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It’s a Frigging Three Ringer

by IwoCPO on 10/24/07 at 07:26 PM ET
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Once again, the A2Y readers have spoken in numbers that astound even the most jaded of attendance counters at JLA.  129 of you chimed in to name the Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Holmstrom line.  Long winded? Yes. Cumbersome? Yes.  Begging for brevity? Naturally.  Funny?  Absolutely.

I don’t know who first came up with it, and I’m too lazy to look.  But here you go:

The Monty Babcock Flying Circus

Shorten it?  Yes, we must.  The BFC line on second reference?  Cirque De La (bab)Cock?  Too Divish, but perhaps.  We’ll start the live blog now, soliciting your input on more action brought to you by Gary Lenore Bettman.  Considering the opponent, we can only wonder if Alana(H) will show.  Remember:  discussion between the first and second periods will focus on the bust/future success that is Igor Grigorenko.

1933: Center Ice has the FSN Detroit feed. Nice to hear Mick again after a week or so.  Murphy was ok, but everytime I have to see his hair between periods I get sad.

1937: Woops. Check out the poll at C and B.

1949: Provincial panic. They’ve lost the TSN feed in Canada.  Mickey Redmond just said Mitchell was scared of Datsyuk. Mick called Mitchell “Datysuk’s bitch.” No not really. But that would have been neat. Downey’s on the ice.

1958:  Didn’t see anything but the tail end of that “penalty” but it appears to be standard Homerism.  Tired of it.  Tired I say. Mick’s gonna go nuts if that’s a bogus call.  We need to investigate this conspiracy. 

2000: Ehhhh, touchy.  Hard to argue with that, but it’s still anti-Homer bias.  That’s based on my 2003 draft analysis/point paper.

2015:  Igor Grigorenko.  Discuss.  Prediction: back to Russia no later than 2 November.

2033:  Woofrigginghoo. Good call Gramps. First PP for the Wings.  “Ironically Vancouver’s first penalty...” That’s Ken Daniels. Based on the last three games, there’s no irony there at all.

2035: Official scorer or not, that’s Homer’s goal.  40 goals this year: guaranteed.

2053:  Our Czech Miracle of Insanity looks particularly sharp tonite.  The lone Vancouver goal: fluke, or as flukey as any goal in the NHL is when you discount the hard work that leads up to it.  Mick’s whining about the Kessler penalty, and he should. Pathetic.  Forgot to mention Mick’s reference to Saginaw and Bay City tonite.  Nice.

2103: Oh...Alanahhhhhhhhh

2107:  Hard to believe there’s a PP unit in the league that can move the puck like Lidstrom, Rafalski, and the Circus line.  28-11 shots for Wings.  Hat trick on the way for Homer. 

2109: I guess I’ve asked this before, but does it make me a “bad sport” to root against the Rockies simply because there has to be at least one Dive fan out there who wants them to win?

2123: Babcock just referenced the Wings speed, along with everyone else who discusses this team.  Interesting, I never consider speed a Wing asset.

2127: Grampa Pinhead, 46 minutes ago: “Remember the Scotty saying taking a 2 goal lead into the third is a coach’s nightmare.”

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*#$@*%!!!

That’s all I gotta say.  I hate this freakin’ sport…

Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 10/24/07 at 08:58 PM ET

What’s a “Don Cherry”?

(Other than wearing a suit that needs a volume control knob, that is.)

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/24/07 at 08:58 PM ET

Way to go Wings!  Good game, good netminding from both sides.  If Luongo ever leaves Vancouver, I hope its for Motown.

Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/24/07 at 09:00 PM ET

Baroque, He is famous for a ‘Too Many Men’, in the final minutes of a Stanley Cup playoff in Montreal.

cememtslinger:
I will settle for Bryzgalov.

Posted by HockeyTownTodd from upset when blogs don’t live up to my expectations on 10/24/07 at 09:14 PM ET

They’ll sell the Sedins before parting with Luongo. I do wish he or Kiprisoff would join us. Ellis gets 30 goals and beats out Towes for Calder!  Yay circus music…

I’m really looking forward to seeing them play San Jose at the Joe...woo hoo…

Posted by srt on 10/24/07 at 09:16 PM ET

@ HockeyTownTodd:  Thanks.  I suspect that may be a little before my time. 

@ srt: You might not want Kipprusoff.  Minnesota is kicking his Flame behind right now (scored three goals on about 7 shots in the first period).  Still, it’s early and he’s a slow starter.  Not to mention that the Wild have beaten just about everybody so far this season.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/24/07 at 09:24 PM ET

What’s with all these elite netminders being slow starters? Kipper, Luongo, Hasek? 

Anyone else think Fil looked really good tonight. On one shift he created chances (going behind the net) then came back and mad two strong defensive plays. There were some neutral zone manuevers that made me look twice to make sure it wasn’t Dats or Hank. Also, he gets to be on the ice for the last 90seconds...good stuff.

So, Hudler got paired with who tonight? I thought I saw him with Samuelson but then also with Kopecky. Then Ellis gets some #1 time with Pav and Hank--good for him.

Posted by srt on 10/24/07 at 10:02 PM ET

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