Comments on: Jan 29 :: Odiforous, Orphalactygal, Nominations

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:39:16 +0000

Kyle, 100% right. I remember Lilja being signed and then "dumped." I guess I only consider you a player if you PLAY for said team. HA

I, too, have used "how's your wife and my kids" playing hockey. He must not have seen Major League because he was not pleased. It was men's league, too, during college, so he was about 20 years older than all of us. Picking fights with an actual college hockey team is not bright.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:37:12 +0000

"How's your wife and my kids" is by far the best line from that movie. Proud to say I've used that talking trash in roller hockey before.

Regarding ex-players, don't forget that Andreas Lilja signed with Nashville before the lockout season, on a one-year deal. They rolled contracts over a year so he went right back to the free agent market where Detroit picked him up. Never suited up, obviously.

Ah.. the stupid shit I remember.

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:36:19 +0000

JJ — an awesome example. I'm halfway tempted to come up with nicknames for EVERYONE, but other days it'd be tricky. Major League, on the other hand, would have been easy.

By: J.J. from Kansas

J.J. from Kansas — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:35:18 +0000

I imagine that if he were a scratch, he'd be Kirk "we're outta towels and I'm too old to go diving into lockers" Maltby.

By: Michael Petrella

Michael Petrella — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:30:38 +0000

Natalie -- that one is all Ellen. She prefaced it with "I know it's only for scratches, but it's too good..."

JB -- Ditto. I'll NEVER root for the Wings to lose, whether it's a game or a championship, but if you asked me if I'd rather finish 17th or 30th, I gotta say 30th. I know that's not uber-fan of me, but look... if all is lost, might as well do something for your future.

Ellen -- I thought so too, about the May nickname. Because all he does is ask...not actually act on it. Like Wild Thing.

By: EM

EM — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:27:05 +0000

High-five, Michael. That totally made my day complete.

The Brad May nickname is nicely ironic.

By: JB

JB — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:24:51 +0000

I am thinking if we don't start to win soon we might as well try to lose all the rest of our games and go for a high draft pick! Just kidding obviously but really… really what is it going to take to wake these guys up to realize we need to act like it is the playoffs now and play like we got a pair, or we may be watching from the couch instead of playing.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:05:21 +0000

You know how I feel about Chris Osgood. That being said, his nickname made me literally laugh out loud at my desk. And I mean literally, loudly laughing. Nice work, Michael and Ellen.