Morning Links (1/12)
by Second City Southpaw on Jan 12, 2012 9:32 AM CST
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Links and stuff.
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Kids making the most out of their time in the show (Myers)
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Bruno making the most out of his limited minutes in the show (Kuc)
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Rogers' Five Questions with Jimmy Hayes ("So Jimmy, who was your favorite Ninja Turtle and why?") and some PG rookie hazing
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Sam gets five, ten, and a game for questioning the silly instigator rule (and an extra two if he typed it wearing a helmet with a visor).
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The Third Man In's Chris Block reports Morin found his scoring touch in loss and other news from the farm
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Deep Thoughts with Third Man In Radio
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Keith Tkachuk reflects on playing with and against JR (chicagoblackhawks.com's "85 Years" Series)
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NHL.com's Corey Masisak predicts the All-Star rosters (actual rosters to be announced later today)
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NHL.com's stats and recaps from last night's games: Pens 0, Caps 1; Devils 2, Oilers 1 (OT)
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Tonight's game.
Last week was a terrible hockey week for me. When I saw this game on the schedule I was so excited because I thought “Yes! I am guaranteed a win from at least 1 of my teams this week!” Then both the Wild and Hawks won on Tuesday. Now I’m even more excited because by the end of the night one of my teams will be on a 2 game winning streak!
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This is Hack in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.
Yes, very appropriate...
I can here Travis now, “You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin’ to? You talkin’ to me? Well I’m the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you’re talking to?”
LET GO BLACKHAWKS!
"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."
by thepuckstopshere31 on Jan 12, 2012 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
Interesting stuff on Kyle Beach in that TMI podcast.
Maybe it’s time folks get off his back.
I do stuff for CheerTheAnthem
Do you have a link for the podcast?
I’m at work and I need something to occupy my time.
"Make the bastard chase you, he will follow."
by RaoulDuke27 on Jan 12, 2012 2:05 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Thanks Hjammer!
"Make the bastard chase you, he will follow."
by RaoulDuke27 on Jan 12, 2012 2:39 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Jesse: So, Jimmy. Explain this ice hockey thingy to me
Purple Hayes: Excuse me, I have the sudden urge to hit something.
See if you can guess what I am now.
by IndianHeadCrest on Jan 12, 2012 10:32 AM CST reply actions
Interesting
@TramyersCSN #Blackhawks lines: 25-19-88, 39-36-81, 15-67-65, 29-22-28
Top 2 lines stay the same, Mayers plunked back to his usual 4C roll while Fro appears to be taking a turn at 3C, and Bickell knocked back to the 4th line while Bickell moves up to the 3rd. Of course the mix-and-match / flip-flopping of the 3rd and 4th lines is pretty meaningless because with both Sharp and Kruger out it’s more of a 1/1/4/4 set-up than a true 1/2/3/4 IMO
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
Sassone is saying the Mayers line is 3rd.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
6 one way half a dozen the other
I doubt there will be much of a difference in terms of the amount of ice time each of those 2 lines sees
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
Oh Noooeeesss, Bickell is playing 2 lines again
Bickell knocked back to the 4th line while Bickell moves up to the 3rd
Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
The starting line-up
is going to be Bickell centering Bickell and Bickell, Bickell and Bickell on D, and of course Bickell in net
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 11:03 AM CST up reply actions
Happy Birthday, Hossa
Dave Bolland centering your line is a nice gift. I like that line a lot. I wonder if Q still puts them out against Koivu and Heatley though. Or will that be left to Shaw, Fro and Bruno?
by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 12, 2012 10:50 AM CST up reply actions
Stalberg was on the radio today
If anyone’s interested, they post a podcast which will include his interview at wtmx.com.
He was pretty funny, said he was disappointed he hadn’t met Sharp’s daughter yet because he wanted to use her to pick up girls.
he was disappointed he hadn’t met Sharp’s daughter yet because he wanted to use her to pick up girls.
Oh, yeah, cos being handsome and on the Blackhawks isn’t enough.
There are some who call me........Tim?
Tremendously tremendous! Beautius J. Beautius!
Fuck Radim Vrbata.
by allyouyounghockeyplayersoutthere on Jan 12, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
I know
I was like, Vik, you don’t need a baby’s help. Maybe he’s shy. They asked him how he celebrated the hat trick and he said he went home and went to sleep.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
he didn't say he went to sleep alone.
