Sharks Gameday: The Oil Rig's On Fire!
by Mr. Plank on Apr 2, 2009 10:24 PM PDT
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Like, seriously bro.
Edmonton has been doing their best to avoid the playoffs for the third straight year, and tonight may be their last hurrah. With a home and home against Calgary to end the season, who will most likely be battling with Vancouver for that three seed up until the 82 game mark, their future schedule does not bode well considering the current playoff picture.
This ain't 2006, but anytime we have the chance to atone for that series loss by effectively knocking the Oil out does put a little swing in my step*.
* It's likely that's due to the celebratory drink consumed afterwards, but now you're just being a smart ass.
I've done a little bit of scouting the last week or so, and this is what I can tell you about Edmonton- they aren't skating well right now, and God forbid they win a possession battle off a dump in. Roloson is the only reason this team is afloat. Their only win in their last six? A 51 save performance against Anaheim. No matter which way you cut it, a playoff contender at this stage in the year should never force their goaltender to make 51 saves in a night. It's borderline obscene.
Word on the street is that the magic number is nine points to clinch the one seed, but it's actually ten points*. Why in the world sjsharks.com forgot to mention Boston in the race for the Presidents' Trophy is beyond me. Possibly it's a classic case of an anti East Coast bias mojo flying shin kick to the kidneys?
Eh. Weak.
*[Update 3:54 PM]: Sjsharks.com has corrected their omission of Boston.
Prediction: Sharks win 4-2. Goals by Big Joe, Boyle, Cheech, and Michalek.
Go Sharks.
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My Prediction
I say Sharks win 4-1 with goals from Little Joe, Seto, Michalek, and Moen. One on EN. Big Joe with another 2 point game.
We don't need no water...
Let the ************ burn!
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions
I say we win 5-1 with Little Joe, Big Joe and Blake each having 3 pts
Gooch has two goal and Blake gets the GW PP in the first per.
And if it turns out like this I am heading to vegas!
"AN, Reducing Work Productivity since 2003", connie mack 11/06/08
Haha, if I got one prediction right all year I would be heading to Vegas. I don’t even know why I do the damn thing.
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But, but, but...
You went to Vegas, and you got lucky. Didn’t you?
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Magic Number
Word on the street is that the magic number is nine points to clinch the one seed, but it’s actually ten points. Why in the world sjsharks.com forgot to mention Boston in the race for the Presidents’ Trophy is beyond me.
Don’t we hold the tiebreaker if we both ended up with 120 points, since we won our one and only head-to-head?
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions
Ah, you might be right Sir Goc Kick. But what if Boston wins out (giving them 120 points) and we go 3-0-3 the rest of the year (giving us 120 points). I was under the assumption wins were the first tiebreaker.
Probably should have researched that before I posted. I’m off to grab some lunch, but hopefully someone finds the solution to this dilemma. A formal apology might have to be issued. Then again, them not mentioning Boston at all was in bad form, at least in my opinion.
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1. The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
2. The greater number of games won.
3. The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs. If two clubs are tied, and have not played an equal number of home games against each other, points earned in the first game played in the city that had the extra game shall not be included. If more than two clubs are tied, the higher percentage of available points earned in games among those clubs, and not including any “odd” games, shall be used to determine the standing.
4. The greater differential between goals for and against for the entire regular season.
- http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?type=CON&navid=NAV|STN|Main
You’re right… the number of wins is used before head-to-head in tiebreaker. Magic number should be 10, unless we’re missing something.
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Am I missing something?
Six games remain in the race for the Presidents’ Trophy between San Jose, Detroit, and Boston and the Sharks are sitting in the pole position with a three point cushion. The magic points number is down to single digits. Nine points by the Sharks will clinch the top spot in the Western Conference no matter what the Red Wings do.
Ten points will clinch the Presidents’ Trophy for San Jose.
—The sjsharks.com article Mr. Plank linked to.
That both mentions the Bruins and says the President’s Trophy magic number is 10…has that article changed since you read it?
Don’t we hold the tiebreaker if we both ended up with 120 points, since we won our one and only head-to-head?
—Swift Kick in the Goc
But what if Boston wins out (giving them 120 points) and we go 3-0-3 the rest of the year (giving us 120 points). I was under the assumption wins were the first tiebreaker.
