JAMES NEAL IS THE PROBLEM. JAMES NEAL IS THE SOLUTION: THE NHL 2014-2015 THREAD (INCLUDING THE ECSTASY OF RYAN MILLER, LOS ANGELES HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

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― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:29 (eleven years ago)

hello

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:29 (eleven years ago)

Excellent title imo

― dan m, Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:32 (eleven years ago)

There is a lot of pressure riding on the title

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 28 June 2014 16:33 (eleven years ago)

let's all make sure neither the kings or hawks win the title

― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 28 June 2014 18:19 (eleven years ago)

lol

― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 June 2014 19:48 (eleven years ago)

ryan miller to the canucks, among other things

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:07 (eleven years ago)

woah

― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:10 (eleven years ago)

and an absurd amount of money for dave bolland, but i guess that's what it takes to get players to come to florida

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:10 (eleven years ago)

kind of feel like all hawks players' prices have inflated over the past few years, they're still trying to make the $ work with kane/toews

― dan m, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:13 (eleven years ago)

bolland now has the same cap hit ($5.5m) as john tavares

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:15 (eleven years ago)

omg the caps gave brooks orpik 5 years/$27.5m lololololol

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:21 (eleven years ago)

vanek to the wild

― dan m, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:52 (eleven years ago)

hahaha robidas to the leafs for $9m

― dan m, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:54 (eleven years ago)

I mean the wings needs a defenseman but shit

― dan m, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:54 (eleven years ago)

The idiotic part of the year my god everyone

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:57 (eleven years ago)

the flames just gave deryk engelland three years at $2.9m each

simply amazing

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 19:19 (eleven years ago)

Can you imagine if there was still no salary cap

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 19:21 (eleven years ago)

Glad we have Boyle now. Our mission to get every player of the 2004 lightings at one point or another is going steady.

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 19:30 (eleven years ago)

when i first saw it, i was like okay, engo at $1m/yr is whatever but why would you give him three years? and then mackenzie was like oh, the $2.9m is each year

xp meanwhile all the recent rangers are in tampa

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 19:31 (eleven years ago)

iggy is an av

― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 20:24 (eleven years ago)

Iggy gonna be bummed when the Avs regress

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 20:57 (eleven years ago)

Philadelphia Flyers star Claude Giroux arrested in Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers star Claude Giroux spent the night in an Ottawa Police cell after an incident involving a police officer, sources tell the Sun.
Although few details were immediately available, a source said Giroux was arrested for repeatedly grabbing the buttocks of a male police officer. Alcohol is believed to have been involved.

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 13:55 (eleven years ago)

I don't see the Avs regressing, really.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 16:26 (eleven years ago)

I know the Panthers needed to reach the cap floor, but man that's a bunch of questionable signings.

― sofatruck, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 18:23 (eleven years ago)

Meanwhile no UFAs want to sign with the Wings, seeing rumors that players "hate" Babcock.

― dan m, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 18:28 (eleven years ago)

at least the panthers bought out ed jovanovski from their last round of terrible signings

also, lol: http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2014-07-02/dave-bolland-panthers-contract-worst-nhl-contracts-free-agency

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 18:34 (eleven years ago)

RFI the Willie Mitchell signing

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 2 July 2014 18:38 (eleven years ago)

alex kovalev has officially retired ;_;

― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 July 2014 15:18 (eleven years ago)

Rick Jeanneret has the cancer

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 3 July 2014 16:54 (eleven years ago)

eight-year extensions for toews and kane; no $ details yet

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 17:02 (eleven years ago)

$10.5m average/season for both

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 17:06 (eleven years ago)

no complaints about those numbers

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 18:28 (eleven years ago)

speaking of which who's the worst signing so far? Bolland? Callahan? Gionta? Greene?

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 18:35 (eleven years ago)

engelland, then orpik or bolland

i mean you can think wishful thoughts about the latter two and the money's much greater, but engo has never been more than an absolutely marginal nhl player. for that the flames gave $2.8m x 3?

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 18:48 (eleven years ago)

also

In 2003-04, Jagr and Forsberg each made $11MM. Five guys will make more than that next year. Revenues have almost doubled.

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 18:53 (eleven years ago)

We clearly need another lockout

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:14 (eleven years ago)

nah this requires a strike

― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:14 (eleven years ago)

are the two mutually exclusive? we should try both

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:15 (eleven years ago)

ha! cmon yall should know how unions work. strike is player-initiated, lockout owner-initiated. there've been a lot of lockouts in sports recently bc owners are fleecing labor playing like theyre about to go to the poorhouse.

― it's not a fedora, it's a trill bae (m bison), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:30 (eleven years ago)

eight-year extensions for toews and kane; no $ details yet

― mookieproof, Wednesday, July 9, 2014 1:02 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sweeeeeeeet.

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:40 (eleven years ago)

David Alter ‏@DavidAlter590 2h
After Toews and Kane signings, the Blackhawks will have $65.8 committed on their cap to 15 players for 2015-16. Wow.

― dan m, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:45 (eleven years ago)

anaheim signed dany heatley for $1m/1yr

and sure, dany heatley has sucked for several years and was an asshole before that and also killed a teammate, but the flames gave deryk engelland $8.7m for three years ffs

tbf, at 33 heatley's a year older

― mookieproof, Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:24 (eleven years ago)

Shitty older killers are the new market inefficiency

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 10 July 2014 13:42 (eleven years ago)

Wings re-signed Kyle Quimcey AND Dan Cleary o_O

― dan m, Thursday, 10 July 2014 22:59 (eleven years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsNmmwJCIAASBlF.png

― mookieproof, Friday, 11 July 2014 00:59 (eleven years ago)

Brandon Dubinsky is worth 5.8M per year until he is 34

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 12 July 2014 13:51 (eleven years ago)

Would you argue that Dubinsky is worth 1/2 of either Kane or Toews

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 12 July 2014 13:52 (eleven years ago)

I understand the above comment is redic at face value. I may be guilty of not understanding nhl finances in the way I understand, say MLB finances. It just seems like 50 pts a year should not be worth 5.8m per. Also Dubinsky is not a "star" in the way that Toews et al are stars. I don't pay to see Dubinsky play I pay to watch him live in a system

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 12 July 2014 14:02 (eleven years ago)

dubinsky's contract is a direct result of bolland's, which is why everyone in the league is pissed at dale tallon. dubinsky is, after all, $300k better than bolland.

that doesn't mean that a team is forced to follow that logic, but with 30 to choose from the odds are in a middling player's favor.

