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Eleven Twelve Predictions - Da West

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Chicago Blackhawks - The Hawks had a decent year last year, despite selling off players to meet the salary cap, . They decided to do it again, and the frenzy got so heated that at one point they mistakenly sell Patrick Kane to the Bears, Jamal Mayers to "NASA" and two hot dog vendors to Chile. They get full refunds for all, and realize they were way under the cap. A situation they remedy by claiming Ray Emery's traffic lawyers as player salary. This takes them dangerously close to the cap so they cut Carcillo's salary in half to be safe. A move he responds to with a "Huh? Kronk no like fire". In another revenue generating move they give Duncan Keith a guitar, tell him to go to malls and randomly strum the guitar while repeating "I am barely breathing".

In unrelated news, Jonathon Toews is given Barack Obama's hotly contested and still vacant Senate Seat. And the skybox at Center Ice is renamed "The Blagoevich Barn".


Columbus Blue Jackets - They have a magical season in every way. Rick Nash adds "Supernatural" to his list of adjectives when, in game nine of the season, he scores just by skating through the neutral zone. One second, the puck is on his stick, the next Luongo is left scratching his Jeri-curl. Amazing. Antione Vermette TWICE ties Daryl Sittler record for goals in a game, and before the all-star break, too. Derrick Brassard, having discovered pain medicine and excercise, stays healthy and scores at a 2 goals a game pace. Steve Mason, having finally hit puberty, eclipses all the marks set his rookie year. Suprise Norris winner, James Wisniewski recovers from his early season 32 game suspension (for "smelling funny") to finish +104. Rookie Ryan Johanson lives up to the "next Jason Spezza" accolades in every way except "sleeps in between periods" and "creepy laughs".

Newcomer Jeff Carter, Hart trophy winner, sums up the feeling in the locker room "Shit, I'm just glad I'm not in Edmonton". A sentiment he backs up with a 13 goal performance against Philly that included a moment where he fired pucks into the owner's box from center ice for 8 minutes straight.

By all accounts, it is the most epic season ever, totally one to remember. If only any of the locals, outside of noted hockey humorist 43, had noticed. Everyone else was occupied with near suicidal anguish over who is starting, Joe Bauserman or Tony Braxton.

Embarrassing moment: When local sports radio guy interviewing Wisniewski about his suspension, ask "Where did you even GET a Rose Bowl ring?"

Detroit Red Wings - All the promise of a season where the average age of the team dips below 45 for the first time since, well, since Chris Chelios was born, is crushed when Detroit's mayor mistakes Joe Lewis for the Ford Plant and bulldozes it to make green space.

Despite this setback, the season is saved when former Red Wing Darren McCarty shoplifts the Olympia from the warehouse of the Hardcore Pawn store, where it had been sitting since Illytch traded it for three gold Teefs and an Eminem CD. This meant the Wings could stop playing in the family room of former GM Chairman Bob Lutz, who had converted it to an ice surface after being told he would have to give the bailout money back unless he could prove it was gone.

The early season speculation that Brendan Shanahan is going to go easy on Red Wings players, in the midst of his all out drunken orgy of power and self promotion, are put sharply to rest when he suspends Justin Abdelkader five games (of cribbage at family day) for driving his stick through the eye of Daniel Carcillo and then takes the extraordinary step of sending Darren Helm to bed "without dinner" after he shoots and kills 3 members of the Phoenix Coyotes. Shanahan noted that "Although it is called a shootout, it was reckless - even if he was provoked". Then he broke into a rousing cover "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" with Beyonce and Jay-Z in the extended re-mix version of the video that included an exciting moment where Robbie Keneivel jumped Mike Commodore's afro. Shanahan is annouced as the host for the Emmys, Oscars and Jerry's kids telethon.


Nashville Predators - The team has a fantastic season despite the fact that they play in a city that smells of Raw Sewage and Desperation. They are still riding the high on the acquisition at the deadline of Mike Fisher, and more importantly his wife - she spends a lot of time in rink-side seats cheering on her hubby. This increases attendance and long range camera lens sales because it's cold that close to the ice, if you catch my drift.

Other than that, it's the Predators. So, meh.

