Things I Have Read This Week Which Make Me Laugh: Wednesday
by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 25, 2012 2:00 PM CST
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PrintTaking a break from three straight days of little brother the basement-escaper to remind us all that there are some folks in Denver that still can't keep our names out of their mouths because they wish that they had what's starting to rekindle in the strongest division in hockey.
This one comes from Mile High Hockey, in a game thread where the Avalanche were taking on the fearsome Florida Panthers. This guy's first comment after Ryan O'Reilly fires a shot in overtime that Joe-say Three-or-Four lets squeak through him?
I love it. I love that the first place this fan of DESTROYER's second-favorite team goes is straight to assuming that Kenny Holland is sitting in a dark room somewhere listening to 'O Fortuna' and trying to finish off his brandy through tears of disgust that they took Landon Ferraro one pick ahead of Ryan O'Reilly (Detroit traded down from the 29th overall pick in 2009 to get picks 32 and 75: Ferraro and Andrej Nestrasil).
Let's clear this up. Ryan O'Reilly is having a good season. His 36 points would put him 4th in scoring on Detroit (he leads all Avalanche players). I'd love to have Ryan O'Reilly in my organization. BUT, if Ryan O'Reilly were in my organization, he'd have been in Grand Rapids since he was 18, not playing with a big club that has had no choice but to pluck youngsters and force them to develop by fire (while also burning through their years before they're eligible for UFA status).
I'm sure Kenny Holland absolutely despises himself for building an organization that doesn't have to rely on a 20-year old 2nd-rounder who'll escape to a contender the first chance he gets.
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May be no O’Reilly, but then again he’s still getting wound up in GR in preperation for the big club. If he doesn’t make it, it’s not a HUGE deal. We deal for more picks to have a better opportunity to locate talent.
Great find! This one was definitely funny.
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I was going to ask how JJ found this...
but then I remembered what a barren wasteland it is over at MHH and I figured that since they have probably only had about 20 comments in the past week it was fairly easy to find.
by Red, White and a Mile high on Jan 25, 2012 2:23 PM CST up reply actions
hahaha i found this on SLGT and thought you would enjoy it J.J.
Plain and simple.
Jackman got rammed by Cooke like Destroyer got rammed by JJ from Kansas!
by Woodn on Jan 25, 2012 1:18 PM CST reply
by Drumbum87 on Jan 25, 2012 2:29 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Yep, saw that
And, just like in the Jackman situation, if the guy hadn’t turned the way he did, there wouldn’t have been an issue.
[count it]
by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 25, 2012 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
I keep trying to avoid that place until we play them again in April, but you’re making it hard.
On a side note, anyone see this? I tend to agree with NBC and Wysh. Makes me feel dirty just saying that.
NBC thinks Barret Jackman hurled his face into the boards to draw a penalty. Fucking… please.
Wysh thinks Barret Jackman hurled his face into the boards to draw a penalty. Fucking… what?
JJ can you please take a day off from this series?
I really need to be able to get work done in the afternoon.
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I keep trying to avoid that place until we play them again in April, but you’re making it hard.
On a side note, anyone see this? I tend to agree with NBC and Wysh. Makes me feel dirty just saying that.
NBC thinks Barret Jackman hurled his face into the boards to draw a penalty. Fucking… please.
Wysh thinks Barret Jackman hurled his face into the boards to draw a penalty. Fucking… what?
Sharks waived Antero Niittymaki, anyone think the Wings will pick him up as Conkblock insurance? I think Conks cooled down the panic with his last few performances, and it seems silly to pay our 3rd string backup 2 million, but we have a ton of cap space this year (especially pro-rated).
Nah
Backup goalie isn’t the gaping maw of suck that it was earlier in the season. One’s gotta figure that Kenny’ll use that space for a skater somewhere. Contrary to the opinion from the Quick Hits this morning, I think there’s room to improve the roster for the stretch run/playoffs. In Ken We Trust.
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Don’t we have effective cap space of like $15 million now though? Maybe I’m misunderstanding how the cap works, but I thought you could pick up a player with a big contract late in the year and only have the remainder of the contract count against the cap.
Also,
The player has to go onto your NHL roster immediately. Which means we would have to expose someone else to waivers to make room for him
by Red, White and a Mile high on Jan 25, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
Nope
But he earns high parise (oh god what have I done?) for saying “I don’t want to be in this organization at all anymore”.
Best of luck to you Nitti!
You sound like a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples.
by greg5897 on Jan 25, 2012 4:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
i don"t think Zach does that...
he earns high parise
by SlapshotGoal on Jan 25, 2012 6:29 PM CST up reply actions
Killing time
going back through our prospects and draft picks of the last few years.
trying to catch up on who’s who and where, these days.
anyone have any advice or shortcuts to keeping up on our future winged wheels?
"I'll smile in June."
by Lords of Olympia on Jan 25, 2012 4:17 PM CST reply actions
Go to The Production Line
Theproductionline.us
And click on “THE CHART” at the top of the links.
Prepare to have your mind blown.
by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 25, 2012 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
excellent.
if nhl36 doesn’t do it, i’m sure this will. :)
thanks.
"I'll smile in June."
by Lords of Olympia on Jan 25, 2012 4:24 PM CST up reply actions
You know what makes me laugh?
Colorado traded a high 1st round pick for a goalie who lost his starting job to JS Gigure.
And I wonder how Golf Cart is doing… 1 goal, 18 assists, & -10 in 45 games? Hahahahahahaha.
You sound like a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples.
Meanwhile, Shattenkirk looks very comfortable where he’s playing.
by J.J. from Kansas on Jan 25, 2012 4:33 PM CST up reply actions
crazy
I see just a few over at slgt that think Jackman was aware and smart enough to pull off a dive in that situation. Most of them deny it completely. If you watch the replay he looks dead at Cooke and proceeds to throw himself into the glass at the first hint of contact.
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