to hot to rain
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I've never heard that one.
oh well, this is why I am not a meteorologist. why does it rarely/never snow when it’s in the single digits then?
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions
The cold Canadian airmass
that moves in is what usually drops the temp down that far. Most of the snow we get is moisture from the gulf, and those 2 systems usually oppose each other due to jetstreams
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
so it sort of ends up being warmer
when we get snow if it’s coming from the gulf. right?
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
right
That’s when we get the heavy slushy snow. The moisture content is higher.
The beautiful sparkely fluffy powder comes out of the northwest. Less moisture and lower upper air temps
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Precisely
Just like they taught us in meteorology 101
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
Snow
There are two conditions needed for snow. First is two air masses of different temperatures. You need the warmer air mass to rise high enough to make snow.
The second is for the warmer air mass to contain enough water vapor to create snow. The colder the temperatures the less water vapor is present.
When it is REALLY cold in Chicago you tend to NOT have either condition. There isn’t much water in the air to make snow.
But the real issue is what causes frigid weather in Chicago. The jet stream has pushed out all of the warmer air masses. To be that cold in Chicago there really isn’t any mixing of air. It is all from the jetstream. So there isn’t enough differential to move water high enough to make snow.
so it DOES have to be warmer to snow
at least in Chicago. I knew I could find a way to be right in all this!
by Katherine215 on Aug 17, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Must be a long off-season
When we are having detailed conversations about the weather.
2009-2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Chicago Blackhawks
Seems like
a conversation with my parents.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
Tom Skilling is that you?
I should of went into weather, much more entertaining than the crap i’m doing
2009-2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Chicago Blackhawks
Should "have" not "of",
“gone” not “went”, and “shit” not “crap”. Hey, if not me then CNS was going to correct you.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
nope
just a ski bum
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Aug 17, 2010 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Thanks, Wikipedia
Chicago’s average low for December is -5.44C/22.2F.
Glasgow’s average low for December is 2.2C/36F.
I don’t know why you found it so cold here.
I'm a wimp
and it was early in December, I wasn’t used to the cold yet. And it was below that a lot of the time, too, especially in the Highlands. And the wind was brutal. Did I mention I’m a wimp?
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
How do you cope with Chicago winters, then?
But yeah, I know what you mean about the wind, that can be horrible, especially if you’re higher up don’t have any cover from trees, etc.
i was walking around in a hoodie through November in Aberdeen
people thought i was nuts, but i never got really cold enough for a winter coat till mid-december. it could also be that all the beer and whiskey in my diet tended to make me feel warmer in generally throughout the day….
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Aug 17, 2010 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Johnny Lava is correct.
That is indeed a myth.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
that sucks
when I have my private helicopter/gulfstream so I can go to all 82 I plan on moving to Jackson Hole, WY. 400+ inches of snow per season
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I does indeed suck
Although this year it finally snowed a decent amount, but the councils weren’t equipped for it & so the pavements were covered in solid ice for about 3 weeks. Made walking to Uni, uh, fun…
And there are no ants
in Antarctica.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
and Greenland was a warm lush island
back when those raping expasionist Europeans first found it
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Actually
it was called that so it would attract prospective settlers.You have to feel sorry for the dopes who turned up there expecting a glorious colourful paradise only to find an island about as white as, well, your average hockey team.
I belived the hype
Funny aside. 2 of the players I drafted “this” season (11-12) in NHL 10 are black during game play. Highlights at end of period/game, they’re white.
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Was one of those players
Godfrey Cambridge??
Wow, this just screams to be photoshopped.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Ya, I’m at the same latitude as the southern lines of most of the northern states (Montana, North Dakota, etc.) … say, a good few miles above Milwaukee (?).
www.mjt.org
I broke down and looked at a map
I’m clear now.
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
instead get a map with the gulf stream
it really does affect weather. the UK has it but Chicago doesn’t. Thus the temp difference.
Ah geeeeaz, ah geeeeeez, ah geeeeez, oh crap.
According to Google
I’m 10 degrees further North than Halifax. Apparently I’m close to Moscow’s latitude. News to me…
It happened right at 10 Central, but i haven’t had the chance to let it go yet. This is my AA meeting.
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I'm with you
there was a bitchfest a ways up the thread.
btw, are you coming to Chicago?
by Katherine215 on Aug 16, 2010 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I’m definitely coming … just don’t know when (now that the 9th isn’t the determining factor anymore). Still likely October, though.
www.mjt.org
I remember when you came out last year, and feeling bad for you that you came all this way and bought a scalped ticket to see Calgary go up 5-0 less than halfway through the first. Not to mention being subjected to Killion and I beforehand
Needless to say, I stopped feeling bad for you by about 10:15PM that night.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
My God. What a night. The beers with you and Matt were great … I walked for blocks after that game in a pure haze of euphoria.
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Wow
You made the trek all the way down here for a random game, and by chance you got to see that game in person. wow.
‽ ⅋ ‽
I know! For the first half of the game, though, I was saying the same sentence as you just did but red-faced with anger.
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You sure got to see a hell of a show
hard to believe that was last season and not longer
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
How did you wind up there?
Just curious, I think the place is terrific, but only visited once. Trying to get to Newfoundland next – may I ask what you do there for a living?
I hitchhiked out here on a lark 13 years ago from northern Ontario, and I pretty much decided I was going to stay here forever about 5 hours after I arrived. Beautiful place, ya, I agree (Newfoundland is extraordinary; if you do get the chance to go, jump at it.)
I work for an academic publishing company that publishes books in English Studies and Philosophy.
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Count me as very jealous
My wife probably wouldn’t like it, but I love the weather in that area – and I mean all of the seasons. I will try to make it to Newfoundland soon, but may go to Prince Edward instead at the last – minute.
Ok, I'm tired of trying to choose my own music
Recommend me an album, people. First person to reply with an album I actually have (I’ve got 1400 of them, so hopefully there’s a good chance I’ll have it) wins!
you can never go wrong with Zepplin
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
It's Z-e-p-p-e-l-i-n
Sorry about correcting anyone.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I makes the typo
I feel shame
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll take responsibilty since I started it
But I’m drinking already so I think I deserve a pass
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
2nd or 3rd lion roar?
i forget
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I think it's the 3rd
but you can download a version of WoO with DSotM already superimposed from the interwebs. Only problem is you can’t hear what’s being said, which is très confusing if you’ve never seen WoO before.
