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Does NJ not have a rep?

Elias has been tearing it up. Do any other teams not have reps? Also didn’t there use to be a rookie game?

I thought W'peg was the only team w/o a rep

Oh NJ’s are rookies.

Neither NJ rookie accepted right? are both hurt?

They’re in the “unable to participate” section. Hurt, I guess.

Speaking of rookies Craig Smith looked amazing in the relay. I was just like Datsyuk is so good, and then when Smith came out, I kept thinking don’t mess up, but after Smith was halfway through I was thinking I wish I could see his and Datsyuk relay side by side because Smith was fast around those pylons.

Of course he looked amazing! He’s the Honey Badger.

I guess they should have made him stick handle around snakes :)

Just to make it fair.

He wouldn’t give a ****.

cbj doesn't have one... johansen is a rookie
Good afternoon OTFers!

Go Team Hair!

Great hair = better team

proven fact.

I’ve always said hair can make or break a person.

It's weird seeing Stamkos in red.

I dislike it.

What's everybody's prediction for DP's trade deadline activity?

I’m trying not to think about it anymore.

Me either. At this point everything that can be said has been said at least 40,000 times. We just have to wait and see.

Don’t know, I just hope that he does not trade Wilson, Smith, or Josi.

How many times is Hartnell going to donate to charity today?

I miss that guy.

That Hartnell Down thing is really cool.

It is. I think it’s great that he’s turned something that would irritate most people into something awesome.

Oh goody. Lame pre-game music.
Exhibit #1 for why we need the All-Star Game in Nashville

This opening act.

Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill could tear it up.

And I really HATE seeing Sutes in blue.
Although the Preds 3rds-that-used-to-be are blue

So never mind.

Even worse

Seeing Shea Weber in…ugh…red.

Except Team Canada red. So never mind again.

I figured out why we would never get to host an ASG

during the player introductions, for any non-preds, we’d yell “SUCKS!”

I hope not. I really hate that the Toronto players are being booed this weekend.

Yeah. The crowd in Nashville is just so much more badly behaved than other fan bases. [looking at you, Vancouver/Boston/Philadelphia/Montreal. Sorry if I’ve left anyone out.]

/sarcasm

dude's got some pipes!
Okay this anthem singer is good.
Well, 1 out of 3 isn't bad, I guess.

I liked him on The Voice.

I don't normally like the wave

But I like what they’re doing with the Canadian flag.

so does the old dude
ouch, that waver hurts

he’s oscillating more that I like to bend a note on the guitar. That’s damn near an octave of waver. with all that slop, he’s guaranteed to slide across the right note somewhere…

Tim Horton's any good?

@MikeCorcoranNHL
Was this intro music selected from #TBLightning warm up music greatest hits?

Lundquist has a sad.

I wanted to hear what he said on that mic at that moment.

that was a pretty sweet goal

Perfect timing on the pass from Datsyuk.

Team Chara with the big lead
That shot by Malkin was sick.

I still can’t even figure out what he did! I kept replaying it.

this CBC feed is driving me nuts
Lundqvist's mask is cool
poor Team Alfie
yeah...they getting crushed.

plenty of time left. I want one of our guys to score a goal

Team Hair will make a comeback.

Great hair is it’s own reward.

Gabby and Hossa

scary combination.

Suter a -1 now...

O_o

Yeah, I wasn’t paying attention at first and thought he got a goal. Then realized he was in the wrong jersey. :-P

Great screen by Spezza
Some of these

lines have such great passers it’s like watching SK74, Dumont, and Erat on a single line…

/seeswhatyoudidthere
Shut up Pierre

I’ve tried that. Never works. But I keep trying.

Scotty Hartnell

so cute grinning like that.

He is. I heart him.

He kind of defines the "Happy to Be Here" thing

Yep. He seems like he’s having a great time.

lol.....i have the cbc feed and they had the live mics on

as Hartnell was skating by the other bench, he said “suck it Phaneuf”

Suter didn't clear it...

haha

Is Suter -2 or -3 now?

:-(

Suter paired with Timonen.
That was nuts.

Datsyuk just caught the puck with his stick.

Many sentences about Pavel Datsyuk begin with “That was nuts…”

Datsyuk

is absolutely deserving of 1st pick

@jtbourne
Tortorella just made an interview with Pierre McGuire great. The man is a wizard.

Penalty Shot!

This is gonna be awesome!@

ugh.

Tried that yesterday in the elimination shootout.

