Week 23

RAMBLINGS

Cordy, Fulty , and Rolphy were all perfect 3-0.  Fulty’s Sunday Miracles continue as he beat eZ by 1 point (thank you OEL!) which could be huge in a few weeks.

Races:

• For 1st: Fulty remains a game up on Cordy and also holds the Player Points tie-break
• For 3rd: Derko has Rolphy by one point; Haukster falling off the pace
• For a better draft pick between Orv & T-Man: Orv keeps falling and that helps T-Man – what if it is a lottery winner? What do you think of that, Steve Buscemi?

• For 1st Draft Pick 2015: The Great Turtle Race saw no change this week, but the two turtles play each other next week in the McDavid Cup. What do you think of that, Steve Buscemi?

POTW

It should go to Carey Price with 8 points, but the Hamburglar story won’t go away. Andrew Hammond is 13-0-1 with 2 shut-outs (1.65 GAA, .947 save %) Nice! Good pick-up but too bad he’s a UFA at the end of the season, JBR. Just Kidding.

SATELLITE DEBRIS

Here’s the picture T-Man was telling as about the other day. It’s of Guy Lafleur and the Montreal Forum crowd saluting each other in 1981 after Lafleur’s 1,000th NHL point. It’s a great photo for a number of reasons, not the least of which is 15-year-old Mario Lemieux applauding over Lafleur’s right shoulder.

Is that a Young George Stroumboulopoulos smoking-up in the top right corner?

Throw Back Thursday allows Twitter & Facebook users to post old pics. Usually it’s pictures of geeky kids with bad haircuts….. no names, Fulty. Jim Craig takes #TBT to another level.

It’s March Madness (best time to watch hoops) and this was the greatest moment of opening day. Georgia State’s R.J. Hunter hits the game-winning three-pointer with three seconds left to beat Baylor 57-56. His dad, head coach Ron Hunter at the middle left of your screen, falls off his chair:

Keeping with Basketball….HE GOT NAME!

In Canadian basketball, it turns out a star player for the Medicine Hat College Rattlers goes by the name of Guilherme Carbagiale Fuck. It’s an unusual name, but he doesn’t give a you-know-what.

“Well, it’s 40 below, and I don’t give a Guilherme Carbagiale….”

Must be awful for the in-game announcer who probably has to shout “Fuck for three!” in front of children.

STANDINGS

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	PWk	TP	AVG	%	ThisWk	Past4Wk
F	65	51	13	1	103	41	818	35.6	0.792	3-0	7-4-1
C	65	49	13	3	101	40	793	34.5	0.777	3-0	9-2-1
D	65	42	23	0	84	32	795	34.6	0.646	2-1	8-4
R	65	41	23	1	83	37	706	30.7	0.638	3-0	8-4
H	65	38	25	2	78	23	684	29.7	0.600	0-2	5-5-1
Z	65	34	30	1	69	40	671	29.2	0.531	2-1	6-5
E	66	33	32	1	67	22	628	27.3	0.508	1-2	5-7
T	65	30	29	6	66	23	688	29.9	0.508	0-3	7-4
V	65	29	31	5	63	27	645	28.0	0.485	2-1	6-4-1
O	65	27	35	3	57	24	618	26.9	0.438	1-2	5-7
G	66	26	39	1	53	29	638	27.7	0.402	2-1	7-5
S	65	5	58	2	12	24	437	19.0	0.092	0-3	0-11-1
J	66	5	59	2	12	15	439	19.1	0.091	0-3	0-11-1

GO ZAGS!

Sweet Sixteen Baby!

Week 22 – Month To Go

RAMBLINGS

Lots of perfect weeks: Derko, Haukster, eZ, Fulty, T-Man.

Fulty jumped back into first

Derko up to 3rd, Haukster to 4th, and Rolphy dropped to 5th for the last $ spot

Team T-Man is the hottest right now with a .853 winning % in the past 6 weeks. As T climbs the standing, Orv’s chance of using T-Man’s 1st round pick in 2015 to grab one of the prize kids, grows from slim to really, really slim.

No change in the Great Turtle Race as JBR is still in front (or behind, depends on pt. of view.) Also, JBR has the bye week in the last week so if things follow form, it might come down to player points to see which rookie GM has the best chance at McDavid.

No more pick-ups til next year: JBR uses the last one of the season to grab Andrew Hammond, the “Hamburglar,” from Ottawa

POTW

Well, POTW is not going to Andrej Pavelec of the Jets. Dude, did you even try?

But it goes to Haukster’s Tuukka Rask with 8 graceful points.

SATELLITE DEBRIS

Ever wondered why the guy behind the viz bench always has his window-licker kid on his lap with ear protection? So did others.

How old can you be and still sit on a lap? So next road trip we’re buying six tickets. Rolphy can hold 2 guys on his lap.

Sabres Getting Rid of “Turdburger” Jerseys.

Click on the Turdburger to read more.

On the bright side, Orv will be able to get a bunch of them on his next trip to ValueVillage. (from the rolphyfiles)

Jordan Eberle hosted a recent Twitter edition of Rogers Hometown Hockey.

Taylor Hall got online and chirped Ebs about his gap-toothed grin.

Ebs response,

Letang having some LeFun on LeBench

Other Penguins don’t take so kindly to being LePoked by Letang

If you’ve ever seen the “Between Two Ferns” Funny or Die skit hosted by Zach Galifianakis, you’ve seen him interview talk over such celebrities as: Justin Bieber, U.S. President Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Conan O’Brien, Will Ferrell, and Bradley Cooper to name a few.

In this iteration, Ducks forward Ryan Kesler takes over the hosting gig and interviews teammate Cam Fowler. If there’s one thing Kesler has down it’s the sarcasm, and the I-don’t-care-about-you attitude that Galifianakis makes famous.

Here’s the full segment:

RK: “On your Wiki page it compares you to Chris Pronger and Dion Phaneuf.”
CF: “Yeah”
RK: “Really? Those guys are like 12 inches taller than you and 50 pounds heavier than on you. Who wrote that? You, or your mom and dad?”

Classic.

And a warning to all those half-fans in the $300 seats who are too busy taking selfies or tweeting/posting about what an exciting hockey “match” they’re at. For the sake of everyone, “Put Your Damn Phone Away!”

STANDINGS

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	PWk	TP	AVG	%	ThisWk	Past4Wk
F	62	48	13	1	97	34	777	35.3	0.782	3-0	5-6-1
C	62	46	13	3	95	29	753	34.2	0.766	1-2	8-2-1
D	62	40	22	0	80	38	763	34.7	0.645	3-0	9-3
H	63	38	23	2	78	25	661	30.0	0.619	3-0	7-4-1
R	62	38	23	1	77	23	669	30.4	0.621	0-3	7-5
T	62	30	26	6	66	37	665	30.2	0.532	2-0	9-2
Z	62	32	29	1	65	40	631	28.7	0.524	3-0	4-7
E	63	32	30	1	65	15	606	27.5	0.516	1-2	7-5
V	62	27	30	5	59	19	618	28.1	0.476	1-2	4-6-1
O	62	26	33	3	55	15	594	27.0	0.444	1-2	6-6
G	63	24	38	1	49	21	609	27.7	0.389	1-2	6-6
S	62	5	55	2	12	12	413	18.8	0.097	0-3	1-10-1
J	63	5	56	2	12	10	424	19.3	0.095	0-3	0-11-1