Wednesday, August 8, 2007
First things first.
August 7th was Sidney Crosby's birthday.
If you run a Sidney Crosby blog, it was your day to shine.
But if you're a professional hockey club, do you change your website to an intro picture of a birthday cake for Sid?
No way.
Whoops. Why don't they do this for every player?
"Wah, he's the face of the franchise."
If the team was called the Pittsburgh Crosbies, this birthday wish would be justified.
Do it for every player.
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There's actually stuff worth mentioning today.
Doug Maclean buys the Lightning
(you are about to find out that Doug Maclean is a moron)
....Are goal judges moving to the press box?
.......Arron Asham is signed by the Devils.
......The Blue Jackets have signed Kris Beech.
Now as we were looking for a Kris Beech picture, we got sidetracked.
We came across some old articles about the Jagr/Beech trade in July 2001.
Prepare yourself for the quotes in some of these articles:
Bye-Bye Jaromir
Patrick was aware yesterday that he will be criticized in many circles for parting with Jagr for three little-known players, but he asked for patience from the team's fans.
"I'd say five years," Patrick said. "Give it time."
It gets better:New Acquisitions Eager to establish worth to Pens
"I've noticed in my short time with Craig Patrick that, if you watch him, he doesn't make many bad deals," MacLean said.
A center so promising, in fact, that[Greg] Malone quickly concluded the Penguins had absolutely no hope of getting him with their first-round draft choice, which turned out to be the 18th overall.
"I said, 'We'll never see this kid,' " Malone said yesterday. "Not unless we trade up.' "
Bob Smizik's take:Patrick described Beech, the best of the three, as a "Ron Francis-type," which is quite a mouthful. Of course, being a Ron Francis-type and performing like a Ron Francis, a certain Hall of Famer, are two different things. Beech played for Calgary in the Western Hockey League last season and was the team's fourth-leading scorer.
What a bad time to be alive.
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Moving on.
The Oilers shut down Daryl Katz's bid.
Maybe because he has the hair of 1980's movie villain.
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Mike Cammalleri has been jobbing over in Los Angeles for the last couple years.
But last year saw a 25-point increase in his numbers.
Arbitration awarded him a 2-year, $6.7 million contract.
80 games last year. 81 points.
Imagine if he played on a good team.
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Apparently, Peter Forsberg has Pittsburgh on his list of potential cities.
Don't do it.
What a mistake that would be.
Although if he does get signed, no one will be mad because
a) the Pens aren't leaving
b) it's not our money
c) The Pens power play would execute at a 70% clip.
More Penguins news.
We put the link on the sidebar over to your left somewhere.
The Steelers will now win the division.
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Thanks to Ted for sending his job of Sean Avery's Wikipedia page.
(Look closely)
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Speaking of jobs...
Jobber of the Week:
League Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly
Recently, Dick Pound, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, said the NHL's drug-testing procedures are a sham.
Bill Daly says, "We could really care less what Dick Pound has to say."
Just the fact that he probably said "Dick Pound" in an asshole way lets him take home this award.
(Thanks Marcie for the trophy)
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The words Hockey Buzz and good don't go together often.
But one of their Vancouver writers found this:
Solid stuff.
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Blogville
- Meet the "real" Eklund [ Legends of hockey]
- Players I'd like to have a beer with (great post) [Canucks and Beyond]
- Best names in Sabres history [Die by the Blade]
- More Logo news [NHL Logos]
- Grading the Penguins all time drafts [Faceoff Factor]
- Pitt's QB leaves [Pitt Blather]
- Vote for top-ten Mike Lange-isms [Pittsburghpenguins.com]
- Penguins video game [The Apocalptic game about Penguins]
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Winter in the Sun
Game #68
March 10, 2007
Solid Comeback. PENS WIN.
3 - 2
OVERTIME
A late Marek Malik slashing penalty in the second period gives the Pens a power play to start the third.
The Pens don't get anything out of it.
And that's when boos from Pens fans were audible (probably from all the people who scream "shoot".)
Are you serious?
The David Copperfield magic number is 18.
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The Pens don't get anything out of it.
And that's when boos from Pens fans were audible (probably from all the people who scream "shoot".)
Are you serious?
The David Copperfield magic number is 18.
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44 comments:
I would really hate it if the Pens signed Peter Forsberg. He would have to play wing but he's never scored over 30 goals in his entire career. He's also injury prone and I wouldn't want to mess with the chemistry of the team by bringing him in. Almost everyone on the Pens thinks he's a major douche. Outstanding Jake Wheatley photoshop
Well you don't have to worry because even dave littlefield knows that is a bad deal. Forsberg will not land in Pittsburgh, whoever wrote that piece is smoking something.
this is just a test...testes, testes...one...two??
Kenny-
How the hell do you know most of the Pens think that Forsberg is a douche? Did you go up to each of them and ask them? I doubt it. Quit assuming. If you want to gain respect by people, quit making shit up. Asshole.
