Free-for-all Friday: Open Thread

by sarahconnors on Jan 13, 2012 3:57 PM EST in Stanley Cup of Chowder Exclusives

Because let's face it, you're not actually doing anything at work right now. So this is a new feature! Every Friday afternoon we'll feature something amusing or have some sort of nonsensical contest...basically a place to spout nonsense, photoshops, and what-have-you at each other.

So here is our first edition of Free-for-all-Friday. And, not that we need to rehash vancouver-boston nonsense anymore, but Pass It To Bulis had this hilarious comic up today which pretty accurately describes, well, everything:

via vansunsportsblogs.com

This is your Friday afternoon open thread. AND, GO.

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Over/Under on number of points Montreal finishes with this season? I say 76.

by Ryan Durling on Jan 13, 2012 4:07 PM EST reply actions

76 for PK~~~~

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by sarahconnors on Jan 13, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions

Happy Friday.

Applied for an internship with the Sox. Waiting for news!

Was it just me or was last night’s game just not all that intense? Felt like playing a good non-rival team.

by Crazychf on Jan 13, 2012 4:35 PM EST reply actions

Habs..

.. are in complete disarray. Ain’t it purdy???

by Federko on Jan 13, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions

good luck with the internship!

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Watch me yell about stuff on the twitters
(also: Let's Go Bluuuuuuuues!)

by sarahconnors on Jan 13, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions

Yep. Habs are a trainwreck. I know I could be alone here, but I usually like for them to be competitive because the rivalry’s more fun that way.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 7:05 PM EST up reply actions

Part of me..

loves the fact that the team is so f’d up, but the other part of me misses the rivalry. I feel bad for the players because Mgt is has made one bad decision after another. They do, however, deserve everything they foist upon themselves.

At least we still have the Nucks to hate!

by Federko on Jan 13, 2012 7:39 PM EST up reply actions

I do believe that if Subban were in the black and gold and Marchand in le bleu blanc et rouge, the defenses for these players would be exactly the same, in that we’d love Subban and hate Marchand and say “you’d love him on your team”. I know the comic is about Burrows, but Subban’s play last night is more pressing on my mind. I do like him as a player, but his antics (and his jersey) make him impossible to defend.
I’m pretty sure Subban would answer the bell in that case, too. The jersey (or threatening teammates) cures all!

Is any 4-sport Boston fans going to be watching the third period of the B’s-Whalercanes game Saturday? I’ll be honest: I probably won’t be.

Five teams have given up 100 goals or less.
5. 100 – Los Angeles
4. 94 – San Jose
3. 92 – St. Louis
2. 86 – NY Rangers
1. 77 – Boston
Only one of those five have scored more than 120 goals, and that’s Boston with 148 (#1 in both categories!)

I made risotto last night.

That’s all I got.

I can't seriously be asked to summarize my sports fandom in a short blurb for all to see, can I?

by Johnny Appleseed on Jan 13, 2012 4:46 PM EST reply actions

Syracuse plays at 6. Bruins play at 7. Pats at 8. I’ll be watching all three. Thanks, TVs.

Also, I’m working on a banger of a post for tomorrow. /tease

by Ryan Durling on Jan 13, 2012 4:54 PM EST up reply actions

Subban is too far gone to reprogram. He’s a Hab for life, like Mike Ribeiro.

by TomServo42 on Jan 13, 2012 5:40 PM EST up reply actions

Ribeiro is way beyond reproach. Always a Hab.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions

I dislike football intensely, so I’ll be watching the B’s.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 7:06 PM EST up reply actions

Bruins are going to the white house on 1/23

SO EXCITED.

also tomorrow i will be doing bruins at 6, pats at 7 and also blues at 7. hooray for bars that like hockey but also football?

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Watch me yell about stuff on the twitters
(also: Let's Go Bluuuuuuuues!)

by sarahconnors on Jan 13, 2012 5:28 PM EST reply actions

haha, you live in a different time zone.

by Ryan Durling on Jan 13, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder..

if Ference is going to kiss Barry on the lips.. {:-O

by Federko on Jan 13, 2012 7:41 PM EST up reply actions

Has Obama even watched a hockey game?

Still exciting for the players, but I can’t help but think Obama isn’t much of a hockey fan.

by TCL40 on Jan 14, 2012 9:34 AM EST up reply actions

He’s from Chicago, you never know.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 14, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions

he had not attended one as of a year ago

Your 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins

Hockey Blog Adventure is my blog but I'm way more active on Twitter.) GO BRUINS! (and Wild!)

by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 17, 2012 11:00 AM EST up reply actions

omg for anyone from the midwest...Bo Pelini ...

…showed up @ my school today for no appearant reason other than to watch my gym class run. No, actually he was secretly scouting for football playahs, since that is what all but four of the kids in my class are. So he just stood in the corner and watched us run various things for an hour. It was so awkward but also fantastically hilarious.

