This seemed like good enough news to drag myself out of hiding.

Jackets Sign Michael Peca

I really don't have an opinion on this, since I only know of him by name (Second year fan, remember?). Hopefully it'll bring about some good.

And no. I don't want to talk about him. He is dead to me, 'kay? 'Kay.

Woohoo!

Voracek Signs Three Year Entry Level Contract

Kudos to Bethany for the heads up. I would have completely missed it. I just rock like that.

Nice to see the Jackets are doing something in the offseason.

This is too good to pass up.

Source!

Carolina Hurricanes' centre Eric Staal and younger brother, Pittsburgh Penguins' Jordan Staal, were among 14 people arrested in Cook County, Minnesota Monday after the elder Staal's bachelor party got out of hand.

Both brothers were charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing the legal process, while Jordan was also charged with consumption of alcohol while under 21 years of age. Eric's agent, Rick Curran, said he expected the misdemeanor charges to be reduced or dismissed.

According to a statement released by the Cook County Sheriff's office, after the Sheriff's office received complaints about "screaming, yelling and playing loud music," the group of about 20 was warned "multiple times" before it was ordered to leave the resort by Sheriff's deputies, a Minnesota State Patrol trooper and a U.S. Border Patrol agent at 3 a.m. Monday.

"After leaving the property, the group gathered on Highway 61 and began harassing passing motorists," the Sheriff's office said, at which point 14 members of the group were arrested at approximately 4 a.m. Eric Staal was one of 10 people to spend the night in jail.

Eric Staal scored 30 goals and picked up 40 assists last season while brother Jordan, a Calder trophy finalist, had 29 goals, 13 assists and lead the league in shorthanded goals.
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Ahaha. Um. *snrk*

Uh, yeah.

Jordan: Don't tell Mom. Do NOT tell Mom.
Eric: ...Shit, we're screwed. We can't tell Marc or Jared, they'll run to Mom.
Jordan: ...Call Cam?
Eric: Holy shit, no!

*shot* Ahaha, this has been your daily dose of retarded. XD

EDIT: Oh God.



Source

So, uh, to let you all know I'm not dead. :D

I just have one question.

Is it October yet?

No?

What about September?

Negative on that too?

...Shit.

In other news: Conks! He's been signed! ...By the Pens. Dear Lord. Now, we need to hear news of Juicy, 'kay?

Little things have happened with the Jackets: As in, Svitov and Tollefsen were resigned ages ago and I squeed, because my Norwegian's back. Oh, and Nikolai's best-friend-forever too. So, uh, right. There was other stuff too, but Ole > other stuff. :D

Oh! And schedules are out! Aren't you all happy?! At least we know the season's slowly getting here. D:

Edit: Oh, and I still love Jakub Voracek. :D *wanders off now*

So. My summary of FA so far.

-The Oilers are decimated. Way to go Kevin Lowe.

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This is Chris Drury making a "Oh shit, now I need to hire a bodyguard for the rest of my career in New York." face.

-Chris Drury looks horrid in the Rangers jersey.

-The Jackets grabbed Novotny and Hejda. Adding this to the other four Czechs we already had, we are quickly forming a Czech Mafia (no matter how hard that hurts, Steph, it's true!).

-I still love Jakub Voracek.

-Slava Kozlov is staying in Atlanta!

-The Ducks continue to play the "Whee let's steal our competitor's players! :D" game.

And that's all from me.

Gee, thanks Foote. WE LOVE YOU TOO.

Adam Foote Regrets Going to Columbus

...Well, honestly, after the day I've had, all I have to say to that is "Go the fuck back to Colorado then. We don't need you.".

I think that's it for now. Unless Free Agency really does make me cry and throw things. This hockey off season does not bode well for me.

Jakub Voracek...

Is ridiculous.

And I love him.

Also, there's a kid that got drafted by the Thrashers named Niklas Lucenius, and he looks like Valtteri Filppula, and that is enough for me to love him. >> ...That and he's Finnish. *snerk*

Right. I'm gonna be on a hiatus for a few days (this time completely voluntary), so I will see you all in a few days, hopefully! ♥

Oh. Right.

Awards. Since Versus was an ass last night, I didn't actually get to see it.

Anybody know if they actually ever showed them? Because I couldn't find them.

Anyways, here's the list of winners.

I'm gonna go back to poking at the Blue Jackets roster and being amused by "Bio" section that they now have.

New GM Time!

Let's hope this one is a SIGHT better than Maclean, shall we? Yeah, I thought so.

Blue Jackets Name Scott Howson General Manager

As for my thoughts, everything seems to be pointing in the right direction for my boys. ...Now, Nikky, darling, please quit being an emotastic little Ukrainian and listen to your coaches so that they don't trade you, yeah? Actually, my true thoughts would be: ANYONE is better than Doug Maclean at this point.
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As for the Stanley Cup results...Let's just say, I spent the night sitting on the floor, sobbing as I watched Chris Pronger lift the Cup. The rest of the team deserved it.

And seeing my two little Jacket boys (Shush, they ARE STILL JACKETS dammit, I will not resign myself to associating them with that team.), Motzko and Hartigan, lift the Cup made me smile bigger than anything did that evening. And Teemu Selanne made me cry as well. What is it with me and my inherent love of all Finns? I seriously need to stop. It's going to get me in trouble one of these days.

So, I think I'm going to join the campaign that seems to be going around and just pretend that the '06-'07 playoffs never happened, and I didn't see Chris Pronger hoist the Cup. Sound good? Yeah, sounds good to me too.

Should I get the Kleenex ready for tonight?

I think I may need these tonight.

Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight, and I am dreading it with every fibre of my being. If I have to see Chris Pronger hoist the Cup tonight, I think I will just sob.

At the same time, if the Ducks do clinch tonight, I don't have to worry about missing any hockey while I am in Jamaica this weekend (can we say Skye will be sunburnt to HELL? Yes? Thought so.). But I did NOT want that to be at the expense of having to see Chris Pronger hoist the Stanley Cup. It makes me want to cry just thinking about it.

Who knows, though? Maybe Ottawa will stop playing like ass like they did in Game 4, and take it to 7. And maybe have a better outcome than another Canadian team that introduced me to hockey one year ago. We can hope, yeah? *sigh*