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Don’t Know Which Way To Turn, Senorita? Well, The Sun’s Still Shinin’ On The Live Blog
by IwoCPO on 12/19/09 at 01:16 PM ET
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I’ve told you guys again and again. Every game from this one forward is a playoff game. Every single one.
The postseason started earlier this month. We’re in a fifty game playoff situation.
So that got me thinking. If it was May, and we had a mid-afternoon 2nd rounder starting in about 90 minutes? What would I be doing?
This.
We’re missing 8 regulars (if Helm plays) and sitting 8th in the Western Conference. Forgive me if sanity isn’t at the top of my list of priorities. It’s the playoffs bitches. The playoffs.
Snow in DC? I don’t see any. It’s a Live Blog.
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Who wears short shorts?
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago...nope, still not over it. on 12/19/09 at 01:41 PM ET
Do you have a security clearance that’s going to get yanked for obvious signs of mental instability? Or is that kind of oddball behaviour considered a positive. 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/19/09 at 01:43 PM ET
Who wears short shorts?
Posted by cephalopod from Chicago, on the poop deck, not over it yet on 12/19/09 at 01:41 PM ET
My wife rolled them up “for effect.” Dammit.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 12/19/09 at 01:44 PM ET
Awesome. But that’s awfully close to showing us your “V”. By the way, is that Pinky in the background?
Posted by calquake on 12/19/09 at 01:45 PM ET
Awesome. I’m going to guess the wife is wearing her “I can’t believe I married that” look today?
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 12/19/09 at 01:46 PM ET
Awesome Chief. You have the thighs of a god.
It’s moments like this and the bring Herme to JLA movement that make me glad none of us are pharmacists.
A2Y: 100% free of journalism degrees and objectivity since 1978.
It’s too bad I will miss another LB. I miss you band of bitches.
Let’s go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 12/19/09 at 01:46 PM ET
Sexy photo.
I will probably miss the LB, but I’ll try to give a peek or two at my grlfriend’s house.
And with the afternoon game, nothing to do at night, I’ll pathetically drive around the city looking for Xmas decoration (which hopefully will include Vin Diesel as Santa).
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 12/19/09 at 01:55 PM ET
the V was for you Cal.
She’s got that look more and more these days Gabe.
Voox: you’re not allowed back until the Wings start losing.
Baroque: don’t you dare judge me.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 12/19/09 at 01:56 PM ET
Nice, Chief.
It’s sunny and approaching 60 here in SF. Perfect weather for a tailgate party.
Coffee’s getting a PBR chaser this morning.
Posted by Hippy Dave from Portland by way of Detroit on 12/19/09 at 01:59 PM ET
Way to rub it in with the pic Chief, you bastard…. 
Posted by Tony from Virginia Beach, VA on 12/19/09 at 02:00 PM ET
Awesome, Chief. Red Wings playoff hockey makes you do crazy things.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/19/09 at 02:03 PM ET
Chief, bite me bitch. They were losing when I wasn’t LB’ing in November.
In fact I believe this contribution preceded our good fortunes.
Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 12/19/09 at 02:04 PM ET
It’s 41 and cloudy here in Atlanta. Depressing.
Need snow, damnit!
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 12/19/09 at 02:11 PM ET
The good news for today is that the absolute dynamite Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Holmstrom line has been put back together. Mike’s going nuclear on these bitches. Get ready.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 12/19/09 at 02:26 PM ET
My wife rolled them up “for effect.” Dammit.
Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 12/19/09 at 01:44 PM ET
Suuure she did.
I’m pretty sure I have Delta SkyMiles that I’m never going to use. Can I donate those?
Posted by monkey from Jesus and the Dinosaurs on 12/18/09 at 04:38 PM ET
From an earlier thread that I didn’t get a chance to respond to - yes you can donate them, for a fee, which is 30 bucks, but it wouldn’t do any good unless you have enough to cover the mileage cost of the whole ticket, which in this case is 107,500 miles. You can’t use partial miles and partial payment for a ticket, you either just pay for it outright or use miles outright. To be honest, if anyone else has SkyMiles they would want to donate, and we could get enough donations of miles to equal that total of 107,500, it would end up being way cheaper overall to just donate those to one account and pay the 30 dollar donation fee each time and then just buy his ticket with miles. Just a thought.
