The Battle of Alberta: Oil Travel To Detroit Rock City

Monday, October 08, 2007

Oil Travel To Detroit Rock City

Prediction: 4-2, Oilers. Del Griffith scores on the Most Exciting Play in Hockey™, then does the Mess Around.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. GOILERS!!!

# posted by andy grabia @ 12:57 pm

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# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 1:35 pm

5-1 loss for the coil.

theyre going to hit the wall and hit the wall big time tonight.

matt green minus three

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 3:17 pm

Arg. you beat us to the punch. no surprise, just arg.

# posted by

grease trap : October 08, 2007 4:21 pm

(headline-wise, that is)

# posted by

grease trap : October 08, 2007 4:23 pm

Here we goooo...

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 5:30 pm

It's Mr. Magoo with the early lame hooking call. Sweaters come and sweaters go, but some things remain eternal.

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 5:42 pm

Speaking of deaf, dumb, and blind, I see the Rogers graphics people were off to a fine start tonight by (a) mixing up the two Penskys, and (b) spelling Philly's team "Fliers".

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 5:43 pm

I'm assuming the lack of replay on the trip is because the Sportsnet boys couldn't find it, either.

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 5:46 pm

Was that Grebs or Pitkanen who was supposed to have that? Sigh...1-0 Dead Things.

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 5:49 pm

the streak ends here.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 5:49 pm

coilers are really hitting the wall hard. this is getting really ugly.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 5:52 pm

coilers are really hitting the wall hard. this is getting really ugly.

I know. There's only 53 minutes left for them to overcome the 1 goal deficit.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 5:55 pm

Kevin Quinn just said that Matt Green had a great defensive mentor in Sheldon Souray. You can't make this stuff up.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 5:56 pm

look on the bright side: you just lost your powerplay. thats a good thing, considering the coils have a 0% converting rate this season.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:00 pm

Apparently Penner bodychecking a guy with the puck is a penalty. This game is shaping up to be a reffing gong show.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 6:00 pm

memo 2 the coilers: u have to shoot in order to score.

shot clock: 11 Det, 2 Edm

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:02 pm

Who the bleeding fuck was supposed to be covering Chelios?

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 6:04 pm

LOL christmas time for chelios

thanks Roli!!

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:04 pm

Thank you Horc.

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 6:05 pm

So what's the over-under on the number of minutes it takes falmes to fuck off when the Oilers take the lead?

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 6:06 pm

fever4flames: are you even a flames fan? I've visited what you loosely term a blog and 90% of the posts are on the Oilers. What's up with that? Oh right. No talent on the flames.

Then here you are, Thanksgiving Day, watching the Oilers. It would be much easier if you admitted you loved them.

# posted by

Tania : October 08, 2007 6:12 pm

fluke favors the coil -- that zetterberg shot was for sure a goal if it had missed the post.

enjoy the breaks while they last.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:12 pm

SHOOT, Nilsson. Jesus.

2-1 after 1. Could be worse, I guess. The first goal was minor-league side, and the second was a result of all five guys standing around with their thumbs up their asses.

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 6:14 pm

Just in case anyone cares...

The Yankees are trailing 2-0 in the second. Indians have bases loaded, no outs, and Mussina is coming in in relief of Wang.

:)

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:18 pm

Oh I care. Thanks for the update. I can't watch because the Oiler game is on, TBS is no longer in Canada, and I'm too cheap to pay for the other Sportsnet channels.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 6:26 pm

This reminds me of the horror that was the first game against the Wings last year.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 6:32 pm

Well, since someone else still cares...

The Yankees are coming up in the bottom of the second inning, now down 4 to a big fat zip.

Cleveland is going to need more than that, I think, because Byrd is not exactly what could be called overpowering. Wang was charged with all four runs in an inning and a third.

(I'm flipping back and forth between the games.)

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:33 pm

were inching closer and closer to the magic 5-1 nummber...

...but i may have to revise my prediction. this is looking more like a 6-1 or 7-1 game.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:35 pm

That ice is awful.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 6:47 pm

Not surprised. The temperature was supposed to be in the high 80's F today--and humid. Yuck.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:52 pm

End of second inning. New York loaded the bases but only pushed across one run on a two-out infield single by Jeter, followed by Abreu flying out to center.

Cleveland 4, New York 1.

(Somehow I'm having a hard time thinking hockey wearing shorts and with a fan running.)

