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Retroactive to 1 April: McLellan Returning To Wings
by IwoCPO on 04/20/09 at 01:54 PM ET
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Updated below with an ethical dilemma…for some.
Via the National Sports Review,
In a stunning turn of events, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Monday accepted the request of San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan to return to the Detroit Red Wings.
Unaware that the playoffs had even started, Bettman admitted that McLellan’s request was unprecedented and caught him off guard.
“This was a surprise,” Bettman said. “But in the end, the league determined that it would be best for the NHL if McLellan returned to a city where people actually care about the sport.”
I considered leaving the Sharks alone today. I did. But then I remembered Joe Thornton’s little yelp on the bench, “WE’RE the best team in the NHL.”
And then I rememberd I’d read this earlier this week…
Most Wings bloggers I know are relatively level-headed. It’s their readers (or the ones that post comments) that are the assholes.
by XXXXXX on Apr 16, 2009 10:53 AM PDT
That was me (the level-headed one) who deleted the name. But I’ll tell you (the assholes) that it’s a fairly reputable Shark blogger. So you tell me, am I being too rough on the Sharks?
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Really going for the jugular of the Sharkies today. Don’t they have enough problems to deal with?
Then again, we have always enjoyed adding insult to… well, insult to anything.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/20/09 at 02:03 PM ET
Priceless Chief, absolutely hilarious. Well-done Man. As much dissain as Bob Birge has for Bettman had me wondering if you wrote this yourself.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 04/20/09 at 02:03 PM ET
“We’re thrilled to have Todd back,” Babcock said. “Frankly, we always wondered why he would want to leave the best organization in sports.”
Although this is likely what Babcock would plan to say, it would come out in a total of 5 words, and in a way to make us all ponder the fine line between genius and insanity.
“Ohio is such a big state,” Bettman repeatedly sighed while lost on 1-75 somewhere outside of Dayton.
Nice touch.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 04/20/09 at 02:05 PM ET
So you tell me, am I being too rough on the Sharks?
Nope. You’re going too easy on them Chief. Let ‘er rip….
I want to see a Sharks photoshop thread so that we can all take our turn at trying to figure out how to work “CHOKER” into a photoshop, and I want people to call Boyle, Blake, and Thornton nasty names.
Posted by Primis on 04/20/09 at 02:17 PM ET
and I want people to call Boyle, Blake, and Thornton nasty names.
Posted by Primis on 04/20/09 at 03:17 PM ET
Don’t forget Fraud Lepuke. That *#$%@& deserves even nastier dung flung his way.
Posted by SYF from a "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on 04/20/09 at 02:21 PM ET
Eff the Sharks and their septic tank or whatever the hell it is they call it. Pour it on ‘em Chief.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 04/20/09 at 02:23 PM ET
That was me (the level-headed one) who deleted the name. But I’ll tell you (the assholes) that it’s a fairly reputable Shark blogger.
The name in question is nothing a little Google search couldn’t discover.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 04/20/09 at 02:24 PM ET
Enjoy.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Lidstrom's head telling him 1 more year on 04/20/09 at 02:26 PM ET
Chief, I was just giving you a hard time. I say let ‘em have it. It’s what they get for choking, yet again.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/20/09 at 02:27 PM ET
The name in question is nothing a little Google search couldn’t discover.
I consistently underestimate you Tyler.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 04/20/09 at 02:28 PM ET
Well, hold on, I guess to be fair, they haven’t lost the series yet. The Wings turned the comeback trick in ‘02, so it could happen.
So I guess I should say let ‘em have it because I couldn’t give two shits about their stupid teal-clad team.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/20/09 at 02:28 PM ET
Chief, I was just giving you a hard time. I say let ‘em have it. It’s what they get for choking, yet again.
Oh, I know Nathan. I just needed a line to throw in there. No worries.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 04/20/09 at 02:29 PM ET
If the A2Y 19 are assholes, they are the greatest group off assholes ever.
That photoshop by Bean is a classic.
As is this post by RumBear, which deserves re-posting:
Oh they are doing fine in San Hosey. Yup, stable as ever…..
San Jose (Reuters) – A 12-year old boy is being hailed as a hero for his actions in a San Jose restaurant yesterday afternoon.
The boy was dining with his parents at the up-scale ‘Loft Bar & Bistro’ on Second St., when a man began to choke on a piece of steak he was eating. The man’s face began to turn red as he pointed frantically at his hockey jersey.
Luckily for the man, 12-year old Steven Cooper knew what to do.
“I saw the man point to his Sharks jersey” recalled Steven. “I knew from past years that around late April anyone wearing a San Jose Sharks jersey is prone to choking, so I suspected he was in trouble.”