Posted by stayouttamalibu from Temporarily in Tempe, AZ on 12/19/09 at 02:29 PM ET
Snow in DC? I don’t see any. It’s a Live Blog.
You know Chief, for some strange reason I wouldn’t have expected anything else.
The Chief has got him some nice legs there. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 02:35 PM ET
If there is one guy that needs to step it up for the Wings, and I mean right now, is Ville Leino. He has under-achieved all year. When injured players come back, unless he changes his game, he is on the short list for players to sit.
Posted by calquake on 12/19/09 at 02:37 PM ET
Yea, it’s still snowing here in Pa. I haven’t seen this much snow since I left Michigan.
It is lovely. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 02:38 PM ET
From an earlier thread that I didn’t get a chance to respond to - yes you can donate them, for a fee, which is 30 bucks, but it wouldn’t do any good unless you have enough to cover the mileage cost of the whole ticket, which in this case is 107,500 miles. You can’t use partial miles and partial payment for a ticket, you either just pay for it outright or use miles outright. To be honest, if anyone else has SkyMiles they would want to donate, and we could get enough donations of miles to equal that total of 107,500, it would end up being way cheaper overall to just donate those to one account and pay the 30 dollar donation fee each time and then just buy his ticket with miles. Just a thought.
This is the information I found earlier:
From Delta’s website:
For total fares equal to or greater than $1,000:
* Redeem 10,000 miles for $100 off the total fare or
* Increase the redemption in increments of 10,000 miles ($100 off) to cover all or part of the total fare (20,000 miles for $200 off, 30,000 miles for $300 off, etc.).Therefore one SkyMile is worth 1 cent.
The cost to transfer miles is 1 cent per mile plus $30. Even with the 50% mile bonus it still costs .83 cents per mile to transfer, barely worth it.
Delta would have to waive the transfer fee in order to make it worthwhile.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 12/19/09 at 02:39 PM ET
Holy hell
Our second line and down would be 4th liners and AHLers if we had our full lineup
I’m scared, and at the same time, not, because they’ve been getting the job done
Posted by Tyler from Arizona on 12/19/09 at 02:39 PM ET
My wife rolled them up “for effect.” Dammit.
And shaved your legs while she was at it. Uh-huh.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 12/19/09 at 02:40 PM ET
Sadly I will not be following the game closely. If we lose, I apologize for being the anti-game-wrecker. I’ll watch the game monday from archive while I come down from pre-exam energy drinks.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 12/19/09 at 02:41 PM ET
Not judging, just an observation of a man sitting out in a snowbank with shorts, sandals, and a hockey jersey.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/19/09 at 02:41 PM ET
If there is one guy that needs to step it up for the Wings, and I mean right now, is Ville Leino.
Posted by calquake on 12/19/09 at 02:37 PM ET
Totally. He keeps getting rubbed right out of the play. He doesn’t seem willing to Pay the Price. That will be his ultimate downfall unless he was more hype than substance to begin with.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 02:41 PM ET
Snow in DC? I don’t see any.
So that would be beer number six or seven in that photo, then? Maybe the Abdelkader or Howe? Trying to guess the level of inebriation in that photo is difficult—apparently you were drunkblind, but still possessed the coordination required to cross your legs and wave at the same time without toppling over. I’m kind of stumped here.
Posted by Quarkstar from Out there on 12/19/09 at 02:45 PM ET
My wife rolled them up “for effect.” Dammit.
And shaved your legs while she was at it. Uh-huh.
Posted by monkey from Jesus and the Dinosaurs on 12/19/09 at 02:40 PM ET
Monkey, I thought you knew… Chief sidelines as a Vegas showgirl when not protecting our freedoms… although it could be argued that he is doing exactly that with his side job.
Posted by calquake on 12/19/09 at 02:45 PM ET
Monkey, I thought you knew… Chief sidelines as a Vegas showgirl when not protecting our freedoms… although it could be argued that he is doing exactly that with his side job.
