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go_gentleon twitter today, people were talking shit about the oilers' management and generally praising oil change, so i decided to watch it. and then i had a lot of feelings. so apparently i am going to liveblog oil change. because taht is a thing that people do. i thought it was the first episode, but maybe it isn't? eh, it's the one with the draft and the preseason.
oh dramatic announcer dude, i know you want to believe that edm is going to improve on their last place finish, but i have some bad news for you....
so many ehs! so many nicknames! by god this is a group of canadian hockey players.
please tell me you are gaming the media when you say AT THE DRAFT CONVENTION that you don't have a choice yet.
HALLSY!
no, really, why are you making your communication dude put together press releases for all contingencies? YOU HAVE THE FIRST PICK.
SKINNER!!!
so, they spend their time in the meeting talking about their need for big D....and go with hallsy? obviously.
it's not a dawning of a new era, sorry, dudes.
actually, i'm pretty sure you will be doing this every year.
lol thinks there IS a list.
let's talk about your tie knot, head of scouting dude.
why are there small children in the draft huddle?
lol hallsy stands up before they call his name.
"Okay. Now what are we going to do?" i know that's SUPPOSED to be a joke, and yet.
and tambellini can't figure out how to work the phones? oh god.
winterhawks: still weird me out a tiny bit
they all seem so pleased with themselves after the draft. whyyyyy?
no matter his coaching, quinn can really work a three piece suit.
this coaching change comes across as super sketchy.
...especially when they talk about the team being 'young and impressionable.' (these soundbites are more inneundo laden than the time my freshman history teacher got fired for watching porn.)
...you put your captain on waivers? well, that is, uh, a decision.
POPE-AH!
no more drilling puns.
lol malhoutra does not want them.
why IS enforcers?
all this ~secrecy and "the other player" is really annoying.
no really, why is tough guy?
"the last place he'd want to fail is here." wtf does that even mean?
FUCK YOU, PIERRE
sorry, was i saying something?
okay, the incidental music in this reminds me a little bit of the Gorillaz' Clint Eastwood, which in turn i associate with Gaius Baltar, which i'm sure is not a link they expect anyone to make, but might be a little apt nonetheless.
(that last sentence makes me wonder why i have friends.)
it's football! but canadian!
why is he posing with his contract?
prospects! so teenage! so awkward! such tiny calves!
either i've been stockholmed, or taylor hall doesn't look too awful in this thing.
that is a lot of turnout for prospect camp.
watching all 40 of them do skating drills makes me concerned for someone's saftey.
....is there a dude in an armchair in the back of the locker room?
stick drills in lunchrooms! lol more things that remind me of high school
the way this is framed makes it look like the coach has been talking to them for hours.
magnus! sweaty magnus!
i really think it takes more than a winning attitidue to win. possibly also skill.
and now he just compared the prospects to candy. as one does.
"kates"? that's how you're going to go with it, katz?
katz, i'm from minneapolis. i'm allergic to discussions of public financing for stadiums.
oh khabby. oh khabby.
and then the video cuts out for the rest of this segment! awesome.
onwards to training camp!
so much terrible hair.
FRAZ!
i'm not sure that getting up and saying 'the atmosphere here used to suck, but now it doesn't, we promise!' is as positive as he might hope.
what an articulate young man.
MAGNUS!!!!
they had kind of an impressive preseason. pity it didn't last.
players yelling! refs yelling back! they should all be miked up all the time.
oh oilers. oh oilers.
lol pissed off swedes.
horcoff has a nose that is.....very hockey.
theo peckham, otoh, is way hotter than a hockey player should be.
still think of waffles every time i see jokinen.
EBS!
although i'm a litle concerned about the blood pressure of their play-by-play dude.
yeahhhh, i don't know if it's going to stay that good, announcer dude.
oh dramatic announcer dude, i know you want to believe that edm is going to improve on their last place finish, but i have some bad news for you....
so many ehs! so many nicknames! by god this is a group of canadian hockey players.
please tell me you are gaming the media when you say AT THE DRAFT CONVENTION that you don't have a choice yet.
