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This is a lot of Uppy, but he's just funny

Fear Not Yotes, Keep The Faith

The wheels are going to have to fall off. We are going to have to take out team all apart in order to figure out how everything fits together correctly and works best. Did we get excited because we won the first two games and hoped that the season would just magically be wonderful? Yes. Were those two games possibly won by sheer intestinal fortitude by the boys? Yes. Will we still end up in the playoff hunt? Absolutely.

Yes, a win at home in front of a sell-out crowd would have been wonderful. If we could have traded the Kings game where we blew them out 6 to 3 for a tough 2 to 0 loss to Columbus, it would have been ideal. It was a grinding game. This is our style now. The basics of our system were still the same for the home opener. Our fowards were defensively responsible and Bryz was solid. We drew a ton of penalties by our speed and grit. With 3 penalties against us, we were pretty disciplined. Our penalty kill looked solid. These are all steps forward. Our defensemen were a bit lost and we were defeated. It just takes more tweaking. Like I said, we are going to have to take the team apart and put it back together to see how it can work best.

Patience is a virtue and it doesn't seem like we can afford to have patience. Keeping our team through the court battle was a long and tedious path. The path to the playoffs is equally long and tedious. We have to keep the faith and trust that it will play out how it needs to.

Stars of the Week:

1) Goalies! Bryz and LaBarbara had a great opening week. Bryz was a little sketch against power plays on opening night, but our PK didn't help. Barb, you stood on your head for the Buffalo game, props.

2) Radim Vrbata ~ Welcome back. You are our offense. No pressure.

3) Peter Mueller ~ You haven't scored yet Pete, but you are EVERYWHERE on the ice. You are doing the little things.


Overrated ~ Jovo ~ JOVO! You had me fooled! Those first games, you looked like a man who had been rejuvenated by the fountain of youth. Silly me. Pylon!

Underrated ~ Vern Fiddler ~ I knew we got you for faceoffs. Your hits, breakaways, and standing up for teammates is endearing you to me with great quickness.


This week:

Sharks: Marty, our hopes lie with you.

Blues: Good start to the year, we'll have to grind this one out.

Bruins: I will never regret losing Wheeler. He may be with the Rampage right now, but I firmly believe that Tikhonov > Wheeler. You can't teach attitude.

Glendale City Council Article

Frpm the Glendale Star:

A handful of Coyotes fans decked out in jerseys attended the Sept. 22 evening city council meeting to voice their support for keeping the team in Glendale.

And for the second time at the same evening meeting, Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes, approached Glendale council to make an appeal for them to support Blackberry billionaire Jim Balsillie's bid in bankruptcy court to buy the team.

Previously, Moyes had attended the Sept. 15 afternoon council workshop, where he also attempted make his pitch for the city to back the Balsillie bid which offers them $50 million, but was not allowed to speak because it was not an agenda item.

At the end of the evening meetings, citizens are allowed up to five minutes to speak on any topic; however, council is not permitted to respond.

“I am a resident of Tolleson, I moved out here because I am a fan of the Coyotes,” said Monique Reaux. “I do not back PSE (Balsillie's bid). Hockey can and will flourish in the desert if you give us a chance.”

Balsillie's intention is to move the team to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

“I do not back the PSE bid,” said Amy Jo. “I bought season tickets after the bankruptcy action was taken. The team will get better. Westgate City Center is gorgeous. I love spending money there. If the Coyotes are gone, I won't go to Westgate any more. I am a Coyotes fan, I am asking you to back the NHL and my team.”

One resident voiced her opinion that it was in the city's best interest to support PSE.

“I have been a Glendale resident for 11 years,” said Marjorie Haberman. “I like Glendale and I like sports. What is the difference to Glendale if the team moves this year or next? Please consider the PSE offer.”

The city owns Jobing.com Arena, which it built in 2001 for $180 million. In November 2001, the city signed a 30-year lease agreement with Coyotes Hockey with a provision the team would pay the city $600 million if it left early with the penalty amount reducing each year.

Moyes had prepared a 23 glossy paged presentation to council telling them the PSE deal made sense.

“Glendale only receives $2 million in hockey revenue each year,” he said. “With the PSE bid, Glendale gets $50 million and the city gets $25 million just for endorsing PSE even if they lose the bid. If the NHL bid is accepted, the team almost certainly leaves and Glendale gets nothing.”

Moyes, who owns Swift Transportation, also threw in a guarantee of employment to all non-arena staff.

