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R2G3 - Bruins v Flyers in photos

2011-05-05T13:26:00.000-04:00

Just for a point of reference vs my Tumblr blog. All photos © Reuter's, Getty Images and the Boston Bruins.

Military Christmas Eve

2010-12-05T12:14:00.000-05:00

This version of the oldest Christmas tale was re-written by a U.S. Marine. Whether you are in a military family (I am) or not, whether your believe in the U.S.'s military agenda or not, please remember at this time of year, all the men and women, American and Canadian, who are fighting in far away lands and unable to be with their friends and families, all because it is what they were told to do,

Luke Schenn is 10 kinds of pissed off

2010-11-30T11:49:00.000-05:00

And really, he should be. He might not be the captain, but he sure had a lot of captainly comments to make after the Leafs were shut out by the Sens (THE SENS PEOPLE. WHO LOST 4-1 TO THE OILERS LAST NIGHT), which was the 5th time they were shut out in ~20 games. Here are LukeSmash's quotes: “You can say all you want about getting shots. I think guys are playing real soft in their end and in

Matt Hunwick: Goodbye to you!

2010-11-30T10:40:00.000-05:00

Today we awaken to a world where Matt "Munch" Hunwick is no longer a Bruin. For this, dear friends, I do not shed a tear. Don't get me wrong, Munch is a cutie: But in hockey, cute only goes so far. He was always on the rush, generally beating the forwards to the crease, but with little to show for it. In 164 games in the NHL, he has 13G and 32A for 45P, along with 76 PIMs and 150 SOG.I

Quickie

2010-10-14T21:20:00.001-04:00

I wasn't able to watch any of Kari Lehtonen's games in Dallas last season, but as a career-long fan, it is SO refreshing and energising to see such a full, loud arena for him to play in. To see such excited, knowledgeable fans, who raised the roof during his introduction tonight, and who turned raucous for his saves. Thank you, Dallas fans, for giving Karppa a fanbase that loves him, and gives

Prelim reports

2010-10-08T22:54:00.001-04:00

Ondrej Pavelec is awake and alerts at the hospital. Thrashers are reporting that preliminary tests are negative. What tests those may be are unknown. However, Pony keeps asking the score, currently 4-2 Thrash with under 5:00 to go. That indicates good awareness and spirits. Love to everyone on Twitter for the #PrayersforPavs. Feel free to follow me there if you're not already. I update there

Please be well Pavs

2010-10-08T20:09:00.001-04:00

I'm not able to view the ga.e but am told Ondrej Pavelec jusat collapse on the ice. He waved a requwst to come off, and passed out on the ice. He was taken off on a stretcher and rushed to hospital. It's thought he may have regained consciousness on the gurney, but that is speculation.Everyone, please keep Pavs in your thoughts and paryers. For someone so young to just collapse if horrifyin,

The most wonderful time of the year

2010-09-28T15:03:00.000-04:00

Hello again friends and readers! Today's post is brought to you by my virgin mobile phone (unlimited web and texting - $25/mo!). So sadly, no amazing pictures for you. I just wanted to drop in and say hi, and tell you I haven't forgotten about you (or my blog) but with no internet acess it's hard to be on the cutting edge of the blogosphere. But it matters not, as time still marches on and teams

Check out Kari!

2010-08-03T17:00:00.001-04:00

Hey if you still carry your torch for Kari (and let's be real, if you read this blog, you probably do!), go visit stars.nhl.com! Be wowed by the background and its implications! That is all.

Kari stuff

2010-08-02T13:49:00.000-04:00

Hey, remember me? What's up? Long time no talk. So I was surfing through random stuff today, and came across this article. I thought a few of you would be interested in the blurb below, especially considering Marty Turco's recent signing in Chicago: His stellar performance over the final month of last season proved to the Stars that Lehtonen would be a worthy successor to Turco and earned him

Whoah, it's summer....

2010-05-30T21:11:00.000-04:00

What's up, blog world? Welcome to summer, wherever in the real world you may be. I'm currently sporting sunburn (base tan?) #7 of the season, so clearly, it's been hot here for a while. I know, I know, it's not OFFICIALLY summer until the SCF is over, but you know what? I honestly couldn't give a shit less about who wins it this year. I'm pissed off the Bruins fucked themselves out of their shot

Game 7 in pictures

2010-05-15T14:56:00.000-04:00

There are no words. They say a picture says a thousand words, so here's a few thousand.

Johnny Boychuk, you're money and you don't even know it!

2010-05-03T21:31:00.000-04:00

Four rookie defencemen have scored at least 2 goals for the Boston Bruins over the course of the franchise's history: Mike Milbury Ray Bourque Glen Wesley The fourth one? This guy: Johnny Boychuk, you sir, are awesome. Enjoy it.

R2 G1 in photos

2010-05-01T17:30:00.001-04:00

Photos © Reuter's.

Onto Round 2

2010-04-26T23:02:00.000-04:00

Those aren't spirit fingers! THESE are SPIRIT FINGERS!

