The Minnesota Wild are as focused as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men (book and film). Their focus? Mind numbingly dull hockey all over North America, every season. I thought the Wild would change their style after Jacques Lemaire decided to move on, but the soldiers didn't get the message and continue to play that strangle style of hockey.
Honestly, Minnesota Wild are going to ruin my night. Again!
Usually I'm looking for an old movie by about the second period when the Wild play Edmonton. It doesn't even have to be a good movie--I love old movies and have TCM--and if Nova or Ricky Gervais is on then I'll tune that in and go back to the game to check the score.
I think it's okay to call yourself a fan and not watch an entire Minnesota Wild-Edmonton Oiler game. If the Wild-Oilers were an old timey movie it would be something like "Vertigo" and the ending would be as predictable.
I might zip over to CNN because (and if you're like me this IS news) Moammar Gadhafi is apparently dead or in custody. Now these reports are coming in from non-traditional news sources but we should know later in the day. Big story if true.
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RNH is among the leading rookies so far in the NHL this season. One thing we should probably follow all season long is his home away stats:
- Home: 3, 4-1-5 +2
- Road: 2, 0-0-0 -1
Apparently Gagner might be back tonight but Saturday is more certain. That might spell the end for Lander for now, but never discount an injury or a trade (ha ha ha). Coach Renney had some
nice comments on Corey Potter and (as we suspected) Potter was a player who had impressed the coach years ago in NYC. No word on Hall.
It could be a great game, Oilers are at home and maybe they get a quick lead and the game becomes a joyous victory. Don't trust the Wild, though. Lemaire's in their head.
Good Morning LT.
ReplyDeleteMorning, dawgtoy. Is the world supposed to end tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteMore firewagon hockey tonight? ;)
ReplyDeleteThe Oilers twitter said something to the effect: he was sick so we sent him home, but if we had a game tonight (yesterday) he'd be in.
ReplyDeleteSo, I assume that means there's a good chance he's in tonight.
No word on Hall.
ReplyDeleteRenney said yesterday that he was better and if they had a game that night (last night), he would play.
*jinx*
ReplyDeleteKish owes me a coke.
Yes, I'm 11 years old.
Honestly, Minnesota Wild are going to ruin my night. Again!
ReplyDeleteSimple solution:
2oz. of Captain Morgan Private Stock, poured over crushed ice
Coca-cola
Wedge of lime
Stir and enjoy. If after finishing one, the Oilers/Wild game is still boring, repeat as necessary.
Corey Potter has been a pleasant surprise, which compensates for Peckham's struggles. I just hope we don't suffer through 1-2 more years of Theo struggling, then trade him right at the point he finally "gets it", a la Matt Greene.
(And no, for the record, this doesn't imply that I didn't like the Greene/Stoll for Visnovsky trade - even with Lubo in Anaheim, I'd make that deal over and over again, and still wish we had kept 71 and instead found a way to talk to the Ducks into a Souray-for-Whitney swap of oft-injured D-men).
I am newly relocated to Minnesota and the fans are so desperate to watch exciting hockey that they actually believe the team/media when they say the Wild will play "exciting" hockey.
ReplyDeleteWent to the Oilers-Wild game (and sat by a kid from Edmonton) and the exciting part has obviously not found its way to St. Paul. Yet.
Everything changes tonight 9-4 Oilers!
ReplyDeletenothing changes tonight 1-0 Wild total of 11 shots on net - Whitney's foot falls off :(
http://oilersnation.com/2011/10/19/petry-to-okc
ReplyDelete“Last year Peckham was solid, while Petry struggled”
BS number 1. Petry was arguably our 3rd best D man after Gilbert and Smid. Ya his +/- was bad but that was a result of on ice sv% than his play. His corsi was solid. His scoring chance differential was in black! So idk what game you were watching gregor.
“You don't give up on Peckham, put him on waivers and send him to the minors based on an average start to the season.”
2 games of press box duty and not being able to put oneself in the lineup ahead of Potter/Petry and Barker and this is average? Then what is poor?
“Cam Barker has been average at best”
Cam Barker is poor. So far he has been playing soft minutes and is heavely out corsied and out chanced. In the game against nashville where we outchanced them 10-3 at ES Barker was 0-1! Seriously? The only reason Barker is on this club because ST wouldn’t want to admit to a failed experiment. Of course there is a lot of hockey to be played, but if anyone has been the worst defenseman on this team its Barker.
“No player should be gift-wrapped icetime or opportunity, they need to earn it.”
Then please explain why Peckham and Barker should be playing? Isnt this contradictory to the whole justification of sending Petry to the minors?
“With Ryan Whitney returning Petry's overall minutes would have decreased, and with Tom Gilbert and Ladislav Smid finally showing signs of being consistent, there isn't any openings in the top-four”
That’s 3 defensemen. The 4th spot is open and Petry can fill that easily.
“Petry's demotion is not a step back, I'd argue it is finally a step in the right direction for the Oilers and how they develop players.I understand that fans are sick of being patient, and you want to see guys like Petry play here everynight over a journeyman like Barker, but that mindset won't make make the Oilers competitive longterm.”
LOLWUT? So we have aprospect who is ready to play in the Nhl and is better than his competition which comprises of a ‘journeyman’ and a D man not good enough to crack the team when Petry is around and this is the step in the right direction? How? Had he been nhl ready but worse than the others on the roster, then yes; But not when he is clearly the 4th/5th best D man on the team!!Please explain how playing Barker over Petry goint to make the Oilers better long-term?
Tencer twits...
ReplyDeleteAccording to tonight's Oilers game notes, the team has recalled forward Ryan Keller from Oklahoma City of the AHL.
Interesting decision there.
RNH is among the leading rookies so far in the NHL this season. One thing we should probably follow all season long is his home away stats:
ReplyDeleteHome: 3, 4-1-5 +2
Road: 2, 0-0-0 -1
This is a good point.
Having 89 and 83 back to give the opposing coach a decision on who to key the top pairing D against will help that significantly.
Having a 4th line that doesn't get buried under 20 yards of cement at 5v5 would help hide the kids on the road too, but I expect the Oilers are a year away from that.
How would a Harski-Lander-Pitlick line look as your 4th that gets 10-12min a night next year?
One can dream.
According to tonight's Oilers game notes, the team has recalled forward Ryan Keller from Oklahoma City of the AHL.
ReplyDeleteStauffer alluded to this yesterday on twitter.
My guess is they are rewarding Keller with a NHL paycheck for a week.
If it were long term, I think we'd see Harski.
WG you are mistaken. They have called up RYAN Keller. Need more scoring.
ReplyDeleteWhat would that be, five Ryans? Maybe I'll get called up soon! *crosses fingers*
ReplyDeleteIf your name is Ryan and you are way down in the depth charts in the Oilers organization - this might just be your chance!
ReplyDeleteAgreed on the Wild LT. Can't watch EVERY game or the wife gets cranky. She has this weird obsession about spending time together, so it's third period only for me tonight. lol The Wild are an easy choice for a 'can miss' game.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be interesting to see what the deal is with the Keller recall, is it him up, Lander down, is it insurance, is someone else hurt and he and Lander are both in the lineup?
ReplyDeleteMaybe the flu hit a couple other guys?
HBomb:
ReplyDeleteI like Sprite with my Private Stock but the lime wedge is a nice touch. God that stuff is smooth, a few of my buddies drink it straight on ice but I don't have enough hair on my chest to pull that off.
I'm wondering how long of a look Petrell is going to get here? I haven't been all that impressed with him yet but he looks like he would be a solid addition in the AHL.