lockout after lockout, there seems to be no way to protect management from its own stupidity

― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 July 2014 21:26 (eleven years ago)

Probeert het WK-Topic 2014...doet ie ook!!

every time i see this i think it has something to do with bob probert

― mookieproof, Monday, 14 July 2014 23:28 (eleven years ago)

A Funny Story About Then-Rookie Eric Lindros Being A Huge Dickhead

i for one am shocked

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:14 (eleven years ago)

never in doubt

― dan m, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 20:23 (eleven years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://nextimpulsesports.com/2014/08/01/every-nhl-teams-uniform-history-gif-form/3

― mookieproof, Friday, 1 August 2014 16:05 (eleven years ago)

no burger king uni no cred

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 August 2014 17:38 (eleven years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOcDkh-7yIs

gary roberts ups the ante

― mookieproof, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:59 (eleven years ago)

So long Jiggy

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/11388579/jean-sebastien-giguere-retires-16-seasons

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 25 August 2014 12:57 (eleven years ago)

Howard Bloom @SportsBizNews
NHL expansion – four teams added by 2017, Quebec City, Toronto, Seattle, and Las Vegas $1.4b in expansion fees

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:43 (eleven years ago)

smh

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:46 (eleven years ago)

I'm down with Seattle and Québec Cité having teams, tbh.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:50 (eleven years ago)

Not as expansions, I must say. Also, Las Vegas seems like a terrible idea.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:51 (eleven years ago)

Toronto?

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:57 (eleven years ago)

About time we had a team here!

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:45 (eleven years ago)

Ppl have been trying to start Toronto 2 for a while now, right? Or Hamilton or wherever.

― dan m, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 22:54 (eleven years ago)

happy for québec, toronto makes sense, not so sure about seattle, fuck vegas

seems like simply another up-front cash grab for the league with no thought to consequences, tho. it would make more long-term sense to move ~~phoenix~~ arizona and the florida teams, but i guess we have to have east-west balance lest detroit and columbus get screwed again. and looking at the existing league's fourth-liners doesn't really bode well for the quality of an expanded talent pool.

totally intrigued at how a second toronto team would work though -- who switches allegiances? will it become scarborough's team? some kind of celtic/rangers thing? will they call it the marlies? maybe go the rough()riders route and call the new team the maple leaves . . .

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 23:39 (eleven years ago)

A team for the suburbs and all the Rob Ford apologists.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:31 (eleven years ago)

or a team for ppl priced out of a half-century of suckage

― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:33 (eleven years ago)

wait you are talking about leafs or the city?

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:35 (eleven years ago)

ziiiiinnng

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:35 (eleven years ago)

oh shiii

― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:35 (eleven years ago)

I get this feeling that NHL brass has seen the turnout and enthusiasm for Seattle Sounders FC in MLS (30k+ for every game, some games 60k+) and hope it'll translate to hockey. If that's the case, they're probably right.

― dan m, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:39 (eleven years ago)

Also I had a soft spot for the Nordiques back in the day and my dad got hit in the head with a puck at a QMJHL game in QC once, so I'm all for a return to the big leagues for them.

― dan m, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:40 (eleven years ago)

and unlike the three other cities mentioned there is a NBA team lurking around, which makes for a sweeter arena deal iirc. and christ, there is two teams in Florida and none in the whole of american pacific northwest, that's one of the ten big tragedies of hockey in my opinion.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:40 (eleven years ago)

my main worry about seattle is that i like seattle and don't want to see it inevitably jobbed in the arena deal

what do sounders tickets cost? i also worry that, you know, all the kids play soccer but playing hockey is expensive as fuc. i dunno. good luck to seattlipolitans of course

40 years ago my dad was reading the paper during warmups at the civic arena and took a puck off the forehead. he was taken to the penguins locker room for stitches and pierre larouche signed the puck, which my dad still has

― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:54 (eleven years ago)

im in favor of lots of sports teams, 30 is too small for such a big continent, americanada needs more product

― owe me the shmoney (m bison), Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:56 (eleven years ago)

vegas is a secretly brilliant move because 1 gamblin 2 mafia 3 no competition for fandom bc no other pro teams 4 VEGAS BABY

― owe me the shmoney (m bison), Thursday, 28 August 2014 01:59 (eleven years ago)

can't believe you're dissing the las vegas 51s like that

― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 August 2014 02:36 (eleven years ago)

Didn't seattle have an owner-funded stadium plan on the table? that's all grain of salt material but it would do.

end game may be to get a do-over on realignment and the metropolitan division

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 28 August 2014 13:12 (eleven years ago)

https://twitter.com/strombone1/statuses/504433135036407808

― sofatruck, Friday, 29 August 2014 01:05 (eleven years ago)

Roberto Luongo is the best person in hockey

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 29 August 2014 02:26 (eleven years ago)

ken dryden wrote this about the flyers in 1983:

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwO_LRcIEAAmXsQ.jpg

― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 August 2014 03:55 (eleven years ago)

Love that book.

― Plasmon, Saturday, 30 August 2014 04:00 (eleven years ago)

Probably the best sports book ever. No bullshit. I've probably read it 10 times.

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Saturday, 30 August 2014 04:20 (eleven years ago)

still couldn't redeem the leafs

― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 August 2014 04:27 (eleven years ago)

"The Leafs killed it"

― Plasmon, Saturday, 30 August 2014 04:30 (eleven years ago)

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/half-of-the-nhls-rumored-expansion-cities-dont-make-sense

― mookieproof, Sunday, 31 August 2014 06:08 (eleven years ago)

saku koivu has retired

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:53 (eleven years ago)

Can we just get a petition to bring back the Grizzlies to Vancouzzi while we're at it?

Vegas getting a team is horrible, though, to be honest.

― ∞, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:38 (eleven years ago)

the spin-o-rama shootout move has been outlawed

i hope you're happy jimmy mod

― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:12 (eleven years ago)

aw that's some bs

― dan m, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:15 (eleven years ago)

and by that I mean fuck the shootout, bring back ties

― dan m, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:15 (eleven years ago)

SPIN O RAMA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ILLEGAL

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:17 (eleven years ago)

new rules are kinda whatever tho imo. they are still trying to make the trapezoid a thing, which is cute. I wish they'd get rid of slashing as it pertains to breaking a stick but w/e

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:32 (eleven years ago)

it's kind of funny they're gonna try fining both players and coaches for diving now

― dan m, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:36 (eleven years ago)

would like to see Torts fined for a player diving.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:13 (eleven years ago)

I don't think I agree with fivethirtyeight's methodology for the expansions, of course having a new franchise will create new hockey fans, so the original number of hockey fans is not as important as long as it is not too low (like in the case of Vegas). That's the point of an expansion. I'd like to know how fans there was in say Columbus or Raleigh before they had teams.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 22:19 (eleven years ago)

By and large, I would not call certain hockey spectators in certain cities/states "fans". Maybe I'm getting too pedantic or nitpicky, but really, I can't imagine even 1/4 of Kings attendants in LA are fans. They just like to see fast and furious style playing; as if it were some type of wrestling event. I say this in earnest.

