The letter “A” is awarded only to the best. Students with the highest scores. Products with the best quality. Restaurants with the cleanest kitchens. We all know Alvin didn’t lead The Chimpmunks just because he had the best dance moves. The very presence of an “A” denotes greatness.
We love (OK, worship) our NHL team captains. But in life, it’s rare that a “C” should outrank an “A.”
To keep the status quo, this week we salute one NHL alternate captain from each remaining playoff team. These men are first in our books — leading by example on and off the ice, above and below the chinstrap.
Here are our top marks for how “A” beard should look.
Jeff turns 20 today, so he’ll be doing… exactly what he does every other day. Drinking a gallon of milk, giving up his seat on the Metro and buying Girl Scout cookies. Sorry Skinns, we can Party in the USA next year.
Definitely invited.
Oh heck, we’re inviting everyone.
You told EVERYBODY?!
It’s going to have a prom theme, for all the ones Jeff didn’t get to go too.
Not funny, guys!
We promise, no figure skating jokes and Eric is going to buy the beer.
This is sounding better.
So have a good summer, Jeff…
What’s that saying? Bend and snap?
And maybe at 20 you won’t be quite so – oh, forget it. We love it when you’re horribly embarrassed with Nealer and Stamkos laughing in the background.
The Kings devastated the Coyotes last night in more ways than one. The Coyotes bit back and not in a nice way. I was going to take the high road in this post and talk about how adorable Antoine Vermette was in his pre-game interview but then the Coyotes took a page from the Penguin’s book of Poor Sports and all this happened:
Shane Doan takes Trevor Lewis’ face for a wipe board. OK- he did turn but a delayed penalty had already been called for slashing on BROWN so all Doan needed to do was reach for the puck – not take Lewis’ face for a ride. He got thrown out which was appropriate – IN MY OPINION.
Mike Smith slashes Dustin Brown in the back of the knees. They get MATCHING penalties because the ref thinks Brown is embellishing – HELLO! Anyone who gets the craps smacked out of the back of their knees with a goalie stick by a 6’3” MONSTER isn’t embellishing ANYTHING.
As one commentator said, “If that was acting, it’s some of the best to come out of Hollywood in years!”
Then Hanzal decides ride Brown into the boards like a whore on Saturday night. Fellas, I get it, you’re frustrated. You got your asses handed to you by an 8th seed team for a second night. But this is UNACCEPTABLE.
Then – my favorite of the night – Dustin “Pancakes” Penner decides enough is enough and when a scrum breaks out to quell it, he just sits on Antoine Vermette. Awesomesauce. Nothing says shut your face like a 6’ 4” manbeast sitting on your lame ass.
Oh did I mention that Jeff Carter, man of the hour, got a natural hat trick? The first one for the Kings in the play-offs since – oh – Wayne Gretzky in 1993? Yeah … that happen too last night!
HAPPY SUTTER/ANGRY SUTTER
OH WHAT A NIGHT! Feel good about that one guys. Mad respect for your play. But I knew that – 😉
Dawn – you are so funny. Calling me to wish me good luck tonight!
So the LA King’s have lost only one play-off game so far … No, that is not a typo. ONE.
This is what you want from your captain – A COMPLETE BEAST!
Coach Dave Tippett of the Coyotes, seems to be the only other person on the planet besides me, the only LA KINGS fans (OK – I know there are like – four of us) who know how AWESOME they are and should FEAR their AWESOMENESS.
The press conference after game one went pretty much like this:
Kopitar NEVER gives up on a puck – NEVER
Press person: Coach, how do you think Kopitar was able to blah blah…
Tippett: I didn’t give a F**K about Kopitar. I have to worry about my players and how they perform.
Press person: So when Brown did blah blah blah …
Tippett: I don’t give a F**K about Brown. I have to worry about my players and how they perform.
Press Person: So when they scored again in the second period …
Tippett: Maybe you didn’t hear me the second time, I have to don’t give a F**K about the LA KINGS right now, I have to worry about my players and the fact that they didn’t perform tonight. Any more questions? Alright. Thanks.
GO KINGS! KEEP BEING UNDER-RATED – RIGHT UP UNTIL YOU WIN THE CUP!