When I am out of music ideas
I usually go with some 70s Genesis.
theres a debate
Best Genesis Vocalist
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Really?
Not Gabriel (although I love Phil Collins live with his story telling)?
Gabriel era Genesis is my favorite band ...
I’ll even go up to Duke with Phil but cut out after that.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 16, 2010 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Duke
right in the middle of And Then There Were Three and Abacab. I always pick Duke too as where Genesis lost me, but in reality it was over the course of those three albums. A few good songs, a few crappy ones on each. Can’t deny the talent that played for Genesis over the years, but I wish Collins would have lost his voice about 30 years ago.
Lord Stanley's new address: Sweet Home Chicago!
by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the loss of Steve Hackett may have been harder on the band ...
than the loss of Gabriel. With Gabriel they lost the showmanship and quirkiness, but with Hackett they lost the atmosphere than gave their songs that extra dimension. Trick of the Tail and Wind and the Wuthering/Spot the Pigeon EP (to a lesser extent because Hackett was being phased out) are still wicked albums. Once Hackett left, like you mentioned on And then there were three, they immediately had that gutted, poppy sound. Can’t blame them for going in that direction, just not my cup of tea.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 16, 2010 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
ditto
Although I like the cover of Duke
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Genesis
lost me at Duke for a while. I did not like Abacab at all. I picked them back up with Invisible Touch. Although it is different music, I like it (and I think Domino kinda harkens back to earlier stuff). At the Invisible Touch concert I heard Home by the Sea for the first time (from the self-titled Genesis album in the middle that got lost in the shuffle) which I love. The beginning of We Can’t Dance was okay too.
by stanfordron on Aug 17, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Perfect
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I never really got prog-rock
The closest I got to liking it was prog-metal in the form of Tool (Lateralus/Aenema era, most of 10,000 Days was boring).
Tool's videos were hard to beat
Sober is still so much awesomeness.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh, yeah
I haven’t heard they album (yet) but I do like 21st Century Schizoid man. But I never got Genesis, with Peter Gabriel pretending to be a lawnmower or whatever the fuck it was he did.
That is just one song on one album.
Try Nursery Crimes (a very early album for them) or Winds and Withering.
Yeah, Genesis are too uncool for some people ...
unlike other rock outfits, like the who for example, who never did anything goofy …
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 17, 2010 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I know I'm way late with this suggestion
but next time you’re looking for something to listen to may I suggest
Little Feat – ‘Waiting for Columbus’
As a tribute to the just recently deceased Richie Hayward [Great band. Great drummer. Great live recording]
"Life is a long lesson in humility."
- James M. Barrie
Never the same after they lost Lowell George
I saw the band a few times after he died, and they were still tight as hell. The lead singer (from Pure Prarie League) tried his best, but you can’t replace a guy like that.
One of the best produced
live records ever.
Also outstanding: the master remix box set for Live at the Filmore. They found the masters for all four shows, and mixed them all down to come up with the best performances. I generally prefer vinyl to CD, but this shit is amazing.
Our Cup.
Thanks for that tip
Hadn’t heard anything about the Filmore release. Awesome!
Oh yes you can
Ever tried to listen to their masterpiece “Presence?” Ugh, truly awful. Plant said in an interview that his new wife has asked that he never play it in their house again, after she gave it one listen. But their other works are quite good to great, IMHO.
Achilles' Last Stand excepted.
Chicago Blackhawks - 2010 Stanley Cup Champions
Things have changed forever, we're the Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure
I stand corrected
That may be worse. Too many drugs at the time, I suspect.
Zeppelin I-IV
Are pretty much the best 4 album run by any band any time. However, it was a steady slide down after that, IMHO. The only thing less comprehensible than the music was the cover.
I still find it fucked up
that Zep released LZI & LZII within about 6 months of each other. How the fuck do you be that awesome that quickly?
Kane = Plant?
Toews = Page?
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I guess I’m sorta thinking more about their off-ice antics than gametime ones, though either could be applied. Tazer = Jones = Responsible, disciplined, proficient smart guy who’s a solid backbone to a group of amazing dudes. Bonzo = holy shit it’s fucking Bonzo = Kaner’s reign of booze fueled Stanley Cup off season terrorfest/awesomefest/hilarityfest. Off season Kaner is the Moby Dick solo.
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
That seems to be the case for most bands
All of the members usually are bursting with a backlog of new ideas, then are spent after a few albums. But I really liked In Through the Out Door, thought it was a major new direction for them. Sad but not unexpected, given Bonham’s copious drug use over the years.
one of my favorite rock stories
is how Run DMC “saved” Aerosmith’s career. Buying Pandora’s Box in high school was like an epiphany
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
My favourite rock band story
As The Who were leaving their hotel to travel somewhere else on their tour, Keith Moon suddenly said, “Wait a second, turn back! I forgot something!”, so the driver turned around & travelled back to the hotel. Keith ran into the hotel and about 2 minutes later, a TV flew from their room window into the swimming pool. He got back in the car and said, “There, that’s better.”
My favorite rock band story hasn't happened yet ...
it’s Bon Jovi apologizing for all of his awful music, lamenting that he can’t put the genie back in the bottle and that his songs will never stop being played in any of our lifetime, and blowing his brains out.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 16, 2010 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Hahhhhhhhhhh-Hot Dog!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Between Bonham's
drinking and drug use, Jimmy Page living on a diet of Banana Daiquiris and heroin along with the fact that Plant still hadn’t gotten over the death of his son, it’s a miracle that In Through the Outdoor was ever completed. Props to John Paul Jones for keeping his shit together to get this album out.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I also liked the brown paper wrapper the album came in
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions
If you added water to the cover it got colorful
I screwed mine up massively. This was the 2nd album I ever bought.
“Permanent Waves” was first
Holy Crap!