It worked then.

Nertz.

Poor Stammer.

He seemed in good spirits over it. :-) I loved the pirouette.

Shea is cruising in deep

he wants a goal

Lundquist is funny.

And he managed to make Pierre useful.

National Curmudgeon Day?

Who knew Grizzledbear had his own day?

Friday was National Chocolate Cake Day. We ate at Cracker Barrel, because they have the best chocolate cake.

Last week had National Pie Day, National Peanut Butter Day, and National Chocolate Cake Day. It was awesome.

Did you celebrate all of them? I like to observe things like that and have sometimes googled lists of them to put them on my calendar. Even let the dogs each have a pancake on Nat’l Pancake Day.

I did try to convince a friend to have pie for dinner.

I do that kind of things with my kids. Creates fun memories. Adjust the sugar intake another day.

Suter looks like a little lost puppy in the dressing room. :-(

what is this super bowl thing they keep talking about in the commercials?
super what?

I think it may have something to do with a sport played with a modified pig bladder.

oh, doesn’t sound like a very interesting sport to me. I guess someone likes it or they wouldn’t have commercials for it during the HOCKEY All Star Game… Whodathunkit?

Well apparently

some people are under the impression that the US Figure Skating Championships are more interesting than hockey.

Yeah I don't really get that...I literally asked myself when I saw it was on NBC, "Who would want to watch that?"

Figure skating… you mean like Erat does?

I think it's some kind of advertising competition

I hear a lot about commercials tied to it.

The Volkswagen Darth Vader one won last year. Or was that the year before?

That was last year. This year VW has one of dogs barking the Star Wars theme.

Worked for them last year; sticking with a similar theme.

CAustin, did you hear Lundqvist just now?
I'm loving this mic'd up thing..
Price v Quick

Who do I cheer for?

Pekka!

He’s on a beach in Florida right now.

Yes I have heard that...

I only said that because it’s hard to cheer for any goalie other than Peks or Lindy.

Not for me. :)

I wish I was. Although it’s probably not that warm…

DId y'all see the HUGE marlin that Toots caught in Florida? He tweeted a pic of it...

I saw Fish’s fish. They were apparently chirping each other.

hehe yep. It was quite entertaining.

Toots probably took a private deep sea fishing trip with people who helped him catch it :)

I am pretty sure that was the case for both of them. You can’t really just show up and go out to sea, you need to find someone who knows the area. Nice fish by both of them. They should do an outdoors challenge or something, maybe they could get some sponsors to donate to charity.

I did see that. Not surprised.

really? someone posted a pic on the preds facebook of him and a young fan at the cool springs mall…it wasn’t a promotional appearance

according to an interview (can’t remember where) he and some friends were going to Florida

I was wondering earlier who your favorites are.

In this game it Lundqvist above all, but Quick coming up fast. Price is funny, though.

price in goal….i was yelling at him through the tv all weekend that he took rinne’s spot lol

They just undressed Quick right there.
Three goals for Gabby already? sick.
Who can we ask to mic Peks up while he's in goal??

we would just hear cursing in finnish when the defense lets him down

He probably says the Finnish equivalent of “Fudge!”

Where's team Alfie's defense.

I see way too many 2 or 3 on 1s.

There is no defense in the All-Star game

Yeah, kinda sucks since Webs and Sutes are defensemen...

They don’t get much glory!

if it makes you feel better they're still +/- 0 atm

Weber is +1 I think.

ahh he is

for now…. this game is going to be outof control scoring

I love how they will never call offsides.

It’s hilarious.

They did toward the beginning of the game.

Then the crowd started showing the refs their pitchforks and torches and they stopped blowing the whistles.

Price was like Uh, guys, will you quit talking to me? I have a puck coming toward me.

“Woop, here we go.”

End game prediction

Team Chara 10
Team Alfredsson 9

Why would they keep the Sedin twins together but separate Weber and Suter?? They're kindof like twins..

A more-feared combo.

because Chara wasn’t about to play nice with either one of the Sedins.

EWWW Corey Perry...

I would like it if he didn’t get any points in this game.

With his tiny stick.

AHAHAHAHAHA.

What a goober…

Did he not realize what he was opening himself up to there?

“Perry thought we’d be impressed with his little stick.” (sign)

Oh I’d pay money to see that sign at Bridgestone.

I’ll make it if someone else will hold it. Or if I really get my nerve up, I’ll hold it myself.

I don’t think they come back here this season. Too bad. that would have been fun.