—Mr. Plank
You’re right… the number of wins is used before head-to-head in tiebreaker. Magic number should be 10, unless we’re missing something.
—Swift Kick in the Goc
We have 50 wins, the Bruins (and Red Wings) have 49.
In my evaluation of the situation: If Boston runs the table and we go 3-0-3 (both ending up w/ 120 points), they would have more wins (55 compared to our 53) and thus win the tie breaker. If we ended up w/ the same number of points and wins (way to lazy to do the math to figure out if/how that is possible), then the tie breaker would skip head-to-head since we only played them once and go to the 4th tie breaker: goal differential (which I’m also way to lazy to look up).
Magic numbers are 10 for Presidents’, and 9 for Conference. (which the Sharks’ article now? says)
Does that sound right?
"Got my teal underwear on and everything." - Drew Remenda
Six games remain in the race for the Presidents’ Trophy between San Jose, Detroit, and Boston and the Sharks are sitting in the pole position with a three point cushion. The magic points number is down to single digits. Nine points by the Sharks will clinch the top spot in the Western Conference no matter what the Red Wings do.
Ten points will clinch the Presidents’ Trophy for San Jose.
Hahaha, straight up they did not have that last night when I was writing the gameday article. Maybe they read Fear The Fin? That would be so cool.
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Haha. We believe you Mr. Plank, we believe you…Are you sure you didn’t let your prediction get to your head and take a little pre-game celebratory drink?
Then again, what else do they* have to do all day but browse Sharks’ blogs?** I don’t care what my job is, that’s still what I’d do. Haha.
* whoever “they” may be
**Can “they” track me down and send angry emails about all the shit they have to do?
"Got my teal underwear on and everything." - Drew Remenda
and in case you didn't see it in the other thread
WTC Update
Blake and Goc to start against the Oilers while Clowe and Mitchell lace ‘em up for practice
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
No, No I wasn't
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
hahaha
I like how this is the ONE CSN+ game I could have seen on my own tv this season and it gets switched to CSNBA. That’s not a complaint, it just amuses me.
(btw, digital kinda sucks. Latency when changes channels is lame. Also, holy compression artifacts batman!)
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
Oh, they switched it off of plus?
This is good news, as it means I’ll be able to actually watch!
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 2, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Latency when changes channels is lame.
Oh, you’ve experienced the joy that is Comcast’s cable boxes as well? That slow channel changes (which is especially evident if you switch from a HD channel to a standard def one, or vice versa) are just many of my annoyances with the thing. The software on the boxes hasn’t been updated in years, either.
Also, holy compression artifacts batman!
Are you talking about the HD channels? Comcast compresses most of them so they can make room for other HD channels, and it’s pretty noticable. They have a few exceptions to HD channel compression, though, one of which is CSNBA-HD.
Bay Area born and bred.
No
we don’t get HD and ONLY switched to digital because comcast forced us to. Were it not for my desire to watch playoff hockey from a reliable source, we’d no longer have cable service.
If you watch your regular digital channels, you will see lots of lovely junk hanging around where they don’t think people will see it. Yay! They’re super super super compressed. The joys of technology. I can’t believe I’m paying for this, but, I am. A sucker is me.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
Oh, you’ve experienced the joy that is Comcast’s cable boxes as well? That slow channel changes (which is especially evident if you switch from a HD channel to a standard def one, or vice versa) are just many of my annoyances with the thing.
the same thing happens with DirectTV (center ice)
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JUST A REMINDER
I won’t be around, but Trivia is going live at 6 PM today folks. God bless the auto post function.
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Too bad
there’s no auto post-the-correct-answers function
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
YAY!
Go here and download the attached video. On it is 30 seconds of Ryane Clowe skating around and taking one or two shots on goal, as well as 14 WHOLE SECONDS OF TORREY MITCHELL SKATING AT PRACTICE!!!!
Obviously, I am very excited about this new development, especially with the video evidence that it actually happened.
Go Sharks!
And, apologies to Gray and Brandon for bailing… still feeling like crap. Booo.
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That's ok
You just missed me talking about what animators do when they get bored.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
I bet it was scintillating.
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by TCY on Apr 2, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
It was.
Feel better dude.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Mr. K. will be out tonight
Keep the grammar infractions to a dull roar, kiddies ;-)
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So, K and Plank both gone
leaving me, Ang, and Gray with the kids again. I’m telling you…..my fees are going up
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m here I’m here.
