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Can You Watch It Yet?
by IwoCPO on 06/22/08 at 09:33 AM ET
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It’s been twenty days.
Long enough?
This morning was the first time I could bring myself to watch this. And despite all that followed it in the coming days?
It still hurts more than a little.
I don’t think I’m being greedy or ungrateful when I say that still makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little.
I’m going back on vacation.
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Imagine watching the game live @ The Joe and being this close to witnessing the cup celebration on home ice. Now that must have been a bit harder then watching the game on tv. Even though I knew they would bounce back.
Great teams find a way to win, end of story. End of Pittsburgh.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/24/08 at 06:34 PM ET
you’re really a wings fan if; you have more then two wings pics on your digital photo key chain.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/24/08 at 06:43 PM ET
I use to think we needed a John madden type on our team. But with the emergence of Franzen he’s much better then Madden. I really think Franzen could be selke material. I said that a couple of years ago and people thought I was nuts.
Off to watch the Tigers.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/24/08 at 06:48 PM ET
Anyone wonder if Kronwall will be as good of an open ice hitter as konstantinov was? vladdy was an artist at open ice hitting. Anyone can throw a check in the corner and along the boards but the art of a good open ice hit is awesome. I remember when Vladdy nailed Dale Hawerdchuk in the Philly finals years ago. sweet open ice hit. Smoked poor Dale.
Mike Peca use to be a real good open ice hitter proving you don’t have to be big. just timing and no fear.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/24/08 at 08:24 PM ET
check out the news and notes on the video player… scotty bowman on the cusp of taking over as director of the blackhawks?!
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=241569&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
Posted by christpuncher from detroit on 06/24/08 at 09:56 PM ET
Sure! It’s easy to watch now because it’s a footnote now.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 06/24/08 at 10:08 PM ET
Thank God it’s a footnote. Does lil miss hottie, twocup3 ring a bell SYF? No more clues.LOL.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/24/08 at 10:12 PM ET
No sweat B; you just weeded out another closeted man (to mix metaphors) who probably had a secret fetish for animated animal porn.
Posted by Osrt on 06/24/08 at 10:40 PM ET
Well, since I’ll have more time now… 
Actually, I’m getting over it pretty quickly - how else could I respond when told “you’re a great woman, and have so many special qualities, and I have a lot of fun with you, but the problem is you are so intelligent that you make me feel emasculated around my friends…so I think we’d be better off not seeing each other.”
At least he had the decency to call it off face-to-face. I can respect that.
It’s just a bummer when you meet someone sweet and they tell you essentially they like their women smart enough to have a conversation with, but not smart enough to make them feel like less of a man.
*sigh* 
At least we split before the season started again. That would have been several more months down the tubes when he found out I get a little hockey crazy! 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 07:44 AM ET
I maintain my original theory.
Emasculated because your girlfriend is smart? or, god forbid, smarter than you? That’s like saying, sorry but you’re too attractive for me. I need someone with a little more, you know, camel hump.
Tool.
Hope y’all stay friends; educate that poor bastard.
Posted by Osrt on 06/25/08 at 07:52 AM ET
Baroque- your name is it music or art oriented? Or am I know where near it?
If it is art I am a Vincent Van Gogh fan (starry night). Mr swirling mystical madness. He could have been a goal tender.LOL As weird as he was.LOL. He would have talked to the post and crossbar all the time.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 08:13 AM ET
we need a pic of van Gogh’s head on Ozzy’s bod while in the net. The fool wouldn’t have wore a helmet I am sure. 
