Gabriel Landeskog, professional hockey player, is a fan of Justin Bieber and Britney Spears. Enjoy.
***Welcome to the Chat Room of the Toronto Maple Leafs!***
I_Ron_Butterfly: OK guys, the win in Edmonton was pretty good, but we’re still pretty shaky in a lot of areas. If we’re gonna make the playoffs and win, we still have to make a lot of improvements. That’s why I have arranged for a little help via Skype.
I_Ron_Butterfly: /shows team his iPad
MaiHartWIllDIon: Coach, why do you have a small Mexican trapped in your iPad? That doesn’t seem very nice.
Special_won:I am no Mexican, you imbecile.
KesselRun87Parsecs: Holy shit, it talks!
I_Ron_Butterfly: Boys, this here is José Mourinho. He’s coached various Euro Soccer clubs to a wheelbarrow’s worth of cups and titles. He’s also one of the ballsiest, not-giving-a-shit coaches in any league or sport, and he’s not afraid to tell it like it is!
KesselRun87Parsecs: So…he’s a Mexican John Tortorella?
I_Ron_Butterfly: He’s a Tortorella who wins things and has a puppet parody on YouTube!
Special_won: Be honest with me, Mr. Coach Wilson. How are finances of your club?
I_Ron_Butterfly: Well, you’d have to talk to Brian Burke for the exact figure, but I know it’s one of the highest grossing teams in North America, regardless of sport.
Special_won: And Mr. Coach Wilson, are these players the best in their league?
I_Ron_Butterfly: Well, to be totally honest…I’d say no.
MaiHartWIllDIon: Thanks a lot, Ron.
KesselRun87Parsecs: Yeah, I love you, too.
Special_won: So step one—buy better players.
I_Ron_Butterfly: Mr. Mourinho, it’s really not that simple—
Special_won: Why you no understand? Is all about hommlettes and heggs. No heggs, no hommlettes. And it depends on quality of the heggs. Some are more expensive than others and some give you better hommlettes.
MaiHartWIllDIon: I dunno how you do things in Frenchie soccerland or whatever, but here we have a thing called the salary cap.
Special_won: Salary cap? I no understand.
I_Ron_Butterfly: Basically, teams can only spend so much, to keep things fair for all the teams.
Special_won: So even if you make more money, you cannot spend it?
I_Ron_Butterfly: Pretty much, yes.
Special_won: Your league is stupid. Change it.
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Here is an original Joey Fatone bobblehead.
They just put a helmet on that guy, right?
Look, as someone who is not only a Leafs fan, but pretty damn liberal, it pains me a bit to defend Tim Thomas. But, seriously, leave the dude alone. No, I don't agree with his politics, or why he skipped a White House visit, but I will defend his right to voice his opinon. And he's done that already and is not going to talk about it further. So please, ad wizards and media types, lay off Tim Thomas. I hope we can all go back to the days of jokes about pumping tires, how much he looks like Drew Carey, an his love of cheeseburgers. 
(Image stolen shamelessly from Stanley Cup of Chowder)
To be honest, as long as we're not talking politics, I think I'd be honored to hang out with Tim Thomas. Maybe we can go to my folks' farm, where there's all this land and do some target shooting, drink some beers, and eat many cheeseburgers. For reals.
We all know that Paul Stastny is master of the universe, but I mean, come on. Sam Gagner has to be making a push, right? Three signs that he is making a push to usurp Stastny's rule.
1) See Above. That is his war cry, and associated battle charge. Stick out like a spear.
2) In his last 5 games, Gagner has 8 goals and 7 assists (making a pace better than the entire Minnesota Wild team)
3) In his last 5 games, Stastny has 0 goals and 4 assists.
Sorry, Stastny, but bow down to Sam Gagner, new Supreme Commander of the Universe, Destroyer of Souls and the Western Conference.
I TOLD you I loved this photo set.
