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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845</id><updated>2024-04-19T23:07:39.511-06:00</updated><category term="backlund on backlund"/><category term="ugh"/><category term="dion"/><category term="gio"/><category term="prospect camp/rookie camp"/><category term="sutters"/><category term="canucks are golfing"/><category term="ian white"/><category term="the jersey chore"/><category term="to be quite honest"/><category term="wi published"/><category term="email/twitter"/><category term="greasers"/><category term="iggy"/><category term="pocketdawes"/><category term="Brent Sutter"/><category term="Cal Clutterbuck"/><category term="Darryl Sutter"/><category term="Krys Kolanos"/><category term="Owen Nolan"/><category term="Stajan en fuego."/><category term="arena snacks"/><category term="capital letters"/><category term="csi"/><category term="dreamcrusher"/><category term="entrance of the gladiators"/><category term="flames central FAIL"/><category term="flames v. stamps"/><category term="go Flames go kicks"/><category term="goal shortage"/><category term="hagbourqisson"/><category term="heritage classic"/><category term="hollywood hockey"/><category term="i heart NYC"/><category term="i heart my nerdy blog buddies"/><category term="i heart the swedes"/><category term="in dreams"/><category term="love letters"/><category term="mascots"/><category term="merch"/><category term="misinformation"/><category term="morrison"/><category term="mt.puckmore"/><category term="nenshi"/><category term="new jersey"/><category term="olli jokinen"/><category term="pocketdawg"/><category term="prudential center"/><category term="roadtrip"/><category term="separated at birth"/><category term="staiotalik"/><category term="staotalik"/><category term="strombo"/><category term="theo fleury"/><category term="triple gold"/><category term="ugly shoes"/><title type='text'>hit the post</title><subtitle type='html'>The Home of Rational Flames Discussion</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>873</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-2396939348586369639</id><published>2018-03-02T12:02:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2018-03-02T12:02:32.448-07:00</updated><title type='text'>wtf, flames ?</title><content type='html'>here it is.&lt;br /&gt;
  2. my first post in over two years.&lt;br /&gt;
  3. why?&lt;br /&gt;
  4. because &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE FLAMES DOING RIGHT NOW ??&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  5. &lt;br /&gt;
  6. please note: i refuse to research anything here, so my &quot;facts&quot; may just be things i read or heard or whatever, and totally refutable. &amp;nbsp;but it&#39;s a shitty, snowy day and i&#39;ve got the raptors now, so here&#39;s my tough love for the flames:&lt;br /&gt;
  7. &lt;br /&gt;
  8. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;1. TANNER GLASS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  9. if i understand the rules correctly, on trade deadline day (aka: this past monday), the calgary flames had to maintain 18 skaters and 2 goalies on their roster. &amp;nbsp;on the same day, anyone not officially on the stockton heat&#39;s roster would be ineligible to play in the AHL playoffs. &amp;nbsp;somehow the flames got around this by &quot;on paper&quot; demoting gillies and rittich both and then calling them back up (i don&#39;t actually understand this at all since it was a flames game day but&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;¯\_(ツ)_/¯). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;regardless, i kindof understand the justification behind calling up tanner glass ---especially if treliving was in on any kind of trade that would have seen multiple roster players potentially departing; tanner&#39;s not imperative on the farm and he&#39;s a warm body in the headcount with the big club. &amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;why he&#39;s getting icetime &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;is what i don&#39;t get. &amp;nbsp;didn&#39;t we learn this lesson with nick grossmann ???&lt;br /&gt;
  10. &lt;br /&gt;
  11. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;2. MANGIAPANE&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  12. i&#39;m stumped on this one utterly. &amp;nbsp;the flames went 9 and 1 with him in the lineup and, while no direct contributions appear on the scoresheet, the team &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;looked&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; better with him on the ice. the stockton heat&#39;s leading scorer got called up to play on the 3rd/4th lines while the flames struggle to put goals in the net. &amp;nbsp;instead of inserting him on the top line with gaudreau and monahan when ferland went down, we get a washed up journeyman in his stead. &amp;nbsp;it&#39;s baffling. &amp;nbsp;player usage on this team is unconscionable, in a lot of areas.&lt;br /&gt;
  13. &lt;br /&gt;
  14. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;3. COACHING&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  15. i&#39;m also confounded here and my take is that someone higher up is calling the shots (read: burke and/or tre). &amp;nbsp;either that or the coaching staff are imbeciles. &amp;nbsp;you pick!! &amp;nbsp;why it took 50 games to remove troy brouwer from the power play and give dougie some of those sweet PP minutes is astounding, and the insertion of bartkowski over kulak every now and then is utterly inexplicable, &amp;nbsp;hey, maybe i&#39;m not getting the full picture but i&#39;m anxiously awaiting someone to break it down for me.&lt;br /&gt;
  16. &lt;br /&gt;
  17. &quot;stay the course&quot; seems to be the mantra here, both from coach to player and management to coach. sure, it worked with paul maurice but i feel like the situation here is different. &amp;nbsp;my take is that the players need more consequence. &amp;nbsp;how did they react after getting harshly reprimanded at practice ? &amp;nbsp;win streak. &amp;nbsp;how many more times can we hear &quot;they&#39;re doing the right things&quot; when they look sluggish and lazy ? &amp;nbsp;welp, not many more if the playoffs are a legitimate target, sadly.&lt;br /&gt;
  18. &lt;br /&gt;
  19. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;4. TRE&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  20. yikes, buddy. &amp;nbsp;this is your NHL calibre roster &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;AFTER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; the trade deadline ?? &lt;br /&gt;
  21. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;😬&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  22. &lt;br /&gt;
  23. &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;5. PLAYOFFS&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  24. who cares if we make the playoffs ? &amp;nbsp;this is not a team poised to win a round, much less a championship. &amp;nbsp;how does murray edwards expect the fanbase to push for a new arena when this is the product he&#39;s selling ? &amp;nbsp;and maybe that&#39;s the whole point.&lt;br /&gt;
  25. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
  26. &lt;i&gt;john chan: &amp;nbsp;beers on you this year !!! hahahaha xo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  28. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/2396939348586369639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=2396939348586369639' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/2396939348586369639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/2396939348586369639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2018/03/wtf-flames.html' title='wtf, flames ?'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-5746552233949324546</id><published>2017-04-05T07:12:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2017-04-05T07:12:21.425-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Let&#39;s see if this still works: You&#39;re crazy if you want the Hawks in Round 1</title><content type='html'>I’m listening to the Fan 960 Morning Show. I’ve lived in Ontario for 12 years now and it’s how I keep up. And, suddenly, I feel compelled to jump back into this blog for the first time in, uh, seven years?&lt;br /&gt;
  29. &lt;br /&gt;
  30. Ryan Pinder, who I usually agree with, says the Flames should want Chicago at this point. Rhett Warrener says the same thing. “Boomer,&quot; whose takes are more questionable and less considered, says they’re crazy.&lt;br /&gt;
  31. &lt;br /&gt;
  32. BOOMER IS RIGHT.&lt;br /&gt;
  33. &lt;br /&gt;
  34. Let’s review, from the net out:&lt;br /&gt;
  35. &lt;br /&gt;
  36. &lt;br /&gt;
  37. &lt;ul&gt;
  38. &lt;li&gt;Chicago has the better goalie.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  39. &lt;li&gt;Because the Ducks’ best three defencemen are all injured, Chicago has a substantially better Top 4.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  40. &lt;li&gt;Chicago has the better top-end talent.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  41. &lt;li&gt;Chicago has Joel Quenneville.
  42. Anaheim has Randy Carlyle.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  43. &lt;li&gt;Anaheim is bigger, and is “in the Flames’ head.” (The former really doesn’t mean anything except for maybe that it leads to the latter, and that’s busted up with one win in Games 1 or 2.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  44. &lt;/ul&gt;
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  47. I’ll take Gaudreau, Backlund and Bennett skating around Kevin Bieksa all day, every day. Bring on the Ducks.
  48.  
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  51. (Maybe the playoffs will bring me back in here more regularly? Or maybe it will be another seven years. My last post was &lt;a href=&quot;http://hitthepost.blogspot.ca/2010/10/i-go-on-about-last-night-in-e-mail-form.html&quot;&gt;this half-assed re-publish of an e-mail exchange&lt;/a&gt;, and I’m extra excited to see if posts here still auto-publish to @hitthepost on Twitter, which I set up way back then.)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/5746552233949324546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=5746552233949324546' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5746552233949324546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5746552233949324546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2017/04/lets-see-if-this-still-works-youre.html' title='Let&#39;s see if this still works: You&#39;re crazy if you want the Hawks in Round 1'/><author><name>duncan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16433163316485435724</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbkEErc16td8fVff_rmc1y5NtGFqIZw9sI5Bt7uhPeO9bl1rSJmZwR7EkfsxymVCFF0rjjJr4Vql58nZJZp0n3cZZevy1BMakVasldnKMvNz_C7lXoE9o7vQmmao4eQ/s220/blogo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-8054590462901532834</id><published>2015-01-02T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-01-02T12:59:32.152-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ARENA REPORT: United Center</title><content type='html'>well, i guess it&#39;s been awhile, hunh....? &lt;br /&gt;
  52. &lt;br /&gt;
  53. is my new year&#39;s resolution to write more ? &amp;nbsp;maybe.... i fully admit that twitter has robbed my brain of it&#39;s ability to elaborate on criticisms and witticisms; it&#39;s so much easier to tweet &quot;i love lance&quot; than to blog a well thought-out report explaining why i think he&#39;s just so awesome. &amp;nbsp;i could say i haven&#39;t written in almost a year because life got busier or something, but the truth is i&#39;m just lazy. &amp;nbsp;140 characters is so much simpler than this.&lt;br /&gt;
  54. &lt;br /&gt;
  55. with that said, it looks like i&#39;m easily three rinks behind in my arena reporting, and if anything arena reports are probably my favourite feature on hitthepost. &amp;nbsp;i hit the bell centre last february to watch rene bourque sink his former team with the game&#39;s lone goal, then i travelled through a snowstorm to get to nassau to watch reto berra notch his only regulation win as a flame. &amp;nbsp;heck, i don&#39;t even think i wrote the arena report for boston from the time i watched iginla&#39;s penguins lose the wales trophy in the spring of 2013, or the time i went to watch the sharks beat the leafers last year.... &amp;nbsp;i&#39;ll try to get those articles posted in the coming weeks, but i&#39;ll start with the united center, as it&#39;s the freshest in my memory.&lt;br /&gt;
  56. &lt;br /&gt;
  57. first thing&#39;s first: chicago is a deceptively large city and the united center rose out of the darkness and the rain in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. &amp;nbsp;initially i thought we could walk from where were were staying, near navy pier, but in hindsight that was pure lunacy. &amp;nbsp;in the end, we had gone to pre game at the ultimate detroit lions bar, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thetinlizzie.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the tin lizzie&lt;/a&gt;, to watch some sunday afternoon football ---and the cab to the UC seemed to take &lt;i&gt;forever&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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  59. the united center itself is a middle aged NHL arena and it&#39;s obvious. &amp;nbsp;it&#39;s certainly a step or two above the joe or the dome or nassau in comfort and deco, but while the club level might be carpeted, there&#39;s still painted cinderblock walls and old school concessions. &amp;nbsp;it&#39;s no warm, homely excel center.&lt;br /&gt;
  60. &lt;br /&gt;
  61. the bowl itself is the greatest. &amp;nbsp;it&#39;s very open and feels enormous and the famed crowd cheering through the national anthem did provide the electricity that i expected. &amp;nbsp;really something to experience. &amp;nbsp;chelsea dagger, in all it&#39;s goal-song glory, was also unfortunately electric. the &#39;hawks have got that figured out for sure. &amp;nbsp;and, wow. &amp;nbsp;the number of banners an original 6 arena boasts is humbling. &lt;br /&gt;
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  70. the couple in the seats beside us were really nice and full of calgary/flames questions, and the older hawks fan behind us wanted to ensure we were flames fans &lt;i&gt;from calgary&lt;/i&gt; before giving us a pass. &amp;nbsp;walking around the concourse, there were a handful of flaming C&#39;s: a couple of iginlas and a backlund. &amp;nbsp;nice folks. plenty of high fives. :)&lt;br /&gt;
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  72. the arena snack, properly sourced via a couple of longtimers in the concourse (but also suggested by my companion, zak) was clearly going to be the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_hot_dog&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;chicago dog&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;with the addition of the pickled beans and the celery salt, it&#39;s essentially a caesar in a bun. &amp;nbsp;tasty !!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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  77. and of course, anyone who follows along with me in real life knows that htp pal strombo was sneaky and put us on the television. &amp;nbsp;repeatedly. &amp;nbsp;a lot.&lt;br /&gt;