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 08:20 AM ET
That’s what this thread is turning into, a Van Gogh, ear and all 
Breaking up is a sticky issue, one of those issues you’d prefer to not touch with a ten-foot pole, but, Baroque, that dork could use a few whacks to the head with a Zdeno Chara-sized hockey stick. “Chivalry isn’t dead” can equal some serious-ass moronic behaviour on behalf of those “old-fashioned” guys…
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 06/25/08 at 09:04 AM ET
gotta respect the guy for being honest breaking up with a compliment to you though. i usually take the low road. “you’re crazy” and “you lack most of the qualities i look for in a human being” make it much easier to distance myself from the situation. but for my part, i also believe those were honest…
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/25/08 at 09:58 AM ET
didn’t mean for that to sound like you deserved to be broken up with. from everything i’ve seen, your intelligent, well thought out comments on this blog (and your wings allegiance, naturally) lead me to believe you are quite the catch, as opposed to the girls i see around dallas that know more about the dynamics of a spray tan booth and “the hills” than they do about world politics and social injustice
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/25/08 at 10:09 AM ET
I’ve often thought that intelligence is a prerequisite, and that, arguably speaking, dating someone “smarter than me” would not be a bad thing, but that’s just some weird guy talking…
Posted by George Malik from South Lyon, MI on 06/25/08 at 10:49 AM ET
Stuff happens. That’s life. The only way to avoid getting hurt is never meeting anyone - and I’m claustrophobic, so I have to get out sometimes.
Baroque- your name is it music or art oriented? Or am I know where near it?
I’m a complete sucker for Antonio Vivaldi.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 11:23 AM ET
interesting place for sympathy, but can I get in on it too? I’m newly single, after an almost year-long relationship where we spent a ton of time together. it ended badly, and I’m having a very hard time getting over it.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/25/08 at 11:29 AM ET
I’ll have to checkout some of Vivaldi. I’m a Samuel Barber, Claude Debussy and Michael Nyman fan. A Jazz Freak and much more.
Intelligence is sexy, along with a sense of humor, killer smile and Red Wing addict.
Past relationships, you don’t want to know. Important part is to let go of it. No fun being bitter. It takes time, that ugly four letter word. If I am anything it is resilient.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 12:00 PM ET
interesting place for sympathy, but can I get in on it too? I’m newly single, after an almost year-long relationship where we spent a ton of time together. it ended badly, and I’m having a very hard time getting over it.
*hugs*
As long as she didn’t go after you with a knife, it didn’t end as badly as the relationship of one of my friends - as as long as she didn’t leave you bankrupt, it didn’t end as badly as one of mine.
I wonder if this is a reflection of how boring the Wings offseason is so far.
No new coaches.
No “immediate saviour” draft picks.
No new owners.
No owners committing felonies.
No major stars contemplating retirement (Sakic and Niedermayer, part II).
No major UFAs (e.g. Hossa) expected to jump ship.
No major housecleaning, as is happening in Toronto.
Just where the Stanley Cup is going to be next. Dullsville.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 12:03 PM ET
George commented on the chara size stick. Brings me to this thought. Since both charra and Redden left ottawa neither have been as good alone as they were together. Lidstrom can make anyone paired with him look good. However Redden and Chara lack that ability.
I still shake my head at the five game suspension Fedorov received when his stick hit Chara’s helmet when chara was an Islander playing against the Wings. what a joke.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 12:17 PM ET
I’ll have to checkout some of Vivaldi. I’m a Samuel Barber, Claude Debussy and Michael Nyman fan. A Jazz Freak and much more.
Yo-Yo Ma also did an album of baroque cello pieces by J.S. Bach (Simply Baroque).
And for something different, if you can stand classical at all, give Turlough O’Carolan a shot. He was a blind Irish harpist from the 17th and 18th centuries, and I’ve found that even people who don’t normally like Celtic music but do like classical music find his pieces appealing.
And for something completely different, there is always Cajun or Zydeco music, like the group Beausoleil. I especially love listening to that in February when it gets dark at what seems like 2:00 in the afternoon.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 12:20 PM ET
And for something different, if you can stand classical at all, give Turlough O’Carolan a shot. He was a blind Irish harpist from the 17th and 18th centuries, and I’ve found that even people who don’t normally like Celtic music but do like classical music find his pieces appealing.