/dreamcrusher
SCH Narc - check yo'self before you wreck yo'self.
He needs to get a puppy.
"...but the devil lives inside this kid, I swear it. It rises out of him in a mist, this baby-faced defiant wrathful version of Pat Kane, escapes his bodily confines to perform satanic miracles all over the offensive zone. The only thing more fearsome than that assist was the keep-in preceding it. The only thing more unholy than his face is his black magic." ~gmh
by Steeg of their own on Jan 12, 2012 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks for that mental image!
Very nice.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
I was really excited to hear Hayes answer the Ninja Turtle question
Michelangelo, hands down.
Never Die Easy.
Leo is the one I'd want to go to battle with.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 10:59 AM CST up reply actions
Leo for me too.
my parents bought me a turtle and named it after them when I was 5. However I’ll be 30 and it’s still alive
Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
For a fight, I'm obviously going Leo.
But I always appreciate a good smart ass, so I’m taking the orange over the blue in every other scenario.
Never Die Easy.
Donatello was my boy.
But there’s a scene I love in Workaholics where they’re arguing about which Ninja Turtle they are, and Anders comes out with “If I’m not Leonardo, how come I’m the only one who hasn’t fucked up today?”. So true.
by zacked on Jan 12, 2012 11:35 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
First workaholics reference I've seen
and tying it in with TNMNT gets a rec from me any day of the week. Shit’s about to get weird.
Chicago homer since conception in '87
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
-- Jean-Claude Killy
Cannots take note^
by TazerNation19 on Jan 12, 2012 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
LET'S GET WEIRD! LET'S GET WEIRD!
There are some who call me........Tim?
Tremendously tremendous! Beautius J. Beautius!
Fuck Radim Vrbata.
by allyouyounghockeyplayersoutthere on Jan 12, 2012 1:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
tight butthole
Chicago homer since conception in '87
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
-- Jean-Claude Killy
Cannots take note^
by TazerNation19 on Jan 12, 2012 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
I'd have to go Raphael.
"Make the bastard chase you, he will follow."
by RaoulDuke27 on Jan 12, 2012 2:07 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Raphael was a whiny douche.
The only reason he wasn’t excommunicated was Spilter wouldn’t let them.
I do stuff for CheerTheAnthem
Raph was a BAMF
that’s all there is to it
This is Hack in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.
Michelangelo? Yeah, sure, if you want to paint the Sistine Chapel
But if you want a Ninja Turtle, Leonardo all the way
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 11:00 AM CST up reply actions
Can't read those Blackhawk retrospectives anymore
because just about every damn one is about a great player that we eventually treated like dogshit and ran them out of town on a rail. There have been many terrible Chicago sports owners (Hi, William Wrigley! Come on down, Virginia McCaskey!), but Dollar Bill heads the Legion of Suck in my book, and always will.
That's the thing, Dollar Bill was so incredibly awful
he completely overshadows all of the other shitty owners this town has ever seen. Also, while Virginia McCaskey is no saint it’s her son Michael who’s the truly vile / incompetent one
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
wasn't around
for the dollar bill days, but i can empathize, my beloved dodgers are still trying to wade through an awful ownership situation, and the fact that LA ran out not 1 but 2 NFL franchises with none yet returned, speaks for something. at least the hawks stayed in chicago.
From what I've heard
Reinsdorf tried real, real hard with the White Sox in the early 90s, attempting to move them to Florida. Didn’t go through obviously.
I was far too young to know about any off-the-field circumstances at that point, so I don’t know any details.
Never Die Easy.
Wasn't that mainly leverage when he was fighting for a new stadium?
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
Yes
He had some serious expenses in that early 90s what with the UC and Comiskey being built.
by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 12, 2012 11:20 AM CST up reply actions
Reinsdorf is an asshole as a person (met him when I was a camp counselor and his grandsons were campers)
but I’ve never felt like that spilled into his role as a sports franchise owner the way it did with $ Bill, the McCaskeys, etc.
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
I can't argue with a World Series.
