- 01:31 AM
- 11/22/09
Thanks for your efforts and dedication, DJE. It was a crazy season with B.C. not always being a lock to win and Hamilton not being a lock to lose.
While it is the second time that I won, they were not consecutive. I stunk up the joint last year. So yeah, hooray for me and...
posted by MrFrisby at 04:02 AM on November 13
I love momentum. I love to engineer.
Edmonton by 7
I love this bakery. I love the blogosphere.
Montreal by 18
I love the whole whole world, and all it's messed up folks.
Saskatchewan by 3
Boom de yada boom de yada
Hamilton by 7
Boom de yada boom de yada
posted by MrFrisby at 03:32 AM on November 06
The building's not going as he planned
Edmonton by 6
The foreman has injured his hand
Saskatchewan by 12
The dozer will not clear a path
Calgary by 9
The driver swears he learned his math
Winnipeg by 3
posted by MrFrisby at 01:28 PM on October 29
High-strung girl, gotta sing for your supper
Hamilton by 12
Ten feet tall, best get you down to size
Calgary by 7
Now I don't know what makes you think you're so special
Montreal by 9
See, someday soon, you're gonna realize
Saskatchewan by 3
posted by MrFrisby at 01:11 PM on October 22
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Edmonton by 3
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
Saskatchewan by 1
No navigator to guide my way home
Montreal by 18
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
Winnipeg by 6
posted by MrFrisby at 06:11 PM on October 16
I wanna rock and roll this party
B.C. by 5
I still wanna have some fun
Saskatchewan by 12
I wanna leave you feeling breathless
Montreal by 21
Show you how the west was won
Hamilton by 3
But I gotta fly
posted by MrFrisby at 06:26 PM on October 09
Comin down the world turned over Winnipeg by 4 And angels fall without you there B.C. by 3 And I go on as you get colder Montreal by 17 Or are you someones prayer Calgary by 11
posted by MrFrisby at 09:41 PM on October 01
At first I wasn't that thrilled by my team either. But as somebody mentioned, it is pretty deep league. I think my initial knee-jerk reaction of "screw goaltending now, I might as well get the best scorers still available" when Weedy took Miller may work out. I still got two starting goaltenders in a 19 team league and after looking at everybody elses team, none of them are what I would call stacked. I think injuries may determine the winner more than goaltending.
posted by MrFrisby at 07:43 PM on September 30
I freaked out when I saw how fast goalies were going. Then when I had Ryan Miller highlighted and was waiting to for my turn somebody else took him. Then I really started freaking out. I ended up with Quick and Chris Mason. While not studs, they are starters. At least they will be at the beginning of the season.
posted by MrFrisby at 11:22 AM on September 26
Parody of yourself in color,
Montreal by 16
giving it to everybody but your mother.
B.C. by 3
You've got much to think about.
Soaring higher with every treason.
Saskatchewan by 9
Never justify, never reason.
Toronto by 4
You've got much to think about....
posted by MrFrisby at 03:15 PM on September 25
Oh stop! You're just being a p*ssy, man up!
posted by MrFrisby at 03:23 AM on September 19
I had my fingers up her... Hamilton by 3 Country music played on the radio, so I turned it off BC by 11 We walked down to the water Montreal by 24 As she grabbed on to my honker Saskatchewan by 9 A wave swept us away
posted by MrFrisby at 04:31 PM on September 18
I can't get to sleep
Hamilton by 9
I think about the implications
Calgary by 11
Of diving in too deep
Montreal by 17
And possibly the complications
Saskatchewan by 6
posted by MrFrisby at 01:11 AM on September 11
Don't let this opportunity pass through your five hole.
