It seems like these kind of freak accidents can be a major distraction for a team, much more than just a simple injury. Hopefully with 50+ games left the team can buckle down and hang in there. Maybe the Avs will go back to the days of pulling off the big trade right in the nick of time and something magical can happen in Denver in early 09. As long as Colorado doesn't bring back Foppa for the seventh time then I still have hope.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Oh Captain, My Captain
As if the situation for the Colorado Avalanche wasn't already stellar, one point from the bottom of the division with playing two more games than Edmonton, Peter Budaj is the starting goalie and Captain Sakic is out with a herniated disk. Now the snow gods have sent one more trial to this team, in the form of a snowblower and Sakic's three broken fingers.
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Joe could have hired Foppa to run the snowblower. If Foppa's ankle was healthy enough.
A lot of people in Denver have been saying Joe's an idiot for running a snowblower. Here's what kills me: The same people who say a millionaire athlete shouldn't be operating his own snowblower, complain about how spoiled professional athletes are.
Was it stupid to stick his hand in the machine? Uh, yes. But how many stupid things have you done just today?
Have a penny in your pocket? See an electric socket nearby? You know you want to. Just see what happens. Just once.
Don't deny it, you're tempted.
Joe's a down to Earth regular guy who, like any typical man, stuck his hand in a machine when he shouldn't have. Way to go, Joe. You're ordinary.
Duve, you don't even like the Avs any more--now you're all, "Oh, Alex Ovechkin, I love you (smooch smooch)" and you suddenly have a thing for tinted visors and Russian men who look like they're 16. (Sorry, Starr, but just remember that there's more than one guy living in New York that you can come visit.) And next year you'll probably have a man crush on Rick DiPietro rivalling Chuck's on Matt Doherty. So fret not, you're 1-2 cities away from forgetting that the Avs even existed...
Well said Ookie.
The reason people may question why Sakic was operating a snowblower is because of his back injury - he was already missing time with a herniated disc before this incident. Anyone with a herniated disc should probably stay clear of snow removal, though a snowblower would be a wiser option than using a shovel.
This morning's Denver Post had a couple of pages on Sakic, including a section titled "Snowblower Safety Tips." The final tip reads "Never use any body part to remove objects from the machinery." (Smart, but I could see where that almost sounds like a challenge - like when the waitress sets your meal in front of you and warns 'careful, this plate is hot.' The first thing you do: touch the plate to either confirm or debunk her claim. The main reason most of us restrain from testing the snowblower is because of the large, loud rotating augers in place of the enchiladas. But Sakic can do whatever the hell he wants to a snowblower - he's Joe F. Sakic.)
It does suggest using a stick to declog the machine's augers. Why didn't this piece appear in the paper BEFORE Joe tried to beat the machine?
Improess your friends with this statistic from the Denver Post: snowblower accidents cause more than 1000 finger amputations per year. But I've never seen anyone at work needing just a finger or two.
Also included in the Post is a list of freak injuries befalling Denver sports stars.
-June 05: Rockies SS Clint Barmes breaks his collarbone carrying frozen deer meat up a flight of stairs, ending what may have been a rookie of the year season
-March 08: Broncos WR Brandon Marshall slips on a McDonald's bag and falls into an entertainment system while wrestling with family members and severs an artery, a vein, and a nerve in his arm
-August 02: Broncos QB Brian Griese sprains his ankle when his dog pushes him down the stairs
-July 02: Black Team G Chris Duve injures his left elbow knocking down dead aspen trees in his neighbor's yard, but still goes on to shut out Royal Team the next evening at Honnen Ice Arena
-May 02: Broncos QB Brian Griese (again) is knocked out when he trips on the driveway while at a barbecue at Terrell Davis' house, suffering a chipped a tooth and a black eye
-April 01: Rockies P Mike Hampton misses a start with a stiff neck, blamed on the hotel pillows
-October 01: Broncos WR Eddie Kennison quits the team after his feelings are hurt by head coach Mike Shanahan
-Winter 1997: Rockies OF Larry Walker separates his shoulder after falling down a hill while fishing in Canada
As for Ookie - it's Ovie 4 Life for me. I've already told Starr that Ovechkin is the only member on my exemption list where I can drop this whole engagement thing and run off with him. That's right, I just wrote that and it's on the internet now.
Well said Pro, and for the record that was a legit tree pushing injury - nothing freak about it.
He's Joe F. Sakic.
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That Royal Team sucked. Wasn't Jeff Odgers on Royal - the guy Lanier sucker punched?
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