Off the Post - November 19

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Nov 19, 2009 12:00 AM PST Comment 44 comments

This story is just waiting to gain traction - Sharks co-owner (and Balsillie business partner) Kevin Compton blatantly suggests that it's not the NHL owners who blocked the Blackberry boss from taking over the Yotes.
Jed Ortmeyer - risking his life every game to become the greatest Jed in professional sports (take THAT, Jed Lowrie!).
The latest on J.S. Giguere as an Anaheim Ducks goaltender... however long that lasts.
I was under the impression that Kevin Smith was a diehard Devils fan... which is why this contest by the Edmonton Oilers seems so unusual (and pretty awesome, granted).
Daniel Sedin is eyeing a Sunday return... as is Conico's fantasy league team.
Some striking figures behind the surging Atlanta Thrashers.
Endorsed by Puck Daddy, beloved by FTF, I give you... mymclife.
Unemployed, and in Worcester on a Wednesday? Have I got a deal for you...

Highly recommended - a night in the life of a Coyotes season ticket holder.

Counterfeit jerseys, and how to spot them.

Mandatory reading = G ary Bettman's latest interview.

Lurker and I crash the Drum Circle Jerk in the Scottrade Center... from left, CrossCheckRaise, DanGNR, yours truly, Dooks, The Goalie Guy, Ralph (?), and Lurker Shark. No Fear of the Fin? BWAHAHA...

Can you name all the SBN hockey blogs? (no fair cheating)

Captain Canada is out a month, although Sergeant Scuderi won't be so long.

The Blackhawks are about to sign a trio of young talent, and are going to pay for it dearly... hopefully metaphorically.

via img.photobucket.com

(thanks to mymclife's Fools and Sages)

Down Goes Brown's awesome top secret flowchart of NHL suspension protocol.

Die by the Blade's Ten Rookies Who Have Impressed... Jason Demers only gets an honorable mention.

Ten types of Toronto Maple Leafs fans... LOL at how to deal with the Bandwagon Jumper.

Rob Blake in the new Sharks commercial...

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BEAST

i want an entire book of Marleau=BEAST

by awok6 on Nov 19, 2009 8:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Is anyone going down to Anaheim for the Sharks/Ducks game on Saturday? I’m bringing 8 people and I know of about 16 more that live in the OC area that will be there as well. Meet up before the game? Anywhere good to get some food and drinks in my Sharks Jersey?

by SD_Sharks_Fan on Nov 19, 2009 9:08 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I live in OC and I'll be there

There is a brewery right across the street from the Honda Center (j.t. schmid’s) that has some pretty good food and some good beer. I’ll be there before the game with some friends, wearing my Marleau jersey. I went to the game in Anaheim earlier in the season and did the same thing. There were a lot of sharks fans at the place it was pretty fun.

Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments,
But rock on completely with some brand new components
-CAKE

by sharks in oc on Nov 19, 2009 10:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I was there too, met a ton of Sharks fans. Wish I was going this weekend, too.

Fear the Fin: Sharing Joe Thornton's love of wooly mammoths since 2009.

by That'll Cheech You on Nov 19, 2009 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I was there after the game as well, it was good times. A bit expensive but at that point I was too pumped after the victory to really care.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Nov 19, 2009 12:38 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah it was expensive. I don’t know how Robbie, Harry and I ate 120 worth of food. There were those 6 pints, though.

Fear the Fin: Sharing Joe Thornton's love of wooly mammoths since 2009.

by That'll Cheech You on Nov 19, 2009 1:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Haha our bill was 120 also. All the pitchers sure do add up. Made for a fun night of duck heckling though.

Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments,
But rock on completely with some brand new components
-CAKE

by sharks in oc on Nov 19, 2009 2:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

after alot of back and forth on my part (long story) … I’m going … and from what I hear, bunch are meeting at Danny K’s beforehand

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Nov 19, 2009 11:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be at JT Schmid's before/after

That’s where 84+ Sharks fans will be…and counting.
It’s a mutiny!