Good God. I’m about one classical music comment away from ending this dumbass vacation right here and now.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 06/25/08 at 12:28 PM ET
George commented on the chara size stick. Brings me to this thought. Since both charra and Redden left ottawa neither have been as good alone as they were together. Lidstrom can make anyone paired with him look good. However Redden and Chara lack that ability.
Some Ottawa fans have wondered if the Senators kept the wrong defenseman when they made a choice between Redden and Chara.
Sounds like you think the best choice would have been to keep both (although not possible financially) because they don’t have the same ability to “elevate the game” of their partner - although Chara might be better at that because of the altitude.
I do think it’s cool that he is climbing Kilimanjaro for charity this summer, though.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 12:30 PM ET
I wonder if this is a reflection of how boring the Wings offseason is so far.
Somewhat of an understatement….
I hope it is not an indication of next season.
I am thinking of posting some Alexander Pope, or Ben Stein on HTT.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 06/25/08 at 12:43 PM ET
Man. I check in here and a lot’s happened since I last poked my head around.
Baroque, nothing but a crying shame about the breakup. For what it’s worth, it’s his mistake, the jackanape. And if he can’t address you with regional terms of endearment, then he doesn’t deserve you. Am I right, a chuisle?
“Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.”
Gotta love the Dorothy Parker. Now SHE had a realistic view of romance.
(And I WISH I could meet a woman who could talk down to me. Never have, but hasn’t stopped me from dating them. I don’t want to brag, but trust me, a MENSA-level IQ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.)
And I thought you were referencing the Neal Stephenson books. Always was more of an Elgar man myself, but partial to a bit of Handel in the right mood. That’s not to say I’m not nearly as highbrow as it looks, my tastes generally run more plebian than that. As long as we’re discussing music and art, Townes Van Zandt, Kurt Weill, Henri Matisse, and Der Blaue Reiter were gods among men. And I’ll fight anyone who says differently.
I do like Turlough O’Carolan, even if he’s not venerated as he should be in his native land. Try some of his music done on a hammer dulcimer instead of a harp (see McCutcheon, John).
...Aaaaaaand that’s the Chief back.
Paul, you have my sympathies too, but I’m much more comfortable at lending a shoulder to cry on to women than men.
Just don’t knock bitterness, or I’ll dredge up what I said last time about it.
So. The week between the draft and the start of free agency. The time is as long as the sunshine, and about as yawn-inducing. And am I the only one hoping that the revelations about Brad Stuart’s shoulder will knock his price down significantly?
I think I’ll go watch paint dry while waiting for the Tigers’ march up the standings. Friggin’ Twinks.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from a Random House of thoughts on 06/25/08 at 12:47 PM ET
Good God. I’m about one classical music comment away from ending this dumbass vacation right here and now.
Just checking if the Saginaw guy is still awake!
So, anyone else going to laugh themselves silly if Jesper Samuelsson is Conn-Smythe winner of the 2017 finals?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 12:54 PM ET
Paul, you have my sympathies too, but I’m much more comfortable at lending a shoulder to cry on to women than men.
I hear ya. I guess I’d be the same way.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 06/25/08 at 01:09 PM ET
I am thinking of posting some Alexander Pope
“There are two ways of disliking poetry. One way is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.”
-Oscar Wilde
Once again, Gramps, the only thing I find I agree with you on is uisce beatha.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from my desk, with the acid pen on 06/25/08 at 01:20 PM ET
I would have kept Chara because of what you mentioned and Redden has had his injury issues over the years. Redden is more offensive but more soft as well.
If I was Ottawa I wouldn’t let him climb. Protecting an asset just like Big Ben and his motor cycle incident. Not to mention Harleys with hockey players.
Matisse must have been a Wings fan when he painted The Dinner table ( HARMONY IN RED)
I’m certain Dali, Wood, Mondrain, Wyeth and Munch were as well.