One time my roommate in university asked how many pouches of cheese mix he should use to make three boxes of Kraft Dinner. I may be about to ask a similarly stupid question.
ReplyDeleteWhen comparing Corsi for an offensive defenseman and a defensive defenseman does any calculation have to take place for lack of scoring chances for? Take Ladi Smid. I'd assume over the run of a season there are virtually 0 scoring chances for/60 when he's on the ice. I'd also say it's safe to assume there will be less scoring chances against than (say) Jeff Petry but is that relationship 1:1. Do any of the defensive defensemen (Regehr, Michalek, Scuderi) show well in RelCorsi or is the total lack of offense just too much to overcome?
"I might zip over to CNN because (and if you're like me this IS news) Moammar Gadhafi is apparently dead or in custody. Now these reports are coming in from non-traditional news sources but we should know later in the day. Big story if true."
ReplyDeleteLT: I just viewed a couple of the videos posted on the Al Jazeera web site. Our society will never know or understand the powers that make people celebrate over a dead body as those people are right now. I don't think there are words that can describe those scenes and emotions.
No Country for Old Men or a Minnesota Wild game?
ReplyDeleteEither way, I feel like I wasted two hours of my life.
Blech!
I just viewed a couple of the videos posted on the Al Jazeera web site. Our society will never know or understand the powers that make people celebrate over a dead body as those people are right now. I don't think there are words that can describe those scenes and emotions.
ReplyDeleteRubbish. There's plenty of photos of soldiers from 'our society' posing with trophy shots of captured and killed enemy soldiers. From Vietnam to Iraq, etc. You may have a somewhat short memory, but can I mention a thing called Abu-Ghraib, for example.
I think last game MTL played vs MIN they tapped them in the stratosphere 7-1.
ReplyDeleteI think Jacques Lemaire has put a spell on Edmonton.
''It's Oilers hockey (That's good).... but beware it carries a terrible curse! (That's bad)''
Ryan O'Marra seems to be doing good too.
Phillip Cornet with the hot start, got half of last year's goals in 3 games.
"Rubbish. There's plenty of photos of soldiers from 'our society' posing with trophy shots of captured and killed enemy soldiers. From Vietnam to Iraq, etc. You may have a somewhat short memory, but can I mention a thing called Abu-Ghraib, for example."
ReplyDeleteI think you are misinterpreting what I am saying. The actions may be similar when comparing to soldiers at Abu-Ghraib but there is a clear difference in the motivators. Those soldiers have never lived under the thumb of a notorious dictator.
Fpb,
ReplyDeleteI think Josh Gorges should go as Kenny Powers for halloween, do you agree? The resemblance is uncanny.
Olaf: No. Not really. No Icecream for you.
ReplyDeleteI thought No Country For Old Men (the movie) was great. It's a tad slow but very well done. Bardem plays a wonderful villain, friend-oh.
ReplyDeletepboy: Sometimes I like to step it up and introduce the 92-proof Sailor Jerry into the equation. Given that it is the spiced rum available at Commonwealth, it's generally the football rum, however.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to really expand your horizons, go with Dominican rum
and try some Brugal (available here) or Ron Barcelo Imperial (must be purchased IN the Dominican - so if you're a rum connoisseur, it's a good excuse for a vacation). Appleton's and Havana Club aren't bad bets either.
Funny thing is, after really sampling more and more higher-end medium-to-dark rums, Bacardi white tastes like liquid garbage now. Once upon a time, that stuff was the cat's meow, and now it's only used as "thinner" to take off the edge when I make margaritas (the recipe I use calls for an obscene amount of tequila, so I usually go with a 50/50 rum/tequila mix, for lack of excessive quantities of Patron).
The joys of getting wiser as one gets older (there would be a pun-opportunity there if we were talking rye whisky).
becra - Sounds like a brand of rum I haven't tried yet.
Postscript (Re: Rye)
ReplyDeleteHas anyone else tried White Owl "clear" whisky? Picked up a bottle last weekend, and damn...I must say, I am impressed. VERY smooth.
Now I'm not buying into a friend's theory of "you don't get hung-over if you drink clear liquors only" (which I've disproven using Smirnoff, Bacardi and Sauza Blanco), but somehow I could see myself not feeling like as big a pile of crap the morning after drinking a significant quantity of that stuff as opposed to, say, Crown Royal (the Dion Phaneuf of whisky - massively overhyped and not really that good).
Damn, now I'm thirsty.
Yeti, Borisnikov - I get what Yeti is saying. I was in Ethiopia in the 1980's when it was ruled by Mengistu. Mengistu was one of the most brutal 'Stalinist' leaders in modern history. I had to stand by and do nothing as I watched people get beat to death by his soldiers for absolutely no reason. The Cuban soldiers who were in the country would regularly drive around and grab women off of the streets to bring them to 'collective work camps' which were essentially rape camps. We literally pulled on of the Ehtiopian girls who worked for us away from a Cuban soldier when he tried to take her outside of our home. Being a foriegner we were able to do so, but if we were just an average Ethiopian citizen and that were our daugter, we would not have been able to do anything.
ReplyDeleteAs much as we need to be cognizant and critical of the mistakes and atrocities carried out by the USA and other western governments, we need to recognize that there are regimes of brutality and corruption that are nearly completely evil in every sense of the word.
There is nothing wrong with celebrating the death of a dictator like Ghadafi.
...and I should note that the Calgary Flames are evil too. Evil¡
ReplyDeleteLT if the Oilers are playing and you don't watch the whole game because something else is more important than how on earth can you consider yourself a real fan? The games are the only real reason to be a fan, everything else is pure politics, speculation and hubris. Lee, get a new roommate, there are lots of ladies that live and die with the Oil who would be glad to watch every minute of every game with you. Real fans watch every second of every game and if you have a pvr you sometimes watch the games two or three times. This bs about not watching all of the game really makes me question what your motives are as a blogger.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of rye, apparently Alberta Premium - despite being seemingly priced for alcoholics - is one of the best reviewed ryes out there. According to wikipedia: "Alberta Premium won "Canadian Whisky of the Year" in Jim Murray's 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Whisky Bibles. New late in 2007, the 25-year-old Limited Edition bottling won the honour in the 2008 Whisky Bible."
ReplyDeleteHow's that for crazy?
I've always been a fan of Gibson's, personally. Their 18-year old is versatile.
Thank God we have Nanaimo to define for each and every one of us what a "real" fan is.
ReplyDeleteI have a confession to make. I have not watched every second of every game. Not even the one's I've attended live.
I will hand in my Oilers sweaters now in shame and will not lend my puny, useless support any more to this team--which is far more deserving of "real" fans, than fake supporters like myself.
Mama told me three things when I was young:
ReplyDelete1. Don't take your guns to town, son
2. Never drink demon whiskey or other evil spirits
3. Please, god, don't become a lawyer.
First and third were easy.
Spoiler: At games?
ReplyDeleteIf you've got lower bowl seats, and it's intentional, that's a crime.
bookie - At no point did I say they should not be celebrating his death. What I said was as a society we will never understand the motivators that make people celebrate someone's death like that. I should have been a little bit clearer.
ReplyDeleteFor me, watching videos like the ones from today is very hard to do because I don't have the point of reference that those people celebrating do. Their emotions are clearly intense and visceral. You can almost feel it through the screen. I'd venture to guess that the lack of reference I have puts me in with the majority of Canadians. I don't think it is at all a stretch to think that we, as a society, will never experience anything like the death of Gaddafi or Hussein, or any other monster for that matter, after living under their iron rule.