Take a look at this picture of Pekka Rinne making a save, as Ryan Suter and David Backes jostle in front of the net. One girl is stunned by the proceedings:
But... is that a "stunned" look?
I was browsing through some pictures, and I have to say, my favorite game set in a while came from the Predators-Blues game on Saturday. This might be a two post project, covering all the pictures I liked. First step though, trying to figure out why this woman appeared in 10 pictures from the game set. I have 7 examples below, though there were three more in which she was only shown partially.
I am talking about the woman in the Preds garish yellow third jersey. I'm sure the people at her left and right were shown just as much, but it's hard not to take your eyes off of her flourescent jersey and quite noticeable blond hair. But still, 10/42 pictures, Predators? That's about 24%. of all photos, and two more than Shea Weber and Ryan Suter... combined.
And after the break, a photo catalog of all pictures featuring the woman henceforth known as "Preds girl"
[At Ryan Callahan's place]
Callahan: All right, is every body comfortable? Does everyone have any questions?
Marian Gaborik: This is game one of the series, right?
Callahan: No. It's one game. Winner take all.
Henrik Lundqvist: And who is playing again?
Callahan: The New York Giants and the New England Patriots
Lundqvist: And we are cheering for the Giants, because they are from New York?
Callahan,: Sure, if you would like.
Carl Hagelin: So they must be playing in New England, right? Otherwise we could have watched them at MSG
Callahan: Ooh boy. Where to begin. No, they can't play football at the Garden, as it isn't big enough
Hagelin: So where do they play? Yankee Stadium? CitiField?
Callahan: Uh, no. They play at Giants Stadium.
Gaborik: I've never heard of it. Where is it?
Callahan: It's in East Rutherford... New Jersey
/Condused silence and furrowed eyebrows
Lundqvist: So.. um, where is the game?
Callahan: It's in Indianapolis
Gaborik: Isn't that a prison colony?
Lundqvist: No, no, it's the place with the race cars and fat people.
Gaborik: I thought Minnesota was the fat people
Hagelin: And I thought Carolina was the place with the race cars
/Callahan sighs deeply: The Midwest has fat people, the south has racing, and they sort of meet in Indianapolis. Henrik was right, I guess
Gaborik: I've heard the half time show is excellent.
Callahan: Yes Madonna is performing this year.
Lundqvist: Oh, cool! I slept with her!
Hagelin: Awesome! I can't wait for half time to check her out!
Callahan: I'm going to go see if Boyle has room for one more.
[After lines have been announced at the All Star Game, Scott Hartnell takes a seat with his linemates for the game, the Sedins]
Hartnell: So, guys, I'm glad that we are able to get a chance to chat before the game tonight. Should be fun, right? It's tough to form chemistry over one game, but I'm guessing you guys should be pretty familiar working together right?! haha!
/Henrik and Daniel seated side by side, seamlessley feed each other grapes with their opposite hands
Henrik: Daniel Alfredsson -- the lesser Danel -- promised a team full of Swedes.
Daniel: You have the hair of a Dutchman, the hygine of a Finn and the complexion of a reindeer
Hartnell: I have heard some pretty hateful stuff, so I can let that slide. I play in Philadelphia, after all. But let's try to work on --
/Hartnell gets hit in the eye with a grape
OW
Henrik: We need to work on chemistry, yes?
Daniel: You must anticipate the fruit coming at your face
/Daniel throws another grape
Hartnell - Gah! What the f--
/ducks. Henrik's grape gets stuck in Hartnell's hair.
/silence.
/silence.
Daniel: That will work. You have preserved the grape.
/Daniel pulls grape out of Hartnell's hair, feeds it to Henrik
Henrik: You are now one of us. Your new name is Olaf Sedin
Hartnell: I'm not --
Daniel: Quiet, Olaf, and come with us. It is time to go yell at birds.
Hartnell: But....
Henrik: Save it for the birds, Olaf.
