Happy Veteran’s Day!
November 11, 2009 at 12:50 pm | In Alex Ovechkin, Detroit Red Wings, Players, Randomness | 2 Comments- No school = awesome. Just remember that, kids.
- The Sabres are playing the Oilers tonight. I think I’m pretty sure I already mentioned that they need to pull it together, win, etc., so I won’t say it again. But they better.
- The Caps play the Islanders. If they choke against them AGAIN I will punch a baby.
- Michael Nylander might finally be gone. He seems like a nice guy, but things just got so messy in the end and he really needs a change of scenery. Best of luck with your beautiful Swedish children, Michael.
- The Red Wings claimed Drew Miller off waivers…possibly…? Well, if they had, at least now they’ll have one Miller. Just not necessarily the one they want.
- Alex was on TMZ. Ahahahahaha. Hahaha. Ha. Ha. This really amuses me. No specific reason why. It’s just funny. Bless his little Russian heart.
What A Mess.
November 7, 2009 at 10:08 pm | In Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Dan Paille, Detroit Red Wings, Jhonas Enroth, Lars Nicklas Backstrom, Losing Sucks, Mike Green, Mike Knuble, Players, Stick a fork in it, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, Winning Is Totally Awesome | Leave a CommentThe Sabres played the Bruins tonight. They needed to rebound after a poor showing against the Flyers. They needed to show they can win in front of their backup. They needed to show they can play good teams and not just bad ones. (Although I don’t know if I’d necessarily call the Bruins a “legitimate contender” so far this season.) They needed two points taken in convincing fashion.
Too bad no one told them that.
This game was not fun. The Bruins were last in the league on the power play and Buffalo let them score more than once with the man advantage. Jhonas didn’t get a win. They kept showing Pie and it made me very sad. The Sabres let an “offensively challenged” team score four. It was a mess all around tonight and I’m starting to worry that this is where it all starts to go downhill.
Toronto beat Detroit 5-1. I don’t even know what to say to that. I’m speechless.
The Caps beat the Panthers 7-4. Smiley face! The Caps were winning then they were tied then they were losing then they were winning then they were tied then they won. The Lars-Flash-Mikey line was intense. They were scoring and assisting and being general badasses. Supposedly 13 Caps had points tonight. That’s spectacular, especially considering that Alex is still, alas, wounded. That’s not spectacular is that Semin didn’t have any. You suck, Sasha. I don’t like you.
Michael and Alexander were unable to play tonight, however, we were provided our fix of them thanks to Michael’s Twitter:
They’re too cute.
Michael has his stupid skinny tie on again.
I always liked that pink shirt of Alex’s.
He’s looking a little chunky.
I miss him.
We’ve got a few days off until the Sabres play again, and I’m really hoping they figure things out and decide who they want to be and all that sappy garbage. I don’t want them to fall apart. I like when they’re good. It’s more exciting.
I’m Worried.
October 15, 2009 at 5:17 pm | In Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks, Washington Capitals | Leave a CommentBefore the Sabres game Tuesday night, I was terrified that the Red Wings would completely humiliate them.
We all saw how that turned out, and I couldn’t be happier.
I’m hoping that by worrying in the same way for the Caps game tonight, they’ll be able to handle the Sharks in the same way the Sabres handled the Wings.
I’m not optimistic.
That Was Awesome.
October 13, 2009 at 9:32 pm | In Buffalo Sabres, Derek Roy, Detroit Red Wings, Happy!!, Patrick Kaleta, Ryan Miller, Thomas Vanek, What Is Up With All These Injuries?, Winning Is Totally Awesome | Leave a CommentTo say I was apprehensive going into this game would be a pretty accurate statement. Yes, the Sabres hadn’t lost yet in overtime, and yes, Detroit hasn’t looked quite as lethal as they have in years past, but still. I’m a Sabres fan, therefore I’m realistic.
That game rocked.
