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Well, you heard the man:
"Everybody has a chance to make the team," Shanahan wrote. "It's up to each individual to force their way into the lineup."
http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Toronto/2015/09/10/22550617.html
Saweeeeeet…. You are telling me there is a chance. Open call for tryouts. Here's my resume:
Thanks Brendan. Looking forward to it
What do YOU bring to the table?
"Everybody has a chance to make the team," Shanahan wrote. "It's up to each individual to force their way into the lineup."
http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Toronto/2015/09/10/22550617.html
Saweeeeeet…. You are telling me there is a chance. Open call for tryouts. Here's my resume:
- 42 years old and I am versatile. If you scouted me in rec league you'd know that I may start out on the wing but once I see the 4 SOBs that are supposedly my teammates rushing the zone and realize that there is no one left on D, I end up dropping back. Call me Mr Responsible.
- my hand eye coordination is fantastic. I can hit a stationary golf ball after 4 beers and it still goes down the middle…. I think
- I am a motivator. When we have a rental goalie for rec league, I'm the first guy to make him feel at ease. I usually skate over and tap him on the pads and calm his spirit by saying "Just save the first 5 rebounds, we'll get back eventually"
- fitness. I'm good at that one. Cardio 3-4 x a week but the one catch is that I need 80's glam metal music in the dressing room to feel motivated. I will need to come out to "Rock You Like a Hurricane" by the Scorpions and "Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode is our goal song. No debate on these points.
- - Can I borrow one of those fancy sticks? I'm generally picking mine out of the sale rack at Canadian Tire.
- Tell your skate sharpener to stop asking me questions about the hollow or other preferences. In my day, you didn't have a choice. You gave your skates to your dad and he brought them back. He might have put them in a machine or gave him to the chain smoker in the cubby hole at the arena. Don't care as long as they weren't too sharp that when you tried to stop you didn't go arse over tea kettle into the boards.
- Speaking of which, sometimes I fall down over the blue line for no reason at all. Must be the skates. Don't know why but it seems to happen at least 5 x a season. When it does, I'm going on injured reserve for about 2 weeks with neck pain.
- Even if I don't fall down, I'm probably at risk for the injured reserve list if I sleep the "wrong way"
- Unlike Kadri, I will be at all practices early because I get up 2-3 times a night to pee. Could be the 4 beers at golf…
Thanks Brendan. Looking forward to it
What do YOU bring to the table?