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Thursday, January 17, 2008

At the risk of sounding like an Oilers fan, I like the Oilers

GREAT CROSBY'S BEARD, THERE'S A HOCKEY GAME ON!!!

Think we'll hear much about Ovechkin tonight?

Crosby.

Game starts now. GOILERS!

***Bonus*** Profound words from the Hall of Famer:

"The only reason to get rid of a coach is if he loses his players and they tune him out."

"At the risk of sounding like a MacTavish fan, I think he's a good coach..."
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80 comments:

  1. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:03 pm

    OILLLLLLLEERRRRRRZZZZZZ

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  2. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:05 pm

    It just occurred to me that I'm rather sick of Gene Principe.

    But I hear this Ovechkin fellow is rather good...

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  3. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:09 pm

    I wish Sgt. Cindy Scott had done the French parts of the anthem. That would have been tzzight.

    She's killing this Yankee ditty. Damn grrrl. That was nice.

    Sportsnet should punish Principe every time he rhymes. Enough already.

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  4. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:10 pm

    Speaking of, has he dropped an "Oli vs. Roli" line yet? If not, it's coming. Bank it.

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  5. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:15 pm

    Staios just got punched around by Semin. How embarrassing.

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  6. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:23 pm

    Jesus Christ. Why are the Oilers suddenly as worse as I've seen them all season.

    Too much pressure being a .500 team?

    PLAY DICK TARNSTROM.

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  7. LittleFuryJanuary 17, 2008 5:28 pm

    Ahem. Scorcoff.

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  8. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:28 pm

    Nice goal by Scorcoff. Not discussed in the merits of Sheldon Souray's shot: the rebounds.

    Man, this game is nasty.

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  9. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:29 pm

    Horc! Love im!

    But where's the team toughness? Brodziak gets boarded and nothing.

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  10. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:37 pm

    But where's the team toughness? Brodziak gets boarded and nothing.

    Just take the penalty at that point. Brodziak wasn't hurt or anything.

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  11. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:38 pm

    What a brilliant play by Horc, straight to the net...ZIP! And he draws a penalty.

    POWERPLAY NILSSON!OI!H~BHW

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  12. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:38 pm

    Another big rebound off of a Souray shot. Nice!

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  13. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:44 pm

    Everything just dies when the puck goes near Stortini...

    I still don't get it.

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  14. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:46 pm

    That call against Souray was atrocious.

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  15. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:46 pm

    It's not a penalty when I guy gets himself tangled into your stick, is it?

    Lame call.

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  16. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 5:47 pm

    Every time I see 34 and 18 on the ice together I feel warm inside.

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  17. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:49 pm

    Everytime something simply looks odd it gets called in this league.

    CALL WHAT YOU SEE, BUMS.

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  18. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 5:49 pm

    Nice period after the first 4 minutes.

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 5:59 pm

    Gene Principe and Ed Stelmach coming up.

    Oh gawd.

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 6:00 pm

    And the "no plan" commercial leading up to it. You can't buy that kind of luck.

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  21. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:01 pm

    Man, I may whisper "Nooo plaaann" all week now...

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  22. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:01 pm

    The Stelmach Whisperer.

    No plan.

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  23. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:03 pm

    Well that tears it, I'm drinking now....

    [Can of Staropramen goes "pskhht!"]

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  24. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:03 pm

    Can we just change that ad to be about Kevin Lowe?

    No plan

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  25. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:10 pm

    Um...

    glug, glug.

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  26. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 6:10 pm

    Put Garon in!!!! Two shit goals.

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  27. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:10 pm

    Unfuckingbelievable.

    No plan

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  28. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:11 pm

    Arrgh. Tie game. Pitkanen's knee.

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  29. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:13 pm

    Did Principe just suggest that Greene start over Tarnstrom against Carolina tomorrow? Punch my brain in, please.

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  30. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 6:17 pm

    Horc, Hemmer and Penner....what a play!!!

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  31. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:17 pm

    Now that was a nice play. I was screaming that they were all standing still, and then wham!

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  32. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:19 pm

    3 Powerplay goals! Isn't that more than we got in the first 15 games?

    NICE!

    Penner's trash talk to Erskine was the cherry to Hemsky and Horcoff's whipped cream passes.

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  33. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 6:20 pm

    What????? Tied already?

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  34. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:20 pm

    Greene? Seriously, what's wrong with Tarnstrom? No way he's been worse than Smid.

    Did the dude punch MacT's puppy in the face or something?

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  35. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 6:21 pm

    Gilbert Gilbert!!! Put him in net!!!

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  36. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:31 pm

    Pull the goalie already.

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  37. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 6:31 pm

    Okay Ray, not much Roli can do? How about stop the frickin' puck? Put Garon in!!!

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  38. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 6:32 pm

    Took the words out of my mouth, andy.

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  39. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:37 pm

    Looks as if Greene and Tarnstrom will be playing tomorrow the way things are going...

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  40. mike wJanuary 17, 2008 6:43 pm

    Et tu, Garon?

    Fack.

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  41. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:44 pm

    What an awful goal. Please pull him.

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  42. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 6:44 pm

    Gee, good game tonight Roli. Guess who is not playing the third period? Take a seat!

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  43. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 6:45 pm

    No more Roli. Please!

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  44. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:47 pm

    "How much do you like to score goals, by the way you seem to enjoy them?"

    Who is the one who can't speak English, again?

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  45. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 6:50 pm

    Wow, just saw that Albertans for Change commercial. I fully support a version about Kevin Lowe.

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  46. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 6:52 pm

    Ads are here. Make sure you watch the Stelmach Whisperer, Ty.