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by TCY on Apr 2, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Whew!
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
which would be why I'm upping my baby sitting fees
jk, I love you man
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Woohoo!
Mr. UPS Man just delivered my playoff tix!! Black Armor themed and all!
GO, SHARKS!!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
woo! I hope my sister’s tickets come in today then!
by WhoseYourNabby? on Apr 2, 2009 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it an omen for more corn?
Or just a targeted ad based on our corn obsessions?
(I’m going with omen…)
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
It's an omen
Everything’s an omen. If you say it’s not an omen, it was an omen to say it’s not an omen
Can’t spell Moen with spelling omen….. or something like that.
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or moan … ;)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
WOAH
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by TCY on Apr 2, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
That's the SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!!
I am too.
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I got busy with my stupid computer
College
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Our friends the Blues are beating the BBQ Wings 2-1 after 2
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
Its okay
The Blues are making sure you won’t screw anything up.
They are motivated by your lack of motivation.
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Blues responded back
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
how did you do that so fast,
i’m watching on nhl network and it delayed like 15 seconds, terrible play by conklin, don’t cha think?
I don't like you Detroit.
just watching the scores on nhl … not the game … fixing dinner here, so here and there … won’t concentrate on here till the Sharks start
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
very!
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe a little.
Its still sad to see any hockey team fold………….. as long as its not the BBQ Wings.
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
GO SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions
and you all wonder why I don’t bother with HD.
Plus, I’d have to buy a new tv.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
Very.
Hockey is so much better in HD.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
well
if someone wants to by me a new tv and pay for the cable upgrade, I’ll make the switch.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
Sorry,
I already blew my refund check.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I feel hockey is the sport that benefits the most from HDTV. Makes it much easier to pick up the puck.
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
So true
but NOTHING beats live, even from the nosebleeds
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
yeah, the shark tank is one of the greatest venues ever. hardly a bad seat i the house
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
Maybe next time I’m in Cali during hockey season
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn’t wanna incur the wrath of the FTFers…
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think you gotta worry about that.
We like you. An awesome screenname helps too.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
The playoffs are a completely different experience.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
GOAL!!!!!!!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 6:39 PM PDT reply actions
lolz
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by TCY on Apr 2, 2009 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
there’s always the radio to listen to!
by WhoseYourNabby? on Apr 2, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
is it just me or does this look like the energy we
were accustomed to seeing back in december???
I don't like you Detroit.
I was playing NHL 09
Nabby was injured in the last game of rnd 2. We got swept by Chicago in round three.
Just sayin,
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That better not be forshadowing for real life.
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Shush it Matt
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by TCY on Apr 2, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Shut the Hell UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I must admit, I've had the same thought....
Not saying I like that I have had it, but. I have.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
sshhh.
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by TCY on Apr 2, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
HEY NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I think he meant ANCIENT!
just kidding Ang
by WhoseYourNabby? on Apr 2, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
(glares!)
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
just remember … you will one day be that age!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
39 isn't old
40 isn’t either. You can trust me, I’m under 30.
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
PP!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions
Roloson's eyes were crazy
when he heard he’d gotten a delay of game call
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
that's bull!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions
PK! for 43 secs
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:04 PM PDT reply actions
Well, the stream doesn't work, so I guess its the radio for me
Just as soon as the Blues game is over
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
I haven’t grown THAT fond of them … :) … like the crew over at gametime tho :)
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I do!! but not at the Sharks expense :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
True...
but remember the momentum we had going into the postseason last year and how that turned out
by Chicago Shark on Apr 2, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
So... if momentum is the key
They beat Detroit in Rd1, then after re-seeding in WCSF they lose in 2nd round to us?
I’m ok with that.
just popin in between commercials,
that was a terrible goalie interference call, i’m sure you guys already determined that on your own
I don't like you Detroit.
it was a pretty obvious make-up call for that blown call on delay of game
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
One of the times
Drew actually had something worthwhile to say….graphically demonstrated
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Well
You and I rarely agree on anything else, so that makes sense. He’s okay, and light years better than most color guys out there. I just think he should not try to be the star and be what’s he’s supposed to be…but that’s me
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It's something else
to see/hear when he and Bakes get going though.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Now Bakes....