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 6:54 pm

Now that was a nice goal.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 7:07 pm

COGS!!!!

I was about to scream at Nilsson for another damned drop pass in a shooting position, but all is well.

# posted by

Doogie2K : October 08, 2007 7:08 pm

Nilsson probably has a patent pending for that drop pass; nice pass by Pitkanen, but I still don't know where the heck Cogs came from.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 7:09 pm

so with all his blind drop passes, is nilsson the next wolfman jack samsonov??

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 7:10 pm

Cogs' first NHL goal in his old stomping grounds... against The Dominator. Sweeeeet.

Agree Tania. Someone's begging to come out of the closet.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 7:20 pm

13 more minutes until detroit picks up two points.

coil really cant catch a break on the shot clock tonite

pretty clear that gagner gets sent back to junior--if not after tonite, then at least after the first 9 games. pretty clear that this kid is years from being a player

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 7:36 pm

Cleveland scored another two in the top of the fourth, bases loaded one-out single...now 6-1 Indians at the end of the fourth inning.

There is a snail's pace, and then there is a snail on horse tranquilizers. This game is mooooooving sooooooo sloooooooowly...

It must be Hasek's week for giving up goals to kids. Patrick Kane got one on him in the shootout in Detroit's last game.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 7:38 pm

Wow. That hit from behind on Hemsky wasn't a penalty, but the Penner bodycheck on Cleary was?

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 7:51 pm

And then Chelios dragged Sanderson down. No call. They really do get the benefit of the doubt all the time.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 7:55 pm

Wow. That hit from behind on Hemsky wasn't a penalty, but the Penner bodycheck on Cleary was?

Not surprised over here. We're playing Detroit, and they always, ALWAYS get some sort of call/non-call like that, especially when they're playing at home.

I wish we had a thug to deter that sort of shit though. Holmstrom should be eating his next month's worth of meals out of a fucking straw.

fluke favors the coil -- that zetterberg shot was for sure a goal if it had missed the post.

And if your aunt had two balls, she'd be your uncle (but her daughter would still be your wife, fever4falmes).

# posted by

HBomb : October 08, 2007 7:58 pm

PS: If anyone would know anything about losses to Detroit, it's a Flames fan....

# posted by

HBomb : October 08, 2007 7:59 pm

Oh well. Some iffy reffing and ten minutes of bad play from the Oilers, and it's all over. I thought we played pretty damn good in the 3rd, and the 2nd was a draw. That bad start cost us. We always seem to take a couple penalties right away in that arena.

Let's go Indians! Hurry up and switch over Sportsnet. Don't give me more Connected.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 8:01 pm

Oh God. More fucking Connected. Hey, here's an idea. CONNECT ME TO THE YANKEES GETTING ELIMINATED. You're gonna show me these inane interviews for 17 of the next 24 hours, in between poker and the Best Damn Highlights From July 1983. Don't worry. I'll see them. In the meantime, SWITCH TO LIVE PLAYOFF GAMES.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 8:06 pm

Going into the bottom of the sixth inning, Ron Villone replaced Mussina in the top of the sixth, Indians still leading 6 to 1. Paul Byrd has gone the whole way for Cleveland so far and has just come out for the bottom of the sixth inning.

12 more outs to go for Cleveland.

Figures that the Oilers two goals would be both by former Wolverines, weren't they?

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 8:07 pm

Oops. Byrd just gave up a solo homer to Robinson Cano.

6 to 2 Cleveland still leading, going into their bullpen.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 8:08 pm

They are actually showing me highlights of the game now, rather than just switching over. I want to scream.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 8:12 pm

Cleveland brought in Perez from the bullpen.

Got one out and then just gave up a single. New York has a man on first, one out, a four run deficit...and Damon at the plate.

Single by Damon, men at the corners, crowd roaring...

THROW STRIKES YOU MORON!!!

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 8:16 pm

Jeter just hit into a double play to end the inning.

Nine more outs for Cleveland to hold a four run lead.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 8:21 pm

You have got to be fucking kidding me. They're airing "Flames TV" rather than the Yankees/Indians game. Holy shit.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 8:31 pm

That stinks big time. :(

Farnsworth had a relatively uneventful top of the seventh. Rafael Perez is still in and facing Bobby Abreu to lead off the bottom of the seventh.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 8:41 pm

Abreu strikeout.

A-Rod solo homer brings the Yankees to three runs back.