I share your opinion, the people of Libya should celebrate, I just have a hard time putting myself in their shoes and being "happy" about it.
And yes - the Phlegms are evil as are the leafs, habs and canucks.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, FPB, low lower bowl seats suck in my opinion. I'd rather be a bit higher.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm assuming you're joking, right?
Now spoiler CMIIW but you don't write an Oilers blog that is read by thousands. LT's opinions saturate the fanbase and then are espoused on all sorts of other blogs. Reading some of the other comments on todays stories and blogs you will find many other people parroting LT's thoughts because he influences their opinions.
ReplyDeleteNanaimo - that's either the most deliciously sarcastic piece of humour I've read for a good long time, or you're completely wacko. I'm trusting that its the former... please.
ReplyDeleteBoris - apologies, I did entirely misinterpret you.
Uh huh, Nanaimo, I assure you I get that. And your point is still invalid.
ReplyDeleteSpoiler: Idk. Maybe it's different in Edmonton. But in MTL the arena's always full, and people can live a lifetime without being able to afford the seats I sit in. So I try to give my good luck some respect by sitting the whole game.
ReplyDelete(Of course sometimes it takes more than the 17 mins to get a refreshment so).
When you're down 3 with 30 sec to go is fine. But not something like only coming for 2 periods (Unless with small kids).
Oilers should call up Ryan Murray.
ReplyDeleteWe could use another Ryan
If all you care about is who comes up and who is sent down, who makes the team and who doesn't, whether ST is right or wrong in his decision making, whether Pat Laf is shaking hands with whoever or Katz is talking to the media or not, Klowe is in the bathroom or not but you don't really care what happens on the ice other than who wins or loses than we know what kind of fan you are. Why don't you write or follow politics instead. Nuff said
ReplyDeleteOilers tweet...
ReplyDelete"It's looking like Saturday (against the Rangers) is the best option for me." - Sam Gagner on his impending return to the lineup
You mean that post towards LT was not meant to be super sarcastic, nanaimo?
ReplyDeleteYou know he just does this for fun, right? There is more to life than the Oilers.
Nanaimo: at the danger of feeding a troll, I'm just going to say that's insane.
ReplyDeleteI study politics for a living and if you believe that I follow every interview, every press release, you're just crazy. If you think that's what is required to be knowledgeable, then you're crazy or stupid.
LT does this as a HOBBY (albeit, with an obsession that verges on a clinical condition). I don't see how being able to watch every last second of every last game is a requirement of producing a top quality blog. Most paid media don't even do that. Moreover, as a blog geared to discussions including advanced stats, those are useful indicators for anything missed.
In other words, keep up the great work LT. This reader encourages you to take a night off from time to time.
Lines tonight, per Tencer:
ReplyDeleteTaylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Ryan Smyth - Shawn Horcoff - Ryan Jones
Magnus Paajarvi - Eric Belanger - Linus Omark
Ben Eager - Anton Lander - Lennart Petrell
Ryan Whitney - Corey Potter
Ladislav Smid - Tom Gilbert
Andy Sutton - Cam Barker
Nikolai Khabibulin
Devan Dubnyk
This bs about not watching all of the game really makes me question what your motives are as a blogger.
ReplyDeleteHe does it because of the high quality comments that come with every post.
Nicholas: another good "cheap" rye is Wisers. Quality stuff.
ReplyDeleteBut if one is looking for a treat? Tangle Ridge. Smoooooooth.
Word Verification: comet. As in, "Taylor Hall is fast like a".
I am sorry LT, we all simply hate you now that we know that you don't watch every moment of every Oiler game. How can we hold true to anything now. It is all lie. The world is a dark and grey place with no love or happiness. I hope all of the bunnies and birds die this winter...
ReplyDeleteThis song goes out to you LT! I want you to know I will be listening to it blaring while I watch the game tonight - alone - without you or any other bloggers there!
spOILer said...
ReplyDeleteMama told me three things when I was young:
1. Don't take your guns to town, son
2. Never drink demon whiskey or other evil spirits
3. Please, god, don't become a lawyer.
All mine ever told me was "if you ever want to kill your father....marry a Catholic girl"
Petry: You don't have to do this.
Renney: People always say the same thing.
Petry: What do they say?
Renney: They say, "You don't have to do this."
Petry: You don't.
Renney: Okay.[flips a coin and covers it with his hand]
Renney: This is the best I can do. Call it.
Petry: I knowed you was crazy when I saw you sitting there. I knowed exactly what was in store for me.
Renney: Call it.
Petry: No. I ain't gonna call it.
Renney: Call it.
Petry: The coin don't have no say. It's just you.
Renney: Well, I got here the same way the coin did.
Tambellini: We goin' in?
Lowe: Gun out and up.
Tambellini: [draws his pistol] What about yours?
Lowe: I'm hidin' behind you.
Trainer: You know. We might have brought Sheldon back a little early
Vish: That's possible.
Trainer: But you don't believe it.
Vish: No. Probably I don't.
Trainer: It's a mess, ain't it?
Vish: If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here.
Renney: [about Peckham] Just how dangerous is he?
Dubnyk: Compared to what? The bubonic plague?
Matheson: Tambo, was that a true story about Sheldon Souray?
Tambo: Who's Sheldon Souray? Oh! Well... uh... a true story? I couldn't swear to every detail but it's certainly true that it is a story.
When the Oilers play Minny, I watch the game with a book in my hands and when it sounds like something decent might be happening, I look at the tv. I usually get a lot of reading done during an Oilers-Minny game.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I also look up when Gene is unveiling one of his punny gems.
Well if you don't watch all of the game and your op is to tell others not to watch all of the game then why be a fan? What's it all about? I play hockey and have for thirty years and for me the game and the play of the hockey game is why I'm a fan. If watching the Oil skate, shoot, pass hit ,check,save etc on every shift in every game isn't what it's about then I stand corrected.
ReplyDeleteOilers should consider making Ryan Coke the official team cocktail
ReplyDeletehypeali: What Howard Cosell did
I agree with Nanaimo. The countless hours that LT puts into writing for two Oiler blogs is meaningless if he doesn't watch every second of every game, real life and other considerations don't factor into the mind of a true fan.
ReplyDeleteLee, if you must choose between the woman you married and the Oilers, you must choose the Oilers. Otherwise, you're not a true fan.
Also, Tom Gilbert sucks because he doesn't crush people with THUNDEROUS BODY CHECKS.
They gave one set of monkeys single malt(real) whisky - the monkeys had a great time.
ReplyDeleteThey gave another set of monkeys "blended" whisky(grain alcohol mixed with a little malt), and the monkeys started fighting each other.
"Blended" whisky was invented in the UK for poor people to drink. Incredibly, blended(garbage) whisky is sold throughout the world in the 21st century as the real thing. Chalk up another one for marketing.
@nanaimo oil: Actually mate, unless you happened to be born within 10 miles of Northlands Coliseum, in my opinion you're not an Oiler fan.
I knew none of you guys actually watched the games.
ReplyDeleteYou just look at the stats afterwards and come to baseless conclusions.
A pox on all your calculators.
As much as I like the Coens, it's far from the top of my list for a repeat viewing. You can't take your eyes off him, yet he's a pretty vacuous character--by design. I suppose the sign of a great movie is that each time you see it, you come away with less.
ReplyDeleteIn the real world, a trail of two or more creative corpses soon has you pinned beside the Beltway Sniper on Clarice Starling's bulletin board. What CSI misses, Quincy won't. If there's one thing cops hate, it's creativity.
