Dangle Days Weekend Recap: From Silky Mitts To Fists Of Fury
Before yesterday’s Heritage classic, the Jets and Oilers played an alumni game on Saturday. I know the talent level in the NHL is at an all-time high right now but you’re lying to yourself if you think Teemu Selanne vs Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier isn’t one of the best match ups we’ll see all year. It’s like memberberries in real life. So who better to start off the scoring than Teemu himself on a penalty shot? Nobody. That’s who. And sure, I would have preferred to see him shoot his glove out of the air instead of just sheathing the sword. But beggars can’t be choosers, especially when it comes to Teemu Selanne playing an actual hockey game in the year 2016.
Speaking of a Finnish Winnipeg Jet with an unreal set of hands…
The move was Swedish, just no Finnish. Patrik Laine making it look just a little too easy out there. And if Gary Bettman and the rest of the NHL had at least half a brain in their skulls, they’d immediately start broadcasting games entirely via ref cam.
Waits for the defenseman to take himself out of the play, protects against the stick check, fires it over to Darnell Nurse before getting in too tight to Hellebuyck. Tough to stop a 2-on-1 when you have quite possibly the most cerebral player in the game leading the rush. Also–people forget that Darnell Nurse is Donovan McNabb’s nephew. Wonder if he threw up before this game since it was being played on a football field.
Nail Yakupov sends Mark Giordano and Dennis Wideman to the nearest sporting goods store so they can each pick up a new jockstrap. Dirty little move at the blueline and that backhander back to Berglund is enough to award Nail Yakupov as our CEO of the Sauce Factory this week. (sidenote: if you don’t love the Flames’ vintage 3rd jerseys, well then you’re just wrong).
Staying with the Russians…
Remember when Alex Semin put up 84 points in a season for the Capitals in 2010. Then remember when the Carolina Hurricanes gave Semin a 5-year contract worth $7 million AAV in 2013? And then remember how in the last 3 seasons, Alex Semin only played in 137 NHL games scoring 65 points total, and then leaving for the KHL? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And apparently Alex Semin still remembers how to dangle.
Still never learned how to back check but luckily that’s not what this blog was about.
I’ve watched this goal from the KHL about 13-14 times now and still refuse to believe that it’s real life. It shouldn’t be that effortlessly easy. It’s gotta be some sort of devil magic or some shit like that.
Now we’ll stay in Soviet Russia for the Fight of the Week.
Since it’s Monday morning and I’m sure we could all use a little pick-me-up… I’m willing to have two (2) Fights of the Week this week. Don’t say I never did anything for ya. This one comes from the LNAH which is a bunch of goons who intermittently play hockey between brawls.
Good fight. Good night. Now have yourselves a Monday.