Notable item - Ovechkin DESPERATELY wants the Caps to trade for Rinne.

St. Louis Blues - The Blues front office is shut down for two days while crews look for laughing gas leaks when it becomes apparent that Blues management is just trying to field a team with the most ridiculous names possible. They have Cheechoo, Rattie, Nesbitt, Cracknell, Beukeboom, Oshie, Colaiacavo, Crombeen, Cundari, Jackman, Nikitin, Halak, Della Rovere, Sobotka, and Shattenkirk. No such leak is found, Management is just that stupid.

The strangest and yet somewhat hilarious event of the year when rival groups show up the same night to protest the Blues Mascot, "Louie" the polar bear. The first group, PETA brings a real live Polar Bear onto the ice and releases it during "When the Saints go marching in" scaring the poor college kid in the costume and for a brief time making "Louie" a blue AND BROWN Polar Bear. The Second Group WTFIAPBDAAMFTBA (What the fuck is a polar bear doing as a mascot for the Blues anyway) begin throwing BBQ Pork Steak at the PETA protesters. This triggers a gruesome event where Brett Hull, in town for a ceremony, eats everyone including both Polar Bears.

Worst moment of the season: When Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers scores to tie the shootout leaving Anthony Nigro to try and win it for the Blues. It was okay, until the Blues crowd started chanting...
 

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Anaheim Ducks - Seriously? They still are in the league? Goldberg has to be like 50 by now.

Dallas North Stars - The season starts with a very moving tribute to Mike Modano in which they, of course, retire his number 9. This would typically not really make news except for the fact that the entire population of Dallas embraces the idea and demands that Tony Romo be executed immediately for wearing such an esteemed number. For good measure the Stars also retire Modano's Gucci makeup bag. Something else the Dallas fans gang up on Romo for using.

In other news, Jerry Jones decides he wants the "Winter Classic" in Cowboys stadium. He admits he doesn't know what a "Winter" is or what it does, but he wants one in his stadium. Gary Bettman agrees to allow it in exchange for 16,000 head of cattle in Coyotes jerseys.

On the ice, whatever that is, it's a rough year. How bad is it? So bad that looking over the roster, I can't find ANYTHING funny to say about the team or anyone on it. Not even Andrew Raycroft. I can't even be bothered to tie the team to Governor Rick Perry and how Texas kills people that Shanahan would just suspend.

Breakout performance: Fuck Dallas.

Los Angeles Kings - The season looks like it's going to be great. They add solid leadership and skill with Richards, kept great players like Kopitar, Williams and Gagne and gave Drew Doughty the money to stay around. Jonathan Quick continues his strong development and...

Wait a minute. Wait just one fucking minute.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER? They have a winger named Michael Schumacher. WHO IS WEARING NUMBER 43?!?!?!?!? What kind of shit is that? Bad enough to have a guy with same name as EVIL INCARNATE, but to give him number 43, is just )&(&S.

I will spend all season sacrificing goats (Schenn has some) in order to ensure nothing but bad JUJU for the Kings. Michael friggin Schumacher.

Phoenix Coyotes - The drama in the desert continues with Gary Bettman at the center of the controversy. The first blight is when an inquiry into the sudden constant sellout of the arena commences. The investigation uncovers a disguised Gary Bettman travelling from Home Depot to Home Depot on game day picking up day laborers and giving them Yotes jerseys before dropping them off at JoBing. At first, the other owners are angry at this practice, calling it wasteful and foolish, but when Bettman points out it only cost five dollars a truckload.

The next problem is when each local politician presents separate bills to officially declare Phoenix just doesn't give a shit, and to propose that local tax money is used to make Gary Bettman leave and promise to never return. Gary calls this " a fantastic step forward for the fans in Glendale, and hockey fans everywhere". and says it clearly "Shows the game is growing" because now both political parties are taking an interest.

The biggest development when after a game of beer pong with Colin Campbell, Bettman puts the Phoenix Coyotes on eBay. The bidding is fierce at first between "KansasCity" and "BlackberryBoss", but the whole thing comes unraveled when "TicoTaco86884" uses a bid sniping program to win the auction at the last second. Gary calls it a great sign that an owner named "Taco" came forward because that was clearly a local interest. When asked via email to come to a press conference to discuss the purchase the response was simply "f@gs - LOL".