HALLSY!
no, really, why are you making your communication dude put together press releases for all contingencies? YOU HAVE THE FIRST PICK.
SKINNER!!!
so, they spend their time in the meeting talking about their need for big D....and go with hallsy? obviously.
it's not a dawning of a new era, sorry, dudes.
actually, i'm pretty sure you will be doing this every year.
lol thinks there IS a list.
let's talk about your tie knot, head of scouting dude.
why are there small children in the draft huddle?
lol hallsy stands up before they call his name.
"Okay. Now what are we going to do?" i know that's SUPPOSED to be a joke, and yet.
and tambellini can't figure out how to work the phones? oh god.
winterhawks: still weird me out a tiny bit
they all seem so pleased with themselves after the draft. whyyyyy?
no matter his coaching, quinn can really work a three piece suit.
this coaching change comes across as super sketchy.
...especially when they talk about the team being 'young and impressionable.' (these soundbites are more inneundo laden than the time my freshman history teacher got fired for watching porn.)
...you put your captain on waivers? well, that is, uh, a decision.
POPE-AH!
no more drilling puns.
lol malhoutra does not want them.
why IS enforcers?
all this ~secrecy and "the other player" is really annoying.
no really, why is tough guy?
"the last place he'd want to fail is here." wtf does that even mean?
FUCK YOU, PIERRE
sorry, was i saying something?
okay, the incidental music in this reminds me a little bit of the Gorillaz' Clint Eastwood, which in turn i associate with Gaius Baltar, which i'm sure is not a link they expect anyone to make, but might be a little apt nonetheless.
(that last sentence makes me wonder why i have friends.)
it's football! but canadian!
why is he posing with his contract?
prospects! so teenage! so awkward! such tiny calves!
either i've been stockholmed, or taylor hall doesn't look too awful in this thing.
that is a lot of turnout for prospect camp.
watching all 40 of them do skating drills makes me concerned for someone's saftey.
....is there a dude in an armchair in the back of the locker room?
stick drills in lunchrooms! lol more things that remind me of high school
the way this is framed makes it look like the coach has been talking to them for hours.
magnus! sweaty magnus!
i really think it takes more than a winning attitidue to win. possibly also skill.
and now he just compared the prospects to candy. as one does.
"kates"? that's how you're going to go with it, katz?
katz, i'm from minneapolis. i'm allergic to discussions of public financing for stadiums.
oh khabby. oh khabby.
and then the video cuts out for the rest of this segment! awesome.
onwards to training camp!
so much terrible hair.
FRAZ!
i'm not sure that getting up and saying 'the atmosphere here used to suck, but now it doesn't, we promise!' is as positive as he might hope.
what an articulate young man.
MAGNUS!!!!
they had kind of an impressive preseason. pity it didn't last.
players yelling! refs yelling back! they should all be miked up all the time.
oh oilers. oh oilers.
lol pissed off swedes.
horcoff has a nose that is.....very hockey.
theo peckham, otoh, is way hotter than a hockey player should be.
still think of waffles every time i see jokinen.
EBS!
although i'm a litle concerned about the blood pressure of their play-by-play dude.
yeahhhh, i don't know if it's going to stay that good, announcer dude.
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Date: 2011-05-03 02:28 am (UTC)The whole "the attitude used to suck, but it doesn't anymore!" thing was v. v. important after the previous year. See: shipping out Souray to an AHL team not affiliated with the bb!Oilers.
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Date: 2011-05-03 02:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-03 02:40 am (UTC)but I'm glad we were able to get you to watch all this nonsense. Peckham is a delight through the entire series.
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Date: 2011-05-03 02:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-03 03:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-04 01:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-03 07:39 am (UTC)winterhawks: still weird me out a tiny bit
Aside from the fact that we are basically a Canadian high school distance education program, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH US! WE ARE...SOMETIMES WE ARE VERY GOOD AT...PARTS OF HOCKEY! ::waves tiny portland winterhawks flag::
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Date: 2011-05-04 01:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-05-04 03:02 am (UTC)