I'll make a real post soon and get back to looking at other teams that don't wear black and gold, but in the meantime, I have to share one thing I found today while on the Pens' site:
To all those who called Sidney a wuss and a whiner, I'd like to invite you to eat it. Would you like to play hockey the way he does with a broken foot for over a month?
Oh, and to Devils' fans: Wow, nice brawl. Poor Jamie, it's never fun to get jumped.
Busy day for me today, but I did want to pop up a few quick things.
-Shero speaks on the Pens and his expectations coming into the final week of the regular season. Wow, time flies when you're having fun.
-The new arena for the Pens sounds almost too good to be true. Time will tell how much of a monetary crunch will set back these shiny new ideas, but I bet that the players will be looking forward to new and improved locker rooms and settings for them.
-Devils back in 2nd with a win over Boston. Neither the Devils or the Pens play tonight, but both play tomorrow (Pens v Sabres and Devils take on the Sens), which will be a good deciding factor for who is going to really take 2nd place...well, if one wins and the other doesn't. The game for the Devils and the Sens will be a good one, maybe a preview of the first round (although then they get a padded night with the Flyers on Thursday while the Pens are stuck with the Senators).
-And last, but not least, thank you to my two converts from yesterday, and to everyone else, yes that was an April Fools gag. I am glad you both enjoyed the joke, although I do have to admit to getting a Jamie Langenbrunner card (from the Stars!) in my Christmas package.
I've thought long and hard about this, and in light of last night's disappointment with the Penguins, I've decided that I can't take the ups and downs and the losses anymore. How can I like a team that can't grow a playoff beard(except for Talbot, Recchi and Orpik, apparently, and that does not a playoff bearded team make)? That can't keep the 2nd place in the East? That lost to the Leafs? The answer is simple, uncomplicated.
I can't.
So as much as this pains me, I am giving up the flightless birds and switching to a new team, a team that I think has the might and skills to bring home a Cup: The New Jersey Devils.
Why the Devils, you ask? Well, for starters, they play a tight, well defended game, their line up has cute guys, a snazzy logo, and a rockin' goalie who's name is Marty. I just love men named Marty. They also have my favorite player! Oops, I mean, my favorite player. He's so cute! His lone goal against the Penguins was what really turned me onto him. I even got his picture in a Christmas card this year! I think he's taken, though.
Well, with my new-found team I have to get prepared for their game tonight! They're playing the Bruins at 3:30 today, and since the Bruins suck, it should be an easy game for the boys! Unlike with the Penguins' colors, I look great in red and black. I found these shoes, and I think they'd go great for a game day outfit. Or maybe these...it is spring after all, and red is the new orange this season! I've heard that bright colors are all the rage these days, and this summer especially, with red being THE color this year. I've already had compliments on my hair....which is red! Coincidence...?
Steph, who is Chicago to see the Oilers and Blackhawks, has just told me that she's sick of the Oil losing, and has so decided to jump on the bandwagon of a winning team and is going to root for the Blackhawks today. The message was a little blurry, but said something about Aucoin taking down that pretty boy Hemsky.
Well, now it's almost time for NBC to broadcast their Sunday games, and today I'm getting Detroit and the Magic Wands. I just can't wait to hear what Hull has to say today! He's a true gem of broadcasting.
Hockey just doesn't make any sense at all to me today.
First, Detroit clinches a victory in New Jersey this afternoon (that game weirded me out, by the way, as only a Saturday afternoon hockey game can do--waking up with the knowledge that in only a half hour, hockey would be happening, while not unwelcome, is unsettling). This in itself would not be particularly weird; Brodeur of the goalie kung-fu does lose a game every once in a while, and Hasek (while I'm still not entirely convinced understands the fact that it's easier to make saves when not on one's back) has been playing as strong as ever, still in line with his best NHL season ever. He's also got to be somewhere near in line with his record of most penalties in a season--this game alone netted (no pun intended) him one for playing the puck over the line, at which he broke his stick on the ice, which just landed him an unsportsmanline conduct. But the overlying fact remains that Detroit hasn't won a game in New Jersey in thirteen years. From the first game of the day, you knew it was going to be weird.
Equally surprising was the Islanders 6-0 victory over the Thrashers, not that I saw any of that either. A number of the games tonight were oddly high scoring though (Bruins over Panthers 6-3, Habs over Pens 6-3--which I'm sure Elly will have plenty of those on when she gets home--...I'm going to start thinking we're playing NHL2K7 here.)