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  79. :)&lt;br /&gt;
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  81. current era jake gyllenhaal and our boy zata.&lt;br /&gt;
  82. that is all.&lt;br /&gt;
  83. &lt;br /&gt;
  84. i&#39;m gonna occasionally try to post stuff over here instead of twitter.&lt;br /&gt;
  85. so there.&lt;br /&gt;
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  87. :)&lt;br /&gt;
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  90. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUvwtE98pwq9BS-IPBRWvtW2t5kJP_UUK1dnK5bwk-qW6M0OxJLOFUxy8Jm2FAp5j7FteR-SJHlVESLs2ZyLuPqAQb9c5V09_0q_VO1IygSIkp7LCO9KEKIn0-BJktvezvcHYEqk22Hw/s1600/Screen+shot+2014-01-07+at+7.03.47+PM.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUvwtE98pwq9BS-IPBRWvtW2t5kJP_UUK1dnK5bwk-qW6M0OxJLOFUxy8Jm2FAp5j7FteR-SJHlVESLs2ZyLuPqAQb9c5V09_0q_VO1IygSIkp7LCO9KEKIn0-BJktvezvcHYEqk22Hw/s1600/Screen+shot+2014-01-07+at+7.03.47+PM.png&quot; height=&quot;163&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  91. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/4221226527103683584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=4221226527103683584' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4221226527103683584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4221226527103683584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2014/01/separated-at-birth-volume-6.html' title='separated at birth volume.... 6 ?'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUvwtE98pwq9BS-IPBRWvtW2t5kJP_UUK1dnK5bwk-qW6M0OxJLOFUxy8Jm2FAp5j7FteR-SJHlVESLs2ZyLuPqAQb9c5V09_0q_VO1IygSIkp7LCO9KEKIn0-BJktvezvcHYEqk22Hw/s72-c/Screen+shot+2014-01-07+at+7.03.47+PM.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-3503018515074539554</id><published>2013-11-04T19:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2013-11-04T19:13:01.704-07:00</updated><title type='text'>more to come....</title><content type='html'>the wonderful benefactor of hitthepost is upset at the amount of time i (don&#39;t) spend writing over here and doesn&#39;t feel like he&#39;s getting his money&#39;s worth. &amp;nbsp;he&#39;s threatened to charge an &quot;inactivity tax&quot; or, worse, link to a canucks blog instead of the original blogspot host.&lt;br /&gt;
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  93. so, thanks to JC i swear i will write something this week. and probably next. &amp;nbsp;good thing i hate bob hartley !!!&lt;br /&gt;
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  95. :)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/3503018515074539554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=3503018515074539554' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/3503018515074539554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/3503018515074539554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2013/11/more-to-come.html' title='more to come....'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-21797914072379872</id><published>2013-08-03T12:08:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2013-08-03T12:10:24.767-06:00</updated><title type='text'>2013 development camp notes (aka: better late than never)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;it&#39;s been over six months since my last post and i figure that i should probably write some more stuff on here, since my buddy john donates his own money to keep the domain name active, i should appreciate that in more ways than just buying him occasional pints.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  96. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  97. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;i&#39;ve made it to flames&#39; development camp almost every year since 2007 (there may have been a year or two i was unable to attend) and posted my notes each time, so i guess it would be a crying shame if i didn&#39;t do so this time around. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  98. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  99. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;i&#39;m tempted to list my thoughts as they appear in the &quot;notes&quot; app on my phone (&lt;i&gt;editor&#39;s note: THIS is something i wouldn&#39;t have imagined writing in my 2007 summary !!!) &lt;/i&gt;but since nobody would be able to make heads or tails of that info, I&#39;ll decode them in&amp;nbsp;point-form&amp;nbsp;sentences below. &amp;nbsp;largely, my impressions came through the two scrimmages, coupled with a few sessions of drills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  100. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  101. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- marcus granlund. &amp;nbsp;he&#39;s quietly solid but on closer examination seems to be doing all of the very best things: skating well, getting into the right areas, puck handling expertly and demonstrating a dirty, snipey wrister.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  102. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  103. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- jankowski (whom i&#39;ve since dubbed &quot;junkowski&quot;) seemed awkward to me. &amp;nbsp;maybe he&#39;s nursing some kind of injury or maybe he&#39;s just been way overvalued as a first rounder but, to my eye, he was a lower calibre player all-around compared to some of the other first and second year guys. &amp;nbsp;i&#39;m not, at this point, suggesting he&#39;s a nemisz or chucko type throwaway but i&#39;m not convinced he&#39;s a future NHLer, either. &amp;nbsp;on the other side of the coin, he appears FAR less lanky and rake-like; i heard he put on upwards of ten lbs and that shows on his frame, to be sure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  104. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  105. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- tyler wotherspoon has also filled out physically and has certainly developed the &lt;i&gt;appearance&lt;/i&gt; of a pro (ie: a man amongst boys). &amp;nbsp;a note: my phone autocorrected his surname to w&#39;spoon. amazing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  106. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  107. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- turner elson (aka: my horse from last summer) looked more skilled than almost anyone else on the ice, which likely proves that development camp is not a litmus test for &quot;real life.&quot; &amp;nbsp;i&#39;m not in any way suggesting that turner elson is ever going to be a top 6 NHL forward, but if his goal was to show off his talents to the flames&#39; brass, he succeeded overwhelmingly. &amp;nbsp;he is a pro-level player, without a doubt, and clearly a guy who likes to be on the ice. &amp;nbsp;he pulled a marek malik during a 3-on-3 drill and stayed late to shoot from the hashmarks repeatedly. oh, and he almost got punched out by joni ortio while having a BIT too much fun during free time. i&#39;m excited to see what he does in abbostford.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  108. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  109. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- kenny agostino really picked up his game towards the end of camp and showed that he&#39;s got some slick moves and incredible foot speed. &amp;nbsp;i&#39;m actually looking forward to seeing more of this dude.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  110. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  111. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- &amp;nbsp;i made a note about josh jooris&#39; impressive puck control, so he was more notable than, say, a morgan klimchuk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  112. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  113. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- i made quite a few notes about pat sieloff but not all were positive. &amp;nbsp;i think he has the tools to be a rather impressive defenseman but i&#39;m concerned about his temper. &amp;nbsp;the book on him reads that he&#39;s &quot;intense&quot; on the ice but i fear that it might be rene-bourque-style emotion that gets him into trouble, and &amp;nbsp;the high number of penalty minutes he took last year might be an indication of this. &amp;nbsp;during scrimmage/3-on-3 action at camp, i watched him two-hand crosscheck an opponent in front of the net (in an injury way, not a clear-the-net way), and punch the glass in frustration after missing a pass. &amp;nbsp;this is practice, guy. &amp;nbsp;maybe reel that intensity back in just a smidge. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  114. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  115. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;- keenan kanzig looks like a project to me. &amp;nbsp;he&#39;s huge (obviously) but his other skills need to catch up. &amp;nbsp;his skating seems awkward ---he has strong but choppy strides for a big dude. &amp;nbsp;he&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;got absolutely schooled by a lightning-fast gaudreau streaking into the offensive zone, causing kent to pronounce, &quot;well, that was inevitable.&quot; &amp;nbsp;even if you consider kanzig was not likely, in a development camp scrimmage situation, &quot;allowed&quot; to crush such a player against the boards on the rush, I&#39;m skeptical that he would have been fast enough to catch him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;the coaches had him stay late after practice every day for a one-on-one chat. &amp;nbsp;so they&#39;re clearly trying to impart some information to the young defender.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;i will allow this: he has better vertical than any player I&#39;ve ever witnessed doing simple drills, which makes him THE MOST ADORABLE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  116. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  117. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;if i had to pick a dreamcrusher out of camp, i think it would be john ramage who has some catching up to do. &amp;nbsp;....or maybe joni ortio, who seemed thoroughly disinterested in being there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  118. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  119. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;in other news, going back through the archives to do a little research for this post i found an old quoted finnish tömi mäki interview that ----now years later with &quot;better&quot; translation services on the interwebz--- reads as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  120. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  121. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  122. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Mikä on naisihanteesi ja onko sinulla tyttöystävää?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  123. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;- Sellanen helmi. Ei oo tyttöä tällä hetkellä.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  124. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  125. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  126. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;What is your ideal woman, and do you have a girlfriend?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  127. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;- Dude gem. There is no escaping the girl at the moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  128. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  129. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;can we all start using the term &quot;dude gem&quot; please, immediately.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  130. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  131. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  134. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/21797914072379872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=21797914072379872' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/21797914072379872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/21797914072379872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2013/08/2013-development-camp-notes-aka-better.html' title='2013 development camp notes (aka: better late than never)'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-5117002150940725726</id><published>2013-01-02T18:37:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2013-01-02T18:37:19.454-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pocketgaudreau watches the ball drop for new years !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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  136. while the real johnny gaudreau, or as he&#39;s being dubbed these days, &quot;johnny hockey,&quot; has become a household name after a couple of stellar games at the world junior hockey tournament in ufa, russia, his tiny, flat, laminated namesake cruised back to nyc for nye.&lt;br /&gt;
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  138. here&#39;s a couple of shots in times square:&lt;br /&gt;
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  142. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkmbg55GLFX6kHs7F0FyAWoUgCPSxDsKu8QC4gRmgIHGSEpExF7ownbiA6HVrz3_yVKZoLFFIw2SPDVvE6RZSONyvDFUBKpRMHD21I5yBNh51RWMvZ_DJg2gbJ7NXsNaDx47m6Fye2WQ/s1600/photo.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkmbg55GLFX6kHs7F0FyAWoUgCPSxDsKu8QC4gRmgIHGSEpExF7ownbiA6HVrz3_yVKZoLFFIw2SPDVvE6RZSONyvDFUBKpRMHD21I5yBNh51RWMvZ_DJg2gbJ7NXsNaDx47m6Fye2WQ/s320/photo.JPG&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  144. &amp;nbsp;Waitin&#39; for the ball to drop.&lt;/div&gt;
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  148. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAzoMKtY0xdB4lkYq6kE3WjOv4fJ6NCADSeYvaM5RP4SuXN5tYK0yRvOLMERLcr_eOQktxOL8HPC8hj1zjUJ23Pyiqm8tFzABeTX3X-QvFqyDY9A0OTqa5ttD9zsUMN42EOtaO9w192k/s1600/photo1.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAzoMKtY0xdB4lkYq6kE3WjOv4fJ6NCADSeYvaM5RP4SuXN5tYK0yRvOLMERLcr_eOQktxOL8HPC8hj1zjUJ23Pyiqm8tFzABeTX3X-QvFqyDY9A0OTqa5ttD9zsUMN42EOtaO9w192k/s320/photo1.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  150. HAWT night shot of the little man in Times Square in all of it&#39;s nighttime awesomeoness&lt;/div&gt;
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  156. good luck to johnny hockey in his quest for WJC gold (well... not TOO good of luck, cause i&#39;m still pullin&#39; for canada !!!), and good luck to pocketgaudreau on his continuing adventures on the road with carly rae jepsen !! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.carlyraemusic.com/tour/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&#39;s&lt;/a&gt; where he&#39;ll be at in the next little while. &amp;nbsp;maybe his kind and wonderful host @pnoitch can get some more rad photos !!&lt;/div&gt;