Obviously had he moved the Sox he would have been histories greatest monster.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
Reinsdorf
was, is and always be an asshole. He extorted a baseball stadium out of the state of Illinois. He also led the owners in the 1994 / 1995 Baseball lockout.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
If extorting money
from taxpayers is the standard, then all pro sports owners are in that queue.
by stanfordron on Jan 12, 2012 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
It was his threatening to move the team
that did it. Also, most of the people in Illinois were against the 100% public funding of the stadium. (Too many Cub & Cardinal fans I guess) Personally, I would have let them go.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
Boooooo
I wouldn’t have a baseball team….or I’d become a Cardinals fan
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
I'd go with the Brewers
if for anything else to avoid douchebag St. Louis sports fans.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
It was the late 80s -- 88 to be specific
though he had been threatening for a while.
It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens
If Bill Wirtz was still living
and running the team, this message board would be getting 10 comments a day. A Cup in 2010…keep dreaming. Home games on TV – ha ha ha ha ha – NEVER. About the only good thing going would be you could still get cheap tickets. Rocky may get too much credit sometimes, but Bill Wirtz deserves every ounce of disdain and disgust people care to muster around here.
by KingKorab on Jan 12, 2012 11:22 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
About the only good thing going would be you could still get cheap tickets.
I’ve never quite understood this logic. But I agree with everything else.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
Come on down and see some bad hockey
agreed, not real logical. Those season tickets you have would be worth half.
perhaps
the logic is lacking, but that is how i started watching hockey in the first place. as a starving student in a new city, hawks games were $8 with student id, cheaper than movie tickets. so i frequented the uc from 05-07 in spite of an inferior product and thats how i became a hawks fan!
Fair enough
But somehow other cities which are consistently successful manage to draw in new fans….But attending games where there is simply nothing at stake just isn’t the same….at all.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
Eventually it got hard to give Hawk tickets away
In the last few years before the lockout, one of the guys who I’ve played rec league with for many moons literally had a hard time getting anyone to take pairs of Blackhawks tix that fell into his hands through his job. He’d be offering them around the locker room after one of our games and unless it was against Detroit or somebody we’d all be like, “For Wednesday? The 200 level against Edmonton, huh…nah, thanks, but I gotta be at work early Thursday morning…”
by Paul the Fossil on Jan 12, 2012 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
Haha I remember using that exact argument
With my non-hockey loving friends. “Why go see a movie when I can go see the Hawks at the UC for less money?” Didn’t include parking and all the other money I’d spend, but the argument was still there. It was fun to go to the UC for so cheap, but I’ll gladly sacrifice that for 2009-10, and many more to come (hopefully).
I’m two years out of college now and I still have my student ID on me for the days a few times per year when the Hawks send out a mobile alert for cheap student tickets. Got one for the game on Tuesday, actually.
Never Die Easy.
Virginia McCaskey is awesome
if only for getting rid of the Honey Bears soon after taking over the team.
Now Rocky, about those Ice Girls…
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
holy crap, that would be so cold!
And dangerous, imagine a blade catching a leg.
/literal-minded
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
Agreed
She should at least have some mid-thigh high hockey socks on. What is she thinking?
You are next.
Exactly!
She is asking for an injury there.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
Im most worried about her catching a cold.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
Thunder Thighs right there.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
Seriously?
As a skater, that’s likely muscle. Women were not meant to be stick figures.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
Hey, I didn't say I didn't like it!
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
Don't get my wrong. Not many guys like boney girls in the mid-section. It can be very uncomfortable.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
Men have liked the "fuller" women
for thousands of years. I don’t think things have really changed all that much.
by stanfordron on Jan 12, 2012 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
I'll take some beef over a skeleton any day.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
My wife is so I gotta say...
Pleasantly Plump, she’s my chunky monkey!
CAN"T WAIT FOR PUCK DROP TONIGHT, LET GO BLACKHAWKS!
"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."
by thepuckstopshere31 on Jan 12, 2012 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
a little cushion for the pushin
never hurt anybody. Except Penner’s breakfast habits
Chicago homer since conception in '87
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
-- Jean-Claude Killy
Cannots take note^
by TazerNation19 on Jan 12, 2012 1:28 PM CST up reply actions
"Thunder Thighs"
means “Fat”, and “Fat” is a vile word to women.
by oregon_hawk on Jan 12, 2012 12:08 PM CST up reply actions
I thought it meant
strong and muscular.
by stanfordron on Jan 12, 2012 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
Nope
typically it refers to fat thighs.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
Concured.