Like, it was so enjoyable to just watch the Sabres completely manhandle the opponent. As I’ve already said, the next week and a half are crazy for me. It was so nice to be translating Latin passages and to look up after each sentence to find that the Sabres weren’t playing with their eyes closed. They actually looked really good, specifically in the second period. Ryan Miller was pretty solid and he stopped a penalty shot (the most exciting play in hockey!). We got offense from the players who were supposed to provide offense. Tyler Myers continued to look great. I know it’s WAY too early to start thinking about things like this, but would it completely shock me if he at least challenged for the Calder? No. It would not.
Thomas Vanek’s health is definitely a concern, and I hope keeping him outbqas just precautionary. We really need him. The world without Thomas is a scary, scary place.
Patrick Kaleta was just so darn cute after his goal.
Derek pleased me tonight. I hope he has another killer season.
As a bit of a Chris Osgood fan, I’m a little sad we chased him. But not that sad.
The next game is against the Islanders. 1.) They better beat them. 2.) I probably won’t be able to watch, and after seeing how they handled a good team, I would love to see them play a crappy team.
Then again, they might do a typically Sabre thing and play an absolutely horrific game. It wouldn’t surprise me if that happened.
Yikes.
October 11, 2009 at 9:42 am | In Andrej Sekera, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Drew Stafford, Losing Sucks, Mike Grier, This Irks Me, Tim Kennedy, Washington Capitals, What Is Up With All These Injuries?, Winning Is Totally Awesome | Leave a CommentI get that the Sabres were in Nashville last night and that they even won, but good grief. That might be the most boring hockey game ever. (At least since the won they played against Nashville last season.)
This was the secod straight game that made me think the Sabres either wanted to kill my soul or for me to take a nap. At least I was in excellent company at the Phoenix game and therefore didn’t have to play uber close attention for the whole thing. Last night was a complete snoozefest. I don’t even know how I made it through the whole thing.
I am, however, thrilled that it wa a Timmykins-assisted Grier goal that won a shutout for Ryan Miller.
The Sabres record right now is 2-0-1 but I don’t feel as though that’s an indication of how they’ve been playing. Looking at that record would make you think that the Sabres have been really good this season, but their power play sucks and they can’t score. I don’t know. I’m worried for Tuesday night against Detroit.
Speaking of Detroit, the Capitals are never winning another hockey game. Never ever again.
The highlight of last night was during Lindy’s postgame interview when Drew was strangling Pie (I think) in the background. It probably wasn’t as funny as it seemed at the time, but I was really tired so it cracked me up.
Reggie is hurt, and if he’s out for a long period of time that pretty much guarantees that Tyler is in. I still don’t really understand how he got hurt, but whatevs. Get well soon, Reg.
I think the Sabres are going to have to learn how to score goals if they even want to stand a chance against the Red Wings.
Wha-?
September 19, 2009 at 9:47 pm | In Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Happy!!, Winning Is Totally Awesome | Leave a CommentI know it’s the preseason. Please, just indulge me.
WOOOOOOOOOO OMGOMGOMG WE BEAT DETROIT!! WE BEAT DETROIT!! AND WE CAME FROM BEHIND TO DO IT!!!! AND PAUL SCORED!!! AND RYAN STOLE THE GAME!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Okay. I’m better now.
All Of My Search Terms Have To Do With Evgeni Malkin
June 13, 2009 at 10:24 am | In Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Evgeni Malkin, Marian Hossa, Pittsburgh Penguins, This Irks Me | 1 CommentLast night the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Cup. I really thought those Joe Louis Arena demons would get to them…but apparently not. Or maybe Gary Bettman decided that even thought he let Detroit get the Cup last year, he wasn’t going to let them get it this year. Anybody see any suitcases floating around the Wings’ locker room last night?
I knew that at some point the Penguins would win the Cup, just like everyone else did. I just hadn’t emotionally prepared myself for it yet. That being said, I’m at least glad that a guy like Max Talbot got the series-clinching goal as opposed to, say, Geno or Staal or Crosby, even thought Crosby’s pretty much been a non-factor in this series and there wasn’t much of a chance of that happening. I actually really like/totally love Talbot, and it’s nice when someone other than the bigflashy “superstar” guys can step up and help win it.