But anyway, that aside, I guess I'm asking myself "Is there a hockey culture in [insert city] to begin with?" I kind of have my doubts when we're talking about the high desert. Similarly, Florida. The league is losing more money/low ROI in organisations like Lightning. Even from a business perspective, I don't seem to understand Bettman and co. but maybe I'm missing something. They seem to want a team in every vacation destination.

― ∞, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:21 (eleven years ago)

having a franchise will create hockey fans, but not enough. in canada and select northern usa cities, there are enough ppl that like hockey that the team can still survive without winning (hi leafs!)

these other places aren't like that, and a losing team in a sport that no one actually plays won't even have the draw of soccer, i don't think.

one wonders if the panthers or thrashers might have done better with decent management, but hockey has now failed twice in atlanta, the ninth-largest metro area in the usa. tampa has periodically been good, won a cup, had marketable players, and is still marginal. (lol at the whole barry melrose + crazy owners episode, tho)

― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:40 (eleven years ago)

Bettman's betting on the sunbelt is going to be discussed for a long time, I agree with you guys it wasn't a very good idea. Hockey is a niche sport and should have been respected as such instead of opening shop in Florida or Atlanta or Phoenix and etc. Yet, I still think cities like Milwaukee and Seattle deserve a try and since they are obvious northern cities that shouldn't be compared to Tampa. Also bring back the Whalers goddammit.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 11 September 2014 23:51 (eleven years ago)

http://33.media.tumblr.com/8af032f988a1f3d79cead86a6e523df0/tumblr_nc5thxb2O31qm6joao1_500.png

― mookieproof, Friday, 19 September 2014 18:46 (eleven years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/By-HeUHIYAEwlL-.jpg

― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 October 2014 21:09 (eleven years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BzCcrOLCEAAB-YH.jpg

made their nhl debuts 23 years ago today

― mookieproof, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:43 (eleven years ago)

― dan m, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:05 (eleven years ago)

chris pronger is joining the nhl player safety department (despite still being on the flyers' long-term injured reserve)

guess bertuzzi wasn't available

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:35 (eleven years ago)

pronger also had his life/career derailed by concussions

― bnw, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:41 (eleven years ago)

Winging It In Motown ‏@wingingitmotown 20m20 minutes ago

"Hi I'm Chris Pronger with the DoPS. On Wednesday night John Scott hit Dwight King in the head. He's suspended for not using a steel chair."

― dan m, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:42 (eleven years ago)

yeah the beef some ppl seem to have with this is whether pronger is still on long term injured reserve with the flyers

― dan m, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:43 (eleven years ago)

supposedly he won't rule on flyers players, but that doesn't really help

much like colin campbell not ruling on his son, but willing to do so with his son's opponents

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:51 (eleven years ago)

oh shit mookie you totally posted about the LTIR thing and I glossed right over it sry

― dan m, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 20:02 (eleven years ago)

I guess if they're going to try and get tough on safety, a player well-versed in both THE DARK ARTS and the results is a useful voice to have

― dan m, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 20:04 (eleven years ago)

It's underway! Happy hockey season to all puckheads!

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 23:27 (eleven years ago)

I for one, hope the Leafs dismantle the Habs.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 23:27 (eleven years ago)

whoa referee helmet cam

― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:57 (eleven years ago)

Canucks don't need Ryan Kesler if Henrik can score empty netters like that...

― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Thursday, 9 October 2014 05:40 (eleven years ago)

SPORTS!

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 9 October 2014 15:55 (eleven years ago)

I figure I post this at least 12x a year in various places

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7u9hP4r1S8

ICED CANES!

― dan m, Thursday, 9 October 2014 16:05 (eleven years ago)

gretzky interviews gordie howe: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/one-legend-another-gordie-howe-answers-wayne-gretzkys-140107581--nhl.html

― mookieproof, Friday, 10 October 2014 14:34 (eleven years ago)

ducks are outshooting the sabres 29-7 through two periods

― mookieproof, Monday, 13 October 2014 20:47 (eleven years ago)

Was about to post that, yeah. I think I'm going to follow the Sabres a lot this year, I have a feeling their ineptitude will be historic + gunning for McDavid.

― Van Horn Street, Monday, 13 October 2014 20:54 (eleven years ago)

neuvirth might keep them in some games (like this one, until recently), but yeah

kinda wonder what nolan and gionta can even say to them between periods

― mookieproof, Monday, 13 October 2014 21:11 (eleven years ago)

they grabbed their saxophones and played Yakety Sax.

― Van Horn Street, Monday, 13 October 2014 21:13 (eleven years ago)

http://wejustscored.com

― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 October 2014 14:00 (eleven years ago)

No I Love LA; no Brass Bonanza no cred

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:27 (eleven years ago)

god the wings song is so bad

― dan m, Thursday, 16 October 2014 17:15 (eleven years ago)

gasp Dupuis, get better soon.

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 October 2014 02:32 (eleven years ago)

he's practicing this morning

~hockey~

― mookieproof, Friday, 17 October 2014 15:11 (eleven years ago)

http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2014/10/17/6990495/morning-skate-red-wings-at-maple-leafs#265428522

I show non hockey fans pictures of Phil Kessel in street clothes and ask what they think this man does for a living. Here are some of the responses I get:
"Did he invent some shitty hipster website?"
"I think I went to high school with that guy. He smelled bad."
"Professional dog walker?"
"Adjunct professor of medieval history?"
"Turtle enthusiast?"

― dan m, Friday, 17 October 2014 16:02 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/1ZPSGmk.jpg

― mookieproof, Friday, 17 October 2014 19:09 (eleven years ago)

3 shots in the period against the Panthers, the Sabres are so much fun to follow.