Strong and muscular has always been described as “she’s got legs like a race horse” with my friends/family.
You are next.
I thought that was "bull legged"
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
Jeez, that's just as bad as thunder thighs!
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 12:20 PM CST up reply actions
From Urban Dictionary
1. thunder thighs 914 up, 365 down
Of a woman, large, broad hips and thighs. One of the most tasteful images possible is a woman of such build in a bikini.
So not necessarily fat!
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
ok, I've only heard it the fat way
but it’s possible it has other connotations. I wouldn’t recommend you guys use it with your ladies, though. Better safe than sorry….
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
its more of a societal stigma
where women think that it is a derogatory term because it implies that they aren’t skinny, which is what the media wants them to be – when in fact ‘not skinny’ is far more attractive than skinny.
by putmeinthemadhouse on Jan 12, 2012 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks to ad campaigns
too many people mistake “skinny” with “fit”. Being physically fit is a good thing, but if you’re so skinny that I’m afraid that I might shatter your spine if I hug you that’s certainly not a good thing
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
I knew my pickup line needed refining.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
SCH: Providing dating tips since, well, whenever this blog started.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 1:23 PM CST up reply actions
If you feel brave,
do a Google image search of thunder thighs and draw your own conclusion.
I won’t judge because with my luck someone on this blog is one of the subjects.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
The oddest result was a man's large belly.
thighs, belly, it’s all the lower body, at least according to the NHL, right?
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
Lower body thunder
I’m not even going to bother searching that
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene."
thought bull legged
was for people who’s knees stick out to the sides…
Chicago homer since conception in '87
The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.
-- Jean-Claude Killy
Cannots take note^
by TazerNation19 on Jan 12, 2012 1:30 PM CST up reply actions
I think it's bow-legged
and not usually to the extent of that picture. That poor child…
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
Should also add that
Thunder Thighs is synonymous with Hail Damage in my neck-of-the-woods.
You are next.
by M7 on Jan 12, 2012 12:19 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
not a fan of
cottage cheese myself, but dont like the “starving waif” look whatsoever
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
by Timothy Fisher on Jan 12, 2012 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
Bruins fan?
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
Dam right. She's got yellow laces too.
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by HjammerTime on Jan 12, 2012 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
That could also be explainable given the Ovechkin phenomena
Graf also puts out a shit ton of yellow laces. I insist on black or white aside from the odd time my team wears pink for Breast Cancer awareness.
You are next.
Wait
are you saying pink laces aren’t required under new USA Hockey rules covering all men’s league players over the age of 40?
Goddamit…be right back, there’s a few assholes I urgently need to talk to…
by Paul the Fossil on Jan 12, 2012 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
I have never liked the McCaskeys
After George Halas Jr’s untimely death in 1979 and Srs in 1983, the McCaskey’s basically cut Jr’s 2 kids completely out of the ownership of the team in favor of their own. It went to court and they won. An ugly episode in Chicago sports history.
It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens
Huh, I didn't know that
Michael is really the only one I’m too familiar with, since Ed and Virginia were more involved when I was really young.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 11:53 AM CST up reply actions
I think they cut them
out of management moreso than ownership, no?
by stanfordron on Jan 12, 2012 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
Nope
Looks like her 11 grandchildren actually own the team. Link
It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens
From the article
it looks like the team was left to the 11 grandchildren of George Sr – which would include Junior’s kids – if that is indeed the reality of the situation. However, if the granchildren on one side had more shares than the grandchildren on the other side, they could squeeze them out of management but not out of ownership. Lots of laws regarding treatment of minority shareholders in close corporation.
by stanfordron on Jan 12, 2012 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
Sorry
Her 11 children (11 of the 13 Halas Sr’s grandchildren).
And while WWW was really a dinosaur and Halas’ grand kids mostly ineffectual, the 3rd gen Wirtz family has proven to be aces < hockey’d >
It's on, bitches.