Protecting and expressing. Protecting and expressing.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 12/19/09 at 02:50 PM ET
This snow is freaking great. The terrain around here is very hilly which makes for emergency conditions on the roads. It’s like a ghost town. Bitches.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 02:50 PM ET
Calquake
Especially considering the clusterfaux of forwards this team will have if it ever gets healthy. If he isn’t scoring, there is no space for him. I don’t think Abdelkader is going anywhere. Neither is Eaves. Leino has to step it up massively to even get contention for a roster spot if everybody comes back healthy.
Posted by pilgrim from the ice at the bottom of the world on 12/19/09 at 02:51 PM ET
Just got to the game. Predictably 50% wings fans.
Posted by rwingscup19 from Dallas on 12/19/09 at 02:52 PM ET
Especially considering the clusterfaux of forwards this team will have if it ever gets healthy. If he isn’t scoring, there is no space for him. I don’t think Abdelkader is going anywhere. Neither is Eaves. Leino has to step it up massively to even get contention for a roster spot if everybody comes back healthy.
Posted by pilgrim from Ontario Plates on 12/19/09 at 02:51 PM ET
Word.
Posted by calquake on 12/19/09 at 02:54 PM ET
Just got to the game. Predictably 50% wings fans.
“We can’t fill up our own arena but we’ll sure as hell fill up yours.”
Yahoo has a link up to a Forbes article that ranks the best fans in hockey- we came in tied for fifth (with the Wild and the Hawks, how ironic). They didn’t take road attendance into account. Morons.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 12/19/09 at 02:54 PM ET
Jealous of the snow really, I am. We get freezing rain and shitass ice storms for the most part here in KC.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 12/19/09 at 02:55 PM ET
I don’t think Abdelkader is going anywhere. Neither is Eaves.
Abby and Eaves bring it every single game. They are working their way onto the roster. Leino is just not working.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 02:58 PM ET
Oh, ice storms are the worst.
Give me snow any day. At least you can still drive easily once it’s cleared out. When the roads are covered with pebbled ice, you just slide through intersections and into snowdrifts and bounce off curbs ruining the alignment. Far, far worse than snow.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/19/09 at 02:59 PM ET
1 minute and counting.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 02:59 PM ET
LGRW!
Posted by Behind_Enemy_Lines from the Big House,January1,2013. already there bitches on 12/19/09 at 02:59 PM ET
FSD feed on Center Ice. Yay.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 03:01 PM ET
Leino is just not working.
I disagree. Leino was working very well in the last game before the injury to Z. Then, he inexplicably got moved to the fourth line with Maltby and Newbury where he performed well with what little ice time he got. He’s not doing as well as Abdelkader, Eaves, or even Miller, but he’s working. He needs to spend the entire offseason in the weight room with Datsuk after the season ends. He’ll be a force when he gets his core strength up.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/19/09 at 03:01 PM ET
The Wink. Had to rewind to see it. It’s becoming a ritual for me.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate from Pa.-made in Detroit on 12/19/09 at 03:03 PM ET
There’s even snow in Scotland. Finally puts me in the Christmas spirit. The locals curse this weather, but they just have no idea. No idea…
Posted by Hochs from The Kingdom of Fife, Scotland on 12/19/09 at 03:04 PM ET
Leino will probably still get quite a bit of ice time because he still has another year on his contract after this one, I think. He reminds me of Datsyuk when he was a new guy in some ways. Before he built up his strength, I remember Pavel could get knocked off the puck with a feather. It will be interesting to see if Leino does the same next season.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/19/09 at 03:05 PM ET
Aloha bitches. Haven’t seen Murph yet, but I’m assuming he’s loaded in the studio.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 12/19/09 at 03:05 PM ET
Hello all.
Chief, great pic. But explain what / who you’re waving at? And / Or why?
L.G.R.W.
Let’s get a matinee “W”.
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 12/19/09 at 03:06 PM ET
What is this “snow” you speak of? Actually it’s a bit windy here so people are stocking up on the 3 necessities: Suntan lotion, fruitty drinks and fake boobs.
Posted by calquake on 12/19/09 at 03:07 PM ET
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Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 12/19/09 at 01:38 PM ET