The Rangers and Kings are up 1-0 in their respective series(es?). Tonight’s game isn’t till 9 PM. Otherwise, it’s a slow news day. Dale Hunter quit his job coaching the Caps (we are available!). You could watch the Capitals exit interviews – Nicky (how many chains are you wearing?), Mikey (why is your hat so big?) – but they’re terribly sad. How can we be happy instead?
Let’s play Would You Rather.
Would you rather have a half-hug from Viktor Stalberg:
Or Gingeroux’s plaid suit (you can hug sad Max after):
Or no hug, but stand near awkward Crosby as he tries to fit his giant hands into tiny pockets?
Would you rather have Sid give up his pockets to carry your stuff:
Or ask Jordan Eberle because today is his 22nd birthday?
Would you rather have Toews in spandex:
Or Nealmobile?
Would you rather have Karl Alzner with a beard:
Or no beard, add puppies?
Would you rather have this guy babysit:
Who is this? The kid is Danny Briere’s son Caelan.
Or Crosby take your kids out for a lap around the block?
See what happens when my teams are out of the playoffs? It’s going to be a long summer, get ready for a lot of these. 😉
Lying dead on the floor in front of my TV was not an ideal Saturday night, but at least I wasn’t the only one. I won’t get down on the Caps for their game seven performance because it’s not what I want to remember all summer.
This year, I watched more hockey than ever. I wore out the Center Ice Package and my DVR (and my husband’s patience). I went to more games this season than in my entire life combined – 29, that we could remember, and every one of them a Caps game. I gave up trying to fight it.
Just when you’re feeling down, you can count on Mike to take a photo of himself standing in the bathroom for you to find on the internet.
So thanks, Caps, for a season that was better for me than it was on the scoresheet: more fun, more memorable, possibly more frustrating than any game recap could recall. Some of my all-time hockey fan highlights were written this year. There were also moments of tough love when doors were slammed, channels changed – I once got so mad at Mike that I threw a fit and bought a Backstrom shirt out of spite.
Yeah, I’m crazy. I just never thought it would be for them.
Now “there’s always next year,” and the year after that. But what I’ll really miss is what can never quite be repeated – the ecstatic, hilarious, infuriating magic that is a single season, with a single team, and almost always ends too soon.
I forgot it’s Friday! One night with zero hockey and I lose my mind, people.
Good thing I had already selected this week’s Foxy Friday: Shane Doan.
Things that are foxy:
– Birthdays the day, but not the year, before mine (Libras FTW!)
– Smiling even more than Intern Jeff Skinner
– Wilderness activities
– Eligible for my fantasy hockey team, The Hot Dads
– Still in the playoffs
Captain Coyote and his troops will begin their Western Conference Final series again the LA Kings on Sunday. This season marks the first time the Coyotes have ever made it past the first round, and now they’re through the second.
Shane grew up in Alberta at his parents’ ranch that was also a Christian summer camp. Doan debuted with the Winnipeg Jets in 1995, then moved the next year with the team to Phoenix. He’s been in the desert ever since.
He and his brother were contestants on a Canadian reality TV show called “Mantracker” in April 2011. They outpaced a professional tracker for 36 hours to win their segment. I’m sure this is very exciting, but frankly Canada, I am not impressed. Given the collective foxiness of your citizenry, I suggest something more like Canada’s Next Top Model Winter Athlete Who Does Squats.
Perhaps categories on this show can include wearing suspenders and squatting 200 pounds. Contestants should also have a sense of humor for things like this:
Late in 2005, Doan was involved in a controversial defamation case against a Canadian Parliamentarian for an alleged on-ice derrogatory comment [link]. He’s been suspended twice (10/10 and 3/12). This season, he had 50 points and has 6 so far in the playoffs.
I am so happy to see Shane Doan this late in the playoffs. He’s one of those guys that’s been around forever and this could be his best shot at a Cup before retirement. Can the Coyotes stop the landslide that is the LA Kings? Can this beard grow all the way up to his ears? We’ll find out soon enough.
Included in our Puck Daddy: Playoff Beard Watch this week, because we love it.
In case you missed it yesterday, check out our post from Puck Daddy!
In this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, the fates select which beards will have a chance to realize their true potential.
Five teams remain. Five beards (OK, six) have emerged as top contenders for Beard of the Year.
None of these teams made it past the second round last season, so the promise of greater bearded glory shines bright. Some faces are familiar, some are new. All are hairy.
