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by IwoCPO on 04/25/07 at 05:00 PM ET
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First off, if you haven’t seen it by now: Zetterberg didn’t practice today and apparently had a heat pack on his back yesterday. Uncle Jack Adams Mike said that he’s “resting.”
Oh. Good.
I’ve been nothing but an observer the last two days. Watching in awe as stressed-out Shark and Wing followers waged an epic battle. Delicate, but surprisingly feisty, San Jose fans sandal-to-boot with Wing fans who are so crude that tears of joy spring to my eyes with every reference to California life choices.
If you haven’t seen the ongoing, mulit-post discussions, read them here.
All the things A2Y was founded on reared their heads: stereotyping, tasteless blasting of the other team’s fan base simply because they’re, well, the other team’s fan base, photoshop magic, give and take regarding a Rocky reference, crude Sailor humor that you just can’t compete with if the high road is your only avenue to get there (nice job figuring that one out later in the day, Ian...you’re coming around son) and, yes, even a little hockey talk.
No matter the result of this series, the last two days have set the stage for some truly epic exchange of trash.
I’ve never been prouder. And this one from O-Joe really sums up the whole evolution, a decided victory for Wing fans.
“Ian, where did you get the impression that me suggesting you are gay is, in my mind, an insult?
All I said was that when the subject of identifying dicks is the topic, I suspect you are an expert on the matter.”
Classic.
Back later with some, sorry, series analysis.
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“Here’s a name for you nostalgia fans: Clarence “Screaming Buffalo” Swamptown. I’ll never forget an exclusive interview in which Swamptown revealed that he calls his hockey stick the “Big Tomahawk,” and he usually refers to the opposing players as “the little scalps”.
Posted by Arthur Hill from Lumberjack, CA on 04/25/07 at 04:55 PM ET
It’s your brothers-at-arms fault.
Back-to-back 6-month deployments to Dodge with nothing better to do during off-duty hours than play poker with the CPOs (looking to get into some ‘O’ money) taught me all that crudeness.
(Actually, it was only during the second tour there. I was an Ensign during the first one and CPOs scared the shit out me then).
Posted by O-Joe on 04/25/07 at 04:58 PM ET
A couple more days like today, and the comments on this blog may surpass Battle Of Alberta for “Excellence in Insults”
No small accomplishment, that....
Who would have thoght it would be soooo easy to blast off the (apparently) thin veneer of “Left Coast Laid Back” from those Shark fans. Not me. They were easier to bait than my ex-wife.
And tomorrow, we’ll have a game to discuss!
Posted by dougie on 04/25/07 at 05:02 PM ET
I think we all should’ve known that Z would be sore in the playoffs. I think this is a normal thing. All that matters is that he plays through it, and he plays well. I don’t expect him to feel 100% until the puck drops on the regular season next hockey-year.
Posted by Nathan on 04/25/07 at 05:38 PM ET
Yeah, Z was a real force vs Calgary. Dat too. Z is only hurting the team by trying to play at 60%. He’s not doing anybody any favors. Liek he can stop Thornton anyway. Right.
Posted by Arthur Hill from Lumberjack, CA on 04/25/07 at 05:47 PM ET
Dougie: I’m sure your wife WAS difficult to bait and haul in. I’ll leave it at that.
Posted by Sharkie from The Pacific Ocean on 04/25/07 at 05:49 PM ET
Speaking of “Z” did anyone else notice he is one of only two DET players E in plus/minus, the worst on the team. He’s a liability.
I wish we had Stevie Y....WAHHH WAHH WAHHH. I can hear all of you crying an whining now.
A little cheese?
WAHHH
WAHHH
WAHHHH
Posted by Reggie Dunlap from Charlestown on 04/25/07 at 05:54 PM ET
I have an award to present.
The Useless Award.
To O-Joe
For the most consectutive comments without one mention of anything hockey-related.
Go Wings! Yeah!
Posted by Oscar from Hollywood on 04/25/07 at 06:22 PM ET
Just thinking out loud: shouldn’t the name of this blog be Abel to Zetterberg. Or, because it stops at Yzerman, does that mean that IWOCPO is actually Anti-Zetterberg...? Hmm, now there’s a thought.
Let’s Go Wings! You can do it! We’re behind you!
Posted by Einstein on 04/25/07 at 06:25 PM ET
Just an observation.....judging the diminishing quality of responses from the Shark Tank to this thread, as opposed to earlier in the day, I can only assume that keyboards are being passed out to the window-lickers on the short bus, with this blog bookmarked.
Maybe all of the “A-"team is off at the drum circle. Or taking a nice, hot bubble bath (with candles).
Boy, the Rangers just blew up at the end of the second period… Wish Sean Avery was still a Red Wing! Reminds me of Dino.
Posted by dougie on 04/25/07 at 07:58 PM ET
Dougie: you just made the list
PS - I bet all of you whinning Weengs fans sure would like Shannie back (Shanny, Shanney, whatever)
Posted by Cruzer from Car Club TX on 04/25/07 at 08:09 PM ET
It’s called alcohol, Doogie....("diminishing quality of responses"). Happy hour just ended here.
Posted by Einstein on 04/25/07 at 08:22 PM ET
Ugh.
Posted by Nathan on 04/25/07 at 10:13 PM ET
No fracking Ducks-Nucks coverage down here! %$#%@&^% Versus! Where’s my Center Ice Pkg now!!
Posted by Rumbear from Hockeytown South (aka Sandy Eggo) on 04/25/07 at 10:53 PM ET
That Calgary series is looking more and more like it was a war of attrition. Holmstrom and Lebda are out for at least Game One. Zetterberg is “resting.” Now comes the CBC report that Calder and Samuelsson each have a broken hand.
Friggin’ Flames apparently got away with even more shit than previously known—Lebda sucker-punched by Langkow, Schneider butt-ended by Iginla (relax Ian, it’s not what you think), Hasek elbowed in the head by, again, Iginla –- as I suspect the broken hands suffered by Calder and Sammy are the result of slashes.
Calgoonary…
Posted by O-Joe on 04/26/07 at 06:34 AM ET
“Yeah, Z was a real force vs Calgary. Dat too. Z is only hurting the team by trying to play at 60%. He’s not doing anybody any favors. Liek he can stop Thornton anyway. Right.”
LMFAO
I hope that’s an attempt at mimicking the clueless Californians, and not a serious post.
Posted by Paul on 04/26/07 at 09:51 AM ET
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