My Meltdown Moment

I’m trying to think of an analogy for how I feel.  I knew the lockout would cause the cancellation of some regular season games.  I couldn’t stop it, I could only hope to contain it. NHL cancels first two weeks of regular season games – USA Today But now that it’s actually happened I am […]

Team Pants: Lockout Edition

The phrase “Fantasy Hockey” is especially cruel these days, when hockey itself is the fantasy.  But we held the WUYS Fantasy Hockey League draft last night, and despite the lockout I still made my picks count.  If we never get our game back, maybe we could just play some beach volleyball. With an eye toward […]

What Would You Say?

Well look who got a haircut: It’s because I’m going to the Canadian Embassy for a work thing today, and he wanted to look all clean-cut and charming.  So if you don’t hear from me… Back to Tazer, as this this kind of thing is big news these days.  Until MG52’s hair makes a public […]

Mikey Monday: Missed It

It’s Monday, and the first of October.  I expected to be writing about pre-season games and the fact that in 10 days, the regular season would start on my birthday.  Followed by the Caps home opener on October 12, Mike’s birthday. Instead, we’re still on golf. I’ll admit it: I saw this picture several times […]

Foxy Friday: Evgeni Malkin

You knew it would happen.  No one can be this hilarious and adorable (and talented) without landing in the Foxy Friday history books. Also, as a Pens fan, I know that life without Geno is a cold, sad place in which James Neal scores no goals. I could (and might) look at pictures of Evengi […]

Max Talbot Saves the Day

Max Talbot will be the hero of this lockout. Flyer or not, we cannot live with him in this terrible time. Hold on, I can’t stop laughing. Max is one commercial away from being the Old Spice guy at this point.  Sexy as all get out, no shame and knows that women love a guy […]

We Are Never, Ever, Ever…

Lockout, Day 11: Anger Management  Since I have nothing better to do than troll the internet while self-medicating with Taylor Swift songs, I’ve found a few gems.  The kind that make you smile and cry at the same time. Bleacher Report: 50 Storylines the NHL Lockout is Making Us Miss It took me a few […]

This Can Only End in Tears

I should be going to the Caps first pre-season game tonight.  I should be rocking the red and bouncing around the office like a shaken can of soda. Instead I am despondent, miserably face-down on a couch wearing an ugly Christmas sweater while “All By Myself” plays on a loop. When what I really want […]

Mikey Monday: Ask Away

Lockout, Day 9: Philosophical Questions Is there something that says we cannot have endless photos like this AND hockey?  Does the space/time balance demand compensation, provided in the form of players wearing increasingly translucent t-shirts? Or do I really control the universe? I just want to be clear about who’s behind this, so we can […]

Pockets. DAMN.

Lockout, Day 9 – Philosophical Questions If jeans are really good in this life, do they get to come back as Sidney Crosby’s jeans in the next life? (How about people named Pants, do they qualify?)

Foxy Friday: The Playlist

Guest post time! Meet the lovely ladies of This Is Our Jam – Caps fans all and hilarious to boot.  Enjoy their musical stylings and wish Krista a HAPPY BIRTHDAY at @thisisourjamdc! Hello, readers of What’s Up Ya Sieve!!  We are Krista, Kristen, and Stacey from This Is Our Jam, fellow lovers of the great sport […]

Sweden is Trying to Kill Us

If I had a TARDIS, where would I go right now? If our office has security cameras, it would be worth it to get the footage of my reaction to this picture.  It resembled being electrocuted. Somewhere, Mike Green is depressed.  He hates it when Nicky goes out with better looking guys. Deb (@DLF1021), I […]

Max Talbot is NSFW

I love you guys so much.  I’m home alone, laughing like Tom Hanks in The Money Pit because you send me the best stuff.  Specifically Amanda (@amandalitty) and Deb (@DLF1021)  who tonight sent this: Leave it to Max to make the dirtiest-sounding workout video of all time – while wearing head-to-toe sweats. #1: This workout.  […]

Lockout Blues

On Saturday night, after the lockout became official, I had a weird, scary dream that I was trying to get to a watch party to see Stamkos score his 60th goal.  No matter what happened, I couldn’t make it.  The ground was mud. I ran into my mom.  Someone gave me a cheeseburger (really).  I […]

I can’t even laugh.

If I were not so pissed about the looming lockout, I would find this caption hysterical. Apparently Intern Jeff Skinner is much smarter than the intern who captioned this photo of Eric Staal.  Either that, or Jeff’s moonlighting at the Associated Press. I know it’s just a typo, but is it an omen?  Does it […]

Work Hard, Play Hard

Yesterday was pretty great.  What more could you want out of a vacation day spent shoveling mulch and mixing concrete? Me, some guy, Josie, some other guys and Rhea You should all come to the Kaboom Caps playground build next year, but only if you’re prepared to work your butts off.  We had a great […]

If We Had a Billion Dollars…

Do you think Gabe Landeskog bought stock in Facebook, right before they acquired Instagram?  That would explain all the photos this summer – just driving up his portfolio value.  Imagine if you could make money off this! Look at his thighs. No really, look at them. (Thanks to @RealScarlett01 and @Shannysland for reminding us that […]

Our Kind of Training Camp

Thanks to everyone who Tweeted me luck for Saturday’s Tough Mudder Mid-Atlantic endurance mud race!  It was a filthy, fantastic time, complete with downpour and tornado warning. Me and @MattyDTX at the starting line. They just announced another Maryland race for April 20-21, 2013.  You’re all invited to join me!  Depending on which NHL teams […]

Pro Summit Camp

In case you were getting nervous about the CBA deadline looming on Saturday, somewhere in Colorado… Crosbot, Gabe the Babe, Talbot, Duchene, Tavares and RNH were traning at Pro Summit Camp. That short of breath feeling has nothing to do with altitude, y’all. It’s just like summer camp, with Max as head counselor.  There are […]

Birthday Boy: James Neal

HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY, NEALMOBILE! It’s definitely been JamesNeal.com around here lately – we just can’t help ourselves.  Here’s James at the Altoona Curve game last week, talking labor disputes and lockouts: Warning: The video is as shaky as if I were filming this. And what James is doing with the rest of his summer: The […]