Last night’s Caps/Rangers Game 6 was officially the most fun I’ve ever had at a hockey game. Maybe it was the Jeff Schultz Fan Club in front of us at warm-ups – hey, there really is someone for everyone. Maybe it was the “Let’s Let Karl’s Dogs Out” sign or the Flo Rida dance party. It could have been this hug from iCarly:
We sat with the near the best people ever. To our left, a mom with an adorable 1-year old baby girl in her lap. She passed said baby to dad so she could have her hands free when yelling, “Call something, you blind $&#*@*^ ref!!” at the top of her lungs. The guys behind us were doing NHL Mystery Science Theatre 3000 – I wish I’d recorded them. Gems like:
Person in crowd: “Let’s go Rangers!”
Guy behind us: “I can’t hear you over the winning!”
Instead of a tired, boring “Lundqvist, you suck!”, we got, “Who puts a V after a Q?!” and a million more. It helped reduce the tension of holding my breath for sixty minutes.
There were also a couple of goals. (In Russian, I love the way he says, “Green.”)
Nicky lost his helmet and we all swooned like Disney princesses. All 4 feet, 11 inches of Keith Aucoin was getting in Brian Boyle’s… well, somewhere around his rib cage, I guess, but it looked feisty. Joel Ward got a HUGE cheer when announced in the starting lineup. Chimera was a beast – he wanted to fight so badly, but we prefer when he scores. Best facial expression of the night:
Holtby was outstanding. You should see all the 70 shirts in this place now. He woulda (shoulda, coulda) had the shutout if not for Ryan Gosling Carl Hagelin’s uncalled goalie interference, but who cares? The moment of “Oh God, not again!” panic when Gaborik scored with 50 seconds left passed, and the game was over.
Now we’ve all got Saturday Date Night with the Rangers and Caps at 7:30 PM. Put on your dancing shoes!
The fates came out of their hole, looked for their shadows and decreed we shall see more of this:
And no more of this:
Okay, maybe one more:
We extend sympathies to our Flyers fans. Yes really, even though I hate them. Losing sucks no matter if you’re my team or a great looking guy in an ugly suit. Reasons and examinations for the loss, please report immediately to October where you’re all meaningless.
A big congratulations to our Devils fans. NJ gave a huge performance, and frankly their discipline scares the crap out of me. After watching the Flyers expose every single Penguins weakness then strip and sell them for parts, I thought they were rolling. But NJ never gave Philly an inch, never let them crack that shell. On top of great hockey, they played a great mental game.
The Devils await the winner of the Rangers/Capitals series. I can’t say anything else for fear of a jinx, but more on this after round two is over.
OK – SRSLY – I am so watching Tampa Bay now. Where have you been – Mr. Under the Radar.
I’m in love AGAIN! But that’s OK. It happens all the time. Y’all are used to it by now. With the hunt for Lord Stanley in full swing the rest of the World has this going on.
Look closely for the dancing ping pong players circling in the background. There are better things I can think of doing with those balls boys – just sayin’ if I was there.
Why can’t this get spread out … like over summer when there is a HUGE DROUGHT OF NOTHINGNESS going on?
Somewhere is Sweden there is a hotel packed to the gills with this hot mess happening (link). Varför kan inte detta vara mig på Viktor Hedmans knä?
Hey Shane, no need to get angry .. you’re moving on in the series but staying in Phoenix! You just won the Lottery!
For those of you keeping count, last night the Jawas sent Chewie and the Ewoks packing.
Ya just can’t mess with the force – dude.
I think there was a grand disturbance in the force when Chewie tapped into the dark side and smashed Hans Solo’s head into the boards in an earlier series and sometimes karmic galactic payback is a bitch.
Chewie will now be able to make it back to Kashyyyk in time to celebrate Life Day.
You shall not move … I command it.
The Jawas also found out from Palpatine, Lord of the Sith and Emperor of the Galactic empire, they will more than likely be staying in the desert. Details of the contract are still under wraps but my sources tell me it includes the souls of the all the incoming new players first-born girls (because ya know, they need the boys for future hockey players) and all the retirees in a 250 mile area. That should keep Lord Vader fed for a few more years.
Lord Vader Shanahan needs souls to keep doling out his brand of justice
That’s good news for Phoenix!
So now the Conference Finals are set for the West Coast – Phoenix vs. LA Kings.
Most girls will tell you there are few situations in life that cannot be explained by a scene from The Princess Bride.