The people of Detroit might just burn those goal posts.
It was definitely hard seeing Malkin get the Conn Smythe. I’m glad they gave it to someone who deserved it, but still. Geno, first you steal Alex’s girlfriend. Then you win the Stanley Cup before he does and get named playoff MVP. You’re lame.
I’m not exactly Gary Bettman’s biggest fan, but that wasn’t very classy of the Detroit fans to boo him. They really shouldn’t have booed the Penguins either. Or were they booing the Wings? Because that wasn’t right either.
I was very on the fence about Marian Hossa, and I think I decided last night that I feel bad for him. It really, really sucks that his evil plan blew up in his face, but I think Pens fans need to realize that he really was just a rental and if they had re-signed him, there’s a very real chance he’d be doing to their salary cap what Brian Campbell is about to start doing to Chicago’s.
Watching these games made me realize just how much I want the Sabres to win the Cup. I definitely want the Caps to win it too, but they’re a whole lot closer than Buffalo is. Washington needs to fix the whole “we have no defense” issue and get a bit more reliable secondary scoring and they could be ready. Buffalo seems like a lot farther off. I love this team and it pains me to say this, but after watching these finals I’m pretty sure that the Sabres wouldn’t stand a chance with either of these teams. Which is sad.
I Don’t Want Dany Heatley In Buffalo
June 12, 2009 at 11:52 am | In Detroit Red Wings, Marian Hossa, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby | 1 CommentI sure hope this is a joke or doesn’t end up happening. If Dany Heatley becomes a Buffalo Sabre I might have to boycott the team. Which could kill me.
Game Seven tonight, which means one team is lifting Lord Stanley and one team is going home. I hope it’s the home team that wins it. That would make me much happier. The League may have invested all of its time and energy into promoting Sidney Crosby – apparently he’s hands-down The Best Player Since Gretzky – but that still makes it inexcusable to fix the games. Uh, NHL, Sid hasn’t been all that spectacular in this series. And the thing that bugs me about that is that he has to attribute it to “bad bounces.” You know, it wouldn’t kill him to just come out and say that it’s because Rafalski, Lidstrom, and Zetterberg have been doing an amazing job defending him. Stop giving yourself so much credit, Sidney.
Hossa has been a complete non-factor in this series, which is good for Pittsburgh and bad for Detroit. I really want to see him come alive tonight not to spite the Pens fans but just because that’s what he’s supposed to do. Either way, it is going to be one awkward handshake line tonight.
Go Red Wings!!
Another. Game. Seven.
June 11, 2009 at 5:22 pm | In Alex Ovechkin, Contracts, Detroit Red Wings, Happy!!, Henrik Zetterberg, Marian Hossa, Pavel Datsyuk, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Randomness, Ray Emery, Thought-provoking Stuff, Washington Capitals | Leave a CommentThere have certainly been a lot of sweeps this year in the playoffs, but GOOD GRIEF have there been a lot of seventh games. But I’m pretty sure Game Seven in the Stanley Cup Finals is about as intense as it gets. And while I didn’t want this series to go to seven games, the timing is actually perfect. While New York State does a lot of bad, bad things, one good thing it does is regents exams. They’re quick, they’re easy, they replace real exams, and they require studying the day before. Therefore, I have absolutely no schoolwork to do during the game tomorrow night. The last time I didn’t have a paper to write or a project to work on or a test to study for during a game was spring break. I think.
I really, really want the Red Wings to win the game tomorrow night. 50% of that is rooted in my genuine like of the team. The whole organization is amazing! This is what all teams wish they could be like! They’re successful with low draft picks! They have Pavel “Candy Corn Head” Datsyuk! What’s not to love?! 25% of it is my dislike for the Pens, and 25% of it is the fact that if Sidney Crosby wins the Stanley Cup before Alexander I will jump off the Peace Bridge.
