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Let's ignore the fact that he can't add (Samsonov (3) + Smyth (5) + Horcoff (5) = 13, Pisani (9) + Peca (5) + Stoll (4) = 18!!) and concentrate more on little details that someone who, say, watched this series may have picked up on. Like that Samsonov and Stoll play on the same line, and it's not the checking line. Had he used Hemsky and Torres instead of Samsonov and Stoll, respectively, he would have had totals of 14 goals for the "top guns" and 17 for the checking line. Which either means he intentionally fudges his numbers to weaken his case (?) or he thinks Samsonov and Hemsky are one and the same, as are Stoll/Torres.
But it's not like the Oilers are one of three teams left playing hockey or anything; surely not a team worthy of the tiniest iota of research, anyway. I mean, if Harry Neale can't be bothered (after five games) to know that 83 on the Oilers is Hemsky, or Bob Cole insists that the captain of the team (and acceptor of the Campbell Trophy) is Ryan Smyth, why should we expect any talking heads to know anything about this team?
Oh, and in honour of the scorer of the series-clinching goal, ringringringringringringring.
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May 28, 2006 -- 12:45 PM
posted by JsEsE
I'll be showing these Calgary folk what it means to be a hockey fan while I'm here. There are actually a fair number of those flags here. Be back tuesday night, not that I would have seen most of you within this time span anyways. It seems my Dad had hit some grave on a right turn, slid across traffic and crushed his left leg against the guardrail. His left leg took the brunt of the impact it seems. He's had three surgeries so far. He's still in bed rest mode, and may get to sit up in a couple of days. all in all things are going well. though I don't think he will ever become a worldclass sprinter anymore.
and according to Paras' calander over there on the left it is someones birthday.
Happy Birthday Alison!!!!!
May 28, 2006 -- 11:17 AM
posted by Par
Maybe I'm just being persnickety (is that the word I want?), or maybe my standards are too high, but how the fuck are people like Jim Kelly getting paid to write shit like this?!
There's a famous scene in the original version of the movie Flight of the Phoenix where the captain -- played by Jimmy Stewart -- of a crashed and now rebuilt ruin of an aircraft is attempting to restart the engine of his crippled craft so that he might fly his charges out of the desert and onto survival.Would that I had known that drunken ramblings were all you needed to submit in order to become a Hockey Columnist at Sportsnet. I'd have strapped on the G&T IV and grabbed the first flight to Toronto. My inebriated insights have got to be way less mindnumbingly stupid than this. (I realize I'm setting myself up for some kind of rebuttal anecdote there, but I find it difficult to believe I've postulated anything this bad at any level of intoxication.)
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In the big scene before the happy ending, Stewart, defying logic and the demands of the engineer who supervised the rebuilding of the wreck, opts to waste one of his two remaining explosive cartridges to clear the engine thereby enhancing his chances of getting it to fire up when he needs it most.
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MacTavish should consider playing the role of the captain of the Phoenix and perhaps waste a cartridge if you will. He should give Roloson Saturday night off in Anaheim and play backup Jussi Markkanen.
May 28, 2006 -- 9:57 AM
posted by eric
watch some vids from last night. we got Calgary beat on the insanity tip for sure
www.thetrigger.net/transfer/ducks_game5
May 28, 2006 -- 2:16 AM
posted by Par
I'm glad the talking heads are learning a little bit about the Oilers, but apparently there's still a little to be desired:
Where stats are concerned, the 'top guns' in this lineup - Sergei Samsonov, Ryan Smyth, and Shawn Horcoff - have a combined 14 goals in the playoffs. Pisani leads the pack with nine goals, while Peca and Stoll and five and four goals respectively. That's 17 goals from what was defined in this series as the checking line.
Let's ignore the fact that he can't add (Samsonov (3) + Smyth (5) + Horcoff (5) = 13, Pisani (9) + Peca (5) + Stoll (4) = 18!!) and concentrate more on little details that someone who, say, watched this series may have picked up on. Like that Samsonov and Stoll play on the same line, and it's not the checking line. Had he used Hemsky and Torres instead of Samsonov and Stoll, respectively, he would have had totals of 14 goals for the "top guns" and 17 for the checking line. Which either means he intentionally fudges his numbers to weaken his case (?) or he thinks Samsonov and Hemsky are one and the same, as are Stoll/Torres.
But it's not like the Oilers are one of three teams left playing hockey or anything; surely not a team worthy of the tiniest iota of research, anyway. I mean, if Harry Neale can't be bothered (after five games) to know that 83 on the Oilers is Hemsky, or Bob Cole insists that the captain of the team (and acceptor of the Campbell Trophy) is Ryan Smyth, why should we expect any talking heads to know anything about this team?
Oh, and in honour of the scorer of the series-clinching goal, ringringringringringringring.
May 27, 2006 -- 10:46 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
I'm gonna do a little work on the computer here yet and maybe I'll hit whyte around 12 or so. I kinda feel like I'm missing out on the party.
May 27, 2006 -- 10:46 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
I can hear the fuckin party from my right here in my house. Clarky and I ate pizza at Steel Wheels and saw the Oiler's win on Phil's little TV. We then walked up and down whyte, and it was just barely getting started and already it was packed. Tonight's gonna be fuckin insane. There were fireworks already. This one dude in front of us was giving hi-fives to everybody and smoked this one dude flat in the face. It was hilarious. I wish I had that on video. The guy was like "ohh fuck, my face! ow!!!" and the dude giving hi-5s hears me laughing like crazy behind him and he turns around and he's like "dude, sometimes shit happens".
I also accidentally walked right into some girls tits and she was like "oh, I'm SO sorry, I'm sorry!" And I'm thinking "uh, what?". That was pretty awesome.
May 27, 2006 -- 10:23 PM
posted by eric
built this city....
May 27, 2006 -- 9:40 PM
posted by Al
Net riot!!! The Oilers won!!! WOOOoooOOOOOOOooOOoo!!
May 26, 2006 -- 10:15 PM
posted by nobody knows my face
wanna get hiiiiiiiigh?
May 26, 2006 -- 9:00 PM
posted by Al
Worst running joke ever! Enough with this towel crap!
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