After the Caps’ loss to the Rangers last night, I feel Mostly Dead. Tortured. Gutted. But if you lean close enough, you might hear me whisper:
In case you missed it (what on Earth were you doing instead?!), the Caps were up 2-1 with 22 seconds to play. Joel Ward took a high-sticking double-minor for hitting Cary ElwesRyan Gosling Carl Hagelin in the face. Then this happened:
Inconceivable. WE HAD THIS GAME! Holtby was killing it and the Caps were digging for every inch. It was right there… and here we go into the Fire Swamp, also known as another damned overtime game.
At least it didn’t take long. Ginger Staal scored while Ward was serving his second penalty. And just like that – Pit of Despair.
I feel so bad for Joel Ward. It was an awful penalty but only one of a billion the Caps have taken this season. And he handled it like this, managing to break my heart even more:
Shake it off, JWard. Good adventure movies teach us that all hope is not lost. I’m not going to kill myself because none of our four fastest ships scored. Outshot 38-18? BAH. I’m not left-handed either! We are going to fight to the pain in game six. As baby Fred Savage tells his grandfather, Columbo: “I wasn’t nervous. Maybe I was a little bit ‘concerned’ but that’s not the same thing. “
Let’s focus on game six. Get a wheelbarrow and a holocaust cloak because we are opening that gate. And when someone gives you a book, remember to ask:
Can I just lable all these photos “Hot like fire?”
Happy Foxy 40th Martin Brodeur! I might be a day late but don’t think I missed your game winning awesome play! Welcome to the Foxy 40 club with Teemu Selane, Mike Modano (before he retired) and some others.
You really wanna F%$k with me? Really? Because I can score on your ass too!
As you might have guessed, I’m not a really big fan of teams in general per se, I don’t like the Penguins but I love me some Kris Letang.
I got this one – SRSLY … I do. I got it. See?
Not a huge fan of New Jersey but I will always love me Martin Brodeur – Because I LOVE GOALIES and if you love goalies, YOU MUST LOVE MARTIN.
Oh Dawn, if you were here, I’d kiss you like this. Thanks for all your support through the years even though you don’t like my team much.
He is the pinnacle of awesomeness. He’s not a butterfly but he stings like a bee!He can’t be copied, replicated or outdone. He’s played his entire career for New Jersey.
This is one of my favorite photos – eva!
But I must say, I cried a little bit when he broke Patrick Roy’s records below. Because again, I love goalies and I love Patrick Roy too …
Most career wins, breaking Patrick Roy’s record of 551.
Most playoff shutout 24.
Most minutes played, breaking Patrick Roy’s record of 60,235 minutes.
Most games played, surpassing Patrick Roy’s record of 1029.
Most regular-season shutouts, breaking Terry Sawchuck’s record of 103.
He’s now also played a play-off game in every decade of his career as a teenager to his forties.
And if anyone saw the interview on Sunday, he was unfortunate enough to have Pierre McGuire wish him “Happy Birthday, mon ami.” YUCK –A-ROO! Short of Pierre kissing him and sitting on his lap during the interview, Pierre was more than his usual sycophantic self. I not only wanted a bath, I threw up in my mouth a little bit. But as classy as Martin is, he took it in stride, smiled and got the hell out of there before Pierre could slime him anymore!
So a day late, but not any less enthusiastic, A BIG WUYS – WE KNOW YOU ARE NOT! – HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY MARTIN BRODEUR!
The great oracle Orisis Jones was right as far as part of the West Coast goes:
That was our happy face after the sweep!
Not since 1993 have the LA Kings been to a conference final and that was when the Great One played for them – as in Wayne Gretzky.
WTF are the LA KINGS doing in the play-offs?
The Kings have swept the #1 and #2 seed and yet the astonishment abounds how a team with the 29th worst scoring record in the league manages to knock them off.
But that was before other brother Darryl Sutter took command. And all I can say is Capt. Dustin Brown’s mug shot makes him look like Dennis the Menace and I want to adopt him.
don’t let this sweet face trick you – he will destroy you on the ice
And Kopitar, OMG – if the Capitals Captain and Assistant Captains – ahem – played like this – holy bejesus – Kopitar had some killer floor checks. He had four Blues on him while the rest of his team changed and still kept the puck in.
He had this fly save in the crease for Quick that was a game saver!
