Archives for November 2006

Hey look, Chris is back! Well sort of. I promise I will have a post on Thursday during the Bruins game. I just wanted to let everyone know I am alive. I am not well, but I am alive. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Check back in Thursday for a full recap of the last week. It will be worth your while.

MOL is working. I had eggs for dinner, and now I am drinking a beer. The beloved Bruins get started in 6 minutes. Thanksgiving is three days away. I would say things are good all around eh?

I would say tonight’s probable fights during the Bruins game include the guy upstairs who I think has installed a bowling alley, and his neighbor. They have been sizing each other up for a few days now. I like the neighbor in this one. He is pissed and feels he owes one to the guy next door.

I also like the guy across the hall who I think is down after this weekends games. Judging by the yelling, and cursing, I would say if he’s letting it ride on tonight’s games, he may have to have a go with his TV. Watch out for his right hand TV!!

Since the Game is about to start, I am signing out for now. I have the computer to myself. Let’s check back in after the First. Killer, if you are in the area, swing by.

End First

I guess Killer isn’t in the area. Looking at the attendance, he’s not at the game either. What are there, 12 people there? The Team is on a streak and they still can’t draw. Damn shame.

You think Nathan Horton knows where he is yet? He just got so hard his mother felt it.

Shitty goal given up by the B’s. That’s been the story of their year so far. Oh, that and the shitty PP.

Shitty PP sounds like a TERRIBLE medical condition.

Dale just said Muff. Twice.

Does Brad Boyes play for the Bruins anymore?

Put up Wanted posters for Alex Auld because he flat out robbed Axe! What a save that was.

All in all, not a bad period. What I would like to see, I mean besides a fight, is the Bruins play well on the Power Play. If they could play 20 solid minutes, I think they’d be a much better team. Sound familiar?

End Second

What a save by Thomas! By the way, that looked like it hurt when he landed on his head. Goalies don’t have a lot upstairs anyway. Good thing.

I am fully going to have to fight whoever is in front of me in the laundry room. To get back at them, I cut a very nasty fart. That’ll teach them to touch my stuff. I feel like Psycho in Stripes.

“Anyone touches me or my stuff……..and I kill them.”

“Lighten up Francis.”

That was a “Laser” by Horton. By the way, I think he’d look great in the Black and Gold.

Hey, where do you think Jacques Martin is from? I’m going with Medford.

Shouldn’t they have fixed the glass first?

Back in the old days, when hockey was hockey, the third period would start with both teams tough guys on the ice. They would have fought it out, and the game would have continued. The Panthers would be saying, “we are up, but we aren’t letting up.” Boston would be saying, “you aren’t coming into our building, and beating us without a fight.” Nowadays? Nothing. This game needs something though. It went from OK to terrible in 20 minutes. I am making some popcorn. I will be back after the game.

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Nice goal by Muzz to start them off. That’s how to stay with the play.

Thomas stood on his head. Without him, it would have been 9-2.

Let me ask you this. Would anyone be mad if it was either a hook, or a dive? That hooking call on Murray was a crappy call. In these rules, it should have been a hook and a dive. The crappy call lead to a crappy goal off Paul Mara. I’m telling you, this league need one, and only one set of eyes on the ice.

You can’t let 27 shoot from the high slot like that. He will hurt you 9 of 10. That was a fantastic goal.

I love the fisticuffs at the end of the game! That would have been awesome if it got really out of hand eh? How about a nice goalie fight!? Would anyone have objected? I didn’t think so. That was all in all a crappy game by the B’s. Not many positives in that one.

Dave and I will be at the same party Wednesday. Perhaps a Podcast? We’ll see.

Donald “Captain Obvious” Brashear just called Boston’s Paul Mara, a “fucking pussy.” Oh you think so professor?

This Bruins game tonight has been a little rough. If I wasn’t so hungover/shampoo effect right now, I might have more to say. Oh, and MOL is using my PC. Anybody boards me, I’m going to piss all over myself.