The wrapper hid
the 6 different covers. (Same scene shot at different angles)
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Also props to JPJ for being in Them Crooked Vultures. That band is fucking awesome. Apparently they are working on new shit that is supposedly even harder than the first record.
QOTSA is also working on new stuff. Homme must be a busy man.
19-88-81-2-7-10-36-4-51 : The Hawks
by HjammerTime on Aug 17, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
JPJ
JPJ produced the Stones “Goat’s Head Soup” album BTW
You can make things happen, watch things happen or wonder what the hell happened.
by Timothy Fisher on Aug 17, 2010 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
AND
Did antone here know the Zep ripped off the song “Dazed and Confused???
”http://www.tmz.com/…/led-zeppelin-dazed-and-confused-jimmy-page-lawsuit-jake-holmes/" target="_blank">www.tmz.com/…/led-zeppelin-dazed-and-confused-jimmy-page-lawsuit-jake-holmes/
You can make things happen, watch things happen or wonder what the hell happened.
by Timothy Fisher on Aug 17, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
There are more songs than Dazed and Confused
Quite a few of the songs off of their first two albums from some old blues & folk music.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Including Stairway to Heaven
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:10 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
reply fail
Sorry, that was to Big C – for some reason it acts up when someone else is posting at the same time.
Ben Eager
When Eager posed for pics with at least two thousand fans here in Ottawa, he wore the Hawk jersey, although his dad was in a Thrashers uniform. If I knew how to post a pic, I have some great shots of Ben at Brantwood park, where he played as a kid.
Need: Thumbtack + Picture + wall
thumbtack the picture to the wall. Take a picture of that with your cellphone camera and email to the blog.
oh Puck Daddy,
I can’t believe they didn’t bring up Buff in this. Other than Buff not being an All-Star D-man of course…
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
I do not understand Burke's logic here, as he argues that MTL doesn't have too many D-men.
"I keep telling people this: How many defensemen do you think we went through the year we won the Cup in Anaheim?" said Burke, the Ducks’ GM when they won it all in 2007. "You need double digits. You don’t need seven. You don’t need eight. You need double digits.
"Now, I’m not saying this team’s going to take a run to the finals. I’m just saying, our plan is to make the playoffs. That’s our goal. You need eight defensemen minimum to do that. Most teams go through nine, and a lot of teams get to double digits.
Now I’ll agree that it’s good to have depth, and that at some point you’ll probably be using a D-man who wasn’t in your starting six for the season opener. The Hawks used eight different people on D last year, if I’m remembering correctly.
But isn’t this what farm teams are supposed to be for? This is why call-ups happen. The Leafs, OTOH, now have 7 D-men making $3M or more each under contract (and an eighth at the more reasonable $800k). What are they going to do, send some of them down to play farm hockey on multi-million dollar contracts? Do they not have any D in the pipeline that they could call up?
Also, did Burke just jinx them before the season started?
by spokeinthebandwagon on Aug 16, 2010 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Sounds like he's assuming a lot.
Thats bad news, at least lie to your fan base.
Ah geeeeaz, ah geeeeeez, ah geeeeez, oh crap.
It could be worse
they could be the Flyers. Btw, Capgeek doesn’t agree with your numbers; they have 5 D-men making $3M or more (and Schenn making a bawhair under)
Also, the Leafs are already fucked, so the best they can hope for is to be jinxed so hard they somehow unjinx themselves.
Heh heh, Flyers.
I was counting Schenn at $3M since he’s negligibly under, but you’re right, somehow I misread Lebda’s numbers, so he should be at $1.5M instead. So they have 6 d-men at $3M, one at $1.5, and one at $800k.
I also just realized that I used MTL in the title of the original post, and not TOR. Slight difference in the Canadian cities. * facepalm *
by spokeinthebandwagon on Aug 16, 2010 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
So..
Burke should go ahead and hold a press conference and say “How can we be any worse than last season?”
That old saying “If you’re in a hole the 1st step is to stop digging?” BS, keep on digging, eventually you’ll come out on the other side of Earth.
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
So they should drill to the depths of the Oilers?
by spokeinthebandwagon on Aug 16, 2010 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions
it's a long process
you need to have the will to see it through.
And at this point, why exactly should Canada have another team? They keep screwing them up. Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto. Montreal and Ottowa were fortunate to make the playoffs and Vancouver… well how can you not think of them and chuckle
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Bright side. They'll be the best hockey team
in China
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
You talk to any Leafs fan and they'll tell you
How much they hate, absolutely hate Burke. And why not, he’s their version of Pulford…or Mike Smith.
Burke's D are like Spinal Tap's drummers
Preparing my psyche for the coming Capocalypse
Confusion will be my epitaph.
by krome on Aug 17, 2010 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Does Regina rhyme with vagina?
Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts
Like these murderous rhymes tight from genuine craft
if it's in Saskatchewan
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
they don't have razors up there?
Nevermind, I thought you said Sasquatch
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
Paulina, Melvina, and Lunt
Formerly Byfuglie33
by Joe Banks on Aug 17, 2010 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I am so happy
that I actually live on Lunt Ave. I live on a punch line!
"Kane is skating as if his mullet is on fire." - 6/9/10, 10:06PM CST
Better than
being a punchline.
You can make things happen, watch things happen or wonder what the hell happened.
by Timothy Fisher on Aug 17, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Apropos of nothing
is this the coolest guitar you’ve ever seen, or what?
by Germware on Aug 16, 2010 7:12 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
That is kinda cool
Now if the band has an Ewok Village drumset…..
Not all those who wander are lost.
my Captain is better than your Captain
by Johnny Lava on Aug 16, 2010 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He was a bit
of a drama queen. But it was his lot in life, so.
by Katherine215 on Aug 17, 2010 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions
yeah
thats fucking rad
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 16, 2010 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not a big star wars fan ...
so maybe i just don’t get it, but I don’t think we should be encouraging these people.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 16, 2010 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Very cool!
I would want one, except I don’t play guitar.
by Katherine215 on Aug 17, 2010 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Have I ever mentioned what my favorite sone is?
“Wish you were here”
Now that that is out of the way, somebody please explain to me where Skille is going to play this year (what line)
Brouwer too.
