Habs Declare War, Neely Rules, Price Sucks and Boychuk Destroys!
Written by Jonathan Fucile   
Thursday, 02 September 2010 16:48

Busy week if you're a Bruins fan... kind of.

Mike Cammalleri has declared war on the Bruins. Cam Neely wins an award for being awesome. Carey Price re-signs with the Habs, virtually guaranteeing Montreal Playoff success. That was sarcasm by the way.

Mike Cammalleri decided to try to re-ignite the flames of the Bruins-Canadiens war by viciously whacking poor Tyler Seguin in the face!

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Screw the Habs. Seriously.

"All accidental,” Seguin told the Toronto Sun. "It just got under my visor."

Tyler's just acting tough. You'll get yours Cammalleri!

After the jump, Purrgeron gets revenge, Neely still winning awards, Johnny Boychuk is ready to destroy soulsand Carey Price is a total douche........

 
Just because you like a player doesn't mean they're good....
Written by Jonathan Fucile   
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 16:34

Emotion does weird things to fans. It blinds you and makes you ignore the greater good.

Fans attach themselves to certain players, sometimes players who weren’t even with the team that long. Every does it. Like the Days of Y’Orr man crush on Shawn Thornton. Sometimes a fan base’s love, or strong like, for certain players causes some very irrational thinking.

Sometimes there’s just something about a player that you love, even if they kind of suck. Your love for that player blinds you to the fact that they really just are not a good fit for the team anymore.

Take for instance Aaron Ward’s recent retirement and Bill Guerin parting ways with the Penguins.

A large contingent of Bruins fans immediately ran to their computers, saying the Bruins should bring back former Bruins Ward and Guerin.

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The Days of Y’Orr staff had one simple question. Why?

After the jump, a useless summer time rant.....

 
Saturday morning bits of awesome
Written by Justin   
Saturday, 28 August 2010 08:09

It's Saturday morning... at the end of August.

It's so damn close to hockey training camp/pre-season we can smell it, yet still too far away for it to matter. Kinda like 3:00 during the work day.

And fantasy hockey leagues popping up just makes our hockey excitement worse. We're like a pack of dogs that can smell the goose poop a mile away. Excitement is uncontrollable. One of our writers, Pizz, decided to go with the fantasy hockey team Orr-gy.

We'll be sure to slap him for you all. In fact, it might look a lot like this:

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We're not above ripping on each other. This was deserved.

Not gonna lie, there's really no reason for this post this morning. It's Saturday morning... at the end of August. Nothing's going on hockey wise.

...except that BostonBruins.com finally has downloadable schedule calendars.

And no. We don't really care about Kovyjoke. Yes, he's good. But someone's going to crack his knee open by December and then where will the Devil's be?

One man doesn't make a team. Just ask Oviechicken.

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It's ok... he'll drown when it rains.

And yes, we purposely use the old Capitals logo. For some reason Cap fans despise their team's heritage. If NBC or ESPN fucked up and put an old Bruins logo on screen we'd be stoked that they realize there's more to the sportsworld than Lebron or Favre's dick.

For the record, extracting that logo in Photoshop is kinda a pain in the ass at 9:30 in the morning.

If you haven't yet, be sure to check out Patrice Purrgeron's investigative piece on the Bruins Guide to Tyler Seguin Part 1 and Part 2. Who needs media creds when you got Purrgeron on your staff?

Speaking of Patrice Purrgeron, he has Facebook. Do yourself all a favor and friend him. We keep him away from Twitter though. He keeps trying to swat at the birds.

After the jump, some more random Saturday Morning Awesomeness... including and unfortunate power outage, one of the cheesiest videos we've ever seen and some ego boosting for us.

 
Seguin's How To Guide Part 2: Learning from your Teammates
Written by Patrice Purrgeron   
Friday, 27 August 2010 10:20

Earlier this week, we brought you Part 1 of a three part series of "How To" guides the Bruins are giving Tyler Seguin in anticipation of his first NHL season.

Field reporter Patrice Purrgeron was able to obtain the documents and we bring him to you now live for part two!

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The Bruins seem to be doing a great job with these guides and I'm surprised they never thought of this before. The second guide I obtained contains lessons from a few of Seguins teammates, all of them offering helpful tips and advice for the youngster.

After the jump, I bring Part 2 of Seguin's How to Guides: Learning from your Teammates

 
A rose by any other name would still be... Fantasy Hockey
Written by Justin   
Friday, 27 August 2010 07:29

 

When we woke up yesterday morning, we were greeted by this fine tweet from Mr. Sean Leahy, associate editor for Puck Daddy.

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And we reacted appropriately:
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Thus ends the long hibernation from updating rosters for five different leagues, trying to work trades with impossible owners and laughing at people who want you to trade Malkin for Ryder (it's happened), and now begins the fun and tedious process of choosing the perfect fantasy hockey team name.

Everyone has their own strategy for coming up with their team name. Some go with extinct and obsure NHL teams, others an homage to their favorite players. This year, the Days of Y'Orr staff has taken two approaches:

Jon is going with his team name from last year -- Rancourt Fistpumps. A beautiful dedication to the man with the golden pipes.
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We're still pissed he didn't do the national anthem at the Winter Classic.

While I decided to change up my team name from last year -- HelmetHead (an homage to the great band, Great Big Sea) -- to a Sci-Fi reference.

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Yea, I made a Star Trek reference. Suck it.

They said jocks and Trekkies couldn't co-exist in the same world... we've proved them wrong.

Another Days of Y'Orr staff member, Pizz, went with Honey Nut Chelios last year, to the much dismay of the rest of the league.

