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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Warning: Contains Un-Good Language
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
%$#@!…Just %$#@!
For three weeks or so, the Thrashers were cruising. They were scoring, performing thrilling comebacks, rising in the standings, skating hard and passing well, playing good defense. They were playing great hockey. Then…well, %$#@!
Not just %$#@!, but $%@#! too. I would say &@#&#!, but I promised my wife I’d never to use that word in the house ever again!
Now, in case your wondering, I am NOT whining. I’m cursing. There’s a difference. Whining is just annoying and obnoxious. Cursing, well you can make a point with it. Whining is “Oh, the team just stinks. Don can’t coach or run a front office”. Cursing is, “%$#@!-it”! It’s simple, to the point and concise.
Whining presents a problem, expresses doubt that it can be overcome and, more times then not, assigns blame, (normally in a high-pitched, grating voice). My cursing however stems from the premise that the team is good enough to do well but for some inexplicable reason looked like the %$#@! Disney’s Key-Stone Cops On Ice twice in a 24-hour span.
Friday night’s loss, after four straight wins, could be explained away as just that, a loss after a nice win streak. The Devils took advantage of their chances, limited ours and relied on their great goalie the few times he needed to come up big. They won, we lost, it is what it is, it happens, right?
%$#&!-NO!
Saturday’s stink bomb on the heals of the previous night’s resembled the stench of early October. Packed with half-hearted skating, lack-luster offense, poor team defense, soft goals, powerless power plays, etc.
@#$&%!!!
See, this team is good enough to go up against a goalie with a 3.47 GAA and a .891 SV% and recover from being shut out the night before. This team is too good to go 130:12 without a goal, (last score coming at 9:48 in the third Wednesday in Washington). It might not be the class of the NHL just yet, but is sure isn’t this @#$&%-ing bad. … It just isn’t that @#$&%-ing weak on defense. It’s not that @#$&%-ing soft on offense. It’s just @#$&%-ing NOT!
There, now I feel a little bit better. Now you try it…go ahead. (That is unless, of course, you didn’t spend the whole game saying it as well as other colorful metaphors). It has a certain soothing effect to it. Go on, you know you wanna. Remember, it’s not whining if you keep your voice at a low pitch and you scowl.
See there? Good.
Anyway, I have to go to church now.
I think I might just be a while.