Playoffs note!

2010-04-26T18:57:00.004-04:00

Dear readers, please don't be fooled by my lack of updates. I'm following the team. Rather religiously, one would say. I am worshiping at the altar of the Spoked B. I am just painfully superstitious, and not posting a damned thing until the series ends, one way or the other. Because as we know, it's all about me, and I do not want the weight of Bruins Nation on my shoulders. Nor the fury. That

O hai, I have a blog....

2010-04-05T18:03:00.001-04:00

Sorry. Some personal crises been goin' on lately. I'm sure all 12 of my faithful readers missed me. My bad. So much shit has happened in Bruins hockey. And also there was Olympics! How is Matt Cooke still playing hockey? How did Mark Stuart get a skin infection on his hand? Did you know Patrice Bergeron is one of Boston's Sexiest People? David Krejci is smirky that the "Euro Line" is kicking ass.

You're invited!

2010-02-24T17:26:00.000-05:00

SPECIAL INVITATION 40th Anniversary Celebration of the 1970 Bruins Stanley Cup Victory March 18, 2010 | Budweiser Legends Club, TD Garden | Post-game - 1:00 A.M. On Thursday, March 18, 2010, the Boston Bruins will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1970 Stanley Cup Championship. As a Cybear member, we invite you to an exclusive post-game reception, where you will celebrate this special

Lehtonen says the trade "was a big shock"

2010-02-13T06:12:00.000-05:00

Found this on a blog called Defending Big D. I'm not surprised it was a shock to Kari that he'd been traded, particularly considering how GMs are more and more likely to treat their players as no more than commodities, not people. That said, the rest of his quotes were particularly positive, and here's to hoping he really does well in Dallas. Side note, he will not be appearing in the green and

Lehtonen headed to the Big D... probably

2010-02-09T20:58:00.000-05:00

According to ESPN and Bob McKenzie, the Stars are near to completing a deal that'll send Kari Lehtonen to Dallas for defenceman Ivan Vishnevsky and a 4th round pick in the 2010 draft. So long and thanks for the memories, Atlanta.

Dear Johnny

2010-02-06T17:57:00.000-05:00

Get well soon!

Kovalchuk traded to Devils

2010-02-04T19:59:00.006-05:00

Per USA Today, Ilya Kovalchuk and Anssi Salmela have been traded to the New Jersey Devils. This comes on the heels of Kovy turning down the Thrashers' $101m/12yr contract offer earlier today. Atlanta received Johnny Oduya (D), Niclas Bergfors (RW), Team Canada U-20 Captain Patrice Cormier (F) (yes, THAT Patrice Cormier, he of the Peoples' Elbow on Mikael Tam (article/video #2)- interestingly

I've been sick, things happened.

2010-01-31T17:55:00.001-05:00

Yeah sorry about not updating since whenever. I've been pretty sick. The Bruins have been pretty laissez-faire. The Leafs, while I don't really give too much of a crap other than about Schenn, have been downright fucktacular. So what's there been to write about. Let's see, I think I can sum up every thing I've missed in a few bullet points. Milan Lucic came back from his high ankle sprain and

Bs v Hawks: The good, the bad, the ugly

2010-01-08T09:02:00.001-05:00

I save the best for last, so we'll start with: The Ugly :28 into the game, Marc Savard took an awkward hit, tweaking his knee, went down and didn't return. Word from Julien is he'll be having an MRI today. This is so very not good. 3rd key player to go down in 3 games. Are the Bruins jinxed? If anyone knows a good protection charm to put on the remaining players, now might be the time to

Know your teammates .... Deal with the devil?

2010-01-05T15:36:00.000-05:00

Dear Boston Bruins, I love you very much. I have a lot of items with your names and logo on them. I support you everywhere I go. I write a blog about your team and how awesome you (most times) are, but I feel the time has come that we need to address a little situation I've been noticing far too much of late: Knowing who your teammates are. May I present the evidence? Several games ago, can't

Winter Classic Moments | Satan offencive?

2010-01-03T14:01:00.000-05:00

I have millions of photos of the Classic, and there's no way I have the time nor inclination to post all of them, so here's a few favourites. And huge props to the B's for being the first home team to win the Classic. Bruins, what! Miro Satan signs with the Bruins Well this was an interesting development. What has Satan been doing this season, other than not playing in the NHL,

Happy New Year from the Bruins

2010-01-01T10:46:00.000-05:00

"It just wasn't meant to be" - Lucic | BOS v ATL

2009-12-31T12:33:00.000-05:00

Post game interview from 12/30/09, courtesy NESN: I'll be the first to admit, I love Lucic. And this saddens me. Especially since the usually grinny Milan is not looking very happy at all during this interview. Is there still a possibility he could play tomorrow? Maybe. A very slim chance, probably <1%. Fourth line, limited minutes, who's to say? What makes me more sad is all the interviews