Fucking Freakin' awesome! Well done, good sir.
posted by MrFrisby at 08:16 PM on September 10
Playoff teams:
East
1. Boston Bruins
2. Carolina Hurricanes
3. Pittsburgh Penguins
4. Washington Capitals
5. New Jersey Devils
6. Philadelphia Flyers
7. Buffalo Sabres
8. New York Rangers
Dark horse: Florida Panthers
West
1. Vancouver Canucks
2. San Jose Sharks
3. Detroit Red Wings
4. Chicago BlackHawks
5. Minnesota Wild
6. Anaheim Ducks
7. St Louis Blues
8. Calgary Flames
Dark horse: Dallas Stars
posted by MrFrisby at 06:33 PM on September 08
Atlantic Division:
1. Pittsburgh Penguins - I don't think there will be too much of a hangover
2. New Jersey Devils - new coach, new young faces, it will probably take a couple of months for the team to click. The only line that will probably stay intact is the Parise-Zajac-Langenbrunner line. Madden (the only real loss of the offseason) will be hard to replace. Good luck, Rod Pelly.
3. Philadelphia Flyers - I think they have the potential to win the division, but as always in Philly, it will come down to goaltending.
4. New York Rangers - How they got rid of the Gomez contract is beyond me. I was hoping to keep laughing at that for years to come.
5. New York Islanders - Tank for Tavares whoever next years top draft pick is!
NorthEast Division:
1. Boston Bruins - The sooner they get the Kessel thing straightened out, the better.
2. Buffalo Sabres - Only at 2nd because they are the best of the rest.
3. Montreal Canadians - Now with more less height! With Gionta and Chara now in the same division, it should make the Bruins/Canadiens rivalry more interesting.
4. Toronto Maple Leafs - still in rebuilding mode
5. Ottawa Senators - Oh how the mighty have fallen. The sooner they get rid of Heatly, the better. Now might be a good time to start rebuilding mode.
SouthEast Division
1. Carolina Hurricanes - Edge out the Caps because of better and more stable goaltending. Did you know, out of all the current NHL goaltenders, Cam Ward is the closest to being on pace to break Patrick Roy's Brodeur's records?
2. Washington Capitals - I'm not convinced Varlemov is the real deal.
3. Florida Panthers - The best of the rest
4. Tampa Bay Lighting - realized that while offense is great, you still need some semblance of a defense.
5. Atlanta Thrashers - If you are debating whether or not Rich Peverly is your #1 center, you are in trouble.
NHL Western Conference
Central Division (aka the new Atlantic)
1. Detroit Red Wings
2. Chicago BlackHawks
3. St Louis Blues
4. Nashville Predators
5. Columbus Blue Jackets
NorthWest Division
1. Vancover Canucks
2. Minnesota Wild
3. Calgary Flames
4. Edmonton Oilers
5. Colorado Avalanche
Pacific Division
1. San Jose Sharks
2. Anaheim Ducks
3. Los Angeles Kings
4. Dallas Stars
5. Phoenix Coyotes
posted by MrFrisby at 06:21 PM on September 08
The Kentucky Cruisers are back and looking to improve upon their 12th place performance in Puckathon IV.
posted by MrFrisby at 12:04 PM on September 08
That'd be "Fair Dinkum, what a drongo", thank you very much.
You're most certainly welcome. I guess the aussies that I "race" with didn't teach me the phrase properly. Please feel free to share any more "taunts" that I can use against them.
posted by MrFrisby at 07:12 PM on September 05
apoch, could you email me some powerball numbers?
posted by MrFrisby at 02:51 AM on September 05
Everything thats serious lasts
Montreal by 18
But to me theres no surprise
Saskatchewan by 8
What I have, I knew was true
Hamilton by 3
Things go wrong, they always do
Edmonton by 2
posted by MrFrisby at 03:27 PM on September 04
BoKnows something the rest of us don't ?
The way Edmonton was turning the ball over I was starting to think that he did. Fortunately, I turned the game off with enough time for the Eskimos to make a come back.
posted by MrFrisby at 03:50 AM on August 30
Group ID: 29724
Password: dropkick
posted by MrFrisby at 03:21 PM on August 25
If I was your body, would you still wear clothes?