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore, it doesn’t work" - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Nov 19, 2009 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ill be at Danny K’s down the street with Sleek. Its got pool tables, cheap drinks, some pretty good grub, and about a five minute walk to The Pond.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Nov 19, 2009 12:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like a great turnout

Can’t wait for the game. Its been since last season since I went to a live game. We will definately hit up one of the bars before the game and I’’ll be in Section 437 at the game. See you all there!

by SD_Sharks_Fan on Nov 19, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be there

Three of my friends and I are driving down from LA. I’m the only hockey fan of the four of us, so I’m definitely going to try and get some Sharks converts, lol. No bar-hopping before or after, since we’re all on the wrong side of 21.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Nov 19, 2009 1:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking about it...

But hadn’t done anymore than think. We’ll see if I can’t scrounge up some roadtrip buddies.

Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!

by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 19, 2009 1:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m driving down tomorrow morning and heading back up Sunday if you are looking for a way there and back … don’t mind offering up some space in my car … :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality? (boycott Hollywood!)

by ang6666 on Nov 19, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I have to work most of the day tomorrow. If I go down it’ll be a super quick down and back trip on Saturday. Thanks for the offer though! :)

Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!

by ZeroIndulgence on Nov 19, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

jealous of all of you

though I am getting a gourmet meal Sat, for FREE, so, I’m not THAT jealous.

And I don’t even have to dress up.

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Nov 19, 2009 3:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Same here, minus the gourmet meal.

I’m gonna be stuck at work.

It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Proud member of the "Don't Trade Marleau" Club

by Lurker Shark on Nov 20, 2009 6:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We talked Saturday night

that the list of greatest Jeds in sports is really short. And then we extrapolated that to the list of all-time Jeds in anything isn’t much longer.

I mean, once you get past Jed Clampitt, a poor mountaineer – barely kept his family fed, your list of possible worthy Jeds may not even number five.

www.stlouisgametime.com

by Brad Lee on Nov 19, 2009 9:08 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and for the record

“Ralph” is THE Red Berenson Cowboy. Gallagher can explain the mythology more in depth, but back in 2005-06 when the Blues finished 30th in the league, there was an ice storm in February where less than 5,000 people probably attended the game. Gallagher said he was the only person in his section. He looked around the bowl and a dude wearing a Red Berenson sweater and a cowboy hat was the only guy in his section. Henceforth, we have attributed several worldy events, supernatural powers and other sundry things to the Red Berenson Cowboy.

Just don’t ask where his wife’s teeth are.

www.stlouisgametime.com

by Brad Lee on Nov 19, 2009 9:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hahaha

Duly noted – I’d edit it, but every time I do so, SBN decides to screw up my YouTube video. Long story… but if we get an earthquake in these parts, I’m blaming it on the Red Berenson Cowboy. Or maybe the Blues’ less-than-heterosexual power play dance… or maybe Towel Boy.

Our talk about Jed @ the Tin Can did indeed inspire the “greatest Jed in professional sports” reference – I bow to your infinite blogging wisdom, oh Brad “Lee” (wink).

Thanks again for showcasing St. Louis to us – Lurks and I will have to come back and do that again ;-) Look for a fanpost of the trip by Monday night.

Fear the Fin: "I'm gonna fuckin' kill you, lake!" - ZeroIndulgence, 11/15/09 in Chicago

by Conico do Mayo Miracle on Nov 19, 2009 10:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Kevin Smith

Is indeed a die hard Devils fan. He’s also got a man crush on Wayne Gretzky that is similar to my idol worship of our blue line god Dan Boyle.

I imagine his contact with the Oilers is related to the Gretzky thing. He did a charity game with Gretzky’s father this summer.

by Evilducks on Nov 19, 2009 12:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

WTC Update

Blake and Shelley are skating, not ready for the weekend.

Looks like Couture, McGinn and Ferriero will be back for Friday.

