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by IwoCPO on 07/08/09 at 09:50 AM ET
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Back in Michigan for a week’s vacation...which is why I’ve avoided each of you for more than five days. Consider this a brief interruption before I get back to remaining unshaven and 12 ounces heavier.
Two guys. Two “snipers”. And a couple issues.
First. Oompa Loompa’s playing hardball? Is that what I’m to understand? He’s calling press conferences and somebody’s (his agent no doubt) saying he’s KHL-bound. George, of course, is on it and will stay after it.
We dig you Happy. You’ve become a favorite of the 19 and we’d like to see you make some money.
We would have also liked to see you score just once in your last twelve playoff games. Because, write this down, a “sniper” who doesn’t “score” doesn’t get to be “strong-willed” or “stubborn”.
In other words, take the money Tick Tock offers you, be a Red Wing and do your job in the playoffs. When you do, the payday you think you deserve might come. Or it might not. Maybe it never will and maybe your real reward is playing on the Best Team in Hockey and being a millionaire while you’re at it.
So, STFU about the KHL talk.
How about this? See this?
“After a while, he didn’t want to be in the (AHL) and lost his enthusiasm for being there,” Holland said.
Tick Tock Kenny’s talking about Ville Leino and that quote rubs me wrong. I’m wondering. When Leino is on the third line, or even the fourth, and his minutes aren’t what he believes they should be because he’s got a little issue with backchecking, is he going to “lose his enthusiasm for being there”?
Mark this down. Leino is going to spend the occasional evening hour in Uncle Mike’s doghouse.
As I told you, I’m vacationing back in Michigan and it’s awesome. In St. Clair Shores until Thursday then it’s Up North for three days with five of my friends from high school. My wife is promising me she’s going to be counting the amount of times she has to shake her head at me and say, “Bill....In. Appropriate.”
Oh, and I had a run-in with a Wing yesterday. More to follow on that because it was funny and I want to do the story justice.
Almost forgot. If you’re feeling “real lowdown today” (I’m back to quoting Seger because, bitches, I’m in Michigan)...consider this: 47 Tuesdays until the Cup comes home.
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Wow, I guess you really missed that joke… Right over your head! Unless you are going to eat yourself…
Posted by Big Rich from Westbury, NY on 07/10/09 at 11:04 AM ET
Ha, if that’s not the pot calling the kettle black.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 10:07 AM ET
Sorry I wasn’t posting at 7:30 this morning, I was working. And thanks for the sarcasm.
Posted by Big Rich from Westbury, NY on 07/10/09 at 11:07 AM ET
Yet you refuse to tell us which of the food or retail chains was lucky enough to nab you and your bum knee out of the employment pool.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 10:17 AM ET
Why am I wasting time with a dime-store putz like you when I could be doing something much more dangerous, like re-arranging my sock drawers?
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 10:18 AM ET
Why am I wasting time with a dime-store putz like you when I could be doing something much more dangerous, like re-arranging my sock drawers?
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 11:18 AM ET
I don’t care who does what to your Hershey highway!
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 10:21 AM ET
Ok Andrew. Did you happen to goto Northwood University?
Huh? You talkin’ to me? If you are, you’d better try harder because you’re barely registering on my radar, let alone getting under my skin.
Wait, these are the guys that built the @#$%ing railroads here.
Woo?
Woo, I don’t think this is the right guy’s place. This Rich guy is supposed to be...rich.
Big Rich via Big Lebowski and a splash of Pensblog Woo. Yeah, I’m easily amused.
Took me back to my Chicago roots - except I don’t think dead people were voting in this case.