Kenny....careful...
Kudos and plaudets for linking that Canucks video. I grew up a Canucks fan and that '93-94 team that went to the Cup is still one of my favorite teams of all time.
That shot of Bure burying the OT breakaway against the Flames resulted in me putting a hole the size of my right hand through the basement ceiling of our house because I jumped off the couch in celebration. The Canucks were down three-games-to-one in that series and then won each of the final three games in OT to eliminate Calgary.
That team was Pavel Bure at his absolute finest, on a line with Gus Adams and Gino Odjick. Clifford (Ronning), Linden, COURT-nall, Marty Gelinas, Serge Momesso (jobber extraordinaire), Jyrki Lumme, Babych, Babych's mustache, and Captain Kirk in net. Fun team to watch, right up until Game Seven of the Cup Finals, which I think was the first time I ever had my heart broken as a sports fan. After the game ended, I didn't move for three hours. Just stunned.
Anyone notice Gary Roberts got owned in that Canucks video. I'm just sayin.
Has anyone seen the tape of OJ Simpson on that call-in talk show? You guys thought you got Fedko good..... ha ha ha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY8rxPo0RSY
If the team was called the Pittsburgh Crosbies, this birthday wish would be justified. even though sid is the man - that's a good point. and i decided my cake was better than theirs, after all. :) i'm planning something similar for mario's birthday in october, but i haven't found a cake good enough to photoshop for him yet. i've got some time, though, so hopefully something will turn up.
semi-random thought: every time i hear something about cammalleri, i can't help but think about calamari... ew.
this is a real headline in my nhl google alert email for today:
WADA chief Dick Pound on the NHL's testing policy
wrong. so, so wrong.
Oh grow up Snoop!
Yesterday was my birthday as well. Where's the love?!
Those six and twelve game plans went quicker than hotcakes in the backseat of Doc Brown's Delorean...I stood no chance
And dude, just ask yourself. What message am I conveying with an avatar of Hitler? What are we supposed to think of you?
that canucks montage was solid. I especially liked the guy celebrating by riding his stick across the ice. crusher needs a goal celebration and i nominate that one.
you're right, they should celebrate every players birthday. its only fair.
Wow, "Kris Beech can be the next Ron Francis" that quote ruined lives. At least he did get to bang Sonni Abatta though
Kenny, how do you know he banged Sonni? I heard she's a cock tease (completely different from, say, your mom). :)
BTW, the above comment was a joke.
I have never banged KM's mom, nor do I know anything about her sexual escapades.
Just keepin' it real, yo.
Very good...Mr. Hockey.
No offense taken gordy. Have any of yinz bought 6 or 12 game packages yet?
The only thing I learned from that Sean Avery bio is that former penguin Tom Kostopoulos got to appear on MadTv.
also kenny i eagerly await your Mao Zedong avatar.
skip the mao, go straight for the pol pot if hes going to be an insensitive douche.
thenick, I think i'm gonna go with Winston Churchill next.
Jordan Staal gets a plea deal
Staal going to jail for 10 years
LEAKED:
NEW RBK EDGE PENSBLOG 2007-2008 JERSEYS!!!!!!
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/
w210/canaanakl/pens_jersey4.gif
QUICK BEFORE tPB MAKES ME TAKE THEM DOWN
replace that thing on the front with the real logo and i like that jersey better than those ones posted against the green background.
jason, if you change the '4' in the link to a '3', its more of what i guess you are talking about (sans color tweak/shoulder piping)
I threw up in my mouth a little bit when I saw that jersey logo.
lol...did you swallow
...sick.
fuck i forgot pol pot but i think mao may have killed more people....you know there are like a billion Chinese
also what the fuck did kenny do yesterday to piss everyone off.
The Canucks video was pretty cool but I have one question. Why is it that every one of those tribute videos, including the Canucks one, have the absolute worst music on them? I've watched a bunch of Pens highlight videos on youtube that I have to turn the sound off for. Seriously people, leave the inspirational power ballads off the next time you create a highlight video and I'll quit vomiting uncontrollably when I watch them.
Still haven't learned how to make links Canaan? TheNick, I don't think we should forget Lenin. He was Stalin before anyone ever knew about Stalin.
km, i ctr+c/ctrl+v all my links and dont really care to make the url brackets if you must know.
anyways...
http://pensblog.youaremighty.com/
zombie Lenin?
http://zombielenin.ytmnd.com/
Canaan that is sick.. can you make that for Gary Roberts?
Staff... all you have to do is replace the "pensblog" in the address to whatever you want it to say
cheers
http://garyroberts.youaremighty.com/
OMG, Canaan.....there really aren't any words to describe the awesomeness...
...but maybe scrumtrulescent will do.
Canaan, that pretty much made my day
Look at the Canucks video with 3:00 to go and you'll know it's a fake.
Canaan unreal hahaha
that's outstanding Canaan
posting to see if my new blogger pic is working ...please ignore this worthless comment
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