January 02, 2012
— DrewM
As has become tradition here at the leading conservative hockey blog, we present the Winter Classic (3 eastern on NBC). This year's outdoor game is a typical good vs. evil match up held in the home of evil...Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia.
The two big hockey stories so far are the Flyers are starting their back-up goalie instead of the guy in the first year of a 9 year, $51 million deal. That'll end well.
For the Rangers the news is much better, they get their All-Star Defensemen Marc Staal back for his first game of the season after suffering a concussion last season.
Weather looks great and these two teams are 1 and 2 in the Eastern Conference*. Should be a great game.
If you're neutral, check out this story about Rangers Mike Rupp (number 71 on your score card). Pretty cool, right?
*Technically they aren't 1-2 in the conference but the winner of this game will be in 1st place (the Rangers are now).
Almost forgot...hockey teams don't really have cheerleaders but some teams have skating chicks who clean the ice up during the game.
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I went with an Islanders girl because this is as close as they will ever get to The Winter Classic.
For the ladies.
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Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2012 11:02 AM (vUK/h)
Posted by: toby928© at January 02, 2012 11:03 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 02, 2012 11:07 AM (FUYSU)
I almost basked in the reflection of unearned fame and glory for one sweet second, but no.
Posted by: Don lurks a lot. at January 02, 2012 11:08 AM (ocsWJ)
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2012 11:09 AM (aUvAm)
He's interviewing Santorum and asked him about his remark that homosexuality in some way harms our society (paraphrasing) and then asked him when he thought he would wake up and realize that everyone is "okay". Further he continued to argue that people "don't wake up gay".
Wanna bet they edit the replay of that bit?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2012 11:10 AM (piMMO)
The Oilers blonde at pic #24 looks kinda like Amy Smart.
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 02, 2012 11:10 AM (FUYSU)
She's BEAUTIFUL !
Thin lips, huge nose and orange makeup. Wanna bet she drives an Iroc?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2012 11:11 AM (piMMO)
My loins are curiously unaffected by FLOTUS sightings, unlike the sighting of pretty much every woman between 18 and 50.
Actually, if you count shrinkage, I guess they are.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 02, 2012 11:12 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Doc at January 02, 2012 11:12 AM (/h3en)
She's BEAUTIFUL !
She's pretty enough for the dude over her shoulder.
...and you'll notice her left hand is exhibiting perfect form.
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2012 11:12 AM (aUvAm)
Posted by: Don lurks a lot. at January 02, 2012 11:13 AM (ocsWJ)
btw, someone had to bring the hate
The one sport a guy from Boystown could have a chance at seeing another championship in...pity.
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2012 11:16 AM (aUvAm)
Posted by: phoenixgirl all in for perry at January 02, 2012 11:16 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at January 02, 2012 03:09 PM (Y+DPZ)
She's a thousand times hotter than Horseface McBeadyeyes.
Posted by: ErikW at January 02, 2012 11:16 AM (nHz1H)
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 02, 2012 11:17 AM (FUYSU)
Posted by: navycopjoe at January 02, 2012 11:17 AM (MedXx)
WTF with the canada shit? There's no canadian team playing today.
Why not the Swedish anthem, too?
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2012 11:18 AM (aUvAm)
Posted by: jas at January 02, 2012 11:18 AM (ZM2Bn)
Some team dumb enough to hire Brian Schottenheimer for a head coach, insuring that he's no longer running the Jets offense
MLB to force the Wilpons to sell their share of the Mets
Posted by: kbdabear at January 02, 2012 11:19 AM (Y+DPZ)
That explains all of her teeth.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 02, 2012 03:19 PM (aH9pZ)
Nah. She takes them out for the post-game party.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 02, 2012 11:20 AM (nEUpB)
Does FNC actually have ratings evidence that peeps really tune in to watch that shmuck?
Prolly don't wanna know, but that's got to be a really weird demographic.
Posted by: ontherocks at January 02, 2012 11:20 AM (HBqDo)
MLB to force the Wilpons to sell their share of the Mets
Been praying for that since the senile old man gave his interview back in the spring.
Posted by: jas at January 02, 2012 11:22 AM (ZM2Bn)
You know idiots...you're best player is from Canada and oh yeah, they are one of out closest allies.
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 11:22 AM (ehlWj)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 02, 2012 03:20 PM (HBqDo)
Considering his weekday time slot, it's probably bored housewives who are slightly less liberal than the ones who watch Dr. Oz.
Posted by: ErikW at January 02, 2012 11:22 AM (nHz1H)
She takes them out for the post-game party.
Never put them in and you're ready party all of the time!