Then I’ll do it next season. Won’t be as fresh on everyone’s minds, but he’ll know what I’m talking about. If he reads it.

He saw the last sign we made about him, and flipped a puck over the ice to us, amazingly. I guess he just likes the attention.

He can read?

I suspect that Selanne read it to him.

I suspect Saku could have as well, they have a good education system in Finland…

Hartnell is all up in the mix

he’s singlehandedly bringing the physicality to the ASG

I just realized how pretty Lundqvist is.

Him, or his goaltending?

HIM! He's a beautiful man. But not as beautiful as Pekka... :)

He’s gorgeous.

And rich.

And talented

And funny.

Am I drooling?

Quick question – what’s everyone’s opinion of the Bart Durham commercial we’ve seen a million times lately, in which one girl takes off her shirt to get Buzz’s attention. I’ll explain why I ask after I hear what you think…

Every Bart Durham commercial is bad. That one drives me nuts though.

Thanks for the answer. Anyone else?

I don’t like it, but it doesn’t make me crazy because I don’t expect any better.

It's one of the most ridiculous commercials I've ever seen.

But all of the creepy fool’s commercials are head-shakingly bad. Remember the “Nashville’s First Soap Opera” ones?

Those were abysmal.

Thankfully, I don’t. Maybe I’ve blocked that memory.

It was really bad. Fake Eastern European accent bad.

Ever since then, his commercials has gone from actor portrayed-but still relevant to the case commercials to vaguely sexist garbage.

Have you seen the one where it’s just sweaty people dancing around while the details of someone’s case are being read? I think they’re doing Zumba or something but it’s a little much. How he has any credibility left as a lawyer, I don’t know.

I asked twice already for the relevance the sexist garbage, but he hasn’t replied, He just keeps asking about specific changes that could be made, and whether I’d still find them offensive.

Can you imagine hiring an attorney who doesn’t have enough sense to know how bad those commercials are?

Is it a political ad or something?

Injury lawyer. Are you watching on NBC Sports?

yeah, but I read during commercials

I emailed to complain about the commercial and now am in a back-and-forth email dialogue with someone there about the specifics re: it’s offensiveness.

Tell them:

“Stop showing girls showing their boobs.”

I already said that, and oh so much more. Just thought I’d take an informal poll so that I could prove that it’s not just me that dislikes them.

He asked whether I’d still be offended if both girls had pizza.

#StillPortrayingWomenAsBimbos #WhatsTheRelevance?

Pizza is not the issue. Boobs is the issue.

(Idiot.)

Wow, how does he win any cases with that logic?

No, you ambulance chaser, pizza would not make it better.

Suter with the interview!
Suter getting creeped on
Shut up, Pierre!
Price

“That’s what I’m talking about!”

To Suter: "Good luck with your contract." um....really???????????/
I guess that is a sore issue with me...

He already said he wants to deal with it later.

I know, it just seemed like the wrong time to bring up his contract issues

It is. Suter should have punched him.

Thank you!!!!!!!!! I was afraid I was the only one who thought that??

No that’s what my latest “shut up Pierre” was in reference to.

Wonder if Suter feels the need for a shower after brig CreePierred.
I think I've seen every mascot in the stands but Gnash

Where are you, you Tiger?

alfie just cut through the all, didn't he?
The home crowd loves that!
off topic....

but i will be REALLY disappointed when nashville gets the ASG if we can’t get our own goalie in there

nice Goal!

+ 2 for weber?

I think still +1.

no…i saw him on the ice for another goal

Ah. Nhl.com still just has +1. That’s where I got that.

gotcha…must’ve been on ice for a goal against

Team Hair finally with a lead!
Ok...I'm ready to see Shea's 106 mph bullet
That's pretty cool for Alfie
Price is doing everything to keep from freezing the puck.

That’s why they don’t want Rinne there. He’s a puck freezing specialist

if rinne is there there is a good chance that he could get a shutout in his period

so far, hasn't each goalie allowed 3 goals a piece??
yeah.
At least they're all "even" and one can't trash talk the other for allowing more goals..
Has Hartnell fallen yet?

only once that the announcers have mentioned. I saw Price take his legs out from under him a 2nd time when Hartsy was crashing the goal, dunno if they counted that

http://hartnelldown.com/ It was at 187 before the game started. (I was doing research. I'm not creeping him.)

that was supposed to say “twice”

You’re sure that’s not what the C stands for? Just kidding. I do a lot of research. :-)

Can't anyone do anything about Pierre McGuire?