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  47. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 6:55 pm

    Oh, I just did. How there isn't already a YouTube'd Lowe version with "No Plan" whispering in the background...I don't know.

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  48. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 6:56 pm

    Man, I go make a sandwich and all hell has broken loose. Funny watching the camera pan to the bench to see MacT mouthing "fuuuuck".

    *The running commentary between Mike and Andy is almost better than the game now.

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  49. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 7:04 pm

    Are you kidding...Roli is still in net? Anyone else want to defend MacT as a coach right now???

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  50. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:05 pm

    How there isn't already a YouTube'd Lowe version with "No Plan" whispering in the background...I don't know.

    Some pictures and some news clippings is all one needs.

    Is Roloson still in this game?

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  51. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 7:10 pm

    Yup, Roli is still in there. He must be saving Garon for tomorrow night. I think he could handle 20 mins tonight. Sheesh!

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  52. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 7:11 pm

    Well if Jim says MacT is the man, how dare we second guess a Hall of Famer? Blasphemous!!

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  53. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:11 pm

    Anyone else want to defend MacT as a coach right now???

    They do play Carolina tomorrow (spits). But this game is still within reach. And why can't Garon play 4 periods in a row?

    Then again, Jim Matheson says that "the only reason to get rid of a coach is if he loses his players and they tune him out," and he's a Hall of Fame journalist. If he says results don't matter, they just don't matter.




    No plan.

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  54. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:13 pm

    YES!!!


    SCORCOFFF!!!!

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  55. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 7:13 pm

    Scorcoff!!!!!!

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  56. MarshaJanuary 17, 2008 7:14 pm

    You know....Horcoff just might be first line material.

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  57. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:14 pm

    Both coaches right now are thinking, "you score four goals in a night, your goalie should be able to get you a win."

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  58. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:18 pm

    Hey, remember that Ross McKeon article I linked to the other day? The one that said,

    "Ah, where all the trouble started. Funny thing is: Mr. Lowe doesn't have a lot of pressing contractual problems since those who are up are pretty replaceable. The best argument is for RFA Jarret Stoll, the 25-year-old who isn't having a great season but figures to be part of the future. Otherwise, there's the thought of extending Shawn Horcoff, 29, but he's not tearing it up either."

    Check out the link today. That part about Horcoff not tearing it up? Gone. Hi, Mr. McKeon!

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  59. Black DogJanuary 17, 2008 7:20 pm

    Three point night for Horc.

    Pronger out of the Ducks' game with a foot injury.

    Listening on the radio - "A lot of blood on the ice, someone must be cut pretty badly!!!!!" Or did somebody just throw something on the ice there ... they're cleaning it up (said with disappointment)"

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  60. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 7:25 pm

    What in the hell was MacT doing there?

    Also, I want to throw my support behind the bench minor thing - it's a fascinating new twist in a season of incompetence.

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  61. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 7:32 pm

    MacT's thinking...

    "We've scored four goals tonight. Roli should be able to us a wi...fuuuck"

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  62. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:36 pm

    Overtime, it's been too long.

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  63. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:46 pm

    Wow. That OT period was awesome.

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  64. Black DogJanuary 17, 2008 7:47 pm

    Jesus nothing like listening on radio.

    Twelve seconds left and Hemsky gets in and then Ovechkin has a great chance? Is it possible??

    Have to drink more.

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  65. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 7:51 pm

    The shootout - our happy place.

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  66. Black DogJanuary 17, 2008 7:53 pm

    Come on for fuck's sakes - score!

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  67. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 7:55 pm

    Why do they keep shooting five-hole on him!?

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  68. Black DogJanuary 17, 2008 7:58 pm

    Where's Marek Malik?

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  69. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 7:58 pm

    If Stortini wins this, I'm gonna laugh my ass off.

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  70. Black DogJanuary 17, 2008 7:59 pm

    What happens if everyone shoots and nobody scores?

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  71. andy grabiaJanuary 17, 2008 8:00 pm

    Matt Bradley? Seriously?

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  72. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 8:02 pm

    Well, I did my job.

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  73. Black DogJanuary 17, 2008 8:03 pm

    I think that was Shawn Bradley.

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  74. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2008 8:13 pm

    Lotsa mistakes. But you know what man, NO QUIT.

    I can live with that.

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  75. quainJanuary 17, 2008 8:30 pm

    I don't even want to say there were lotsa mistakes. All of those goals were Roloson's fault.

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  76. kingerJanuary 17, 2008 10:18 pm

    mc79hockey said...

    Also, I want to throw my support behind the bench minor thing - it's a fascinating new twist in a season of incompetence.

    Holy shit that's a good one.

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  77. LowetideJanuary 17, 2008 10:47 pm

    Wasn't Shawn Bradley a huge center for the Bullets? 6-11 or something. Shawn Bradley, I'm sure of it. Red hair, a bunch of it, bad knees.

    Bill Walton except he wasn't.

    As for the Oilers, they're good. Not now, though.

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  78. DMFBJanuary 17, 2008 11:58 pm

    Wasn't Shawn Bradley a huge center for the Bullets?

    The Mavs, actually. Well, them and Space Jam.

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  79. andy grabiaJanuary 18, 2008 12:06 am

    He was actually drafted by the 76ers, and played with the Nets and Mavs as well. Seven foot six Mormon. I wonder if he's endorsed Mitt Romney?

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  80. Black DogJanuary 18, 2008 7:14 am

    Shawn Bradley.

    Like a left handed pitcher being that big. He was shit but he was employed forever.

    The Caps picked him up on waivers. Paid off last night. Roli never had a chance.

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