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 October 2014 23:43 (eleven years ago)

kickstarter to deliver a beer to jhonas enroth after every game he plays

― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 October 2014 02:39 (eleven years ago)

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-tom-kurvers-trade-one-deal-one-million-repercussions

― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 October 2014 16:25 (eleven years ago)

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-nhls-hit-parade-classic-takedowns-that-went-unpunished/

― dan m, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 17:29 (eleven years ago)

Brilliant Goalie Knocks Over Own Net Rather Than Face A 2-On-0

Filed to: CHEATING-ASS GOALIES

― mookieproof, Monday, 3 November 2014 21:03 (eleven years ago)

tomorrow night: THE CLASH OF GIANTS.

Sabres vs Oilers.

Send the McDavid parents some xanax.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 6 November 2014 23:34 (eleven years ago)

lol the ahl made what cheating-ass goalie did a game misconduct

― mookieproof, Friday, 7 November 2014 00:21 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItKmJZXVOuw

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 19:48 (eleven years ago)

"Annoyed Coach"

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 22:55 (eleven years ago)

Coach otm

― dan m, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 23:45 (eleven years ago)

I don't see the Avs regressing, really.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 12:26 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 23:58 (eleven years ago)

so the oilers have had six straight top-10 draft picks, including a stretch of three #1s in a row. are they ever going to stop sucking? or at least lose all their games 7-6?

― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 November 2014 00:22 (eleven years ago)

btw mcdavid broke his hand on someone's helmet, out 5-6 weeks

― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 November 2014 00:23 (eleven years ago)

yup, stand corrected and liking it, never really liked Coach Roy.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 13 November 2014 00:47 (eleven years ago)

pascal dupuis is suffering from blood clots, will be on thinners for at least six months, no one knows if/when he'll be able to play again

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 18:14 (eleven years ago)

say what you want about olbermann but this had me choked up a bit at the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUwh3WmxbzI

― dan m, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:45 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDrwtpWhu6o

― sofatruck, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:32 (eleven years ago)

http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/11/20/blind-sided.html

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:45 (eleven years ago)

rip viktor tikhonov

― mookieproof, Monday, 24 November 2014 15:52 (eleven years ago)

and pat quinn

― mookieproof, Monday, 24 November 2014 15:54 (eleven years ago)

jeez

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 24 November 2014 17:33 (eleven years ago)

― dan m, Monday, 24 November 2014 18:03 (eleven years ago)

marty brodeur to practice with the blues on friday

they'd be better off with hasek imo

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 23:03 (eleven years ago)

rip Jean Beliveau.

Sometimes Habs' lore grate in the worst ways but seeing the man having a great time in the stands at the Bell Centre was one of the reasons I like this sport so much.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 18:41 (eleven years ago)

red fisher came out of retirement to write about béliveau

http://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/montreal-canadiens/red-fisher-jean-beliveau-was-a-special-man-on-and-off-the-ice

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 3 December 2014 20:37 (eleven years ago)

New Yorker profile on Subban

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/15/ice-breaker

― sofatruck, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 03:56 (eleven years ago)

mumps

― mookieproof, Monday, 15 December 2014 16:33 (eleven years ago)

Anti vaxxers being called before the player safety committee.

― dan m, Monday, 15 December 2014 18:03 (eleven years ago)

lmao white pants

http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2014-12-17/ea2522b0-858e-11e4-bbf2-11fcf8bf642c_B5BO0qBCUAA4Xmh-jpg-large.jpg

― dan m, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 02:13 (eleven years ago)

even setting aside the missed opportunity to go purple-and-gold, that is terrible

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 02:18 (eleven years ago)

Those are dope Ino, v close to star wars stormtroopers

― resting waterface (m bison), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 02:20 (eleven years ago)

i was gonna say. they are also gross but somehow better than the shield years

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 05:22 (eleven years ago)

http://cdn1.bloguin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2014/12/Map-1024x1024.jpg

― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 December 2014 04:54 (eleven years ago)

http://cdn1.bloguin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2014/12/crosbystick.gif

equipment manager ftw

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 16:48 (eleven years ago)

Two great games in the World Juniors so far.

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 26 December 2014 22:27 (eleven years ago)

ripete deboer

― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 December 2014 02:42 (eleven years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/RNkmuNI.gif

gustav nyquist possessing the puck for 28 seconds before scoring in overtime

― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 December 2014 04:14 (eleven years ago)

Insane.

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 28 December 2014 04:28 (eleven years ago)

Obviously he is a Red Wing.

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 28 December 2014 04:28 (eleven years ago)

Gooooooose

― dan m, Sunday, 28 December 2014 05:48 (eleven years ago)

this juniors gold medal game is insane

― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 02:56 (eleven years ago)

https://vine.co/v/ODdUuWYMDn1

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:16 (ten years ago)

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/00/ae/c7/00aec7ca9031f471d72bc55f0236c3d0.jpg

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 January 2015 00:04 (ten years ago)

lmao xp

― dan m, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 01:46 (ten years ago)

statement being made at madison square garden tonight

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 02:25 (ten years ago)

reckon brodeur's done

probably mike yeo too

― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 January 2015 01:23 (ten years ago)

is dubnyk a viable starter?

― dutch_justice, Thursday, 15 January 2015 07:03 (ten years ago)

#1 starter that is

― dutch_justice, Thursday, 15 January 2015 07:05 (ten years ago)

no but big goalies have to play themselves out of the leage

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 15 January 2015 15:45 (ten years ago)

oh lord, the sabres

― mookieproof, Friday, 16 January 2015 02:56 (ten years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/7mOzOyg.png

― mookieproof, Friday, 16 January 2015 19:20 (ten years ago)

Otm

― dan m, Friday, 16 January 2015 19:22 (ten years ago)

okposo'd

― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 January 2015 02:38 (ten years ago)

I don't reeeeeeeeealy believe in the islanders....