The boy proceeded to run across the restaurant and administer the Heimlich maneuver.
“That boy saved my life.” Said the man, wishing not to be identified. “This Sharks jersey is better than a giant sign that says ‘help me I am choking in late April.’”.
Several Sharks players, who were getting a pre-game drink, witnessed the event. Patrick Marleau, the Sharks captain, had a front row seat for the heroism.
“This kid came from nowhere, what a hero.” Marleau stated. “I wish I could prevent choking like that,” He added.
Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabakov was also in attendance.
“That child, so brave!” Said the goalie as he mishandled his butter knife, dropping a dinner roll that hit the ground and rolled slowly between his feet as he attempted to stop it. “Darn, that always happens to me”.
Cooper’s parents said they raised the boy as a Sharks fan, and that may have been the best decision they ever made. “Only a boy used to so much choking would have been able to save that man, and little Stevie has been around choking his entire life.”
Posted by Rumbear from roof of the Hasek, hitting golf balls….. on 04/20/09 at 01:46 PM ET
Posted by w2j2 on 04/20/09 at 02:30 PM ET
I consistently underestimate you Tyler.
“I don’t doubt myself. Ever.” Chris Osgood instilled such fortitude within me when he, I and Joe Thornton traversed a 3-day weekend camping trip to Chokeback Mountain last summer. While Oz was teaching the finer points of Cup-raising, Joe was constantly trying to sneak his hand into my waistline despite my numerous attempts to discourage this behavior. I told him, “this isn’t like that one movie,” to which Joe replied by coughing, clutching his neck with both hands, and bowing out of the first round. The last thing didn’t make much sense to me at the time but now I’m starting to understand.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 04/20/09 at 02:35 PM ET
Wonder if they would consider hiring The Mullet to replace McLellan. Or since they have a passion for resurfacing utterly forgettable Vagalanchers, maybe they would sign Patrick Roy to BEAT some energy into the team.
They looked HORRIBLE last night….absolutely atrocious. I found myself rooting for the boor bastards in the hopes that Drapes and Mac might get another shot at LePuke.
Maybe next year 
Posted by The Hurricane on 04/20/09 at 02:35 PM ET
Oh, and farking OUTSTANDING PS wingsfaninbeanland. Thanks for the new wallpaper.
and LOL @ septic tank
Posted by The Hurricane on 04/20/09 at 02:37 PM ET
I’ve been feeling like crap all day(flu) and I come here. I feel better already(lie). At least my spirits are lifted a bit. Freaking great material here today.Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 04/20/09 at 02:43 PM ET
And once again, WingsFanInBeanLand does not dissapoint. Classic.
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 04/20/09 at 02:51 PM ET
And once again, my spelling/grammar escapes me. Dammit.
Posted by Incognetis from Delaware... Hi... I'm in... Delaware on 04/20/09 at 02:52 PM ET
Clod LePuke-1 freaking assist all year. What a joke. Wife saw bench shot of him last nite. They kept the camera on him a long time. She said he looked like an old man.
Babcock’s heroes-Awesome.
Posted by Jeff from Loveland, CO on 04/20/09 at 02:55 PM ET
Little Stevies a hero! Who knew?
Check out the Sharks page chatroom. It’s quite edumacational. Between worrying about the temperatures of lattes in Orange County for game #3 and how their pre-torn blue jeans fit the fans manage to trash Joe T and everyone’s friend Drew Remora. and gueass what…Todd’s not talking. Big surprise there.
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, when in doubt, pinky out on 04/20/09 at 02:58 PM ET
It’s too bad he was unwilling to post those comments on his space at the Empire.
No matter. No group of fans are “assholes” or “classless” as a GROUP. You can’t honestly say “all [insert team here] fans are assholes”. If you say that, that makes you an *#$%@&.
There are trolls on the internet for everything. Yes, there are PLENTY of Red Wing trolls. There are plenty of San Jose Shark trolls. There are lots of Yankees and Red Sox trolls. There are trolls on forums and websites and blogs that have nothing to do with hockey. I’m sure there are trolls in some nerdy Star Wars online forum.
Part of the internet is that we all, occasionally, will use it as a shield to say something we wouldn’t otherwise say.
If any of you, including Mr. Reputable Sharks Blogger himself, act like you’ve NEVER said something via the interweb that you wouldn’t say in real life, shut the hell up, you’re a liar! I know I have! And I know you have! We’ve all had at least a moment or two of false bravado knowing that we can shit all over someone a million miles away because we’ve got wires and switches and routers and LCD screens and fake aliases that don’t identify us well protecting us.
