Happy pre-season! Nine games were played last night, many featuring younger and 3rd/4th line guys who hope to make the teams and become household names in two weeks. A few highlights:
– Alex Tanguay notched 2 assists and was named first star against Vancouver in mini-game, split-squad action. Woot!
– Ducks players who weren’t on the ice were around the arena meeting fans. Ryan Getzlaf, get me some nachos. (photos)
Beers are on Getz.
– No one really knows what a Blue Jacket is. It apparently refers to “Ohio’s rich Civil War” history, but is not a direct reference to anything except a Shawnee American Indian chief who may have been a captured white man raised by the tribe. Almost as confusing as why Columbus has a hockey team.
I was thinking about what to post today, and all I could find were 20 videos of Captain Serious boring me to death while I wondered how much he gets an hour for mowing lawns in his neighborhood. Because you know he does. Probably for free if you feed him PB&J with no crust and some Sunny D. So instead I found this, dedicated to Dawn Cherrie: it’s laugh-out-loud funny, after which I want to put Sean Avery in a box with a wolverine and throw him into the Hudson River. [The New Yorker in me loves this. Je suis désolé, Maxime.]
Tags: Alex Tanguay, Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Max Talbot, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ryan Getzlaf, Sean Avery