Figuring shit out

2009-12-20T14:58:00.000-05:00

I haven't really known wtf to say about either the 'Hawks or Leafs games yet. I mean, Krejci was amazing in the Hawks game, and wow that building is quiet during play. It only really got loud if there was a good play, a hit, or a goal. Then in the Leafs game, the B's came out hard, and the Leafs seemed pretty willing to keep giving them the puck. But yeah, I'm gonna blame the past two losses on

Milan Lucic pulls a fast one

2009-12-18T23:33:00.000-05:00

Go read this. Now I bring you evidence of Looch's mischeviousness: (Sorry about the quality. I'm still learning the different settings on my new video program.) OK that was pretty slick. "I'll stay in Boston for the roadie, work out, maybe start skating soon. Oh hey look! Legends first skate at Fenway! I can get into that! I'm totally going." I admire him for going in his kicks and not

I bring you some funny

2009-12-18T09:53:00.001-05:00

No B's or Leafs games this week, although quite a bit of news, but I'm not what you'd call "a news source," so why bother trying to be the 2nd person in the world to re-phrase and re-post a Google alert? You, my readers, are intelligent peeps. I'm sure you'd know stuff without me having to inform you. So instead! I bring you funniness! First off, Milan Lucic explains to Maxim magazine why

"...forward Wozniewski..." - TSN

2009-12-15T21:23:00.000-05:00

Per TSN, the Bruins have recalled forward Wozniewski and d-man Adam McQuaid as a result of placing Milan Lucic on IR. Four weeks after he injured himself. I get it. They don't want to put Wideman on IR despite what's quite possibly a broken foot (Marc Savard, same shot, sound familiar?), so when Lucic is ready, and it's sounding like he'll be ready for the Classic for sure, if not a game or two

Bruins v Flyers: Classic Preview Video Highlights

2009-12-15T14:09:00.000-05:00

All videos courtesy (except the very last one) NESN. Sorry for the questionable quality. I burned the DVDs on the wrong setting. Item the first: Dennis Wideman doing what a defenceman does, and taking a few for the team, + interview Item the second: David Krejci's had enough of Danny Briere: Item the third: Vladimir Sobotka's no goal/goal + interview And lastly, the best commercial

Classic Preview: Painful

2009-12-15T10:59:00.000-05:00

I'm not really sure what to say about last night's game. Was it an awesome game? Absolutely. It would've been a lot more awesome if the Bruins actually played the last 20 minutes of the game, but what can you do? Dennis Wideman was out for the third due to his super-human shot-blocking and penalty killing in the 1st (place your bets now: lower body pays out 3:1, broken foot pays out 5:1) so the D

Milan Lucic on VH1

2009-12-13T22:27:00.001-05:00

Enjoy!

The good and the bad

2009-12-12T19:28:00.004-05:00

Good FWH long-time friend Robbie Schremp scored his first NHL goal tonight against Vezina-winning goaltender Tim Thomas. You go Tater Tot! Keep 'er up! Just not against the B's, eh? Love you! Signature Schrempie knee-drop fist-pump. Now THAT'S goal love. Bad Luke Schenn is a healthy scratch. Was it the turnover that led to Krejci's goal that sealed the deal? I'm not sure. I took way too

Re-post: Army Rangers to Present Flag

2009-12-11T10:14:00.000-05:00

I'm just copy/pasting straight from the Bruins site. I'm a Navy girl, but this is awesome. Excuse me, I think I have something in my eye. Army Rangers to Present Flag Mark Stuart will receive Bruins flag from soldiers. Thursday, 12.10.2009 / 9:34 AM / Boston BruinsBOSTON, MA - Eight soldiers from the United States Army Rangers will present a Bruins flag to defenseman

It's beginning to look a lot like hockey!

2009-12-11T07:34:00.000-05:00

Ooooooooooooover at Fenwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. SO EXCITING!!!! 21 days to go!

It's the little things that bring me joy

2009-12-10T20:43:00.006-05:00

With about 1:49 remaining in the 2nd, and :16 in Toronto's power play, the puck in their defencive zone, Phil Kessel has the puck against the boards. Marc Savard skates all the way across the sheet to throw himself at Kessel, then turns and skitters away to the bench for the change. Kessel turns around, ignoring the puck and the play, and starts chirping Savard. Hey listen, you little snot-nosed

Looch rocks 30 Rock, TOR v ATL

2009-12-07T18:43:00.001-05:00

It really pains me to do this, but Getty/NHLImages are getting really anal about releasing their photos to ANY free photo sources, so ... here's some pictures of Milan Lucic at 30 Rock today in NYC. I'm sorry about the watermarks. I hate them too. Had to include the last one to give appropriate props to his snazzy and well-chosen outfit. Am I the only one wondering if the camera guy's about

Milan Lucic: Media Appearance Darling

2009-12-06T20:11:00.001-05:00

If you love Lucic, as do I, then this is your lucky week! With the Bruins having the week to get through before playing the 2nd of a home/home-and-home, and the apparently quite-minor high ankle sprain injury (kid's already taken off the boot!), Looch is having a media frenzy. So to say. Tomorrow, if you happen to be in NYC, Looch will be at the NHL Store (1185 Avenue of the Americas) for what

Phil who?

