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Stuart In Wednesday. Advanced Math Says Ten Days Equals Friday.
by IwoCPO on 02/23/09 at 06:22 PM ET
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All the Diggers are chomping to bring you this: Brad Stuart’s good to go.
Defenseman Brad Stuart is planning to play Wednesday against San Jose. Stuart has been out since Jan. 20 with bruised ribs and a compression fracture on his spine, but said he feels good to go. He’ll be back playing with Niklas Kronwall, which means Brian Rafalski will be back with Nicklas Lidstrom.
“I think it’s a good way kind of to get right back into it for myself, playing against the top team in the Western Conference,” Stuart said.
Oh…
...and Chris Osgood’s playing Friday.
What’s he got to say about that? Is he ready? Is he pumped? How about a Fresca?
Osgood declined to speak to reporters again today.
Shocking.
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Aw C’MON!! Another thread WTF? How can I possibly keep up, drunk?
Posted by RWBill from Back aboard the Hasek. on 02/23/09 at 07:43 PM ET
He wants a hamburger. No, a cheeseburger. I want a hot dog. I want a milkshake. I want potato chi…
YOU’LL GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT OZZIE!
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 02/23/09 at 07:54 PM ET
OBTW come October 2-3 2009 at The Globe in Stockholm shouldn’t we be seeing ANOTHER Swedish player in the Winged Wheel for Game 2 Saturday night.....G Daniel Larrrsssson?
just sayin’… would that make 7 or 8 Swedish players. depends on Franzen… and Sammy I suppose.
Posted by RWBill from Back aboard the Hasek. on 02/23/09 at 07:54 PM ET
Aw C’MON!! Another thread WTF? How can I possibly keep up, drunk?
Maybe try reading every third word to save time. How much could the meaning change, really?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 02/23/09 at 08:10 PM ET
He’ll be back playing with Niklas Kronwall, which means Brian Rafalski will be back with Nicklas Lidstrom.
Great news that Stuart will be back, but I sure hope Helene is wrong about the pairings. Poppa and Junior have been playing very well together, so I hope Babs keeps it that way. Besides, I think Rafalski and Stuart would also make a great pairing. Rafi can pinch in any time he wants knowing Stuart will be playing “defense first”.
Lilja and Cheli. Lilja and Cheli. Lilja and Cheli. Hmmm. No matter how many times I say it, it still makes me nervous. 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/23/09 at 08:18 PM ET
How about a Fresca?
Always a classic. Thanks, Chief.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 02/23/09 at 08:20 PM ET
7 or 8 Swedish players. depends on Franzen… and Sammy I suppose.
Hmmm… I wonder… maybe the Wings will get a more of a hometown discount than they would have otherwise just because they open in Stockholm.
Posted by BobTheZee on 02/23/09 at 08:52 PM ET
Stuart back on wednesday...has Babs confirmed? I seem to remember Homer saying he would be back on a date certain and the Coach well, he had a different view.
Good to hear Ozzie has been cured, apparently.
How about a Fresca?
Vernor’s please.
Posted by Rumbear from Top-o-the Hasek, hitting golfballs on 02/23/09 at 08:59 PM ET
Maybe try reading every third word to save time. How much could the meaning change, really?
Let’s try that with an earlier post: “He’ll playing Kronwall, Brian be Nicklas .
Works for me.
Posted by calquake on 02/23/09 at 09:14 PM ET
They should leave Lils in the top 4, and see if Stuart can earn his way back.
His season this far has not been that impressive.
Posted by HockeyTownTodd from A. K. A. NostraGrampus on 02/23/09 at 10:43 PM ET
Crikey HTT, is your last name Lilja? For Peterborough Pete’s sake, I get that you like that bastion of backward-skating brilliance - but I think Babblecock will play him pretty much wherever and whenever he damn well pleases.
Ya know, the last guy who’s father yapped too much about his son’s brilliance is ending his career as a journeyman center somewhere very near the The Chief if I’m not mistaken…
Posted by Hoser from Downer Peninsula, Michigan on 02/23/09 at 11:05 PM ET
i actually agree with HTT. as a long time lilja hater, i can’t believe i’m saying this, but he’s been our third best d-man over the course of the season and was clearly outplaying stuart before stu’s injury. the rafalski-lilja combo has worked well, (as well as the nick-nick jr.) but the organ-I-zation is all about loyalty, and stuart will have to play osgood-like to lose his job as the number 4 d-man. hopefully the old d-man combos will work as well as the current ones, because we are going back to them.
Posted by A2Z from Philly on 02/24/09 at 12:05 AM ET
Oh, sure, as long as
... Lilja keeps being someone other than Lilja
Posted by Hoser from Downer Peninsula, Michigan on 02/24/09 at 12:12 AM ET
Cheeseburger? As in I Can Has Cheezburger?