Marian Hossa has basically been a non-factor in this series, crushing my hopes that he’ll get the series-clinching goal. Of course, he could come alive in his desire to prove to the Penguins that he knew exactly what he was doing when he bolted for Pittsburgh. I realize that Pens fans think what he did was awful, but really, he passed up money and a long-term deal for a shot at the Stanley Cup. You’ve gotta admire that.
While Candy Corn Head came back and asserted himself as my fourth favorite third favorite Russian in the league (I refuse to believe that Sergei Fedorov is “still negotiating” with the Capitals. He’s gone. He has abandoned me and the Caps. It hurts to think about it), Henrik Zetterberg has also kind of been stealing my heart. This boy is good at hockey. And he’s Swedish. Swedish hockey players are almost as awesome as Russian hockey players, FYI.
So tomorrow night the hockey season ends. The NHL dragged it out as long as they could. If the officiating is slanted in Pittsburgh’s favor again, I hope the fans at the Joe give the refs hell. And I won’t be all that surprised if it is. You all saw Gary Bettman’s face when the Pens were getting blown out of the water in Game 5, didn’t you?
Elsewhere in the hockey world, Brent Sutter left the Devils, Dany Heatley wants out of Ottawa, Emery’s with the Flyers, Tippett got canned, and Nylander might be headed to the KHL. If Sutter’s done with the Devils, well, looks like we won’t be seeing his angry glare more often.
I’m not sure how I’d feel about Dany Heatley leaving Ottawa, because he’d be taking with him the punchline to all of the dumb jokes we tell in my family. It’s really lame, and you kind of have to be there for it to be funny, but every time someone says they hate something, whoever’s near enough adds “But not as much as Dany Heatley.” Example:
Grandma: ”So what do you think of that Miley Cyrus?”
Me: ”I hate that bitch.”
Mom: ”But not as much as you hate Dany Heatley.”
Part of it is because it’s funny, and part of it is because we hate Ottawa and he plays for Ottawa. Leaving the Senators might permanently kill our joke.
I laughed for about ten minutes when I saw that Emery signed with Philadelphia. Guys, I sincerely doubt that a year in the KHL has changed Emery. There’s a very good chance that the Flyers will drop in the standings next year, either because Emery plays badly or because he completely implodes. But I will be happy to have the “Eeeemmmmmeeerrrryyyy” chants back. Those were one of my absolute favorite cheers.
Dave Tippett got fired. Dallas was in the conference finals last year and didn’t make the playoffs this year. That’s all.
While I’m definitely against players leaving the NHL for the KHL when they currently have contracts here, I’m actually kind of sort of hoping that Nylander does end up over here. I do not like Michael Nylander. He hardly ever plays and he’s not that good and he eats up cap space faster than an SUV eats up gas. The Caps need to get Semin and Lars locked down, and the last thing they need is wasted cap space. Bye, Michael!!
Last Game of the Postseason?
June 9, 2009 at 2:15 pm | In Detroit Red Wings, Henrik Zetterberg, Pittsburgh Penguins, Randomness, Sidney Crosby | 1 CommentThere’s a very good chance that the Stanley Cup will be awarded tonight, and I’m totally okay with that. I’ll miss hockey TERRIBLY, but why prolong the inevitable? I’m pulling for the Red Wings. I want them to win this, and honestly, the game Saturday night shows why they will win it. They’ve been like a monster lying around, waiting until the Penguins got cocky to explode. The Penguins keep saying that they can win the game tonight and force a Game Seven, which they could win because they won on the road against Washington. Um, the Capitals aren’t a vicious monster waiting until its opponent thinks it can win to attack. The Capitals are a cute bunch of vodka-downing, goal-scoring party animals. Kind of different.
Regardless of what happens tonight, expect a nice, ramble-y post from me on Thursday afternoon. My last day of classes is tomorrow (woo!!!) but I have my hardest exam Thursday morning, so it’s not like I’ll be screwing around on the computer and having fun tomorrow night.
Go Wings!
P.S. Sid’s slash on Henrik was dirty. Sid, Hank is a classy guy, a great player, and a Swede. Don’t you go slashin’ him.
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