by Anne
My fledgling potential one day future Western Conference team to follow is the LA Kings. Once the Canucks pull out some douchebaggery like the Flames (Todd Bertuzzi, anyone?) or Ducks (Really, Chris "Stompy" Pronger as your captain? Teemu? Nieds? No?) I'll need someone to fill in. At the moment, the current heir-apparent is the Chicago Blackhawks, but what if Brent Sopel goes batshit crazy and throws Kaner through the glass during practice one day? Hey, it could happen.
Anyway there are precious few reasons to love the LA Kings. They were DEAD LAST in the West last year and this close to bottoming out in the League but Tampa said "PSH, we can top you and your seven different starting goaltenders, watch THIS!" Yet, you have to respect management. They didn't go hogwild shopping on the free agent market like a teenage trust fund baby with Daddy's plastic. They made a few trades, did some signings and, at least for the moment, have worked out the goaltending situation. Its not the greatest goaltending tandem in history but its much better than the revolving door they had in net last year. And, hey, Tom Preissing also has that entertaining blog so that endears them to the world.
ONE OF THOSE trades they made was to take dearly beloved Matt Greene, away from Edmonton and transplant him into the wilds of Los Angeles. I imagine being an Oiler is a much bigger deal those in Edmonton than being a King is to those in Los Angeles. Poor Greener. Or maybe is it "Hooray for Greener"? BUT they made him and alternate captain and gave him some job security with a 5 year extension. Although, who's with me in that we need an off-the-ice-funny, hard hitting, big, stay at home defenseman who usually loses every fight he gets in but that's ok because he's sweeeeet and we have Goose and Petey and Mairsy and Yoyo(?!?!) to take care of that for us? Really? I figured you were all on board.
Anyway, normally after the Kings win I peruse the photo gallery for some happy pictures of Mateo. Normally I find one of 2 things: part of his back in the corner of a photo in front of the net or not a single image of him.
HOWEVER. Who ever was manning the camera last night is probably my new best friend, or it might've been me, actually, if a human being can divide oneself and one half writes a paper on Chekhov and the other watches a hockey game. Greener was on the ice for like 16 minutes (losing a fight pretty badly will do that to ya) but these games photos make it look like he never left it.
Ahem, Matthew?
That thing over there on the ice? Yeah, the "helemet".
That goes on your head.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
Cellllllebrate good times, come on!
Feel the love of a stay at home defenseman
I had a dream this morning that Nathan Gerbe died. I was really really upset when I woke up this morning and actually checked Sabres.com to make sure it wasn't true. I hate having dreams like that. I was shaken up about it for like an hour before I pulled myself together and realized its probably just my subconscious expressing my displeasure that he has not yet registered a point.
Ugh, I'm really not looking forward to tonight's game and all he currency conversions I 'll have to do in my head. :(
I've heard such scary things about Toronto fans. I worked the pre-season game, but that's the pre-season, emotions are not nearly so high.
Wooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
Ugh, I'm really not looking forward to tonight's game and all he currency conversions I 'll have to do in my head. :(
I've heard such scary things about Toronto fans. I worked the pre-season game, but that's the pre-season, emotions are not nearly so high.
Wooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
You have to do currency conversions? At my job we just take Canadian money as face value.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should invest in hockey equipment for tonight...
ReplyDeleteseriously, there's got to be some extra goaltending equipment lying around downstairs!
Oh wait... maybe you can pretend to faint or be hurt and the big animal Goose can come and rescue you...
ReplyDeleteyyyesssss!!! ok so remind me for the billionth time to remember to write about Goose's pregame ritual. i keep forgetting to write about it.
You have to do currency conversions? At my job we just take Canadian money as face value.
ReplyDeleteUgh, not at DNC Sportservice, its 25% so like, $5= $3.75, but if they give me a Canadian $5 for like, a bag of twizzlers, I still have to give them an American quarter which isn't exactly the right exchange and if that happens a lot I'll start losing money, its really annyoing.
I had a dream this morning that Nathan Gerbe died.
ReplyDeleteBack when the Sabres were in danger of leaving Buffalo, I had a dream that all the Sabres died during the game. I forget what happened to Timmy (I kinda feel like he got stabbed with a stick?), but I vividly remember that, during the game, the glass broke, so Marty got up on the ladder to fix it, and somehow ended up hanging himself... I WAS TRAUMATIZED. It was terrible.
NEVER AGAIN.