Is Sharp playing center?
What if we kept Havlat and got rid of Versteeg and Buff then. Would we win the cup? The PP would have been awesome though.
CNS should this be a fanpost or fanshot?
Holy Crap!
I'm a huge Floyd fan ...
and a Roger Waters fan in general. Which means that song should be right up my alley. But I think i prefer 4 or 5 licks off the Final Cut more the Wish You Were Here, and I’m not even that crazy about the Final Cut (good solo Waters album, bad floyd album in my opinion). Favorite songs are tough because they come and go. But if I had to pick one song that has had an enduring impact on my life more than any other it would be Saturday Night by the Bay City Rollers.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 16, 2010 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Billy
Bay City Rollers cannot be mentioned in the same sentence. As Pink Floyd. See that?
S A T U R D A Y Night. one of the anthems of my youth.
Holy Crap!
by laaarmer on Aug 16, 2010 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hockey season starts for me Monday.
My older boys team has a game against St. Petersburg Lokomotiv. A Russian team is coming through Michigan and my kids team is scheduled to play them.
Holy Crap!
I too found that odd.
I liked SA-TUR-DAY night! But they were not in the same league as Floyd. I think I’ll by me a football hockey team.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
I drove to Detroit and back today
Wish you were here, The Wall, Meddle (I had to turn it off),
I felt like I missed the whole drive
Holy Crap!
Sounds like an awful thing to do
especially on such a fabulous day!
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
The music with the exception of Meddle was great.
I even through some CCR in there.
I had a 10 minute meeting which I drove 169 miles for and then 169 miles back. Fucking customers!
Holy Crap!
I always like the first and last cut off of Meddle ...
Meddle is a lot like Duke from Genesis and Yes from Fragile where there are group songs and individual songs. The group songs (one of these days and echoes) are always better than the individual ones (the rest of them).
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 16, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I love San Tropez
don’t get me wrong, it lacks the punch of a “S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!”, but it’s pretty good.
Post-Gabriel Genesis, imo, not worthy of inclusion in Yes/Floyd discussion.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
Well, clearly Duke isn't a Meddle or Fragile ...
but it’s not bad. I wasn’t trying to compare it in terms of overall quality either, just as the approach taken with the Duke Suite written by all three members and the rest of the songs essentially solo projects slapped on a genesis album.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 17, 2010 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions
fearless is a great song, bros.
i like meddle
Your suspicion was correct ...
That’s not my favorite song; I was totally joking.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 16, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
You heard it here first
“Us and Them”
Skille will play mostly on the 3rd line
Brouwer will alternate between the 1st and 3rd lines
Sharp is playing 2nd line center
I can’t predict the past
Fanshit (unless you add a poll)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 16, 2010 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
So Skille and Brouwer play 3rd line with Bolland sometimes?
I hope Jack comes through.
Skille* replacing Versteeg!
Holy Crap!
but can he rap?
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 16, 2010 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Or at least sing Fergie songs
Chicagoan in the Lou.
by Mike Martin on Aug 16, 2010 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Well at least we still have Kane
to trip over her while out bar-hopping wearing his USA jacket and silver medal over a week after the Olympics. For me, that’s the best Kane off-ice antic ever.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions
I love that story
Versteeg must have been so jealous
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 17, 2010 9:23 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I think it was in the NY Post
Oh Kaner
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 17, 2010 9:57 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I still find it strange
that the NY Post is actually good at reporting anything, even if it is hockey.
Well, really it was about Fergie
If that clears things up
Go jump in Toews Lake.
Aubrey: old German for king of the elves. Huff: English for...huff.
by shinkicker on Aug 17, 2010 10:07 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Oops. Apparently it was will.i.am
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/love_the_peas_iUpdcoe2p89ngvTvci7BWJ
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
it actually makes more sense with will.i.am
If it was Fergie, Kaner would’ve been tripping over his tongue.
‽ ⅋ ‽
The jacket I can see
but wearing the silver medal? Ok, that’s very, oh, I don’t know, very Buffalo.
39 years of pain vaporized by one OT goal. (1971 loss to Habs)
Wish You Were Here
Was Floyds most accessible record, IMHO. I loved DSOTM too, but WYWH was on my turntable far more often. Animals and The Wall, not so much.
As one of the Deadspin commenters said:
“If a beat reporter were to just follow around Patrick Kane since he won the cup and write about it everyday, I would read it.”
Or get a camera crew. I bet it would make Jersey Shore look wholesome.
Episode 1
Kane: Yo Johnny! Let’s go into this bar and get some PUSSY! And maybe we can get chicks to blow us in the bathroom since Skille isn’t here!
Toews: Alright dude. But not too late. We’ve got training in the morning.
Kane: Fuck training. I’m gonna train tonight. Train DEEZ NUTZ! Let’s get in there and see how the bitches like my new haircut!
(Inside bar)
McClure: Oh em gee! It’s Kaner and Tazer!
Kane: Not now, chief! I’m in the zone! Hey! Barkeep! Jagerbombs! Right here! Eight of ’em for number eighty-eight!
Toews: I’ll have a Molson, please.
Kane: Hey! You! Marginally attractive girls! Comere! Why don’t you come treat my dick like a cabbie, ya skanks?
It would be about here that it would be pulled off the air.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
See I imagine Kaner like a friend of mine
he’s ok, he’s ok, he’s ok. then..BAM! he goes from zero to shitfaced like someone hit a switch. He’s hitting on ugly women, pissing on bookshelves, and passing out in people’s closets. (all of which actually happened to him)
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
That reminds me a funny true story
My best friend (who we’ll call Fred) and his wife (who we’ll call Wilma), were still dating about 15 years ago. Fred is a pretty big guy and Wilma is a tiny gal. Fred lived two doors down from the bar we used to hang out at.
One night the three of us got really hammered and I crashed at his place on the sofa. In the middle of the night, Fred walks out of the bedroom wearing Wilma’s underwear, opens the closet door, takes a piss in the closet, and disappears back into the bedroom. He still just smiles and shakes his head every time I remind him of that. He was actually very relieved at the time when I told him what happened during the night because he was very confused/worried when he awoke in the morning wearing a thong.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions
What is really amazing
is that Wilma married him.