BTW, how is our Russian Chigurtits making out in cleavage country? Fortunately (in one sense) we don't need him in the line up tonight.
After 40 screenings of House of Sand and Fog, I think that movie is finally winding down.
Petry was arguably our 3rd best D man after Gilbert and Smid.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with the Scoring Chance stats is they belong in sub set.
Who you face and what give up in real results is more importanrt to think otherwise is statistical idiocy.
Its like thinking a shot from a shot gun and a pellet gun are the same.
Give me the guy who faces the best and is near or better than the league average for GA.
So your target should be the Dmen who face The toughest competion with lower 2nd line or third line and are better than/near average.
The toug comp guys who did this last year.
NAME total Comp GAON/60
JOSHGORGES 0.302 2.34
DANGIRARDI 0.281 2.39
MARCSTAAL 0.28 2.2
BRENTSEABROOK 0.213 2.54
ROBYNREGEHR 0.202 2.42
MARCMETHOT 0.195 2.35
HALGILL 0.169 2.47
ANSSI SALMELA 0.15 2.33
NICK GROSSMAN 0.145 2.02
J BOUWMEESTER 0.145 2.53
AARON ROME 0.14 2.02
ROB SCUDERI 0.13 2.08
RYAN WHITNEY 0.128 2.17
JASON GARRISON 0.12 1.99
KEITH YANDLE 0.115 2.19
THEO PECKHAM 0.11 2.6
IAN COLE 0.107 1.93
DAN BOYLE 0.102 2.37
ERIC BREWER 0.1 2.38
P.K.SUBBAN 0.098 2.57
MIKE WEAVER 0.09 2.04
DOUG MURRAY 0.085 2.07
KEITH AULIE 0.082 2.22
RYANSUTER 0.065 1.81
DREW DOUGHTY 0.05 2.26
These are the Dmen that faced tough but 2nd line help:
NAME TotalComp GAON/60
JOHNNY BOYCHUK -0.023 1.55
NIK HJALMARSSON -0.041 1.8
ZDENO CHARA -0.013 1.88
JARO SPACEK -0.01 1.95
BROOKS ORPIK -0.02 1.99
COLIN WHITE -0.012 2.05
ROMAN HAMRLIK 0.025 2.05
DEREK MORRIS 0.034 2.06
ANDREJ SEKERA -0.036 2.13
JEFF SCHULTZ -0.029 2.27
ADRIAN AUCOIN -0.034 2.27
SHEA WEBER 0.035 2.34
A PIETRANGELO 0.013 2.4
RYAN O'BYRNE 0.013 2.43
DION PHANEUF 0.011 2.49
TIM GLEASON -0.038 2.49
WILLIE MITCHELL -0.017 2.5
BARRET JACKMAN 0.027 2.54
BRAYDON COBURN -0.031 2.56
NICK SCHULTZ -0.005 2.57
So all aside last year these were the Dmen you wanted on your team.
As for peckham: He is young.
You do not achieve something that you are not capable of.
ten worst GA in the league last year:
BRETTLEBDA 3.65
FILIPKUBA 3.55
CRAIGRIVET 3.45
DENNISWIDEMAN 3.45
MILANJURCINA 3.28
ADAMFOOTE 3.24
TOMGILBERT 3.23
MARKFISTRIC 3.18
JEFFPETRY 3.16
I know BS is important, I honestly do but we're talking about BS. We're talking about BS man. We're talking BS. We're talking about BS. We're not talking about the how to win the game. We're talking about BS. When you come to the arena, and you see the play, you've seen the play right, you've seen what you believe, but we're talking about BS right now.
GAON/60
ReplyDeleteSuch an accurate stat for defenseman ability. If only there was as stat which showed us goalie sv% when the said player was on ice
hunter1909 said...
ReplyDelete"Blended" whisky was invented in the UK for poor people to drink. Incredibly, blended(garbage) whisky is sold throughout the world in the 21st century as the real thing. Chalk up another one for marketing.
All this whiskey talk is enough to make a true connoisseur snicker heartily. Then I remember from which city the blog originates. Wisers? Alberta Premium? Crown Royal?
And on the second day God created Scotland.....5 minutes later he created single malt scotch whiskey.
To all the whiskey drinkers here....a quick doff o the kilt and I fart in your general direction
cabbiesmacker: I've tried Scotch. Repeatedly.
ReplyDeleteGlenmorangie, Talisker, Glenfiddich...it hasn't mattered.
I cannot develop a taste for the stuff whatsoever. But it hasn't been for lack of effort.
I like scotch and I don't try to convince anyone else to like it. It is a limited resource and its already expensive enough!
ReplyDeleteWhisky? Whiskey? Do you honestly think that means anything? Perhaps.
ReplyDeleteTrouble is, it's gone up close to 40% recently where I live, so from now on it's for knife wounds and major depression, only.
Take Ladi Smid. I'd assume over the run of a season there are virtually 0 scoring chances for/60 when he's on the ice.
ReplyDeleteKt,
That's a pretty big assumption.
Is Smid playing with 4 other Smid's?
Since he's probably seeing top opposition, the SC for are probably low, but there must be some, especially if 10 and 94 are playing toughs all year.
One failing that a lot of current stats have is the failure to quantify "good defensive play"
Many of the metrics we look at now contain some part of that, but nothing really pulls it out well.
I'd like to see Gabe have and "Expected GA/60", which is the aggregate GF/60 of all the players a player has played against. You'
d need to quantify it based on TOI against the opponents to come to one number.
Ie. Player A has a GAON/60 of 2.17, and an EXPGAON/60 of 2.85, therefore Player A has a positive defensive ability preventing 0.68 GA/60.
That would have to be weighted with QC and QT obv, but I think its a good place to go with it.
http://stats.hockeyanalysis.com has come up with his own defensive and offensive ratings.
Read through his stuff, I think its pretty good too.
Sooner or later it was inevitable: With the increasing popularity of Lowetide, the Oilers management would start getting interns to write such inspirational ditties like: "Unless you watch all the games, you're not a true fan".
ReplyDeleteHell, between 2000-2010; forcing anyone to do that kind of activity could land them in the Hague.
WG
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting idea, worth pursuing, but wouldn't there still be a team effect?
Vertigo is awesome! What the hell?
ReplyDeleteLee, get a new roommate, there are lots of ladies that live and die with the Oil who would be glad to watch every minute of every game with you.
ReplyDeleteHmm, tell my beautiful wife of 18 years that I'll be getting a new 'roommate' because an Oct. game against the Wild is more important than her?
Sure, I'll get right on that.
While I'm at it, I think I'll tell my sons that school's a waste of time and then maybe call my dad to tell him he was a shit father. Yep, gonna be a busy day.
Irish Whiskey is the dew from angel wings.
ReplyDeleteI'm Scottish and I don't like most scotches.
I'm not 100% on this, but people who know way more about scotch than I do told me to stay away from the islay scotches since I don't like the heavey, peaty, strong tastes associated with these whiskeys (as many scotches are)
I really like The Balvenie. Its not a Islay, but made in Speyside. I think they use hardwood charcoal as their alcohol filter, rather than peat charcoal, which makes a big difference in taste. (similarly apparently a big portion of Jack Daniels' unique flavour can be attributed to the maple charcoal that they use)
I don't profess to have this knowledge down, but I think that's what I was told.
WG
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting idea, worth pursuing, but wouldn't there still be a team effect?
Its very tough to pull team effects out of any hockey stat.
The best thing to do is compare the number with the 4 other players he had the most ice time with, but that's pretty incomplete as well.
As for the Coens...