Now 6-3 in the bottom of the seventh with Posada up.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 8:47 pm

Ya, I'm keeping track on MLB.com, now. But i can't even listen to audio on their page, because you have to pay for that.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 8:51 pm

Getting late--time for me to go.

Hold on, Indians.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 8:53 pm

Andy, if you don't mind your audio in Spanish, go to channelsurfing.net and click on the first Yankees - Indians link. You'll get a small video window. The second link crashed Firefox when I tried it.

# posted by

robert cleave : October 08, 2007 9:08 pm

Here's something you didn't "miss": it is absolutely stupefying how fat Tony Gwynn is now. Bet he's pushing three and a half bills.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 9:08 pm

i cant believe you coilers "fans" are watching the yankees play baseball. its such a dumb american sport but i guess you would rather not watch your team lose. like i said before, coil fans have no Canada pride.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 9:16 pm

like i said before, coil fans have no Canada pride.

Oh, I'd love to hear this argument, especially from someone living in Calgary.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 9:40 pm

All done. YES! I only wish Abreu hadn't homered, so the season could have ended with ARod choking again.

The Gwynn increase is staggering. I've been ranting about this since the HoF induction. The guy only retired like five years ago. Staggering.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 9:43 pm

Well we certainly don't need patches on our jerseys to remind us which province and country we're from; I know that can get confusing for some in Calgary.

# posted by

Sean M. : October 08, 2007 9:43 pm

Fever4flames is just plain hilarious. Besides, rookies gotta start somewhere I suppose. But now the young chopper has a sister?

Looks like its gonna be a long troll winter.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 9:53 pm

you have got to be kidding me. stabtown more canadian than calgary? in calgary we always vote for the tories, and the tories are the heartland of Canada. just ask stephen harper. and ask him which team he cheers for, too. HINT: it's not the coil!!

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 10:09 pm

Harveygirl is Fever4falmes alter ego when he prances around the house in his moms underwear. have a look, it is the only dumbass I know who also calls them the coilers.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 10:18 pm

Flames trolls would be more convincing if the cared as much about the Flames as they seem to do about the Oilers.

Witness: the drifting tumbleweed that is Flames game day threads...

# posted by

mike w : October 08, 2007 10:21 pm

I've never in my life seen someone choose a name that vaguely suggests an inappropriate relationship with an animal.

More power to you HarveyGirl. I keep hearing that the new Calgary is an accepting place. I hope that you can find peace.

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 10:23 pm

stabtown eh harveygirl? I guess you missed the Calgary Stampede this year...heard that was a doozy!

plus, I'm not sure Flamer fans can gloat all that much, that loser team has won exactly THREE (3 for you illiterate Calgarians...) of their last 21 games, including last season, playoffs, pre-season and this year

congratz losers!!

# posted by

Anonymous : October 08, 2007 10:36 pm

Wow, the signal to noise ratio has noticeably gone up around here.

fever4flames: I'm a diehard Flames fan myself, but please...please just stop. It's a game to be enjoyed, and it seems you're deriving more joy out of teams you hate losing than teams you love winning.

# posted by

Dave : October 08, 2007 10:41 pm

you have got to be kidding me. stabtown more canadian than calgary?

Being more Canadian strikes me as being a dubious achievement.

# posted by

McLea : October 08, 2007 10:59 pm

We could always look at the stats showing how many Americans actually live and/work in each city. I'm fairly confident in that outcome, not that it matters one iota.

# posted by

andy grabia : October 08, 2007 11:07 pm

I love it when hockey arguments get patriotic.

# posted by

DMFB : October 08, 2007 11:08 pm

Canada pride? Canadians play baseball, too.

Besides, rooting for the Yankees to lose has nothing to do with being an American, and everything to do with all that is good and right about humankind. Besides, it's fun to see a nearly $200 million payroll not get it done; and know that Steinbrenner has spent about $1.3 billion in payroll, luxury taxes, etc. since the last world series win for New York.

Schadenfreude can be fun!

# posted by

Anonymous : October 09, 2007 6:22 am

attention Harveygirl.

Prime Minister Harper is a Leafs fan.

I'm not sure how I, as a Blue and White Bleeding Eastern Guy, feel about that.

Have your Western Tories gotten arrested for anything interesting lately?xgd

# posted by

Mattstro Disastro : October 09, 2007 9:01 am

fever4flames...it seems you're deriving more joy out of teams you hate losing than teams you love winning.

Dave, I've noticed that as well, I find it more amusing than anything else =).

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