I like…
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Bakes is amazing.
Got to listen to him on my way home.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Remenda
and Hahn… the premier hockey bromance of the bay area.
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
Reporting in.
Stupid evening class making me miss the first.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Damn kids...
You drive Dave nuts yet tonight?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Well, I'm back!!! And - Oh crap JR with a point! OH HELLZ YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
Alright finnies
We did our job, you do yours.
The Blues game did a number on our nerves, how about you just blow em out early for us. Get it over quick for us 2 times zones away.
You guys did good
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
wtg Blues! must have felt sweet to beat the Wings :)
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
YES
and thank YOU for an amazing win and some breathing room!
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
Does your heart hurt from pounding so fast?
by Chicago Shark on Apr 2, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell, mine does
from that last minute
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at the Sharks Hawks game last week
and my chest hurt for 20 minutes after the game because my heart was pounding for the shootout
by Chicago Shark on Apr 2, 2009 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
They definitely keep the stomach churning
we’ve had very few blow outs.
Faster heart burns calories I guess
Dude MC hammer is still playing concerts?
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
So
they both got the night off at Taco Bell?
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
I saw that!
Must be trying to pay off his bankruptcy bills
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
There
Now let’s see how long it takes him to notice.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
He set that up perfectly.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Well James saw it.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Damn thief...
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I think a puck
bounced off JR in the net
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
Let's GO SHARKS!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
NABOKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm warning you! I have ADHD and I know how to use it!!!
KFC has chicken & corn
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Score!!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
GOAL!!!!!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions
It'd be awesome if he hit 20.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
we are trying to be accommodating .. :)
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
were just trying to pay you back for you beating Detroit.
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
But pizza is delicious
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
i love it
it freezes, and when it comes back they get a shot off the post and we get a PP!
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
Another PP!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
How was our PP last year in the playoffs?
I remember it being horrid two years ago, don’t remember last year.
It seems like it’s clicking at the right time, and if we keep this type of PP play up in the playoffs, we’ll be tough to beat.
It was crap in the first round, a little better in the second against Dallas. Regehr basically shut everything down.
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hilarious!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes Randy.
This is a very unique experience.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
PK!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions
indeed...
just when we had all the momentum too
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
Now tell them how you really feel Joe.
Garbage call.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
again ... that's bull!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:02 PM PDT reply actions
Not a dive
I can see why he’s mad. I would be too if I got a penalty for getting a stick up the nose
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Make-up call please…
Go Pavs. I’d be hot, too… ugh
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions
Can we get new officials?
Ones that are actually, you know, are good at their job?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
I'm not sure you would find them in the NHL.
At least Koharski’s retiring.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
yeah but we'll still have him around town.
At least he won’t be on the ice, unless he starts reffing the peewee.
Nah, I don’t MacInnis will let him near his peewee team
they have those?
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
There have to be some somewhere.
Maybe in Major Juniors? Maybe?
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
get a goal Sharks!!
to make up for the bad call!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions
damn!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions
Bullsh*t
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Is that who the team in the stripes are?
They’re beating both us and the Oilers…
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
Kill the zebra
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Ref gets it hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWdAUx5CCkA
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
no kidding
As fake Nabby says, if I wanted to see a zebra screw a Sharks, I’d watch Animal Plnaet.
Bay Area born and bred.
Lucky Ehrhoff kill Guerin with Slapshot
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
bakes and rusinawsky were going crazy about the pavelski call
i didn’t see it though
I don't like you Detroit.
Pavs got tripped and took a high stick in the face.
Damn zebra called him for diving.
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they were saying that he got high sticked and that caused him to fall or something like that
I don't like you Detroit.
nah, he got tripped, and then high sticked while falling...
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 2, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Bad, bad call
Pavs looked like he was about to fall. The other guys stick went down than up hitting Pavs in the face, right underneath the visor. Pavs went down in pain. got called for diving
Of course not.
Cause if it was a high stick, it couldn’t be a dive. I would have been fine with that call. Would have just proven how stupid the ref is.
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wow, what a bs call...
I’m surprised the Sharks have as good a record as they do with having to play the opposition and the refs every game. Ugh.
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I'm back, again, What'd did I miss....................... fuck
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diving?
diving my ass. did anyone here even know that was a rule until now? be honest.