I just caught Jack Edwards saying Gary Bettman is supposed to join he and Brick in the booth in the second stanza. I know it will be the typical fluff questions. You know, “How do you think year two of the CBA is going?” “Are you surprised the fans came back?” You know, that PR bull the commish has to do. I really would love Jack to ask the question. Since he won’t, I will.

Mr. Commissioner, why would you say attendance is noticeably down?

In Boston, I get it. They suck right now, and the Pats are still playing. If they get better, they will draw in the winter. Also, the fan base is very jaded. We really would like a winner, but Jacobs doesn’t really care, so people don’t go. Colorado has seen their league leading streak of sell outs come to an end. These people have been selling out the Pepsi Center since it opened. Now they have stopped coming. Why? Why Mr. Bettman?

Could the answer lie in the fact the new game is kind of dull to the die hards? Sure it’s fast, and there is a lot of scoring, but the constant stopping for every little thing in my opinion takes all the momentum out of the game. The near constant special teams play is dull to me. I really would like some sandpaper and grit back in the game, but because of the new NHL, those elements are in the Press Box, or down on the Farm. I still believe hockey is the greatest game on Earth, and as much as I complain I will still watch. I like the new rules to an extent, but I wish they were a little looser with the whistle. I really wish the NHL would go to a one referee system, but that is not going to happen. If you look at the AHL, they have the same rules as the NHL, but I feel the game flows more due to one less set of eyes.

I think next year when the NHL goes to the form fitted Jerseys (which I hate by the by) they are going to lose another group of fans in the collectors. This is a group of fans that goes to games to see the Jerseys they want to collect as Gamers. I think once they go to the tight shirts, no one is going to want to collect a Jersey anymore. The flow of the Jersey and how it ruffles in the wind as a man skates is part of the beauty of the game itself. They Jersey are one of the things that makes hockey unique, please Reebok, don’t fuck with it.

I think it is a sad state of affairs in the NHL right now, too bad no one will ask Mr. Bettman about it.

Love it or hate it, MySpace has introduced us to many new friends and fans, and we continue to focus on connecting more people with our network. My roomate, a professional graphic designer, redid the GoonBlog profile yesterday and it looks fantastic. Tom and some designer friends feature a lot of free MySpace layouts on their site so here’s a little shout out for their hard work and generous contribution to GB. Please join our network of buddies if you haven’t already. I swear we’re going to start writing about hockey again soon, guys.

After months of talking about it, and fielding question after question about Gonnblog T Shirts, it’s finally a reality. So stop fucking asking. Seriously. I kid.

Goonblog has found themselves with a cash surplus, so it is almost a done deal. I gave Kinger a $150.00 deposit today, and Dave will be adding in our other cash. By the way, Kinger, I gave you my credit card number. If I see a $150.00 charge at a Providence Strip club, I will be…I will be….well, Proud. Anyway, with the amount of cash we have, we are going to get a pretty good initial run of T’s. We are still toying with designs and slogans to put on the back. We were thinking of a couple different ideas, but when it’s all said and done, we should take delivery on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Good news Dave, you have an outfit for CCHS ’91 reunion on Friday.

Having said that, these T’s are going to be for you guys, so give us some input on what you want. I think a few slogans are cool.

Shit Disturber

You wanna go?

Shoot. Pass. Punch.

MOL (that’s a custom job for MOL)

Spitting Chicklets.

What are the thoughts of the group? We can go with no slogans, or a variety. It’s up to the boys, and girls. At any rate, we here at Gonnblog are pumped up, and we would like to thank everyone out there for their continued support.

Oh, and Happy Birthday to the US Marines. Semper Fi.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
YOU SUCK!

Juvenile I realize, but effective in its simplicity.

How does our NHL team have a 4-1 lead in the 3rd period and lose. My god do the Bruins blow

Where is Hal Gill? Please make a trade for Hal so we can blame him

As much as i love hockey it is really tough to watch the B’s, much like our friends in Indy watching their team go down in flames on Sunday night

GO PATS