Have you ever watched a Preds game and thought "Boy, I could use a bottle of wine". Nashville heard and misunderstood your lamentations, and is now announcing their 2010 Wine Festival and Tasting! As if to signify the classiness of the event, the entrance is under the "Premium seating awning".
I'm sure you all have questions about such a sophisticated evening. Hopefully, I can answer a few of them.
- What if I don't like wine? Good news! There is a spirits tasting as well! And Budweiser. If you are classy enough to want wine, then surely you will want nothing less than the King of Beers.
- Will we have enough space for all this fun? I sure hope so! It's being held on the floor of the arena!
- I love silent auctions. Are there any at this event, and how would you describe it? Extensive!
- No wine tasting is complete without an anthropomorphic, felt covered feral cat is there. Can we count on one? Of course you can! This is a wine tasting after all!
If they had to designate this the 2010 version of the Festival, that seems to imply there were others. I guess the Predators know what Nashville wants. I would have pegged them as a whiskey city, however.
I love a lot of people in the hockey world. John Tavares. Jeremy Roenick. Barry Melrose. And then there are a few people who grind my gears, one who I don't think has been mentioned much before on the blog -- Chris Pronger. The dislike -- hate is such a strong word -- is mostly based on a long, storied career of dirty elbows. So, for that reason and because it's such a sweet ass deke, here's Patrice Bergeon turning Mr. Pronger into one of the following (your choice):
A) Traffic cone
B) Large, awkward white guy
C) Chris Chelios
D) Any Eddie Murphy character from the last decade
In my other life, I work nights so I've always got a lot of free time during the day. Usually what happens is I wake up and sit with my laptop in front of the TV for an hour or two when I first wake up. I'd always have Sportscenter on during the day, as they have live shows going from, I believe, 10a-3p ET. It's pretty much the sports world's version of a 24-hr news network where anything and everything is combed over with a sledgehammer.
But what was a morning ritual is now one that I haven't taken part in for the last week. And I have no intention of taking part in again. Last Tuesday, for me, was the day that Sportscenter died.
I had watched/left on in the background the morning Sportscenters as they were generally harmless in a way where the hosts know there's not a lot to talk about so it's kind of one big joke unless they're fellating talking about Bretty Favre. It always seems like Hannah Storm and Josh Elliot were in on the joke and having a good time with it.
Then everyone decided that they needed to give a shit about hockey for a day. And I mean everyone; Herman Edwards, Doug freaking Gottlieb, EVERYONE.
At a press conference held by Brian Burke after the trade deadline has passed. Also, if you haven't seen Idiocracy, you really should..
BRIAN BURKE: Shut up. Shut up. Sit your monkey ass down. Shit, I know shit's bad for the Leafs right now, with all the veteran defenseman bullshit, and with we runnin’ out of draft picks and players who don’t have exploding bones. But I got a solution-- HOWARD BERGER: That's what you said last time, dipshit DAMIEN COX: I got a solution, you're a dick. Mittenstringers, wasup? (they high five) BURKE: (pulls out and fires AK-47 into the air, crowd falls silent.) That's what I thought! Now, I understand every Leafs fan’s shit's emotional right now, but listen up: I got a 3 point solution to fix everything! VOICE: Break it down, Burkie! BURKE: Number one: we got these guys Ron Wilson, Phil Kessel, and Brian Burke. Number Two, those three combined got more hockey sense than any man alive, And number 3, they's gonna fix everything. I give you my word as General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. They’re gonna fix the problems with the dead offense. They’re gonna make ‘em score again. And that ain't all…(grabs michrophone) I give you my word (guitar riff) he's gonna fix the goaltending, too! (Guitar riff) I give you my word (guitar riff) they’re gonna fiiiiiiiix the powerplay. And they’re so smart, he's gonna do it alllllll by 2012! RON WILSON: (mouths) 2012? Ah, crap.
So, last night after the Islanders beat the Blackhawks 5-3 on the heels of a hat trick from Blake Comeau, NHL.com decided to get a little wacky with their recap. You can check it out here.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Blake Comeau looks an awful lot like Sidney Crosby.
He's suddenly playing an awful lot like him, too.
It's funny because:
A) The idea that one hat trick suddenly turns a 3rd liner on a crappy team into Sid the Kid requires heavy drug use and/or orange and blue colored glasses (For the record, I don't work for NHL.com but I would totally write every recap like this if I did).
B) We all know what Crosby looks like. For those of you who don't know, this is what Blake Comeau looks like.
Well, to be fair, I guess they are both white and Canadian.
The Olympic break is over, and we are in the home stretch on the NHL Season. Dave, LD and myself have a few predictions for the last few weeks:
Dave: Whoever wins it all will have the Carolina Hurricanes to thank. Doesn't matter if they picked up a pending UFA from them or not - they'll just know who to pay their respects to, damn it.
LD: Personally, I think Brian Burke's still got some wild trades up his sleeves. And also, Twitter will break at least once. Book it.
Enforcer: In the final months of the season, owing to the success of the Olympics, Sidney Crosby and Ovechkin will be required to take all shootout attempts. Doesn't matter who is playing or where they are.
OK, one more surprise predictor
Barry Melrose: Desire for protein will mean more people eat chicken, leading to a chicken sh*t shortage. What will I put on my face to keep me young?!
American Fan: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO USA USA USA HEY, WHERE ARE THE AMERICAN FANS?...... Anyone? Anyone know where the rest of the American fans are? You with the tits, do you know where the rest of the Americans are?
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In my other life, I work nights so I've always got a lot of free time during the day. Usually what happens is I wake up and sit with my laptop in front of the TV for an hour or two when I first wake up. I'd always have Sportscenter on during the day, as they have live shows going from, I believe, 10a-3p ET. It's pretty much the sports world's version of a 24-hr news network where anything and everything is combed over with a sledgehammer.
Bloguin is the revolutionary blog network specifically focused on helping bloggers get the most out of their websites. We're currently working on building a large network of online communities and hope to expand our blogging coverage to include a wide range of topics. 
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