In an unrelated development, Vancouver GM Gillis is overheard at a meeting talking about a recent cab ride and how he "lost 20 bucks". Bettman hears this and hastily moves the Canucks to Las Vegas stating, simply "We can't have franchises continue to suffer such great financial losses".

San Jose Sharks - Sharks management bit the bullet and acknowledged the mistake they made in trading for Dany Heatley. The experiment was clearly a failure based on a few playoff games. So, they took the bold step and traded Heater for an even older and more busted Senator re-tread. This one with the added option of a fragile shoulder and more fragile work ethic. Havlat immediately becomes Joe Thornton's best friend.

Outside of Havlat, there aren't a lot of changes. Mark Pickles and Danny Boyle still anchor the blue line. Ryan "A$$" Clowe and Joe Pavelski offer enough energy to offset the existence of Michal Handzus. And Patrick Marleau has a great season despite spending several days a week filming "Varsity Blues II, Electric Boogaloo".
So it's another season of the same old, same old in San Jose. They lead the league in several key categories such as goals, wins and goalies with the initials "A.N."
Breakout performance: Cammi Granato, in a fake pasted on beard and a #19 jersey, who has the best playoffs Joe Thornton ever had.
 

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Calgary Flames - Calgary, fresh off two straight playoff misses , come back with a full head of steam. Unfortunately, the head filled with steam is that of Jay Bouwmeester, who earns that "Offensive Defenseman" paycheck by scoring two goals and gathering three assists. By the all star break. This causes Brent Sutter to lose his mind and break Alex Tanguay over Lee Stempniak's head. Which is actually a good thing because without Tanguay, the team has a measurable increase in "heart".

Captain Jarome Iginla wills the team back into the playoffs after an impassioned speech in the locker room following a win against the Florida Panthers in Miami. "Did you see those saggy things?" he said. "That just ain't right. It's been two years since we could sit on Kipper's balcony over the red mile. We just have to do this. We need to wipe the memory of those nasty, leathery things out of our mind. STAND UP FOR THE RED MILE!"

It almost works too. But the team gives up after Iginla is traded to the Islanders for the skeletal remains of Brian Rolston. Feaster's body is never found, but his Cell Phone last checked in on a small island north of Vancouver.

Defining moment: Phoenix Coyotes come to town and Daymond Langkow hides in the Calgary locker room and assumes the identity of Curtis Glencross.

Colorado Avalanches - The year starts when young defenseman Erik Johnson announces he is quitting hockey to devote all of his time to shopping his screenplay; "The Golf Cart that ate my foot". The team is left reeling and it looks like they will not recover the loss of talent when they learn that Milan Hejduk will also not play. So the loss of a great talent is offset by the loss of a quivering bag of chicken shit.

Coach Joe Flacco has his hands full trying to get any kind of success out of such a group of scrubs. The only consistency he has to look forward to is that his announcers will be 98% effective at pronouncing their goalie's name wrong.

Edmonton Oilers - No team has ever done so little with so many high picks. They've had the number one pick for 13 straight years, so you would expect them to improve at some point. But it's a disaster in Edmonton. First of all, their leader is Ryan Smyth, who you would expect to be a heart and soul kind of guy. But there is one inescapable fact; he's the only guy to ever cry because he was *leaving* Edmonton. That points to emotional issues on a level that would curl any therapist's hair.

It is exciting to watch them. Youngsters like Hall and Paatchuuli are extremely talented, and last year's top draft pick Tedanthony Nugenthopkins is everything you'd want from an 18 year old faced with a life sentence of training camp at a mall and desolate, desolate winter that lasts from August12th through July 14th. And by everything you'd hope for, I mean "not suicidal". In fact, when he is traded to Florida at the midpoint, he cries too. Tears of joy. Just like (almost) everyone else who has ever been paroled from the death march that is Edmonton.

One to watch: Nik Khabibulin or Evgeni Nabokov. Whichever drunken Russian goalie they have. Those roads up there get ICY.