He’s annoying.

10-9 looks likely at this point.

is everybody ready for drake? woo-hoo!

presses mute button

Mine, too. Yay for mute buttons!

now I feel old

I’ve never heard of this Drake fella before…

Is he the guy who runs the new restaurant in Cool Springs?
aww look how cute! all the all-starts came back out to the ice to watch Drake :)

canadian and rap should never be mentioned in the same sentence :)

AHH! Did y'all see some of the players videoing Drake with their phones??

And singing along.

And “singing” along.

Fixed.

lol I think it's the cutest thing ever! Well, maybe not EVER...

weber just looked bored in that shot

I feel his pain.

Maybe Sutes would sign if we told him we could end that performance faster. #HeLikesCountry

I don’t think he can even hear himself. He’s too fast and off-key.

i have a feeling weber is bored anyway….no checking, no powerplays and no penalty kills

And can’t use the slap shot for fear of killing someone.

What happened to good rap, you know like from the late 80s?

Oxymoron.

there was good rap at some point?
I bet Shea is the type of guy that would surprise us with his music choice. He probably likes blue grass or opera. hehe

I’m sure some of those “get to know the players” bits have said, but I don’t remember.

Stamkos has a white Iphone. Apple didn't know they would have free advertisement during this game...
Per @PredsNHL, "Preds All-Star Shea Weber leads all skaters in ice time with 15:39."
Uh oh,

it’s Timmy Thomas time in the 3rd. is that bad for Team Hair? probably yes. When Giroux gonna show up?

mostly unrelated

but the Rangers/Sabres game that they’re advertising for wednesday, who expects that to be a rout?

[hand in the air] Me-me-me-me-me!

So, my husband and I may be going to the Preds/Bruins game in Boston on Feb. 11. I have been told by Boston natives that if I wear any Preds gear I'd probably get beat up.
That's despicable

can’t Boston be more decent than that? or are they scared?

I don't know...but I've thought about wearing my GOLD Preds jersey and taking a risk. I mean, seriously, if they feel like they have to beat up a 5ft.1 little curly headed blonde girl then they have bigger problems than hockey.

what does boston have against us??

last St. Patty’s Day?

oh boo-hoo…an overtime win against a team that went on to win the cup

They're Boston. They're a different breed up there when it comes to hockey.

Just tell them we hate the Canucks just as much as you do!

OHH that's a good line! I'll remember that!

I thought about going to that game.

I wish you would! Then my husband and I wouldn't be alone! We'd have more witnessess...

You can all sit together (and Davisca, too).

Davisca has said she’s going to a game in gold. Not sure whether she has previously, though. She said she was going to try and join us on this thread late in the game.

I'm wearing my jersey. (Or at least I'm planning on it.)

If someone decides to yap at me, I’ll take it up with the security people. I should be allowed to wear whatever jersey I want and not get harassed. I am, however, going to stop over at Stanley Cup of Chowder a few days before and see what they say/suggest/etc. They probably know best, so if they highly suggest I don’t wear it, I won’t. Otherwise… ain’t a whole lot stopping me!

Ooh, Predators at Kings and Predators at Ducks are back-to-back at the beginning of my kids’ Spring Break, but we went to CA last March, and I didn’t plan to go out there again already…

That would be an awesome trip!

I think for every trip a Pred fan makes where our lives are in danger, we should get a special one on one time with the Preds players of our choice. :)

Gee, what player would you choose?

McGrattan?
(if I was in danger of a beatdown)
HONEY BADGER. Or Josi. Or both. At once?

Too much awesomeness at once. Could you handle it?

I’m pretty sure I can handle that.

Sadly, last year, Preds played the Kings in Nashville while we were out there. But at least it was easy to see the game on TV.

Easy, wear gold (brass) knuckles with your gold jersey!

Take no prisoners and have a good time! Cold water should get the blood out of your jersey.

Yeah Tim Thomas!!! His awesome play should shut up the naysayers and haters about his "not going to the white house"...
Who is mic'd this period?

Someone who doesn’t have much to say?

Whoever it is, he’s no Carey Price.

lol yep...good observation

I guess it’s Thomas.

I'm here!

Hey, when are you going to the game in Boston – Feb. 11? SuperPeks is going and heard it’d be dangerous to wear gold.

Yep...it's true.