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 17 January 2015 02:48 (ten years ago)

it's january, so i don't know if i reeeeealy believe in them, but a) they're pretty good! and b) they're exactly the sort of team that could get hot and tear through the playoffs

also i remain haunted by halak, who stoned the pens in the 2010 playoffs

― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 January 2015 02:56 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7hRI6xCUAA2Tvm.png

― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 January 2015 03:00 (ten years ago)

I mean the metro is such a turd. IDK! This season seems kind of weird to me for some reason and I have no numbers to back it up. it seems like a lot of teams that were supposed to make a little noise have laid eggs (but the only ones I can think of are Dallas and LA); mid-level teams seem to be overachieving (Caps, Rangers. i feel like boston's window is

http://33.media.tumblr.com/7cadbe49b75f26e590b7aa978f99342e/tumblr_n2otkgT7dw1sl21koo1_400.gif

WHATEVER MID JANUARY HOCKEY HAS ALWAYS SUCKED

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 17 January 2015 16:45 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1jpCBPiWS4

kane and oshie doing some crazy shit

― mookieproof, Friday, 23 January 2015 16:33 (ten years ago)

lundqvist needs to wear one of those full time thats sick

― dutch_justice, Friday, 23 January 2015 19:37 (ten years ago)

SPORTS

It would be a shame if the generic goalie wasn't an absolute stick. Pro goalies aren't really interesting to watch ig; their technique is so sound

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:11 (ten years ago)

rip hašek

― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:22 (ten years ago)

Lucius Ultrasuede @SuicidePass · 1h 1 hour ago

Martin Brodeur will replace Tom DeLonge in Blink-182, uniting two entities that haven't been good since the 1990s.

― #defecategate (dan m), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:55 (ten years ago)

http://giant.gfycat.com/GiddyMeekGroundbeetle.gif

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:07 (ten years ago)

yep he won the Cup in 2000 and 2003. Went to the Finals in 2001 and 2012. great post.

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:46 (ten years ago)

Maybe they should unite Konstantinov with his ability to talk and walk, which he hasnt had the '90s. Or Kris Draper with his original face, which he hasnt had since the 90s.

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 15:50 (ten years ago)

I would have figured you'd be for an impassioned defense of Blink 182 in this circumstance.

― #defecategate (dan m), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 19:37 (ten years ago)

no sister-in-law jokes, no credibility

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:57 (ten years ago)

sabres have lost 14 straight, all in regulation

in 50 games, they have 7 regulation wins (the last on december 11), one overtime win and are 6-1 in the shootout

94 goals for, 179 against

37.2% corsi, 41.7% offensive vs. defensive zone starts

they're so bad that they wreck the scale of any fancystat graphic

― mookieproof, Monday, 2 February 2015 19:43 (ten years ago)

evander kanegate

― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 February 2015 17:13 (ten years ago)

Retired: Ray whitney

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 5 February 2015 23:52 (ten years ago)

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/former-nhlers-butch-goring-manny-legace-among-29-former-nhlers-joining-concussion-lawsuit-against-league/

― dan m, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 20:18 (ten years ago)

all they have to do is play audio of butch doing color for the islanders and they'll win

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:37 (ten years ago)

lol

― dutch_justice, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 04:00 (ten years ago)

evander kane + a bunch to buffalo, tyler myers + a bunch to winnipeg

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 16:31 (ten years ago)

insane trade, glad the wings didn't go for something similar for meyers

― dan m, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 17:15 (ten years ago)

freaked out slightly because at first i thought they were talking about patrick kane

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 17:18 (ten years ago)

that's a p sweet move for b-lo

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 17:19 (ten years ago)

and after trading meyers they basically gave enroth away to dallas

― nose, Thursday, 12 February 2015 04:53 (ten years ago)

http://giant.gfycat.com/SneakyAgitatedAfricanparadiseflycatcher.gif

― dan m, Thursday, 19 February 2015 04:33 (ten years ago)

still hate shootouts btw

― dan m, Thursday, 19 February 2015 04:34 (ten years ago)

similar

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 19 February 2015 14:14 (ten years ago)

Larionov on creativity in the game, great read: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/miracle-on-ice-hockey-russia/

― dan m, Monday, 23 February 2015 18:39 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-intQGCEAA2noa.png

t-bomb

― mookieproof, Monday, 23 February 2015 19:16 (ten years ago)

jagr to the panthers lol

― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 February 2015 21:34 (ten years ago)

kinda disappointed he didn't go to the islanders to complete his patrick division resume

― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 February 2015 21:39 (ten years ago)

this is the way a career ends

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:03 (ten years ago)

leafs managed to offload clarkson; no idea why columbus would take him

― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 February 2015 23:18 (ten years ago)

Via deadspin comments:

"Because Horton's contract was uninsured, so the Blue Jackets were going to have to pay him $30 million over five years whether he played or not. They're not a rich team. So now they pay Clarkson the same amount of real $ they would have paid Horton, but get an actual player (sort of) for the money. They couldn't/wouldn't spend another $5 million on a player to replace Horton with the LTIR cap relief in their lineup."

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 February 2015 01:04 (ten years ago)

wonder what insuring a hockey contract costs

― mookieproof, Friday, 27 February 2015 01:08 (ten years ago)

Have been getting a bunch of detroit games on the tube while they're on this western road trip. What a fun team to watch, not used to seeing anaheim get outshot and possessed.

― dutch_justice, Friday, 27 February 2015 05:12 (ten years ago)

Neimi standing on his head tonight, wings should be up 2.

― dutch_justice, Friday, 27 February 2015 05:19 (ten years ago)

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/in-my-blood

― mookieproof, Friday, 27 February 2015 17:37 (ten years ago)

sabres management isn't even bothering to pretend anymore

― mookieproof, Monday, 2 March 2015 19:06 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_HdibJVIAEAJQ_.jpg

this worked

― mookieproof, Monday, 2 March 2015 19:47 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_TQUieVEAEri8r.jpg

rough week for TSN

― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 March 2015 02:44 (ten years ago)

lol lol lol

― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Thursday, 5 March 2015 02:55 (ten years ago)

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8P7BuZADGxJH8fyfwwONEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTY3MztpbD1wbGFuZTtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz05NjA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-03-06/9fe0ede0-c3b6-11e4-9d23-8524ceb0e06a_B_Yh69EUYAIbES-jpg-large.jpeg

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/alice-cooper-rock-arizona-coyotes-retro-night-041329783.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

― nose, Friday, 6 March 2015 04:28 (ten years ago)

marketing is awful

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 March 2015 15:10 (ten years ago)

you're just pissed your subway mask never caught on

― mookieproof, Friday, 6 March 2015 15:14 (ten years ago)

I'm surprised no one has done it

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 March 2015 15:15 (ten years ago)

Altho idk why'd you want logos of a barely-functioning entity all over your face

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 March 2015 15:15 (ten years ago)

devan dubnyk running . . . wild

― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 March 2015 03:30 (ten years ago)

so wild he now has a song: http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/295929911.html

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 19:48 (ten years ago)

@PollakOnSharks
Simmering issues boiling over in SJ. #SJSharks Thornton on latest from GM Wilson on taking away the 'C': "Doug needs to shut his mouth."

