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by IwoCPO on 06/13/08 at 07:27 AM ET
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He’s only won six Norris trophies Gary. You gave him the cup a little over a week ago.
What did you say to him then? “Congrats Dick”?
That would be courtesy of RWBill and the other 19 people who emailed it to me last night.
Outstanding live blog last evening. Reading through the comments this morning was an emotional experience for me. You see, just moments after Ovechkin threw in a Verizon reference, my wireless started giving me issues. By the time Dick Lindstrom had been presented his sixth Norris? Incommunicado.
I couldn’t even go back and read about the last time I was frustrated with Verizon.
Whatever. Screw you Verizon. You make me sad and I’m sick of it. I’m selling the pets and going with Direct TV and Cox cable. Yes, Thom, that’s spelled C-O-X.
Hey. Want to see the easiest prediction I’ve ever made? I know you do. Genius.
September 25, 2007
Nick Lidstrom’s going to win his sixth Norris Trophy because no one comes close. No one. He was shafted the two years before his first one and he was shafted between the third and fourth. He owns that award now, and that is right and just.
Way out on a frigging limb with that one. That’s from part 2 of the enthralling A2Y 2007/8 Season Preview. Read it here, by subscription only.
Pavel Datsyuk won the Selke. And he earned it. Some little Canadien(an) kid talked about him, and they showed neat clips of him scoring and stuff. Nice job Gary. Ass. Did they also show Datsyuk picking someone’s pocket, like he did about five times/game--which kind of, um, earned him the award? I have no idea.
I was too busy trying to find “The Contortionists” or whatever that frigging sitcom was that ran the first three minutes on Versus. And don’t lie to me. Don’t you do it. You thought it was all part of the CBC pre-show frivolity.
Oh, and Gary? If Gordie Howe wants to talk, you let him. Understand me? You’re a child and a pawn. Gordie’s a legend. He built the league you’ve run into the ground Gary. All we expect of you is to stand there, shut up, let Gordie talk, maybe punch you in the temple, let Gordie talk some more, walk three steps behind him and then go home so we can forget you have anything to do with our sport. Got it? Nifty.
I like the Boudreau guy. I like Ovechkin. I like the Caps, period. Happy to see both of them receive the awards they did.
But here’s the thing. Lidstrom deserved the Hart and Babcock the Adams.
The month of February proves the former and an objective look at the Red Wings and the team they’ve become, the style they play, the brilliance of that system validates the latter.
So, you know, congratulations Cap fans. But it should have been an even more convincing Detroit evening.
Did anyone see Sidney Crosby last night? Was he even there? Or did he send Darryl Sydor in his place? I have no idea.
I didn’t watch last year’s awards show. Did you? I couldn’t. The wounds were too fresh. I think the stench of my own urine was still fresh at that point. Ooh. Too much info? Sorry.
We’re getting close and it’s gonna happen. I’ll be taking a hiatus. A few weeks. Couple more things to do. You guys have sent in hundreds of photos of the parade, games, parties, firetrucks, rainbows, puppies and hookers. I’m trying to decide how to post them all.
But soon, there will be silence from the Chief. But only temporary, a brief respite. Not an absence or a trip to New Zealand. Just a break.
More to follow.
Wait. Dammit. Almost forgot. You guys see this?
On behalf of every “octopus ... in the oceans of the world,” a Texas truck driver says he has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of the Red Wings to stop the practice of octopus tossing.
Patrick Greene , 59, of San Antonio, who has zero interest in hockey, caught a news clip of the 50-year-old tradition after the Wings beat the Penguins for the Stanley Cup, and, he says, was “nauseated.
“I called my wife over to the TV, and said, ‘Look at this.’ She said, ‘Why, that’s horrible,’ ” Greene said in a telephone interview Thursday. “Who would treat an animal, alive or dead, like it’s some kind of toy?”
Oh. There was also this. “Greene, an Air Force veteran...”
‘nuff said.