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Yes
but thank you for being honest =)
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yeah
and that wasn’t it
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by Dave Valentine on Apr 2, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently the bruise or whatever on his face was occured on the dive, right?
I mean refs never make stupid calss.
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It's where he hit the ice...
if he bled, he might have had a double-minor…
BS
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But still partially offset by the phantom dive, no doubt.
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
No
I meant Pavs would have had the 4 minutes.
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Good thing there wasn't blood, jeesh Pavs, don't screw up like that
you won’t get away with it………………… unlike other certain people in stripped jerseys.
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadly
“Brian Burke” shut down.
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Yeah
Down Goes Brown decided it was time.
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Yeah, I’m not sure if he mentions it in his post, but I read somewhere Brian Burke actually pursued some legal action against him.
Come to think of it, I might have read that yesterday, so don’t take it as Gospel or anything.
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I'm taking notes
in case this one of Sunday’s trivia questions…
brutal…
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Yeah, I head about that.
Although for you Puck Daddy fans, there is a “Greg Wyshynski”
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I doubt it.
It’s probably more like “Evgeni Nabokov.”
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YES!
Tripple T!
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Sharks! Cox!
Hehe. Pretty good thus far, Edmonton’s had some good shifts but have had trouble stringing a couple of them in a row.
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GO SHARKS!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions
Damn straight
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17:40
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks y'all
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by CrossCheckRaise on Apr 2, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, I’m on a little tape delay though. Maybe 4 minutes in?
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Ok OK OK
I gotcha…. ….. LOL
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by CrossCheckRaise on Apr 2, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
we like to be helpful :)
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
We're helpful like that
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Nabby!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
NABOKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Late
But WTF is up with Pavelski getting bullshit calls? And not just random hooking penalties, but ones that make the refs do more work – (phantom) headbutts are looked at by the league, and diving requires some paperwork (hence the lack of those penalties being called). And yet Pavelski gets called for both while doing neither?
Coincidentally, the linesman Mike Cyvik (or however his name is spelled) was in for both games. He must have it out for Pavs or something.
No goal!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
NABBY!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:31 PM PDT reply actions
Thank you thief!
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SHARKS!!
LET’S GO SHARKS!!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions
I have never wanted the Sharks to win
more THAN I WANT THEM TO WIN RIGHT NOW.
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Well, there was this one time
in Dallas…
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
He's a Blues fan.
Somehow I don’t think that mattered quite as much to him.
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For a lurker
you sure show up a lot around our neck of the woods.
Not that I’m complaining.
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I do most of my lurking at work.
And if you guys weren’t so awesome over there, I would still only root for one Western Conference team.
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PK!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:34 PM PDT reply actions
shortie time!!
dear hockey gods … please allow the Sharks to get a shortie … thank you kindly
p.s. … please let them WIN tonight and always … thank you again … love me!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:37 PM PDT reply actions
Kill it kill it kill it
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
must.kill.penalty.
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Holy pastrami, this period has been nothing short of humbling. Big time two minutes coming up here right now*.
*That’s usually what I say when I ent….ah, nevermind.
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almost there
almost there almost there almost there…goodnight, honey
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
go go go go go go go go go!!
oh wait … I was yelling at the tv
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It’s more like, “Go go go go!!”, but I appreciate the compliment.
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when dealing with males, it’s all bout the ego “stroking” … ;)
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha, this conversation is going to give idunno nightmares tonight.
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He’s probably too young to understand… he’s only like what? 8 years old?
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Just to make sure,
he should go read Rudy’s post on BoC today.
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You want uncomfortable?
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cab fare's
on the dresser
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by CrossCheckRaise on Apr 2, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Listening to the EDM radio cast ....
is there a player named Mike Civik ? Wasn’t that MeatHead on All in the family ?
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That's one of the linesmen.
The giant one. Made the bullshit headbutt call on Pavelski a while back.
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Meathead...
Sh*thead
same thing
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
No
That’s a linesman. Who is stupid and blind and calls headbutts when there really aren’t any.
And no, I don’t hold grudges, why do you ask?
ok, a zebra ....
so MeatHead still applies …
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by CrossCheckRaise on Apr 2, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that justifies my "Honda" nickname for him
Because lhe looks like he’s built like one.
Bay Area born and bred.