And the consequences are far less dire, especially those if you get caught. Though I wouldn’t want you to have to come face-to-ugly-face with Bud Selig if an MLB mole in your office asks you how you got that brace on your wrist. Electoral fraud, conspiracy theories...yep, it’s a boring Friday afternoon. Have a slice of stuffed-crust and a char Polish with all the fixings on me.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/10/09 at 10:27 AM ET
And you just keep coming back for more, im flattered really, but I don’t swing that way… I’m sure your boyfriend would be upset if he found out you were obsessing over another man…
Posted by Big Rich from Westbury, NY on 07/10/09 at 11:23 AM ET
Oh a gay joke now? Not sure where that one even came from but thanks for proving yet again that your wit knows no bounds...aside from being an adolescent moron who’s best comebacks are to bash a state’s economy, correct spelling errors, or pull out the “yeah, well you’re gay” response when you’ve run out of ideas. And I keep coming back? YOU’RE the troll here. You seem to have forgotten that little fact.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 10:27 AM ET
Rich, Drew,
I hope it’s all right with you I am here. I don’t wanna be no fourth wheel.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 10:29 AM ET
Are you for real? That has to be one of the most ridiculous posts I’ve ever read on here. A troll pleading to be ignored...now I’ve seen everything.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 10:33 AM ET
Listen to your buddies here and dont feed the trolls
Honestly the first thing I’ve agreed with from this troll. STOP FEEDING THE GD TROLLS.
Heading back to the motherland this weekend. Beers, Brats, Barbecue. Going to get in a little pick-up hockey as well.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 07/10/09 at 10:40 AM ET
Yea, I am asking you to ignore me. I have much more important things in my life than to argue with some schmo on a message board… Obviously you don’t because you’re still here.
**as he types another argument onto a message board, he claims that he has more important things to do than argue with someone on a message board.**
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 10:46 AM ET
Huh? You talkin’ to me? If you are, you’d better try harder because you’re barely registering on my radar, let alone getting under my skin.
I think he confused Animal Drew with AndrewFromAnnArbor. He missed troll rule #1 - take notes so you are sure who exactly you are trying to tweak, because things can be tricky on the internet.
And I’m sorry, but an old man who goes by a nickname that sounds like it belongs to a golden retriever puppy ... Bud scares me not at all.
He’d be the one peeing on the carpet if it came to a confrontation, I think. 
Excellent Friday afternoon (boring though it may be) and great weekend to you all ...
And GO TIGERS! 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 10:50 AM ET
Main page has a story up about the NHL picking a fight with the KHL over Oompa Loompa’s contract (for the four of you or so who don’t check the main page)
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/not_so_fast_jiri/
Anybody know how Predators fans reacted last year when they fought over Radulov? Anybody know how to get a hold of both of those Predators fans so I can ask them myself?
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 10:52 AM ET
Beers, Brats, Barbecue.
Bears.
Barbecue beers. Brat beers. Bear brats. Bear beers. Barbecue bears. Bear barbecues brats. Beer.
Let this be a lesson to you all. Late Friday afternoon is the worst time to engage in alliterative nonsense. Or in pointless arguments, but there’s never really a good time for that.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/10/09 at 10:52 AM ET
Beers, Brats, Barbecue.
Bears.
Haha, I knew I’d draw that kind of response at some point. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.
Sigh… I hate the offseason. Is it October yet?
Posted by CaptNorris5 from Chicago via Detroit on 07/10/09 at 10:55 AM ET
And I’m sorry, but an old man who goes by a nickname that sounds like it belongs to a golden retriever puppy ... Bud scares me not at all.
That’s AIR Bud to you, missy. And yeah, I agree that you’re tougher than him-- my wish was for you to not have to suffer his hideous visage in person, that was all. Imagine THAT cross-examining you in a courtroom...*shudder*
Gary Bettman and Bud Selig in a three-way. There’s your “GET OUT OF MY HEAD!” image for the weekend.
Anybody know how to get a hold of both of those Predators fans so I can ask them myself?
Not that I’m expecting them to be of any help getting Hudler back from the KHL (generally players going to the KHL tend to stay there for the duration of their contracts, and I’m not sure I’d want him back with acrimony over a fight like that), but here’s their address:
Clem & Jim-Bob Earl Yokel
29000 1/2 Shotgun Shack Road
Podunk, BFE 1111,,,2
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/10/09 at 10:59 AM ET
And a wonderful fun-filled (safe) weekend to you too, B.
Anybody know how Predators fans reacted last year when they fought over Radulov? Anybody know how to get a hold of both of those Predators fans so I can ask them myself?
