Comments on: And For His Next Act, Dorsett Slips On A Banana Peel

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:06:39 +0000

Ha, well, you basically described my career, and what I could probably do in a dick mood. No, don’t blame yourself. That guy is a See You Next Tuesday, if you get what I mean. If you don’t, he’s a four-letter c-word. If you still don’t, he’s a real, real, mean jerk.

By: marshall22

marshall22 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:56:40 +0000

What about late-20′s-cup-of-coffee-in-the-AHL guy… I don’t know if you know the type. The kind of guy who after picking off your attempted pass for the 8th time and going down and scoring does it again for time #9 with no remorse. Under pick-up hockey rules is this considered douchey or is it just because the person passing should probably have stayed 65 feet away from AHL guy.

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:51:43 +0000

I hate that more than anything else. I think I have four goals in my six rec league games (selfbackpat, selfbackpat).

I think you’re talking about the above average young kid who wants to be seen as really, really good. When in actuality, he’s just right out of minor hockey, or whatever level, and has already started the decent to being the guys he thinks he’s better than. Far more than anything else you can douche up in rec league, is to be a guy with lots of talent and need to prove it. (okay, the no talent over-hard-worky guy is up there in douche-factor). By not passing, you up your douchiness by a factor of twelve.

By: marshall22

marshall22 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:41:29 +0000

Hey Justin, you keep asking rec league players whats acceptable and whats not in pick up or whatever. I got questions for a “good” player playin pick-up. When some former Jr. A kid starts dangling the 17 year old house league player are rec players the only ones who kind this douchey or do “good” players hate this stuff too. And I don’t know if this is the case for you too but why do the “good” players never pass… honestly whats the logic with this.

By: Tom Curran

Tom Curran — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:20:13 +0000

Does it look like Dorsett is one of those “remove some padding to make the helmet more comfortable” guys? My inner satan laughed his ass off! Looked like an extra getting shot in Blazing Saddles!!!
By the way Justin, with the Sacramento Monarchs folding, this should condense the talent level in the the WNBA thus making it a ……………………………HOLY FUCK I KEPT A STRAIGHT FACE THAT LONG!!!

By: Char

Char — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:33:00 +0000

If a visor saves one player from suffering a serious eye injury, then hell yeah, they should be mandatory.

Michael Ryder took a stick in the face last year and almost lost an eye. He wears a visor now. A little discomfort is a small price to pay.

By: andy

andy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:20:44 +0000

I was watching that Columbus game and saw the hit in real time. Yeah, I have to admit I laughed, and then felt horrible about myself. Oy gevalt. Horrible hit … but sometimes these things are funny in a bleak, sad way.

And it BETTER be the Flyers …

By: Kerstin

Kerstin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:43 +0000

*correction*
“each time” = “each TEAM”

By: Kerstin

Kerstin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:05:51 +0000

Don’t not if this is the “official” pro/cons-mandatory-visor-debate already, but here are my two cents:
Here in Germany the visor (1/4 or 1/2 face covering) is mandatory (and there are still some players complaining about…) and I see NO point were it affects the game in a negative way…
Just keep it clean everytime you sit on the bench and use the fog-free models and that’s it.

I prefer the “cage-visor” anyway as a puck UNDER a visor is not beautiful either…

Nevertheless, we have the “loose-straps” players in each time and I absolutely do not understand the reason behind… Maybe you can enlight us on that

By: ann

ann — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:07 +0000

That Niedermayer clip is unreal. I just don’t understand some “adults”. It’s a freaking hockey stick, people. And it was meant for a *little kid*.

On another note, I remember seeing a defenseman take a clearing attempt off the middle of his visor a few years ago at an AHL game. Damn thing cracked from the force. Oh and this player didn’t wear a visor the season before, it just so happened it was right around the time the league made them mandatory. Guess that was a pretty good idea.

Somehow I think the answer to the “who’s better” question is the Devils…….