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I’ll Bet Fonzie’s Groin Never Got Tired

by IwoCPO on 11/01/07 at 12:51 PM ET
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So, I guess it’s “not appropriate” to sit in your front lawn chugging beer while the neighborhood Fall Festivalers parade up and down the sidewalks begging for candy.  I guess it’s “juvenile” to make comments about certain people (adults) who probably shouldn’t wear spandex or the ever popular wench costumes.  And, yeah, I’ve been told that “falling asleep” with your head resting on the front step of your house sends “the wrong message.”

All of that may be worthy of judgment and criticism.  But I can at least say this:  My groin isn’t tired.

And that, my friends, may be a good or bad thing--depending on your perspective.

Khan(!)

Defenseman Niklas Kronwall returned to practice Wednesday, skating for about 20 minutes before leaving the ice with a “tired groin.” Coach Mike Babcock said he should be ready to play against Nashville.

Speaking of perspective, and we’re all about that here at A2Y, you should probably get some.  Why? Because Arthur Fonzarelli’s in Calgary and the Diggers are going nuts.

St. James

...this afternoon as I was checking into my hotel, right there next to me, doing the same thing, was none other than Henry Winkler.

I know he’s most famous for having played “the Fonz” in Happy Days, but I own all three seasons of the lamentably cancelled Arrested Development in no small part because of Winkler’s absolutely hilarious turn as inept Bluth family attorney Barry Zuckerkorn.

John Hahn, the Wings PR man, said Winkler hadn’t contacted him for tickets to tomorrow’s game – but that he was welcome to do so.

So...if you want to get special treatment from the Wings, don’t go the stupid route and just be a fan or a season ticket holder. Oh no.  Portray a 35 year old man in leather who hangs out with high school juniors, avoids all employment and lets Richie Cunningham steal your hot (also high school) girlfriend. 

And hey, check this out…

...Khan(!)

Standing behind me at the check-in line at the Calgary Marriott today was none other than Henry Winkler, a.k.a. The Fonz. I know, this has nothing to do with anything. I just thought that for someone who grew up watching “Happy Days’’ it was kind of, well, cool.

“this afternoon as I was checking into my hotel"....."Standing behind me at the check-in line at the Calgary Marriott today...”

I’m just sayin’.

Moving on.  Here’s what I know:  Dominik Hasek doesn’t like to sit.  Something else I know: Hasek doesn’t like anyone getting or giving the impression that he’s not the number 1 psycho.  One more thing I know:  When there’s a combination of those two ingredients, there’s bound to be turbulence on the horizon.

Khan(!)

“During exhibition games, I thought he was our best goalie and he’s just carried it over into the regular season,” teammate Kirk Maltby said.

“He’s been keeping us in games early and winning games late. He’s been stellar for us,” Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. “It looks like he’s real relaxed in net, he doesn’t scramble or come out and challenge shooters, he plays his position real well. That gives the whole team confidence.”

Man, that “hip irritation” seems to be lingering.  Hasek didn’t skate Wednesday.  Khan(!) said the club expects Hasek to be ready next Wednesday for Bubba.  Hey, anybody remember the reason why the Wings were so happy that Hasek replaced Manny The Martyr?  Oh yeah...confidence. 

Kulfan

“He brings a calmness, we can relax because we know he can make the saves,” Henrik Zetterberg said.

Soon he won’t have to be calm, or make the saves, or challenge shooters, or give the team confidence...because he’s our backup.

Right?

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Perhaps Mr. Winkler is preparing to portray a “lazy-ass reporter who willingly sucks up weak leads from the head PR hack of a major professional sports team,” and he heard that the Calgary Marriott was an ideal environment to observe such individuals in their natural environment. Why? Because of the Marriott’s Lazy-Ass Reporter Discount (LARD) program, of course!

Phew, now my groin is tired!

Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 11/01/07 at 12:23 PM ET

Hmmm....that Fonzie guy musta took a long time to check in if several of the Diggers spotted him.  Maybe his groin is slowing him down?

