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Chemistry
by IwoCPO on 03/08/08 at 10:26 AMComments (16)
Here’s what I know about chemistry. In tenth grade I failed it, and I mean miserably. The innocent young maiden sitting next to me tried to help by drawing the entire periodic table on her thigh then letting me look at it during tests (and only during tests you sick bastards), but even that didn’t work. I applaud her efforts though. Sweet girl. Grew up on a farm, then moved to the big city to try to get into acting, only to find talent alone...nevermind.
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Tags: Babcock, Cleary, Downey, Drake, Draper, Hasek, Holland, Holmstrom, Hudler, Maltby, McCarty, Osgood, Samuelsson,
Tags: Babcock, Cleary, Downey, Drake, Draper, Hasek, Holland, Holmstrom, Hudler, Maltby, McCarty, Osgood, Samuelsson,
Kevin Allen On The Wings
by IwoCPO on 11/30/07 at 07:37 PMComments (5)
Don’t get all excited. It’s a day old. But I just read again the transcript of the Allen interview with Stoney and Bandwagon Bob (Wojo) on WDFN and a few things jumped out at me that I think deserve my genius analysis.
Pain in HD
by IwoCPO on 11/29/07 at 09:46 AMComments (3)
Yes. The Wing/Lightning (tilt, matchup) game (scrum, bonanza, faceoff, match, tete a tete) tonite is on HDNet. Damn, now that’s some good news. I can’t imagine being able to watch Derek Meetch on a wing in anything other than high definition. And of course you know why Uncle Mike’s considering putting Meech on the wing, because Kris Draper’s out with a knee. And Kirk Maltby’ s most likely out with a shoulder. And Matt Ellis is out with, yeah, a head.
Here’s my stance on Wing injuries: anyone but Zetterberg and Lidstrom. I, like you, lull myself into some idiotic rationalization regarding ailments. “As long as it’s not...”, or an even better one, “good thing he got hurt in November and not March.” I want to punch myself in the temple every time I catch myself thinking that, as if an injury in the first quarter of the season fulfills a quota that would prevent bad things in April. Godddd...idiot.
Oh...you’re above that? Okaayyyy. Lying liar.
One Liners: Minor, Major, Does It Matter?
by IwoCPO on 10/15/07 at 06:30 AMComments (24)
Kris Draper’s a frigging rebel. On a night when the boxscore could have made an emphatic statement, he had to go and throw a shorty in there. If not for his unassisted goal in the second the entire scoresheet would have been dominated by the to this point unnamed Zetterberg, Homer and Datsyuk line.
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Tags: Bertuzzi, Datsyuk, Deep+Diggers, Drake, Draper, Holland, Holland, Holmstrom, Kopecky, Maltby, Markov, Samuelsson, Zetterberg,
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Sipple: Cleary Ready For Big Year
by IwoCPO on 09/12/07 at 04:58 AMComments (0)
JV Deep Digger George Sipple, still trying to make his mark in a town that is bursting at the seams with ambitious beat writers, caught up with Dan Cleary and Kris Draper yesterday. Undoubtedly, Mike Babcock will be relieved to read that both players approve of the lines he’s tentatively floated, the same lines that will change approximately 233 times before Christmas.
“When I look at our team and the depth that we have, obviously management believes we can do it from within,” Cleary said. “Filppula—great young talent. Hudler, Franzen all have the ability to make up the second line.”
Draper agreed.
“You look at Filppula; you look at the year Clears had last year,” Draper said. “From the sounds of it, Pav and Hank are each going to play center. So we can still have a balance of some good lines.”