― mookieproof, Friday, 13 March 2015 18:58 (ten years ago)

two weeks pass...

RIP Kings ig

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:31 (ten years ago)

See ya! Now if only my Pens would show some gutz as this thing winds down.

― andrew m., Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:25 (ten years ago)

kings still at 52% to make it, but down 18% from yesterday

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 15:35 (ten years ago)

something something the early season games count just as much as the late season games something something

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 16:23 (ten years ago)

probably no point in making the playoffs if there's no opportunity to crush whatever remains of the sharks' psyches

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 17:05 (ten years ago)

It's a long shot but if the Sens could take the Bruins' place I would be so happy.

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 19:06 (ten years ago)

you and the rest of america

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:01 (ten years ago)

the kings have to make the playoffs so the hurricanes can get their 1st round pick

― nose, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:03 (ten years ago)

6th 50 goals season by Ovechkin. Only 5 other players did it, will you be able to name them?

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 23:47 (ten years ago)

guessing: Gretzky, Lemieux, LaFleur, Esposito, Bobby Hull

― dan m, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 00:10 (ten years ago)

2 rong, dangit

― dan m, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 00:10 (ten years ago)

drew miller is a bad ass

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2015/04/01/drew-miller-eye-skate-cut/70778596/

― dan m, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:39 (ten years ago)

sabres management will be buy jonathan toews some drinks tonight

― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 April 2015 01:42 (ten years ago)

Well the East has 8 teams at least

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 6 April 2015 06:40 (ten years ago)

Also James Neal has 37 Pts this year (23/14 in 64 games)

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 6 April 2015 06:50 (ten years ago)

also

Iggy gonna be bummed when the Avs regress

― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, July 1, 2014 4:57 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 6 April 2015 06:51 (ten years ago)

@DetroitRedWings
.@penguins Never thought we'd say this but...good luck tonight 🙊

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 21:59 (ten years ago)

jfc

― dan m, Tuesday, 7 April 2015 22:00 (ten years ago)

penguins = joke team tbh

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 April 2015 02:18 (ten years ago)

RIP kings

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 8 April 2015 03:36 (ten years ago)

RIP Kings

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 April 2015 03:48 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfVcqswZmDw

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 April 2015 03:55 (ten years ago)

watching the sabres announce their team awards before their final game is kinda lol but mostly sad

― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 April 2015 23:08 (ten years ago)

ROUND 1

IN THE WEST

STL - MIN
NAS - CHI
ANA - WIN
VAN - CAL

IN THE EAST

MTL - OTT
TBL - DET
NYR - PIT
WSH - NYI

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 April 2015 13:57 (ten years ago)

The correct answers:

MN, CHI, WIN, CAL, MTL, DET, NYR (Sorry mook), NYI

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 April 2015 13:57 (ten years ago)

Also having the 4 canadian teams facing each other in the first round is some deep BS

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 April 2015 14:00 (ten years ago)

these feel like some pretty good matchups, except for nyr-pit

hope teemu is at all the ana-wpg games

― mookieproof, Monday, 13 April 2015 14:29 (ten years ago)

http://bracketchallenge.nhl.com/#/picks

go on then

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 13 April 2015 17:09 (ten years ago)

all four of the western series are unpickable imo

http://memecrunch.com/meme/2DKS4/bow-out/image.png

― dutch_justice, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 03:35 (ten years ago)

Rangers en 6
Senators en 5
Lightings en 6
Capitals en 4
Predators en 5
Ducks en 5
Canucks en 7
Blues en 7

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:19 (ten years ago)

o shit here come the blackhawks

― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 April 2015 02:02 (ten years ago)

Subban can be so idiotic.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 April 2015 03:47 (ten years ago)

that'll sting

― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 April 2015 04:26 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShYxDw-OnnE

feel the hype

― Plasmon, Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:19 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLlsjEP7L-k

― dan m, Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:30 (ten years ago)

bitch don't kill my ~~vibe~~

― Plasmon, Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:33 (ten years ago)

sry dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2bpOqU6M40

― dan m, Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:37 (ten years ago)

...that's better.

Joey Gregorash > Weakerthans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuzIOtTYwXM

...from the 1996 charity album Hockey Rock Winnipeg Style!: http://citizenfreak.com/titles/314212-compilation-hockey-rock-winnipeg-style

which also features this much improved version of Harlequin's "Innocence"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flr39fl4AHU

― Plasmon, Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:52 (ten years ago)

well at least i don't have to waste any more time watching that

― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 April 2015 23:14 (ten years ago)

wings hang on to win despite being outshot 68-28

― dan m, Friday, 17 April 2015 02:23 (ten years ago)

68?

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 17 April 2015 02:30 (ten years ago)

hoping we get some great gm reaction shots at the draft loto on saturday. one from shanny will do nicely

― dutch_justice, Friday, 17 April 2015 05:52 (ten years ago)

xp that came off of twitter and is insane in retrospect, nhl.com says 46-14

― dan m, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:05 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCz4YusUMAA2t5h.png

fifth team since 2000 to win a playoff game with fewer than 15 shots

― mookieproof, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:33 (ten years ago)

fuc the caps

― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 April 2015 01:56 (ten years ago)

xp 4th team, first on the list is a 1998 game.

― sofatruck, Saturday, 18 April 2015 18:29 (ten years ago)

https://twitter.com/Sun_Tychkowski/status/589422617549021184

― sofatruck, Saturday, 18 April 2015 18:31 (ten years ago)

i'm going to cry if he ends up in Edmonton

― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 18 April 2015 19:01 (ten years ago)

crying*

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 19 April 2015 00:34 (ten years ago)

McDavid is very enthused: http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=53&id=810722&navid=DL|NHL|home

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 19 April 2015 00:37 (ten years ago)

this is apparently dale weise's time of year

― mookieproof, Monday, 20 April 2015 02:15 (ten years ago)

let's
go
JETS

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 00:24 (ten years ago)

My cable is out

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:25 (ten years ago)

So what happened to Burrows

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:12 (ten years ago)

"upper body injury" and vancouver is saying it's an injury, not a medical problem

― dan m, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:26 (ten years ago)

Yeah I saw that this is the speculation thred

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:32 (ten years ago)

broken rib

baer to replace

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 21:21 (ten years ago)

okay last line was spec

i guess vey is reported to start

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 21:28 (ten years ago)