Scouting, unreal how important is is even throughout the season as our scouts break down teams tendancies and top players. It’s as important as salary cap issues, and overall depth. Without scouting there is no depth unless your a free agent king but that gets a team a third of the way. Home grown talent!!! Hidden gems!
You must forgive my spelling errors. one of my major weaknesses in life. RED marshmellows and older men are the others. SEE I get hockey comments in every sentence, well just about! 
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 01:21 PM ET
It will be fun watching other teams overpay for players they think will help them chase after our cup.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 01:24 PM ET
So, anyone else going to laugh themselves silly if Jesper Samuelsson is Conn-Smythe winner of the 2017 finals?
“No. 30, Detroit Red Wings: Some nameless, faceless Euro who will not be on anyone’s list and with a bio you couldn’t find if you had both hands on his stats. Likely will evolve into a Selke or Norris Trophy candidate. Damned if we know his name.”
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the genius that is Jim Kelley.
I’m certain Dali, Wood, Mondrain, Wyeth and Munch were as well.
Dali wasn’t a fan of anything or anyone. He hated pretty much everything he came across except Gala. A real sociopath.
Don’t forget The Red Studio. Another vibrant work, just like a certain team in red.
older men are the others
Older women, mine, so yeah, you’re forgiven.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from the far unlit wall of the gallery on 06/25/08 at 01:31 PM ET
Anyone thinking about buying a 2008 Stanley cup replica ring from the wings organization? I bought one in 1997 and have never regretted it. Not as expensive as the real thing obviously but it’s really nice. It is along the same line as the real design. Mine has the ruby red stone with a gold winged wheel on it. With Detroit red Wings stanley cup champions around the outside of the stone. has my name on one side and the cup on the other. Not bad for $350. But no ring this year. Too poor and one is enough.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 01:32 PM ET
hankyspanky40 wrote:
Thank God it’s a footnote. Does lil miss hottie, twocup3 ring a bell SYF? No more clues.LOL.
Skates! Yes, I know who you are.
‘Roque,
I surrendered to the violence of a mosh pit at a Nine Inch Nails concert here in Las Vegas when I had my breakup. It’s not for everyone but it worked for me. Sorry ‘bout your breakup…
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 06/25/08 at 02:11 PM ET
nice one Andy,
“uisce beatha”
had to look it up
Never claimed Pope was a poet.
My admiration is because he was an existentialist before there was Existentialism.
My Viking heritage be damned…
Take that Soren Kierkegaard.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 06/25/08 at 02:13 PM ET
Wow, what an odd hockey off-season…I got my championship t-shirt the other day and am having fun wearing it around these parts.
I like Haydn, Vivaldim, Telleman, Beethoven, Chopin and then we go from there (all the way up to U2 and various heavy metal bands). I’m off to see Rush tonight at Red Rocks which is one of the best concert venues in the world!
Baroque, I’m sorry. :( His loss!
Paul, I’m sorry, that’s her loss too. :(
Posted by hockeychic from denver, co on 06/25/08 at 03:22 PM ET
Obviously Vivaldi doesn’t have an M at the end. Would be nice if I learned to proof read before posting.
Posted by hockeychic from denver,co on 06/25/08 at 03:23 PM ET
Chief, please come back… these intellectuals on here are confusing me.
P.S. Baroque, I’m not afraid to admit that my wife is a hell of a lot smarter than me… but that doesn’t mean I won’t call her a di*&head;during an argument…
Posted by Mike from La-La Land on 06/25/08 at 03:29 PM ET
give Turlough O’Carolan a shot. He was a blind Irish harpist
Sounds like the set up of a really good bar joke. I’ll take a listen.
So, anyone else going to laugh themselves silly if Jesper Samuelsson is Conn-Smythe winner of the 2017 finals?
Only if he plays for the Wings. Freakin Mathais(sp?) and Green.
