INSIDER: How Players Really React to Being Scratched
by Joe Boughner
"Nobody likes being scratched but it is what it is. I know I have to be better. I'll keep working hard in practice so I'm ready to show what I can do when they put me back in there."Quick: Guess who said that recently after being made a healthy scratch.
Give up?
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| Look, it's Ewe-an Mendes, getting a quote! (Photo by @McLlwainsWorld) |
Well, unlike the sheeple in the lamestream media, we here at Bonk's Mullet demand a little more authenticity in our reportage. So while the unwashed scribes in the scrums might be content to serve as stenographer for a well-polished media darling of a hockey player, we dig deeper.
Turns out, a lot of Sens players still use LiveJournal. And an alarming number of them have really terrible passwords (really, Erik Condra? Irish22?). And so we're able to bring you the inside scoop on how a few of your Ottawa Senators really felt about being a healthy scratch.
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Thursday, October 9
So much for the fancy stat revolution
CondyHighAndWide
Hey LiveJournallers,
So much for the fancy stat revolution, eh? It's enough to make me fen-sick to my stomach. I'm not going to (zone) start crying now though. I've faced a high quality of competition before and I'm going to come out of this on top, WithOrWithoutYou in my corner.
PDO.
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Thursday, October 9
Reflections on a grey day
CornellMuse
I suppose it's ironic that the well-trodden idiom that speaks of the darkness before dawn has yet to be conclusively ascribed to any one great thinker. Even the origins of such a pearl of wisdom are subject to the infinite darkness of obscurity. I take solace in knowing that the lesson has lived on even after the teacher has been forgotten - perhaps too my legacy will outlive this moment of darkness.
For see, an unexpected darkness has befallen your humble scribe in recent days and weeks. The promise of a new beginning has been diminished like so many a role gone before it. And like those of a diminished legacy I too have to wonder if my days plying my trade in the great capital of our nation are nearing an end.
The temptation to face this burden with bitterness is indeed strong but I must show a grace so amazing as to cause a chorus to sing of the sweetness of its sound. For now I am lost but soon I shall be found. Tis a poor man who revels in despair. My dawn will soon arrive.
As my people would say, I've built this boat. Now I must sail her.
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| But I am left to wonder... if I do catch the fish, will Liza even want it? Photo by @gerv_rebrand |
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Monday, October 13
Untitled post (Draft)
Jared2Cowen
Siri? I need directions to the BB&T Centre. Siri? Siri? Oh wait do I have to press this button?
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| Cowen thought he was doing pretty well with his map Photo by @gerv_rebrand |
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Monday, October 13
Living the dream!
CLazar23
Dear Diary,
Can you believe it? I'm absolutely living the dream!!! Four short days ago I dressed for my first NHL game and today I get to be a healthy scratch for the first time! I get to see a real NHL press box! I get to wear that cool new suit I bought! Everything's coming up Curtis!
Monday, October 13
#NowPlaying
DontHassleTheHoffMan
I get knocked down
But I get up again
Cause you're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
Cause you're never gonna keep me down
Ah Chumbawumba. I LOVE classic rock!
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Monday, October 13
Another Day, Another City, Another PressBox
PattyWeirdCock
Wait, I'm playing?
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There you have it, folks. From the profound to the profane to the downright bizarre - insider info you won't find anywhere else. Until next time, loyal readers, keep rocking!
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| He'll be singing when they're winning. (Photo by @gev_rebrand) |
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