2009-12-06T09:09:00.001-05:00

Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome back, to that same old place that you laughed about. Well the names have all changed since you hung around, But those dreams have remained and they're turned around. Yeah we tease you a lot cause we've got you on the spot, welcome back. Kessel: Oh hey Marco, great to see you buddy! Good luck tonight, haha, you'll need it.

Yet another awesomely bad hockey player commercial

2009-12-03T09:38:00.000-05:00

I'll give Looch props. His delivery is a little wooden, but his facial expressions are awesome, and you can tell he's speaking memorised lines, not reading a teleprompter. So in carrying with the tradition of sharing with you awesomely bad (although in this case, bad meaning good) hockey player commercials, I give you: Milan Lucic pimping TTC Thanks to HubHockey for digging up this gem. If

7 + 28.05 + 200 = EPIC WIN

2009-12-02T19:58:00.000-05:00

Marc Savard just scored his 200th NHL goal on the eve of re-upping with the B's for 7 years at 28.05m, taking less money than he'd been getting in his current contract, and this is the single most amazing quote I've heard about the re-signing, and I really have to share with my 11 followers: Savard freely admitted to the media at Wednesday morning’s press briefing he could have entertained more

Savvy Signs for Seven

2009-12-01T17:46:00.000-05:00

I'm kind of in the middle of a move so this'll be short and sweet (just like Savvy himself!). Marc Savard signed a contract extension today with the Bruins for 7 years, $28.5m. What does that say? It says that, just like Krejci, and unlike the winger who fled to Toronto, guys who want to play here, who want to stay in Boston, and stay Bruins, are willing to take less money to get it down. Because

Bruins and Leafs win, Lucic out with high ankle sprain

2009-11-27T11:15:00.000-05:00

I'll be honest. Wednesday night I was exhausted and didn't stay awake past Milan Lucic twisting his knee awkwardly after getting his skate stuck in a rut. I'd been watching the Leafs half assed, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention. When I went to watch it later on the Tivo, I discovered I'd recorded the only available feed - from SunSports. Fail. No commentary on the Leafs win since I'm not a

King Schenn (for a day)

2009-11-27T10:51:00.000-05:00

Big ups and congrats to Brayden (the younger) Schenn. Schenn the elder & Schenn the younger BS signed a one-day amateur tryout agreement with the Kings, to fill in for injured the Loktionov (dislocated shoulder), who had been called up from Manchester to replace the injured Stoll. B rocketed up the depth chart for the Kings' away game vs. the Canucks - convenient as he was in Victoria on

The greatest things are on Flickr

2009-11-25T08:32:00.001-05:00

Oh Milan Lucic. How awesomely geeky are you? Thanks to Artimus Duck on flickr for this one: This could have only been greater if Luke Schenn were in between Darth Vader and Chewie. Marc Savard being interviewed by Cabbie in a bedazzled Ed Hardy shirt. This is pure gold, people. This photo could only be better if Sav had on leather pants and a sequined hat. Never change, Savvy. We love you

Most amazing thing I've ever seen

2009-11-24T08:38:00.000-05:00

Many years ago, I used to watch Dainius Zubrus try to perfect deflecting the puck into the goal with his ass. Then I actually saw him use it in a game, and I was blown away. Last night I saw something that beats that, hands down. Milan Lucic deflected the GWG into the net with his crotch. Now there's a SLIM possibility it grazed his hip on the way in but I am prrrrrrrrrrrretty sure it grazed

Savvy Returns! I'm still adjusting to the Leafs' win...

2009-11-23T08:53:00.001-05:00

Per Boston.com, not only will Marc Savard be making his triumphant return to the lineup tonight against the Blues, but Byron Bitz will also be making the shift to the top line, playing with Savvy and Milan Lucic. God this sounds so familiar... where have I heard this before? Seriously. This never gets old. This is also a pretty great quote from the article, if you didn't bother clicking the

More B's pics / Leafs-talk

2009-11-21T15:20:00.003-05:00

I'm going to start with the Leafs talk. B's fans, you can skip down. So there's a REALLY well-written and well-though-out Dave Shoalts column in today's Globe and Mail, and I want all the Leafs fans who found their way here to go read it. I'll wait. Read it? Awesome. The points he makes that I like are, what damned good would it do to bring Kadri and Bozak up right now? To start breaking them?

GOAL BY LUCIC!

2009-11-20T22:19:00.003-05:00

In a beautiful win by the Bruins over the (division) 1st place Sabres, Milan Lucic [ME-lahn LOO-cheech. Idiots. I'm going to make a bingo card out of all the ways people say his last name wrong. All time favourite is still "Luke-itch."] scored such a pretty, pretty goal. Might be my favourite play of the season. Some Sabre shot the puck, Rask made a pad save, it made its way through a few Sabres,

Bruins @ Thrashers - picture time!