I didn't know they made Hondas that big.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
It’s a pun on his name. His last name is pronounced “civic”, and Honda has a model named the Civic.
Bay Area born and bred.
And that's so obvious I completely missed it.
But 6’9" is still big for a Honda.
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That sushi
looks so good right now!
by Swift Kick in the Goc on Apr 2, 2009 8:43 PM PDT reply actions
yeah crazy!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah ...
my fantasy team has Sundin and Demitra … VAN has 5 goals …. I gotta be sitting pretty, right?
Nope, combined for 1 assist, -3, 3 SOG…. Damn
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by CrossCheckRaise on Apr 2, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I’m throwing that on after this one gets wrapped up.
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ugh PK!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:46 PM PDT reply actions
Another PK?
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
Everyone's aginst the Sharks tonight
including the Sharks
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Yeah he's the only one
Though he may be all we need
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
what’s funny is the Blues & Ducks fans want the Sharks to win tonight … all this extra energy should be flowing their way
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how palatable rooting for the Sharks is to Ducks fans
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
No, no
I’m for the Sharks! And so were the Blues! My Blues beat the Douche Wings 5-4, further solidifying your guys run for the Presidents Trophy!
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige
And we thank you for that.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Yes, a million thanks
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Another Pav no-call
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
maybe
he dated one of their daughters
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
i meant
before he got married. hence the past tense of date
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
what is with the lack of calls when joe pa gets a stick to the face?
resident cartoonist @couchtarts.blogspot.com
Maybe they think he's too cute to be a hockey player
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
He kind of reminds me of PJ Stock, except he doesn’t drop the gloves as much and has more skill. So really he doesn’t remind me of him all that much except for his hockey sense and the way he looks.
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The zebras are clearly terminally retarded.
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I?
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
BILL BILL BILL BILL!!!
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a fantastic episode.
Just because of Bill Nye.
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It's now an FLR.
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NYE!!!
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
eye?
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha no, it’s something Desmond from LOST says when he means “Yes” or is agreeing with a statement. CTGray used it earlier and it reminded me of that.
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Brotha
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
oh
that show is confusing.
pirates say it too
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
LET'S GO SHARKS!!!
right now, i’m supposed to be writing my term paper, it’s due tomorrow and i’m only half way done.
C’MON SHARKS!!!
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I've wasted my whole Spring Break
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
If you avoided school work
and watched hockey, you’ve wasted nothing.
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I'll try saying that when I look at my grades.
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
You can always re-take a class
Hockey games are here now and then gone forever, man ….
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by CrossCheckRaise on Apr 2, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
If I fail one class this semester West Valley will probably drop me.
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Come on SHARKS!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:52 PM PDT reply actions
Randy: "I prefer partner"
Classic. And very ambiguous.
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Completely off topic but.............
That Brian Burke twiiter is stuff is just classic, so many great one liners
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empty netter!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:54 PM PDT reply actions
Empty net
Let’s get it done!!!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
See how smart Boyle is? Realizes there is no one driving the net, so he steps out of the way off that shot so Nabby can see it all the way.
It was slightly beautiful.
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As if we needed more proof of the awesomeness of Dan Boyle.
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sometimes
it’s the non-play that is so valuable.
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by CrossCheckRaise on Apr 2, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
heart attacking coming
I can feel it
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:56 PM PDT reply actions
Jeez, even the clock is against us
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 8:58 PM PDT reply actions
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WOOOOOO!
Take that Oilers!
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Victory!!
So, what in the knick-knack-paddywack-give-a-dog-a-bone is going on around here? — Dan Rusanowsky
PAVS WIN THE LAST FACEOFF YOU BEAST
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
It's not even the playoffs yet
and we’re already eliminating teams!
Yes, I'm from the tropics. Yes, I love hockey. What's not to get?
isn't it great?!
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
today’s been an awesome day for hockey.
I’m outta here. have a good one guys!!!
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THANK YOU SHARKS!
And if the Blues meet San Jose in mid-April…you all are dead to me.
Fair warning.
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ditto :)
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by ang6666 on Apr 2, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
uh
same to you?
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by serrapadre716 on Apr 2, 2009 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
you guys won’t be so awesome then.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Listening to Oilers Radio
The guy was saying he thought the Oilers were playing a spectacular game but the Sharks were just superior
DAMN STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oh whoa, what the hell?
there was a game? (for those of you who didn’t know, we won)
sorry, talking about bill nye.
