Sorry About That Face

Random ramblings once again because we are really missing the NHL right now:

• Your random embaressing Caps photo of the week:

Neuvirth appears to be thinking:

• Your weekly poorly photoshopped photo:

An astute reader noted in the last Caps look-a-likes that Semin looks like rock star Jon Bon Jovi. D’AH! How have we not noticed this before?! And, Semin in Bon Jovi’s 80’s hair would be nothing shot of epic:

I should not be allowed to own Photoshop.

• The Hockey News checks in with retired fan favorite and forever Capital Olie Kolzig
• I don’t know who forgot to mention to Patrick Kane the “good looking” figure skaters who wanted to meet him were men but I owe them a high five.
• The team USA hockey twibbon (I made by the way…) has reached over a hundred supporters… team Canada hockey only has 31… JUST SAYING.
• “It’s a blinding white light like a Canadian just took his shirt off.” Brilliant as always Stephan Colbert talks the Olympics
• Bears broke/tied two AHL records in one night one for consecutive home wins and Bryan Helmer notched his 386th career assist to tie an AHL record for assists by a defenseman.
• Hershey to DC blog puts up their first ever post game interview after the Bear AHL record 20th consecutive home win:

• Your random piece of random:

This isn’t new I just enjoy it…

Grab Bag of Topics

Caps night off. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… this will be a ramble I’m sure.

Well yesterday the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Jiri Tlutsy (infamous for his lack of pants) for Carolina Hurricanes first rounder 2009 Paradis. I don’t know what kind of trade it it because I’m not well versed on either of them but I’m thinking maybe Toronto got the slight edge to this deal? Maybe? Well if anything they got another cute Canadian for the team am I right?

There was some discussion about if the day ever come, say in five years, where the Blackhawks don’t need to/or in no way can afford to keep both Toews and Kane who should they choose (kind of like the potential Nicki or Semin situation right now). Thinking about if for a few minutes I choose Toews. Toews scores less than Kane usually but he has the intangiables that the Blackhawks need. Even the older guys on the team while, being a good bunch of guys, are a little too goofy so I think they need their Captian Serious more than Kane. Though it’s a very close race and who knows in five years Kane might get the skills he needs so that he has both the leadership skill and the scoring advantage.

We Caps fans are waiting excitedly to hear if Matt Bradley is a new papa. Joe B and Locker said his wife was due Wednsday but there hasn’t been any news from those two and they never shut up about anything no matter how personal so we’ll have to wait excitedly to hear when the bouncing Bradley baby is born. In other Bradley news NHL shop won’t let you put roster players on the new customizable Tshirts yet and they can’t fit “Captian Planet” on there either.

I got the idea for something I hope to never have to use but if a Cap is ever particularly stupid and/or hilarous during a game he will be dubbed the games “Turkey scout” because the turkey is the opposite of the Weagle eagle. I hope to never have to use it!

Brent Seabrook is my favorite NHL player (by NHL player I mean the non-Caps of the league or even a Cap who I like particularly as much as someone on the Caps like Nicklas) yes this used to be taken by Sergei Federov. Hmmmm… I miss that old coot. Anyways yes super defenseman from Chicago Brent Seabrook is my new favorite since all my old ones have retired/left the NHL. Out with the old in with the new.

Speaking of old favorites Olie Kolzig (my favorite Cap ever) was chosen to be put in the ECHL hall of fame. Good for him!

Irony That’s Not Irony But I Don’t Know What It’s Actually Called

I logged in to Twitter during lunch today because I don’t eat lunch so I just go to the library. Now strictly speaking we’re not supposed to go on Twitter at school or even our emails, my school is run by soul sucking neo-nazi thought police if your wondering (the teachers are nice though), and but seeing as they haven’t blocked it yet, which is good because I can’t remember any of the proxies, and I’m a rebel so I logged on anyway.

There I saw that Olie had officially retired. Now if I had not been prepared for this (and especially if we had never lost Olie) I probably would of had to restrain crying or the Meghan equivalent: punching something… or someone (watch out that kid with the Crosby jersey!) But since I had pretty much figured this back in July/August (I posted about it but I’m too lazy to prove it) I was much better than I thought about it.

Even then I surprised I took it so well. I mean many people remember how freaking annoying and upset I was when I figured out that Huet = bye bye Olie back during that dark dark time. I distinctly remember sitting at a lunch table literally pulling at my hair going “I mean I LOVE Fedorov so so much but Huet means Olie is going and then we’ll be stuck with Johnny!” Well actually I said “this young yokel from the Bears!” because the person I was talking to barely understood a hockey related name I was saying (Oh and this was before Johnny was good so forgive my dismay) And, when he did go I just got twice as annoying. But, I took it okay and Olie will and always will be my favorite Cap’s goalie (sorry Varly you really had a run going then you stuck your head up your ass my dearest). So yes my eternally favorite goalie go to ‘hockey heaven’.

I finally watched the sneaker ball footage. Cougar Bait loving the Pumas IRONY! (Haha get it Pumas?… Cougars?… Cougar Bait? I’ll stop now). My shoe of choice, except he can actually afford them full price but he made sure to mention he got them on sale all proud of his frugality which made me love him almost as much as my mom. (I love outlet malls too buddy!) but I told everyone this meant they weren’t allowed to make fun of my Pumas any more. Okay my one pair is not ugly their unique. My other pair, high tops like Brooksie but girly and a bit moon-bootish (as my friend put while admiring them), are gorgeous. Alex Ovechkin’s shoes looked like orthopedic shoes. They weren’t “pimp” don’t say that Ovie… ever you are so just not allowed. I liked Mo the First shoes I don’t know why they were bagging on him. I really love shoes in case the rambly-ness of this post didn’t tell you.

We play the ‘Hawks tonight but I’m still emotionally hung over from Burish being injured to get too terribly jazzed. However Thursday the Caps play the Rags. I HATE the Rags. And you will certainly get an earful about that later. Or is an eyeful since your reading this not listening to it?