He had a good job
at a stone quarry
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions
because
he’s Marian Hossa, and we’re not
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions
wouldn't that be
Sir Marian Hossa now?
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
Any of you guys remember those Laddie (spelling?) commercials?
Car dealer… people always ask me, Laddie, how come you’re so cool. And I say, cause I’m Laddie and you’re not.
I’ve thought of this commercial every time the Hossa line has been used, and for the life of me, I could never find a screen grab to fuck up with microsoft paint. I’d say “photoshop,” but I’m not that good.
It's the Chicago Blackhawks man...
Hossa is really an Android
and we’ll all be assimilated into the Borg, one way or the other.
Does anyone have the video
or date for the 5 goal comeback against the flames? I could really use them and I can’t seem to find it
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
It was October 12th
Here’s a video link
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
awesome, thanks
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh yeah
I’m using it for the pre-season video I got going
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
what a tease
now I can’t wait to see it
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
when is the first regular season game?
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions
October 7th
in Colorado – 10 pm Ohio Time
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
good, I might be able to get two done then
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Im doing one to the music from Crimson Tide
which I found oddly fitting, and I want to do another to For Whom the Bell Tolls
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Just in case
Their first pre season game is Sept 22nd in Winnipeg against the Lightning.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
I really hope you're referring to the video!?
"Life is a long lesson in humility."
- James M. Barrie
Watching this again was great
You could make an argument that the Flames were not the same after that game — Hawks stuck a fork into their season. Also, this was pre-op Bolland and you can kinda see him favoring his back. Was the 6th goal Seabs’ or Bolland’s? Couldn’t tell from the YouTube.
Im pretty sure it was Seabrook
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup, it was Seabrook
even states it right in the video summary
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I was listening to that game on the radio
Turned it on when they were down 5-0. Got home after they scored a couple, and watched the rest on TV. We were screaming and jumping up and down. That’s when I knew this season could really be something.
I think that game
put more than a few people in an alcohol induced coma
Back off man, I'm a scientist
Bug Chucker Fly Fishing
by BigCSouthside on Aug 17, 2010 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I watched NHL on the Fly
over and over the rest of that night. They were so shocked that the Hawks came back and won that one.
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?
I love me some NHL on the fly
Id say that was a good game for me to buy some scalped 100 level tickets, sure didnt feel like it at first being down 5-0 made me second think the purchase
It was Seabrook
This link might be better;
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
That game is even better if watched with the game thread up
I still think all the people there who wrote off the Hawks are dumb.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
by Mike Martin on Aug 17, 2010 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been meaning to ask
Either during the first or second year after the Lockout (and hence my first or second year as a fan) I was watching online highlights of the most recent game we’d played, which had been against the Devils. The ABC line scored a great passing play against Brodeur, with – I think – Calder getting the goal.
I’d be very much obliged if someone here knew what date it was or, even better, could find a vid on YouTube of it. The info I just gave you is all I know about it. Even then, it might not have been against Brodeur, but I’m 99% sure it was against the Devils.
I think you mean Arnason?
http://blackhawks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlg=20052006,2,667&event=CHI1182235&fr=false was this it? From this game: http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2005020667 ?
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
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by chiblackhawks on Aug 17, 2010 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
stupid links
try this for the game video.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 17, 2010 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
n00b
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 17, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope, that's not it
it was a 3-on-0 or 3-on-1 breakaway. The goalie came out of his net & just got completely schooled.
i don't think it was the devils
we only play them once a year and this was the game in the 05-06 season. The 06-07 season had only Ruutu scoring… (Also, Calder was only with us til th 05-06 season.)
You said the goalie came out of his net? I would laugh if that goalie turned out to be Turco. Lemme see if I can find something.
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 18, 2010 7:30 AM CDT up reply actions
It was the Devils
the goal I was thinking of was actually the 2nd goal of that game, Vrbata got it but it’s listed as Ellison for some reason. Kudos to you for finding that video.
close enough then, haha
Glad you found it :)
But when it was suggested to him that Toews v. Kane seems likely to become a sidebar to every future international hockey tournament, he smiled and said: "I'd like us to win something together, too." -- 2/28/10, so our Captain has said, and so it was done.
(Tweets @ChiBlackhawks and blogs at Blackhawks Down Low.)
by chiblackhawks on Aug 18, 2010 7:56 AM CDT up reply actions
RDO WTF!!!
has anyone else seen all this BS going on at the Research & Development Camp, look at these rules theyre trying out… http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=63841&navid=DL|NHL|home .. no touch icing, one faceoff dot in each zone, bigger crease, what it this crap!?!?
This is my favorite
The length of the overtime period will be increased to nine total minutes. (Three segments lasting three minutes each.) The segments will start with 4 on 4 play, go down to 3 on 3 and ultimately finishing with 2 on 2.
2 on 2? Now that would be entertaining. How are you going to consistently beat any variation of these pairings?
Toews-Keith
Kane-Seabrook
Hossa-Campbell
Sharp-Hjammer
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
We used to go to the pond after school to play 2 on 2
but we did it without goalies.
don't give the league any more ideas....
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by puppetmasterp on Aug 18, 2010 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
That would be glorious
I’d love to watch those pairings face off in practice, too.
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:20 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You know as good as it sounds w/ that O/T format
I just don’t like more stoppage in play. I like the flow. Now your adding more time for pucks over glass and so forth.
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Oh, it's completely ridiculous
But still better than a shoot out.
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 11:01 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
but if no one scores in the new format
I think I read that it goes to a shootout anyways?
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Yeah, but there would be 10 mins or so of OT?
before the shootout, so maybe it’d be used less?
I would like to see the test camp trying to see how 2 on 2 works. Because I imagine the urge to ice it would be strong.
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 11:09 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I assume the idea behind it
is to increase the chances of one team scoring in OT, but I don’t know if that will happen. If you’re in defensive mode in 2 on 2 play, I don’t see a lot of hard forechecking happening for fear of a possible 2 on 1 advantage. So, the defenders will probably just cover the open man and try to stay between the puckhandler an the net, hoping for a poke-check opp.