"It aint over till the fat lady sings." - Not Yogi Berra
We’ve never won in Calgary and Edmonton on a roadtrip back to back until now? That’s actually kind of a damper on the night.
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I've got to say...
I hate watching the sharks spend the entire third period in their own zone.
But for some reason, it makes me happy to watch us win like that.
Weird I know, hard to explain.
Weird, I kind of feel the same way. Maybe it’s the fact that it shows we can still keep the puck out of the net even with all hell breaking loose.
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Which is good to see this time of year.
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He does that fairly regularly.
It takes a big man to cry and it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Jamie Baker
Yeah, he was amazing in the latter half of that tilt.
The post definitely helped us out a bit too haha.
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Yes, I can see it now
Starting Lineup
Marleau, Thornton, Setoguchi
Boyle, Blake
Nabokov, the Post
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
That was rather amusing.
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I'm game for either.
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Aite.
I’m on.
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I'm The Enginerd
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Hey that's what I majored in.
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We beat the Wings, and then you guys returned the favor and beat the Oil.
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No problem, glad to help
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by Diamondback15 on Apr 2, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Just a few notes
Since I have my French homework to do.
The game felt sort of weird. Like, I was watching the Sharks, and I knew the team and the tendencies, but it felt like I didn’t know the team. Completely contradictory, but it was like I was watching an entirely different team. So it took awhile to get rid of that odd feeling.
Uhhh, special teams were okay, I guess. Really, nothing stood out to me as “great” (except for Pavelski on faceoffs – winning 65% of the draws, despite the refs and linesmen all ganging up on him). Nabokov was good, but not in Super Nabby mode (a lot of the shots were right to his chest, and if he had the positioning he was pretty much set). The post on the Sharks defend twice side? Amazing. Vezina-quality performance, for sure. The Cheechoo goal was pretty sweet too.
If you don’t like to hear long, drawn-out rants on refs, please stop reading now. Since that’s what I’m going to get into from here on out.
Now, I haven’t criticized officiating in quite a while; partially because the refs have called consistently, and I saw no reason to complain about consistency. But this game was horribly reffed, both from a consistency standpoint and what they were calling.
Dwayne. Fucking. Roloson. Pushes the net off its moorings, no call. Hooks his leg into JR’s when JR is a foot out of the crease and makes himself fall over? Goalie interference for Roenick. LaRue and Lee (the two refs) must have gotten something from Roloson to let him dictate the penalties called. True, he later got called for delay of game when the puck went over the glass on a slightly iffy call (I’ll give the Oilers that), but still. He was the one that should have gotten the diving penalty.
Which brings me to my next point – Joe Pavelski. The guy, up until a certain Dallas game in March, was a Lady Byng type of guy. 18 PIMs in total after 50 or so games. Then comes this guy, Mike Cvik. Single-handedly is responsible for Pavelski’s doubling of PIMs in one game due to a completely blown call on a headbutt. And when I say completely blown, I mean that this guy must have been on hallucinogens, because there was no headbutt, nor an attempt to headbutt, nor any motion that was in any way similar to the motions that constitute a headbutt. Fast-forward to tonights game – once again, Mike Cvik is on the ice. Pavelski is skating past the blue line with the puck, gets tripped by Kotalik, and then gets high sticked in the face while going down. So, Pavelski draws 4 minutes of penalties right? Nope. He gets a penalty. For diving. Nevermind that he was tripped and then hit in the face by a stick in one swift motion, Pavelski must be diving. The weird part is that those two penalties – headbutt and diving – almost never get called.
Oh, and then the refs’ collective responses after they blew the high stick/diving call? They decide that Pavelski whines too much, and refuses to call any of the penalties that are being drawn by Pavs – another high stick to the face? Eh, too bad. Tripping? Yawn. But heaven forbid Moen or Murray do anything to the Oilers! (That said, those were penalties and should be called – I just would have liked to see them go the other way). The reffing was just a joke in this game.
+1
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by ZeroIndulgence on Apr 2, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice rant lady
Dwayne. Fucking. Roloson. Pushes the net off its moorings, no call.
What’s that old saying about history repeating itself? It’s something like that right?
My gut tells me it might apply here.
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