This video gets the high score for most hilarious video I've seen today:
This is a Swedish interview with P.J. "Pebben" Axelsson. It was translated by my new favorite Finn, sleza. I cleaned up the translation a little bit. I think it captures the spirit of the thing, which is basically a smear article against the Bruins. Whether P.J. was taken out of context or not, I do not know. It comes from the Swedish hockey news site, hockeybladet.se. Let's read together:
Thought he could stay in NHL: "I think it was poor of Boston."
Yesterday Per-Johan Axelsson made a comeback in Frölunda. After 11 years in NHL he felt rejected and fooled by Boston. "It was bad. They said they were interested in but it wasn't so," says Per-Johan Axelsson, 34.
In Boston Per-Johan Axelsson was one of the great profiles and during latter years he was a veteran of the team and club. In spring his deal with Boston ended but fans and Per-Johan Axelsson himself were hoping he'd play in Boston another year. But Pebben became a pawn in political game where money plays the main role. He also was fooled by team management. "When the season was over in Boston, I went to team management and said that I want to stay. I could play for a lower price too," says Per-Johan Axelsson.
Pebben and Boston talked during the whole summer and he thought he would stay in the club. But such a contract offer didn't came. "I think it was bad from Boston. They said they were interested but it wasn't so. But everything is relative there," says Axelsson. When Pebben decided to continue his career in Frölunda, he got 2 calls from Boston. "Both Don Sweeney and Cam Neely called and thanked me for the time in Boston."
Yesterday Pebben played his first game in Frölunda (4-3 against LHC). He was tired and rested most of the third period in the game against Linköping (LHC). "There's lot of ice in Sweden. It is actually a huge difference from NHL. But my game will come. I will train extra," says Pebben. He also thinks that the game is different in Sweden compared with NHL: "In NHL it's more puck in the stick and go."
Even though Pebben didn't have a perfect game, Frölunda won 4-3. There was also a first taste about the 1st line, in which Riku Hahl will center Joel Lundqvist - injures yesterday - and Per-Johan Axelsson.
Editor's note: You read that right, folks: P.J. is back on the top line. He already has at least an assist in preseason play. Thanks again to sleza for translating this for us.
So I've been drafting away over at the Cycle Like the Sedins Fake NHL Re-Draft, and I'm sure I've been doing a middling job, but here's the team as it looks now. I keep end up picking defensemen for some reason, but there we are. Here's the team as it stands now:
Smyth, Ryan - Thornton, Joe - Martin Havlat
Dennis Wideman Oduya, Johnny
Jackman, Barrett Hunwick, Matt
Nabokov, Evgeni
Bruins have the 25th pick in a serpentine draft. I haven't been doing any trading. Here's the picks board. I'm open to suggestions.
Howdy y'all. Here's a video of P.J. "Pebben" Axelsson practicing with the Indians and talking in Swedish!
Good stuff, pointed out to me by the ever-helpful and wicked clutch sleza, who has her own blog over here.
Apparently he got a puck in the face recently and had to sit out for a preseason game or two.
USA! USA! USA!
USA! USA! USA!
USA! USA! USA!
Nice goal!Sad news out of the Canada World Junior tryout last week via Fluto
First round pick Jordan Caron got smashed by '08 first rounder Colton Teubert and broke his collarbone. In '08 I was rooting for Colton to drop to the B's against all odds but luck was not on my side. Kid is a Chris Pronger clone. Gist of Fluto's story is that Caron will be out for about 4-6 weeks.
ANALYSIS-Caron was going to be returned to Rimouski for '09-'10 anyways so it doesn't affect this season really at all. Caron won't play for the B's rookies in Kitchener this fall which is too bad because I was excited to see play since he's supposedly Blake Wheeler only with an edge. Should be ready for training camp with the big boys, good experience for him although his chances of making the big club are very close to zero.
Good indication of the kind of competition that can be seen at these tryouts. Obviously another example for Paul Kelly to point to when telling NHL players to not participate slash insure themselves when they are heading to Olympic camps.
Since you asked. Yes I think Kaner should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if this story about him and the cabby is true. What a dumbass.
Well of course I'm going to start with this.
If you haven't seen this movie, go get it now. Rent it, stream it, whatever. Just watch it.
Hilarious flick with a killer soundtrack and Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop.
One of my favorite lines in all of film, as well:
"Is the answer Jesus?"
For those that have watched, what's your favorite line?
Howdy, y'all. It's been a while for me to write here, I know. (a full week, maybe? I can't be bothered to check.)
Today I am announcing that August is now officially Hockey Movie Month, because I am in withdrawal. Here's a list of movies I'll be starting with:
I just really want to see some new Savard passes through an entire roster for the perfect one-timer, some new Kessel breakaways (assuming he's still in Black and Gold), some new Lucic hits, some new Chara slapshots, and Timmy Tornado Tank Thomas saves.
And it's only August. Dammit. Here are a couple of Chara checks from a Bruins/habs game this past year.
Cabbie's Journey To The Cup from cabbie richards on Vimeo.
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