Take that Soren Kierkegaard.
Fear and Trembling remains one of my favorite books of thought; it’s been a useful way to think beyond Hegelian ethics.
but that doesn’t mean I won’t call her a di*&head;during an argument…
Best part of dating brilliant women! Making low brow jokes they LOL at but don’t know exactly how to respond to; definitely, among my favorite pass times in the world.
I dabble in electronic music and usually mix bassy, slightly distorted synth lines with layered string patterns. Oddly, disco has some of the most complicated string patterns, aside from classical.
The panacea for breakups: alcohol (or choclate for ya B), friends, trash talking, exercise and/or angry sex with a new one. 
Posted by Osrt on 06/25/08 at 04:54 PM ET
Good Grief! I can’t wait till the UFA period starts 1 July—
Chief’s hockey blog turned into some sorta strange frigging soap opera on LSD!!
None of you bitches should be spouting off and crying in your beers (none except Baroque, she’s the “19” link to the “enlightened world”—she has my permanent pass).
Wings Win the frigging Stanley Cup—for petes sake! And all you bitches are acting like you are deparately trying to find something to whine about!! Masochist’s, all you bitches are masochists!
Want some real frigging pain!!! some pure hockey related agony??—how does this grab your gonads:
The Red Wings are close to bringing back Andreas Lilja.
First sentence in Kulfan’s article.
That, my 19 amigos is something to fret over!
EGAD, when does camp open?? You all need a hockey fix in the worst way! I don’t know that I’ve ever witnessed a group jonesing so badly.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 06/25/08 at 04:55 PM ET
Oh, and no, I have not watched the 34 secs, probably never freaking will—totally intolerable.
Chief, did you manage to find a mailbox yet??
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 12 on 06/25/08 at 04:56 PM ET
Umm, i’m completely lost. i guess this is what happens when the masses lose their leader. this is a far cry from the potty humor that usually manifests itself here.
i don’t know about all those other “artists”, but i like to stick to greats, like the guy that invented those magic eye things. genius.
two cannibals are eating a clown. one turns to the other and says, “does this taste funny to you?”
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 06/25/08 at 05:20 PM ET
The blues is where it’s at, yo. Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert King, Bukka White, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, etc. etc.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 06/25/08 at 05:30 PM ET
I think training camp opens around September 20th. Now the prospects camp will be before that and that is cool to see too!
Went to traverse City a few times it is pretty neat! Took some really nice pictures.
I also dig Heart, The stones, U2, Eagles, Sherly crow and the list goes on. I’m pretty diverse.
can’t say I am thrilled about Lilja but oh well. I just hope Stuart’s shoulder isn’t a huge issue and we can somehow resign him.
Posted by hankyspanky40 from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 05:34 PM ET
When will you people learn?
Lilja is forever!
Or… until the curse is broken and I will have to re-register with a new nickname.
Posted by lilja4ever on 06/25/08 at 05:49 PM ET
Wow, quite a thread. Now we have Andrew quoting Dorothy Parker…
Now SHE had a realistic view of romance.
If memory serves me correctly she also said
“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”
But, I digress…Chief, how’s that Wii bowling working for ya?!
Posted by Rumbear from Sandy Eggo on 06/25/08 at 06:02 PM ET
If I was Ottawa I wouldn’t let him climb. Protecting an asset just like Big Ben and his motor cycle incident. Not to mention Harleys with hockey players.
Actually, Kilimanjaro is one mountain that can be ascended without special equipment - it’s just a really, really, REALLY difficult hike, with much opportunity for altitude sickness. That’s why it is a mountain that is climbed a lot as an adventure - no pitons or ropes required.
Here’s something obscure - a group called Yat-Kha (the CD I have is entitled dalai beldiri) - they are Tuvan throat-singers and musicians. That group I actually heard live at an arts festival when I was in the Baltimore area.
That clown joke was great.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/25/08 at 06:36 PM ET
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