Tweeping as @ehirtens
Upon further review,
it looks like it was not a majority power-grab situation. I think it says Senior gave ownership to all his granchildren but specifically gave voting power to Virginia’s side. That is certainly not uncommon in business. I wonder why he screwed Junior’s side out of their votes?
by stanfordron on Jan 12, 2012 12:18 PM CST up reply actions
The final ASG list is not up yet at NHL.com
But Tracy Myers just tweeted that Kane, Toews, and Hossa are all in…
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
Seabrook should have gotten the nod
But whatever. Not a big deal in the least.
by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 12, 2012 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
I just want to know why teams' beat writers seem to know
and the teams seem to know (the ‘Hawks official twitter feed just sent out a message of congratulations to Toews, Kane, and Hossa), but they won’t fucking announce it to the rest of us – it still says on NHL.com “Remaining All-Stars to be selected today”. Seriously, that’s some bullshit right there
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
We're used to their injury reports
So this is just status quo. Slowly trickle the information out.
Buff and Soup also made the teams. Ottawa better have a buffet or Dustin will be walking around the local SafeWay harassing the free sample people.
by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 12, 2012 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
I don't think Kane really made it
It’s an elaborate ploy to get him into a detox center without much fanfare
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
by Z-man24 on Jan 12, 2012 11:50 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
My apologies
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
by Z-man24 on Jan 12, 2012 12:57 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Winnipeg
I laughed at Buff being the Jets rep instead of Kane
by WhySoSeriousCaptain on Jan 12, 2012 12:10 PM CST up reply actions
Please, Please, PLEASE let this happen!!
@NHLBlackhawks Toews excited to be an All-Star again. Says maybe he can be captain and pick Kaner last.
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
Toews for Captain!
He might get it considering Lidstrom is not there. Toews vs Koivu….?
100% Blackhawks Blood.
by DaHawx on Jan 12, 2012 12:37 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Alfredsson will be one of them
Like Staal last year, one for the home crowd. How did you come up with Koivu?
by WhySoSeriousCaptain on Jan 12, 2012 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
alfredsson is a good choice, forgot about him.
You’re right about him. Seeing as the Teemu is snubbed I thought that Koivu would be a good captain choice based on his numbers on a horrible anaheim team. Nothing real concrete. But it will likely be Alfredsson or worse…Ovi.
100% Blackhawks Blood.
by DaHawx on Jan 12, 2012 12:49 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You are confusing your Koivu's
Mikko, of Minnesota is on the roster. Saku is not.
by WhySoSeriousCaptain on Jan 12, 2012 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
that would be hilarious
Though I can’t imagine Janet would take it as seriously as toews did – every cut they did to his face had me cracking up
"Well now you're just talking like Foghorn Leghorn!"
by justforkicks on Jan 12, 2012 4:46 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I don't bitch about All-Star snubs really
But Teemu Selanne got totally screwed in favor of Corey Perry.
by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 12, 2012 12:18 PM CST reply actions
That is some straight up bullshit right there
Not only should the Ducks lone ASG nod gone to Teemu simply because he’s in (probably) the last season of his illustrious career, but he’s also having a better season than Perry – Teemu is leading the team in assists and points, and he’s second only to Saku Koivu in +/- (hell, he and Koivu are the only 2 Ducks to have played more than 10 games and have a positive +/-). What a joke
There are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't.
by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
Teemu
opted out to rest- as he is 80 isnt he?
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
by Timothy Fisher on Jan 12, 2012 7:28 PM CST up reply actions
Sharp was kind of a snub too
Even if he can’t play, he should have been chosen.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
He likely was
However they don’t put the guys on the list that declined to attend.
by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 12, 2012 12:31 PM CST up reply actions
I think Sassone said
he wasn’t even asked.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
I also think VERSTEEG! was snubbed
Solid year he is having. But they choose Campbell to represent which he is having a good season there
Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
Soupy's tied for 3rd in the league for assists.
I was hoping he would get to go.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 1:29 PM CST up reply actions
Soupy is going
Just not steegs
Why Q, why?!
"Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for porn."
Right, I knew that
I think I phrased that oddly, sorry.
by Katherine215 on Jan 12, 2012 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
It appears Teemu declined
icemancometh Eric Stephens
Teemu Selanne will talk formally later but told OCR that he was asked to be in All-Star game. Wants to rest during break.
