Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Ladies, consider yourselves warned...

"Like, OMG, you guys! I'm totally resigned!"

...Because everyone's favorite Flyers P-I-M-P has had his contract extended for another four years! Yay for Lupul! I would have been quite sad if he got traded again... for the third summer in a row. Four-mil-plus seems a little excessive, but I guess it's what the young guys are making these days.

Now that we have Lupul to gaze upon for a few more years, I have to wonder: could he become my permanent Flyers husband this year? Sami was my interim one, and now that he's gone back to Finland (tear), and Gator is out of the equation, will this be Lupul's time to shine? I mean, we do have oh so much in common. He's named after Chaucer, I'm an English major. He has smoldering blue eyes, I have blue eyes (albeit not of the smoldering, vortex variety, but whatev). He likes rap, I get my bangin' hip hop and r&b on while commuting to work with my aunt and cousin every day. Geez Joff, why are we not already wed in holy Flyers matrimony?! For the sake of his health, though, perhaps I should hold back. Over winter break last year, I declared to Pops that I liked Lupul. Hatcher then promptly sat on his head against Toronto, forcing him out of action for over a month. And then he got injured again immediately after that. Maybe I should leave the poor boy alone...

Friday, July 18, 2008

The Little Mer-Mike?

Here comes the sun...
(Thanks to Soph for the photoshop magic!)

Since the Flyers lost their captain Gator to free agency madness, everyone's curious who his successor will be... including Mike Richards, apparently.


It’s the offseason, and Mike Richards is attempting to sleep, but he keeps tossing and turning, muttering phrases like, “Captain… The sun… Awesomely responsible boyfriend… CAPTAIN…” This last thought obviously has him freaked out, and he begins to dream of the Flyers locker room. Except that he’s standing in the middle of it, wearing his jersey with a C sewn on it! He realizes this in horror, and when he looks up again, his teammates have cheerfully surrounded him. They begin to sing.

(to the tune of “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid)

Jeff Carter: “Don’t worry ‘bout being captain, for you it’s a piece of cake. You’re SportSquee’s responsible boyfriend… that was your first big break.”

Mike Knuble and Scott Hartnell (calmly dragging a panicked Richards back into the middle of the locker room): “This decision might confound you, just don’t bolt right out the door! The world revolves around you! Who else could have such allure?!”

All: “Under the C, under the C!”

Kimmo Timonen: “Richie, that letter belongs on your sweater, take it from me!”

All: “Out on the ice, you’d work all day. For twelve years, we want you to stay! We finished voting and know you’ll be doting under the C!”

Simon Gagne: “Okay, so we missed the playoffs, but you freed us from that hole.”

Marty Biron (whispering): “We’d give the C to Hatcher, but you know that he’s a troll…”

Joffrey Lupul and Scottie Upshall (as they scoot up next to Richards and then stand on either side of him): “And you’ve got us for wingmen, and we could never hate. We’ll meet lots more girls now and take them out on dates! Woo-hoo!” (Richards nods approvingly. He’s clearly beginning to warm up to the idea of being captain.)

All: “Under the C, under the C!”

Riley Cote (ripping a telephone book in half in a pre-season rage): “So the Pens beat us, just wait ‘til they meet us eventually!”

John Stevens (sticking his head into the room and holding a clipboard): “You’ll be the star of our playbook, and teams will give you a second look…”

Derian Hatcher: “We’ll have no troubles, and you’ll get more stubble!”

All: “Under the C (under the C)! Under the C (under the C)!”

Stevens: “Since we lost Gator, and you’re a good skater, naturally…”

Kyle McLaren, Milan Michalek, and Christian Ehrhoff (popping out from behind a closed door): “Even us boys in San Jose can see how flawlessly you play!”

Randy Jones: “Our fans have spirit--”

Danny Briere (muttering): “And they’ll let you hear it…”

All: “Under the C!”

The Flyers congregate and lift Richards onto their shoulders and parade him around the room jubilantly. His dream fades out, and he is now able to sleep peacefully in bed, with visions of his captaincy dancing through his head.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Best Birthday Present!