ReplyDeleteI think when the future looks back at their body of work that No Country for Old Men will not rank as highly as some of their other films.
The Coens are the Bob Dylans of Cinema. Their work usually has some annotative meta-level upon the story normal where they twist and play with trite ironies and dishonest self-references to poke and prod at the concepts and fundaments of noir. In fact, without the Coens, I believe that Chinatown would still be holding noir dead in its tracks.
They usually are beholden only to their own vision, confabulating and confusing normal movie realities with their tangled ambiguities.
Here, presenting McCarthy's work, they are far more clean and direct then most of the rest of their movies. It's a wonderful movie don't get me wrong... but there are already a few directors out there that competently tell such stories in such a manner.
However there are very few in Hollywood who can deliver the twisted and tangled introspective, self-referential confabulations that the Coens can. Probably no one else.
And thus I feel somewhat cheated when I watch this movie because it could have been made by Ang Lee or PT Anderson or maybe even Hollywood's shopkeeper, Tarantino. It's missing all the annotative froth. It's a song not by Dylan but by The Mamas and The Papas. That is to say, it's quite good, very competent throughout, but it lacks the expected genius. Our loss.
Any single malt is technically great. it's just a matter of personal taste.
ReplyDeletePersonally I like to taste peat bog in my whisky, but then I'm a Scots-Irish Guinness drinker.
WG
ReplyDeleteIf you don't care for the peatier Scotches, I'd recommend Dalwhinnie.
To sum up and resolve all disputes:
ReplyDelete1. Vertigo, sadly, is not awesome. Starts cool, though.
2. The 7 signed, Oiler Ryans agree... that Scotch is blah.
3. In order, from most evil to least evil: Flames, Ghadafi, Chigurh. Tough call, though.
4. If you don't put a sharp sewing needle up your penis and then take a bath in lemon juice every time the Oilers lose, then you are not a real fan. Period.
You guys do that, right?
Baby Babay can't wait to get outta school, and hopefully see our beloved Oil pile drive the wild into submission!
ReplyDeletespOILer, nice to see your Coen post and somewhat fortuitous timing. I'm a bit of a film buff myself and came across an excellent blog today from an LA film critic. Might be worth a troll when you have a spare sec or 2.
ReplyDeletehttp://sunsetgun.typepad.com/sunsetgun/
Pretty rare to find a good looking female film critic who enjoys the works of Polanski, Tarantino and Jane Fonda in Barbarella! Recommend googling her point/counterpoint on Tarantino with another critic by the name of Fears. Fun read.
Not much of a scotch guy. I prefer a good cognac.
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ReplyDeleteIf you don't put a sharp sewing needle up your penis and then take a bath in lemon juice every time the Oilers lose, then you are not a real fan. Period.
ReplyDeleteCripes, sewing needle, what kind of fair-weather fan are you? There are no barbs on a sewing needle.
Sounds like 89 won't go until Saturday vs the Rags.
ReplyDeleteI got tickets for that one, should be fun (refused to renew my season tickets after the Laforge threatened to move the team, but the fan in me still wants to go to a handful of games)
I think the best place to put 89 when he gets back is on the RW with 10 and 94. He'd be an upgrade on Jones in terms of offense and I can't see any Oiler other than Hordichuck being a downgrade on defense vs. Jones.
So you'd run with:
94-10-89
4-93-14
91-20-23
55-57-28
I would probably do the organization some good to watch him on the wing as long term he might be a better fit there and there may be a need if 83 is gone after this year.
Since we are talking about whiskey, I'd thought I'd add my own $0.02. There is a lot of talk about "best" whiskies, and quite frankly, I think whatever you wish to drink, power to you. There is nothing wrong with 'blended' whiskies, however, often they are blended for the same reason we load creamer and sugar into our morning coffee; the recipe or delivery of the product must utilize a thinning agent to mask it's qualities. Of course, adding corn whiskey to rye whiskey can just be to add a different type of flavour, but that process dilutes what we might consider "the" rye flavour. One of the reasons Alberta Premium is so highly regarded (and rightfully so, particularly the 10 year) is it is the only rye whiskey in Canada still made from 100%; no corn whiskey added.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, the idea that 'scotch' is somehow the best or most pure whiskey rests on some pretty tenuous beliefs. We as a culture tend to manufacture a belief in quality that correlates with cost. An example above compares Toyotas to Mercedes and Lexus. However, as anyone in Japan will tell you, a Lexus isn't that different from a Toyota. The difference in cost does not make a product better, although paradoxically, when we spend more, we derive more satisfaction from said product. So technically, while you may be enjoying your scotch more, I think it prudent to critically assess how much of that is what Zizek would call 'surplus enjoyment'. Anyone interested in scotches should definitely try Highland Park 12 year. The best bang for your buck Single Malt I've ever had.
As for the game tonight... who cares what happens, we have whiskey! The cry of the anglo-saxon man for hundreds of years, I expect.
verification word: binal... that was harsh blogger.
From an Arthur Staple article...
ReplyDeleteAfter that 5-1 Isles win, PA Parenteau told me he was "so happy" that the Isles chased Roloson to the bench; a couple of other players I spoke to, who did not want their names used, expressed similar sentiments about Roloson being a bad teammate during his final weeks with the team last season.
Roloson said this morning that he wasn't bothered by Parenteau's comments.
I cough up black stuff when I try to drink whiskey. An allergic reaction I'm told. Very odd.
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ReplyDeleteRibs: Some of the younger Oilers who with the organization when Roloson was here would probably echo that sentiment in private. Likely one of the major reasons he wasn't resigned, with a fairly young team.
ReplyDeleteInteresting options when Gagner and Hemsky come back. RNH isn't going down. Thus, the 1-3 C's are set, so Gagner slides to RW. (It doesn't make any sense to put Belanger or Gagner on a 4th line, IMO. Belanger is a bit hurt now, but he really is a solid, solid player.) And Hemsky is a RW, too.
ReplyDeleteHemsky, Eberle, Gagner, Jones means not much room for Omark in the top 9 unfortunately.
I get that injuries happen, especially to the Oilers, but with Gagner and Jones in, Omark slides to 4th on the depth chart. (Of course, he's better than Jones, but the Oilers seem to disagree.) And Hartikainen will need some minutes this year, likely top 9 minutes going forward. Petrell can play a bit already. And the Oilers are committed to carrying goons and Eagers.
I expect Omark to get moved pretty soon, and probably for too little.
Yep. Seems to be a recurring thing with him.
ReplyDeleteWorked in the licensed trade here in Scotland for over 20 years. Whisky is my drink. 90% of Scotch sold is blended (a mix of Grain and malt whisky) Single malts are my thing. I'd love to be the Lowetide Whisky Meister if he wants!
ReplyDeleteI know in Canada that you are limited by the LCBO from what malt whisky you can get.
A lot of peop;e get put off whisky due to the fact that they 1st try it at an ABV of 40% plus. Most people drink alcohol at far lower volumes e'g. beer. lager, vodka & mixer, G&t etc
I wouls recommed the following Single Malts to introduce you to the joys of Scotch: -
Highland Park 12yo or 18yo
Old Pulteney 12yo or 17yo
Balvenie Doublewood 12yo
Dalwhinnie 15yo
Glenfiddich 15yo or 18yo
Talisker 10yo
Bunnahabhain 12yo
Bowmore 12yo
Lagavulin 16yo
Laphroiag 1/4 cask
Glenlivet Nadurra 15yo
Glen Garioch 12yo
Deanston 12yo
Go Oilers!