But, what would make it really interesting is during a line change. If one player is tired and has to get off, but the opposition’s 2 players stay out that’s a temporary 50% player advantage. Once the fresh player is out there though, that will be a huge advantage if the opposing players are tired. In 2 on 2 the players will get tired quickly (unless everyone is playing ultra-conservative). To do a 2 on 2 right, you would need to shorten the rink by at least 25%, which of course isn’t feasible.
I don’t know how it would work; I’d like to see video of them trying it at R&D camp.
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I was thinking the same thing about the rink size
My only solution was to play half court with an official goalie.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
This seems disruptive
If they stop play every 3 minutes to remove a player, it feels like there will be a lot less flow to the OT — it would be hard for a team to build momentum.
Now if it works out that the teams have to pull their players off while play continues, that would be far more interesting.
Agree with Hawkeytalk
But you have to decide who comes off at that marker and get those players off but if your in the middle of a rush at that time then that player isn’t going to come off the ice. They would still I think have to stop the play.
The rule that bothered me the most I think is the no clearing the puck on the PK. Why dont you just give the other team a goal and call it that.
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I agree that the change would be weird, but I also understand their logic
Why do we reward a team for breaking one rule by allowing them to temporarily break another?
In reality, this would be a rule change that would benefit the Hawks who have the ability to transition well while short-handed. Conversely, other teams would be forced out of their comfort zone while on the PK which would also give us more opportunities while we’re on the PP.
It would also speed up the pace of the game. I hate waiting for a PP opportunity and then spending the next 2 mins watching guys ice and retrieve the puck, ice and retrieve, ice and retrieve. It will definitely increase the actual penalty associated with committing an infraction though, and therefore if they were to make this rule change they’d better do something to improve penalty-calling.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
That's what I was thinking
All the PP has to do is play four corners for 90 secs and then stroll to the net through exhausted defenders and put it in.
by stanfordron on Aug 18, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Maybe do away with icing
And reduce the 2 minutes for minor infractions to 90 seconds or something. Leave the rules as is for 5 minute majors. 5 minute majors (standalone) are not all that common.
Why the assumption that there would be a forward and defenseman?
I would assume two forwards – a slightly defensive minded center and a highscoring winger. Who in the world is going to beat Tazer/Panda two-on-two?
by stanfordron on Aug 18, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I thought about that
but you’re probably going to have about 4 changes in a 3 min span. Putting Toews and Hossa together weakens the other pairings IMO. But yes, there are obviously quite a number of options.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Or
Toews and Hossa score every time and there are no changes needed.
by stanfordron on Aug 18, 2010 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I've seen this in my kids games before.
No D needed.
Hossa Kane
Sharp Toews.
(Hossa and Toews are great Defense minded O.)
3rd pair
Campbell Brouwer
Holy Crap!
OT - best of?
With all the excitement of winning the Cup, we never did any sort of Best of 2009-10. You know, like best goal, favorite game, best goal celebration, etc. I’m thinking of regular season stuff since nothing tops Kane’s last goal. Or even an SCH “Best of” – fanposts, photoshops, comments, meme, OT randomness, etc.
Is anyone interested in this sort of thing? It would help kill some time until the season starts, at the very least, so I thought I’d throw it out there…
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 9:39 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I'll take anything to pass the time..
Best goal….Hossa’s golf swing against SJ
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The "drop it like it's hot" goal?
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:41 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I thought that was against Tampa
but I’d have to say Tazer’s Coast to Coast on poor Ellis from Nashville was just plain disgusting
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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by BigCSouthside on Aug 18, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Tazer's was december 4 2009
I dont remember when Hossa’s was
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by BigCSouthside on Aug 18, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Hossa, Dec 13 09
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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by BigCSouthside on Aug 18, 2010 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I have NHL's top ten goals of the season
somewhere in the mountain of highlights I use to make videos. Hossa is number 3 and Captain is number 2
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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by BigCSouthside on Aug 18, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Ok, good!
let’s come up with some category ideas here, and then I’ll put them into a fanpost tonight so we have it all in a central location. Then we can vote, too.
(This is to everyone, not just K_Dog.)
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Or maybe write the top brass and see if they were planning on putting something together again
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I think
if they were going to do something like this, they’d’ve done it by now, no? August is always the most boring month; I’d figure if they were going to do it, it would be in August, which we’re already halfway through. Maybe gmh is warming up her calculator, though…
that's kind of what I was thinking.
The idea came up earlier in the summer, but we never revisited it, so since I want something new to talk about, i thought I’d throw it out there again.
Sam/McClure/Killion/gmh, please stop us if you have something in the works!
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Sams on self appointed sabbatical
I think Kills is in witness protection, McClure is still alive, and gmh is likely tracking down every Banksy rat on the planet.
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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by BigCSouthside on Aug 18, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the only reason McClure's still posting
is because he sometimes has to take a break from all the porn.
See, it all goes back to
“How I Spent My Summer Vacation.”
We’re TOTALLY on topic!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
three days with no new NHL news
Im surprised there is not a 700 comment tangent on the differences between the original Star Wars release, and the “digitally remastered” re-release from like 13 years ago. And then another 300 comment tangent on that tangent about how Lucas is a fucking moron.
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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by BigCSouthside on Aug 18, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been procrastinating big time on my fanpost
but I’ve watched every goal of last year and have selected the 16 best. I’ll send CNS the goals and video clip times tonight so that he can make a quick montage, and you can put that in your fanpost. So, let’s wait on the fanpost until CNS can put the video together, if that’s alright with you.
Ditto for Badgerdano
other ideas that I have
Assist of the year, hit of the year, save of the year. Those are all categories that you can view for each game, on the NHL video site.
Ditto for Badgerdano
I love the NHL website and team sites
MLB sites seem so lame by comparison.
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:17 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
ok, or i'll just add it in
after he’s done. I can edit it! ;)
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Logistically
Put the categories in the body of the post and then reply to your own post with each category type and we can have discussions re: each one in those sections? Might keep it a little more organized, while we nominate things. (I assume a post with polls would follow)
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:15 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
so you're saying 2 fanposts?
i’m not opposed, just not 100% clear what you’re saying…
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking first we'd all nominate
And then vote a few days/week later?