Edmonton by 5
If I was a booger, would you blow your nose?
B.C. by 18
Where would you keep it? Would you eat it?
Montreal by 11
I'm just trying to give myself a reason
Saskatchewan by 9
For being around.
posted by MrFrisby at 01:28 PM on August 13
Montreal by 16
I think I know what you mean and although it sounds obscene
Saskatchewan by 11
I will always do my best to understand
Hamilton by 3
you have so many words and your voice is always heard
Calgary by 7
but who can say they really understand?
posted by MrFrisby at 03:32 PM on August 06
Montreal by 17
Hamilton by 4
Toronto by 7
Calgary by 14
You were clean 15 minutes ago. Now you're just on vacation.
posted by MrFrisby at 01:12 PM on July 30
llb:
Your draft is currently scheduled for Sat Aug 22 10:00am CDT
Rodent Rebellion is back for it's fourth season.
posted by MrFrisby at 02:27 PM on July 23
Montreal by 24
Winnipeg by 7
B.C. by 11
Saskatchewan by 14
That dog...I say... that dog is lower than a snake full of buckshot.
posted by MrFrisby at 09:09 PM on July 22
B.C. by 14
Calgary by 7
Saskatchewan by 3
Winnipeg by 10
That dog's as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrrel of oat meal
posted by MrFrisby at 12:53 PM on July 16
Montreal by 17 Winnipeg by 3 BC by 21 Saskatchewan by 7
I know my lines, I just don't know what order they're in.
posted by MrFrisby at 01:19 PM on July 09
Toronto by 11
Calgary by 6
Edmonton by 3
BC by 7
Go You Huskies!
posted by MrFrisby at 02:25 AM on June 30
Yes, that's the background.
posted by MrFrisby at 06:11 PM on June 11
Yes, it is 32 points instead of 16. The default setting on Project Confidence is two points for a win. I think BoKnows mentioned that he forgot to change that. It was set up that way so that pools that could have tied games (such as tournaments with round robin play) then you could get single points for the games a team tied and double points for games that a team won.
posted by MrFrisby at 03:29 PM on May 29
Detroit in 7
ala Giguere 2003, Malkin wins Conn Smythe
Nice to see you again, Sdm. Give my condolences to Sdd. If you guys are still talking that is.
posted by MrFrisby at 02:17 PM on May 29
Detroit in 6
3 points for Conn Smythe
posted by MrFrisby at 01:05 PM on May 16
Hurricanes in 7
Penguins in 5
Ducks in 7
Canucks in 6
posted by MrFrisby at 09:12 PM on April 29
No need to be sorry dude. That was a great series. I can only hope that the rest of the playoffs have the same excitement. May this year carry on the tradition of the last few series between the Devils and Canes.
posted by MrFrisby at 11:45 PM on April 28
A hearty congrats, NoMich. Now if you will excuse me, I have a date with a huge bottle of rum.
posted by MrFrisby at 10:15 PM on April 28
Well I didn't think last night's game was any good (of course). I'm pretty freaking nervous about tomorrow night. I will agree that I wish Game 7 would start ASAP, the anxiety is killing me.
posted by MrFrisby at 09:32 PM on April 27
Double-you Tee Eff? How did Cam Ward not get second star of the game tonight? I hope the Hockey Gods didn't notice.
posted by MrFrisby at 10:14 PM on April 23
Do you have playoff tickets this year, NoMich? If so, that must have been an awesome game to be at tonight. What a friggin rollercoaster ride.
posted by MrFrisby at 11:29 PM on April 21
Actually, I think qbert72 is the one that runs it. Billsaysthis, you should have gotten an email when you set up the pool. It should have an admin link so that you can enter game scores. There won't be any standings until game results are entered.
posted by MrFrisby at 12:04 AM on April 20
The creator of the pool can add late picks. If you post picks in here now, I'm sure nobody would mind allowing you in the pool.