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 11:52 AM ET
From what I remember, it ended up with “thems all hatin’ that feller, right there”.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 11:00 AM ET
How can the Radulov scenario be ignored then? The NHL once again picks it battles based on sweater colors.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 07/10/09 at 11:02 AM ET
Just because he screen name is “Animal Drew” doesn’t mean that his name is inevitably Andrew - it could just be Drew, or it could be Samantha for all anyone knows. I don’t assume your name is Rich just because it’s your screen name.
And the only thing I’ve ever infected anyone with is the flu. If stupidity is contagious, you clearly caught it elsewhere.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 11:07 AM ET
If stupidity is contagious, you clearly caught it elsewhere.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 12:07 PM ET
Hmmm...wonder where that could be...***coughthepensblogcough***
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 11:13 AM ET
Cut it out, Drew.
Remember not to feed the trolls, sweetie.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 11:18 AM ET
If stupidity is contagious, you clearly caught it elsewhere.
That’s a beautiful burn. :D
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/10/09 at 11:34 AM ET
If I were a guy.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 11:36 AM ET
Dont’ worry, Baroque, all the people who matter here know you’re a lady.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 11:37 AM ET
I’m not as stupid as you are
Amazing mastery of debating skills, Rich. You just admitted that you’re stupid.
Jesus, I gotta get outta here before you infect me with stupidity
Rich you have that backwards. You previously admitted that you are stupid. You are, in fact, the Typhoid Mary of stupidity.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/10/09 at 11:58 AM ET
I know, J.J. No one can see boobs over the internet, so that leads to some confusion from time to time.
(I know there are several obvious jokes there, but completion of them is left as an exercise for the readers.)
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/10/09 at 12:01 PM ET
No one can see boobs over the internet
Hm. Lemme try something.
/Throws beads…
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/10/09 at 12:13 PM ET
I know, J.J. No one can see boobs over the internet, so that leads to some confusion from time to time.
I doubt he’s very familiar with the female form anyhow.
Waiting on that new avatar Alan, you’ve got expectations to meet now.
JJ- How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 12:30 PM ET
No one can see boobs over the internet
Hm. Lemme try something.
/Throws beads…
OK, Andrew, I’ll take the bait…
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/10/09 at 12:44 PM ET
A link to a very satisfied client…
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/10/09 at 12:46 PM ET
JJ- How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Posted by Animal Drew from The Mitten on 07/10/09 at 01:30 PM ET
I don’t know, but it costs me a fortune in closet doors.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 12:46 PM ET
A link to a very satisfied client…
Ahhh! Monster!
Barman...Un absinthe, s’il vous plais!
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/10/09 at 12:51 PM ET
What exactly is “surgicare”? Is that a real word?
Iced that guy, to cone a phrase
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 12:56 PM ET
Damnit, I was going to use that one. Of course, I’m the famous comedian, Arnold Braunschweiger.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 07/10/09 at 01:02 PM ET
I do so enjoy the movie-quote blogs. Remember how it helped to quell (at least some of) the stress the day before game 7? Apparently it also helps pass the slow days of the off-season, when we’re not troll bashing.
He was a good man, a flatulent man.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 01:13 PM ET
No one can see boobs over the internet.
You don’t know what the internet is, do you?
Posted by monkey from Waiting for the lambs to stop screaming on 07/10/09 at 01:25 PM ET
You don’t know what the internet is, do you?
The Internet is for Porn?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-glb-_heEg
Posted by Nate A from Dark side of the moon on 07/10/09 at 01:30 PM ET
Waiting on that new avatar Alan, you’ve got expectations to meet now.
I have expectations to meet now, too? Crap, even the internet is starting to resemble my real job!
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/10/09 at 01:38 PM ET
Put in a 10+ hour day yesterday to earn this early quittin’ time. By this time tomorrow I’m going to be in rare form after a full day of sipping beverages on the banks of the Detroit River...and then I get to do it again on Sunday.
Thanks for putting up with all the troll feeding, but it kept me busy since there wasn’t much news today, as always, I appreciate the support.
A safe and wonderful weekend to the rest of The 19 and I’ll catch you b!tches on the flip side.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 02:27 PM ET
Later, sweet heart.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 02:42 PM ET
By this time tomorrow I’m going to be in rare form after a full day of sipping beverages on the banks of the Detroit River...and then I get to do it again on Sunday.