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  160. :)&lt;/div&gt;
  161. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/5117002150940725726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=5117002150940725726' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5117002150940725726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5117002150940725726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2013/01/pocketgaudreau-watches-ball-drop-for.html' title='pocketgaudreau watches the ball drop for new years !!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkmbg55GLFX6kHs7F0FyAWoUgCPSxDsKu8QC4gRmgIHGSEpExF7ownbiA6HVrz3_yVKZoLFFIw2SPDVvE6RZSONyvDFUBKpRMHD21I5yBNh51RWMvZ_DJg2gbJ7NXsNaDx47m6Fye2WQ/s72-c/photo.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-439296062413578014</id><published>2012-09-08T13:21:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-09-08T13:22:56.709-06:00</updated><title type='text'>pocketgaudreau in the big smoke !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  162. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  163. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  164. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  165. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  166. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYllHZMyqaQdckzkKAVUaGv-huUtmp5-ZmI2GOuOWULhkTElxLfKylvt5NteVkqbRLNH1llSfsdez9hsFV00oZNjztrv1GHQG6QjtQcFqiAEJ1icqzTtgrsUq4irzkIeb2Bbovy1ydxA/s1600/DSCN0866.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYllHZMyqaQdckzkKAVUaGv-huUtmp5-ZmI2GOuOWULhkTElxLfKylvt5NteVkqbRLNH1llSfsdez9hsFV00oZNjztrv1GHQG6QjtQcFqiAEJ1icqzTtgrsUq4irzkIeb2Bbovy1ydxA/s200/DSCN0866.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  167. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG hippying out in kensington market&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  168. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  169. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  170. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep5OlOGE6PYwcgW9in8jX1gBwgYuKTZXM85fxUYV5AAdpVmAIqoCMxibfE9NsTdSFYcajCbmsP_s5u1lqKsHRdszdHdfNvXiZudo83gkY2TCUeiidqgT06t2vYSPOTzRIzYpK8CAfLtc/s1600/DSCN0859.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep5OlOGE6PYwcgW9in8jX1gBwgYuKTZXM85fxUYV5AAdpVmAIqoCMxibfE9NsTdSFYcajCbmsP_s5u1lqKsHRdszdHdfNvXiZudo83gkY2TCUeiidqgT06t2vYSPOTzRIzYpK8CAfLtc/s200/DSCN0859.JPG&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  171. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG hitting the city tv / muchmusic building at queen &amp;amp; john&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  172. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  173. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  174. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZgg0Yl7PygM5DTFRh2dllwVoJyZTgL4gQpEGXMFga-wCRWdyt4psFXKt5T55JYUDBbhESZYwgxDRiMIVT3uGwoWg0K15AMDbmiFippiqIFVSmJEkbeK9eaPVo1z3YD6uNK4H_uJSMFY/s1600/DSCN0856.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZgg0Yl7PygM5DTFRh2dllwVoJyZTgL4gQpEGXMFga-wCRWdyt4psFXKt5T55JYUDBbhESZYwgxDRiMIVT3uGwoWg0K15AMDbmiFippiqIFVSmJEkbeK9eaPVo1z3YD6uNK4H_uJSMFY/s200/DSCN0856.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  175. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;checking out the OCAD &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCAD_University#Sharp_Centre_for_Design&quot;&gt;Sharp Centre for Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  176. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  177. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  178. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijw6MvmLY3dy4cNpGawZSBzU6KGR0BvJxQ9_8UC3JVn_0tN5iP5NQ29UT87j9LqJ0Tn1MZhBoNzD9497e_SwP_rGIIOGivLMUDLaKv3fdbXaUl76dw26eC3gh7mzaWuqmPx0kbJm63Co/s1600/DSCN0869.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijw6MvmLY3dy4cNpGawZSBzU6KGR0BvJxQ9_8UC3JVn_0tN5iP5NQ29UT87j9LqJ0Tn1MZhBoNzD9497e_SwP_rGIIOGivLMUDLaKv3fdbXaUl76dw26eC3gh7mzaWuqmPx0kbJm63Co/s200/DSCN0869.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  179. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Jays game at the Rogers Centre (aka: Skydome) for Ricky Romero bobblehead day&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  180. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  181. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  182. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQF8S-4WBpgRegDiewBmhJJhsgsPnN_DOiCL2nE5oEbmVrW5qOr6QrLb2XFUW2q8IVA2VeGKFw84nMF8bfX4hdVYHatg6_AkduvL53CRJvtydJSJ8Z03RJu2zYHv8OgxLvIP088ghSo5Y/s1600/DSCN0878.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQF8S-4WBpgRegDiewBmhJJhsgsPnN_DOiCL2nE5oEbmVrW5qOr6QrLb2XFUW2q8IVA2VeGKFw84nMF8bfX4hdVYHatg6_AkduvL53CRJvtydJSJ8Z03RJu2zYHv8OgxLvIP088ghSo5Y/s200/DSCN0878.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  183. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;postgame cervezas with PG and htp pal amanda with a great view of the CN tower&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  184. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  185. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  186. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAd1Zk_5aDBWth8Bdvg1a5jrnMWfqq9d8Jc8mffW6zsh93s2kMOzBC6XmLkZuSoeTQjy-vJmHXQbYc4XH86E_1RiIsp33VbvXaZQnEm3W-23dF83m1V3FsbRi_8da2L3wolhiTv1Y93Ys/s1600/photo.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAd1Zk_5aDBWth8Bdvg1a5jrnMWfqq9d8Jc8mffW6zsh93s2kMOzBC6XmLkZuSoeTQjy-vJmHXQbYc4XH86E_1RiIsp33VbvXaZQnEm3W-23dF83m1V3FsbRi_8da2L3wolhiTv1Y93Ys/s200/photo.JPG&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  187. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG went to visit Rob Ford at work, but he was out for lunch&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  188. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  189. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  190. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  191. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskJXlwccx4gHJnjfyHqpb4IZNCoYRWqFVl4fDMuI5TRrMEvMPR6OSP9irzM1MMDYrPGQn6Brm316eAb9DCrNRuG2J9f0HAftcJ_K-ekw7vGVYOJPdN9SoJQ-KRD0WN4kt9qdkmR2G_S0/s1600/DSCN0847.JPG&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskJXlwccx4gHJnjfyHqpb4IZNCoYRWqFVl4fDMuI5TRrMEvMPR6OSP9irzM1MMDYrPGQn6Brm316eAb9DCrNRuG2J9f0HAftcJ_K-ekw7vGVYOJPdN9SoJQ-KRD0WN4kt9qdkmR2G_S0/s200/DSCN0847.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  192. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG watched as the city folks cleaned the wading pool in a west end park.... in HAZMAT suits.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  193. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  194. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/439296062413578014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=439296062413578014' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/439296062413578014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/439296062413578014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/09/pocketgaudreau-in-big-smoke.html' title='pocketgaudreau in the big smoke !!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYllHZMyqaQdckzkKAVUaGv-huUtmp5-ZmI2GOuOWULhkTElxLfKylvt5NteVkqbRLNH1llSfsdez9hsFV00oZNjztrv1GHQG6QjtQcFqiAEJ1icqzTtgrsUq4irzkIeb2Bbovy1ydxA/s72-c/DSCN0866.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-6521991960192279115</id><published>2012-08-29T19:03:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-08-29T19:07:04.305-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PG takes manhattan</title><content type='html'>i feel a lot of guilt that i never write over here, but then i realize that i detest reading pre-season articles because i&#39;m not convinced there&#39;s even going to BE a season.&amp;nbsp; so i guess i&#39;ll offer up some amusing tales of PG&#39;s travels, and hope that some of the longtime htp readers will enjoy the ridiculousness in this, the site&#39;s 900th post !!&lt;br /&gt;
  195. &lt;br /&gt;
  196. PG met me up in NYC at my cousin&#39;s place, having been a last-minute consideration (sorry, little buddy) for my august sojurn.&amp;nbsp; duncan popped him in the mail from exeter, as he was mid vaycay when he was summoned to the big apple.&lt;br /&gt;
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  198. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  199. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9mS_fNEQZmiKTwIW_elLWscmCGZTC_rWT_D5iF3tkzI2VfQATwVpQIT0fO3RRwgX6wUJwfgonFGaKQXawekJWekoTIcNKhKqm4FPLuHHBx1cKWuKdqZzktMUM7wl9bklY6Fj7MesmiA/s200/photo.JPG&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;148&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  200. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Enroute to NYC !!!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  201. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  202. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  203. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZudtrlJCEdpwKMylPSd-ZyE_HQsf9c-Sw4UcaZc2yay0ynJu3z9X6JXOBpMxWjcLoTdKUd3OtbgWjcLYeP3KyCIAPAuwluz414d-rOU_6zsqn4LY7L9rVtO4TST8i71oHtiyV6q988Yo/s1600/DSCN0776.JPG&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZudtrlJCEdpwKMylPSd-ZyE_HQsf9c-Sw4UcaZc2yay0ynJu3z9X6JXOBpMxWjcLoTdKUd3OtbgWjcLYeP3KyCIAPAuwluz414d-rOU_6zsqn4LY7L9rVtO4TST8i71oHtiyV6q988Yo/s200/DSCN0776.JPG&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  204. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;bryant park, aka: my happy place&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  205. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  206. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  207. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88DzSTyvZwasx6tTsY_MwBVOAavqkhfzh_8-2-vQmxDH_my7SNpSUx5KTSgX2xtPkYTZUh0xh7_b-Q3uq-bkaQBB22sgVd3NhjqWU4XXZ92HEWhK6xkK6PxtEJgJYR0k9pU3CoVwcfUE/s1600/DSCN0814.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh88DzSTyvZwasx6tTsY_MwBVOAavqkhfzh_8-2-vQmxDH_my7SNpSUx5KTSgX2xtPkYTZUh0xh7_b-Q3uq-bkaQBB22sgVd3NhjqWU4XXZ92HEWhK6xkK6PxtEJgJYR0k9pU3CoVwcfUE/s200/DSCN0814.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  208. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;amazing photo #1 in times square (heros: NYPD &amp;amp; the happy tourist)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  209. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  210. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  211. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRfn9x9R5ipTQfryeKpVmmfNduBXBUsQN04d6q0eJ-qjDvF9-w-FqgOnglANpaq33H_x0onXQgIh2mUrmKyAgTCZYDNlUsytB1sGCP2AqCmoMK8NnDWwnfM_jQWMoIaA1JgD1pUK1fvY/s1600/DSCN0808.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRfn9x9R5ipTQfryeKpVmmfNduBXBUsQN04d6q0eJ-qjDvF9-w-FqgOnglANpaq33H_x0onXQgIh2mUrmKyAgTCZYDNlUsytB1sGCP2AqCmoMK8NnDWwnfM_jQWMoIaA1JgD1pUK1fvY/s200/DSCN0808.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  212. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;amazing photo #2 in times square (hero: photobomber &amp;amp; future potential angry mass shooter)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  280. anyways.&amp;nbsp; PG had some fun in new york.&amp;nbsp; from there, we went to toronto for a week and i&#39;ll post those pics sometime soon.&amp;nbsp; duncan took him back and he&#39;s off on an adventure to halifax, having narrowly missed a debaucherous weekend in denver to see phish (true story).&amp;nbsp; some other time, pocketgaudreau... some other time.&lt;/div&gt;
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  285. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/6521991960192279115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=6521991960192279115' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/6521991960192279115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/6521991960192279115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/08/pg-takes-manhattan.html' title='PG takes manhattan'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9mS_fNEQZmiKTwIW_elLWscmCGZTC_rWT_D5iF3tkzI2VfQATwVpQIT0fO3RRwgX6wUJwfgonFGaKQXawekJWekoTIcNKhKqm4FPLuHHBx1cKWuKdqZzktMUM7wl9bklY6Fj7MesmiA/s72-c/photo.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-1679599675386837727</id><published>2012-07-26T11:23:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-07-26T11:24:56.434-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PG went to SF (and other trivialities like dev&#39;t camp)</title><content type='html'>i have a really hard time understanding where the time goes, and i can&#39;t believe i still haven&#39;t done my arena report from madison square gardens OR from sunrise, florida ---so i will aim to get them accomplished sometime before the snow flies.&lt;br /&gt;
  286. &lt;br /&gt;
  287. i DID sit in on a couple of days of prospect camp a few weeks back and my main observation is that winsport is a hella amazing facility up there at COP. &amp;nbsp;also, i held the door for clint malarchuk &amp;amp; met a couple ryans (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/ryanpinder&quot;&gt;pinder&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/ryannpike&quot;&gt;pike&lt;/a&gt;). &amp;nbsp;those were pretty much the biggies. &lt;br /&gt;
  288. &lt;br /&gt;
  289. as for the baby flames, man oh man is johnny gaudreau ever a diamond in the rough. &amp;nbsp;the kid has some seriously developed hand-eye coordination and he&#39;s got that thing people call &quot;hockey sense&quot; in droves. &amp;nbsp;he&#39;s also got mad footspeed, silky soft top-shelfy hands, and some radical moves on a breakaway/shootout. &amp;nbsp;4 more inches in height and about 30 more lbs and the dude would be fighting for a roster spot next time the flames suit up (whenever that might be).&lt;br /&gt;
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  291. further notables: sven is still sven, which is awesome, and &amp;nbsp;nemisz is still nemisz, which is not. &amp;nbsp;other than that i guess the goalies looked halfway decent, sieloff might become significant, ramage struggled, max looks to have plateaued, and my horse (turner elson) was kindof great one day, and kindof invisible the next. &amp;nbsp;i did find it interesting that the flames org held the camp DURING stampede week for the first time in memorable history, presumably to showcase the city to the prospects in the aftermath of the tim erixon debacle.&lt;br /&gt;
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  293. kudos.&lt;br /&gt;
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  296. in the meantime, our favorite little pocketfellow has been crossing the continent !! &amp;nbsp;after an epic trip to iceland and the UK in april, the little laminated dude headed out to visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/colin_stuart&quot;&gt;colin stuart&lt;/a&gt; in san francisco:&lt;br /&gt;
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  309. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG takes on Alcatraz&lt;br /&gt;
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  313. following his adventure in NoCal, colin brought PG back to calgary where he had some seriously good times at the legendary calgary stampede:&lt;br /&gt;
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  327. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  328. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3FLLwoCAVoKdBaUtSTwQSYxs7s2j8sxUIgKnn16z1xeXQvv2X1Cw3pV4Ile-oXjrMm_7875MgSro8Z4y8jiIdXLT9MEBC1YFs3Q_vt7vVg1g_RX13RYIAlnCSCLs4WJX0TQjXvGZqBI/s1600/Calgary-20120711-00467.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3FLLwoCAVoKdBaUtSTwQSYxs7s2j8sxUIgKnn16z1xeXQvv2X1Cw3pV4Ile-oXjrMm_7875MgSro8Z4y8jiIdXLT9MEBC1YFs3Q_vt7vVg1g_RX13RYIAlnCSCLs4WJX0TQjXvGZqBI/s320/Calgary-20120711-00467.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  329. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;....checking out the midway....&lt;br /&gt;
  330. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  335. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzgNgOXaNKJae3neIwpipIdHvSp0MZWPA0EeE99qREcOeRYz-96iK1Zfc2RjQP-aLXC7okEL9jVmv2b6rdRqi0oeqJq00laYKcytT-u0NEjHriolk-hq60PjTs1DbzqE6PftQjI27MzY/s1600/Calgary-20120711-00465.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzgNgOXaNKJae3neIwpipIdHvSp0MZWPA0EeE99qREcOeRYz-96iK1Zfc2RjQP-aLXC7okEL9jVmv2b6rdRqi0oeqJq00laYKcytT-u0NEjHriolk-hq60PjTs1DbzqE6PftQjI27MzY/s320/Calgary-20120711-00465.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  336. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;...&amp;amp; enjoying the nightly fireworks&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  337. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  338. and into an envelope he went off to his next adventure as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/gduncanclark&quot;&gt;duncan&lt;/a&gt; roadtrips eastern canada !! &amp;nbsp;remember you can always follow the little one on his twitter page, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/pocketgaudreau&quot;&gt;@pocketgaudreau&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  339. &lt;div&gt;
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  341. &lt;div&gt;
  342. out for now !!&lt;/div&gt;
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  344. :)&lt;/div&gt;
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  347. &lt;div&gt;
  348. wi&lt;/div&gt;
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  350. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/1679599675386837727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=1679599675386837727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/1679599675386837727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/1679599675386837727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/07/pg-went-to-sf-and-other-trivialities.html' title='PG went to SF (and other trivialities like dev&#39;t camp)'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLVFtE0b83vY_g2rMokMS1TmPqNJhf6PApbkVcnDh8NWG93gO6GQu6TEUDU0izbgnJjU5Ii5Jb0ghAAN_dJjmTXi66uMoMiINL2fdhJYra9i8Hnef0cfVDdngsqh2_mSUj5Z5xyurJp4/s72-c/-2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-4626017345749074943</id><published>2012-05-22T22:06:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-05-22T22:06:03.430-06:00</updated><title type='text'>all points bulletin: SHEP !!!!</title><content type='html'>i realized today that longtime swedish commenter (and friend), shep, has been absent for far, far too long. &amp;nbsp;shep, if you&#39;re reading this: let us know you&#39;re alive [and that you&#39;re way too busy to comment cause you&#39;re actively trying to set me up with henrik loob or something].&lt;br /&gt;
  351. &lt;br /&gt;
  352. we miss you.&lt;br /&gt;
  353. &lt;br /&gt;
  354. x</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/4626017345749074943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=4626017345749074943' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4626017345749074943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4626017345749074943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/05/all-points-bulletin-shep.html' title='all points bulletin: SHEP !!!!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-5553299620587679782</id><published>2012-05-16T09:04:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2012-05-16T09:09:42.230-06:00</updated><title type='text'>pocket gaudreau goes to vegas !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
  355. i&#39;m starting to think i should re-name this blog to &quot;pocket gaudreau events and the occasional arena report&quot; cause, let&#39;s face it: that&#39;s all that goes on over here these days.&lt;br /&gt;
  356. &lt;br /&gt;
  357. so after PGv2&#39;s successful journey abroad to íslenska &amp;amp; the motherland, our good friend justin azevedo took him on a boys&#39; weekend to vegas !!&lt;br /&gt;
  358. &lt;br /&gt;
  359. a couple of the photos are unusable cause jazzyV broke the only rule of PG: the flipside is not for photographing, it&#39;s for grinning at.&amp;nbsp; that rule voids the pic of him in front of the little church of the west wedding chapel, and in front of a really awesome poster advertising &quot;hot babes direct to you.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
  360. &lt;br /&gt;
  361. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  362. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPJIGvDRODltQGHvqjGXzFGmjx7Tg5JDJeYaW2kVGYW4nxi34lbgt_LTaITNeT9jal-tW2qnnLiWlfSEY6jWhFJlvEJjy2MbESc2uM3Rl7-PX2IV5NNpT5JT8i7Dw_tK6utk8Gyu_oos/s1600/AsO6DniCMAAlh7m.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPJIGvDRODltQGHvqjGXzFGmjx7Tg5JDJeYaW2kVGYW4nxi34lbgt_LTaITNeT9jal-tW2qnnLiWlfSEY6jWhFJlvEJjy2MbESc2uM3Rl7-PX2IV5NNpT5JT8i7Dw_tK6utk8Gyu_oos/s320/AsO6DniCMAAlh7m.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  363. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG lands at mccarran international airport and manages to avoid the 1200 slot machines.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  364. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  365. &lt;br /&gt;
  366. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  367. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1InezMrrQ5Jl_3Un2P0munOxTeUneB3arNYYeZ2F2niScWubvoj0RE3Gjc-BbLITEVFVkPvnJtPSI6Cw198HVdbn_RqknYPC85ucu3ZfqqZjmuhIqfJAPuzz97YGjMQoJBPHEkcAYRC0/s1600/-1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1InezMrrQ5Jl_3Un2P0munOxTeUneB3arNYYeZ2F2niScWubvoj0RE3Gjc-BbLITEVFVkPvnJtPSI6Cw198HVdbn_RqknYPC85ucu3ZfqqZjmuhIqfJAPuzz97YGjMQoJBPHEkcAYRC0/s320/-1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  368. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG enjoying his first sonic burger. his review? &#39;burp&#39;.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  369. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  370. &lt;br /&gt;
  371. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  372. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEngbOUPANSjXhMQG15o3tTcNMryOcTIvQeY9UcIFqANLN1pioFN-zzFiafXmLJjyh3APGt3UGAdx9nSYaBXoHypKeETg-x0NWa0dFyf9UP6w3Dv7zzTzPPBnbh2_TiqOSSzEIFgyjRM/s1600/-2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEngbOUPANSjXhMQG15o3tTcNMryOcTIvQeY9UcIFqANLN1pioFN-zzFiafXmLJjyh3APGt3UGAdx9nSYaBXoHypKeETg-x0NWa0dFyf9UP6w3Dv7zzTzPPBnbh2_TiqOSSzEIFgyjRM/s320/-2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  373. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;PG stayed at the planet hollywood hotel, where every room has a theme... thankfully, his was the peaceful slumber-inducing &#39;scream-mask-right-beside-the-bed&#39; theme.... meh. you&#39;re not supposed to sleep in vegas anyways....&lt;br /&gt;
  374. &lt;div&gt;
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  376. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  377. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  378. &lt;br /&gt;
  379. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  380. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnnpB67ygh6KT3UV0HiyCr21SDZibaC00yQ5pl8aPPN4_oElmifYI9DCDlgfi2A_inrODKiA_XVSHTgaoPfn5_3yU6nNp7ZOJviR7MwrGYcktYwnbbbSoaVzlBJys9oMWQbB8pVXr_Lw/s1600/-3.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnnpB67ygh6KT3UV0HiyCr21SDZibaC00yQ5pl8aPPN4_oElmifYI9DCDlgfi2A_inrODKiA_XVSHTgaoPfn5_3yU6nNp7ZOJviR7MwrGYcktYwnbbbSoaVzlBJys9oMWQbB8pVXr_Lw/s320/-3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  381. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&quot;that&#39;s terry benedict&#39;s casino!&quot; ...PG had no idea what that meant.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  382. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  383. &lt;br /&gt;
  384. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; width: 331px;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  385. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkaVsG70dH1NiB58HYOdwdCMUNG-2jZ2eMuhIqU0x0OEN5SNwnrOGm7XYROW-KfsZTEw2gvzFwsaQOAVuPKj3vxKyFwsg0SdIHxJqrpXOzO2jOZY18noo9g2_260YISgDVjX5C7Zt210/s1600/-4.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikkaVsG70dH1NiB58HYOdwdCMUNG-2jZ2eMuhIqU0x0OEN5SNwnrOGm7XYROW-KfsZTEw2gvzFwsaQOAVuPKj3vxKyFwsg0SdIHxJqrpXOzO2jOZY18noo9g2_260YISgDVjX5C7Zt210/s320/-4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  386. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;the boys out on the town.&lt;br /&gt;
  387. &lt;br /&gt;
  388. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  389. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  390. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  391. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  392. and onwards !!!&amp;nbsp; PG should be returned home tonight and i&#39;ll chuck&#39;im in the mail later this week.&amp;nbsp; i&#39;m thinkin&#39; he&#39;d like san francisco. or florida. or nova scotia. or beantown.... ;)&amp;nbsp; lemme know if you want him (via email: walkinvisible@gmail.com).&amp;nbsp; i&#39;ve got a pretty good idea where he&#39;s headed but any last minute pleading can sway a girl.&lt;br /&gt;
  393. &lt;br /&gt;
  394. you can follow pocketgaudreau&#39;s day-to-day activities on twitter @pocketgaudreau &lt;br /&gt;
  395. ;)&lt;br /&gt;
  396. &lt;br /&gt;
  397. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/5553299620587679782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=5553299620587679782' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5553299620587679782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5553299620587679782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/05/pocket-gaudreau-goes-to-vegas.html' title='pocket gaudreau goes to vegas !!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPJIGvDRODltQGHvqjGXzFGmjx7Tg5JDJeYaW2kVGYW4nxi34lbgt_LTaITNeT9jal-tW2qnnLiWlfSEY6jWhFJlvEJjy2MbESc2uM3Rl7-PX2IV5NNpT5JT8i7Dw_tK6utk8Gyu_oos/s72-c/AsO6DniCMAAlh7m.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-3747491723145959477</id><published>2012-04-30T07:59:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2012-04-30T07:59:47.017-06:00</updated><title type='text'>the resurrection of pocket gaudreau !!</title><content type='html'>well, it&#39;s been two months since i posted anything over here ---a total embarrassment--- and even longer since pocket gaudreau&#39;s been on the road. &amp;nbsp;the USPS (okay, i guess it could have been canada post) lost the poor little guy enroute from puerto rico to vancouver back in february, and it was a bit of an undertaking to get version 2.0 produced. &lt;br /&gt;
  398. &lt;br /&gt;
  399. photos, i&#39;m told, from his trip to puerto rico are still forthcoming...&lt;br /&gt;
  400. &lt;br /&gt;
  401. in the meantime, i resurrected the wee lad on easter weekend (i thought it was fitting !) and took him with me on a journey across the pond. &amp;nbsp;we saw geothermic activity and waterfalls in iceland, and some of the sights in scotland and england. &amp;nbsp;oh, what a time !!!&lt;br /&gt;
  402. ;)&lt;br /&gt;
  403. &lt;br /&gt;
  404. so while the real john gaudreau was hanging with patty kane somewhere in the continental US, the mini pocket version was on a trans-atlantic flight headed home to calgary. &amp;nbsp;here&#39;s some of the highlights from his first trip:&lt;br /&gt;
  405. &lt;br /&gt;
  406. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  407. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;BRIGHTON, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  409. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXN-OSAAliksqUi5MvwzFfn_nFZiI_ncjDCRevlQ5VUD1k3MJv1i8lIiazRKeHNoSy2ou7ZIoUdOW60VpL9tzAdkUhsnEpgl00n1bIHz-NqIU41NsJtzOizbYu-W1ALYqsOqAlpBlvvQk/s1600/brighton.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXN-OSAAliksqUi5MvwzFfn_nFZiI_ncjDCRevlQ5VUD1k3MJv1i8lIiazRKeHNoSy2ou7ZIoUdOW60VpL9tzAdkUhsnEpgl00n1bIHz-NqIU41NsJtzOizbYu-W1ALYqsOqAlpBlvvQk/s320/brighton.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  411. PG had some time to kill on brighton beach. &amp;nbsp;this is the decaying historical&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Pier&quot;&gt;west pier&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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  415. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EN-V0B7GSmD739SZezZYjZR19_z2YZfGv4VpErVJs-AW3mZ5iO9v5qVQSqtHhzE8bktTFZ2ElMo4AhHy33-1NCHC5SPA1pfnZtzGzdX50ugVNLcqDNrnITbevAp-YHR3wKwaMnl5MVM/s1600/DSCN0035.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EN-V0B7GSmD739SZezZYjZR19_z2YZfGv4VpErVJs-AW3mZ5iO9v5qVQSqtHhzE8bktTFZ2ElMo4AhHy33-1NCHC5SPA1pfnZtzGzdX50ugVNLcqDNrnITbevAp-YHR3wKwaMnl5MVM/s320/DSCN0035.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  417. ...and the beach from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Pier&quot;&gt;marine palace &amp;amp; pier&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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  422. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;ICELAND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  424. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQBNJsJvLAe7JB8f2byOUpyKirkIXAVUjgQhsY58r4lDqBoiro2pSINLPygfsRRlfTSnUQyFW_UIRwsIFaGQRqh_zn5npwXPD16lb3-okMEQvHviZxk-vVbPmIIxMJPWlSBN1hugo048/s1600/bluelagoon3.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQBNJsJvLAe7JB8f2byOUpyKirkIXAVUjgQhsY58r4lDqBoiro2pSINLPygfsRRlfTSnUQyFW_UIRwsIFaGQRqh_zn5npwXPD16lb3-okMEQvHviZxk-vVbPmIIxMJPWlSBN1hugo048/s320/bluelagoon3.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  426. no trip to iceland would be complete without a stop at the&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lagoon_%28geothermal_spa%29&quot;&gt; blue lagoon.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  439. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SPP0BCZSyC0Kx5LC42qTdAFZLOGzexL6mreDVeNRGDZYJHKP6hwDthOs5Xfb_2g9D4ajHxjum9n-Qz4wSukzqsi1YimHgCMD-se-BaXPULu6BFhvT3Jt7l07-gJjD2kHQ1v4u7UC5vM/s1600/bluelagoon2.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;234&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SPP0BCZSyC0Kx5LC42qTdAFZLOGzexL6mreDVeNRGDZYJHKP6hwDthOs5Xfb_2g9D4ajHxjum9n-Qz4wSukzqsi1YimHgCMD-se-BaXPULu6BFhvT3Jt7l07-gJjD2kHQ1v4u7UC5vM/s320/bluelagoon2.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  441. &amp;nbsp;...as well as a ton of geothermic activity, hour-long sunsets...&lt;/div&gt;
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  444. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-mI09nRe3ZtGU6KlUUnarWzC-Ps3Eos9uBcGmdj6rw4CQ1MrLLr3UtFGa6MvUgPUhWJ_2VBJ8kXxhEl6-Ea591mnlHJrqub_Iqp2WLCJPt5vMnTlIq7HbwMB5StOhkWAhqH4Vbv_1lo/s1600/gulfoss.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-mI09nRe3ZtGU6KlUUnarWzC-Ps3Eos9uBcGmdj6rw4CQ1MrLLr3UtFGa6MvUgPUhWJ_2VBJ8kXxhEl6-Ea591mnlHJrqub_Iqp2WLCJPt5vMnTlIq7HbwMB5StOhkWAhqH4Vbv_1lo/s320/gulfoss.JPG&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  446. ...and some unbelievable waterfalls. &amp;nbsp;this is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullfoss&quot;&gt;gullfoss&lt;/a&gt; ---in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Ridge&quot;&gt;rift&lt;/a&gt; where the eurasian plate meets the north american plate. &amp;nbsp;pretty unreal stuff...&lt;/div&gt;
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  450. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  452. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcECr0hBD6sspDf03g78C95V7HTVNGD5z4Uh-MxWQH9sPBeX8b2q0E8hZM6H7oBN3vCKiFPmhisbuButHAT5Zl56Y_anttWyIXv-zF2HS4YEUdtRXn7GKKBQRM7GJobzMOjSYL4Y4o0TY/s1600/edi+castle.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcECr0hBD6sspDf03g78C95V7HTVNGD5z4Uh-MxWQH9sPBeX8b2q0E8hZM6H7oBN3vCKiFPmhisbuButHAT5Zl56Y_anttWyIXv-zF2HS4YEUdtRXn7GKKBQRM7GJobzMOjSYL4Y4o0TY/s320/edi+castle.JPG&quot; width=&quot;234&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  454. &amp;nbsp;after getting his geological mind blown in iceland, PG popped in to check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle&quot;&gt;edinburgh castle.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  458. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;LONDON, ENGLAND&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  462. the classic london red phonebox is cool, but even cooler is the pub in behind it (the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thecanonbury.com/&quot;&gt;canonbury&lt;/a&gt;) where i watched england win the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Rugby_World_Cup&quot;&gt;rugby world cup in 2003&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(god bless &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jonnywilkinson.com/&quot;&gt;jonny wilkinson&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;
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  467. and here&#39;s PG at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge&quot;&gt;tower bridge&lt;/a&gt;, to cap off his first european adventure.&lt;/div&gt;
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  470. it sounds like PG might head to vegas on a boys weekend next ---let me know if/when you want him and email me your mailing address &amp;amp; we can really get this party started !!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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  472. :)&lt;br /&gt;
  473. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/3747491723145959477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=3747491723145959477' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/3747491723145959477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/3747491723145959477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/04/resurrection-of-pocket-gaudreau.html' title='the resurrection of pocket gaudreau !!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXN-OSAAliksqUi5MvwzFfn_nFZiI_ncjDCRevlQ5VUD1k3MJv1i8lIiazRKeHNoSy2ou7ZIoUdOW60VpL9tzAdkUhsnEpgl00n1bIHz-NqIU41NsJtzOizbYu-W1ALYqsOqAlpBlvvQk/s72-c/brighton.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-8588012000685739877</id><published>2012-02-20T13:51:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-20T19:01:42.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>arena report: staples center</title><content type='html'>i&#39;ve been realllllllly slacking with the arena reports.  i feel like a bad student who&#39;s overdue with a number of essays (MSG was in NOVEMBER for cryin&#39; out loud !!!) so here&#39;s the first of three and with any luck i&#39;ll get all of them done sometime this week.&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the staples center in los angeles is housed in an urban-planned, comprehensive entertainment complex called &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Live&quot;&gt;LA LIVE&lt;/a&gt;, which also includes the nokia theatre, the grammy museum, an absurdly clean open plaza and walking mall, apartments, movie theatres, hotels &amp;amp; restaurants etc.  it&#39;s *conveniently* located in a barren nighttime wasteland of officetowers in the city&#39;s downtown, largely deserted after dark, and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;miles&lt;/span&gt; from the hustle of hollywood blvd, the sunset strip, and the beaches.  but it does boast a pretty sick statue of the Great One (who seems, in this photo, to be glowing from the junk).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98c89zZeKMCcJgwVnK9KSAcSaW5h-lkCfY00-3YdW3T7r4MKwiBuNuNs78SMv-Nm7LtImVsxmFtg1U9LlMbaYdzhyphenhyphenGMwl7amhB5ZLH_MlG9xMPevLkpCTsTdiy-v9KZL6-sCfyhKWczU/s1600/photo.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98c89zZeKMCcJgwVnK9KSAcSaW5h-lkCfY00-3YdW3T7r4MKwiBuNuNs78SMv-Nm7LtImVsxmFtg1U9LlMbaYdzhyphenhyphenGMwl7amhB5ZLH_MlG9xMPevLkpCTsTdiy-v9KZL6-sCfyhKWczU/s320/photo.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711327100821636690&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i brought the original GIO jersey out of retirement for this trip, and wanted my LA-based superfun girl friend carly to taunt the kisscam types with me, so we set off to find her a kings jersey.  i like the current black LA home &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=LA+kings+jersey&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=4OH&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;biw=853&amp;amp;bih=433&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;tbnid=m0_7v-ph7ChnuM:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.hockey-jerseys.ca/nhl/los-angeles/kings-jersey-third.php&amp;amp;docid=S9NuXG5wrVXnqM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://www.hockey-jerseys.ca/images/los-angeles-kings-third-jersey-rbk.jpg&amp;amp;w=500&amp;amp;h=500&amp;amp;ei=p71CT-HwBYfn0QGxq_yLAg&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=147&amp;amp;vpy=85&amp;amp;dur=147&amp;amp;hovh=225&amp;amp;hovw=225&amp;amp;tx=102&amp;amp;ty=142&amp;amp;sig=100504664216707974276&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;tbnh=94&amp;amp;tbnw=94&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;ndsp=12&amp;amp;ved=0CEwQrQMwAQ&quot;&gt;model&lt;/a&gt;, the home &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=LA+kings+jersey&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=4OH&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;biw=853&amp;amp;bih=433&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;tbnid=977wjrBl-X9PKM:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/433609579-L-A-Kings-Jersey-11-Anze-Kopitar-Jersey-Third-Black-Hockey-Jerseys-Authentic-48-56-Drop-wholesalers.html&amp;amp;docid=kyMSmtgtcT8pqM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/433609579/L-A-Kings-Jersey-11-Anze-Kopitar-Jersey-Third-Black-Hockey-Jerseys-Authentic-48-56-Drop.jpg&amp;amp;w=552&amp;amp;h=409&amp;amp;ei=p71CT-HwBYfn0QGxq_yLAg&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=558&amp;amp;vpy=117&amp;amp;dur=1610&amp;amp;hovh=193&amp;amp;hovw=261&amp;amp;tx=139&amp;amp;ty=107&amp;amp;sig=100504664216707974276&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;tbnh=94&amp;amp;tbnw=127&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;ndsp=12&amp;amp;ved=0CFwQrQMwBQ&quot;&gt;alts&lt;/a&gt;, and i&#39;m a huge fan of their &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=LA+kings+jersey&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=4OH&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;biw=853&amp;amp;bih=433&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;tbnid=Q5AQmGNgh5e2_M:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://wholesale-nhl.com/pacific-los-angeles-kings-jersey-c-13_18.html&amp;amp;docid=SimlGh6z4qgSKM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://wholesale-nhl.com/images/NHL_instock/Los_Angeles_Kings_8_Doughty_purple.jpg&amp;amp;w=374&amp;amp;h=255&amp;amp;ei=p71CT-HwBYfn0QGxq_yLAg&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=388&amp;amp;vpy=115&amp;amp;dur=1469&amp;amp;hovh=122&amp;amp;hovw=170&amp;amp;tx=91&amp;amp;ty=116&amp;amp;sig=100504664216707974276&amp;amp;page=2&amp;amp;tbnh=122&amp;amp;tbnw=170&amp;amp;start=12&amp;amp;ndsp=13&amp;amp;ved=0CK0BEK0DMBc&quot;&gt;purple and gold thirds&lt;/a&gt;, but the only ladies&#39; cut they stock in the staples center shop is the white &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=LA+kings+away+jersey&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;client=firefox-a&amp;amp;hs=XRH&amp;amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;amp;biw=853&amp;amp;bih=433&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;tbnid=tsfBbwL8xvmyrM:&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://teamlastore.com/content/la-kings-2011-2012-replica-away-jersey-brown&amp;amp;docid=MXqEOPFQULgVqM&amp;amp;imgurl=http://teamlastore.com/sites/default/files/2011-2012_7185a_kings_away_replica_jersey_brown_-_front.jpg&amp;amp;w=500&amp;amp;h=667&amp;amp;ei=QL5CT7_UJaP10gHTwYy8Bw&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=318&amp;amp;vpy=51&amp;amp;dur=45&amp;amp;hovh=259&amp;amp;hovw=194&amp;amp;tx=103&amp;amp;ty=170&amp;amp;sig=100504664216707974276&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;tbnh=118&amp;amp;tbnw=88&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;ndsp=11&amp;amp;ved=0CEgQrQMwAg&quot;&gt;away jersey&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;all&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of them are lettered DOUGHTY !!). i found an employee and inquired if, indeed, the only option in a ladies cut was the road version with &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8474563#&amp;amp;navid=nhl-keymatch&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;greasy muthafucka&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&quot; on the back.  she laughed and said yes, &quot;unfortunately,&quot; and went on to proclaim her love for captain dustin brown...  we finally found a kings logo-emblazoned shirt that was purple, kinda cute, and reasonably priced, and when we set about ripping off the tags after purchasing it, i realized alyssa milano is still involved in designing stuff for hockey-loving females.  hmph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our seats were pretty good --13th row off the ice about halfway between the blueline and the goal.  there were a few other flames fans in the joint but nobody &quot;oi oi oi&quot;d my &quot;iggy iggy iggy&quot; so they didn&#39;t appear to be imports like me.  i WAS on the receiving end for a number of highfives in acknowledgment of the flaming C i was sporting.... :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it turns out that in LA the ice girls hang in the concourse between periods, but they were truly no help at all in my efforts to track down bailey (king of the jungle) for a photo... it took me most of the game to track the big cat down but i eventually squared that away in the middle of the third. as for the arena snack, i was directed by a number of people towards &quot;CPK.&quot;  even though i was trying to steer away from pizza (the arena snack of choice in detroit), california pizza kitchen is actually quite awesomely good, largely based on the option of chicken as a topping, and the liberal appearance of cilanto.  nice touch, CPK... well played.  i washed the deliciousness down with a pint of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_%28beer%29&quot;&gt;blue moon&lt;/a&gt; on tap, which only served to remind me how shitty the pour is back home at the &#39;dome.... :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5oRjUMw0ZhTYa-GO6AMfNLICp8QM1gmE3qeyNTEpv4P_rB9NZ0lABVgxlXAG5hjbhwNZbO_qJkgl8FPuF_kec8kUPvsM10YbDncSQCbww9yv-pPM6j4C3ktL0ebO9PFt_u-wHAG9qsc/s1600/photo.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5oRjUMw0ZhTYa-GO6AMfNLICp8QM1gmE3qeyNTEpv4P_rB9NZ0lABVgxlXAG5hjbhwNZbO_qJkgl8FPuF_kec8kUPvsM10YbDncSQCbww9yv-pPM6j4C3ktL0ebO9PFt_u-wHAG9qsc/s320/photo.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711350264747943842&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(this pic would&#39;ve been better if i didn&#39;t lose 2xcameras last year)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;other staples center notables:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- the crowd were pretty decent at chanting &quot;go kings go&quot; and at inserting &quot;FLAMES SUCK&quot; during the clapping parts of the organ-played &quot;addams family,&quot; but since nashville&#39;s got the market cornered on chanting, it was largely tame.  nobody seemed to cheer along with me as i yelled &quot;GO PANCAKES !!!&quot; when penner did much of anything, though more than a couple people snickered... ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- the evening began with a pretty serious laser light show that reminded me of zepplin nights at the planetarium when i was in high school.  except that i knew there was a hockey game at its culmination, so it wasn&#39;t just lasers then curfew...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zS0wmViBohK1aSyP8y4hwG_p4Z-MkOflgqHPyv6puQn7kjVA2INCyPapYJafq8cz00Xhma6p1bAjdNJdfhlUF6AEhVD7n_X2fLHRpUMFRsDU8lkSEyaS7H3BoU9iJr12bl8LJw04vrQ/s1600/photo.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zS0wmViBohK1aSyP8y4hwG_p4Z-MkOflgqHPyv6puQn7kjVA2INCyPapYJafq8cz00Xhma6p1bAjdNJdfhlUF6AEhVD7n_X2fLHRpUMFRsDU8lkSEyaS7H3BoU9iJr12bl8LJw04vrQ/s320/photo.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711353744450678002&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;- the jumbotron in LA is outrageously amazing.  it has the four (presumably LED) main screens around the side with the four &quot;scoreboard&quot; screens in between, and then it has four MORE screens at an angle underneath. you can see in the attached photo.  too bad i caught the introduction for rob scuderi and not someone... y&#39;know.... good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- speaking of introductions ---like they do in jersey, as they announced the flames starting roster, the crowd yells &quot;sucks&quot; following each player.  for example &quot;number 12 jarome iginla&quot; &quot;...SUCKS.&quot;  gotta hand it to those americans.  really highbrow stuff, right there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i guess that&#39;s it.  flames beat the kings 2-1 in shootout, bringing my flames on-the-road points total to 10 out of a possible 16, if i remember correctly (wins in DET, NASH, STL, &amp;amp; LA, shootout losses in MIN &amp;amp; NJ, and losses in BUF, EDM).  the flames should seriously consider taking me on the road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/8588012000685739877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=8588012000685739877' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/8588012000685739877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/8588012000685739877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/02/arena-report-staples-center.html' title='arena report: staples center'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98c89zZeKMCcJgwVnK9KSAcSaW5h-lkCfY00-3YdW3T7r4MKwiBuNuNs78SMv-Nm7LtImVsxmFtg1U9LlMbaYdzhyphenhyphenGMwl7amhB5ZLH_MlG9xMPevLkpCTsTdiy-v9KZL6-sCfyhKWczU/s72-c/photo.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-534414702925944691</id><published>2012-02-18T10:27:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-18T10:39:23.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>something&#39;s rotten in the state of dionmark....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQS-MIJgDkRLzyEfzHB8GPccNZnLkX2JdE_62nuuNGWkaNd3cpnDf0N0Uhvy50qAP1LVZoXAz-A-ElsDwqU81X-LJF24BPt4VDk-qZwOE5Naf6jITpow8FQHOheFZZaTSIOn3pve0t9o/s1600/Picture+4.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQS-MIJgDkRLzyEfzHB8GPccNZnLkX2JdE_62nuuNGWkaNd3cpnDf0N0Uhvy50qAP1LVZoXAz-A-ElsDwqU81X-LJF24BPt4VDk-qZwOE5Naf6jITpow8FQHOheFZZaTSIOn3pve0t9o/s320/Picture+4.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710528834560532338&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/puck-previews-wings-look-extend-streak-time-warner-235123049.html&quot;&gt;puck daddy&lt;/a&gt; posted this yesterday confirming the slow death of dion&#39;s smile.  i would like to use it to demonstrate the un-receding of his hairline....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;interesting.&lt;br /&gt;:)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/534414702925944691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=534414702925944691' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/534414702925944691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/534414702925944691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/02/somethings-rotten-in-state-of-dionmark.html' title='something&#39;s rotten in the state of dionmark....'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQS-MIJgDkRLzyEfzHB8GPccNZnLkX2JdE_62nuuNGWkaNd3cpnDf0N0Uhvy50qAP1LVZoXAz-A-ElsDwqU81X-LJF24BPt4VDk-qZwOE5Naf6jITpow8FQHOheFZZaTSIOn3pve0t9o/s72-c/Picture+4.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-1613177462273716666</id><published>2012-02-16T11:23:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-16T12:00:44.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'>(pocket) gaudreau update: BEANPOT MVP !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWV6cM_f6DXMDg0nMqTIo62fmPZ7njMCL_XmWary9-lmBvLy4_rNN_yqMsvkwx5wKNw7QbYqyotwcIpm_jXXyS9pa_e0KvX6wAU691B_K0pxxADgEBlQAzj68PP3241gUlmKTSrYTJwE/s1600/-1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWV6cM_f6DXMDg0nMqTIo62fmPZ7njMCL_XmWary9-lmBvLy4_rNN_yqMsvkwx5wKNw7QbYqyotwcIpm_jXXyS9pa_e0KvX6wAU691B_K0pxxADgEBlQAzj68PP3241gUlmKTSrYTJwE/s320/-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709806225340162258&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;johnny gaudreau getting the beanpot MVP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;(how AWESOME is this guy !??!?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;i have absolutely no excuse for the amount i (don&#39;t) post ---i&#39;ve got three arena reports in the hopper and one of these days i&#39;ll get around to writing them.  i&#39;ve also got opinions on the upcoming &quot;forever a flame&quot; honorees and how ken king has forced me to put airquotes around the word &quot;retire&quot; when talking about sending former flames&#39; jersey numbers to the rafters...  and there&#39;s always the further adventures of the &quot;mcrimmon&quot; poster at flamescentral (which, btw, was removed two days after my letter to ken king).  i&#39;ll get around to those. i&#39;ll try to put up a little each day for the next while.  i can&#39;t not !! it&#39;s not like i&#39;m employed... ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THANKFULLY, there&#39;s some upcoming news on the pocket gaudreau project, and today i got a proverbial kick-in-the-pants to write something AWESOME about flames prospect johnny gaudreau from his family...  where to start ?!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/pocket-gaudreau-project.html&quot;&gt;pocket gaudreau&lt;/a&gt; is officially on the move.  after his brief initial winter sojurn in calgary around xmastime, he headed off to puerto rico to visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/mg_arik&quot;&gt;arik&lt;/a&gt;.  it was a busy time for our favorite coast guarder, as PG was momentarily ignored while arik spent time with his first born daughter and newest/smallest flames fan, claire mika marie.  no photos from PG&#39;s time with arik have emerged as of yet, but you can keep an eye out here and also on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/pocketgaudreau&quot;&gt;PG&#39;s very own twitter site&lt;/a&gt;.  i&#39;ve heard PG has been sealed in an envelope and addressed onward, so check your mailboxes !!! he might be enroute to you !!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in other news, the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;REAL&lt;/span&gt; johnny gaudreau had quite the week as well, as he brought home the MVP title at boston&#39;s annual &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beanpothockey.com/indexmen.html&quot;&gt;beanpot tournament&lt;/a&gt;.   bahstahner, ryan lambert, posted some interesting commentary on the subject over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://flamesnation.ca/2012/2/15/five-things-mixed-bag&quot;&gt;flamesnation&lt;/a&gt;, and the org posted some nice stuff over on their &lt;a href=&quot;http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=616949&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; as well.  massive congratulations to johnny and the entire gaudreau family on the win, and on being bestowed such an honour...&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; [with a &quot;U&quot; cause we&#39;re canadian]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKRJEphBhnvvAXG8m5iNp4AvhfEwXGe27QXiAAEDlBMnWJlfidyKFCFDTkJ9RIqWB2UhzqWliG-vK5EGWTLZBBoczaBmLkAfcJp0k-HjvrqjlIskj2Z70QOWoUYXmO5Ko8MibiyRn5A0/s1600/-2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 192px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKRJEphBhnvvAXG8m5iNp4AvhfEwXGe27QXiAAEDlBMnWJlfidyKFCFDTkJ9RIqWB2UhzqWliG-vK5EGWTLZBBoczaBmLkAfcJp0k-HjvrqjlIskj2Z70QOWoUYXmO5Ko8MibiyRn5A0/s320/-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709809309207861970&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;(thanks to the original PG for the photos !!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;as the nhl trade deadline approaches, folks like us can only cross our fingers and hope eternally that feaster/king don&#39;t ship off what few solid prospects we have in the formerly &quot;bare cupboards&quot; for splashy vetrerans with ill-advised contracts  (gaudreau would certainly be named a keeper in this sort of talk, along with sven baertschi and max reinhart).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/1613177462273716666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=1613177462273716666' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/1613177462273716666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/1613177462273716666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/02/pocket-gaudreau-update-beanpot-mvp.html' title='(pocket) gaudreau update: BEANPOT MVP !!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWV6cM_f6DXMDg0nMqTIo62fmPZ7njMCL_XmWary9-lmBvLy4_rNN_yqMsvkwx5wKNw7QbYqyotwcIpm_jXXyS9pa_e0KvX6wAU691B_K0pxxADgEBlQAzj68PP3241gUlmKTSrYTJwE/s72-c/-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-6094786009557350816</id><published>2012-01-31T13:10:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T13:23:48.012-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the flames honour mcCrimmon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIYPCN-jKaMcwDOMJ04CorYyxJWpqst6co-2RrSidDPH0gKyXNY-YdZ6XWfOfsFI56hm1xubbVqmfhoymTPAhSpL5g5ELOjU1QFPnfSd41rnDCECuXTLq4Vgq_XdbKdrXW85Ipz9UvGM/s1600/IMG-20120131-00327.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIYPCN-jKaMcwDOMJ04CorYyxJWpqst6co-2RrSidDPH0gKyXNY-YdZ6XWfOfsFI56hm1xubbVqmfhoymTPAhSpL5g5ELOjU1QFPnfSd41rnDCECuXTLq4Vgq_XdbKdrXW85Ipz9UvGM/s320/IMG-20120131-00327.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703892703227344210&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the flames will honour former team captain and &#39;89 cup winner, brad mccrimmon tonight before the game vs. the wings at the saddledome.  i think it&#39;s a kind and decent gesture by the club, but it got my blood boiling when i realized that, while they are fast to put on a big extravagant show, they still have not corrected the spelling of mcCrimmon&#39;s name in the upstairs gallery at flamescentral; an establishment that the organization itself co-owns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hence, a letter i sent this afternoon to team prez, ken king, as well as VP of communications, peter hanlon, and (to stir shit up) the grandpuckdaddy himself, greg wyshinski.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Dear Mr. King:&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I find it inexcusable and embarassing that the Calgary Flames organization is honouring Brad McCrimmon with a ceremony before tonight&#39;s game, while the photograph that bears his image has been hanging in the upstairs gallery at FlamesCentral (a bar that is co-owned by the club) for nearly FIVE YEARS with his name mis-spelled.  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I brought this error to the attention of the Flames&#39; Media Director, Peter Hanlon, in person at the Flames&#39; &lt;a href=&quot;http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2010/01/ken-king-darryl-sutter-q-postgame.html&quot;&gt;Fan Forum in 2010&lt;/a&gt;, and my colleague, mentioned it in an email sent  to yourself and Victor Choy (Co-Founder &amp;amp; Co-President of the Flames&#39; business partner in FlamesCentral, The Concorde Group) in March of last year.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The attached photo was taken today, January 31, 2012.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it&#39;s shameful to endorse a public tribute to a man who was a pillar in the local community, a former team captain, and a Stanley Cup winner in Calgary ---who died in one of the game&#39;s worst tragedies--- when you can&#39;t be bothered to take the time or the effort to re-create a one-inch by six-inch name plate in a shrine that&#39;s been on display for nearly half a decade within an establishment that is owned by the team.  Surely if you&#39;re willing to spend the money on pre-game skate &quot;McCrimmon&quot; jerseys for an entire team, countless hours by countless people preparing jumbotron footage of his career highlights, and no doubt some kind of donation to charity and/or endowment to his family, you can see to it that this oversight FINALLY gets corrected.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thank you in advance for your efforts in putting this matter to rest,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;walkinvisible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maybe it&#39;ll get fixed once and for all. i used caps and everything...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;god bless brad mccrimmon.  rest in peace, brother.&lt;br /&gt;x</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/6094786009557350816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=6094786009557350816' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/6094786009557350816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/6094786009557350816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/01/flames-honour-mccrimmon.html' title='the flames honour mcCrimmon'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIYPCN-jKaMcwDOMJ04CorYyxJWpqst6co-2RrSidDPH0gKyXNY-YdZ6XWfOfsFI56hm1xubbVqmfhoymTPAhSpL5g5ELOjU1QFPnfSd41rnDCECuXTLq4Vgq_XdbKdrXW85Ipz9UvGM/s72-c/IMG-20120131-00327.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-2372684559593411817</id><published>2012-01-09T21:46:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T22:29:18.477-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pocket gaudreau takes a left turn !!</title><content type='html'>when i was visiting &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/#%21/MG_Arik&quot;&gt;arik&lt;/a&gt; in puerto rico a few months back, we came up with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/pocket-gaudreau-project.html&quot;&gt;pocket gaudreau project&lt;/a&gt; ----cause we decided that john gaudreau was indubitably THE most &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;awesome&lt;/span&gt;, and hands down the cutest, flames prospect on the roster.  so i went ahead and made a little laminated version of the kid, that was (in theory) gonna be sent around the world and photographed in all sorts of fun places.  i snapped him in a snow drift in my backyard before taking the wee one &lt;a href=&quot;http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/pocket-gaudreau-hits-dome.html&quot;&gt;to the dome&lt;/a&gt; to watch the flames beat the avs...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and then i set him free.&lt;br /&gt;;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i heard he made it to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguadilla,_Puerto_Rico&quot;&gt;aguadilla&lt;/a&gt; but arik never sent photos.  and then PG apparently went to england but i&#39;m still hangin&#39; out to see what he did there.   i have no idea where he got to after that or if he&#39;s stagnating somewhere under some books on someone&#39;s desk in the motherland.... it&#39;s kinda too bad cause i&#39;d love to chart his progress if anyone wants to let me know where he&#39;s at... i probably should&#39;ve written a return address on&#39;im....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but i digress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all of a sudden, a totally unimaginably different (but &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;FAR&lt;/span&gt; COOLER) thing happened: hitthepost  became the unofficial web host of AWESOME johnny gaudreau pics.... huge thankyous to the original PG for starting the wave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDI0H5A8_fprMGz1-oo9GAxGeq8OSreekuWAWn0NtFKQB5rKpbEyBlZI3uiihynZEU-sX8fKYFkpjfMin6wXgLPf3CwCTm4lf0QBGpSRGtsyu20oIJeMwxT5i8LzFgPPnATaZZTsgID88/s1600/-1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDI0H5A8_fprMGz1-oo9GAxGeq8OSreekuWAWn0NtFKQB5rKpbEyBlZI3uiihynZEU-sX8fKYFkpjfMin6wXgLPf3CwCTm4lf0QBGpSRGtsyu20oIJeMwxT5i8LzFgPPnATaZZTsgID88/s320/-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695864313840577874&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;pocket gaudreau hits Beebe Plain Vt . USA &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SO amazing.&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/2372684559593411817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=2372684559593411817' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/2372684559593411817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/2372684559593411817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2012/01/pocket-gaudreau-takes-left-turn.html' title='pocket gaudreau takes a left turn !!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDI0H5A8_fprMGz1-oo9GAxGeq8OSreekuWAWn0NtFKQB5rKpbEyBlZI3uiihynZEU-sX8fKYFkpjfMin6wXgLPf3CwCTm4lf0QBGpSRGtsyu20oIJeMwxT5i8LzFgPPnATaZZTsgID88/s72-c/-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-5025592653099962847</id><published>2011-12-18T14:18:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T19:34:37.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>#playIRV</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliIO_8EHLmgeRaz4uEkV_i90gNgUpNsi-SK7EA1zfVLWV8AOdlTUzLjNOiYj38H9aPuFdWRbuGw3YjqLbdXu-XDra0RmFe9SOjgBLlFFMaOkveaGsiXqYXWyQojC2pfv_k-nN0is3OUY/s1600/IMG-20111215-00241.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliIO_8EHLmgeRaz4uEkV_i90gNgUpNsi-SK7EA1zfVLWV8AOdlTUzLjNOiYj38H9aPuFdWRbuGw3YjqLbdXu-XDra0RmFe9SOjgBLlFFMaOkveaGsiXqYXWyQojC2pfv_k-nN0is3OUY/s320/IMG-20111215-00241.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688030679451660594&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;young leland on the bench in tampa (thx to kingjafi for the pic)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there&#39;s a lot of talk about whether or not leland irving should get some nhl starts, and i think the general consensus amongst sane people is that he should get all of the games that henrik karlsson was &quot;scheduled&quot; to play as the flames&#39; #1 backup &#39;tender.   no more, no less.  in that time, we&#39;ll hopefully get a glimpse of what we&#39;ve got as a netminding prospect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in a whimsical sortof analogy, i think young leland is like a geode, and we&#39;re on the verge of breaking it open.  from the outside, he&#39;s nothing really to talk about. y&#39;know, like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGOkiIbY08saCeyqkp584Lg2cX_5CAVFddXMkR-quSRlaQu-rqF-xTx9eMYBWDKh4P7dXHH-1o7INsYrB63eXtDTLiDCb951i4NV7E4_dnP5-inlmDu4zXSyWALLhUb9zubGVlJUFqAI/s1600/small%252Bgeode.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 103px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGOkiIbY08saCeyqkp584Lg2cX_5CAVFddXMkR-quSRlaQu-rqF-xTx9eMYBWDKh4P7dXHH-1o7INsYrB63eXtDTLiDCb951i4NV7E4_dnP5-inlmDu4zXSyWALLhUb9zubGVlJUFqAI/s320/small%252Bgeode.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688030482414367202&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;but we&#39;re on the verge of cracking him open and who knows what kind of gem we&#39;ve got ?!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6Gml5uRfi4CUUuKNL6AlvUGU0zf7xEtc2h1MhzMm9TZBN_aDC7RnwZYLAolkSZNK-y1FpWhyqhIDZ3gJx6_f0eJ-g7XDBNh4XgPDPl9nj_Yg4MgJif9LDtIOi3PE8VbbwpejTXZojUc/s1600/amethyst-geode1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 171px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6Gml5uRfi4CUUuKNL6AlvUGU0zf7xEtc2h1MhzMm9TZBN_aDC7RnwZYLAolkSZNK-y1FpWhyqhIDZ3gJx6_f0eJ-g7XDBNh4XgPDPl9nj_Yg4MgJif9LDtIOi3PE8VbbwpejTXZojUc/s320/amethyst-geode1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688030596762701442&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;unfortunately, i think hank will come back after only a handful of games for the kid (unfortunately ?  yeah, i said that...) and the small sample size of games will not sway the flames&#39; hockey ops folks either way.  i wasn&#39;t a fan of the two year karlsson signing as i thought it essentially told irving they weren&#39;t gonna give him a chance with the big club, and that they would likely skip over him in favour of joni ortio in the coming years (with the timeframe and length of the karlsson/kiprusoff deals).  i thought it was rather.... discourteous (?) to a goalie who&#39;d given the org his all since being drafted in 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;d love for leland to prove he&#39;s an nhl-level competitor, and then take his contract renegotiations as far as they can go this summer when he becomes an RFA. why ? because i can&#39;t stand the continual mismanagement of assets on this team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;#playIRV</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/5025592653099962847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=5025592653099962847' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5025592653099962847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/5025592653099962847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/playirv.html' title='#playIRV'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhliIO_8EHLmgeRaz4uEkV_i90gNgUpNsi-SK7EA1zfVLWV8AOdlTUzLjNOiYj38H9aPuFdWRbuGw3YjqLbdXu-XDra0RmFe9SOjgBLlFFMaOkveaGsiXqYXWyQojC2pfv_k-nN0is3OUY/s72-c/IMG-20111215-00241.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-4499193301382995544</id><published>2011-12-17T13:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T14:46:17.149-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arena Report: Rogers Arena</title><content type='html'>There are a lot of things to love about Rogers Arena: fabulous downtown location, easy access via public transit, heaps of great restaurants and bars just a hop skip and jump away, everything that happened there on June 15th,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7DeQbTzPE8&amp;amp;feature=relmfu&quot;&gt;the golden goal&lt;/a&gt;... But they are all pretty much outweighed by the fact that the Canucks call Rogers home ;)&lt;br /&gt;
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  478. Like I said, there are a plethora of choices for drinks and food an easy walk from the arena, ranging from Vancouver-snobby to loveable dives. But last game I pre-gamed at a friend&#39;s place in Yaletown rather than at a bar, mostly because the booze is free, and Flames vs. Canucks games tend to require a healthy dose of booze. But also because Yaletown condos have views like this:&lt;/div&gt;
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  480. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFQd6LhObwBfaYBTA02yqHvkOyacb1txukwOvBU8kZHxZShNzfHtkKSlI4byeDakxC_84uuGtkvfTLR_-cHq-m-MmT_G9orlIgLnqtRmf0z5huuL25Bo-v0thP2g4nkdiU5v_VsAKXiWS/s1600/IMG_0774.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFQd6LhObwBfaYBTA02yqHvkOyacb1txukwOvBU8kZHxZShNzfHtkKSlI4byeDakxC_84uuGtkvfTLR_-cHq-m-MmT_G9orlIgLnqtRmf0z5huuL25Bo-v0thP2g4nkdiU5v_VsAKXiWS/s320/IMG_0774.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  481. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Sunset over False Creek.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  484. Rogers has, I guess, become my home arena over the past few years, even though I loathe the Canucks to an unhealthy degree. Vancouver has a great pre-game vibe, with lots of energy in the downtown core, even for an early start game on a Sunday night in December. The walk across town is filled with people in jerseys streaming to the arena and piling into bars for beer and nachos, and it&#39;s a pretty friendly crowd, even for those of us in red. The Flames fans — and Calgary is usually well-represented — are always ridiculous happy to see each other, ducking across the concourse to share high-fives with strangers and shouting &quot;Go Flames!&quot; from the other side of the street while the Canucks fans remind us that our team has missed the playoffs two years running, and we ask them if they&#39;ve lit anything on fire lately ;) It&#39;s a great place to be an away fan, really. (Well, except that the Canucks own the Flames. But we can hardly control that.)&lt;/div&gt;
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  488. Rogers has a pretty generic arena feel, though recent tributes to things like the Olympics and the Canucks&#39; 40 years have helped. The in-game entertainment is decent, and there isn&#39;t a bad seat in the house. Which is good when you&#39;re paying $60+ to sit in the top row.&lt;/div&gt;
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  494. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Iginla to Crosby and in plays on a loop on the concourse.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  499. I was at the game with two ticket holders, and we had a healthy debate as to what might constitute signature food at Rogers Arena. My votes were for either White Spot burgers — &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whitespot.ca/history.htm&quot;&gt;White Spot&lt;/a&gt; is a Vancouver institution, after all — or rice bowls, because I&#39;m not sure those are available in a lot of NHL rinks. They thought beef dips, which seemed a bit generic to me. So we appealed to Guest Services, who promptly sent us to get &quot;the best sandwiches in the building&quot; at a concession stand on the exact opposite side of the concourse from us...which was closed. Very helpful. And by that time we had about reached the point where I had to either feed one of my friends or send him home to bed, so we scarfed down overpriced sausages and chased them with crappy — and even more overpriced — beer.&lt;/div&gt;
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  503. And that beer...yuck. Luckily, Wiser&#39;s Centre Ice Grill is a full bar, and one of my friends runs a tab. It&#39;s a great place to spend an intermission, and it&#39;s possible to get up there, have a couple of drinks, and get back to your seat before puck drop. To be honest, most of the third period is a blur. Too many mystery shots during second intermission? Wiser&#39;s is&amp;nbsp;also a convenient post-game meeting location when you&#39;ve got friends spread across the arena. The only downside? The bartender refused to pour me a glass of water and instead gave me this:&lt;/div&gt;
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  511. &amp;nbsp;I&#39;m not used to sitting up top in Rogers, but it does allow a great view of the fans streaming out of the game once the score gets lopsided, and there weren&#39;t many people in the stands by the time the game ended. Surprisingly it was the Canucks fans who were leaving, while most of the Flames faithful seemed to stick it out. Felt like the building was empty by the time the final buzzer sounded. In recent years it&#39;s become more common for Canucks fans to come late and leave early, unfortunately.&lt;/div&gt;
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  515. Post-game, we headed back to Yaletown, and ended up in...a couple of bars. And, in true Vancouver fashion, we ended the night at a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bluewatercafe.net/home.html&quot;&gt;raw bar&lt;/a&gt;. Because, well, why not?&lt;/div&gt;
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  520. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;FYI, raw oysters to end a night of heavy drinking? Actually pretty great.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  521. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/4499193301382995544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=4499193301382995544' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4499193301382995544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4499193301382995544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/arena-report-rogers-arena.html' title='Arena Report: Rogers Arena'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjFQd6LhObwBfaYBTA02yqHvkOyacb1txukwOvBU8kZHxZShNzfHtkKSlI4byeDakxC_84uuGtkvfTLR_-cHq-m-MmT_G9orlIgLnqtRmf0z5huuL25Bo-v0thP2g4nkdiU5v_VsAKXiWS/s72-c/IMG_0774.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-135700285059474390</id><published>2011-12-15T12:01:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T16:00:28.197-07:00</updated><title type='text'>nyc: the nhl store boycotts cool flames stuff</title><content type='html'>this is definitely overdue (as is my arena report on MSG, i realize now) but the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;beauty&lt;/span&gt; of hitthepost is that we only write when we feel like it....  so i&#39;m gonna try to hammer out a few entries over the holidays.  starting today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for the record: i totally understand the lack of calgary flames stuff at the NHL store on manhattan&#39;s avenue of the americas; it&#39;s not like merch sporting flaming Cs would be flying off the shelves in a market where half the shoppers probably couldn&#39;t find calgary on a map.   heck, one of the ushers at the flames v. devils tilt last year in jersey asked me if calgary was in the the same league (ie: &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;the NHL !!!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;), cause she&#39;d never heard of it....  so yeah.   you can definitely buy a jersey, and there are a few different options in tshirts, but what stunned me is that you can&#39;t buy a single &quot;cool&quot; item with a flames&#39; logo (aside from this reebok ---avs and oilers seen in the background-- which comes in all 30 team models).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNtLbeyOu0K0ACYTu5Iqckim8o4NbsYY92AUyp7yrS7warL0dQhqXGt8iJMcCxCyIG6VpG_rPBd4xLGsXbLdeHuIk-oq2nEgXigtMvrSxS0Si-7GyKCCJKLO1m-l2JGUn3XFFP-gMncQ/s1600/IMG_1853.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 265px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNtLbeyOu0K0ACYTu5Iqckim8o4NbsYY92AUyp7yrS7warL0dQhqXGt8iJMcCxCyIG6VpG_rPBd4xLGsXbLdeHuIk-oq2nEgXigtMvrSxS0Si-7GyKCCJKLO1m-l2JGUn3XFFP-gMncQ/s320/IMG_1853.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686490137424532866&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i asked an employee if there was any &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;good&lt;/span&gt;&quot; flames merch available (maybe in the back ?) and he brought me a mug, an ugly banner thingo, a jarome action figure, and a mini-stick.   just in case you thought you read that wrong, it was a shitty small mug, a banner, an iggy figurine, and a mini stick.  no toques, no glassware, none of the basics, and certainly none of the AWESOME stuff:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEy1krUR-3jo4pHJprrlzDOhc7CcjknjZegiysXz7k8Nwtebbz-2vwwU15ea9SV8NwHwZsAdlyQe4H8rsJiZfYHe8857xY1EaTeeSeF_JHC_FZp64-WuVp7UZr_5UDQFPU0YgiXRP5NE/s1600/IMG_1919.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 244px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEy1krUR-3jo4pHJprrlzDOhc7CcjknjZegiysXz7k8Nwtebbz-2vwwU15ea9SV8NwHwZsAdlyQe4H8rsJiZfYHe8857xY1EaTeeSeF_JHC_FZp64-WuVp7UZr_5UDQFPU0YgiXRP5NE/s320/IMG_1919.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686491667252588162&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4y2T7LEdqmcfUkTOyy1KXOQtXUqeopXzfS8WZgHYq4RLwvKOSUU7yHI4q8oDAPPFSlq5-SzT3CEuSRAsvG_Vw22qcbn28QJ9Ii_oUAHjfnhu-uauVNM0J0QdqeCmk-W4tRA0XJpBhmE/s1600/IMG_1917.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 251px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4y2T7LEdqmcfUkTOyy1KXOQtXUqeopXzfS8WZgHYq4RLwvKOSUU7yHI4q8oDAPPFSlq5-SzT3CEuSRAsvG_Vw22qcbn28QJ9Ii_oUAHjfnhu-uauVNM0J0QdqeCmk-W4tRA0XJpBhmE/s320/IMG_1917.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686491375958938946&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;(left: flyers zamboni nightlight !!!)      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;(right: habs hockey bag shaped toiletries bag/purse)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;a brief (admittedly not-thorough) look over on nhl.com doesn&#39;t have these items with a flames logo, either.  i think it&#39;s totally bunk.  the good news is that my east coast team is the rangers, and there was obviously an exorbitant amount of cool stuff with the blueshirts&#39; logo.  except i couldn&#39;t bring myself to buy any of it....  so it&#39;s not really that good news.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyhow, it&#39;s xmastime and i would have loved it if one of my friends or family had the option of some cool flames stuff to get me.  instead, i&#39;ll probably get something lame (cause that&#39;s all there is). ah, well.  i&#39;ve already got two signed gio jerseys so it&#39;s not like anyone could top that anyways... ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/135700285059474390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=135700285059474390' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/135700285059474390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/135700285059474390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/nyc-nhl-store-boycotts-cool-flames.html' title='nyc: the nhl store boycotts cool flames stuff'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNtLbeyOu0K0ACYTu5Iqckim8o4NbsYY92AUyp7yrS7warL0dQhqXGt8iJMcCxCyIG6VpG_rPBd4xLGsXbLdeHuIk-oq2nEgXigtMvrSxS0Si-7GyKCCJKLO1m-l2JGUn3XFFP-gMncQ/s72-c/IMG_1853.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-7497081060830948054</id><published>2011-12-11T22:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T22:58:39.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays Flames Fans.</title><content type='html'>Courtesy of my dear friends over at eBay (who I may add are the newest sponsor of my posts here at htp)...I bring you the Calgary Flames Gnome...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmfsQWNo0wMi46dWqXGG9eVpVl_1P568VSYvXrQ8Me5rafsECu2rFzdjZ-TQWXWPXjOCyZyZiQU6HoDXHcXf6phnnj1_3Gz-q9qJSs33L-a-8ZTdmyrRN4u6gNuhc0NBzqgXHGWj5Llg/s1600/Flames+Gnome.JPG&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmfsQWNo0wMi46dWqXGG9eVpVl_1P568VSYvXrQ8Me5rafsECu2rFzdjZ-TQWXWPXjOCyZyZiQU6HoDXHcXf6phnnj1_3Gz-q9qJSs33L-a-8ZTdmyrRN4u6gNuhc0NBzqgXHGWj5Llg/s320/Flames+Gnome.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685110990504323234&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just in time for the holidays, you can get yourselves (or a family member or loved one or that Oiler fan at your office who was so sure the Oil had turned the corner this season) one of these interesting pieces of Flames merchandise.  It&#39;s not really clear to me what this gnome is used for but it seems to be some sort of garden item.  Duh...who doesn&#39;t know you&#39;re supposed to put gnomes in your garden...especially ones wearing Flames jerseys that appear to be on fire.  I&#39;m sure they&#39;re supposed to scare rabbits or some sort of vermin away from eating those prized carrots you&#39;ve been growing for the past few months.  Anyways, Travelocity has nothing on this particular bearded little man and your neighbors will be soooooo jealous.  Here&#39;s the deal...as of the time I&#39;ve drafted this post, there are two available for $24.95 each plus $4.99 shipping ($30.58 CAD).  You know they&#39;re gonna get snatched up fast (stocking stuffer for sure) after this post goes live so here&#39;s the link... &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ebay.com/itm/Calgary-Flames-Team-Mascot-Gnome-/270871380287?pt=U_Hockey_Fan_Shop&amp;amp;hash=item3f1131413f#ht_3572wt_1037&quot;&gt;Calgary Flames Gnome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Happy Holidays Flames Fans!&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/7497081060830948054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=7497081060830948054' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/7497081060830948054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/7497081060830948054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-holidays-flames-fans.html' title='Happy Holidays Flames Fans.'/><author><name>KingJafi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09061390305989850425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JO0CHhY6D51EO7rBsiaocJe4ZTNO1VJt-CS8xBekfFCal2Ucq-9u6BPps2Xa5kWhzlWgeQYJKt4kn8CxE9RUeUNIjYY5BlqDxlDKUmXSM7uR0b6h-MRMv9NWUHwiyqU/s220/Baby.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmfsQWNo0wMi46dWqXGG9eVpVl_1P568VSYvXrQ8Me5rafsECu2rFzdjZ-TQWXWPXjOCyZyZiQU6HoDXHcXf6phnnj1_3Gz-q9qJSs33L-a-8ZTdmyrRN4u6gNuhc0NBzqgXHGWj5Llg/s72-c/Flames+Gnome.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-2060199990075245459</id><published>2011-12-11T22:37:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T22:56:12.842-07:00</updated><title type='text'>blogger meetup: DECEMBER 23 !!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nZE1wB2EeZwQ_xBWPJV9PaAE_gVWySQ569wjHIKUvwG0hFO9hNi6RD_U-iUlnVn2mslT6oov3PA4m3ANhFGpHfQpazosnV1gcRcYqt95fLH4qgfJs5WQdshuTlE_y2v38bZbAeSWKg8/s1600/tumblr_llkrcqnZqw1qb4rpho1_400.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 213px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nZE1wB2EeZwQ_xBWPJV9PaAE_gVWySQ569wjHIKUvwG0hFO9hNi6RD_U-iUlnVn2mslT6oov3PA4m3ANhFGpHfQpazosnV1gcRcYqt95fLH4qgfJs5WQdshuTlE_y2v38bZbAeSWKg8/s320/tumblr_llkrcqnZqw1qb4rpho1_400.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685115707178770322&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;(darren helm as todd bertuzzi.  editor&#39;s note: i&#39;m now in love with darren helm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hey, remember last year when we held a blogger meet-up at schanks north (cause steinberg was working the game and had to be there) on december 23rd, and the flames beat dallas and then the entire season started to turn around ?  yeah, well we&#39;re doing that again and hopefully it&#39;ll spurn the same results (though a playoff finish, would be nice this year, thank you very much).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;where: schanks north, 103 crowfoot terrace NW calgary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;when: december 23rd, 2011   8:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;who: flames v. canucks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;why: to hang, chill, watch, cheer, drink, and have fun with some of your calgary flames blogger brethren.  also ?  why &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;NOT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; ??!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&#39;m fairly certain that the guestlist will be decent. i&#39;ll be there, for starters.  i know Pstein will be there cause he gets paid to.  hitthepost sometimes-blogger mikeH will be there, and jazzyV from M&amp;amp;G.  if any of kent wilson from flamesnation, hayley from M&amp;amp;G, and our very own duncan are in town, they&#39;ll show up for sure.  maybe dph will come if he can free himself from the new family. newsboy says he&#39;ll make the effort from mackenzie town (hopefully he brings the wife cause she&#39;s outrageously hot), and wilhelm from edmonton has pondered the journey.... are YOU coming ?!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(you should)&lt;br /&gt;:)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/2060199990075245459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=2060199990075245459' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/2060199990075245459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/2060199990075245459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/blogger-meetup-december-23.html' title='blogger meetup: DECEMBER 23 !!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nZE1wB2EeZwQ_xBWPJV9PaAE_gVWySQ569wjHIKUvwG0hFO9hNi6RD_U-iUlnVn2mslT6oov3PA4m3ANhFGpHfQpazosnV1gcRcYqt95fLH4qgfJs5WQdshuTlE_y2v38bZbAeSWKg8/s72-c/tumblr_llkrcqnZqw1qb4rpho1_400.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-1218097439144031787</id><published>2011-12-08T22:25:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T22:29:06.946-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pocket gaudreau hits the dome !!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3zhJ8ICRCHqkxfpcP-gTJ04E296imaAqvdweDr1rkPaEVd8KZ0VEeEEQKqtmFhu2AEcyVa_oMCCrPoYITnttuPn6PTFeU9t0QGH3DDfy7FCXLKxBHQ7CnVwK7YPK2KcBQacoC3B5uqQ/s1600/photo.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 223px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3zhJ8ICRCHqkxfpcP-gTJ04E296imaAqvdweDr1rkPaEVd8KZ0VEeEEQKqtmFhu2AEcyVa_oMCCrPoYITnttuPn6PTFeU9t0QGH3DDfy7FCXLKxBHQ7CnVwK7YPK2KcBQacoC3B5uqQ/s320/photo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683995606621212882&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;pocket gaudreau watches the flames beat the avs 3-2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouAviwjEjhfmUCQGQvOhAD1j8D6hAIo57QbEBojFV2icNi9AJQM-44pGo40h2QCD3Xg-Eul8inOh55UuoBX1ILYGO7USBtHjDanwgCik1qr7vs2fgRdITw44pgS3z1DY939nDmfAIAk8/s1600/photo1.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 220px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouAviwjEjhfmUCQGQvOhAD1j8D6hAIo57QbEBojFV2icNi9AJQM-44pGo40h2QCD3Xg-Eul8inOh55UuoBX1ILYGO7USBtHjDanwgCik1qr7vs2fgRdITw44pgS3z1DY939nDmfAIAk8/s320/photo1.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683995678679150050&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;pocket gaudreau looks for the fleury banner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;stay tuned for the continuing adventures of pocket gaudreau...&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/1218097439144031787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=1218097439144031787' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/1218097439144031787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/1218097439144031787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/pocket-gaudreau-hits-dome.html' title='pocket gaudreau hits the dome !!!'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3zhJ8ICRCHqkxfpcP-gTJ04E296imaAqvdweDr1rkPaEVd8KZ0VEeEEQKqtmFhu2AEcyVa_oMCCrPoYITnttuPn6PTFeU9t0QGH3DDfy7FCXLKxBHQ7CnVwK7YPK2KcBQacoC3B5uqQ/s72-c/photo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853674483927136845.post-4213077339699331238</id><published>2011-12-08T16:32:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T22:37:09.383-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the pocket gaudreau project</title><content type='html'>in conjunction with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twitter.com/mg_arik&quot;&gt;arik&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.matchsticksandgasoline.com/&quot;&gt;M&amp;amp;G&lt;/a&gt;, i present to you: the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;pocket gaudreau project&lt;/span&gt;.  born out of pure flames-loving giddiness and a penchant to over-adore prospects (....beer MIGHT have been involved...), arik and i stumbled on this bit of fun during my sojurn at his pad in puerto rico last month.  why ? because the flames blogosphere needs a mascot, and because &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gaudreau&quot;&gt;john gaudreau&lt;/a&gt; (drafted 2011, 4th round, 104th overall) is unquestionably the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;CUTEST&lt;/span&gt; !!!&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYFQOWdarSh6bPB0yHSr_3DEZVAXgJTd3WNqrfsNmJP5B37kgjhuJBHF_s7uL6WCBdlh0YENA7sI-1TQ1CVQ3PY4Lh1nJklEqhQx5wOgkVk5v9I53T4MklsShdzLcwm34LJeJL2kKBts/s1600/photo.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYFQOWdarSh6bPB0yHSr_3DEZVAXgJTd3WNqrfsNmJP5B37kgjhuJBHF_s7uL6WCBdlh0YENA7sI-1TQ1CVQ3PY4Lh1nJklEqhQx5wOgkVk5v9I53T4MklsShdzLcwm34LJeJL2kKBts/s320/photo.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683907670410334370&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;my backyard, december 8, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;anyhow, it goes like this: when/if you receive the pocket gaudreau in the mail, you must take some photos of him &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_gnome_prank&quot;&gt;travelling gnome prank style&lt;/a&gt; before sending it on.  if you would like to &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;participate&lt;/span&gt; in the pocket gaudreau project, you can email me or arik your street address (walkinvisible@gmail.com, arik.jamesk@gmail.com), and we&#39;ll try to get the cuddly little guy headed your way... please email one of us when/if you find the lovable wee dude in your mailbox so we can track his journey.  i&#39;ve definitely got enough of the current nerdy blog buddy mailing addies to get this party started....the &lt;span&gt;adorable&lt;/span&gt; mini fella&#39;s making his first trip to the &#39;dome tonight (along with the inaugural game for the signed gio captain jersey) and then he&#39;ll be off to the warm beaches of aguadilla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and, john ---if you&#39;re reading this ?  i&#39;m sorry about the harassment you&#39;re gonna get from your teammates forevermore...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/feeds/4213077339699331238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5853674483927136845&amp;postID=4213077339699331238' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4213077339699331238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5853674483927136845/posts/default/4213077339699331238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hitthepost.blogspot.com/2011/12/pocket-gaudreau-project.html' title='the pocket gaudreau project'/><author><name>walkinvisible</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08874510508773958406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3104/jasonskullxhockeyxe9.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYFQOWdarSh6bPB0yHSr_3DEZVAXgJTd3WNqrfsNmJP5B37kgjhuJBHF_s7uL6WCBdlh0YENA7sI-1TQ1CVQ3PY4Lh1nJklEqhQx5wOgkVk5v9I53T4MklsShdzLcwm34LJeJL2kKBts/s72-c/photo.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry></feed>

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