Embrace the Hate: Defending the Riots
The Stanchion
November 29 2011 10:48AM
Editors Note: If you've yet to hear about the Embrace the Hate Campaign, I urge you read up on it before delving into this post. The entire point of the campaign is to diffuse the "hatred" the rest of the league has for the Canucks and their fans with humour. It's an attempt to get Canucks fans to laugh at the team's "most-hated" status. If I see a single post in the comments that talks about how this post is "proof of what's wrong with Canucks fans," my head will explode. Once I put it back together again in the style of Humpty Dumpty or Tony Shaloub in Men In Black, I will mock you mercilessly. For the "Embrace the Hate" Campaign, we are going to take it as well as dish it out, and none of it should be taken seriously. It's a humourous content contest...
And now - The Stanchion defends the Stanley Cup Riots!:
Hockey Diseases in the DSM IV? – Part One
The Stanchion
November 20 2011 04:02PM
What is the DSM IV you ask? DSM stands for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This manual covers mental health disorders for children and adults, and lists all known information about these disorders, from origins, causes, to treatment. Basically it’s a giant book of information on mental disorders. Does your cousin yawn too much or count to ten and always skips number 7? The DSM will probably have something on it. The Wikipedia before there was Wikipedia. Except with slightly more research.
Highlights of #replacethekb Contest
The Stanchion
November 19 2011 01:26PM
(I wanted to end this with Nicolas Cage. But it's from Face/Off. So it works.)
After 3 long grueling weeks in which the #replacethekb contestants were forced to watch all the Minnesota Wild games from 2003, had to listen to Mark Messier do his lesser known poetry from back when he was out of his mind from having drunk from an unclean Stanley Cup (“A bat? A rat? Nay, a mat, it’s flat. I sat. On a cat. Why am I so fat?”), and finally, having to wash all seventeen of Jason Botchford’s Ferraris with toothbrushes (There were actually sixteen contestants, but one of us made the mistake of not cleaning the tires on Botch’s 14th Ferrari. He hasn’t been seen since), we have come to the finish line.
Now I know there was a lot of Canuck content being thrown the public’s way these last three weeks, and I bet not everyone had a chance to read all the articles that were put out by the fine people of the #replacethekb contest. So I thought that it would be nice to pick one article from each contestant that I thought was really good, one that showcased the talents of the writer in question, and list them here for you guys. This way, if you didn’t get a chance to read all of the articles, maybe you can find an article that you missed out on so you can see what we at the #replacethekb contest are all about.
Ryan Miller's message for Milan Lucic
The Stanchion
November 14 2011 04:02PM
Well folks, we knew Ryan Miller was pissed off at Milan Lucic. That was obvious by the way he called out Lucic after the game against the Bruins. What we didn't realize was just how pissed off Miller might have gotten. Ryan Miller has apparently taken his fight off the ice, as he has started a campaign to try and keep Milan Lucic out of the All-Star game. He has even gone so far as to produce an ad campaign to support his cause. I won't lie, the video gets pretty nasty. This feud doesn't look to be dying anytime soon. I got a sneak peek of the video and I want to let all my fans preview it before it hits TV tomorrow. Enjoy!
Questions From a Stanchion
The Stanchion
November 14 2011 10:59AM
Is Jeff Cowan angry at Aaron Rome for stealing his gimmick?
Look Aaron. I get it. You want to make a name for yourself. And the easiest way to do that is to use a play right out of Jeff Cowan’s famous Self Help Book: “From Cowan to Bra-Barian, How to Gain Fans: Score Goals”. I understand you want to show off a different side to your game. I really do. But I have spent the better part of two years making fun of you, so it’s just a bit selfish of you to do this to me right now. You’re kind of making me look like a jerk. People are loving this way too much and are throwing it in my face on a daily basis. I’m going to have to go ahead and ask you to stop scoring so many goals. People are even trying to vote you into the All-Star game. You have become some sort of horrifying combination of Jeff Cowan and Rory Fitzpatrick.