2009-11-20T08:23:00.001-05:00

Before we get into the photos, I want to congratulate the Thrashers on finally being an AWESOME team. That was an intensely great game of hockey last night. It might not have seemed it because the crowd just wasn't there, but props to the fans who did show up. That might go down as one of my favourite hockey games of all time. I'm really pleased and pleasantly surprised to see the Thrash coming

Believe in Schenn

2009-11-19T23:12:00.000-05:00

Ron Wilson does not: But I do. And if you do, spread this around. Or make a new one. Believe in Schenn. Someone has to.

Wides hits 100 and other Bs @ ATL / TOR observations!

2009-11-19T20:53:00.005-05:00

Congratulations, Dennis Wideman! 100 NHL points. And way to pick up your O. Mikey Ryder, my fantasy team thanks you. Milan Lucic looks awesome out there. There's been a few missteps, but on the whole, looking good. Coach, thanks for taking my suggestion to put Wides back with Ference. Um. BOTH Thrasher goals left me agape. My jack was slack. Very, very impressive. This would be SUCH a better

PTHI: Lucic en-route to ATL, Savard sitting, Bruins trade update

2009-11-19T12:27:00.000-05:00

Title says it all, really. Milan Lucic will be in the ATL for tonight's game, hopefully playing. Game time decision yet again, so change your bets accordingly, ladies and gentlemen. Savard will not be playing tonight, again, adjust your bets. Holla to my Thrashers friends I quickly notified about Looch missing the game, please adjust your hopes accordingly. Juuuuuuuust in case. I like to think

UPDATE: Lucic did not make the trip to ATL

2009-11-19T08:36:00.009-05:00

According to Marc Savard, who is well known for being a prankster, Milan Lucic did not make the trip to Atlanta for tonight's game because he has food poisoning. Not that I think Looch is necessarily that kind of guy, but could "food poisoning" be a synonym for "so hungover he can't tie his skates?" Mamuran? Ili trovanje hranom? Vas presuditi! Ozdravi što pre Gino, nedostaješ mi! Didn't know

Supporting Schenn | Tonight is what Tivo is for

2009-11-19T08:23:00.001-05:00

There's a super nice (SHOCKINGLY) article on Luke Schenn in this morning's Star. Someone in Toronto make a sign and take it to the ACC tonight for warmups, and hold it right behind Ron Wilson's head. It should say "YOU NEVER BENCHED WITTER!" Also potentially appropriate, "CAN'T FIRE WILSON CAUSE YOU HIRED HIM FOR TEAM USA? GO CANADA!" I'm just saying. Get those little digs in where you can,

PTH: Savard "close" to signing 7 year deal!!

2009-11-18T18:01:00.001-05:00

Sorry I'm all uppity and hysterically fan-girling lately, but DUDE! First off Savvy made the trip with the team to Atlanta - THIS BODES WELL! Secondly, I'm totally copy/pasting from NESN on this one so there's no fuckups in the retelling, cause I've heard he already signed - ENNNNH WRONG! Report: Bruins, Marc Savard Close to Seven-Year Extensionby John Beattie on Nov 18, 2009 5:52:36 PM As he

Bits & Pieces - Bs and Leafs (Milan Lucic up for auction)

2009-11-18T17:18:00.003-05:00

Item the first: Marc Savard and Milan Lucic are both to be game-time decisions for playing tomorrow night. Do not let my calm, normal text deceive you. I'm flipping my shit because this has the potential to be the best thing ever. Then again, Pony shut out the Kings 7-0 last week and the Thrashers are on a 4 game win streak. Oh the delicious irony. Item the second: He made like TWO fucking

PTH: KARI LEHTONEN NEWS!

2009-11-17T17:59:00.000-05:00

PTH again, but word is, Kari expects to be back skating next week. DW has already stated he doesn't expect the big Finn to return to the team until after the Winter Classic (yes, that is what I am calling the New Year, so eat it), which will then pose a whole new passel of issues, but those'll be dealt with then. So this is great news the day after Kari turns 26. And watch me leap right back

Pardon the Hysteria (PTH)

2009-11-17T15:04:00.000-05:00

Pardon the hysteria, but MARC SAVARD IS BACK ON THE ICE TODAY!!!!! From Bish's blog 10:56 a.m. I've been watching Marc Savard skate for several minutes and to my untrained eye the Bruins playmaker looks to have no mobility restrictions. He has been working with pucks, skating hard and does not seem to be favoring anything. It is a darn good sight, frankly. And Derek Morris, Milan Lucic and

Vegas odds and Dennis Wideman

2009-11-17T09:29:00.003-05:00

I read an interesting article today on the Star, wherein the author pointed out that the current Vegas odds of the Leafs making it to the Playoffs were 1/125 (1.7%). I find a lot lot lot wrong with those odds, because I do a lot of sports betting (WITH FAKE MONEY PEOPLE, I AM UNEMPLOYED) and know a bit about setting the odds and lines, an particularly chaos math. But I had to go take a look and

Bruins Game Day Posters

2009-11-16T08:57:00.002-05:00

Before I get to the posters - NO ONE FREAK OUT. I changed my nom de plume to match what I use every other damned place so I'm not so confused. Props and love to whomever knows to what my name refers. I STILL LOVE KARI THOUGH, OK? And for those who always wondered? Maalivahti means 'goaltender' in Finnish. So I found this guy on eBay who's selling AWESOME Bruins game-day photos. I think you

Saturday Night sucked.

