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by IwoCPO on 11/20/08 at 07:41 PM ET
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The polls are closed. And after 119 votes, I’ll admit it. I recorded the first one this morning and it went to Triumph. “Magic Power” is easily in the IwoCPO top ten. I’m also a big Guess Who fan and I even dig me some Neil Young when the time is right.
I can also tell you this: I’ve never listened to a second of a Tragically Hip song, I don’t think. But peer pressure’s a bitch so I stuck ‘em in there. It came down to the wire between Rush and Young, with a push from Ronnie Van Zant’s pal the last 90 minutes or so. The selected lyric? Well, that just fits.
Oh, and Subdivisions? Not the song we chose, obviously. But to set the record straight..."Conform or be cast out..” followed later by “be cool or be cast out.”
I’m just sayin’.
It’s a 3-man genius of a Provincial Live Blog bitches.
And if you’re without TV? Yahoo’s got it.
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I hope in the next segment we get to see Keating and Redmond battle it out in the corner over a bottle of Scotch.
Murph plays ref, sends ‘em both to the box for chintzy penalties and takes the bottle for himself.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/20/08 at 10:04 PM ET
“I shat myself and went home stinky”. If I had a nickel for everytime that happened to me....
Posted by calquake on 11/20/08 at 10:07 PM ET
I thought I was a good stickhandler then saw a former pro messing around on an empty rink
Like the Buick commercial with Tiger and he bounces the ball 4-5 times off the driver and then turns his hips and slams it.... like its childs play.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:07 PM ET
I thought I was a good stickhandler then saw a former pro messing around on an empty rink. I shat myself and went home stinky.
Oh, I can imagine. I got to play goal in a pick up game w. some college players in CA, so not exactly Hobey Baker material. I couldn’t BELIEVE how hard they shot the puck. I had bruises from shots that hit me square on the chest protector. Bruises on shots that hit the thin spots over the joints are normal, but the middle is pretty solid.
Posted by wingsfanindenver on 11/20/08 at 10:08 PM ET
Geez… I think Stewart ran into the ghost of McSorley out there… why does everybody seem to be having balance issues tonight?
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 11/20/08 at 10:08 PM ET
I don’t mind the juggling, but having william freaking tell on the top line of a team with this much freaking talent is offensive in too many ways.
Posted by ITDeuce on 11/20/08 at 10:09 PM ET
The danger of the 3-0 lead…
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 11/20/08 at 10:10 PM ET
Strange, was that not just a hand pass in the neutral zone?
Posted by clemshady from Greenwood, SC on 11/20/08 at 10:12 PM ET
I got to play goal in a pick up game w. some college players
I used to play boot (beer) hockey with much the same.
Gawd that was fun stuff.... not just the drinking.... no really
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:12 PM ET
I used to play boot (beer) hockey with much the same.
isn’t ALL hockey beer hockey? I’ve never met a hockey player who didn’t like his barley pop
Posted by wingsfanindenver on 11/20/08 at 10:14 PM ET
Doesn’t he? I think he has one of the sneakiest shots in the league.
Posted by clemshady from Greenwood, SC on 11/20/08 at 10:14 PM ET
Hoss just makes many plays look rather easy
He’s just ridiculously strong on the puck. I can’t even walk as well as that guy can protect the puck.
Posted by ITDeuce on 11/20/08 at 10:14 PM ET
SImpson says in the absence of Lids you look to Lilja?
Seriously?
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:16 PM ET
Ken just said jr is out with an ankle injury.
Ken on the radio said “swollen ankles” back in the 1st. I wondered if he was pregnant.
Posted by Nate A from Dark side of the moon on 11/20/08 at 10:17 PM ET
I’ve never met a hockey player who didn’t like his barley pop
As the pregamer tho?
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:17 PM ET
SImpson says in the absence of Lids you look to Lilja?
Seriously?
Maybe he got ahold of Murph’s flask.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 11/20/08 at 10:18 PM ET
Great play by Dats to make the steal and have the presence of mind to hold up and wait for Hoss.
Posted by clemshady from Greenwood, SC on 11/20/08 at 10:19 PM ET
Hos is ridiculous with the puck, it just looks different when it’s on his stick compared to everyone else (not necessarily the best, just unique.) Looks like a human vacuum when it’s lying 5 feet in front of him and he pulls it back into possession with one hand. Dude’s good.
Posted by Tyler from Lansing on 11/20/08 at 10:19 PM ET
I don’t know how anybody could boo Hossa.
Wait until February 8th. You’ll see a whole lot of ‘em.
Their reason? They’re idiots.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/20/08 at 10:22 PM ET
Simpson a 50 goal scorer, my ears are bleeding I think
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:23 PM ET
I figured they’d go nuts after offering him that big contract and him turning it down to go to the Wings.
Posted by ITDeuce on 11/20/08 at 10:24 PM ET
I don’t know how anybody could boo Hossa.
If you’re a Pens fan and you live with the unreasonable expectation that a guy who played with you for like 12 seconds is required to devote the rest of his existence to servicing Pittsburgh and it’s fans, then I could see how.
Posted by Tyler from Lansing on 11/20/08 at 10:25 PM ET
Damn, Nick goes 18 games without a penalty and gets 2 in the same period.
Posted by clemshady from Greenwood, SC on 11/20/08 at 10:26 PM ET
Lids had 0 penalty minutes until tonight and now he’s got two penalties in this game?
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 11/20/08 at 10:26 PM ET
Oilers got away with interference high in the zone there.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/20/08 at 10:26 PM ET
Effin’ A. That sucks.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 11/20/08 at 10:27 PM ET
Lids had 0 penalty minutes until tonight and now he’s got two penalties in this game?
Couple of phone calls cured that… Zeeeeebra. Gary. Ass. For you.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:28 PM ET
Pens fans don’t count. Their proven mental shortcomings almost requires them to boo somebody as cool as Hossa. It’s not like he even wanted to go to their team in the first place.
Posted by halomasterd4n on 11/20/08 at 10:29 PM ET
I’m completely in awe of Datsyuk and Hossa. Not that this is anything new, just thought I’d mention it.
Posted by Sadie from Ann Arbor, MI on 11/20/08 at 10:29 PM ET
I’m completely in awe of Datsyuk and Hossa.
Short of a goal last shift, that was fantastic.
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:32 PM ET
Damn, Sammy got up on his own.
Did I say that out loud?
Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 11/20/08 at 10:33 PM ET
I think the reason the Oilers fans aren’t booing Hossa is that they can respect him saying that he wanted to play for a chance at the cup. Being a fan in Edmonton and looking at the Wings, you’d have to be crazy to say that he made a mistake and should have signed with the Oil.
Pens fans have a bit more delusion to go off of.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 11/20/08 at 10:33 PM ET
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