Alumni in the Pros - April 2009

[oceanst41]

[quote KeithK][quote Beeeej][quote Luke 05]If the Sharks win, Murray gets his name on the cup. If the B's win, Bitz only gets his name engraved if he appears in a Finals game if I recall cup naming rules correctly.[/quote]

Why's that?[/quote]
http://www.nhl.com/cup/fun_facts.html

To have one's name engraved on the Stanley Cup certain requirements must be met. A player must have at least 41 games played with the club or one game played in the Stanley Cup Finals. However, in 1994 a stipulation was added to allow a team to petition the Commissioner for permission to have players' names put on the Cup if extenuating circumstances prevented them from being available to play.[/quote]

Bitz unfortunately falls just short. He played in 35 regular season game, plus one playoff game so far.

Hopefully if the Bs make it that far, Julien will get him in a Cup game. Bitz has certainly shown that the line up does not suffer much when he's out there.

[tretiak]

i like how they casually ignore the most infamous place the cup has gone...a nyc strip club. mark messier is an absolute dinkbag

[Rosey]

[quote JasonN95]I got a chuckle out of the announcer, after noting that Murray was from Cornell and Parros from Princeton, exclaiming, "It's an Ivy League dust-up!"[/quote]
It came to fisticuffs?

[BCrespi]

[quote tretiak]i like how they casually ignore the most infamous place the cup has gone...a nyc strip club. mark messier is an absolute dinkbag[/quote]

More infamous than Dunbars? (note: I love Dunbars)

I have to think it's been through worse than hanging out at a strip club.

[Beeeej]

[quote BCrespi][quote tretiak]i like how they casually ignore the most infamous place the cup has gone...a nyc strip club. mark messier is an absolute dinkbag[/quote]

More infamous than Dunbars? (note: I love Dunbars)

I have to think it's been through worse than hanging out at a strip club.[/quote]

I suspect ESPN used a mock-up of the Cup rather than the real thing, but there was a very funny "This Is Sportscenter" ad several years back with Joe Nieuwendyk using the Cup as a Jello mold.

[RichH]

[quote BCrespi][quote tretiak]i like how they casually ignore the most infamous place the cup has gone...a nyc strip club. mark messier is an absolute dinkbag[/quote]

More infamous than Dunbars? (note: I love Dunbars)

I have to think it's been through worse than hanging out at a strip club.[/quote]

Whoa whoa whoa.  "dinkbag?"  You best watch your salacious tongue, there tretiak.  This forum simply WILL NOT TOLERATE your filthy language.

uh, yeah.  A NYC stripclub is probably one of the more tepid places it's been or things that have been done to it.

[tretiak]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08153/886554-61.stm

The official story is that the bodyguards were hired to stay with the cup at all times to prevent further damage. The conspiracy theory is that the NHL was so embarassed by Messier taking it to Scores they hired permanent bodyguards to prevent future negative publicity for the cup and NHL. While we all love Dunbars, Scores is slightly more notorious than a college bar.

[oceanst41]

The Big Show on WEEI in Boston has a caller and a couple hosts raving about Bitz on the 4th line. The idea being that Bitz is a better "fit" on the 4th line, and actually makes that line better. Basically Bitz is adding more physicality while Wheeler's skill is being wasted a bit on the 4th line.

The caller asked if Bitz might get the start over Wheeler in the next round, and the hosts concluded (correctly I feel) that Wheeler's importance to the PK unit will give him the edge.

[ftyuv]

Maybe the Bruins can put Bitz in goalie pads and have him play out the last couple minutes of the third period of the last game if we're ahead?

[KeithK]

[quote ftyuv]Maybe the Bruins can put Bitz in goalie pads and have him play out the last couple minutes of the third period of the last game if we're ahead?[/quote]
Put him in goalie pads and then pull the old "swap the goalies twice to get a time out" play.  Preferrably when there's a faceoff at the other end.

[Rita]

[quote KeithK][quote ftyuv]Maybe the Bruins can put Bitz in goalie pads and have him play out the last couple minutes of the third period of the last game if we're ahead?[/quote]
Put him in goalie pads and then pull the old "swap the goalies twice to get a time out" play.  Preferrably when there's a faceoff at the other end.[/quote]

Should the bruins make it that far, I think it is far more likely that Bitz would get back into the line-up due to someone suffering from a "lower body injury".

[ftyuv]

[quote Rita][quote KeithK][quote ftyuv]Maybe the Bruins can put Bitz in goalie pads and have him play out the last couple minutes of the third period of the last game if we're ahead?[/quote]
Put him in goalie pads and then pull the old "swap the goalies twice to get a time out" play.  Preferrably when there's a faceoff at the other end.[/quote]

Should the bruins make it that far, I think it is far more likely that Bitz would get back into the line-up due to someone suffering from a "lower body injury".[/quote]

[Insert pun about knocking on wood]

[pfibiger]

[quote JasonN95][quote Trotsky]Murray v Parros (Princeton) in the final minute of the first period.  Apparently they go all the way back to HS.

I'd call it a draw.[/quote]

I got a chuckle out of the announcer, after noting that Murray was from Cornell and Parros from Princeton, exclaiming, "It's an Ivy League dust-up!"[/quote]





from this article, which has a number of quotes from both Murray and Parros:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-ducks-parros24-2009apr24,0,2166214.story

[Dpperk29]

[quote pfibiger][quote JasonN95][quote Trotsky]Murray v Parros (Princeton) in the final minute of the first period.  Apparently they go all the way back to HS.

I'd call it a draw.[/quote]

I got a chuckle out of the announcer, after noting that Murray was from Cornell and Parros from Princeton, exclaiming, "It's an Ivy League dust-up!"[/quote]





from this article, which has a number of quotes from both Murray and Parros:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-ducks-parros24-2009apr24,0,2166214.story[/quote]

based on the look on his face he must be trying to either pass a kidney stone or take a dump.

[ftyuv]

Ah, the good ol' dump and chase.