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:22 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Oh, I think I see what you mean
make the fanpost, then make a comment in the fanpost for each category where we’d all discuss, then go back and edit the fanpost with the nominees and vote. yes?
That works for me. Let’s just get the categories here, and then I’ll do that.
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I figure it'll be easier to see what's been talked about in that category
And you don’t have to find something for each yourself.
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:27 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
oh, yes
this is definitely a group effort! i don’t have the time by myself.
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
i was thinking the same
an SCH “best of” would be awesome. my vote goes to including Hackerer’s “So Happy Togethe” lyrics. And the “Chris Burton gets drunk” thread.
happy ninja is happy....and wants to share its new toy!
by puppetmasterp on Aug 18, 2010 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions
my vote would be "Days of our Defense"
funniest fanfic/imagined conversations that has ever been produced on this site. I can’t think of anything else that is anywhere near as hilarious.
I really want to do
the SCH Best Of. we’ve had some great stuff here.
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
I like this plan.
Can we do Hall of Fame mentions for moments in the playoffs? Because no list of goal celebrations would be complete without Hossa’s Game 5 winner vs. NSH. Maybe Top 10s for the regular season, then a HoF mention or two for the playoffs in each category.
by spokeinthebandwagon on Aug 18, 2010 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions
oh, i like this
ok, HOF for a couple playoff categories.
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Categories
Here’s what I have, and we can reply to this comment to add more or leave off any you all don’t like.
Hawks Best of the year:
goal
assist
save
hit
game
goal celebration
One Goal commercial
HOF would be any playoff goal/assist/save/etc.
Most attractive player
Favorite Ice Girl (this one kills me to add)
SCH Best of the Year:
fanpost
photoshop
photoshop by CNS (I think he should get his own category!)
meme
comment or string of comments
weirdest comment
nerdfest
OT conversation (I was thinking this would be different than a nerdfest, since those were usually late at night and sci-fi related; this could be any random OT conversation)
article from each of the Fearless Leaders
If you have a "most attractive player" award
the guys on the site might just gang up & ballot-stuff Sopel to the top. We’re sick of hearing about Sharpie’s rugged good looks and ability to snap a puck into the top corner in the blink of an eye! It’s too high a standard for the rest of us to live up to!
Best fight?
We’ve got like four to choose from!
And I like that the playoffs will have their own category, could care less about Ice Girls.
Maybe a best BHTV segment?
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:55 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
But I now see that there’s a most attractive player, so I’m pro equal opportunity perving.
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:57 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I vote for the one with the shiny hair!
Oh wait.
Seriously though, are their names even up anywhere?
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 11:00 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
they were on the Hawks' site
but it seems to be down at the moment, so I can’t check to see if they’re still there and I’m leaving for the Cubs game momentarily so, yeah. check for yourself, guys!
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Have fun!
Or as much fun as is possible when watching the Cubs which, if I understand correctly, is minimal.
sigh.
very minimal. but it’s a company sponsored outing, so it’s free to watch them suck. and I eat for free, so that’s a plus. now i’m truly leaving!
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Go Cubs!
I really need them to beat the Padres.
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 11:20 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Go Padres?
;-) Just drink and enjoy. Wish i was outside; but i’m stuck in this fucking office!
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Seriously?
Ugh, the perfect capper to a shitty day. Cubs lost, i broke my sunglasses, I cracked the screen of my phone and my computer won’t connect to the internet. Is it tomorrow yet?
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
Katherine wanted most attractive player category, so she threw us a bone with the ice girl category. Very diplomatic move on her part, I must say.
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Here is a link to help judge the Ice Crew
You’re welcome
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
oh this is good
I mean for research purposes! You have to have plenty of good information in order to make a well informed decision. We wouldn’t want to spoil a SCH poll by having insufficient data.
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Best of Foley and Edzo?
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 10:58 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah thats a good one
“All you young hockey players out there”
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The (special) cookies tangent
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 11:06 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
and how could we forget
tremendously tremendous!
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Definitely
Edzo: Let me pull mine out
Foley: Um, your bobblehead right?
Edzo: Yeah
Foley: Well thats good to know
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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by BigCSouthside on Aug 18, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd go with the "Marone and Momma Mia" comment
Right before the Hawks scored on the Canucks in the playoffs. Foley bust a gut on that one. But there are so many other worthy ones.
Not just best hockey fight
how about best SCH/internet fight? And maybe best/worst avatars, biggest instigator, best peacekeeper, most positive, most negative, etc. And instead of just best fanpost, maybe best video fanpost, best written fanpost, (etc if necessary) because BigC will probably win the former hands down and there were quite a few good written fanposts.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't like to try & pick best stats fanpost
Choosing between gmh & verstig would be very tricky.
When we traded Versteeg
didn’t Verstig go with him?
by stanfordron on Aug 18, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Rescuing precious artifacts from the Nazis?
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 12:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
They stole the holy grail again??
I thought it was in Wisconsin with Burish?
Damn American Socialist White People’s party (ASSWIPE) probably went on a road trip to Madison. I hate Illinois Nazis. I hope they run into KtG at the game today.
(sorry for the movie change, but Indiana is somewhat close)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
He's on a mission from God
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by shinkicker on Aug 18, 2010 12:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Just add laarmer to that category
and then the race gets really tight.
I’d like my chances in the best photoshop fanpost category ;)
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
this is a good plan
I will break out the fanposts into smaller categories.
by Katherine215 on Aug 18, 2010 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I've included playoffs in my goals of the year
but with the understanding that the skill of the goal is what is to be noted, not the significance of the goal. For example, I don’t have Kane’s SC winnning goal, but I do have Bolland’s game 3 WCF breakaway goal.
Ditto for Badgerdano
Kaner putting one through Reboundo's legs
Not superlative by any means, just loved watching him do his thing, he didn’t get much open ice during the playoffs. Runner up: Eager’s shot over Leighton’s shoulder. That thing was really wicked, particularly when you look at it during slo – mo replay.