Sum: there is it is called cumulative save % it shows what kind of shots are being given up. you know Real Corsi. A Player gives up 4 10% shots in 15 minutes of play. You would expect 1.6Ga/60
ReplyDeleteA player gives up 3 60% shots in 15 Minutes of play. You would expect 7.2GA/60. this would be a more accurate measure. It elimanates the goalies affect.
But we have Corsi and Goals against wich are equally useless.
So I will take the one that actually shows up in the score sheet were it maters.
Shot count means squat. In the end.
I know Practice is important, I honestly do but we're talking about Corsi. We're talking about Corsi man. We're talking Corsi. We're talking about Corsi. We're not talking about scoring and stopping goals to win the game. We're talking about Corsi. When you come to the arena, and you see the play, you've seen the play right, You've seen getting more goals wins, but we're talking about Corsi right now.
I know in Canada that you are limited by the LCBO from what malt whisky you can get.
ReplyDeleteThe LCBO controls what you can buy in Ontario.
Many on this forum live in Alberta, where the ALCB controls it.
Liquor is a provincial cash cow, not federal.
Many, many good scotches and Irish whiskeys are available in Alberta.
I know a liquor store owner and they can order damn near anything and the ALCB will get it if they order the minimum required (usually a case)
Lee,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link! However after a brief survey I'm sad to report she is not my cup of tea. She focuses on the ostensible story, its characters, and the celebrities that act them.
Remember when we used to analyze short stories in school? I come at movies the same way. Thus I would never reduce film to the level mentioned above--who would ever analyze a short story based sheerly on its characters or even the literal story? (It's like thinking that noir is simply a matter of lighting, venetian blinds and an unhappy ending--and a lot of people think about it on that level.) However due to the nature of the business and the celebrity machine required to make it go, that reductionism has become society's own perspective on movies, reiterated and reinforced by critics and buffs everywhere. And it misses a great deal of what cinema brings to our eyes and minds.
Oh sure, some will mention score or costume or production design as aspects of a movie that are well done. But the more important question is, "are they apt?" And if you ask that question, you have to some idea of what the movie is about beyond the ostensible story. I find very very few people who bother.
Take Polanksi's Ninth Gate, a brilliant movie that fandom has largely panned. It's a movie bereft of context. This forces the watcher to be a co-creator of the world of the movie. Most people would rather be emotionally manipulated on an obvious and simple level like Shawshank or A Beautiful Life or any number of underdog sports movies. People want zero effort other than attendance when enjoying the distractions of the bread and circuses for which they pay. They don't want to be changed by a movie, they want the movie to re-affirm their own reality.
But if I have misrepresented her, I apologize. I only read the first 4 or 5 articles and there may be some gems in her past that I'm missing.
And apologies to everyone for all this boring pontificating.
Buying alcohol in Ontario is a weird experience "What do you mean I have to go to a beer store to get that?"
ReplyDeletePeople from the States and the UK probably feel the same way about our 7-11s and grocery stores.
ReplyDeleteAnglo Saxon men only got whisky if they were visiting relations in Scotland. Whisky is a Celtic drink.
ReplyDeleteAnglo-Saxon people drank ale from birth, however.
And you know we are all preparing for a snoozefest when the topic turns to booze.
ReplyDeleteAh you know you have arrived as an adult when you argue about whiskey, horrible Coen brothers movies, or the make of engine you have in your car.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a booze snob. You want to overpay for it, fine. It all gets you drunk and gives you a headache the day after.
Good god, Wild games are so boring, we've gotten to talking about every thing except hockey.
How about the Liquor store experience in South Carolina. Can't buy booze after 7pm every day of the week and no booze sales at all on Sunday. And its right there in the grocery store, boggles the mind.
ReplyDeleteI'm a Jack fan, tell me how Jack is the same price down there as it is in Canada? However a handle of rye is under $15 but here the same thing is $62.
I'm just happy we have two games against them out of the way already while there's baseball to watch.
ReplyDeleteI would like to discuss Wild On hosts next or is Brooke Burke too much of a lock to win?
Scotch is a sipping drink, I think you have to be 50 or so to enjoy it. I used the piledrive the rye but it angries up the blood something terrible. I'd get fidgity and want to punch something.
ReplyDeleteI remember in Phoenix (this is years ago) I ordered rye and whatever they gave me gave me a jolt I remember to this day. I could see the nails in the far wall and that's the truth.
Man.
Double Jacks do that to me... half Yukon, half JD.
ReplyDeleteIt's a little hard to criticize the Wild for boring hockey when the Flames and Oilers combined for eight EV chances in the first 40 min the other night. News flash - everybody traps.
ReplyDelete@spOILer, I think an argument can be made that, thanks to the advent of digital piracy, we are simultaneously enjoying both the death AND renaissance of art in our lifetime.
ReplyDeleteFor the masses, Hollywood has embraced this belief that an 'event' movie is the only type of film that will get people into the theater garnering that all important box office, opening weekend. Thus the general populace that comprise the audience you're describing gets a steady diet of vapid nonsense like Green Lantern and Drive Angry. Is it fair to blame the public for consuming this garbage though, or is Hollywood at least complicit for underestimating the appetite for thinking man's fare?
Fortunately, indie, foreign and documentary films have never been more accessible with the Internet affording access like never before to quality films for those that crave them. Hence the renaissance comment...
Finally, I would never go so far as to condemn all 'popcorn' flicks as populist or disposable. In troubled times, there IS value in simply being entertained and I would hate to think of missing all the great movies I've seen over the years that succeeded on this front but didn't aspire to critical praise. And while I enjoy 'difficult' films more than almost anyone I know, every once and a while you watch some completelely self indulgent pap like Malick's The Tree of Life and they remind you that there was something more primal that attracted you to this artform long before you could over intellectualize it.
Lee,
ReplyDeleteyou had me all the way up to the comment on Tree of Life, lol. I suspect we could enjoy many beers yakking movies together. But Malick is absolutely amazing. Have you done any study of the Sephiroth or any of the Kabbalistic notions of story-telling that this film employs? How about Chinese Calligraphy and its ideas of layered expression? This movie is important, very important to the craft of film-making and finding a logic and a narrative that can plum the simultaneous layers that the flow of the universe washes over us.
Surely if Chinese poet-calligraphers could grasp these notions 1300 years ago, and experiment with them, then doing so isn't self-indulgent today? Especially when leveraging said notions for the relatively young and still developing world of cinema?
And even if you judge his experiment as failed, the fact that he experimented in today's Hollywood is a wonder all to itself. I will take 10 such failed experiments before yet another reiteration of the sports underdog story where everything is safely the same except the rearranged details.
That was an excellent post though Lee, and I agree with big chunks of it.
So if we get the basic Shaw package and then the sports channel package, signing up somewhere about 12 months ago, will we get this game on "Sportsnet Oilers"?
ReplyDeleteScotch is good. bourbon is good. rye is good. If you don't enjoy every sip of every type of these fine beverages, you are not a real alcohol fan.
ReplyDeleteBookje, thanks for the link to that crazy song! Never heard it before. What a nihilist!
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ReplyDeleteOk spOILer, you've convinced me to give 'Tree' another chance. To be fair, I didn't like Tom Waits the 1st 5 or so times I heard him either, so possibly Malick will bear fruit after repeat viewings.
ReplyDeleteWord verification: cyclers - the Oil could use a few of these in the O zone tonight.
Scotch is a sipping drink, I think you have to be 50 or so to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI used the piledrive the rye but it angries up the blood something terrible. I'd get fidgity and want to punch something.
I think I see what the issue it.