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at January 02, 2012 11:23 AM (aH9pZ)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 02, 2012 11:23 AM (XE2Oo)
Yet I look forward to the Winter Classic each year. It's exciting. It's different and fun. It's probably my 2nd favorite regular season gimmick event of any league. Thanksgiving day NFL being #1. It's just a fairly meaningless regular season game, but it's interesting. And I know the excitement of the even means the players will be amped to put on a good show.
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 02, 2012 11:24 AM (QcFbt)
It's just a fairly meaningless regular season game, but it's interesting.
Regular Season Division games mean a lot. Especially between the Division leaders.
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2012 11:27 AM (aUvAm)
So why are the parking lots at the doughnut places so small eh?
What a racket. Coffee is, what, water and coffee?
And donuts are, what, sugar and flour and water?
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2012 11:28 AM (uap0L)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 02, 2012 11:28 AM (hiMsy)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 02, 2012 11:29 AM (QcFbt)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 02, 2012 03:19 PM (Y+DPZ)
Link?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 02, 2012 11:30 AM (nEUpB)
We have lots of Dunkin Donutses up here. In some places right across the street from each other.
Their parking lots are not just tiny, but they include a drive-thru that you can barely negotiate.
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2012 11:30 AM (uap0L)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at January 02, 2012 11:30 AM (vzFJV)
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2012 11:30 AM (aUvAm)
Posted by: Boston Bruins at January 02, 2012 11:31 AM (sCI7M)
He benefits by proximity to Megan Kelly's and Neal Cavuto's shows. At night, he's sandwiched between Baier and BOR.
It isn't a bad format and, when there's a substitute host, I actually enjoy it.
I wish they'd give it to Kilmeade.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2012 11:32 AM (piMMO)
There's one near me with such a crappy exit layout for the lot that I have to run over the curb to get out every time.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2012 11:33 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 02, 2012 03:19 PM (Y+DPZ)
Link?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 02, 2012 03:30 PM
Very regretfully, no link. It's one of the things I wish to happen this year
Posted by: kbdabear at January 02, 2012 11:33 AM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2012 03:32 PM
Just another of the fringe benefits that keep me on this Rethugglikkkan propaganda outlet
Posted by: Shep Smith-Cooper at January 02, 2012 11:36 AM (Y+DPZ)
Do the Flyers and Rangers play with different styles or different tactics that a moron like me could notice? I'd appreciate tips on anything distinctive on the offense or defense to look for.
(The only team I semi-follow is the Capitals. And by semi-follow I mean I try and watch them lose in the playoffs.)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 02, 2012 11:36 AM (QcFbt)
Got it. I'll work on my reading comprehension.
By the way, my wife knew Jeff Wilpon casually through a roommate. He is batshit crazy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 02, 2012 11:37 AM (nEUpB)
It's hockey. It's figure skating with sticks and concussions. Who gives a shit.
Posted by: Typical troublemaking moron at January 02, 2012 11:38 AM (nEUpB)
What's amazing is, well, two things.
1. Dunkin Donuts waited so long to go public.
and
2. How shitty their stock is doing.
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2012 11:39 AM (uap0L)
It's not that people enjoy the fighting and the bloodshed, it's just that it breaks the boredom.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2012 11:40 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJconservative) at January 02, 2012 03:37 PM
That's a comfort to know when MLB says a payment on the floater loan is due and the Wilpons instead beg for more advances
Posted by: kbdabear at January 02, 2012 11:43 AM (Y+DPZ)
Remember a few years back, (maybe 10?) when Krispy Kreme's stock was all the rage?
Their stores were doing great. And then they made the Big Mistake®.
Krispy Kreme decided to expand...everywhere...and rapidly.
They had the hype on their side and their product was good. But there was no sustainable market for Krispy Kreme's goodness in the Northeast. One store near me had its grand opening with long lines. A few months later the place was a ghosttown (tumbleweed blows by).
Less than a year after it opened it closed its doors. A local fish & chips/roast beef joint moved in (Kelly's).
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2012 11:45 AM (uap0L)
Wasn't aware these teams were 1 and 2 in the Eastern Conference. This make us 1a or 1.5?
Atlantic Division, not Eastern Conference.
Drew f'd that up.
Posted by: garrett at January 02, 2012 11:45 AM (aUvAm)
The Flyers have a little more aggressive offensive style based on their upper end talent.
The Rangers have upper end talent but they generate their offense more from hard work/grinding style than skating and passing like the Flyers do.
The Rangers Defense is a lot better (Flyers have injury problems on the blue line).
In goal...the Rangers' goalie is all world.
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 11:47 AM (ehlWj)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 02, 2012 03:45 PM (uap0L)
I did not know that. Krispy Kreme is still doing quite well in Central Ohio.
I think...
Posted by: ErikW at January 02, 2012 11:47 AM (nHz1H)
The Winter Classic is the best thing the NHL has done in my adult life
Absolutely. Love watching it. Brings back memories of outdoor hockey as a kid, or street hockey when the weather was too warm.
