GDB 18: Motor City Madness
bingofuel
November 17 2008 03:30PM
It’s not quite River City Ransom, and it hardly has the cache of Edward Furlong’s Academy-Award-not-even-remotely-being-nominated-for performance in Detroit Rock City, but some terrifying and eye-catching hybrid of the two is taking place tonight. On skates. And ice.
And you can bet your ass the Justice League™ will be paying close attention, watching for facial ticks and heated exchanges of words as MacT continues to grey at an alarming rate, and Dustin Penner sits comfortably in the press box. Meanwhile, the entire ‘Sphere speculates on both of those guys’ futures with the club (check Lowetide, Covered in Oil and BDHS for some good comments on those issues).
All this off-and-on-ice furor is the result of MacT’s positively scathing indictment of Penner’s performance and attitude in the Edmonton Journal. I’m not going to add to the crap storm here. I’m just going to cross my fingers, consume a 15-pack of Vitamin-P and hope for a checkmark in the W column.
Go Oil!
*Craig MacTavish scribbling notes*
o 0 (Puck can go below hash marks... Souray doesn't always have to shoot)
Roli's going to punch someone by the end of the night. I'm guessing Holmstrom is a likely candidate.
The only thing missing in Roli's game is his helmet "falling" off every whistle
Roli is still getting over having Smyth on his doorstep, now Holmstrom is there. I'm betting he pulls a Bouerice on Holmstrom before the end of the night
Boulerice is sitting beside Penner tonight.
Man Gary Bettman must just be beaming with all the scoring that's gone on tonight because of all these power plays.
I know - I said Roli would pull a Boulerice
Nice to see all those unemployed GM & Chrysler workers still enjoy going to a game in "hockeytown"
My bad. Roli loves to over react. He's old and disgruntled.
I'm also surprised they were able to stop stabbing each other for a few hours. Although we can't see the nose bleed seats, so, you never know.
Or burning the city up...
Nice hit on kessler - by the net
M&M Missed the bus from 8 mile... or maybe he finally lost himself... ok ok that was weak
Huh. So, should I just turn the game off now? Or continue to get angrier and angrier.
I'm going to get really angry and take it out on my own body... It's the only way to enjoy a loss.
Smash something.
I vote continue to bear the agony of this game
Misery loves company I guess. And it's not like any women is going to come near me, so, what else do I have to do?
*sob sob sob sob*
Well shucks man let's get some lawn chairs, 38 beers and hang out at the splash park and just wait for some babes to show up.
You know what makes me cry? Our powerplay. It's pretty shabby.
I think shabby is doing it too much justice. Shitanusly® works very well.
maybe the hot dog champ should have gone to the game - Joey Chesnut?
Jesus, Mary and Joseph... this is not helping us make a comeback.
Oh man Penner must be in his element tonight with those cheap hot dogs!
"That could be a turning point save"
Dear god I hope your right Quinn. Because if not, heaven help you.
Great - another PP
So basically that's another 2 minutes off the clock for the Red Wings.
Cogliano just like Alex in River City Ransom - He's got stone hands
Bring back Ted Green.
2 minutes off the clock...
This game is not improving my Monday.
Wow. That was an unreal series of events. Solid play by Detroit.
AWESOME - Prison Break is on FYI
Seeing how this game is SO worth watching now...
Hmm... The Pil's going down nicely. By the gulpful. Also, why can't I stop sobbing? I shouldn't be surprised by this.
Time to switch over the NFL Monday night game. This is just plain sad. I tappears that the Oilers who are dressed are jealous of Penner and his hotdog eating.
This is somewhat ironic considering there was no side bet with a Detroit blog
Maybe we should start cheering for the Oilers to play mediocre hockey and get beaten every other game. At least then we'd be getting the results we want.
I'd be happy if they started playing HOCKEY
Evening all. I would like the OIlers to score a goal.....many infact. Hussle hard nosed goals.
I would like them to play up to their potential.
I would like to feel like I can honestly cheer for the team and there heart/effort everynight.....
I would also like a 15 pack of Vitamin P to make this game look better....
Sending Penner to the press box sure sent a message to this team. They're playing great. Edmonton is in red right?
Thank god the period is over.
Is this the writing on the wall for MacT?
Nothing against what the guy has done, but genius falling on deaf ears is useless.
It's too bad they have stopped listening.
MacT is fuct - if he wants to send a message sit someone who is actually playing good IMO, although it would be tough to find one of those guys
He's said it himself, it is the coaches job to get the team prepared and how many first periods have they Sh!t the bed?
The Bills/Browns game is MUCH better
Who wants to play "Who replaces MacT?"
Where's Brownlee? I want to apologize for my criticizing Craig MacTavish so ruthlessly today. He was right. MacT calling out Penner has effectively motivated this team. Once again I have to eat my words. Robin, I'm sorry for the disagreement, you were right as always, the silver fox is a great coach. The powerplay he's drawn up tonight has looked top shelf. If you're out there, may my words ride the wind and find you. I hope we can get past this and continue the work on our band.
It can't be Bucky.......
I think he's been hanging on by a hair for a while now. His track record isn't terrible, but there have been lots of coaches that have had much more success that have been fired for far less. Unless the team goes on a 10 game win streak or something, it's only a matter of time before he's given the ol heave ho.
He should just count his blessings that his BFF has been running the team for so long, because if he was coaching else where, I don't think he would have held onto his job this long.
Tortorella?
Pat Burns?
Crawford?
Ted Nolan?