2009-11-16T08:50:00.004-05:00

One minor complaint I have about loving the Bruins and Luke Schenn is that, the B's and Leafs somehow managed to get nearly identical schedules for the duration of the season. How am I supposed to be a good cougar and watch Schenny play when the Bruins are playing at the same time?! Thank god for opening ceremonies EVERY GAME at the ACC (or so it seems), and staggered start times, and commercial

Kessel, Lehtonen, Lucic, Schenn

2009-11-14T16:10:00.001-05:00

Coming up with post titles is hard. Wait, quick story that semi-relates to that. So a long time ago, I used to do a website for this NHL player (who is no longer playing, btw - see? I'm a curse.). He was an extremely popular player at the time, for his mad fighting skills, and one of the promotions I did was print out about 50 pictures of him beating another guy's ASS in one of the top fights in

David Krejci and I now have something in common

2009-11-05T21:36:00.000-05:00

And no, it's not an unnatural love for Milan Lucic. It was announced today by Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli that Krecji has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, aka the swine flu. I had mine a couple weeks ago, and you know what the absolute WORST thing about it is? Being isolated/quarantined. The unrelenting boredom and being really hot all the freakin' time. Krejc joins other illustrious NHL

Halloween treats, and tricks.

2009-11-01T13:07:00.000-05:00

TRICK: Pavelec honours Jacques Plant. I might've given up on blogging about the Thrashers, but it is absolutely worth mentioning that last night, Ondrej Pavelec accidentally honoured the 50th anniversary of Jacques Plant storming off the ice and refusing to return without a mask. You know the part in Transformers 2 when Simmons is climbing the pyramid and is right beneath Devastator's swinging

Witty title here - B's and Leafs in review

2009-10-25T11:28:00.002-04:00

First off, I would like to point out that I WAS RIGHT. Not too long after posting my rant about how Wilson is ruining Schenn by breaking his confidence, and how he pretty much sucks as a coach, a former player under Wilson, Jim Thomson, went on Off the Record, and said the exact same damned thing. Off The Record guest Jim Thomson, who played for Wilson with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks during the

Preorder Luke Schenn Mcfarlane!

2009-10-22T10:19:00.000-04:00

So I got a Google alert about there now being a Luke Schenn McFarlane figurine - available for pre-order! It ships in 01/10, but you can pre-order now to guarantee you get yourself one! The best price I've found for it is $11.99USD + shipping, on BigBadToyStore.com - click the link to go to the details page. There's no photo there, but I managed to find one for you! Badass, eh? There's also

Summing up the morning's Bruins news

2009-10-20T12:42:00.000-04:00

Guillaume Lefebvre was sent back to the P-Bruins. Johnny Boychuck's staying in town even though D-Wides should be able to play in Wednesday's game. It was revealed Looch had a metal pin put into his finger during surgery - how will that affect his fighting? (Mass) State Lottery has debuted a Boston Bruins scratch-off, with prizes including cash and season tickets. Chowdaheadz is having a

Inside outside upside down

2009-10-19T17:59:00.000-04:00

Or something like that, given all that happened in the past 24 hours. Let's see... Kobasew traded to Minny for 2 minor leaguers and a draft pick Lucic put on Long-Term IR (3-4 weeks) Sobotka and Marchand called up from Providence Looch had surgery to repair broken right index finger Savard, Thornton, Lefebvre missed practice today Well I'm a little mind boggled. Why did Savvy and Thorty miss

Schenn shirts now available / Leafs analysis

2009-10-18T14:25:00.001-04:00

Having done about a thousand Google searches of my own for Luke Schenn shirts, I'm pleased to share with the world that they're now available for purchase through the ACC Centresports Store. You can either go in to purchase one, or have it shipped to you. It's the regular blue shirt with white TML logo, and SCHENN / 2 on the back. Cost is $32.59CDN, plus $20 shipping if you need it shipped. If

You're doing it wrong.