“Even with the Great One, we couldn't make it work. No buyer can sustain $35 million in losses each year,” Moyes said. “NHL Commissioner Bettman has said before he wants to see the team go to Las Vegas or Kansas City. The question is, will the team leave with a total loss to the taxpayer or will they leave with a huge taxpayer win, $50 million. Don't pass this up.”

After the meeting adjourned an attorney speaking on behalf of the city, Gary Husk, said he found the remarks to be very self serving and disingenuous.

“Mr. Moyes and his group are calling it a $50 million gift when in fact, there is $450 million owed the city in contractual obligations and penalties if they break the lease at Jobing.com Arena,” Husk said. “The city is quite content to allow the bankruptcy judge to make the determination of the appropriateness and evaluation of the bids.”

The city has been steadfast in its support of the NHL bid for the team.

A ruling by bankruptcy court Judge Redfield T. Baum is expected any day.

Coyotes Halloween.... early

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The Academy Award goes to Winnik for his Wolf-man performance and an honorable mention to Yandle for Frankenstein. Mueller won praise from critics for his brave cross-gender performance.

Loyalty vs Competitive Spirit

I am very competitive. I am extremely competitive. I am loyal. I am extremely loyal. Sometimes it's very hard to be loyal and competitive at the same time. I love the Coyotes. I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE the Sharks and Ducks. I cannot stomach the Kings. This becomes a big problem with fantasy hockey.

I have Anze Kopitar on both of my fantasy teams and Joe Thornton on one of them. And Pronger. Ugh, the self loathe is almost more than I can bear. They were all steals at in the draft rounds in which I took them. My competitive spirit MADE me get the best players available. I tried to balance it out and my loyalty did play a draft role (I took Marty Hanzal on both of my teams with my last pick). Still, the competitiveness makes me root for these people I disdain for my own benefit. Sick right?

I guess there are limits. After all, I would never draft Getzlaff. Not even the prospect of drafting him and benching him all season was enough to make me take him. I guess there are limits, mainly because I have a soul.

Kick ass and take names Coyotes!

Crabby about hockey on TV!

Hockey on TV

No, I don't have DirecTV and am missing Verses. I have Cox Cable and the damn thing keeps going out. This is the second day in a row. If I lose cable during a hockey game, I may lose my shit so there is a cable dude coming out tomorrow. For my safety and the safety of anyone within five miles of me.

Season Opener for the Coyotes

I'll admit that I was a tad nervous about the first game of the year. Our team has been raked over the coals so badly and our meager carcass has been left to bake under the Canadian microscope. I feel badly for the fans because they do love the team. I feel bad for the players because not only has it been said over and over that we have sucked for a long time, they are picked by almost everyone to finish dead last in the West (except for Two Line Pass, luv ya!). It's been bad and the last thing we needed was to have salt rubbed in the wound if we lost the first game.

Triumph feels pretty damn good sometimes, and Saturday was one of those days. Vrbata was happy to be a Coyote again as his Czechs set him up nicely for two goals. Prucha, Vrby, and Marty have been all smiles since camp started (which will help us resign Marty I hope). Uppy was crashing the net like I have never seen a Coyote do. He was fearlessly flying towards the net. Something was definitely going to go in the net, and sometimes that something was Uppy.

But I'm excited! Uppy, you are going to make me like you this year, I can tell! Lombo had a great game and he was flying high too. 11 of the 18 Coyote skaters had a point. Hell, even Winnik scored. Winnik? Yes, Winnik. You better keep it up Winnie the Pooh or I'll be calling for Joel Perrault to take your job (who is kicking butt with the Rampage already).

Yes, it was just the Kings we beat and we have way bigger fishies to fry this year, but every journey starts with a single step and our first step was kicking the Kings' ass. It went a long way to healing us.

Saturday, October 10th, 2009. The Coyotes are having a WhiteOut to celebrate staying in AZ. Yours truly may be rocking some very special hair. Come check it out. I'll be in Sec 111, row C by the visitors penalty box. SO EXCITED!

LET'S GO COYOTES!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantasy Hockey - Week 1

I was a little nervous about playing fantasy hockey in On the Forecheck's league because I had never done it before. But heeeeeeeeeey check this crap out!!!!!

Who would name their team the "Suck It Balsillies"? :D

I've been sooooo lazy but.....

here are my signs from the LA Kings preseason game, the Ducks preseason game, and best of all, the Sharks preseason game. HEY JOE! HE'S GONNA GET YOU! LOOKOUT JOE!! HEY JOE!!!!