Extra nice this year with the Flyers playing in it at home, especially against the despised Rangers. Citizens Bank Park looks great gussied up for a hockey game, too. Not used to seeing orange and black in the stands, but it's good to see.
Fast, even first period so far.
Posted by: crisis du jour at January 02, 2012 11:51 AM (J1eJz)
The Rangers are in first right now.
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 11:51 AM (ehlWj)
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 11:54 AM (ehlWj)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 02, 2012 11:56 AM (HVxGZ)
Aren't some Morons married to Ice Girls?
While Mrs. Wodeshed has in some circles (mine) been known as an Ice Maiden, I believe that is no relation to an ice girl.
Posted by: Wodeshed at January 02, 2012 11:57 AM (SgLsM)
Posted by: stillers at January 02, 2012 11:59 AM (94m9j)
This has been the best played of the Classics (through 1 at least). Other games weren't quite up to NHL speed/skill. This one is.
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 12:01 PM (ehlWj)
Krispy Kreme was victim of one of the worst management teams in history.
To begin, when a long time fan, a businessman from Reno, Nevada, asked to open the first franchise outside the south, the management told him no "It's a Southern thing." When he persisted and they relented, he had to fight tooth and nail to get them to agree to necessary upgrades to the stores. When he opened the doors there were folks lined up more than a mile down the street: They had driven from Utah, Arizona, and California for the opening. SO, KK said HEY! let's run with it, and then took off on a massive expansion effort.
However, they refused, and still refuse, to expand their offerings and their coffee is some of the worst fast food coffee available.
At the same time, DD expanded their menus to include breakfast sandwiches and, in many locations, sold Baskin-Robbins as well. They also moved to the front of the pack as the indisputable leader of best fast food coffee. They did so well that they forced McDonald's to change their strategy by launching a huge campaign to promote their new coffee and the improved service wherein they would actually add the cream and sugar to your coffee for you.
KK offers donuts. Period. Albeit, the absolutely best donuts on the planet but, no muffins, no croissants, no sandwiches, and still shitty coffee.
One of the very few traditions held in my family had been to drive around and see the Christmas lights and then go to KK for hot cocoa and to watch the donuts being made. The store had been in the same location for decades and was an icon replete with a massive neon 'K' out front. They closed it three years ago and in a city that comprises nearly 900 square miles, there are now two locations. I live in the dead center of town and must drive a minimum of 13 miles to the nearest which is more than 30 miles from the customers who once visited the old location.
Fucking idiots.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 02, 2012 12:02 PM (piMMO)
This has been the best played of the Classics (through 1 at least). Other games weren't quite up to NHL speed/skill. This one is.
Drew, it also helps that these teams seriously do not like each other, as well as the fact that they are currently battling for the top spot in the conference, let alone the division.
Posted by: jas at January 02, 2012 12:03 PM (ZM2Bn)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 02, 2012 12:04 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Uncle Milty at January 02, 2012 12:06 PM (sCI7M)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 02, 2012 04:09 PM (Y+DPZ)
Bad ending to a bad year.
Posted by: ErikW at January 02, 2012 12:13 PM (nHz1H)
Posted by: wte9 at January 02, 2012 12:15 PM (OYaaT)
Its like soccer but faster and more physical and violent. Nice.
Posted by: NC Ref at January 02, 2012 12:17 PM (/izg2)
Well, I guess this won't be in your iTunes then, right?
Dave 'The Hammer' Schultz is doing the singing himself!
It was a huge radio hit in Philly back in the late 70s
Posted by: crisis du jour at January 02, 2012 12:18 PM (J1eJz)
Posted by: NC Ref at January 02, 2012 12:23 PM (/izg2)
I understand why the NHL teams in the South have struggled. Puzzled by the Islanders, though.
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 02, 2012 12:25 PM (QcFbt)
They've been a bad team for a long time.
Also...their arena is about 1,000 years old and not in the "cool, historical" way.
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 12:28 PM (ehlWj)
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 12:33 PM (ehlWj)
Posted by: Theodoric of York at January 02, 2012 12:37 PM (hW8WT)
Posted by: DrewM. at January 02, 2012 04:28 PM (ehlWj)
Kinda like the Hartford Civic Center was when the Whalers were here. Actually, still is.
Posted by: Jaimo at January 02, 2012 12:45 PM (srg6T)
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Posted by: Ombudsman at January 02, 2012 12:48 PM (AxHOT)
There really should be a career penalty to openly supporting the most murderous ideology in human history.
Nobody who openly calls for Fascism is invited to play at any sports biggest games.
Posted by: Clubber Lang at January 02, 2012 01:13 PM (QcFbt)
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Look, we have asshole sports fans. Maybe more than our fair share. But don't pretend that we're the only ones.
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