I never know how much I dislike pretty much everyone until I have skin full of whiskey.
jon,
ReplyDelete302 HD and 326 SD for me with a Shaw HD package.
Nice list. Love these smoke monsters when I have them:
ReplyDeleteTalisker
Lagavulin
Laphroiag
Right now I have:
Highland Park, 18
Bowmore, cask strength
Mixed some Rusty Nails at my last dinner party with 2 parts HP and 1 parts Drambuie for some adventuresome non-scotch drinkers. Think I sold a bottle.
A Rusty Nail was the first drink I experienced at university that made drinking make sense; it's a sentimental sacrilege. Sat with my German friend in the dark between a pair of giant speakers (large speakers in that era started at bar fridge and went upward) with Dark Side of the Moon at just the right volume (no, not especially loud).
The Bowmore cask strength is for real scotch drinkers only ... and even then smoke pours out your ears. It's not what I would call a session scotch.
After the BP catastrophe I cooked a theme dinner, a small ode to grotesque incompetence.
I made a sea derrick platform with waffles and marshmallows painted with Japanese green tea and turmeric and something else I don't recall and studded with allspice, they looked really grungy. There were helicopter pads made from sliced hard boiled eggs and a lot of other goofiness. Tried to light it on fire with a little pyre of booze at the top, but it didn't work too well and, well, the ocean of onion soup it was built upon was beginning to get cold.
I included a dish designed to convey the sense of the chemical dispersant. I soaked Frosted Mini Wheats (what is that frosting, exactly?) in a little drib of my cask strength Bowmore. Well, that did succeed in getting the message across. Amazing how much smoke those little wheaties soaked up. Some eyes bugged out when those were shovelled down the cake hatch. Seriously, it was like being there as they burned the Gulf.
Desert was Callebaut chocolate ducks served beside a polluted marsh of the best organic lemon reduction I've ever had (compliments of my squeeze). Can't remember how we did the grass effect, but it looked cool.
That was my first theme dinner. We've done more since. Go big or go home.
I soaked Frosted Mini Wheats (what is that frosting, exactly?) in a little drib of my cask strength Bowmore.
ReplyDeleteDMW doesn't always eat kid's breakfast cereals, but when he does, he soaks them in scotch.
Stay liqoured my friends.
WG: Thanks. I have a pretty barebones package so I suspect I'm watching this via laptop or not at all.
ReplyDeleteLee
ReplyDeleteDunno if you've watched Malick's other films, but before going back to ToL, maybe run through them first. There's only like 4. Days of Heaven (if I have the title right, but the Richard Gere one) is a visual feast whereas Thin Red Line is a Heart of Darkness story constructed as a tone poem. All about the audio, that one. New World got co-opted by the studio but it still has value.
Lee & Spoiler "A Tree of Life" is garbage. It is one of the only movies I have seen that I really wanted to walk out during. I'm not going to study calligraphy or a religion just to appreciate a movie. Sean Penn doesn't like the movie and he was in it!
ReplyDeleteThe great thing about movies is there is something for everyone and nobody else's opinion really matters. I sometimes like a movie that makes me think but sometimes I just wanna see shit blow up.
Anyone got a link to watch this game? Can't get to a TV tonight.
ReplyDeleteJon,
ReplyDeleteMy mom has the barebones and its showing on 326 for her at 7:30
Give it a try.
Yet again, I'm forced to watch the Jets game instead of my Oilers play hockey due to geographical relationships.
ReplyDeleteHowever these Jets play defense so badly it's easy to think I'm watching Oilers hockey anyway...
It seems I can't like two teams and have both of them win.
ReplyDeleteOilers get better, Habs go down the drain.
FPB: Boston's winning, that's good. Right? :-)
ReplyDeleteLT: Idk. Want me to hack your stuff and transform the site into a tribute to Jacques Lemaire?
ReplyDelete=P.
He's taller than Tom Renney! He's a good sized guy!
ReplyDeleteWhat the christ is this guy on about now? I just tuned in.
FPB: Oh come on. The Bruins are ripping the Leafs tonight, surely we can both enjoy the moment?
ReplyDeleteWG: I am looking at it and I don't get it for some reason. I went onto Shaw before their current alignment of channels so I suspect that is somehow involved.
ReplyDeleteIf I could ever get through to shaw on the phone I could offer to pay them more money in exchange for their services, but alas.
These Michael commercials for PS3 are incredibly funny if your son's name is Michael and he's played all those games.
ReplyDeleteMarek has made this studio staff about 1000 times better. Simpson taking out her shoulder on the promo for the 99 interview was cool too.
ReplyDeleteDMW, that was ++,
ReplyDeleteKinda glad I wasn't there to, umm, partake though.
I never really liked the Bruins until the Kessel deal went down. That along with the most recent Stanley Cup Finals has them as one of my favorites.
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ReplyDeleteLT: Can't hate the Leafs anymore, you just know they'l blow it.
ReplyDeleteWhy does Jonny Oduya have an NHL job?
ReplyDeleteChrist.
The Goon!
ReplyDelete"Porpurri for $600 Alex"
ReplyDelete"Movies, whiskey, and hockey?"
"Name 3 things where opinion is promoted as fact"
"Correct"
I can't get this needle to work.
ReplyDeleteWG: What ARE! What ARE!
ReplyDeleteBut yeah. Movies can be cut objectively too.
Cadoo
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to study or research that stuff to get the movie. The ideas promulgated by the Kabbala and by Chinese calligraphy are in plenty of stuff you already know. The point was that the movie wasn't self-indulgent BS. But I agree, it is not everyone's cup of tea. Plenty of people don't want to think when watching a movie.
This actually looks watchable so far.
ReplyDeletenowingsp: nowingspan, what killed Liam Reddox and many a smurf.
I can't get this needle to work.
ReplyDeleteThat is why you need something with barbs. Do you have a fishhook?
More lemon juice LT.
ReplyDeleteOver on TSN the Flames faithful are booing the bejesus out of Tim Erixon. True fans will only notice this during commercial breaks or if they have a third TV handy.
ReplyDeletespOILer: That's an interesting critique, which I agree with, though perhaps you're expecting too much.
ReplyDeleteI think the point of No Country for Old Men is to play against their reputation, the same way Nicholson plays against type in About Schmidt (which is also interesting, but far from a personal favorite). With Egoyan, everything I loved about Exotica was missing or deeply subdued in The Sweet Hereafter which is nevertheless a masterpiece of construction. It's amazing how much the Coen's managed to boil out while controlling the mood so precisely from the first frame to the last frame. When you get into the nuance of tone, I don't think those other directors could have pulled it off quite the same way.
No artist can do their special sauce every time without sliding into sequel-itis. The reason we beat the Russians is because they never played from behind. Too stacked. On our side, Gretzky-Lemieux was a special occasion.
On the subject of Schadenfreude, I skimmed a light piece this very morning on Magical Thinking:
Karma's a bitch: In eighth grade, a conniving kid named Kevin made a sport of getting under my skin, mocking me for everything from my haircut to my shoelaces. I wanted nothing more than to kick him where it counted. But I never had to. On field day he had a little incident with a bicycle handlebar. With his manhood maimed, I couldn't help but feel a sense of justice in the universe.
As good as it feels to toast a marhmallow over the ashes of sorrow, from an objective vantage point, far too often karma arrives late to the party to slink down the red carpet of bloodshed and suffering bearing opiates of small consolation.
Plus, when the big evil goes down, suddenly there are ten pucks on the ice, and every man with a will to power is practicing his slapshot in any random direction. The aftermath is hell on wheels.
An old Irish curse: May you receive karmic justice.