Devin Senoguchi gave me the dirtiest look ever for my Thornton sign. Marty must have liked it because he tapped the glass with his stick when he skated by and he flipped me a puck. Woot!

ESPN Fantasy Team

I made a fantasy hockey league for a bunch of the Coyotes fans (and one Islanders fan). We did the draft today. I went over to the 'Nuck house where the three of us did out draft together. Then they made a yummy dinner. Yay!

So anyways, I LOVE my team!

Team Michalek: Jeff Carter, Eric Staal, Milan Lucic, Patrick Sharp, Milan Mickalek, Mikko Koivu, Ales Hemsky, Alex Tanguay, Jay Bouwmeester, Zbynek Michalek, Victor Hedman, Kris Letang, Joe Corvo, Anze Kopitar, Brenden Shannahan, Jim Vandermeer, Tomas Kaberle, Andrew Cogliano, Enver Lisin, Cam Ward, and Henrik Lundqvist. Oh yeah, and Martin Hanzal!!!

Z Alert!

So today I took some comp time off work to go to the informal camp at Alltel. So I pull up and park and this guy pulls in next to me in a Mercedes. I didn't really look at him and I got out of my car. When he got out, I was like OMG Z! Ok, I didn't say that. I said Z! How was your summer? He was super nice. Like an idiot, when I was texting Heather, my hands were literally shaking. I'm not that impressed with most hockey players, but it was Z! Super cool time.

The camp was good. Peter, Jonas, Yandle, Jovo, Bryz, Aucoin, Turris, Spina, Nick Ross, Z (!), Reino, Fridge, and a few others were there. Honestly, it was just so nice to hear the swish of the blades again. Turris may be coming back into my good graces after a cute incident that shall not be spoken of.

It was a good day. It was a good day, indeed.

The Looooong Hockey Survey

What is the first jersey you ever owned?
A Peter Mueller jersey. <3>

What is the last piece of hockey memorabilia – jerseys, cards, figurines, etc. – you purchased?
Game used, autographed Martin Hanzal stick

Keep your ticket stubs or throw them away?
I keep 'em

Who has the more intriguing hair – Brian Engblom or Barry Melrose?
This isn't even a contest. Ask me about Melrose and Donald Trump.

Who is the most underrated player in the league? The most overrated?
Overrated: Sydney Crysby ~ honey you aren't even the best player on your team

Underrated: Eric Staal. The man gets like 5 pts a game.

What one rule or penalty would you add?

If you instigate a fight and end up losing, you get thrown out of the game :P

Forget predictions and rankings and who finished where last year – all logic aside, what two teams (one East, one West) would you love to see compete for the Cup this year?
Caps and 'Hawks

Complete this sentence: The next Winter Classic should be between the Phx and Avs and take place in Denver

More disturbing image – Crosby with a “mustache” or Crosby in bed with the Cup?
Cindy, you are not George Parros. Stop pretendin'

Which team has the best mascot?
Howler of course

Whose press conference would you rather listen to – John Tortorella, Bruce Boudreau or Ron Wilson?
Tortorella is funnily inappropriate

Who is your favorite all-time player? Who is your favorite active player?
Eek! Ummm I really love Ovie and Doan. Doan is my all-time fav and Ovie is my active (even tho they are both active?)

Do you read team-specific blogs about teams other than your own? Which ones and why?
I read Preds on the Glass and The View from 111 and Psycho Puck Lady. The Predator fans are some of the best fans ever and Psycho Puck Lady just cracks me up.

Do you think the NHL will ever put a team in Hamilton, Kansas City and/or Las Vegas?
Christ I hope it isn't soon if they do.

Everyone’s got a guilty pleasure – what player and/or team do you like that you really shouldn’t?
Jonas Hiller. The Shame! I haaaaaaaaaaaate the Ducks but I love Hiller.

What team has improved the most this summer?
The Flyers gooned up nicely.

What is your favorite hockey memory?
Wow I'm gonna have to go with the LA game last year. Awesomeness.

Which team has the worst jersey? How about the worst third/specialty jersey?
I hate the Flames jersey.

Roll out your favorite homemade player nickname(s).
Baby Dane (Mikkel Boedker) Oh-no-Jo-vo (Ed Jovanovsky) Yo-Jo (Jonas Ahnelov)

If you could move any uprooted team (e.g. Quebec Nordiques, Hartford Whalers, etc.) back to their original home, which one would you move?
None. Fuck that noise!

What will Jeremy Roenick’s next career move be?
He'll end up flapping his jaws on TV and that's how God punishes us for being sinful.

