Well, that was a night. Penguins take years off my life, defeat Blue Jackets in series: 4-2 What are we supposed to do? NOT hope for leads because they get snatched away? NEVER want a power play for fear of giving up a shorty? I don’t know which end is up except the Penguins won […]
I didn’t get to watch much hockey after Friday night, but the playoffs wait for no DVR. In case anyone else (mostly) missed the weekend festivities… The networks have all kinds of on-hiatus hockey players pitching in as commentators during these playoffs. Let us make the offer official: Alex Pietrangelo, you and your currently unemployed […]
Well… Last night I was very PANIC! AT THE DISCO. I feel a little better this morning , so allow me to re-edit my thoughts. Blue Jackets: 4; Penguins: 3 [Series tied 2-2] Listen, Fleury has been the Penguins’ best player all series. Sometimes he is their only player actually playing. So much has been […]
It was bound to happen and one night it did (Thanks, Garth)… the Tampa Bay Lightning were the first team eliminated from the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. I haven’t heard from Lindsay, who is probably wrapped in her Stamkos jersey like a shroud and laying on the floor in the space between her bed and […]
Allow me to present the Day 6 update as an autobiographical look at my catastrophic emotional instability. Penguins: 4, Blue Jackets 3 [Pens lead series 2-1] This game started and an instant later the Jackets had scored two goals. Okay, maybe it took 3:18, but it felt like a heartbeat. The Penguins were not ready, not willing and not […]
I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. I embarked on a “No carb left behind” mission and managed to consume every jellybean within a 10-mile radius (that moved as I did). Mostly I was drowning Penguins-related sorrows and the sound of “Letang” from my memory. Anyway, let’s have a look at Friday (Day Three): Canadiens: 4; […]
This took forever today because I was having too much fun. It’s time! Time for turtles and Minnesota accents and the true, though somewhat unsung, love of Penguins fans everywhere. Unless you are me, Lindsay or Alison, then there is a lot of singing. Foxy Friday: Matt Niskanen Most of you met Nisky that time […]
One more night in the books! Welcome back to my way to be sure that I have noticed every playoff game around the League for three minutes. Some of you probably called in “overtime” to work and are just waking up. Blues:4, Blackhawks: 3 Look, overtime is one thing. Triple overtime is two more things […]
There are two ways to spend any night during the NHL Playoffs: Enjoy a composed evening of important hockey that matters on a theoretical level, but not to your team. Like me, last night: One goal games all around, and no one made it look easy. Here we go, Round One: Day One already gearing […]
Since Psych was not renewed for a 9th season, Chuck & I are officially the best faux-psychic show in town. No time is more ripe for our charlatan act than Day 1 of the 2014 NHL playoffs. So sit back and allow us to disagree slightly on who will win in the first round. EAST Bruins […]
Happy Day Before #&$% Gets Real, Everyone! Every April, we wonder how we got here – if we got here – and panic. Prayers are said. Shirts and jerseys are lined up to wear. Post-traumatic stress resurfaces from last season. And with all that comes something else, something glorious. No, not the possibility of winning […]
Chuck is on vacation and I am woefully unqualified to do this post, but I know @amy_gehring is skipping class in Europe and @wingwoman85 started her day on Australian time, so I can’t leave the world waiting. The Tyler Seguin/Michael Del Zotto bromance that began Instagram-tastically with this: Has continued both online: And in real life: The Predators […]
The playoffs give me angst. For the duration of the Penguins’ chances I will feel sick to my stomach nearly all the time. A portion of that is desire to win, and a large chunk has been devoted over the last few years to hoping this isn’t the moment James Neal does something stupid. I’m […]
I really tried to pick a hockey player, but one Google search made everyone else look so boring and outfitted in proper-sized clothing. Consider this your preventative, pre-playoff diversion… Foxy Friday: Chris Evans Now, I can’t tell you if Chris Evans cares about hockey. I can tell you he owns this hat: And this hat: […]
I was really going to do a post about this Winnipeg Jets’ cookbook… so close. They Instagrammed something and being married to a chef, I was hooked! Sadly the video is a yawn but those wings looked pretty delish. It’s for charity and so, yeah. Off to the interwebs to find something to care about. […]
Tomorrow is birthday time for our pal Lindsay! She may be on a warm-weather vacation without us, presumably eating cake, but we guarantee she’s also watching hockey. Boys don’t always remember dates, so Steven Stamkos’ gift arrived a little early – two goals in last night’s win over Buffalo. First he tied the game: […]
If you didn’t watch NHL Revealed during the Olympics, you missed the season’s best hockey programming. Go pay for the extended episodes on iTunes – they’re worth it – then come back and know why we say: Foxy Friday: Ryan Getzlaf Ryan Getzlaf exists for two reasons: To make you laugh. To make his awkward […]
I hate to say ‘it’s almost that time of year,’ but with about 10 games left in the regular season, we’ll soon say goodbye to some of our favorites. And hello to their off-season golf shorts, boats-on-lakes and selfies. Amirite? Before it’s over, a last look at some players we haven’t looked at in a […]
In Disney World commercials, a kid walks into the theme park where Mickey, Donald and all the characters are lined up waiting to greet her. You know, the kind of magical thing that never happens when you actually go there. Unless you went with us this weekend to Pittsburgh. Lindsay, Alison, Emma and I arrived from […]
Today, I’m calling on all of you to focus. Does this help? No? How about… That ought to do it. Now, bring the power of your mind to bear on the universe and let’s see if we can’t get James Neal and Chris Kunitz back in the Pittsburgh lineup tonight. For the record, I don’t […]