Hip irritation.  I’m over 50, I have a hip irritation every morning.  Hasek has an injury that has required him to ride the pine for ...how many games now?  The Red Wings have a Hasek Irritation.  Get used to this malady, it will be around all year and treatment will be “PRN”.  Which way to the train Chief?

Posted by Rumbear from Sun Diego on 11/01/07 at 12:33 PM ET

You know Chief, I haven’t thought of myself as a “juvenile” in quite some; although I am sure most of my family and friends would disagree.  Your comment that: 

|"I guess it’s “juvenile” to make comments about certain people (adults) who probably shouldn’t wear spandex.”

Yeah, especially the LARGE number of them that appear to inhabit the local WalMart/Meijer stores around here— Witty Chief, Witty (which has to be a reflection of my appreciation for juvenile wit).  By the way, I can attest that there is absolutely nothing inappropriate about sleeping on your front step, other than the fact it kinda gives you a crick in the neck.

As for the DIGGERS today (and most everyday for that matter), they are worthless.  Really who in the FU@# cares about Henry Winkler, especially when you are trying to read news about your hockey team —at least Kulfan managed to get a hockey quote out of Hank.  I should have figured out long ago, that it is usually a waste of my time reading the Michigan dailies expecting hockey news. To think their editors actually pay them for that crap.

We really need to start passing the hat so Bruce MacLeod’s employer (The Macomb Daily) gets him on more road trips. He’s the only Wing Beat writer worthy of the title, and his boss is too freaking cheap to send him out—it figures.

If you really want HOCKEY news, TSN is really the place to go, but even today they don’t have (F)lame news in their “ICE CHIPS” segment.  Bastards, its a freaking conspiracy to further deprive Wing Nation of any news about lineups after the morning skate.

Generally, I head to the local fish wrap for the market the Wings are playing against in order to gather any useful news at all. 

What do we get, the freaking “FONZ”.  Oh yeah, and Hasek’s hip.  Pathetic. 

Anyone else get the feeling that the Wings might mail their game in tonite???

Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Hockey Netherworld on 11/01/07 at 01:21 PM ET

Checking into the same hotel at the same time?  Sounds like the Diggers’ herd mentality goes beyond their news coverage…

Posted by ColBerdan from San Jose on 11/01/07 at 02:35 PM ET

You can bet your cowboy boots they were all on the same (cargo) flight. Moooo!

(I guess it’s appropriate that they’re in the home of the Calgary Stampede.)

BTW, after some deep thought and analysis, I do believe that Fonzie’s groin got tired—in the landmark episode where he jumped the shark.

Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 11/01/07 at 03:05 PM ET

LOL at “tired groin” what the heck is that supposed to mean?  I mean, I don’t say my shoulder is “tired” I say it hurts!  Hmm, maybe tired groin is just another way of “50 ways for the Diggers to look like they are saying something when they really aren’t.”

Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 11/01/07 at 04:00 PM ET

Oops, forgot, am not supposed to use LOL...sorry, Chief.  Please forgive me!

Posted by hockeychic from Denver, CO on 11/01/07 at 04:01 PM ET

LOL’s acceptable chic, as long as you can handle the ramifications...

Col Berdan, I was wondering who was going to catch on to that.  I gave it a little more than my usual two seconds of consideration before throwing that one in there.

Posted by IwoCPO from Washington, DC on 11/01/07 at 06:07 PM ET

Maybe Paul can send Bill and I to Columbus

I swear, they really do move like a herd--in person.  They cluster around the same people and leech off one another’s questions, and rarely is an interesting question laid forth.  That’s what I found the most interesting in my limited exposure to the diggers--it’s not that the Wings don’t want to talk--it’s that the diggers are either told not to or simply choose not to ask. 

And at least one Digger looks like he’s physically in pain covering the Wings...I can’t imagine doing anything less than waking up with a smile on my face, going to the rink with a smile on my face, and going home with a smile on my face--because, let’s face it, at the rink, it’s hockey, and hockey is no time for smiles

Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 11/02/07 at 03:12 AM ET

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