posted by MrFrisby at 08:01 PM on April 15
A little slide is fine with me. I'd cut it off at the start of third period of the earliest game.
posted by MrFrisby at 07:53 PM on April 15
Boston in 4
Washington in 5
New Jersey in 7
Philadelphia in 6
San Jose in 6
Columbus in 6
St Louis in 7
Chicago in 5
posted by MrFrisby at 01:29 PM on April 15
I never did send out any cd's last time, but I never received any either. Of course, I did say that I was moving and nobody should send me a CD until they have my new address. After digging through my email for an hour though, I see that it was lil_brown_bat, qbert72, and Ufez. I did put a playlist together though and will send it to them if they are still interested. Just let me know if the addresses I have from last year are still valid and will send them out ASAP.
posted by MrFrisby at 10:32 PM on January 05
Wow, 96 picks entered. There were two late picks (don & betme), but I can't figure out how to delete them.
Well anyways, here's how the collective picked: Rank - Team - average 12 - NYG - 9.531 11 - IND - 8.823 10 - TEN - 8.771 9 - PIT - 8.656 8 - CAR - 8.250 7 - BAL - 7.458 6 - PHI - 6.833 5 - ATL - 5.177 4 - MIA - 4.396 3 - SD - 4.354 2 - MIN - 3.323 1 - ARI - 2.427
posted by MrFrisby at 03:32 PM on January 04
Crap, I didn't realize that there was a game tonight. I can't change the deadline but I took a screen shot and will delete any picks entered after...right...now!
posted by MrFrisby at 06:48 PM on January 03
Woooo! I'm enjoying the second day of my four day weekend with my first leftover turkey samich of the year. Happy post Thanksgiving to all!
posted by MrFrisby at 01:21 PM on November 28
A hearty congrats to you, Folkways! I guess you didn't have any hard drive issues this year. ;)
I thought I had a good strategy, and maybe I did because I had the most points in the second half. But the first half killed me. I guess that I waited too long to see who the money drivers were.
Well anyways, at least TBH didn't win. And I'll give some props to tselson too, he missed a couple weeks in the first half of the season but had points every week in the second half (not to mention 400 pts in week 23) to finish 5th.
posted by MrFrisby at 11:16 PM on November 17
Whew ... made it in under the wire ...
Crap, I didn't. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
posted by MrFrisby at 08:26 PM on November 08
I was thumbing through some of the archives and noticed that every instance of grum@work has turned into a link. And if I click that link my email opens up and prepares a message to be sent to "grum@work".
posted by MrFrisby at 07:42 PM on November 06
And the defending champion (me) misses the podium by one freaking point. Even worse, I have to share fourth place, with a teenager. ;) (Hey YYM, at least the recent server move won't allow us to update our mediocrity in our profile.)
Big congrats to Tommy and Monica, well done! And of course, a big thanks to the good Doc. Bring on the playoffs!
posted by MrFrisby at 08:43 PM on November 03
What better way to demoralize Saskatchewan by 21 When your own children are your spies Edmonton by 3 The things you trust are not the same Hamilton by 6 Trust in grief, trust in death B.C. by 18 Trust in hope is trust in pain
posted by MrFrisby at 06:32 PM on October 30
Can't I be the first MrFrisby? Please?
And when I shoulda been gone a long time Calgary by 7 Laughs and says, I find ways Saskatchewan by 4 Just when we're sheltered under paper B.C. by 15 The rockets come at us sideways Montreal by 12
posted by MrFrisby at 03:14 PM on October 24
The curse of Billy was the first thing that I thought of before even clicking the link. I could almost get behind the Phillies, but I don't want them to break the curse and open the door for the Flyers.
posted by MrFrisby at 10:32 PM on October 21
CFL Pick 'Em, Division Semi-Finals Edition
Hamilton by 9
Calgary by 6
Setta