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by Alanah McGinley on 12/11/08 at 03:04 PM ET
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Seeing Earl Sleek’s genius today at AOL’s NHL Fanhouse, I was compelled to rip it off and reprint it here (well, with his permission!).
It’s just too bad that this happens to Joe Sakic of all people. One of the only players that team has ever had that I don’t want to throw under a bus… or a snowblower. 
Update 2:40pm PT: It’s been suggested I made a tasteless joke above with the “throw under a bus” phrase. It was not intended to be a joke referring to Sakic’s history. I actually had no idea about that accident before now (or if I once knew about it, I’d long since forgotten). I was just using it as a general expression. My apologies to those who were offended.
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I’m just excited that my cartoon even resembles a snow blower, as I’ve never actually seen one in my life! 
Ah, blessed SoCal…
Posted by Earl Sleek from Anaheim, CA on 12/11/08 at 03:41 PM ET
To be honest, Earl, I’ve lived in some serious winter hell holes (ie. Alberta) and I’ve never seen a snow blower up close either. I always figured snow blowers were just for those rich & fancy cold people. (I was always stuck with a shovel!)
But your rendition looks about right to me…
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 12/11/08 at 03:56 PM ET
Joe Sakic? Throw under a bus?! Poor taste....
(if you can’t think of why, think of the Swift Current Broncos...)
Posted by BrandNewDream on 12/11/08 at 04:11 PM ET
One of the only players that team has ever had that I don’t want to throw under a bus… or a snowblower.
I was so looking forward to a comment on Sunday night’s game, but you remained silent… only to say this. So mean. :(
Posted by Greg from Atlanta on 12/11/08 at 04:37 PM ET
Joe Sakic? Throw under a bus?! Poor taste....
First thing I thought too...I’m sure it was unintentional.
Posted by Gabriel from San Diego, CA on 12/11/08 at 05:27 PM ET
I wasn’t aware of Sakic’s accident till just a few minutes ago - or maybe I once knew about it, but I’d long-since forgotten. I was only using the words as a general expression, not as a reference to his personal history.
Sorry to anyone who misunderstood. A tasteless joke wasn’t my intention in any way.
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 12/11/08 at 05:46 PM ET
I Can’t believe that NO action was taken on the blower for it’s comment about sloppy 2nd..1st and 3rd digit ..very weak stand by commish 
Posted by DnDUnited on 12/11/08 at 06:18 PM ET
To be fair, I didn’t know Sakic was in the Broncos crash, either.
I was about to wonder why he wasn’t with the ‘87 WJHC team instead (the one that got tossed for brawling with the Russians), but I see it was his draft season, so he likely wouldn’t have gone, because draft-eligible players tend not to go to the WJHC unless they blow the pants off everyone.
Posted by Doogie2K from Calgary on 12/12/08 at 02:19 AM ET
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