2009-10-17T20:16:00.001-04:00

Apparently last night, Milan Lucic broke a finger. Halfway through the 2nd. And kept playing. But is out of the line up. And on the bench. For probably 2-3 weeks. Maybe more, maybe less. So Lucic-less Bruins to take on Soon-to-be-homeless Coyotes. But Guillaume Lefebvre, not to be confused with Bret Favre, will be stepping in for Looch. Not sure on what line, or who's going where or really,

The B's took out Big D

2009-10-17T06:24:00.002-04:00

My personal 3 stars of the game (having not seen the official ones): 1. Marc Savard - two awesome goals, great PK work, a lot of hustle and instant chemistry with Mike Ryder proved to work to his advantage. And Savvy is now 1 goal away from 200 career goals. Who was hoping for a hat-trick? This girl! And apparently Coach, since he had Sav out at every opportunity in the last 5:00. 2. Tim Thomas

I'm selling some of my stuff! You want to buy it!

2009-10-15T07:37:00.000-04:00

I've put some of my hockey stuff up on eBay in order to raise funds for rent, and avoid being homeless. You don't want me to be homeless do you? Buy my stuff! The prices are super low! Tell your friends! Everyone reading must know SOMEONE who'd want some of this! Autographed Sergei Kostitsyn Canadiens Home (Red) Replica Jersey Autographed Rob Schremp Oilers 3rd (2006) Replica Jersey

It's autumn, the Leafs must be falling

2009-10-14T07:15:00.003-04:00

First off, I'd like to congratulate the Leafs on being the WORST incarnation of this team since the team's inception. That is some kind of special. I honestly can't really remember any team starting off the season with a 6 game losing skid. I mean, like ever, in my 20+ years of hockey watching. I'm sure there might've been. Phoenix maybe? Columbus! The Caps sucked for a long time. Which brings me

Seems the flying V still works

2009-10-09T18:29:00.001-04:00

So... yeah I don't really have much to say about last night's game. Well, I was really excited to see Milan Lucic featured in the Pop Culture segment during the 1st intermission (awwww, Armageddon makes him tear up!), and also to see him featured so much because of his BIG FAT CONTRACT extension. And it was nice to find out Mark Stuart is the new player rep in the NHLPA for the B's - after Andrew

The ability to make a guy bleed pays $4.083m/yr

2009-10-06T19:30:00.001-04:00

The stunningly fit, heavy-fisted, soft-handed, almost fleet-footed Milan Lucic, the new found cult hero of the working class fans of Boston Bruins everywhere, was finally rewarded today for his years of never-say-die attitude, and awarded a contract extension for 3 years at $12.25m. Just a reminder to the naysayers, Jeremy Jacobs wouldn't pay $4m a year to someone who serves only as a pugilist.

Confession and format change

2009-10-05T11:35:00.000-04:00

Good morning, loyal readers (all three of you. Assuming I lost one due to their apparent dislike of tattooed ladies). I just wanted to drop a quick FYI/Confession to everyone that I've decided my heart is no longer in following and chronicling the Thrashers. My adoration and respect for Kari Lehtonen was the main reason being the beginning of this blog, and with his constant injuries and

MY news IS fit to print!

2009-10-01T20:00:00.000-04:00

Apparently, someone (The New York Times) thought my blog was insightful, witty, and intelligent enough to invite me to be on this year's panel of Hockey Night in Blogdom - 30 independent hockey bloggers covering each team. Wow, I'm totally honoured. Like, fuhrealz. I'm in the NEW YORK TIMES! *gasp* Anyway, check out installment number one - 30 teams in 30 minutes - Eastern Edition. SERIOUSLY

Examining the DirecTV/Versus debacle

2009-09-30T09:15:00.001-04:00

Subtitle: What the fuck is going on? Dog and pony show? I think so! Here's what's on the Versus channel right now. Apparently this message was launched on 1 September (hi, I'm slow?) Unfortunately, Versus is no longer available on this channel Comcast, our largest competitor, has forced us to pull down this channel. Comcast charges us fees to air Versus, and they are now demanding an unfair

Wait, what?

2009-09-25T21:50:00.003-04:00

OK, so, I have no idea on the accuracy of this, but I just got a Google Alert that Moose JUST signed a multi-year contract extension. You can read the "article" here. Can't find a single thing anywhere else on Google about it so either this random person knows something the rest of the world does not yet, or it's bullshit. Also, thanks to Mathieu Schneider Count von Count, I stand corrected on

I heart my fantasy team!

2009-09-24T21:15:00.000-04:00

Stay safe

2009-09-22T18:34:00.000-04:00

Dear everyone reading in or near the flooding in the Southeast, It's not worth much, but you're in my thoughts. Best of luck to everyone, and I hope all escape unscathed and intact. I wish there was more I could offer than meaningless words. Please stay safe, keep your loved ones close, and remember things are just things, and can be replaced. With love and concern, Maal

If I were the GM....

2009-09-16T10:15:00.001-04:00

You know how I love me some Kari Lehtonen. But wait! This year there is not just one other goalie competing for his spot, not just two, but THREE! THREE GOALIES! Honestly I think there might even be four if we consider the baby goalie from last summer's draft. But we'll skip him for right now (no offence, baby goalie whose name I can't recall... Danique? I dunno. It's too early.) Kari Lehtonen

Ownership court case settled

2009-08-30T11:06:00.000-04:00

In summation, Atlanta Spirit won, Belkin lost, and ownership will continue to not give a crap about its tax write-off, the Thrashers. Let the heavy drinking begin.