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If Gary Bettman was running a whorehouse, he’d be in the back room running it by hand, while a bevy of botox beauties were lounging on the couch in the front room, wondering what they were there for.
Alliteration, it’s what’s for breakfast!
Posted by dougie on 06/13/08 at 08:01 AM ET
I just did my own private live blog of the video clips. Cause I’m kool like that, yea bitch with a K. Couldn’t make out Pavs’ hotty wife but if I could see the pixels correctly, Kenny has hot daughters, or an absurdly hot wife. Way to be boys!
Gary should not only have to walk three steps behind him with eyes averted but, more basically, call him Mr. Howe. I couldn’t believe how that twitchy little bastard treated #9…
And unless that Air Fore twerp is a strict vegan and never buys any leather goods, tell him to STFU too.
p.s. I think Jerome thought he had the Heart. He was smiling while AO and Malkin were visibly nervous, then stopped smiling slowly. Know what JI-genius, I think your boy Dion will win Norris next year and you’ll win the Cup. No. Seriously. Smile. Dumbass
Posted by Osrt on 06/13/08 at 08:28 AM ET
By the way, anyone up for notifying anyone who matters that they messed up Nick’s name? League, various local/ Canadian media (who are looking for more ammo against stupid gary) etc…
Let’s see what articles are out, but I call for an apology to the greatest D-man of his generation. pee-ree-fu@@-iod.
Posted by Osrt on 06/13/08 at 08:31 AM ET
p.p.s: I hope that Lifetime Achievement Award came with a big check to help defray Coleen’s medical bills. 
Posted by Osrt on 06/13/08 at 08:35 AM ET
Did anyone see Sidney Crosby last night? Was he even there? Or did he send Darryl Sydor in his place? I have no idea.
Brilliant.
Posted by Nathan on 06/13/08 at 08:50 AM ET
What did you say to him then? “Congrats Dick”?
He was still upset that the big scary Sweedish man defeated his little runt.
Posted by Nate A from the Church of Babcock on 06/13/08 at 10:00 AM ET
Patrick Kane’s sisters are unbelievably HOT. Guaranteed Toews is hitting between 1-3 of them nightly. And thats all I have to say about that.
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/13/08 at 10:04 AM ET
Guaranteed Toews is hitting between 1-3 of them nightly.
Another classic. I’m just so damned proud right now.
rwingscup19, I believe you’re a fairly recent addition to the 19. If I haven’t said it before...welcome my friend. Keep up the good work.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 06/13/08 at 10:08 AM ET
Maybe he called him dick because that’s what he was thinking. After Nick was a dick when he shut down Golden Boy.
Posted by Ken from Ypsilanti, MI on 06/13/08 at 10:34 AM ET
Sidney got his very own full TV special on CBC after the awards show.
Posted by w2j2 on 06/13/08 at 10:43 AM ET
Anybody else think Igor Larionov would make a good assistant coach / power play specialist to replace McLellan?
Posted by w2j2 on 06/13/08 at 10:45 AM ET
Patrick Kane’s sisters are unbelievably HOT. Guaranteed Toews is hitting between 1-3 of them nightly. And thats all I have to say about that.
http://www.hockeyforum.com/chicago-blackhawks/18698-hawks-top-pick-hockey-lifer-18-a.html
Younger yet were Kane’s three sisters, Erica, 17, Jessica, 16 and Jacqueline, 13.
I thought I remembered him saying that they were his younger sisters 
Though that was really funny when he mentioned his 25 teammates after them.
Posted by WingInTO from Toronto on 06/13/08 at 11:21 AM ET
That “surprised” smiley looks really wrong in that context…
Posted by WingInTO from Toronto on 06/13/08 at 11:22 AM ET
I am indeed Chief. I finally have a place where my social inadequecies and my lack of desire to actually do work meld together.
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/13/08 at 11:40 AM ET
Career stats of our favorite defenseman, #5 in Red, 6-time Norris Trophy winner, Dick Lindstrom.
