red rising, part 5: lookin' like a sharp-dressed man
Guys, the Blackhawks won against the Dallas Stars 6-2 last night, but right now I'm nursing a broken heart. Do you remember how you felt when Sirius Black went through the veil? The shock, the silence, the HOLY FUCK DID THAT JUST HAPPEN? It's sort of like that, only nobody died (obviously), but it was still-- oh my god, I can't even deal right now. *flails*
If you've been ignoring the last few posts because hockey just isn't your thing, or sports isn't, or for any other reason, I understand completely, but know that if I ever wanted you to read any of these pimping posts, this is the one that I would want you to read.
sharp-dressed MAN
>> Meet Patrick Sharp
>> Wears Jersey Number 10, because hi, he. Is. A. Fucking. 10.
Photo from backcheck
>> Even in a weird White Sox jersey.
Photo from backcheck
>> Or a Canadian one.
Photo from backcheck
>> He carries that Blackhawks jersey well, though, even though he's all RAH!!! in this one.
>> So much better in action!
>> LOL actually I just found this video on how the teams picked jersey numbers. SOBBING I GAVE THEM BETTER REASONS.
sharp SHOOTER
>> Sharp is the Assistant Captain to the Blackhawks (along with Duncan Keith, who you will hear about later)
>> Is the leading goal scorer this season
>> I love his story. He was a trade from Philadelphia and "it turned his world upside-down" which is endearing enough, but there's more. And I quote, from this article:
Patrick Sharp had to face facts: he wasn’t going to make it in Philadelphia. He had the talent. Anyone who watched the Flyers’ speedy third-round draft pick (95th overall in 2001) could see that he had the skills to produce in the National Hockey League. But there were too many established players ahead of him and not enough ice time to go around.
>> Was on the cover of the last Blackhawks Magazine issue
>> They asked the team to pick out which of his two photos were better
>> Naturally, they used this as an opportunity to pick on him (As a side note, watch Wiz, watch Toews, and take note of Adam Burish. Adam Burish will make much more sense later, I swear.)
>> Was one of the guys who started Jonathan Toews "Mr Serious", and in last year's world hockey games where Toews, Keith and Sharp were in Team Canada, Sharp got the rest of the Canadians to start calling Toews Mr Serious as well.
>> He actually picks on Toews and Kane quite a bit, which is hilarious because he and Burish have got to be the lamest pranksters ever, but that's cool
>> He has made food porn for Blackhawks TV
>> I love it. Apparently he likes places like Mr Beef and The Weiner Circle
>> Come on, Sharpie. At least make this a little harder for me.
>> Anyway, he's a pretty awesome player in general, but for the last All-Stars, they didn't put either his or Duncan Keith's names on the ballot
>> So they did the next best thing, and created this LOLtastic ad for him
>> Did I mention how much I love this guy?
>> This is not even HALF of what he gets up to in the team sobbing I love him so much.
And. Yeah. Last night, not even a minute in (39 seconds after the first period started, actually), Patrick Sharp got checked by Steve Ott, and Sharpie crumpled up after and like. COULD NOT STAND BY HIMSELF ANYMORE. He lay down for the longest, most heart-breaking 30 seconds of my life, until Toews and a trainer helped him out of the ice.
He didn't return anytime after that, and he's up for an MRI this Monday to check on his knee (it's a knee injury, that much is pretty clear now), and he's out for the next 3 games for sure, but it could be longer than that. Like. Anywhere from 4 weeks longer, to rest-of-the-season-maybe-not-even-the-playoffs long. *cries*
They'd just switched him back from playing Center to Right Wing too (because idk how this team is surviving with only one decent Center but they need those, stat) and he was supposed to start scoring goals again, only this crap had to happen, and the thing is, it didn't have to, for these reasons:
1. The puck was NOT EVEN WITH SHARPIE ANYMORE. The play had MOVED AWAY from where he was.
2. A Dallas guy had ALREADY checked him. In fact, Sharpie was JUST recovering from that check when STEVE BLOODY OTT CAME UP AND CHECKED HIM AGAIN. POSSIBLY INTENTIONALLY HITTING HIS KNEE.
3. THIRTY-NINE SECONDS IN ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
The 'Hawks went on to fucking shut Dallas out til they scored twice in third period, but Steeger scored a final 6th goal to seal the deal, at least, but they're going on the road without Sharp and it's just not going to be the same without him. :((((((
If you've been ignoring the last few posts because hockey just isn't your thing, or sports isn't, or for any other reason, I understand completely, but know that if I ever wanted you to read any of these pimping posts, this is the one that I would want you to read.
sharp-dressed MAN
>> Meet Patrick Sharp
>> Wears Jersey Number 10, because hi, he. Is. A. Fucking. 10.
Photo from backcheck
>> Even in a weird White Sox jersey.
Photo from backcheck
>> Or a Canadian one.
Photo from backcheck
>> He carries that Blackhawks jersey well, though, even though he's all RAH!!! in this one.
>> So much better in action!
Click to view>> LOL actually I just found this video on how the teams picked jersey numbers. SOBBING I GAVE THEM BETTER REASONS.
sharp SHOOTER
>> Sharp is the Assistant Captain to the Blackhawks (along with Duncan Keith, who you will hear about later)
>> Is the leading goal scorer this season
>> I love his story. He was a trade from Philadelphia and "it turned his world upside-down" which is endearing enough, but there's more. And I quote, from this article:
Patrick Sharp had to face facts: he wasn’t going to make it in Philadelphia. He had the talent. Anyone who watched the Flyers’ speedy third-round draft pick (95th overall in 2001) could see that he had the skills to produce in the National Hockey League. But there were too many established players ahead of him and not enough ice time to go around.
>> Was on the cover of the last Blackhawks Magazine issue
>> They asked the team to pick out which of his two photos were better
>> Naturally, they used this as an opportunity to pick on him (As a side note, watch Wiz, watch Toews, and take note of Adam Burish. Adam Burish will make much more sense later, I swear.)
>> Was one of the guys who started Jonathan Toews "Mr Serious", and in last year's world hockey games where Toews, Keith and Sharp were in Team Canada, Sharp got the rest of the Canadians to start calling Toews Mr Serious as well.
>> He actually picks on Toews and Kane quite a bit, which is hilarious because he and Burish have got to be the lamest pranksters ever, but that's cool
>> He has made food porn for Blackhawks TV
>> I love it. Apparently he likes places like Mr Beef and The Weiner Circle
>> Come on, Sharpie. At least make this a little harder for me.
>> Anyway, he's a pretty awesome player in general, but for the last All-Stars, they didn't put either his or Duncan Keith's names on the ballot
>> So they did the next best thing, and created this LOLtastic ad for him
>> Did I mention how much I love this guy?
>> This is not even HALF of what he gets up to in the team sobbing I love him so much.
And. Yeah. Last night, not even a minute in (39 seconds after the first period started, actually), Patrick Sharp got checked by Steve Ott, and Sharpie crumpled up after and like. COULD NOT STAND BY HIMSELF ANYMORE. He lay down for the longest, most heart-breaking 30 seconds of my life, until Toews and a trainer helped him out of the ice.
He didn't return anytime after that, and he's up for an MRI this Monday to check on his knee (it's a knee injury, that much is pretty clear now), and he's out for the next 3 games for sure, but it could be longer than that. Like. Anywhere from 4 weeks longer, to rest-of-the-season-maybe-not-even-the-playoffs long. *cries*
They'd just switched him back from playing Center to Right Wing too (because idk how this team is surviving with only one decent Center but they need those, stat) and he was supposed to start scoring goals again, only this crap had to happen, and the thing is, it didn't have to, for these reasons:
1. The puck was NOT EVEN WITH SHARPIE ANYMORE. The play had MOVED AWAY from where he was.
2. A Dallas guy had ALREADY checked him. In fact, Sharpie was JUST recovering from that check when STEVE BLOODY OTT CAME UP AND CHECKED HIM AGAIN. POSSIBLY INTENTIONALLY HITTING HIS KNEE.
3. THIRTY-NINE SECONDS IN ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
The 'Hawks went on to fucking shut Dallas out til they scored twice in third period, but Steeger scored a final 6th goal to seal the deal, at least, but they're going on the road without Sharp and it's just not going to be the same without him. :((((((