Schremp's shinebox is actually playing better hockey than the redOx in the SEL.
ReplyDelete9 PTS +4
vs
7 PTS -4
Great version of God Bless America by that guy. Good pitching tonight, I wonder if the Red Sox are drinking.
ReplyDeleteGene needs to get out more.
ReplyDeleteSo far the Flames/Rangers game has been very entertaining. The Oilers/Wild game is also on.
ReplyDeleteHorcoff takes the D-zone faceoff for Nuge.
ReplyDeleteI'm questioning all of your motives as commenters.
ReplyDeleteBarker should be nicknamed "sleep mode."
ReplyDeleteDisclosure: I'm only here for the recipes.
ReplyDeleteRyan Jones. Good grief.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a story that makes you feel good, the NHL putting that expansion team in Winnipeg. Hopefully they'll be good sooner rather than later. Yikes.
ReplyDeleteBarker should be nicknamed "sleep mode
ReplyDeleteI explained this in the last thread LT-he's pacing himself.
Oh. Let me know when he hits the race track!
ReplyDeleteGuys Named Ryan: 7
ReplyDeleteRest of Team: 3
I wonder how much ice time Eager has earned himself with that extra slashing call.
ReplyDeleteKhabbi and Jones were two of the best Oilers that period.
ReplyDeleteMy world view is shattered.
Those kids have the puck on a string all the time.
Good times ahead.
I even liked Barker when he had the puck that period (still hated him when he showed no interest in marking his man)
Home ice and Hall make all the difference in the world to 14 and 93.
WG: Yeah, NK is playing like he has something to prove (and he does). I don't recall a stretch (well it's not a stretch yet, a mini-stretch) where he's played this well as an Oiler.
ReplyDeleteDMW
ReplyDeleteThe Coens play against type with every movie, that in fact, is their gig..
Have you seen Blood Simple, Coen's first movie? Do you want clean bones or the coral? I'll take the coral any day of the week when it comes to narrative.
I think they went for the Oscar, which is totally fine by me.
Clarkenstein-my comments are good natured.I haven't seen enough of Barker yet to draw any conclusions.
ReplyDeleteDoug McLean: "Ryan Smyth makes Ryan Jones feel good and that's why he'valuable to this team"
ReplyDeleteAs good as it feels to toast a marhmallow over the ashes of sorrow,
You could have offered me +500 and I would not have bet that I heard/read those combination of word in my life.
Excellent shift by the greybeards.
ReplyDeleteHe took out Lander's feet there.
ReplyDeleteIs it me or Khabi is outplaying Dubnyk (And seemingly everyone in the NHL in the process).?
ReplyDeleteWorld of bizarro.
WG: Did MacLean really say that?
ReplyDeleteWhy is everybody on Cam Barker's ass? He's not that bad and goodness knows we've had a fuck of a lot worse!
ReplyDeleteThree things:
1) He's not good at play defense in the NHL
2) Getting hit in the head with a chunk of rebar is worse than getting kicked in the head with a cowboy boot. This does not make getting kicked in the head with a cowboy boot "good".
3) Horcoff is still in the top 10 in the entire NHL all time for shootout success for players who have taken 20+ attempts.
Does anyone have any idea what Lander did to have the wild players yapping him between whistles? Clutteerbuck, Brodziak, Cullen, Schultz have all got in his grill with f-bombs.
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ReplyDeleteYikes, Smid beat on the rush pretty bad for the second time of the evening.
ReplyDeleteLT,
ReplyDeletePretty sure.
I have it on the PVR and will check again after the 2nd.
All this talk of whiskey has me tasting some Jameson's with some ice, but I'm hearing things just yet.
Nah he def did something. Clutterbuck and Brodziak went after him pretty blatantly.
ReplyDeleteDave Bidini in Macleans...
ReplyDeleteProspect Porn
Horcoff is still in the top 10 in the entire NHL all time for shootout success for players who have taken 20+ attempts.
ReplyDeleteYou're "Steve Smith" so I don't have to be.
@godot
ReplyDeleteYeah I read that article yesterday, I don't like how he uses that term, he starts sounding Reeally creepy.
I heard it too Woodguy I was going to mention it but I couldn't craft the appropriate "Is Smyth the new Strudwick?" remark.
ReplyDeleteAnyone wondering why peopleare Barker's ass after that series of plays? Jesus. Not a lot going on upstairs sometimes with Barker.
ReplyDeleteWell that's a crazy thing to say. Ryan Smyth is a big piece of this team's history, Jones a footnote.
ReplyDeleteGreat WS game btw.
Barkers contract should have included a NMC
ReplyDeleteneeds more coffee
The guy is stuck in neutral
They really, really don't like Anton Lander. This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteDamn smart phone typing.
ReplyDeleteGood ole Marc Joannette officiating.
Barker is like the wind.Or maybe Woody Allen's Zelig.
ReplyDeleteYou're "Steve Smith" so I don't have to be.
ReplyDeleteI don't have that kind of game.
Lander is a hockey player.
"Steve Smith" needs to work on his 200ft game a bit, but he's not lacking in the offensive end.
ReplyDeleteThat was an entertaining period of hockey. Quite enjoyable, although I'm wondering how much RNH is playing.
ReplyDeleteIf he's not playing, send him back.
I don't want to freak anyone out here, but, the Oilers are 3rd overall in the NHL for GA/G.
ReplyDeleteHall - 10:07
ReplyDeleteEberle - 8:58
RNH - 8:41
According to ESPN
I like to think of myself as Esa Tikkanen without the skill or charm.
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying the compete level from Lander. He's definitely not afraid of anyone out there and he's played his best game as an Oiler IMO.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that's it. People UNDERSTOOD Esa.
ReplyDelete:-)
This game has been pretty decent as Wild-Oilers games go.
ReplyDeleteI just returned from living overseas where quality whiskey was crazy cheap, cheaper than the duty free in the airport. Bottles of most 12 year old single malts for under $30cdn, like talisker(10yr), balvenie doublewood, HP12, Macallen, etc. Now back in Ontario, they're $70-90.
The Singleton is a bit of a cheaper one that's right up there with other good ones though. I think the LCBO has it for a bit over $40. I have an Indian one too, called Amrut Fusion... had to get in the US, but deeeelicious.
I'm enjoying this game a heckuva lot more than the Nashville snoozefest.
ReplyDeleteI love bourbon, a guy brought a bottle to a New Years party when I was a teenager and I damn near polished off the whole bottle myself. Best thing I ever tasted.
Rye I've never liked, but I've been told I'm probably just drinking the schlocky stuff.
LT,
ReplyDelete"..and that's why Ryan Smyth is really valuable to this team, because he makes Jones feel real good, because he deserved it"
Took a video of the comments but was too big to email.
Want me to post it on youtube? (Once if figure out my password)
Barkers contract should have included a NMC
ReplyDeleteI'll take the obvious joke here...
It doesn't? It would explain his lack of movement.....
WG: No, that's good. :-) I still can't believe it, but it's clearly true.
ReplyDeleteMan that's a swing and a miss, no?
Just got home and finished the first two periods on dvr.
ReplyDeleteOnly comment:
Why is cam barker in the nhl?
I'd feel better with the 2-0 goal anytime now boys.
ReplyDeleteLT,
ReplyDeleteThe man grasped for evidence for his narrative and came up with something akward.
SOP for McLean.
Liking 23's game tonight waaaay more than CAL game.
ReplyDeleteMaking more smart plays than high risk/low reward plays.
Also hauling ass on the backcheck.
This team looks well coached.
Haven't seen that for at least 2 full seasons.