Gary.Ass
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/13/08 at 12:42 PM ET
Hopefully lil’ Gary uses “Mr. Lidstrom” at next year’s awards when he comes out of the valet shack and Nick tosses him the car keys.
Posted by Cal on 06/13/08 at 12:43 PM ET
Oh. There was also this. “Greene, an Air Force veteran...”
‘nuff said.
Being in the USAF is almost like being in the military.
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/13/08 at 12:50 PM ET
How sad!
The Texas man’s team loses to the Wings, so he goes to court to outlaw our tradition.
He is just picking up where Little Gary stopped.
Posted by w2j2 on 06/13/08 at 01:08 PM ET
This nutcase has “zero interest in hockey,” yet feels the need to save the poor, already-dead octopi from landing on a sheet of ice? Come on, now. If it’s not landing on the ice, it’s landing on someone’s dinner plate.
Not that I have a problem with that. Tasty.
Either way, the damn thing is already dead, and it’s getting used one way or another.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 06/13/08 at 01:39 PM ET
The Texas man’s team loses to the Wings, so he goes to court to outlaw our tradition.
I don’t think that was it, since it said he wasn’t even really a hockey fan. He’s just some idiot trying to get some attention probably.
Also, most of you A2Yers are asininely harsh on Gary Bettman. You really take it to an obnoxious level for the dumbest things. I agree it is ridiculous to misspell the name of the best defenseman in the league, but I guarantee you that Gary Bettman was not the one sewing the name on the jersey! You need a new scape goat.
Posted by NHLJeff from Boston, MA on 06/13/08 at 01:53 PM ET
Also, most of you A2Yers are asininely harsh on Gary Bettman.
Thanks. Feel free to, you know, not visit. Gary Bettman is a tool who has ruined the NHL. I’m not going to list the reasons, but I will tell you the criticism of him here won’t stop. Again, if it offends you, feel free to not read.
You need a new scape goat.
Maybe. I just read your bio on NHLnow.
I should let it be known that I have a passion for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Colorado Avalanche. My favorite players: Sidney Crosby, Joe Sakic, Chris Drury, Doug Gilmour (retired) My favorite goalies: Patrick Roy (retired), Ryan Miller, J.S. Giguere, Roberto Luongo, Miikka Kiprusoff, Evgeni Nabokov
You volunteering to be that scapegoat? I’m pretty sure I can make it happen. A Dive fan who sticks up for Gary. Ass. Bettman. Yep, that can be arranged.
Have a great summer.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 06/13/08 at 01:59 PM ET
Maybe. I just read your bio on NHLnow.
I should let it be known that I have a passion for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Colorado Avalanche. My favorite players: Sidney Crosby, Joe Sakic, Chris Drury, Doug Gilmour (retired) My favorite goalies: Patrick Roy (retired), Ryan Miller, J.S. Giguere, Roberto Luongo, Miikka Kiprusoff, Evgeni Nabokov
You must be kidding, who would volunteer that information publicly?
First, even disregarding the last 12 years, the NHL Awards show begins with 120 seconds of the BBC/CBC re-hashed “Coronation Street”, then it goes on to something else. Viewers are thinking they are one hour early and change channels, missing the first hour of the awards show.
Then there is the shameless exploitation of children.
Next there is the hideous scene of a child thrust on the stage with a NHL-picked jersey that misspells the name of the greatest player of this generation.
All of these reflect the chaos and mismanagement of the NHL under Gary.Ass. Just look at how corrupt and unwatchable the NBA has become. That (NBA) is where Bettman learned his trade and is trying to make the NHL like the NBA, complete with manipulation of the outcomes of games for the purpose of ratings and revenues, integrity of the game be damned.
That is what the NHL gets for putting a lawyer in charge with no personal history with the league instead of a hockey man.
Gary.Ass
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/13/08 at 02:33 PM ET
Gary.Ass. deserves that crap we give him. You’re right, he’s not the one who sews the name on the jersey, (although by looking at it, it looked they were the iron on letters, but i digress.) That incident is however indicative to how he runs this league: loppier than the ass that RWBill got last night.