Minnesota Wilds - At first glance, you would think that the most interesting thing to come out of Minnesota this year is that they have a guy named Clayton Stoner. Isn't that great? You can just imagine that's a character in a Dave Chappelle movie. But the only movies being made about the Wilds this year is a sequel to Miracle, as they take the cup in stunning fashion. Years of having defense, defense, defense beaten into their heads, it's actually a pretty easy transition for new coach Mike Yeo "Gabba Gabba". All he has to do is stand at the bench and every once in a while say "The attack end is down there" and all the good little soldiers skate down, untouched. There is some controversy because the reason they are untouched is because Cal Clutterbuck is usually being chased by all five members of the opposing team and the trainers for cheap shots on anyone who is smaller than him. When they catch him, he falls down, clutches his head and only gets up to laugh when he hears the goal horn. He wins the Lady Byng trophy but it is removed when it is learned he is actually Brendan Shanahan's cousin.

This vaults them to the top of the league, and keeps them there all year. Surprise scoring leader Mikku Koivu is over heard saying "Veenie feedi formaa, BORK BORK". In fact it would be what you call a dream season, if not for the embarrassment of Mike Modano trying to sneak on the ice and lift the cup while wearing a Basil McRae jersey. It's not all for naught for Mike though as he reprises his famous role as Gordon Bombay in the Wild movie. Cast as both Clayton Stoner and Dany Heatley is Seth Rogan.

Breakout performance: Whoever supplies Minneapolis with cheap beer.

Vancouver Canucks - It's a serious case of "Soul crushing failure at your ultimate goal" hangover for the Nuckles. To make matters even worse, the Canadian government holds the team financially responsible for the Riots after the finals. This means that some players have to look for other means' to pay off the debts. Alex Burrows gets a job assembling bikes at Toys R Us, Ryan Kesler becomes a "model", and Daniel Sedin gets a job as a stunt double for Henrik. The team is saved when Roberto Luongo becomes the first white spokesman for Jeri Curl. He makes enough money on the endorsement deal to pay back the city with enough left over to buy a Buca Di Beppo in every Western conference city.

On the ice, it's a slow start because of the wretched stench of failure still lingering over their absolute failure to obtain what was literally within their fingertips. Plus they lost Erhoff and a heart and soul guy in Torres, and replaced them with, inexplicably, Marco Sturm who almost everyone thought was retired. The slow start does turn around in December, only to have them derailed again as they face the Bruins in Boston. Just seeing Tim Thomas in the parking lot reduces Henrik (or Daniel, whichever) to tears. Chara walks up to Burrows in the hall and says "Hi" at which point Burrows.... ummmm, let's just say his bowels released. The Canucks are so intimidated by just being in Boston that no one except Manny Malhotra has the guts to put on the Orioles hats he bought for the team.

Defining moment: Brendan Shanahan suspends Alex Edler for "lifting the stick" of Darren Helm and the riots spread as far south as Bellvue Washington.
 

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Feaster's body is never found (lol)

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haha hilarious
 

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This shit must have taken quite a bit of time and it's pretty hilarious! Thanks for posting it. Rep from me.
 

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Haha, that was great, but who is Joe Lewis? Was that the little guy who played "Webster?"

and what's an Illytch? It sounds pretty painful, or at least uncomfortable, kinda like pink eye.

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HOLY FUCKIN' LOL!

(you have a hearing with shanaban tomorrow at noon, btw.)

I will wear my Clutterbuck Jersey. No prob.

Haha, that was great, but who is Joe Lewis? Was that the little guy who played "Webster?"

and what's an Illytch? It sounds pretty painful, or at least uncomfortable, kinda like pink eye.

Joe Lewis was essential to Detroit in some way, so I am going to assume he invented hair weaves or semi-automatic pistols.

Illytch is the common name for "Homo Pizzus Crappiest", or the genus that makes a lot of money off of horrible horrible pizza.

This shit must have taken quite a bit of time and it's pretty hilarious! Thanks for posting it. Rep from me.

About two days actually. This is the kind of thing I think about while I am driving to work or sitting at work and nothing is going on. I often will be alone in silence and then bust into laughter when the prospect of something like Evgeni Malkin doing dinner theater pops into my head.

I have had therapy. It didn't take.

Oh, and I did it all for the reppies, (boom) the reppies, (boom) the reppies...
 
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