Well that's not as maudlin as I was expecting

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 00:37 (ten years ago)

this Isles game is gonna go down to the wire again

― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 01:54 (ten years ago)

Kelly Hrudy: Ferland has a higher ceiling than Lucic. Not sure how much more flames cheerleading from cbc i can handle

― dutch_justice, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 04:34 (ten years ago)

it's ridiculous

impartial commentary is lost on them

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 05:17 (ten years ago)

Chiarelli to become head of operations at Edmonton

there is hope

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 24 April 2015 19:37 (ten years ago)

tomorrow could be the last game in the nassau coliseum

― mookieproof, Friday, 24 April 2015 19:43 (ten years ago)

so long Garden East

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 24 April 2015 21:02 (ten years ago)

devan dubnyk, vezina finalist #youcantpredictgoalies

― mookieproof, Friday, 24 April 2015 23:45 (ten years ago)

jfc that goal

― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 25 April 2015 00:36 (ten years ago)

welp

― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 April 2015 02:12 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDaIgBBUIAAbrDd.jpg

― mookieproof, Saturday, 25 April 2015 04:41 (ten years ago)

james neal is the solution

― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Sunday, 26 April 2015 00:39 (ten years ago)

Parise with a goal that shouldn't have been. Fuck I hate Ken Hitchcock. Go Wild.

― dan m, Sunday, 26 April 2015 20:13 (ten years ago)

i don't think the blues can be too happy with that

― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 April 2015 22:03 (ten years ago)

James Neal is now the solution if his wife wants gutters cleaned or lawn mowed. Fuck that guy.

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Monday, 27 April 2015 04:25 (ten years ago)

ROUND 2

(picking who I want to win, not who will)

CAL
MIN
MTL
WAS <--- I guess? I don't want to deal w NY fans

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 28 April 2015 02:33 (ten years ago)

#BabcockWatch

― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:22 (ten years ago)

Leafs

― dan m, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:26 (ten years ago)

i think he should/will stay, but speculation is fun

from a roster standpoint at least, i'd go with the blues (assuming that job is available)

― mookieproof, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:36 (ten years ago)

I think he should stay too honestly, they're very close to deploying a team of mostly homegrown awesome players, just need to get rid of some legacy types.

― dan m, Thursday, 30 April 2015 03:15 (ten years ago)

And Howard might have to be one of them.

― dan m, Thursday, 30 April 2015 03:15 (ten years ago)

Detroit media saying that if Babs leaves Jeff Blashill of Grand Rapids will likely take over, given that he's already coached at least half the roster.

― dan m, Thursday, 30 April 2015 17:15 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otGhTszcS3s

― mookieproof, Friday, 1 May 2015 14:38 (ten years ago)

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 May 2015 14:50 (ten years ago)

v nice

― dan m, Friday, 1 May 2015 15:19 (ten years ago)

lol canadiens

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 4 May 2015 00:53 (ten years ago)

yeah seriously. michel therrien is an idiot.

but he speaks french, and that's the victory.

― Van Horn Street, Monday, 4 May 2015 03:53 (ten years ago)

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--u_-J4oPa--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1239099142122030696.jpg

Nassau Coliseum Ice Removed For The Final Time

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 18:42 (ten years ago)

rip habs pretty soon

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 7 May 2015 01:45 (ten years ago)

lightning doing all this with one goal from stamkos

― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 May 2015 01:49 (ten years ago)

one goal is what you need this season

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 7 May 2015 02:02 (ten years ago)

ugh why am i rooting for the fuckin rangers

― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 May 2015 02:27 (ten years ago)

also jimmy mod can you please explain corey crawford

― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 May 2015 02:27 (ten years ago)

because the rangers are beautiful, their shirts are beautiful, lundqvist is beautiful, etc

― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 9 May 2015 03:34 (ten years ago)

In what regard. I thought that contract was dumb at the time and it still is. They dumped Niemi (who seems like the bizarro bryzgalov in a way? like y couldn't teams make a Niemi deal work while refusing to give up on bryzgalov?) only to lateral to crawford. they bought into recency bias on a dude w a .912 sv% when not accounting for 2012 outlier season. It's the Quick problem again, only i suppose in crawford his injury risk is lower idk. Corey Crawford is the rich man's marty turco.

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 9 May 2015 16:19 (ten years ago)

"Crawford started the 2014–15 season with a 12–5–1 record. He injured his foot, however, on December 1, 2014, while attending a Rise Against concert. Due to this, Crawford was expected to miss two-to-three weeks."

^ I did not know this; I don't really pay attention to the rest of the league until late January

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 9 May 2015 16:22 (ten years ago)

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-storied-tradition-of-capitals-collapses

^^^delightful

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:08 (ten years ago)

wish both these teams could somehow lose

― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 May 2015 02:50 (ten years ago)

but that'll work

― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 May 2015 02:51 (ten years ago)

http://i.giphy.com/8Sg6piYyJWf4c.gif

― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 May 2015 02:54 (ten years ago)

What is Washington's record when they are up 3-1 in a series?

― silverfish, Thursday, 14 May 2015 13:25 (ten years ago)

http://deadspin.com/burn-1704487873

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 14 May 2015 16:58 (ten years ago)

they're just bitter about last night/the caps' entire existence -- corporate headquarters is in silver spring, md

― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 May 2015 18:32 (ten years ago)

Who do we root for now

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 May 2015 00:42 (ten years ago)

Yzerman imho

― dan m, Friday, 15 May 2015 01:57 (ten years ago)

come on guys need I remind you the existence of Marty St-Louis?

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 15 May 2015 02:04 (ten years ago)

callahan's appendix

― mookieproof, Friday, 15 May 2015 02:20 (ten years ago)

i heard he nicknamed it Torts

― Van Horn Street, Friday, 15 May 2015 03:06 (ten years ago)

@MatthewWGR
A source close to the situation tells me the Sabres' offer is "in the range of $50 million dollars"

re: babcock

that seems . . . outlandish

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 21:18 (ten years ago)

haha was just gonna post that

― dan m, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 21:19 (ten years ago)

wonder how much time Babcock wants to spend with a team in the process of rebuilding.

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 21:19 (ten years ago)

system play is the new market inefficiency

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 22:20 (ten years ago)

As much as I generally dislike the Hawks and Andrew Shaw in particular I think this should have counted, but that's just the euro pansy soccer fan in me lmao

https://gfycat.com/EveryRedGermanshepherd

― dan m, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 14:47 (ten years ago)

@TSNAaronWard
Source say Mike Babcock has decided to leave the Detroit Red Wings. #TSN

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 16:46 (ten years ago)

@TSNBobMcKenzie
Sources in BUF say they are OUT on Mike Babcock. Not going to BUF.

