Archive for October, 2006

It’s All Gone D-Mac

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Darren McCarty has filed for bankruptcy amid rumours that his NHL memorabilia may be on the auction block. For his part, McCarty has said that much of the money was swindled away from him by a close friend, although a list of creditors includes the Bellagio and Palms casinos in Las Vegas. Either way, McCarty says he will make every attempt to buy back his hockey keepsakes, which include three Stanley Cup rings.

Is it just me, or wouldn’t we rather believe the money went to crack and hoes? Just saying…

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Alpha vs. Beta coaches

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

I was musing on the fact the Flames suck so far this year, gloating to my brother-in-law Jason about how the Canucks were six points ahead in the standings. (Of course, he pissed on my parade by pointing out Calgary has three games in hand on Vancouver. Asshole. They burn one of those games tonight against Phoenix so, er, Go Gretz!!) (more…)

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Back-to-back wins…is it possible?

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Can the offensively challenged Canucks make it two in a row when they head to Rexall Place tonight? Who knows? What I do know is they’ll have to serve up the same kind of dominating effort they showed last night at the Garage, where they managed to outshoot the Oilers by a ridiculous margin, dominate four-on-four play *and* get two goals by people other than Sedin, Sedin or Naslund. The Edmontonian ones were in the game solely by virtue of Roloson, despite what they think at Covered In Oil. (more…)

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Let’s try this again

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Last week saw the coach lose some payroll thanks to the Colts inability to beat the lowly Titans by the three point spread. In desperation I’ve turned to my Seattle connection – a.k.a. the minister of (dis)information – to help build the bank back up. (more…)

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And now…sigh…back to reality

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

After the giddy heights of the last post, exacerbated by the following win over Columbus, it’s time for a sobering reality check as the Canucks wrap up their season-opening four-game road trip. Five out of a possible eight points ain’t bad, but it’s nothing to plan the Stanley Cup parade over. (more…)

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Canucks win! Flames lose! Woo-hooo!

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Well, so much for all the predictions that the Canucks were going to stink up the conference and be lucky to finish 12th or 13th. Of course, these forecasts were mostly made by the same people who said the Canucks would win the Cup last year and the year before that. (more…)

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I’ll sue, I swear, I’ll sue!

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

What’s with Chelios, Roloson and Klatt suing Saskin and Linden. Klatt? Is he even still playing? (more…)

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