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 02/24/09 at 12:16 AM ET
I say let Ozzie stew a little longer and make it in Grand Rapids. Give him a couple of weeks of having to carry his own gear, was his own uniform and ride a bus from city to city. Maybe that will wake his Fresca drinking ass up.
Word
Posted by Surfer Ken from San Clemente on 02/24/09 at 02:42 AM ET
Cheeseburger? As in I Can Has Cheezburger?
It wasn’t in Puck Daddy’s story last week, but Datsyuk definitely prefers their Eastern brothers as opposed to the American version. They both get a thumbs up in my book however.
See you on tomorrow you god forsaken lushes, er, guys. Something tells me this one will be a little better than the last time at The Joe.
That’s what I’m hoping for anyways.
Posted by Mr. Plank from San Jose, CA on 02/24/09 at 07:17 AM ET
Gotta give it to Ms. St. James, of the diggers, she actually plucked these gems, first Babs on Osgood:
“We’re pulling for him,” Babcock said. “It’s self-serving — if he does well, we do well. I care about him, I want him to be as good as he can be, and we’ll challenge him to respond. He’s going to get a start on Friday and he’ll have had 10 days to get things worked out mentally and physically so he can get back. We’re just going to go one-and-one with the goalies for a while and see where it goes.”
I suppose you could opine that Babs is “cautiously optimistic”, Hank - well that is something altogether different:
“We don’t care about the stats,” center Henrik Zetterberg said. “He was the goalie that gave us the Cup last year and that goes a long way and we know he will be there for us this year, too.”
Of course, you could cut Hank some slack for seeing the world through rose-colored lenses—Hank’s life is pretty friggin sweet:
Emma Andersson,
$72 million dollar contract ,
Emma Andersson,
Stanley Cup,
Emma Andersson,
Conn Smythe,
Emma Andersson
In Hank’s own words, via George at Snapshots:
He is one of the world’s best hockey players and recently signed contract worth almost 600 million [Swedish Kronor].
Henrik Zetterberg says with complete certainty: “I would not like to switch places with anyone.”
Yeah Hank, we get it, no need to rub it in.
Posted by Jeff OKWingnut from Quest for 19 on 02/24/09 at 10:15 AM ET
Henrik Zetterberg says with complete certainty: “I would not like to switch places with anyone.”
What a selfish ass. Here I am worth only like $71.998 million less, with a girlfriend at least 1/100th as hot as his, and athletic ability that might not rival his, but I bet it’s close to Dustin Penner. And he wouldn’t switch with me? I can’t stand this douche bag.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 02/24/09 at 10:26 AM ET
And he wouldn’t switch with me?
I’m wearing either his jersey (if I get around to ordering one), or Nick’s to the season openers (provided I can get tickets tomorrow-- who’s with me bitches?). So in a way, the poor schlub will HAVE to switch with me. At least if my black magic works.
Posted by AndrewFromAnnArbor from Fortress Europe on 02/24/09 at 01:36 PM ET
maybe the Wings will get a more of a hometown discount than they would have otherwise just because they open in Stockholm.
Posted by BobTheZee on 02/23/09 at 07:52 PM ET
Yesss BTZ, I was thinking that listening to Mule the other day saying “The Franzen family hasn’t been able to see me play in NHL”. --- Well, even if it’s only for 1 more year, give us home town Swedish discount, then when Lids’ salary comes down a little that may make room for you to re-up a little higher.
In 12 years some of Z’s salary will become available too, so stick around Mule.
Posted by RWBill from Back aboard the Hasek. on 02/24/09 at 01:59 PM ET
This is inspirational.
This is where I saw the original Zombie story. Pretty darn funny as long as it didn’t erase an actual real-time road warning message.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484326,00.html
Posted by RWBill from Back aboard the Hasek. on 02/24/09 at 02:04 PM ET
Here is a Jalopnik’s Hacked Electronic Road Sign Mega Gallery
They also have instructions, if one is so inclined.
Most of those signs convey worthless information. There is one on my daily commute I would love to hack, but my economic survival depends on me keeping a clean record. If I had a diffent occupation my juvenilosity would likely get the better of me
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 02/24/09 at 02:36 PM ET
Hard to say which site is more juvenile, A2Y or Jalopnik. I can’t read either while drinking a pop.
Posted by CaptainDennisPolonich from Sunny SoCal on 02/24/09 at 02:38 PM ET
I bet you have already seen this, but speaking of LOLZ cats, ozzie, and hotdogs, check out http://nhlol.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-12-22T13:30:00-05:00&max;-results=7 and 12.12.08’s cartoon.
Posted by snufkin from North Karelia, Finland on 02/24/09 at 03:54 PM ET
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