Abel to Yzerman
Biased, Unprofessional and Verbose
by George Malik on 08/16/10 at 01:27 PM ET
Comments (80)
The Chief let the lid off the big surprise this morning, and I’m happy to confirm the report:
The Emperor made me an offer I couldn’t refuse, and after an incredibly difficult decision-making process, I’m officially bringing my biased, unprofessional and verbose Red Wings coverage to Kukla’s Korner in mid-September. From the prospect camp coverage onward, I hope to bring the same level of inordinate post-counts and roughly-translated Swedish that you’ve come to expect on Snapshots into the as-yet-unnamed blog (suggestions for names/banners are welcome), and I couldn’t be happier to join the ever-expanding reach of the hardest-working blogger in the business in Paul Kukla.
MLive gave me my start and stuck with me for four-and-a-half years, and I can’t say enough good things about their kindness and patience with a still-raw blogger, but it’s time to move on and there was only one choice to make once Paul offered me the chance to join KK, especially given that there’s a fantastic community here that’s fitting the bill for my trip to Traverse City (and we’re 2/3rds of the way to signed/sealed/delivered already!).
As Paul stated this morning, KK will be adding more bloggers to the mix and the revised KK will allow members to filter their coverage, so there’s no need to fear a Red Wings overload.
In all seriousness, I’ve got a lot to live up working under The Emperor and The Chief, so I can only hope that this is the start of an inordinate amount of hard work and an opportunity to grow on an as-earned basis. I’m excited and admittedly a little overwhelmed by the move but it’s time to take a big leap and grow in the process.
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Comments
Welcome Aboard! Fantastic News!
Will your coverage remain basically the same, including NHL-related issues like Salary Cap / Labor issues? Or is it going to be more Red Wings specific, or perhaps more National based?
Posted by Cliff on 08/16/10 at 01:31 PM ET
Finally a Red Wings blogger at KK with a “semblance of objectivity”...and a “verbose” one at that. My life is now complete.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 08/16/10 at 01:32 PM ET
Welcome, George. I’m looking forward to being able to actually comment on your posts without having to register at MLive. This will definitely class up the joint.
Posted by Amerinadian from Chicago via Toronto on 08/16/10 at 01:32 PM ET
Welcome and congrats George! looking forward to your work here.
Posted by Andy from FightNight on 08/16/10 at 01:36 PM ET
I raise my Jameson’s to you, George. Glad you’re here. w00t(exclamation point)
Posted by SYF from the bottom of my, what, 11teenth pint of Guinness? on 08/16/10 at 01:37 PM ET
Cliff: Same stuff, different place. Still going to blather on about the CBA and NHLPA. I wouldn’t have agreed to come here without that caveat.
Drew: Going to do my best to write even longer and less exciting post titles.
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 08/16/10 at 01:37 PM ET
Drew: Going to do my best to write even longer and less exciting post titles.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 08/16/10 at 01:37 PM ET
yessssssssssssssssssssss
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 08/16/10 at 01:41 PM ET
75% of my clicks on mlive found their way over to George’s Snapshots.
This may be expected as both IWOCPO and the Emperor (rw1) originated back in mlive/redwings years ago but outgrew it. The migration of George Malik only makes sense.
Pretty soon we can expect to see Mitch Albom petitioning PK for his own blog at KK, which I hope is summarily rejected because trolls already provide enough douchebaggery.
Posted by RWBill from the Capital of the Confederacy. on 08/16/10 at 01:41 PM ET
Welcome, the more the better. Now to get Baroque a blog.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 08/16/10 at 01:43 PM ET
hi there,
now enough with the niceness,start overloading us with Wings material
Posted by edillac from isolation on 08/16/10 at 01:47 PM ET
Welcome aboard, bitch.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 08/16/10 at 01:48 PM ET
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 08/16/10 at 01:43 PM ET
Why don’t you blog about Baroque? After all, your head is so far up her ass you can tell what she had for dinner a couple of days ago.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 08/16/10 at 01:49 PM ET
Excellent!
George, while I think you could have done well on your own, I am happy you chose to go with Paul and KK. Your coverage of the Wings is second to none. No question Paul has worked hard and earned everything here at KK, when guys like you come on board, it makes this place even better. It’s kinda like that Yzerman thing in Tampa - Paul being the “Yzerman” of this site, attracting and bringing on talent that wants to be a part of something good.
Congrats to you and Paul.
Now, let’s make sure you stay here and don’t pull a “Dave Strader” and bolt for the big leagues after you’ve been “discovered”.
Posted by TheFreak on 08/16/10 at 01:52 PM ET
Congrats George…
Posted by Tony from Virginia Beach, VA on 08/16/10 at 01:42 PM ET
Get out of here. troll!
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 08/16/10 at 01:53 PM ET
Congrats, George. It’ll be great to have you on KK.
Posted by Cwix from Grand Rapids, now Roanoke, VA on 08/16/10 at 01:53 PM ET
Fantastic. This warms the cockles of my heart.
Posted by Crater from SoCal on 08/16/10 at 01:53 PM ET
KK gets it’s own “GM”.
Congrats George!
Enjoy Traverse and have some fun.