Have you ever stopped rooting for one hockey team and started rooting for another? If so, what made you switch?
Nope!

Who had the better mug shot, Kane or Finley?
Patrick Kane channeled Spencer Pratt. Truly disturbing.

Enough of this geography crap; toss out the current divisions and propose a new divisional alignment for the league.
Let's put the Yotes, Avs, Stars, Lightning, and Panthers in one. Phx would actually win!

Do you follow other sports besides hockey or are you a one-sport fan?
I like the NFL, college basketball, and some NBA.

Which free agent acquisition do you think will have the biggest impact on his new team?
Well, I’m hoping all the FA’s the Habs got might do something.

Of the five lottery teams last season (Tampa, Atlanta, NY Islanders, Phoenix, Colorado) which one(s) will make the playoffs this year?
Ugh. Better be the Yotes! The Islanders have really improved but the east is too deep

What is your favorite hockey reference in a non-hockey movie/TV episode? e.g. Lisa and Bart Simpson playing hockey, the famous video game scene from Swingers, etc.
Booth played hockey on Bones!

What player from the other 29 teams would you love to have on your team?
Hmm. This is insanely difficult! I love Ovie, but I'd take Geno cuz he passes the puck!

Superlative time!
• Best pure goal scorer – Ovie
• Worst referee – Driscoll
• Goalie when you need one save – Hiller ended the year well
• The guy a lot of people have never heard of (but should have) – Dude, Marty Hanzal!
• When it gets chippy – Carcillo!
• Coach for a must-win game – Not Wayne
• Get under your skin guy – Clutterbuck or Oshie
• The home crowd – Nuck fans
• Worst arena to play in as a visitor – IDK
• Worst arena to play in as the home team – IDK

And finally, quick picks. Do you prefer:
• Crosby or Ovechkin? Ovie
• Ovechkin or Malkin? Eek! Malkin (But I still <3 you Ovie!)
• Overtime or shootout? Isn't there a Russian option to pick? Russian roulette?
• 4-on-3 or 5-on-4? 4 on 3
• Sakic or Yzerman? Yzerman would never lose an appendage in a snow blower
• Kerry Fraser or Bill McCreary? Neither
• Montreal Forum or Maple Leaf Gardens? Missed that era too
• Roy or Brodeur? Roy. He's got attitude
• Touch-up icing or no-touch icing? Touch-up
• Top shelf or five hole? five hole
• Eddie Olczyk or Pierre McGuire? I hate Pierre
• Slapshot or wrist shot? Wrist shot
• Orr or Coffey? Orr
• Coffee or tea? Water!
• Canada or Russia? Ovie and Malkin? Dude, Russia
• Miracle or Mighty Ducks? Miracle rocks my socks.

This Week

I've been slacking on posting. This week was bad. The court/auction deal and work is stressful. I need to regroup. Eek. I'll be back when my hockey battery is a bit recharged.

Hockey Girl O' the Week!

I was Hendricks Hockey website very 1st Hockey Girl of the Week!

What Will Teek Do Now?

Hockey Vs. Baseball

So I'm headed out to a Diamondbacks game today and I'm not super excited. The team is horrible and is better at throwing games and leads away than the Yotes are!

5 reasons hockey is better than baseball:

1. The fans. I've NEVER gotten crap from a hockey fan for yelling for the players. And this is shocking cuz I yell all the time at hockey. The Dbacks game I went to in May? I yelled THREE times for Chipper Jones and the lady next to me says, can you warn me so I can plug my ears? Ummm baseball sucks.

2. Speed. I may actually catch a catnap at the game today. It takes for-ev-er for an at-bat, especially if the fool keeps fouling off the ball. Hockey = constant motion. There is more consistent action during an intermission of Coyotes hockey than there is in a Dbacks game.

3. Who the players are. Shane Doan would never turn down a kid getting an autograph. Mark Reynolds had to because they *charge* for autographs. NHL players are real people. They are never short with their fans. Get over yourselves baseball players, must be nice to spend half of your game sitting on your butts in the dugout while hockey players get to sit down for like 2 minutes at a time.

4. Expressions of anger. The pitcher throws a ball at another player on purpose. What a pansy thing to do. In hockey if you are mad at that man, you punch him like a real man.

5. Playoff beards. Nothing like some good lookin men growing some playoff beards so their women are too scared or disgusted to try the hook-up because the boys don't wanna mess with their mojo during the playoffs.

I'm off to get ready for the game. I can't wait for hockey season. The end.