tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850362.post7079591108419387925..comments2024-01-06T07:18:43.593-08:00Comments on The Battle of California: Explaining the finer points of hockey to a new generation of fansJames Mirtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221488913251638181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850362.post-81754459811997036462008-09-11T22:20:00.000-07:002008-09-11T22:20:00.000-07:00I'll kick in $5 if I get to change the nameplate o...<I>I'll kick in $5 if I get to change the nameplate on a certain defender's sweater to "Douchebag."</I><BR/><BR/>OK, but I'm subtitling it "Captain Elbows" -- based on my <A HREF="http://battleofcalifornia.blogspot.com/2007/07/byproduct-of-boredom-anaheim-ducks.html" REL="nofollow">year-old comic</A>.<BR/><BR/>The last comment in that post is pretty funny: <BR/><BR/><I>I think "humor" makes a much better defense mechanism than "denial".</I>Earl Sleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843720035500316419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850362.post-87093455152582038502008-09-11T10:56:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:56:00.000-07:00I'll kick in $5 if I get to change the nameplate o...I'll kick in $5 if I get to change the nameplate on a certain defender's sweater to "Douchebag."<BR/><BR/>/obligatory Pronger shotDoogie2Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703778878103452453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850362.post-12223282538075550252008-09-11T09:51:00.000-07:002008-09-11T09:51:00.000-07:00Yeah, I have no real idea what the future holds fo...Yeah, I have no real idea what the future holds for Anaheim ownership -- it could be that the league steps in, or maybe it's the case that Susan Samueli does the check-signing (I think that's the current arrangement?). <BR/><BR/>I'd guess a team sale is somewhere down the line, though. Whether it is clean or it's messy is anybody's guess.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we should start a Paypal account and put up a BoC bid.Earl Sleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843720035500316419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850362.post-13257213091588890082008-09-11T09:38:00.000-07:002008-09-11T09:38:00.000-07:00I mean, I follow it a bit, because it seems import...<I>I mean, I follow it a bit, because it seems important, but really it doesn't seem to matter much when it comes to putting a team on the ice and the other things that particularly matter to me.</I><BR/><BR/>Not that it changes anything for you Earl, but I can tell you, it just might end up affecting the team. I had to watch the Sabres flail around for a couple of seasons after the Rigas' got thrown in the pokey. Until Golisano stepped in and bought the team it was a total clusterfuck. Losing seasons, league intervention, rumors of relocation, rumors of the team folding altogether, etc. It was pretty shitty.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying that the same thing would happen to the Ducks. I'm just saying that if it did, that would be awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850362.post-83892136501234685922008-09-11T09:23:00.000-07:002008-09-11T09:23:00.000-07:00Yeah, I like this cartoon a lot. Cute, clever, an...Yeah, I like this cartoon a lot. Cute, clever, and non-committtal.<BR/><BR/>I guess the weird thing in all this is I feel surprisingly unaffected by all of Samueli's troubles. I mean, I follow it a bit, because it seems important, but really it doesn't seem to matter much when it comes to putting a team on the ice and the other things that particularly matter to me.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there's something down the road that will affect Ducks fans about this, but I dunno. Seems kind of distant at this point in time.Earl Sleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843720035500316419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27850362.post-72597853517613364602008-09-11T08:30:00.000-07:002008-09-11T08:30:00.000-07:00Haha, awesome. You guys are doing it wrong: you'r...Haha, awesome. <BR/><BR/>You guys are doing it wrong: you're supposed to have a felonious owner and then get purchased by a soulless conglomerate, not the other way around.RudyKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05935847996131016457noreply@blogger.com