And still people have to ask why the LA KINGS are in the play-offs? Puppet Please?! It’s not just Drew Doughty that’s touched by god anymore.
Looks like just enough room for me guys!
These guys are en fuego in more ways than one. I’d marry them all and move to Utah with my harem!It’s not just play-off time, it’s pay-off time!
The only reasons to be awake at 7 AM on a Saturday are you’re 1) still up from the night before or 2) buying playoff hockey tickets. I woke Gator up with a text and we debated (read: I peer pressured her). Something was telling me to go. The Force was communicating. So we went.
THANK GOD.
HUG EVERYONE!
Mike warmed up with his helmet on, which he never does. I guess a 12:30 start didn’t give him enough time to do his hair (reason #3 for being up at 7 AM?). It’s not as if he wakes up looking like this:
Worth every penny. (Thanks @jlrpuck, who dropped her camera after this one.)
First Ovi scored, and the Rangers scored. Nicky scored, the Rangers scored. Then with just under six left in the third, Mike did this:
Be still my beating heart.
I tackled Gator like a squid and we almost fell off the upper deck. If any single voice in the Verizon Center was louder than mine, I challenge that person to a duel. Mike Green goals are my favorite thing in the history of things.
If I had missed living that moment, I’d be devastated-while-ecstatic and I’m not sure how many feelings I can feel at the same time and survive.
It’s not just the goal. It’s EVERYTHING. Okay, maybe I’m overstating it, but Mike needs confidence. He needs to trust the judgement that made him a 70-point scorer and two-time Norris trophy candidate. Green stepping up on offensive plays can give this team a boost it doesn’t always find on the front line. Nicky getting on the board feels awfully good too.
Piglet Power!
Here’s Mike’s post-game interview [link] and post-practice from Sunday [link]. I love his beard – this must be his real hair color (you know he dyes that hedgehog perfection).
From NewYorkTimes.com: Afterward, in the Capitals’ locker room, Green, 26, was reminded how he, Ovechkin, Backstrom and Alexander Semin were once called the Young Guns.
“We’re not that young anymore,” he said, smiling. “But it’s good to know we can still put it in the net.”
Yeah, that’s what I she said.
On the cover of today’s Washington Post Express – I love Mondays!
Game 5 tonight at 7:30 PM. Listen for the screaming.
Claude Giroux needed to count to ten (in French) before throwing this hit in last night’s loss to New Jersey:
What do you think – Shanabanned? I would not be surprised. Zubris has long since passed the puck and G seems to wait until after the shoulder hit is available, then go straight for his face. Claude took a penalty for “head contact” on the play – it’s part of the “Illegal Hit to the Head” rule [link], I’ve just never heard it called that. Zubris was not injured and had 2 goals on the night (GWG and an empty-netter).
The Flyers are down 3-1 in the series vs. New Jersey. Losing Giroux for game 5… yikes. We’ll see what Principal Shanny has to say tomorrow. Can he suspend this face that turns even the best of the rest of us into idiots with traitorous tendencies?
I’m here to kick ass AND chew bubble gum. Lucky for you, I brought the bubble gum.
The Kings have lost only ONE play-off game to date. And after listening to the announcers last night, could they have made anymore snide/ weight remarks? Let me count them down for you:
Doughty certainly is a well-rounded player
Doughty just skated down the Blues bench and told them they’d have to be quicker than that to throw a hit on him
Doughty just got a free one off Elliott
Who knew the Kings could go on such a winning streak without Doughty scoring
On a better note – Mike Richards is the only other player with a Gordie Howe Hatrick! The other player – Gingeroux!
I’m sexy and I know it!
That is mighty fine company sisters.
So for those keeping count, the Kings are up 3-0 AGAIN in their series. For an 8th seat team – that’s super totes. For a Sutter brother, it’s in the genes.
For the Blues, evidently, this is their way of keeping Doughty in check – evidently, they stole my diary:
Right now, things aren’t going so good for Alex Pietrangelo and his St. Louis Blues.
They are down 3-0 to the Los Angeles Kings and are on the verge of being eliminated, their hopes to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup almost gone.
We know what can cheer him up.
Being named a Foxy Friday!
Foxy Friday: Alex Pietrangelo
Hi. I’m Alex. Look at the perfect structure of my face.
Much like Zach Parise before him, we think that Alex would definitely be the sort of guy you’d like to take home to Mom. Look at that face. Adorable.
