Category: hockey
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Death of a personal lockout.
During pretty well all of what was left of the NHL season last year, I didn’t turn on a hockey game. I didn’t even watch minor hockey last year–not that I did much watching of minor hockey before that. Even when Toronto actually managed to make the playoffs for the … Read the rest
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Side-effects of being a #Sens fan: Desperation leads to conspiracy.
That sucking sound you may or may not have just heard is what little of Ottawa’s sanity remains quickly finding and utilizing the nearest exit. While on the bus coming back from dealing with a few things, I was privy to the most interesting of sports related discussions. Interesting in … Read the rest
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In which Ottawa prepares to lose itself for about 4 games.
So. The Ottawa Senators made the playoffs. In a shortened season. One I’ve personally been avoiding since it became a shortened season. Awesome. This, roughly translated, means that for approximately the first round, the city will very likely shut down almost entirely at game time. Every sports bar, restaurant with … Read the rest
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In which there is a god. And he plays for the wrong damn team.
I take it all back. Every, single, goddamn word. I accept what the 80 million Christians who’ve been trying to convert me have been saying since the first time I asked one of them what the hell he was smoking. God does exist. There is physical proof. But does it … Read the rest
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So the NHL’s back. In more important news, when’s baseball?
I’m probably in the minority, even among people who still barely paid attention to the news surrounding the NHL lockout after about, oh, December 15th. But part of me was actually hoping the season would end up cancelled. Mostly because after this thing being beat to death, I was getting … Read the rest
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Rob Ford is an idiot, the left half of Toronto’s got a hate on, and other asorded goodness.
What we have here is a random thinggy. Because random thinggies are good. Even if done at half past odd while coming off a weekend spent in Pembroke with a machine that could use a couple replacement components. And even if done by a guy who apparently wouldn’t know what … Read the rest
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Another satisfied Bell customer?
Sometimes, people end up dropping by here expressing thoughts that would almost be right out of my head. Some of them have even splattered all over the site a time or six. So this search query should surprise, uh, absolutely no one. Sep 25 8:33am: fuck bell canada blog Yes, … Read the rest
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Why I don’t miss the NHL this year (Hint: it’s not the players’ fault).
I’m not taking sides in the NHL lockout. As in, at all. As in, ever. As in, I may not even notice if the season actually returns in January. Well, okay, at least until I try to get somewhere in Ottawa and half the damn city shuts down for the … Read the rest
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Maple Leafs 4, Jets 3.
It was the first game against the Jets in damn near 20 years. Freaking ever. And I completely forgot it existed and thus missed watching it. Yes, I know, I fail at hockey. You may now arange my public execution. Still, shootout wins are nice. As is our barely 2-week … Read the rest
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Avalanch 3, Maple Leafs 2.
One of these days, I’ll actually stay caught up on these thigs. That day has apparently not yet arived. I think I caught most of this game–and it kind of ended while my back was turned. Losses hurt, in general. Overtime losses? Yeah, painful. Still, it’s a point. And Phill … Read the rest