This is getting out of hand.

by Evilducks on Nov 19, 2009 2:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

seriously.

I wonder if they actually have to fly across the country and then fly back the next morning.

Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments,
But rock on completely with some brand new components
-CAKE

by sharks in oc on Nov 19, 2009 2:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We need an AHL/ECHL team out west

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore, it doesn’t work" - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Nov 19, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You have to wonder how this is going to impact their effectiveness as the season rolls along.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Nov 19, 2009 3:02 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was cute when we did this during the east coast swing. I’m starting to get very concerned.

by Evilducks on Nov 19, 2009 3:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

good article mc

bravo. a while back I started DVRing sharks games for something to pass the time during the winter, and eventually I just got hooked. I won’t claim to know much about hockey, but I do really enjoy watching it. No reason to hoard a sport like this in one area when you can expand it and gain more fans that way. I’m pretty happy they decided to expand it to the west I can tell you that. Just another example of how a lot of sports fans think their opinions on things they have done no research on are correct.

And go to Tahoe and tell me it doesn’t snow in California.

I love that not even he knew that he scored and he continued to try to put it in - Evilducks

by sharks on Nov 19, 2009 2:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Dany Heatley interview,

HERE. Haven’t listened to it yet but there’s not Ralphy fyi.

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Nov 19, 2009 3:32 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Hey Dany

How YOU doin?

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Nov 19, 2009 3:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

The interviewer is the prototypical sports radio guy. I want to punch him every time he opens his mouth

by Evilducks on Nov 19, 2009 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

also off topic

most of you probably heard by now, but tim lincecum won the nl cy young

MeThinksSports where the only semi-good thing is the poll...

by serrapadre716 on Nov 19, 2009 3:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Congrats to him. I’m sure the the celebration party was smokin’.

by Nael M. on Nov 19, 2009 7:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

hahaha.

by ohmymarleau on Nov 19, 2009 7:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Nov 19, 2009 7:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You're doing it wrong.

You need 3 sharks

by tarlinian on Nov 19, 2009 8:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Still partial to the wolves, but I dig this.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Nov 19, 2009 9:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I'm working on adding a third

But I suck at photoshop. I’m thinking of adding the Hayward mask, for aesthetics.

I like my goals like I like my booze..... Top shelf.

by GhostOfLinkGaetz on Nov 20, 2009 5:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

if you're not a fan of the sharks foundation on ye olde facebook...

you need to be.

photos from the reading is cool poster shoot. hilarity ensues.

by Megs on Nov 19, 2009 8:23 PM PST reply actions 2 recs

Hahaha

That’s great.

-The dude responsible for this mess

by idunno723 on Nov 19, 2009 8:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

amazing

Those photos are fantastic

resident cartoonist @CouchTarts Lightning is seven times as hot as the surface of the sun.
That’s still not as hot as Douglas Murray. -mymclife

by CTGray on Nov 19, 2009 9:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely hilarious

Looks like Murray and Jumbo had the most fun. Shelley’s book wins for irony.

Oh, and the list if anyone is interested:
Jody Shelley – Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Evgeni Nabokov – How I Became a Pirate
Rob Blake – Heart of the Game
Joe Pavelski – Danny and the Dinosaur
Dan Boyle – Harry Portter and the Deathly Hallows
Joe Thornton – Goosebumps: Don’t Go to Sleep!
Joe Thornton #2 – Very Hungry Caterpillar
Patrick Marleau – Where the Wild Things Are
Douglas Murray – Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
Ryane Clowe – The Magic Hockey Skates
Devin Setoguchi – Goosebumps: Don’t Go to Sleep!

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Nov 19, 2009 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

And by Harry Portter, I mean Harry Potter. But I’m sure you could guess that.

The only one I’m not 100% sure about is the Goosebumps book, because the one that Jumbo and Seto had has a different cover color than the images online, but it’s the same picture.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Proud member of the "Re-Sign Marleau" Club
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Nov 19, 2009 9:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs