Hockey and Hooch Thursday night open thread

Are you a toothless drunk named Gary? Do you like watching toothless ice football players? Do you like booze?  Have we* got a rushed, poorly researched, barely thought about, quarter assed post for you. Get well soon BeerGuyRob

Here at DFO we quizzed the masses** and asked what drink would you associate with the respective teams? We also would like to know what the outlook is for the 2021 #bizarroSZN.

Here we go with all new realigned divisions due to #nuAIDS.

And yes, we’re a day late with this as the season started yesterday, so please ask your server for a refund whilst partaking in your favoUrite team’s drink.

A huge thank you to fellow toothless Canadian GameTimeDecision (he is real! We have had beers) as he did pretty much all of this as I forget things for some reason…..

MassMutual Eastern Conference

Team Drink Outlook
Boston Tea from the bottom of the harboUr

GTD Solid goaltending and team depth everywhere, look for them to return to their winning (Boo). 1st

LC Marchand is a dickhead in real life. I carried him down 2 flights of stairs then packed him into a cab one night out the back door of the bar I worked in.

Buffalo Hot sauce or lighter fluid

GTD They have a good top line, but not much after that, with shaky defence and inconsistent goaltending. 7th

LC Taylor Hall betting on himself in….Buffalo???

New Jersey Swamp water

GTD Have good goaltending, decent forwards but weaaaak defense.  8th

LC PK Subban broke up with Lindsay Vonn, she has a thing for athletes.

NYR Whatever Sharky is trying out for his post this week

GTD Strong forwards and ok tending, but a weak defences. means they will be playing from behind ( phrasing) most nights.  6th

LC The draft lottery was rigged.

NYI Something cheap and in large quantities

GTD Some big questions on this team on the forwards, but still a quality team.  3rd

LC Bring back Captain Highliner jerseys FFS.

Philadelphia (expansion team as per ESPN) Sand in water

GTD Were last years number 1 seed in the east, and have kept most of that team together.  2nd

LC I like Gritty and all of his antics.

Pittsburgh This abomination from this funnel

GTD Never really out of it with Crosby and Malkin, but they haven’t added much from last year and have questions in net with Murray moving on. 5th

LC: I can name 2 players on this team, guess which ones.

Washington Natty or whatever Ovie’s beer of choice is this week.

GTD Made a bunch of depth moves, including the signing of the skating yeti ( Chara), but still a talented team overall.  4th

LC Going to be real weird seeing Chara in Caps silks.

Discover Central Division

Team Drink Outlook
Carolina Hurricane, cause duh

GTD A Strong team, but weakish in goal.  Need one of their goalies to step up and then they can make a playoff run.  2nd

LC I refuse to acknowledge this team as an allegiance to Horatio.

Chicago (nawt south) Old Fashioned as they are an original 6 team.

GTD They will be rebuilding this year, and traded anyone you have heard of away.  8th place

LC Come home Jonathan Toews.

Columbus (south of Canada) Vodka, as I didn’t remember they even had a team

GTD Have good defense and goaltending, but no scorers.  5th

LC I need Torts in the league, he is crusty, and his pressers are the best. Fuck you Brooksie!

Dallas A Dallas Star

GTD Lost in the finals to TB, and have kept most of that core team around. 3rd

LC North Stars jersey was class.

Detroit (north of Windsor Canada) Used motor oil

GTD Rebuilding still/again as they have cap issues and most of the big names have moved on or retired. 7th

LC So good for so long, now not. Quite the parallel with their town.

Florida (should be Quebec) Sunscreen

GTD Have ok talent but need the goalie to, like, actually, stop, the puck..  6th

LC Move to Quebec dammit.

Nashville Jack Daniels

GTD Stuck with the same core as last year, and have added some depth.  4th

LC Looks like the best atmosphere in the league, except for the whole country music thing.

Tampa Bay (isn’t this covered by Florida) Champaign as they won last year.

GTD Won the cup last year.  Have some cap issues so have lost a few pieces from the team from last year, but still a very good team. 1st

LC Being a champ and virtually unknown in a sun belt city would be the best. Plus I hear the strip clubs in Tampa are something else.

Honda Western Conference

Team Drink Outlook
Anaheim Might duck cocktail

GTD In a rebuilding phase, so don’t expect much from them.  8th

LC To this day the dumbest branding exercise the NHL has done.

Arizona ( this team still exists, wow) Arizona Iced tea

GTD Have made some dumb trades involving draft picks and then lost a few due to infractions.  Then a draft pick was found to be a bully and dropped.  Have added some depth but not much more due to salary cap issues. 5th

LC You can always get a ticket! From time to time it includes a t-shirt, beer, hot dog for 20 bucks!

Colorado Colorado Avalanche

GTD Probably the deepest team in hockey last year.  Added some more depth in the offseason.  1st

LC Should win.

Los Angeles Everclear

GTD With an aging core and cap issues, they are looking to rebuild.  Need the young kids to step up if they are going to go anywhere. 6th

LC Fun place to watch a game.

Minnesota (nawt really west) Jack the Ripper

GTD Have made a bunch of lateral moves, but nothing that will push them to the cup.  4th

LC Wild is stupid, rename them to the North Stars as they are further north than Dallas. The CFL had 2 Roughriders, this is easy.

Vegas Glitter

GTD A very talented team but with cap issues no real room to add a number one goalie.  They will need to hope Flower doesn’t wilt again.  2nd

LC Really want to go to a game here. NHL was smart to be the 1st big pro team there to get a foothold. Their 1st season helped too.

San Jose Tequilla

GTD This team imploded last year and hasn’t done much to fix any of the issues. They also have cap issues so getting help didn’t happen. Oh and their goaltending was near the bottom of the league last year. 7th

LC Evander Kane noted scumbag and awful person filed for bankruptcy. How’s that money phone working out for you dickhead?

St. Louis Bleed Blue Martini

GTD Lost their #1 defenseman and captain in free agency.  Tried to plug that hole, but not with the same talent.  Still a strong team from their cup win two years ago. 3rd

LC I don’t know, nice jerseys?

Scotia North (aka Canada) Division

Team Drink Outlook
Calgary Prairie Fire (Tequila and Tabasco)

GTD Were very active in trades but not sure it’s enough to get them over the hump.  5th

LC Sports talk radio here thinks that the changes made them frontrunners. They will not succeed.

Edmonton Oil from a lifted truck

GTD While stacked up front, they need help on the blueline to be a true cup contender.  2nd

LC You can score all the goals in the world (they will) but if you can’t stop anything you are fucked.

Montreal Mead. Original 6 team that used to be good, but sucks now

GTD Were active in the offseason, adding depth across the board.  Need Price to play up to his level.  4th.

LC My Habs friends are annoying. They could sign present day Jaromir Jagr and they would predict he will get 50. [GTD: as a Habs fan Jagr won’t help as he needs someone to pass him the puck, and Price can’t do that]

Ottawa Milk as per this.  Bonus that it mentions “DFO”

GTD Started a rebuild last year and added some key players this offseason (goalie).  Scotchy and Maestro use this drinking game to help make games more fun.  7th

LC Their owner is a shitweasel approaching Spanos level.

Toronto Toilet water, but put it in an Evian bottle

GTD Will make playoffs but then flame out first or second round (can’t wait).  Even with all the new grit added. 1st

LC Centre of the universe. They must not win it all for the good of our country. Too many Leaves fans all over, the worst.

Vancouver Vancouver\London Fog

GTD Held back by salary cap issues, they were not able to sign as many of their FA as they wanted, but did manage to add some depth.  3rd

LC Can’t understand why people would prefer to live and play here?

Winnipeg frozen bug spray

GTD Have an okay offense and goalie, but not much of a defense and no money to get help there. 6th

LC It’s cold, it sucks in the winter and no one in their right mind would want to live through it. This friends is why they have a great scouting system but as soon as a player can leave, they do.

*Litre and GTD*** production

** one random question answered by 2 people

***does not follow hockey thing regularly.

There’s a full slate of NBA, JV NBA and NHL games for you watch tonight. Check your local listings.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Should have thought of this a while ago, but…

“GIVE SHELDON ADELSON ALL THE FUNERALS!”
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bk109

Also, in “honour” of the racists and treasonweasels that harbour romantic feelings for the Confederacy that are currently gettin’ a well deserved taint punt by society and the law , I’m gonna say something rather racist :
“Get out and basically Jordan Peele’s entire post Key&Peel body of work is overrated as shit (mediocre movies + thin veneer of racial politics = critic proof) AND Idris Elba’s overrated as a leading actor outside of Luther.”

Edit: Ah, and to balance that out:
Antoine Fuqua’s bloody underrated and underappreciated (especially King Arthur and Tears Of The Sun) and also Ricky Whittle from American Gods (and The 100, when it was at least slightly watchable) would make for a good James Bond

Last edited 3 years ago by bk109
bk109

Is it ironic or just blithe ignorance that I’m currently singing along to “Hair” (atm the Flesh Failures), while workin’ on a WW2-vintage assault gun?

Last edited 3 years ago by bk109
montythisseemsstrangetome

Hi, is this where the peoples is? I’m looking for the peoples.

bk109

Are knockoff Irish peoples? Or iz not peoples?

Also g’mornin’ y’all

montythisseemsstrangetome

it countz.

bk109

Well, alrighty then… In that case congrats, thar be people here 😀 Now we just need to insult Everton 3 times and that should summon Hippo too

Gumbygirl

Leave a trail of oxy’s.

bk109

I had to google what “oxy” is and … uhh… No.
I could do valid betting slips from William Hill,tho :p

Senor Weaselo

Does anyone know how they’ll do playoffs? Which division plays which?

Don T

My mother today told me that no woman is going to want to live with me in my small Apt. To which I said “Perfect”, ‘cause single WOOO. And this is how cohabitation would feel right now:
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Don T

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Don T

Glitter for Vegas killed me.
Fact: glitter is more contagious and spreadable than Covid. There’s some in my car from when my daughter was in elementary school.

montythisseemsstrangetome

The anti-maskers don’t even care about whether I get glitter poisoning.

Recovery Whiskey

Regarding that Tampa beverage: Champagne is the sparkling beverage often consumed by champions. Champaign is a french word meaning flat country, also the name of a town in Illinois where there’s college sports teams that have almost nothing to do with championships. TMYK.

ballsofsteelandfury

I hear Tampa is pretty flat. Except for the strip clubs.

herodotus450

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

If it were actually cold here – or even rainy – I could justify watching hockey all afternoon. But it was eighty degrees and sunny today. Life in Southern California is hard sometimes.

Dunstan
Dunstan

Obviously, the drink for a hockey team on Long Island is the Long Island Iced Tea. Also appropriate because the Isles keep adding new ingredients but the result always disappoints.

Game Time Decision

Damn it was right there.

Sharkbait

DeAngelo gonna ask Trump for a pardon on that holding/unsportsmanlike double minor

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

No but if he calls Rosie O’Donnell fat he can score a Medal of Freedom.

rockingdog

found a funny:

BREAKING: Truck Nutz decline Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sharkbait

Love the dollop

TheRevanchist

As I know almost nothing about who is who in hockey, I’m preemptively rooting for

TBD
the team who wins the title. In the interim, let’s hear it for my team! Yeah! When we win the title, I will know which jersey to buy.
Woohoo!

Horatio Cornblower

Just the sound of Jack Edwards’s voice is enough to make me want to stop watching hockey forever.

ballsofsteelandfury

Also, this answers my question from last night! Thanks!

ballsofsteelandfury

The rift is real. If you don’t have a purple and gold jersey, many fans don’t think you’re legit.

/ went to one of the 93 Finals games at the Forum. It was incredible.

Horatio Cornblower

They need to go back to the purple-and-gold. Black-and-silver does not work with ‘Kings’

ballsofsteelandfury

I believe you are correct on the date.

ballsofsteelandfury

If we successfully turn DFO into a hockey-centric site, does that mean we have to change it to DFOU?

Horatio Cornblower

Non.

Sharkbait

I think we can make it happen…

Game Time Decision

You writing abouts the hockeys then?

Sharkbait

I’m not sure I’m as funny of a writer as the other talent here. I’ll stick to booze reviews for now

ballsofsteelandfury

You don’t have to be funny. You just have to care about what you’re writing about. The funny naturally follows.

Game Time Decision

I’m only funny to myself and yet I still write. Write because you want to, not for us. I get its hard to think that way but it helps

ballsofsteelandfury

The only question I have is whether there are black people in Orange County…

Also, what is Robert Kraft’s favourite OC city?

Garden Grove

Horatio Cornblower

Someone say ‘monorail’?
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scotchnaut

The Washington Hockey Team is doing okay tonight.

Horatio Cornblower

Litre, I very much appreciate your refusal to acknowledge that southern team, for whatever reason, but the next time you’re carrying Marchand out of a bar please call me. I will rent a cab and, well, let’s just say some salary cap space is gonna open up in Boston.

herodotus450

Pretty cool that they let this beer league team play the first period instead of the real Detroit team.

Horatio Cornblower

The Red Wings used to be so, so good, too.

LemonJello

Jebus weeps. Urban Meyer in as Jaguras coach? How’s he going to adjust to the smaller budget?

Game Time Decision

And less bribing

Horatio Cornblower

And stricter behavior guidelines. I mean, you shoot a guy in the face in the NFL that’s at least a four game suspension.

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scotchnaut

“A Celery Cap? What’s my Cheez Whiz budget then? I’m gonna have to take this back to my people. UNCLE BILLY, THEY DONE THREW A CURVEBALL INTO MY OUTHOUSE!”

-Rural Meyer

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Game Time Decision

Just remembered about that the SNL “do that hockey thing” bit. Shoulda added that and way too lazy to go find it now

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LemonJello

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Game Time Decision

Thank you

LemonJello

I do what I can.

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herodotus450

Asked to comment on his choice for starting goalie tonight, Detroit coach said, “the squeaky Greiss gets the wheel.”

scotchnaut

Let me guess, the Wings drugged/signed a street punk from Basil, Switzerland and put him in goalie pads?

Gumbygirl

This was lovely.

ballsofsteelandfury

Aren’t all Original 6 teams in the same boat of “used to be good but suck now”?

Sharkbait

Bruins will be the best of the 6.

herodotus450

Montreal, Toronto, and Boston are still pretty good. NYR could be huge this year after stealing winning some lotteries.

ballsofsteelandfury

I’m glad you included my Everclear suggestion for the Kings. They’re so fucked…

SonOfSpam

Yeah, but wait until 2025!!!

Game Time Decision

You were one of the 2 to respond.

herodotus450

Detroit: Rebuilding still/again as they have cap issues and most of the big names have moved on or retired.

They’re actually bottom 3 in cap hit as of this season. That’s approaching Ottawa Senoators levels of stinginess.

Game Time Decision

I probably fucked one that up. Trying to do too many things at once today

Sharkbait

It’s been 6 minutes and I hate Jack Johnson already.

Game Time Decision

Damn I had the over

scotchnaut

-fans, watching his fight against Jim Jeffries

SonOfSpam

The mellow acoustic guitar guy? Yeah he sucks.

Jack Johnson (of hockey) has parents that are much worse than he is.

SonOfSpam

Not gonna watch this; more fun to assume it’s a cover of the Diana Ross song.

ballsofsteelandfury

But you’re missing the monkey!

Senor Weaselo

Oh hey, I have service mid—2-0? Oh for fuck’s…