The only reason people think there are more *#$%@& Wing fans is because there are more Wing fans. If there were just as many Shark fans as Wing fans, there’d be just as many Shark trolls on the blogs and forums as there are Wing trolls.
Newsflash—when teams win, they gain fans. I don’t like bandwagon Wings fans that decided to be fans in 1997 or 1998 either, but it’s just something that happens. And yes, not to be another *#$%@& Wing fan, but check it out—San Jose isn’t half the hockey market Detroit/Windsor and Michigan are. I don’t say that to be rude. I know there are tons of passionate Sharks fans. But let’s be honest here, please. One community has had hockey a part of its sporting culture for about a hundred years, the other for how long?
Get over it. We don’t come to A2Y to make comments that make Sharks fans happy, we come here to get together, share our common love for our hometown team, and rant and rave about it. I won’t speak for the Chief since it’s his blog, but I would imagine it’s an open-door policy—we’ve got no problem if you want to come read and comment along with us, but for chrissakes, get off your soapbox and evaluate your own fanbase’s attitude on the web—there’s plenty of internet trolls to go with every team.
And if you even think of blasting us for being arrogant? There’s a perfectly good reason we always think we have a good team that’s capable of winning the Cup. BECAUSE WE ALWAYS DO (thanks, Kenny). And when we panic when things don’t go well and then you criticize us for over-reacting? You can’t have it both ways, so what is it? We complain too much, or we’re too arrogant?
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/20/09 at 02:59 PM ET
Meh, I think it’s that we’re far too arrogant until the millisecond we see a speck on the windshield that might be a crack. Then, we’re a whiny over-reacting mess. I admit it.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 04/20/09 at 03:05 PM ET
Thank You, Nathan, for expressing what I think most of the 19, arrogant, assholes around here feel, and, quite eloquently. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 04/20/09 at 03:06 PM ET
Like we’re supposed to care what that whiny little douche-holster Mikey Chen thinks?
Guffaw!
Found this in that comment section there, though:
Couple of years ago at A2Y I got into it with several red wings fans. Let’s just say there were several references to the proclivities of San Franciscan men and California’ hispanic population. In other words, it got good. Then the whole comment thread was then deleted. Haven’t been back since.
Heh…
Posted by O-Joe on 04/20/09 at 03:13 PM ET
Meh, I think it’s that we’re far too arrogant until the millisecond we see a speck on the windshield that might be a crack. Then, we’re a whiny over-reacting mess. I admit it.
You’re damn right, we do. I admit it, too. And I think most die-hard fans of any team—Wings, Sharks, whatever—do the exact same neurotic things regarding their fandom.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/20/09 at 03:15 PM ET
douche-holster
Well done. A few days ago RWBIll gave us “douche nozzle”, now we’ve got “douche holster”. Looks like we’re getting heavy into the “douche accessories” market. Perhaps Cindy Crosby would be interested in investing in our ideas?
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/20/09 at 03:17 PM ET
We’ve all had at least a moment or two of false bravado knowing that we can shit all over someone a million miles away because we’ve got wires and switches and routers and LCD screens and fake aliases that don’t identify us well protecting us.
BALLS! Who gave this away? What’s next…..publish CIA interrogation techniques?
So much for nom de plumes
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, when in doubt, pinky out on 04/20/09 at 03:18 PM ET
Another gem, from the same XXXXXXXX thread ...
Eh, A2Y is a shithole anyways. I don’t even really go to many Red Wings blogs. A2Y just sucks. Winging It In Motown/Behind the Jersey ain’t bad, Christy does some good work, but most of the stuff there is more in the way of game recaps and such. I want statistical analysis and I want sillyness. I find it odd that a team so popular in real life is one of the more underrepresented teams on the internet. I end up rooting for a lot of teams based on their bloggers, as long as they aren’t facing the Red Wings.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 04/20/09 at 03:22 PM ET
For the love of sweet baby Jesus, they signed Claude the Turtle and expected him to make an impact. It is not possible to be too rough on the Sharks.
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago...nope, still not over it. on 04/20/09 at 03:25 PM ET
Well done. A few days ago RWBIll gave us “douche nozzle”, now we’ve got “douche holster”. Looks like we’re getting heavy into the “douche accessories” market. Perhaps Cindy Crosby would be interested in investing in our ideas?
If Pierre is the Douche Canoe Cindy is the Commodore of the Douche Fleet. Joe Thorton would be bilge boy of the S.S. Summer’s Eve.
Posted by wingsfanindenver on 04/20/09 at 03:26 PM ET
Another gem, from the same XXXXXXXX thread ...