What gets the goalie going? (+ FAIL?)

2009-08-11T16:17:00.005-04:00

360 Magazine did a little featurette called "Kari Lehtonen's MP3 Playlist," listing the top 10 songs in his iTunes. The one page is shown below (with the text typed in case you can't read it). Caveat: I've never heard of 360, nor could I find ONE specific magazine with that title to attribute this to (there's about 6 out there and hard to determine to which this belongs). However, I'm not sure

Heyyyy, another Karppa blog!

2009-08-07T09:01:00.000-04:00

Since God knows I've been dropping the ball, I'm quite pleased to share with you the existence of another Kari-loving blog! Karila, The Epic of Kari Lehtonen. Check it out! Also yes. Kari named to the Olympic camp roster. Well DUH. Let's see how it pans out. Frankly, I think it will go quite well for him. He's out of pain for the first time in nearly a year, and from all reports, he's been

Laminotomy FTW!

2009-07-25T15:29:00.001-04:00

Is it wrong to be happy to hear Kari had back surgery? I only ask cause, having been there myself, I know from first-hand experience that once you have the surgery, the pain is gone. So now Mr Lehtonen is pain-free, and all he has to worry about, providing he doesn't herniate any more disks, is to take care to let his incision wound heal, and allow the affected muscles to heal from being parted.

One more year in the Blue, dear friend.

2009-07-15T20:46:00.000-04:00

Kari re-signed. Terms undisclosed. Bruins are hosting the Winter Classic. Today is a good day.

Dudley hired as AGM, Bruins sweep Awards

2009-06-18T20:54:00.000-04:00

Just hours after formally announcing his resignation with the Chicago Blackhawks, Rick Dudley has been hired as assistant general manager of the Atlanta Thrashers. ''Rick has informed me that he has resigned from his position with the Blackhawks to pursue other opportunities,'' Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon said in a statement. ''I would like to extend my gratitude to him for his work

Only cuter if it were the boys in Blue. Or Black & Gold!

2009-06-18T17:58:00.000-04:00

My Ammy watching and celebrating the "Squealy Cup" win by the Pens. She'll be marrying Sidney Crosby, according to her. Just FYI. Before you go getting all irrational and calling CPS, it's powdered sugar, from a donut, around her mouth. And she has to wear the patch because, as you can see, she's sat too close to the tv her whole life and is now cross-eyed. Yes, it is true.

Wait, what? This is how you break the news?

2009-06-15T17:01:00.000-04:00

BOS: So I got this in a Google alert on Looch, and this is all there was, in an article about the Pens... Is this the grand announcement that Milan Lucic's been invited to the Team Canada camp? Hockey fans can now start looking forward to announcements concerning invitees to Team Canada's fall camp scheduled for Father Bauer Arena Aug. 24-28. It is there Bruins jack-of-all trades, Milan Lucic,

2008-09 Team Slogans: CBJ

2009-06-13T15:54:00.001-04:00

Here at FWH, in an effort to actually have something to write about, I'll be doing these posts on the fucking retarded occasionally witty slogans teams come up with each season, focusing specifically on those used in the 08-09 season. Today's victim team is the Columbus Blue Jackets. Have you seen the commercial for the Jackets (they don't like to be called the BJs anymore, and I'm making a New

Happy New Year: 08-09 Champs

2009-06-13T00:03:00.000-04:00

Venom Energy; Game 7

2009-06-11T17:06:00.000-04:00

First up, interesting marketing psychology: Venom has rounded up stars from a variety of sports as spokespeople to be featured in marketing campaigns and in-store promotions in their teams' respective geographic regions. Dr Pepper/Snapple Group's Venom Energy line is leveraging consumers' devotion to their local sports teams and heroes to the max with a marketing approach that uses 14 different

OMG HI!

2009-06-03T06:36:00.000-04:00

Remember me? I write this here blog. I'd like to give a shout out to Wayne who emailed me to ask me "what the fuck damn it!" I'd apologise for ignoring the blog (but not you dear readers, never you! My god you look so TAN! Have you been surfing?!), but the Thrash would have to apologise for their season and frankly I don't think they have my email. So. No truthfully I managed to acquire Mono,

Thrashers PSA: Say no to bad commercials

2009-04-08T14:24:00.000-04:00

Is it too much of a stretch that I probably linked the team to the Ovie commercial? Go team making-fun-of-the-Caps!

When the juice ain't worth the squeeze

2009-04-01T12:54:00.000-04:00

Lehtonen may play tonight By Mike Knobler The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen went through half a practice with the team on Tuesday and said he might be able to play tonight against Buffalo. "We don't know yet what's going to happen [tonight]," Lehtonen said, adding that it might depend on the result of another visit with the team doctor.