I just read that, yeah. My roommate is from the area and she says she doesn’t think it should be a problem as long as you’re respectful and polite, so we’ll see. I’m planning on wearing it still, though. Like I said above, I’m gonna stop by the Bruins SBN just to double check with those guys and see what they say, cause if anyone knows best, it’s those guys.

That's a good idea...I'll have to do that too. And I would NEVER be disrespectful. BUT...they may think that cheering for the Preds is disrespectful...

We should try to meet up at the game!! Where are you sitting? Are you guys just visiting Boston?

Yes we should meet up!!!! My husband is in sales and travels for a living, and he has customers there. We would be taking his customers to entertain them.

Have no idea where we’re sitting b/c we don’t have tickets yet. ALthough We SHOULD get tickets soon…they are double what tickets are for Preds games!

No kidding!! I bought my tickets in SEPTEMBER, way up in the 300s, and they were $135 EACH. (Yay for early xmas presents…) I keep hearing people complain about $40 upper-bowl tickets to the Preds game, and I’m like you know, it could be a LOT worse. I would look into tickets ASAP, seriously.

Yeah, I wonder whether they’d say you shouldn’t wear it just to keep a visible presence out…

I love that you can actually SEE Preds fans. It’s awesome.

screw them…you should be allowed to wear your jersey anywhere. if they want to be classless buttholes it’s their problem not yours

That’s what I figure. If anyone tries to pick on me, they will be VERY startled. I’m an extremely polite and respectful person (especially in someone else’s barn), and I may be very small, but I can stand every single damn inch of my ground when I need to, while still being respectful and intelligent. It usually surprises people into compliance, lol. If it gets really bad, I’ll just go to the security people. Like you said, it’s my jersey and I should be able to wear it wherever the heck I want!

That's what I was thinking. I'm small too but dang it, if someone wants to get in my face, I'll put my southern charm on hold for a few minutes until it gets resolved
I'm finishing up a fan-post about this on SCofC right now.

I’ll let you know when I post it so you can check it out and see what people say.

Post is up!

Here it is.

Let us know later what the concensus is.

There's Giroux!
He kinda sounds like a 7 year old little boy playing with his friends lol
Whoa, does Weber really have 0 points??

Surprising!

It is surprising! And he’s 2nd in TOI.

LOL at Giroux trying to trip Hartnell.
Dumbest questions ever.

So, um, what does it feel like being successful? Do you like it?

I HATE BEING SUCCESSFUL.

I WISH I FAILED AT EVERYTHING.

Rats. C @#$% P scored.

I am sad.

Also, poor Elliott.

Yawn...

…somebody needs to punch Perry just to liven things up.

I volunteer.

Imagine how many people would line up, given the chance.

road trip idea

Pred at Avs for the last game of the season would be great. But such a haul! I wish there was a weekend away game left that is closer.

Hmmmm I could be in for that.

I would totally be in for that! Colorado would be a beautiful place to spread some gold!
There were a TON of Preds fans when I went to the January game, too!

Did you talk to any? Wonder whether they were transplanted Tennesseans…

I did! One of the guys I talked to was a transplant, yeah. The lady I talked to had a friend or family member or someone who liked the Preds, and the more she watched them, the more they grew on her. It was kinda funny though, whenever I walked by another Preds fan, we both exchanged small little knowing smiles and head-nods. Solidarity!

The D-men aren’t even getting in the way.

i’m sorry…but this is a disappointing showing by our boys

Yeah. But really, no one wants to get hurt or hurt anyone. So Shea shaved right before the game.

Weber is +2 despite no points. Tied for the +/- lead for team Alfie. Am I grasping?

Those Senators

really make Team Hair weak. Them and LeTang

all this trying to get Alfredsson the hattie

is really making for sucky hockey

So difference between Thomas and elliot?
The difference between Elliot and all the other goalies is 3 goals.

A little. Rinne vs Thomas would’ve been much better.

I'm gonna be unpopular here, but...

Rinne’s first half of the season didn’t deserve it.

but carey price did?

No, but all the other Canadiens are worse.

Rinne’s first half of the season October and November didn’t deserve it.

Which is when the voting is done. And it was true last season too.

I would say his first quarter of the season didn’t deserve it. His second quarter did deserve it. But the cumulative result…didn’t deserve it

of course. Rinne vs anyone would be better.

Point being was elliot's stats and inflated

Brian Elliott is an NHL-average or slightly above average goalie having a very good year. His numbers will go down again. Maybe not this season, though.

Good Night all!

See you Tuesday!

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