Superstision in pre-mature hubirus be damned. I'm on the Wild comeback bandwagon, and inspiration struck me to write a parody to the tune of Savage Garden's Affirmation...
"Wild Affirmation"
New Lyrics by Justin Jelinek
I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe a fight should only end at Derek Boogaard's hands
I believe Chris Pronger's on the ice whines like a little child
I believe that Ducks need to be hunted in the Minnesota Wild
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe Wes Walz playing with ten stiches makes good fans scream
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe we need appreciate the grit of our Brent Burns
I believe they're no better than the Wild on the other side
I believe we'll fight to the end and then they'll want to hide.
I believe we'll soon find out why the Ducks are not so mighty
I believe they crossed the blueline 'round the State of Hockey
I believe that hell hath no fury like a Lemaire Scorned
I believe that Nick-y-B's a calming awesome force in goal
I believe the struggle with bias referees is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree breathe West Coast air.
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe we need appreciate the grit of our Brent Burns
I believe they're no better than the Wild on the other side
I believe we'll fight to the end and then they'll want to hide.
I believe Rolston and Bouchard bring the Wild happiness
I believe God endorse Gabs and Pav joined they impress
I believe we will find a way to come back and beat the Ducks
I believe that Teemu and Brad May are worthless cheating f**ks.
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe we need appreciate the grit of our Brent Burns
I believe they're no better than the Wild on the other side
I believe we'll fight to the end and then they'll want to hide.
..........
I wrote this in about two hours.
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19 April 2007
07 April 2007
Last Day of the Season Thoughts
The Wild play their final game of the regular season tonight in St. Paul against the St. Louis Blues. The Wild are flying after back to back wins over Edmonton (though the once mighty oil are a pathetic 1-17-1 since trading Ryan Smith away, and cleary have been mailing it in since).
Tonight's game against the Blues actually will prove a decent test. As the Blues have gotten considerably better since the trade deadline, they will be a force next season, but it's too little too late for them this year. The Wild need to stay focused, and put forth their best effort, which Coach Lemaire says he hasn't seen this week.
Playoff implications... The Wild have already clinched their playoff spot this year, they still have an outside shot at the Northwest division title, but they will need a lot of help. The Wild Can finish with 104 points with a win in their finale tonight. The Northwest leading Vancouver Canucks have 103 and two games remaining. This afternoon at San Jose (3pm CT) and tommorow evening at Calgary (9pm CT). Coupled with a victory tonight, the Wild would need Vancouver to gain one point or fewer in these two games. The Wild would lose the tiebreaker at 103 because they would've won fewer games than the Canucks (45 to 46), but would win the tiebreaker at 104 because they would have identical records (48-26-8), but the Wild have the better head to head record against the Canucks (12 points to 8).
Tonight's game against the Blues actually will prove a decent test. As the Blues have gotten considerably better since the trade deadline, they will be a force next season, but it's too little too late for them this year. The Wild need to stay focused, and put forth their best effort, which Coach Lemaire says he hasn't seen this week.
Playoff implications... The Wild have already clinched their playoff spot this year, they still have an outside shot at the Northwest division title, but they will need a lot of help. The Wild Can finish with 104 points with a win in their finale tonight. The Northwest leading Vancouver Canucks have 103 and two games remaining. This afternoon at San Jose (3pm CT) and tommorow evening at Calgary (9pm CT). Coupled with a victory tonight, the Wild would need Vancouver to gain one point or fewer in these two games. The Wild would lose the tiebreaker at 103 because they would've won fewer games than the Canucks (45 to 46), but would win the tiebreaker at 104 because they would have identical records (48-26-8), but the Wild have the better head to head record against the Canucks (12 points to 8).
28 March 2007
Wild in great spirits, despite contraversal streak-ending loss..
Last night the Wild lost a scoreless tie in a 2 round shootout to the Calgary Flames. There was contraversy in the 1st period after an apparant goal on a Mark Parrish tip was called back because it was played by a high stick. There really haven't been any clear replays as to why this was called back, this is the only one that's shown it's even possible that Parrish played the puck with a high stick. (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=201845&hubname=nhl, click highlights under "Related info"). All the other views seem to support it should've counted, but in a post game interview even Parrish conceded the call was close, but given the replays I don't see how the refs found a way to call this goal back.
That wasn't the only source of contraversy, Calgary couldn't stay on their feet, and Referees Justin St. Pierre and Marc Joanette saw fit to reward this diving behavior with pathetic penalties on Kim Johnssonn and Brent Burns. Meanwhile Calgary got away with more holding the sticks than I could count.
Despite all of this, based on what was written in the papers it seems the team is farily content with the result. They did play very well, and the regulation tie was enough to put them in the playoffs after Colorado's loss to Vancouver about an hour later. The Wild haven't been beaten in Regulation in 10 straight games and they rematch the Flames on Thursday night.
http://www.twincities.com/wild/ci_5536099
That wasn't the only source of contraversy, Calgary couldn't stay on their feet, and Referees Justin St. Pierre and Marc Joanette saw fit to reward this diving behavior with pathetic penalties on Kim Johnssonn and Brent Burns. Meanwhile Calgary got away with more holding the sticks than I could count.
Despite all of this, based on what was written in the papers it seems the team is farily content with the result. They did play very well, and the regulation tie was enough to put them in the playoffs after Colorado's loss to Vancouver about an hour later. The Wild haven't been beaten in Regulation in 10 straight games and they rematch the Flames on Thursday night.
http://www.twincities.com/wild/ci_5536099
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