Eh, A2Y is a shithole anyways. I don’t even really go to many Red Wings blogs. A2Y just sucks. Winging It In Motown/Behind the Jersey ain’t bad, Christy does some good work, but most of the stuff there is more in the way of game recaps and such. I want statistical analysis and I want sillyness. I find it odd that a team so popular in real life is one of the more underrepresented teams on the internet. I end up rooting for a lot of teams based on their bloggers, as long as they aren’t facing the Red Wings.
Saw that too Tyler. Then I read up on our friend IamJoe a bit. Seems he “thought about starting his own blog” a few times but never followed through with it.
Unless, of course, he’s the brains behind RW Hardware. I haven’t forgotten about that dick yet either.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 04/20/09 at 03:26 PM ET
Looks like Chen had an extra serving of Bitch Flakes that morning.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 04/20/09 at 03:27 PM ET
Bettman at Nationwide on Tuesday.
Guess he has to personally make sure that the upstarts win a game.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 04/20/09 at 03:30 PM ET
Nathan, I’m getting you stoned-f*cking drunk. Slainte!
Posted by SYF from a "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on 04/20/09 at 03:34 PM ET
douche nozzle
I think we can thank Baroque for that, but too lazy to look.
Nathan, remind me to never refer to you as an a$$hole. 
Oh yeah, way to stick up for your teammates. Downey would be proud.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 04/20/09 at 03:34 PM ET
Bettman at Nationwide on Tuesday
I was going to say I hope he is mic’d up for our viewing pleasure, but I have a feeling I would expel the contents from my stomach in the wrong direction every time he spake.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 04/20/09 at 03:35 PM ET
Then I read up on our friend IamJoe a bit. Seems he “thought about starting his own blog” a few times but never followed through with it.
Back to Joe:
... but most of the stuff there is more in the way of game recaps and such. I want statistical analysis and I want sillyness.
Here’s Joe with, of all things, a game recap at CLS: http://redwingsvbluejackets.blogspot.com/2009/04/detclb-game-1-morning-after.html
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 04/20/09 at 03:37 PM ET
So I_Am_Joe lives in Denver and hangs out at a Sharks site blowing Chen? Sounds about right…
Posted by O-Joe on 04/20/09 at 03:37 PM ET
Man, I can’t wait for next series when this all potentially turns to Earl-bashing.
Posted by Earl Sleek from Anaheim, CA on 04/20/09 at 03:43 PM ET
Man, I can’t wait for next series when this all potentially turns to Earl-bashing.
2 more W’s first & then you’ll have your turn.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 04/20/09 at 03:45 PM ET
“douche accessories”
doucheories?
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Warm and sunny SoCal on 04/20/09 at 03:49 PM ET
why wait ?
Earl, your mother wears army boots.
Posted by mc keeper from The Home Of Lord Stan on 04/20/09 at 03:49 PM ET
I guess in the meantime I can offer a BoC piece of Thornton-mockery for you guys. Enjoy.
Yummy!
Posted by Earl Sleek from Anaheim, CA on 04/20/09 at 03:50 PM ET
Here’s Joe with, of all things, a game recap at CLS: http://redwingsvbluejackets.blogspot.com/2009/04/detclb-game-1-morning-after.html
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 04/20/09 at 04:37 PM ET
did you read the comments? Joe with an exclamation point and use of the word “wonderful” all in one sentence. IamJoeJonas is more like it.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 04/20/09 at 03:50 PM ET
I just wish the BJs would get more *#$%@& bloggers. I like Bethany too much to bash her. I’m stuck with having to read from their fans on news tidbit comments all the stupidity I’m used to hearing elsewhere.
“Waaaaah, the Wings cheat!”
“Play phsyically and the soft euros will wilt!”
“Detroit had it too easy last year!”
Actually, those things are even still pretty few-and-far-between. Mostly the BJs fans are enjoying the playoff run, accepting reality that they knew they probably wouldn’t beat the Wings, and are hoping their boys can make it an interesting series to build off of.
Stupid generally-nice fanbase….
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 04/20/09 at 03:51 PM ET
Looks like Chen had an extra serving of Bitch Flakes that morning.
It sure does!
Nathan, I’m getting you stoned-f*cking drunk. Slainte!
Feel free to send a six-pack of any Bell’s brew to my PO box.
Nathan, remind me to never refer to you as an a$$hole.
Haha, thanks, but if we’re a-holes, I’d rather be a-holes together with the rest of ya’, so call me the biggest a-hole of them all.
Man, I can’t wait for next series when this all potentially turns to Earl-bashing.
I wouldn’t worry about it, unless you plan on getting on a soapbox and acting like all Ducks fans are wine-and-cheese classy and never ever say silly things on the interweb.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 04/20/09 at 03:52 PM ET
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