Thanks NHL schedulers! Next season there are no actual games (read that as: no Sharks or Flyers games) on my twenty-first birthday. Instead, I've got the Flyers in San Jose on the 18th of October, and the Sharks in Philly on the 22nd. Which is perfect because I'll be home to see the Flyers because it's at the end of Fall Break, and I'll be at school in Philly in time for the Sharks. And my birthday is right smack-dab in the middle of that. So this year my birthday is going to be a four-day, bi-coastal, crazy affair! The only thing that could make it better is if I could kidnap Jess like I did last year...

Now Jess and I just need to go through the schedule and figure out what other games we want to go to next year.

Is it hockey-time yet?!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

What a big tease you are NHL

That Sharks released a little of next season's schedule. Their opener is on the 9th against the Ducks (which is also the season opener, so no start on the road this year). Because of the change in scheduling, next year the Sharks will play the Penguins, the Lightning and the Flyers twice next year! I'm so excited, I'm bouncing in my chair. Well, the Penguins aren't terribly exciting, but if I was home for that game I could always go and make magnificent posters that would cause Rusty to have an epiphany and he would feel so guilty for having willingly signed with the Penguins, he would demand a trade right then and there. During warm ups. Tampa will be interesting because they've been a three ring circus this off season. The most exciting is the Flyers. I honestly wasn't really expecting the Sharks to play the Flyers at all next year considering that the Sharks were in Philly last February. Not a bad bunch of teams to be playing twice, I could certainly think of lamer teams. Now, if only they said what the dates were. But the whole schedule is supposed to be released at noon (Flyers-time, not Sharks) tomorrow.


Now the Flyers three Western Conference choices aren't as exciting to me (barring the Sharks, of course). They're playing the Avalanche, the Sharks (!!!) and the Kings. I'm really pissed that their home opener is on the 11th. I'm flying back home for Fall Break on the morning of the 11th. Way to mess it up, NHL schedulers. I wonder if I can convince my parents to change my ticket for the 12th...

Friday, July 11, 2008

Hands off Ehrhoff

A beautiful friendship


A few days ago, one of Slightly Saucy's Official Favorites and German sexpot extraordinaire Christian Ehrhoff signed a three year contract, keeping him in teal for three more years. Jess and I love our Germans and are thrilled that this particular one is sticking around. He's a solid defenseman (no matter what those haters say), he's really fast and he was king of the blocked shots last year and ate up a lot of minutes. Plus, his favorite jams include "Hung Up" by Madonna, he's got mad video game skills and the best warmup picture I've ever taken was of Mr. Ehrhoff. So to put it simply: Christian, we love you.

video

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Everybody wants you!

Well, this obviously needed to be revisited!

So after a slow weekend, the NHL amped up the drama today with more free agent madness! Firstly, our beloved brooding single dad Gator signed with Ottawa. Sigh. I knew our time together with Gator would be short, but I was hoping he would go to a team I don't hate... namely the Sharks! But I suppose that Gator's love of cities with horrendous winters prevailed. Too bad he didn't go to Buffalo to become Craig Rivet's older d-man BFF! Later, Gator. :(


Steve: "Waaahhh, I'm not really Stretch Armstrong!"

And THEN, what to my wondering eyes should appear on TSN.com tonight, but a picture of Steve Bernier! My reaction? "Uh-oh, this can't be good!" Sure enough, the poor boy continues to be pulled in more directions than Stretch Armstrong! So the Sabres shipped him off to Vancouver last week, and now he's got an offer sheet from St. Louis! Which Vancouver allegedly matched? So much drama! Apparently, Vancouver and St. Louis seem to know that they will just be catapulted into the playoffs with the addition of the stunning Steve Bernier, who will not only provide them with a considerable dose of squee BUT also raw talent, a love of poutine, and an ability to botch up the English language! What's not to love?

Monday, July 7, 2008

Breaking News!


I guess you aren't going to do an appearance when you just got traded. I don't think I would have gotten that without the email. Thanks, guys...



Oh and like Kristin said, I did indeed get my customized Flyers chucks in the controversial grenadine color.


Now the all important question: are they too red, or can you tell that they're supposed to be orange? I think that they're orange enough, but what do I know? Some woman told me they were very patriotic. I guess so, if we lived in Halloweenland. Regardless, I enjoy them a lot.