Schadenfreude

From (the great) Matthew Barry: I Loved All The Things That DIDN’T Happen!

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June 26, 2009

1) Tavares – So Dreger and the Union Leader and almost everyone else on XM204 was saying Duchene was going first – THAT didn’t happen and it didn’t seem like there was ever any doubt it was Tavares. Dreger  – so plugged in, and yet… 2) Brian Burke’s failure to move up – yes,...
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Pronger Calculates Pi to Three Digits

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June 16, 2009

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Ducks GM Accused of Cross-Checking Fan

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May 15, 2009

While the players were on the ice exchanging handshakes, high above in an executive suite Ducks General Manager Bob Murray was seething over the controversial goal that ended his team’s quest for the Stanley Cup. A Detroit Police report lead to an assault investigation involving Murray. An upset and angry Murray, the report notes,...
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Puck Daddy — Eulogy: Remembering the 2008-09 Vancouver Canucks

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May 13, 2009

The Canucks are gone, and all we are left with is questions. Why did it happen so suddenly? Should we have seen it coming? Why is it impossible to find a single hockey fan, outside of British Columbia, that feels the slightest bit of warmth towards them? Will their passing hit loved ones particularly...
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Pot Meet Kettle: Ducks Say Wings are (wait for it) Dirty! (GASP!)

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May 7, 2009

Anaheim accused Tomas Holmstrom of delivering a dirty elbow to the head of James Wisniewski after he had been injured by a puck to the chest Tuesday in Game 3. They said Johan Franzen cross-checked Scott Niedermayer in the back of the neck. The Red Wings’ response essentially was this: Quit your whining. “From...
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Kukla’s Corner agrees with me; presumably everyone does

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May 5, 2009

If you haven’t seen it, you will. The officiating in this league is the most pathetic of anything just south of professional wrestling. But the league’s healthier than ever, eh Gary?  Is this how you want your playoff games decided? I’m two games away from being done with this whole charade. … It’s just plain incompetence and we...
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Red Wings Blog completely agrees with me

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May 5, 2009

With a minute to go the Red Wings scored. Great right? No. The referee lost sight of the puck, even though it was laying right on the goal line, and blew play the play dead. Well, actually he didn’t blow the play dead, but he was thinking about it. The puck was in the back...
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Possibly Irrational Thoughts on the Hated Ducks’ Fake “win” in Game 3

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May 5, 2009

“Haysie” is still an idiot. Evidence: his observation that Datsyuk was not driving to the net because he’s “afraid Wisniewski is going to deck him.” I’m not even going to comment on the fact that within minutes of this, Wisniewski was sent to the hospital by a Datsyuk wrist shot, which somehow got characterized as a...
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Sharks Territory: “There comes a point in every player’s career where we stop seeing the qualities of that player and focus on his faults.”

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May 5, 2009

I thought our Sharks had enough to make a serious run in the postseason. So for me to write a credible blog about this team I needed some help. There are certain people I talk to all the time during the NHL season. They are players, coaches, broadcasters and scouts. They are people who...
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“I don’t think we handled the pressure as well as I thought we would,” McLellan says | Working the Corners

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April 30, 2009

McLellan’s most relevant comments came when he was asked his reaction to those who thought Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton maybe were too mellow or too nice or too passive or too whatever to serve in the important role of team leaders. “First of all,” McLellan said, “we need to separate the two because...
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