That’s a shame, because I would have liked one last swan song for the guy.
by JesusMarianHossa on Jan 12, 2012 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I've seen that from a couple of sources
so I take back what I said about his being snubbed being bullshit since he wasn’t in fact snubbed. I also agree that a Teemu Selanne ASG swan song would have been awesome
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by FrankStallone on Jan 12, 2012 12:54 PM CST up reply actions
random goaltending knowledge of the day
what are goaltending masks made out of?
common mask materials are:
glass fiber, carbon fiber, aramid fiber(kevlar) and the all important resin (holds everything together)
each has their upside and downside:
fiberglass: cheap to produce, relatively pliable, heavy in weight, easy to work with
carbon fiber: expensive to produce, very stiff, light in weight
kevlar: expensive to produce, stiff, very light, notoriously difficult to work with
Each fiber also comes in various grades, weights and weaves, affecting the end product, as well as how it interacts with the resin it is used with.
mask makers agree that the resin used is as important as the fiber used. common resins used in mask making are: polyester, vinyl ester and epoxy.
again, each has their ups and downs:
polyester is the cheapest, but has the lowest bond strength, suffers from eventual breakdown
vinyl ester is more expensive, a stronger resin but with only marginally better bond strength, still suffers from breakdown
epoxy is the strongest, is very expensive ($50-$100 per quart), doesn’t suffer from breakdown and is difficult to work with (needs vacuum forming vs. “lay up”)
each individual mask made has different proportions of fibers and resin used to distinguish the product (both in strength and price). that could mean two layers of aramid with two additional layers of carbon fiber with a finishing layer of fiberglass made with an epoxy resin. vs. single layer of aramid with a second layer of aramid on spot impact zones (forehead, chin flare) finished with fiberglass with a vinyl ester resin. manufacturing is interesting!
by Raditzzzz on Jan 12, 2012 1:19 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Good Post!
Ancillary to this, did you know that most masks (particularly custom made ones) only come with internal padding mounted along pressure points coinciding with the goalies facial structure? Seems to make sense, right? Well… the lack a thin sheath of foam throughout the interior results in the mask acting as an accustic enhancer. Hence, many times after a goalie takes one in the screws the resulting stoppage isn’t so much for a sore head/face but rather badly ringing ears. Even with a thin sheath of noise dampending foam, the ringing can be really bad and more distracting to the goalie than the impact from the shot itself (so told by several goalie buddies of mine)
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by M7 on Jan 12, 2012 1:31 PM CST up reply actions
i didn't go into foam
because it can be a topic of its own, but some of the modding professional goaltenders do is horrendous. corey crawford himself has been known to remove padding from the chinflare, in order to move his face closer to the cage for better sight lines. as a result, he has chipped his teeth multiple times after taking a dome shot.
Oh yeah,
Lots of modding. Goalie on our team re-welded the cage bars for better sightlines without any consideration of structural integrity of his new design. Luckily it hasn’t caved in yet (may never will either, who knows?). He also re-chromed his mask and then baked it a 800ºF to get that blue’ish effect to the chrome (think of the exhaust tips on a hotrod). Put that on a flat black mask… looks money, even if there are safety concerns out there.
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by M7 on Jan 12, 2012 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
Probably had the place that chromed it do it
Prerty sure they’d have an oven capable of that heat
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by Z-man24 on Jan 12, 2012 2:26 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The fact they're playing roller hockey isn't helping either
And I’m not slagging the Second City Street hockey thing… that’s cool, organized indoor roller hockey just seems beyond strange to me.
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by M7 on Jan 12, 2012 4:08 PM CST up reply actions
It's a whole hell of a lot cheaper than ice
But ice hockey is still the best, hands down.
Never Die Easy.
Actually, he used a BBQ
on its highest setting, with an unglazed terracotta stone to sit the cage on (can double as a pizza oven!). Basically went full max heat and the thermostat read just above 800º. I know, I’ve got basically the same setup at home and use it as a pizza oven. It’s awesome, thin crust neapolitan style pizza in about 3 minutes!
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by M7 on Jan 12, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions
That'd work
Pretty interesting stuff about the masks, thanks for the insights
If you must scream to get noticed, maybe you should whisper instead
by Z-man24 on Jan 12, 2012 4:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Same thing with football helmets
If you wanted to fuck with someone, you just removed your chin strap and whacked them over the helmet with it. The metal snaps would get ‘em every time. Thank jebus for ear holes, otherwise guys would’ve blown out their eardrums.
by ChicagoNativeSon on Jan 12, 2012 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
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