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 16:46 (ten years ago)

if it's the leafs I am gonna lol

― dan m, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 16:49 (ten years ago)

MLSE's private jet is scheduled to head to Detroit later today and depart within three minutes of arrival. http://flightaware.com/photos/view/334911-9a6d812c5b8800b9c0c814927ca8c17bbb374469/aircrafttype/GLF4 …

oh shiiiiii

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 17:01 (ten years ago)

babcock to leafs lol

also, this is crazy:

@DJ_Bean
Neely says CapGeek's absence made it difficult for candidates to have a full knowledge of Bruins' situation entering interviews.

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:05 (ten years ago)

lol

― dan m, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:05 (ten years ago)

Ken Holland to speak later this afternoon. Blashill in?

― dan m, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:11 (ten years ago)

babcock reportedly in the range of 8 years/$50m

the leafs are loaded and i guess that's one way to flex one's muscles in a salary-cap era, but it's also absurd

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:19 (ten years ago)

the leafs have been absurd for so long now

― dan m, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:26 (ten years ago)

I hope he brings them back to contention. I am a closet Leafs fan.

― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 22:01 (ten years ago)

they have nice sweaters

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 23:31 (ten years ago)

As much as I generally dislike the Hawks and Andrew Shaw in particular I think this should have counted, but that's just the euro pansy soccer fan in me lmao

There's nothing actually against it in the rulebook right? Thought it should've counted but they were afraid to set a precedent or something

― dutch_justice, Thursday, 21 May 2015 03:00 (ten years ago)

bench henrik

― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 May 2015 03:14 (ten years ago)

he getten migraines again yn

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 21 May 2015 04:55 (ten years ago)

There's nothing actually against it in the rulebook right? Thought it should've counted but they were afraid to set a precedent or something

I thought the TV guys read a rule saying something like "if you intentionally knock the puck in with anything other than a stick, no goal."

― tobo73, Thursday, 21 May 2015 11:12 (ten years ago)

Yes its definitely against the rules.

― sofatruck, Thursday, 21 May 2015 11:39 (ten years ago)

Kerry Fraser had a thorough explanation of why it wasn't good, intentional use of anything other than a stick otm

― dan m, Thursday, 21 May 2015 12:03 (ten years ago)

i guess shit has gotten real

― mookieproof, Sunday, 24 May 2015 03:11 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qdqPGPWVGA

― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 May 2015 02:48 (ten years ago)

Great matchups in both conference finals. Heartattack hockey! But I predict: Whichever east team wins will not be much trouble for whichever west team wins.

― andrew m., Thursday, 28 May 2015 04:39 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGNxF11UAAAvQK2.jpg

a little something extra for game seven

― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 May 2015 00:57 (ten years ago)

well that's a real shame

― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 May 2015 02:52 (ten years ago)

What a dark timeline

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 30 May 2015 04:30 (ten years ago)

my mother will turn 72 in august; bless her heart she's only had to suffer one rangers cup

― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 May 2015 04:35 (ten years ago)

So yeah. That is kinda sad.

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 31 May 2015 01:23 (ten years ago)

fowler is trash

― nose, Sunday, 31 May 2015 01:40 (ten years ago)

i don't know, i thought there was a kick

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 31 May 2015 01:43 (ten years ago)

i don't think he was ~trying~ to kick it, but his leg was moving forward all the same

― mookieproof, Sunday, 31 May 2015 02:11 (ten years ago)

yeah the rule is pretty vague

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 31 May 2015 02:25 (ten years ago)

agreed on Fowler, btw.

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 31 May 2015 02:25 (ten years ago)

odd-man rushes: chi 10, ana 1

― mookieproof, Sunday, 31 May 2015 02:33 (ten years ago)

despite missing an empty net from the blue line on saturday, brad richards is now 8-0 in game sevens

― mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:45 (ten years ago)

But I predict: Whichever east team wins will not be much trouble for whichever west team wins.

― andrew m., Thursday, May 28, 2015 4:39 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well TB scared me more than I expected last night. They screwed themselves coming out in the 2nd with the apparent intent of bashing every Hawk the moment he passed the puck on. It didn't work and it took them out of so many opportunities to gain control back. Great game. Gonna be a more difficult win for the Hawks than I predicted for sure. Too bad for the Lightning, though, because according to Wikipedia it appears the Hawks have already won the Cup!
http://i.imgur.com/TyJA5bj.jpg

― andrew m., Thursday, 4 June 2015 19:07 (ten years ago)

I have it on very good authority that the Chicago Blackhawks were founded in 2010 so those '34, '38, and '61 listings are fraudulent edits too.

― dan m, Thursday, 4 June 2015 20:03 (ten years ago)

a little bit of a series, at least

Jon Cooper starts press conference off by saying that he will not answer any questions about the goaltending situation

lol

― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 June 2015 02:46 (ten years ago)

YES CBC CAMERAMEN I'M AWARE THAT VINCE VAUGHAN IS IN THE ARENA

ffs

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 11 June 2015 00:47 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHLxQawUYAAir2d.jpg

― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 June 2015 01:55 (ten years ago)

Mmmmmm goalies

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:18 (ten years ago)

welp

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 02:55 (ten years ago)

lol cup hasn't arrived yet

― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 03:00 (ten years ago)

bleeeeeh

― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 04:19 (ten years ago)

good job everyone I can't wait for the first stupid signing!

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 12:53 (ten years ago)

New thread title ideas?

― dan m, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 13:23 (ten years ago)

Submit them if u got them but we ain't even to silly season yet and truth will be stranger than fiction

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 16 June 2015 13:37 (ten years ago)

enjoy the parade dan m

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 14:07 (ten years ago)

lol rite

― dan m, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 14:11 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHp5J6wUcAA8mAV.jpg

when u get traded before ur day with the cup

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 22:26 (ten years ago)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIIH5OxWUAAKaQY.jpg

― mookieproof, Monday, 22 June 2015 19:12 (ten years ago)

http://oi59.tinypic.com/1zfpnxg.jpg

― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:09 (ten years ago)

“MY LIFE IN EXILE: THE CONNOR MCDAVID STORY” THE NHL 2015-2016 THREAD (INCLUDING 3 ON 3 OT, CHICAGO HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 27 June 2015 00:28 (ten years ago)

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