The 22-year-old Blues defenceman was part of a very talented NHL Draft Class of 2008. He was selected 4th overall and was one of four defenseman drafted within the first 10 picks.
Also drafted in the top 10 that year – Steven Stamkos, Drew Doughty, Zach Bogosian, Luke Schenn, Colin Wilson, Mikkel Boedker, Cody Hodgson – just to name a few.
He’s the only normal one. Stamkos is a noob. Doughty’s hair is a hot mess.
His nickname is “Jello”. When we go to see the Blues play someday, we’re totally making a sign that says “There’s Always Room for Jello!”
He has a serious bromace with Michael Del Zotto and Steven Stamkos. And when we say serious…we mean S-E-R-I-O-U-S. Like junior high bromance level. Pietrangelo comes across like a guy who remembers where he came from and the friends that helped get him there. That is all sorts of foxy.
He’s a serious contender to win the Norris someday. By all accounts, the 6’4″, 207lb d-man has all the skills required to become one of the best defenseman in the league. While he got out to slow start in St. Louis, the organization and coaches speak so highly of him, that you have a feeling that his time will come. Rumor has it that he has patterned his game and his shot after Nicklas Lidstrom. And we all know what his career has been like.
Photo courtesy of Jen Krechel Photography
He has got poise. He can speak in complete sentences. And he’s funny too. Man knows his way around an interview. After his NHL career is over, he definitely has a future in broadcasting.
He has NHL in his blood. His uncle, Frank, was a goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Hartford Whalers (Long Live the Whale!)
Other foxy factors…
He had 12 G, 34 A, for 46 points this season.
He and his defense partner, Kevin Shattenkirk (GO BU!) became the 4th set of d-men in Blues history to each record 40+ points in the same season (MacInnis/Pronger, MacInnis/Steve Duchesne, Jeff Brown/Scott Stevens).
Youngest player in club history to record back to back 40 point season.
He was the 2nd defenseman in Blues history to record 6 GWG and 6PPG in the same season. The other? Al MacInnis.
So there you have it. All you need to know about #27 Alex Pietrangelo, this week’s Foxy Friday.
Lindsay tried to warn Chuck about this last night – I’m surprised Chuck didn’t lock me out of here today!
It’s not that serious, but I’ve got a recurring problem: every time I hear the Rascal Flatts song “Banjo,” I get really excited and start rocking out in my car. It’s a good 30 seconds before my brain remembers, “ACK! I don’t like Rascal Flatts! That guy’s voice drills my brain!”
This is the same experience I have when Danny Briere scores (minus the dancing). I don’t like the Flyers! His voice gives me the creeps! Yet I still get really, really happy for him.
AAGHHHWHAT?! I know. Just listen: he scored 16 goals this season. As in all year. He has 8 goals in the playoffs – as in the last three weeks! Five were vs. Pittsburgh and each was a nail in my coffin. Now I have more perspective. It’s like walking into the gym after a late night, looking at the treadmill and thinking, “This is going to hurt.” I’ve accepted that it’s going to happen, and happen often, so I might as well get something out of it.
I’ve been saving this till you were all buttered up over Claude. Briere’s kids are adorable and everyone’s hair is too long! It’s like a Disney movie waiting to happen – somebody sweep in and make these guys a meal with vegetables! (Giroux moved out, but he’d probably come over for free dinner. You might have to feed Couturier too [link].)
I’m not saying Danny Briere will be drafted by my fantasy hockey team composed entirely of hot dads. Chuck hates his beard and that whispery voice. But he’s kinda Lord of the Rings-ish, no? Legolas by way of the Shire? He looks like he’d be good with a bow and arrow.
Speaking of Flyers I don’t like but can’t help enjoying – I mean Hartnell in just this one case. And when he falls down. Maybe I should make a list!
For Linsday, here’s Giroux in another episode of Things That Are Also Orange:
The sun could be considered orange, and these legs need to see some of it.
I still want New Jersey to win, and for Foxy Friday Parise to keep a) losing his helmet and b) scoring goals like last night. I’m not completely insane, just turning into a softie. My only excuse is that I’m traumatized by the playoffs and need a trip to the quiet room. Bright colors and a good old-fashioned Cinderella story are clearly distracting me. I’m even giving myself the “Hall of Shame” tag for this lapse in good judgement.