Are the unlimited hydroplanes in town? I loved those races; went every year with my dad in the 70’s. We both lost interest in it when they switched from the Rolls Royce Merlins to the turbines. They just weren’t thunder boats anymore. I loved Bill Muncey and always rooted against Miss Bud.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/10/09 at 02:46 PM ET
Are the unlimited hydroplanes in town? I loved those races; went every year with my dad in the 70’s. We both lost interest in it when they switched from the Rolls Royce Merlins to the turbines. They just weren’t thunder boats anymore. I loved Bill Muncey and always rooted against Miss Bud.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/10/09 at 03:46 PM ET
You magnificent bastard! My great-grandfather used to take my gramps when he was a pup down and they’d sit on the coal piles down in Waterworks Park to watch the races...I’ve been going since I was 3. Miss Bud was always the devil for us too. They still have the one Allison engine and they brought back the old Atlas (Chip Hanauer behind the wheel) and had it run a few laps against the old Bud Griffin...brought a tear to my eye.
It’s nice to know there’s still others out there. The San Diego race was aweseome when I went a few years back.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/10/09 at 02:51 PM ET
Thanks for putting up with all the troll feeding, but it kept me busy since there wasn’t much news today, as always, I appreciate the support.
We’re going to have to have an intervention.
Posted by monkey from Waiting for the lambs to stop screaming on 07/10/09 at 02:55 PM ET
We both lost interest in it when they switched from the Rolls Royce Merlins
Dammit Cap’n, don’t you realize what you’ve done? Now all of the Anglophiles are going to come out of the woodwork and start ranting about the Battle of Britain, those jaunty flyboys in their scarves, and “We shall fight them on the beaches...” And they’ll all start waving Union flags. Greeeat...means I’ll have to start up “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” to the tune of “God Save the Queen--” always pisses them off.
Hang on, my wife claims there’s someone on Fox News that’s crazier than Glenn Beck…
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/10/09 at 03:00 PM ET
How can the Radulov scenario be ignored then? The NHL once again picks it battles based on sweater colors.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 07/10/09 at 12:02 PM ET
The Radulov situation came about with no agreement in place. They still do not have a transfer agreement, of course, but there is some sort of handshake, non-aggression agreement around, I believe.
If the NHL manages to stop our formerly-favorite diminutive Czech from bouncing, it’ll be as a message sending statement to others like Zherdev who are rumored to be headed the same way if they don’t get a good contract pre-arbitration.
Posted by shanetx on 07/10/09 at 03:02 PM ET
Oh dear, Baroque’s not going to live this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqbL9-HzxH4
(Sorry. Had to share. He’s genuinely out of his mind.)
Shane, the Radulov situation was exactly the same-- he was an RFA (not headed to arbitration, but the same status) when he signed his contract with Salavat Ulaev. Medvedev & co. got around it by saying the contract was signed two days before the ‘agreement’ was put in place, but it’s still the exact same situation.
Of course, Hudler would be well-advised to look at Radulov’s comments three months into the KHL season…
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 07/10/09 at 03:11 PM ET
Andrew, I’m pretty sure Radulov had one season remaining on his contract when he bolted for the KHL.
That said, I would hope Hudler does read Radulov’s comments three or four months into his three year contract in the KHL. I recall Radulov being more than displeased with it.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/10/09 at 03:19 PM ET
You magnificent bastard! My great-grandfather used to take my gramps when he was a pup down and they’d sit on the coal piles down in Waterworks Park to watch the races...I’ve been going since I was 3. Miss Bud was always the devil for us too. They still have the one Allison engine and they brought back the old Atlas (Chip Hanauer behind the wheel) and had it run a few laps against the old Bud Griffin...brought a tear to my eye.
It’s nice to know there’s still others out there. The San Diego race was aweseome when I went a few years back.
If you are ever in the Seattle area there is a museum dedicated to hydroplanes. They have quite a collection and I believe they runs some of the boats once or twice a year.
Here is the link: http://www.thunderboats.org/
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 07/10/09 at 03:20 PM ET
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