Posted by Rumbear from Top O da Hasek, preparing on 08/16/10 at 01:57 PM ET
Welcome… always like your posts on Snapshots, and they will add a lot of value to KK, not just for Wings fans, but your voice in support of the point of view of the NHLPA and many NHL GMs/owners is one that this site sorely needs.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 08/16/10 at 02:02 PM ET
Welcome George! Great to have you over here, sad to see MLive suffer losing you.
Posted by Hippy Dave from Portland by way of Detroit on 08/16/10 at 02:13 PM ET
Welcome aboard George. This makes my morning Wings reading that much easier. Friggin mint.
Posted by ITDeuce from The Land of Ice and Snow on 08/16/10 at 02:17 PM ET
@ Hippy Dave
I think it’s more sad to see George having to suffer through posting at MLive. 
Posted by TheFreak on 08/16/10 at 02:22 PM ET
Just what the rest of the league’s fans feared…a Respectable Red Wings blogger joining the frontlines.
But, to ease their worries, I’ll recant the words of the Great Sean Leahy during last season’s first round series against Phoennipeg:
“George Malik sure is a clown.”
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 08/16/10 at 02:24 PM ET
*Ducks. Watches sh!t fly overhead and smack inner cubicle wall.*
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 08/16/10 at 02:25 PM ET
I’m just glad I don’t have to remember another log-in to comment on George’s stuff.
Welcome aboard, George!
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 08/16/10 at 02:37 PM ET
I hope to bring the same level of inordinate post-counts and roughly-translated Swedish
What, no Russian?
Seriously George, welcome aboard. I cannot say enough good things about this move, it’s excellent for all of us. You pitied me when I told you at H2H that Snapshots was one of my few daily must-reads, well, pity me no more. If anyone asks again, I’ll just say that Kukla’s Korner is…
I look forward to Biased, Unprofessional, and Verbose making its debut.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 08/16/10 at 02:37 PM ET
And as for titles for your blog, well, I bow to your Mitteleuropean ancestry, and suggest a name that is much beloved that we bestowed upon another, but who is now retired from the Red Wings ranks…
“The Czech Miracle of Insanity.”
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 08/16/10 at 02:40 PM ET
Abel to Yzerman. the alphabet is covered
Except for Abdelkader.
Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 08/16/10 at 01:40 PM ET
You’re an idiot.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 08/16/10 at 02:40 PM ET
Bad blog name ideas:
Malik Ice Intent
Malik of Forethought
The Globe and Malik
GJ Malik and the Funky Bunch
Malik-Lekka-Hi Malik-Hiney-Ho
Claude from Colorado’s Corner
Bettman’s Fan Club
Klaatu Barada Malikto
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 08/16/10 at 02:49 PM ET
Dig it. Glad to see that GM is getting his own blog on KK.
As for a name?
RW Live (lame!)
Maison Malik (oooh! worse!)
/really bad at this
//stops now
Posted by Brooklyn Deuce from Fauborg Marigny on 08/16/10 at 02:57 PM ET
Again, welcome aboard George.
Now that you’re moving away from Snapshots and MLive, does this mean you can finally spill all of that dirt you’ve been saving up on Khan(!)? Inquiring minds want to know…
Posted by chollis from Seattle. Seriously. on 08/16/10 at 03:27 PM ET
George Malik Place.
George Malik and the Sunshine Band.
Malik’d your Mom.
Malik and Hobbes.
Malik and Murphy, Ph.D, D.U.I. (respectively)
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 08/16/10 at 03:30 PM ET
“Red Wings, by George”
Posted by RWBill from the Capital of the Confederacy. on 08/16/10 at 03:38 PM ET
Sounds like we need to have George on a Puckcast.
Posted by Forklift from Section 314 in the United Center on 08/16/10 at 03:38 PM ET
“The Artist Formerly known as MLive.com George”
Posted by Amerinadian from Chicago via Toronto on 08/16/10 at 03:46 PM ET
From God’s Country, welcome aboard.
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 08/16/10 at 03:58 PM ET
Biased, Unprofessional and Verbose
Three qualities I find highly appealing in a Wings blogger. Welcome aboard, George.
Posted by BobTheZee on 08/16/10 at 04:11 PM ET
George, are the Snapshots archives still going to be available at MLive or another location, or will they be forever lost?
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 08/16/10 at 04:18 PM ET
I’m officially bringing my biased, unprofessional and verbose Red Wings coverage to Kukla’s Korner in mid-September
+19. Welcome home.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 08/16/10 at 04:27 PM ET
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Booooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Isht is ON!
Congrats a billion times George! Looking forward to actually commenting on your posts and not having those idiots from the Mlive forum infest it. Woo.
Posted by Osrt on 08/16/10 at 04:42 PM ET
Is George on the H2H2 list now? ha, welcome man, good to see you here.
Posted by FranzensMouthguard from Chicago, IL on 08/16/10 at 04:50 PM ET
George Malik and the mothers of invention
George Malik and the mothers of intervention
George Malik and his magic band
Curious George
Better than Marek Malik
Posted by Andy from FightNight on 08/16/10 at 05:10 PM ET
Welcome George! So glad that you are making the jump over here.
How about “Malik’s Mowtown Lowdown” for a title?
Posted by aaron in phoenix from Section 102 on 08/16/10 at 06:11 PM ET
* er…I meant “Malik’s Motown Lowdown”
Posted by aaron in phoenix from Section 102 on 08/16/10 at 06:15 PM ET
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Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 08/16/10 at 01:30 PM ET