The Palin Curse is real. Ask Flyers fans. Ask Blues fans. Ask John McCain. Ask Olbermann.
Howevuh, it eventually runs its course and moves on to the infect the next team. The Sean Avery Corollary does not. In fact, it absolutely CAN not as Senor Avery was given a freaking NO TRADE clause. AND paid $15.5 million for 4 years for this cancer. We at Tooast!!! went ballistic when the Stars signed him over the summer. Several times.
As the season started, the Stars opened with several lackluster efforts and Avery didn't appear to be having an overly negative effect on the room. I told the Stars fans around me that I would give the team 12 games before I reacted.
It has now been 12 games and I'm not alone when it comes to feeling that its time for reactions. The team is playing like a bunch of clinically retarded monkeys looking for a puck ta fuck. They have FOUR fucking wins. And that's not even the worst of their stats. Check these sterling bullet points:
-They have given up 50 goals. F-I-F-T-Y. That is exactly twice as much as the division leading Sharks have surrendered, and last in the entire Western Conference BY FAR.
-The only reason they're not buried in last place in the division is because they've played more games than any of the other teams.
-Marty Turco has a GAA of 4.34 and a save % of .837. I have honestly never seen a save percentage this low by a warm-blooded organism that calls itself a goalie. These are numbers that Turco has never even sniffed before. The name "Turco, Marty" actually does not appear in the Top 30 on NHL.com in either of these categories. Think about that.
-Sean Avery is 2nd in the entire league in PIM, and running mate Steve Ott is 9th, and he's only played SEVEN games.
Clearly, this team has lost its way, and after last night's ridiculous performance against Boston - yet another 5-1 loss - the team's frustration finally spilled over.
From the Dallas Morning News Stars blog:
Here's Mike Modano after the penalty filled game in which Steve Ott and Sean Avery were jawing with officials and fans:
``Tonight, it was idiotic and stupid,'' Stars center Mike Modano said when asked what the team identity was. ``It was one of the most embarrassing things I've seen. If that's what we're going for, then they need to find me an office job.''
``It was dumb penalties, dumb situations, that's kind of been the trend all season,'' Modano said. ``There's no mental toughness. We're allowing the refs to get involved in the game with and spending more energy on them than the details of winning the game.''
It will be interesting to see the conversation Modano has with good buddy Brett Hull, who engineered the Avery signing in the summer.
Modano is clearly embarrassed with the character and reputation of his team. I am too. It is hard to even give a rip about a team that plays with such a lack of cohesion or purpose, and that tries to cover for it with a bunch of junior hockey level goon tactics.
Turco is a mess as well, but offered these comments:
`` From my perspective, it just seems like all of the time I've got guys trying to be goalies, going after pucks,'' Turco said after allowing five goals on 24 shots to the Boston Bruins. ``We need guys to take men and give us the lanes to see. It's getting old, and it's disheartening. I don't know if it's pressing and the need to feel they need to do everything out there. It just doesn't work, it's a team game and we need to play like a team.''
Obviously Avery's presence isn't the sole cause of all of these problems, and ironically, he's been one of the only goal scorers lately, but I submit that the amount of attention and influence that he brings to this previously low-key team has turned this whole thing upside-down.
And there's not a single thing they can do to change it, thanks to that ridiculous contract. Happy 12th seed guys.
Howevuh, it eventually runs its course and moves on to the infect the next team. The Sean Avery Corollary does not. In fact, it absolutely CAN not as Senor Avery was given a freaking NO TRADE clause. AND paid $15.5 million for 4 years for this cancer. We at Tooast!!! went ballistic when the Stars signed him over the summer. Several times.
As the season started, the Stars opened with several lackluster efforts and Avery didn't appear to be having an overly negative effect on the room. I told the Stars fans around me that I would give the team 12 games before I reacted.
It has now been 12 games and I'm not alone when it comes to feeling that its time for reactions. The team is playing like a bunch of clinically retarded monkeys looking for a puck ta fuck. They have FOUR fucking wins. And that's not even the worst of their stats. Check these sterling bullet points:
-They have given up 50 goals. F-I-F-T-Y. That is exactly twice as much as the division leading Sharks have surrendered, and last in the entire Western Conference BY FAR.
-The only reason they're not buried in last place in the division is because they've played more games than any of the other teams.
-Marty Turco has a GAA of 4.34 and a save % of .837. I have honestly never seen a save percentage this low by a warm-blooded organism that calls itself a goalie. These are numbers that Turco has never even sniffed before. The name "Turco, Marty" actually does not appear in the Top 30 on NHL.com in either of these categories. Think about that.
-Sean Avery is 2nd in the entire league in PIM, and running mate Steve Ott is 9th, and he's only played SEVEN games.
Clearly, this team has lost its way, and after last night's ridiculous performance against Boston - yet another 5-1 loss - the team's frustration finally spilled over.
From the Dallas Morning News Stars blog:
Here's Mike Modano after the penalty filled game in which Steve Ott and Sean Avery were jawing with officials and fans:
``Tonight, it was idiotic and stupid,'' Stars center Mike Modano said when asked what the team identity was. ``It was one of the most embarrassing things I've seen. If that's what we're going for, then they need to find me an office job.''
``It was dumb penalties, dumb situations, that's kind of been the trend all season,'' Modano said. ``There's no mental toughness. We're allowing the refs to get involved in the game with and spending more energy on them than the details of winning the game.''
It will be interesting to see the conversation Modano has with good buddy Brett Hull, who engineered the Avery signing in the summer.
Modano is clearly embarrassed with the character and reputation of his team. I am too. It is hard to even give a rip about a team that plays with such a lack of cohesion or purpose, and that tries to cover for it with a bunch of junior hockey level goon tactics.
Turco is a mess as well, but offered these comments:
`` From my perspective, it just seems like all of the time I've got guys trying to be goalies, going after pucks,'' Turco said after allowing five goals on 24 shots to the Boston Bruins. ``We need guys to take men and give us the lanes to see. It's getting old, and it's disheartening. I don't know if it's pressing and the need to feel they need to do everything out there. It just doesn't work, it's a team game and we need to play like a team.''
Obviously Avery's presence isn't the sole cause of all of these problems, and ironically, he's been one of the only goal scorers lately, but I submit that the amount of attention and influence that he brings to this previously low-key team has turned this whole thing upside-down.
And there's not a single thing they can do to change it, thanks to that ridiculous contract. Happy 12th seed guys.
4 comments:
This is probably a similar situation to when the Redskins signed Deion Sanders. Not before or since I have rooted against a Redskins player, but I'll be damned if I didn't root for him to blow his ACL every play. Jackass.
I felt the exact same way. And when the Stars signed Claude Lemieux.
To win a title with an assjack like this on yer team would suck.
From the sound of things, winning a title should be the least of your worries.
I just meant that even winning a title would be tainted by having fucktards like these on your team.
Believe me, I hold no hope for the Stars winning a title this year.
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