On the heels, of course, of Leahy's news came a slew of great fantasy hockey names via Twitter #fantasyhockeynames. You can find the whole list via that link, but we decided to go a step further and pick our favorites and see what these team name mascots or logos would look like.

After the jump, Photoshop fun and enough hockey puns to make you sick.

 
Welcoming Tyler Seguin: A How To Guide
Written by Jonathan Fucile   
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 14:15
As training camp nears, fan and media anticipation for Tyler Seguin heightens everyday. The Days of Y'Orr staff came across a rumor that the Bruins were preparing a series of "How To" guides for the young forward in an effort to help him adjust to playing hockey in the NHL, especially media-heavy Boston.

We sent field reporter Patrice Purr-geron to investigate the rumors. As always, the man came through.The Bruins are in fact preparing a guide for Seguin. Mr. Purr-geron managed to obtain a copy and now we will share it with you.

Today, Days of Y'Orr presents you Part 1 of a three part series.

"Complete Bruins Guide To: Dealing with Fans and the Media!"

We now bring you to Patrice Purrgeron.

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He needs a new suit.

....especially when playing for a team that hasn't won a championship since 1972. Sometimes pressure can weigh a player down. The Bruins apparently wanted to get ahead of that and wrote a series of handy guides to help acclimate Seguin to the harsh conditions playing for a Boston sports team brings. Except for the Boston Lobsters. No one cares about tennis.

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Why is a giant red dong allowed near children?!

After the jump, I'll show you the guide the Bruins gave to Seguin to help him deal with crazy media and rabid fans.

 
Aaron Ward retires: A Video & Image Tribute
Written by Justin   
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 11:38

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News broke earlier today that former Bruin and 98.5 SportsHub favorite Aaron Ward has retired today.

Ward played in the NHL for 13 years and won three championships. He also just underwent his third knee surgery, meaning Marco "Sturmface" Sturm is about a year away from retiring as well... (thank god.)

We've missed Ward since the Bruins shipped him off to Carolina so they could sign Morris. We loved Ward Wednesdays. Thankfully they got the right replacement in Thornton.

The Days of Y'Orr remembers his career with the very little video and photograph/photoshops available on the Internet.

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Ours, too.

More video and photos after the jump...

 
No news is bad news when you're waiting for the NHL season to kick in...
Written by Justin   
Monday, 23 August 2010 11:09

It's the end of August. There's nothing big going on.

Seriously. Nothing. Here's the frontpage of BostonBruins.com

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We can't decide if we should go with a penis joke or a Sarah Jessica Parker joke. Thoughts?

When the team's site top stores are profiling No Knee Sturm, Tuukka and Thornton hanging with a horse, buying tickets, Thort's Golf Event and Traveling to Europe, you know it's August. Thankfully, hockey season is around the corner... sadly, not close enough around the corner.

Let's see, what has happened in the world of the Boston Bruins:

  • Waste of Space, aka Trent Whitfield, might be out for the entire season with an achilles injury. The Bruins and Baby Bs have instantly gotten 100x better because of the injury.
  • Mikko Lehtonen is off to Sweeden. Meh.
  • Today starts the Ice Girl tryouts. We really don't care about this unless 1) Someone brings in a "We Want Cusick" flier and sends us pics or 2) Holly for some reason doesn't return to the squad. What a travesty that'd be.
  • Marc Savard and Tim Thomas are still Bruins.
  • Andrew Ference is still a Bruin... ugh...

Yeeeeep. That's about it.

Bring on October.

 
Pressure by Number? Poor Tyler Seguin
Written by Jonathan Fucile   
Saturday, 21 August 2010 08:08

(While we work on a few projects, we reach into the Days of Y'Orr archives)

When Tyler Seguin (presumably) takes to the ice this season, he will wear #19, last worn by scorn inducing Joe Thornton. Seguin wore #9 in the OHL, but that number is currently retired. The name Bucyk may ring a bell. Long live the Chief!

Fans, media and bloggers across the interwebs have sprung into debates, talking about how Seguin had so much more pressure on him because he is now wearing #19. Umm.... what?

Pressure of being a second overall pick? We get that. Pressure of being called a potential franchise player in a Cup hungry town? Definitely get that. But pressure simply because of the number he wears? That is the most asinine logic we've heard since Peter Chiarelli tried to rationalize the Ference contract.

After the jump, Patrice Purr-geron tries to find logic in this stupid argument.

 
Days of Y'Orr Flashback: Gerry Cheevers
Written by Jonathan Fucile   
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 11:45

We're not just about funny funny jokes and photoshops here at Days of Y'Orr. Throughout the rest of the off-season and the regular season, we will occasionally highlight past Bruins (legends, jokes, guys who were hilariously bad, etc). We love hockey history at Days Of Y'Orr and we think you do too! Go Bruins!

During a recent Days of Y'Orr meeting, which once again inevitably broke down to us watching old clips on DVD and Youtube and getting nothing done, we began discussing Bruins goalies and their styles. Of course Tim Thomas and his flopping, fish out of water style came up and we debated the effectiveness of such a style. You know, 'cause we're NHL goalies too!

Our good friend Chris Sparrow then chimed in to remind us that Thomas was not the first Bruins goalie to have such an odd style. There was a Bruins legend who perhaps perfected the art of flopping. No, it wasn't legends like Blaine Lacher or Andrew Raycroft.

We are of course talking about Gerry Cheevers.

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What a beast

After the jump, Days of Y'Orr takes a look back as the infamous masked man.

 
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