Carry On.

by Birda on Jan 13, 2012 7:01 PM EST reply actions

thou speaketh chinese to me

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 7:10 PM EST up reply actions

lo siento...

…sólo hablo inglés y un poco de español … y algunos finlandeses malas palabras…

Carry On.

by Birda on Jan 13, 2012 7:14 PM EST up reply actions

Tais-toi.

by BobbyOrrsBastard on Jan 13, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions

vous d’abord.

Carry On.

by Birda on Jan 13, 2012 7:39 PM EST up reply actions

he’s the head football coach @ Nebraska…goooooooo Huskers!

Carry On.

by Birda on Jan 13, 2012 7:22 PM EST up reply actions

ahhh

I hate football, college and pro alike. I love baseball but am kind of tired of it because the Sox are shoved down our throats, y’know? Hockey is #1 for me.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions

unlike everyone else in this damn state...

…i am not having a loooove affair with football, but it’s something you just kind of learn to accept. you don’t have to like it a whole lot, but you DO have to live with it. Hockey is my #1 too and i <3 my Sox but my father has put our house on a “Sox Ban” until they make the playoffs again. Needless to say, he was fuckin’ pissed at their epic collapse this past fall.

Carry On.

by Birda on Jan 13, 2012 10:31 PM EST up reply actions

Gonna sound weird, but I’m glad thr Sox imploded because maybe some of the bandwagoners will go away. Beisdes, I have a harder time liking them when they throw money at everyone like the Yankees.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 14, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions

Had to do ACTUAL WORK today

… and now I have to catch up in all the SCOC chicanery!

Also… Watching Bruins tomorrow at 7 and only checking in on the Pats during commercials until the Bs are finished down in Whalercaneville.

by Toocomplex4most on Jan 13, 2012 7:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions

same here

by Federko on Jan 13, 2012 7:42 PM EST up reply actions

Tim Thomas's outstanding play in goal....and overall Bruins play of late....

I have been following the Bruins since 1967 or so, and remember the first round of expansion of the NHL that brought us the California Golden Seals (you could look it up, Casey)…I do not ever remember a Bruins goaltender playing as well as has Tim Thomas during the past 12 months or so…Is this the best Bruins team of my lifetime?

Gee, that’s tasty Kool-aid….gimme some more of that….

"Finally it was over, and Orr, still wearing the jersey, went over to shake hands with the present Bruins, hugging old teammates Gary Doak and Gerry Cheevers. Then he went through the gate and out of the arena, this artist whose artistry was halted suddenly and too soon.

"Don Cherry has a video tape of a Channel 38 production of Orr's greatest moments, with Barbara Streisand's 'The Way We Were' in the background. 'I have a few beers at home,' he said, 'and I go down and put the tape on and watch. And when she sings that phrase 'the way we were' and the young Bobby is doing the things on the ice that he could do, I just sit there and cry. Every time I cry.'

"Cherry says he was criticized when he first became coach of the Bruins because he seemed in awe of Bobby Orr.

" 'Of course I was. So was everyone who ever played with him or against him.'

"So were we all."

-Ray Fitzgerald, Boston Globe, "Too Bad He Couldn't Wear His Skates"

by RobertGordonFour on Jan 13, 2012 7:41 PM EST reply actions

Normally I'm a "don't drink the Kool-aid" kind of girl...

In this case I’ll make an exception. DRINK UP Buttercup!

by Toocomplex4most on Jan 13, 2012 8:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Lovin’ the black and gold kool-aid.

My mother constantly says how he’s better than Cheevers, but his style makes her nervous just like Cheese did. She can barely watch Timmy!

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions

REMINDER

Fours viewing party awesomeness tomorrow. Looking forward to it!

In Memoriam: Dan Wheldon 1978-2011

by Arenacale on Jan 13, 2012 8:16 PM EST reply actions

So wish I was old enough!

by Crazychf on Jan 13, 2012 8:24 PM EST up reply actions

Sadness

Too far away. If not it would be fun to meet the folks who post all the lovely, entertaining and incormative comments I read. Sometimes I even attempt an amusing reply. (I tend to succeed with the reply part but not the comedy.)

by Toocomplex4most on Jan 13, 2012 8:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

(I tend to succeed with the reply part but not the comedy.)

I feels ya. Same problem.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions

I may or may not be there… I have a stupid birthday party at 3, and it’s for my niece, so I don’t think I can bail in good conscience… and I can’t bear to be travelling while the game is on because GOD FORBID I MISS IT(!)… maybe I’ll see you guys, maybe I won’t – leaning toward not going, though, which is lame because I had a good time at the last one.

Kick his ass, Seabass!

by phonymahoney on Jan 13, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions