Monday, September 6, 2010

Season Preview: Forwards

Reunited and it feels so good

Well that was one strange summer. Toiling away on the shores of Pine Lake Alberta, I was unable to hear a damn thing about hockey this summer. The last thing I saw was Dusty Bufyglnginegenge single-handedly beating the Vancouver Canucks in the second round of the playoffs. But, it was worth it to miss out on a bit of hockey, because its for the kids, y'know?

And here we are! Back in September! The month which is chock full of back to school sales, cheap beer, and girls at the bar who were born in 1992.
This is what every eighteen year old girl does

The air is turning crisp and cool, the smells of autumn are creeping into your nose as the leaves change color, and all you can think about is how many more days until the return of the game. The Calgary Flames did some work this summer that I'd like to take a look at. For today: the forwards!
Go on, take the money and run

Eric Nystrom and Chris Higgins are gone. This should not be cause for any concern as their stays in Calgary were not exactly chock full of memories.

For whatever reason, the team decided to bring back the Batman and Robin of underachieving Flames: Olli Jokinen, he of 15 goals, and Alex Tanguay, who hasn't done much of anything since 2001.

Jarome Iginla will be coming off one of his most disappointing seasons ever, scoring a measly 69 points, and somehow these two are going to change things? Well, I guess all you can do is wait and see. After that the forward picture is a little muggy. The Maple Flames Hagman and Stajan are probably going to end up playing together, and then maybe Daymond Langkow will be ok to go eventually?


For those who know and love Peter Loubardias, next time you take a shit, try yelling "STAJAN" in his voice. You will like the results.


Craig Conroy is back as General Manager Assistant Coach Head of player development He's fucking playing again? God damnit.
As far as the other guys go I could give a fuck. Man looking at this team is depressing. Read the tone at the top of this post and then check down here after. That's all it takes to get me pissed off. Can you imagine how much fun its going to be when I talk about Staios tomorrow?

Also: make sure you check out http://www.oilerspill.blogspot.com/ for a nicer website with a better banner than this one.

1 comment:

  1. I wouldn't use the word nicer to describe Oiler Spill, site just has more gadgets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wfto_Ow5jA) and stupid links. The banner is better though.

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