Was there not one person around that noticed the jersey was misspelled? My guess is there was, and someone said, they’ll never know. Thats the kind of culture he’s breeding around the League offices. And his interaction with the guy who essentially made sure Gary.Ass. isn’t out on the streets right now was pitiful. You let Gordie do whatever the hell Gordie wants to do. Its his night.
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/13/08 at 03:55 PM ET
was supposed to be “sloppier”. Damn it.
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/13/08 at 03:57 PM ET
NHLJeff comes in from the cold.....
A Golden Gift....
The hockey gods are very kind to you Duke…
If you ever let this rest, I will be very disappointed.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 06/13/08 at 04:00 PM ET
I should let it be known that I have a passion for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Colorado Avalanche. My favorite players: Sidney Crosby, Joe Sakic, Chris Drury, Doug Gilmour (retired) My favorite goalies: Patrick Roy (retired), Ryan Miller, J.S. Giguere, Roberto Luongo, Miikka Kiprusoff, Evgeni Nabokov
...and I like puppies, sunsets, and long walks on the beach.
Posted by Cal on 06/13/08 at 05:31 PM ET
You let Gordie do whatever the hell Gordie wants to do. Its his night.
And on that night, for that little retarded Penguin, he should have been Mr. Howe.
Who the EFFF cares that there were video clips coming; let the standing ovation continue for as long as possible *while he’s still on stage* rather than while he’s leaving. What an A#@$#@%E
NHLJeff comes in from the cold.....
A Golden Gift....
LOL.
We will eat you alive NHLJeff. If that gets you angry and seems an affront to your manhood, I suggest you search through this rather strange dimension to see what I mean. Begin, say, with “the dive” and go from there.
Posted by Osrt on 06/13/08 at 05:34 PM ET
Gramps, I agree. Opportunity rarely knocks twice. Fortunately for us, that bitch keeps banging. Dive fans. Thank you god.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 06/13/08 at 06:35 PM ET
Oh. There was also this. “Greene, an Air Force veteran...”
As the daughter of an Army man and Vietnam vet ... I concur. 
You would think that Lidstrom’s name would have been correct, since they could have had the jersey ready since early in the process, when someone had the idea to use children as stage props. I mean, it isn’t as though there was any doubt from the start who was going to win the Norris.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/13/08 at 07:47 PM ET
loppier than the ass that RWBill got last night.
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/13 at 03:55 PM
Actually “loppier” is more accurate, as in lop-sided. Especially disappointing when I had my mind set on this:
Damn “Species”. I say again, I wish I’d been around to pick up the pieces when at the old-enough-age of 14 she ran away from her trailer park home and “biker/contractor” father to become a model.
Posted by RWBill from the train station climbing on The Hasek.All Aboard on 06/13/08 at 08:44 PM ET
As the daughter of an Army man and Vietnam vet ... I concur.
Don’t know anything about that, my father being an aging hippie and all, but my father-in-law, forty years in the RAF and five years TQHF (The Queen’s Helicopter Flight), is in complete agreement. He’s adamant that the dumbest people he’s ever worked with were USAF...and he worked with British royal protection officers, so that’s saying something. He’s said that in the first Gulf War, he and his crews’ biggest worries were of taking friendly fire from eighteen-year-old kids from Mississippi with too much firepower at their disposal.
Come to think of it, a friend of mine’s cousin is a fighter jock, and always seemed a bit boneheaded, if pretty cool. Introduced me to Hunch Punch, the bastard. But then, he was USN...split personality, Chief?
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from the USO entertainment office on 06/14/08 at 09:24 AM ET
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Nick got his six pack, Pavs got some laughs,and a couple of well deserved awards. I wish Gordie would have given Gary,Ass an elbow or something to knock sense into him. The show was Canadian all the way. Gotta love Gordie. I think he is most humble and dignified. About time he was honored.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa. on 06/13/08 at 07:58 AM ET