A question about the Cup engraving
I know there’s a limit to the number of names a team can have engraved on the Cup, but is there a limit to what sort of job they do? For example, does it have to be at least somewhat hockey-related (like equip. manager, team dentist, Zamboni-driver, etc.) or can anyone within the club get an engraving, like Rocky’s secretary or the cleaners or whatever?
There's no limit ...
In fact, so openis their policy that it was recently christened with: Gerware – kneejerk liberal/Non-sequitor question asker at hockey message board. Also on there is Billy Charlesbois – Modern day John Birch and all around classy guy.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 18, 2010 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
i just want to go on record ...
as stating that “openis” is my proudest and most hilarious typo.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 18, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Duh. I totally missed that!
It was such a minuscule error that it was easily overlooked. Now that it’s been brought to my attention, I’m definitely pointing at it and laughing.
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
and everyone missed my penis joke
/sigh
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
My penis is so huge ...
they had to take off 12 of the Montreal championship teams to engrave it on the cup.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 18, 2010 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Therefore one day it will fall off
It’s just a matter of time.
And here’s to modern technology – the electron microscope!
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
unfortunately ...
It’s probably the funniest thing I’ve said on here in 6 months of posting.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 18, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Bud Bundy disagrees
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by ChicagoNativeSon on Aug 18, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
you caught some shit for that edgy throw down at the alcoholics. I thought it was pretty funny.
Of course, as the villagers circled with torches, I shrank back rather than speak up in your defense.
But I still thought it was funny.
June 30, 2010. We will rue this day.
You merely followed
that proud American tradition of failing to speak up.
pfffft ...
i’m just giving you a hard time. I thought calling myself a classy guy would be a clear enough indication that I wasn’t serious. The only reason I haven’t exposed myself as a left-wing loon is because you represent the position well enough for both of us.
by Billy Charlesbois on Aug 18, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
quick question yall
Where the hell can I find the on-ice celebration hat from THAT night?
They were available everywhere initially but I need to pick up a couple more for family and now all I get is people saying they are “waiting for their next shipment”…Been hearing that for a while now. Anyone seen these recently?
"...can i have a glass of whiskey and a slice of bread?"
Living in the city I was hoping there was a place I could walk in without hats and then walk out with hats but this will work too. Patience has never been my strong suit, thus..
"...can i have a glass of whiskey and a slice of bread?"
by west_fulton on Aug 18, 2010 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
My Summer Vacation
Well my fellow ‘Hawks fans how’s it going? Miss me? O.K. probably not but just asking. As you can tell I’m still in a drunken stuper since June 9th and probably won’t stop until my liver does or when the pre-season starts (whichever comes first).
A few hits on the topics McClure has already discussed:
- I’m impressed with StanBow that he landed both Hendry and Boynton at ridiculously low salaries although I’m pretty sure a shiny little mug had a lot to do with it. Lot comfortable with those two than the pairing of Sopel and Barker that started last season.
- I’m also a lot comfortable with the goaltending situation (which has been a Nightmare on Elm Street carousel) going into this season with Turco tending the master meshes. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll be forever grateful for what Niemi did for the ‘Hawks in bringing home the Stanley Cup but at his asking price it wasn’t worth it. Not at all. Zito fucked him royally. Don’t be suprised if Niemi fires his agent soon and settles on a smaller deal less than a $1 million which would make him appealing enough for the ’Hawks to consider re-signing him. How fucked-up would that be?
- PKane doing it his way. Like it. Love it. Want some more of it. Keep livin’ life like a rockstar Kaner you deserve it.
- Buffzilla has the right to do whatever he wants with the Cup but he does owe the franchise and his teammates the respect to wear the jersey that he won the Stanely Cup with. It just looked awkward and wrong and he shouldn’t have done it. In the end, it’s his loss as everyone will remember him winning the Cup in Chicago and now he has photos of him in a Thrashers jersey. Doesn’t make sense to me.
- As far as single-game tickets go, they can all go fuck themselves. It’s pathetic what happened there as the StubHubs of the world scrounged all the tickets leaving the average fan out in the cold again. You would hope the NHL would intervene and change something but they’re too busy worrying about a hockey summit and scwabbling over year old contracts that they have already decalred valid. Unreal.
- I 100% agree with McClure the situation with the ‘Hawks is far better than what it was a few years ago. To illustrate for those who don’t know here is a little segment called Inside Hockey from HNIC aired back on October 20th, 2007. Just before the renaissance. Enjoy.
Catch you all later folks. Greetings from the Six-One.
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Niemi and Ticketmaster
Everyone who follows hockey knows that every post-season there’s a flash-in-the-pan goalie. Remember people saying how JS Giguere was so awesome, and him even going on the Tonight Show? The only modern goalie who stood the test of time after coming out guns blazing in post season was Patrick Roy -fact.
I was a HUGE Niemi fan, and if Zito wasn’t trying to channel his inner Jerry McGuire, Niemi would’ve landed a sweet home in Chicago or at least another hockey city. Instead, he bet on black and the roulette wheel landed on cold Finnish winter NOT playing in the NHL. Everyone at the table knew the hawks situation, Zito was just too stupid to wait for his payday. We’ll wait a year to get the bonus/Huet/general-cap-crap out of the way, and spend some coin. In the mean time, we have Marty Turco? Come on guys, we’re not slumming it.
The Ticketmaster situation blew. I got one damn game. I used to go to the $1 games in the spring to cheer on Mark Bell and watch Theo Fleury fall all over the ice (either from being fucked up, or just a lowsy skater). The only thing worse than paying a premium on Stubhub tickets is having to sit next to some HUGE douche bags at the games. Oh man! I’m so sick of them calling for a penalty on any clean hit or shouting….“Shoooooot.” Come one assholes, by the time you can say “Shoot,” an NHL goalie can tell you Tazer’s credit rating.
The only thing more upsetting than the design of the Atlanta jersey is that they gave Buff a boy’s size medium to wear.
"Hit Him"
is my least favorite shout at any hockey stadium and/or bar.
Back off man, I'm a scientist
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