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Hold On St. James. You Wait One Damn Minute.

by IwoCPO on 12/02/07 at 09:54 AM ET
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Ground rules. Obviously...we need some.  Or at least we need a reminder of them.  Let me quote from my soon-to-be-released manifesto, “The Difference Between The Diggers and the Wing Bloggers”.

Chapter 19
“Red Wing beat writers must avoid any attempt at humor.  It doesn’t suit them and it embarrasses us all.  If the humor is unintentional and reflects their role as propaganda artists for the organ-I-zation, that’s fine. But an outright attempt to be funny?  Absolutely prohibited.”

Someone didn’t get the advanced copy.

Helene St. James/Freep

An Associated Press story out of Stockholm last week detailed a study by the Swedish Red Cross showing that nine of 10 Swedes hug somebody at least once a week, with 59% hugging a friend or acquaintance and 25% hugging a work colleague of the same sex. The Wings’ corps of Swedes, however, denied being big-time embracers.

“In here, not a lot of hugging, but a lot of harmony, a lot of loving,” Niklas Kronwall said. Asked if he would hug somebody regularly, Kronwall replied: “Probably somebody who needs a hug. ... Probably Malts right now. Sometimes when he gets in here in the morning he’s a little short, a little bitter. So sometimes I do think he needs a hug.”

Johan Franzen said: “I’m the 10th guy.”

Nicklas Lidstrom had heard about the study, and suddenly something clicked about Tomas Holmstrom. “I know Homer’s been trying to hug me for quite some time,” Lidstrom said, “and I didn’t know why, but finally I figured it out.”

Henrik Zetterberg allowed, “Well, we are a very friendly people.” But he said he is a non-hugger, something to which non-Swede Chris Osgood can attest. “The Swedes never hug me,” he said. “I get none. Zero. I feel like I should get more. I’m getting lonely. They should hug more.”

Don’t bother clicking the link. I cut/pasted the whole frigging thing.  Funny, yes, funny stuff.

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 Tags: Deep+Diggers, Franzen, Holmstrom, Kronwall, Lidstrom, Osgood, Samuelsson, St.+James, Zetterberg,

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I like Franzen’s comment the best. 

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/02/07 at 11:25 AM ET

Yea, Franzen and Ozzie had the best comments.

This may be the piece that turns St. James into an interesting and pithy beat writer. The rest of the diggers follow suit after reading the piece *and* the laudatory praise it receives on important blogs.

not That is funny…

Posted by srt on 12/02/07 at 11:54 AM ET

Although...do hugs after goals count?  Maybe hugging without a goal scored is bad luck for Swedish hockey players - like mentioning a no-hitter or a shutout.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/02/07 at 12:01 PM ET

I hate to point this out, but in that quote “The Wizard” almost sounded Babcockesque!

Is it contagious?

Heaven help us.

I can’t wait for Draper and Maltby to get back so we can get some straight talk.

)

Posted by w2j2 on 12/02/07 at 12:39 PM ET

It’s ironic that Nick Lidstrom’s hometown Red Cross branch started the “Hugs for the Lonely” campaign.

Hugs?

Anybody?

I’m offering…

Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 12/03/07 at 02:12 AM ET

Is it contagious?

Heaven help us.

No kidding.  We already can understand Babcockese - it might just be one short mental jump to speaking it ourselves.  Yikes!

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/03/07 at 07:19 AM ET

My goodness, humor from a Wings beat writer!  I think I felt the earth shift!  I love the quotes.

Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 12/03/07 at 04:28 PM ET

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