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kerriesakuraSo, apparently, you don't have to pay for srapbook on LJ, you just have to get a plus account. I was under the impression that the 96874975 photos I had uploaded to my old account were lost forever. They are, you're about to find out, not. Oh and I know it isn't 2007 anymore, but ahead of the game tomorrow I feel I really should post these photos. It's an excuse to talk about Drury! And I don't want to lose them again! And I promised someone I would! And it's gonna make me grin for a week! SO without further ado...
There was this player called Chris Drury and he did stuff like this. He defined the term "clutch player". And er, he was pretty too. Shut up.
Yeah, this is still a classic. And in no way photoshopped. No sarcasm: it's really not photoshopped!
I really wish I'd uploaded these in the right order... oh god, playoffs.
As playoff beards go I'm not sure that one has ever been bettered.
Connolly + Drury made my heart soar.
I miss this. SO much.
He doesn't often look like a dork, but...
It feels like forever ago, though. (And good lord is that Phil Kessel? I do believe it is)
I can't explain how much he means to me, because it just sounds so SILLY.
GOOD LORD. It seems so STRANGE now to remember that he and Briere were co-captains.
Mind you he always did look good in blue. That turned out handy
But I adopted him as my favourite player because he was just so intense.
The very definition of someone who never gives up.
And also, okay yes, because when he smiles my heart goes 'splode.
I'm gonna hafta post that disclaimer about hormones at the end...
SEE THIS IS JUST GRATUITOUS
You know the fact that Zubrus is there just... it's boggling. Totally forgot.
It's hard to explain now - most of these are from the 2007 playoffs - but I just lived and breathed for those Sabres.
(rawr)
I love his hair. I'm so shallow. That's not why I like him! But I love his hair!
Anyway yes. 2007. Playoffs. It meant so much.
I REMEMBER THIS SO EXACTLY. It was before game 4 against the Senators, the Sabres were 3-0 down in the series, I don't think I slept that fortnight, anyway... this was just. Instead of doom and gloom they put other Sabres in goal and had fun while they could. The squeaking I did over this. <3
This. This just. Shouldn't be legal.
THIS OH GOD THIS. I still remember this like it happened an hour ago; the Seven Second Goal. Sabres about to go down 3-2 in a playoff series and fucking Drury scores a tying goal with seven seconds left. I still get butterflies thinking about it. Greatest hockey moment of my life. I just remember everything going mad and almost screaming the house down at 3am and it was just perfect. They won the game and the series. And then yeah...
Yeah, it wasn't to be. I've blocked out most of the Sabres/Sens series that followed because it was just the worst feeling in the world. The worst. All that promise and it came to the sum of fuck-all.
But now, the benefit of hindsight is well in place...
God. Locker clear-out day. Beard all gone. He couldn't have done any more in the elimination game. He was saving goals himself for christ's sake.
I will never not laugh at TINY MENTAL CHILD in the background of this picture!
Ffffffffucking series fffffff anyway
What was I saying? Oh yes. The benefit of hindsight.
That season was batshit. It was epically good. There was no cup, but it was an utter, utter joy to be a Sabres fan that season.
There were 4098590785 injuries that season but getting to see those call-ups play like they'd always been in the NHL was astounding.
The goalie was on fire, the scoring was coming from everywhere, the defence never took the night off...
And Dru? He was the lynchpin of it all. A leader like you wouldn't believe.
Oh I know. I'm terrible.
And then there was the night Chris FFFFUCKING Neil nearly knocked his brain out. OH GOD. I was livid. Beyond livid. And I eagerly await the day Neil either retires or fucks right off because I hate him for it. Still.
There are those who argue Dru was never the same after that. He's not what he was now, that's certain. Which - I can tell you for nothing - breaks my heart.
And I know there was outrage and horror at Drury being put on the Olympic team. And I understand it. But how many of those people know what Dru is all about? Have to wonder.
My favourite quote about him was "he doesn't say much, but when he does, you listen."
He's not about the flashy stuff. He's about getting the best from himself and from others. Just because his points totals aren't what they used to be doesn't mean he still doesn't have the fire and the desire to win and the never-give-up mentality.
As far as Olympic hockey goes, this is his last throw of the dice... which scares me horribly.
It would mean so much to me to see him do well with Team USA. So much. I don't know if they're good enough, but then it's so early in the tournament... everyone thought Canada and Russia were rock-solid, but then Thursday happened...
(OH MY GOODNESS I MISS THESE DAYS)
Wouldya lookit that smirk :D
Anyway... yes. Are the USA good enough? Holy hell I don't know. I'm terrified they're not.
I haven't said anything much about it for that very reason. But to see Dru actually winning something during my time of being a hockey fan... it'd... I can't even articulate that.
So, I guess, despite all the people I love on Team Canada, my heart wants Team USA to do something. To even just hold their own for now. But something.
Heeeee.
Did we have this earlier? I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER. EVEN IF WE DID: GOOD FUCKING CHRIST.
And then he broke my heart. Chris Drury going to the Rangers was the only time I have ever cried at a player leaving a team. I am a fucking wuss.
But you know. Boy always wanted to be a Ranger. Boy lives and breathes the Yankees for goodness sakes, if he got the call from New York City he was always going to go. Everyone blamed Darcy Regier, and I was among them; a fucking pig's ear of a negotiating process is never going to help.
Despite the fact that this has never felt right, I'd still call him my favourite player in a second. Despite not being a Rangers fan. At all. Er, yet.
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON HE FIGHTS. IT MAKES KEYSMASH HAPPEN.
God it's just impossible to think even slightly badly towards him when he's living his dream.
So there's that: me nailing my colours to the mast. USA!
Fuck you, watermark! I mean, er. Yes. That's my player. More than any other.
ETA: oh! Yes! The hormone thing! This was on the info of my old journal: "Oh, and sometimes, I get squeeful over hockey boys. This merely means I am a human female in possession of hormones, it does not mean I am shallow, nor does it mean I don't love the sport. I love it as much as anyone. I would still watch the game and love it if they all looked like orcs. However, they do not, and fancying them does not preclude me from having a brain. :)"
ETA AGAIN: we have a late addition:
Good fucking god. Sweet dreams to me.
There was this player called Chris Drury and he did stuff like this. He defined the term "clutch player". And er, he was pretty too. Shut up.
Yeah, this is still a classic. And in no way photoshopped. No sarcasm: it's really not photoshopped!
I really wish I'd uploaded these in the right order... oh god, playoffs.
As playoff beards go I'm not sure that one has ever been bettered.
Connolly + Drury made my heart soar.
I miss this. SO much.
He doesn't often look like a dork, but...
It feels like forever ago, though. (And good lord is that Phil Kessel? I do believe it is)
I can't explain how much he means to me, because it just sounds so SILLY.
GOOD LORD. It seems so STRANGE now to remember that he and Briere were co-captains.
Mind you he always did look good in blue. That turned out handy
But I adopted him as my favourite player because he was just so intense.
The very definition of someone who never gives up.
And also, okay yes, because when he smiles my heart goes 'splode.
I'm gonna hafta post that disclaimer about hormones at the end...
SEE THIS IS JUST GRATUITOUS
You know the fact that Zubrus is there just... it's boggling. Totally forgot.
It's hard to explain now - most of these are from the 2007 playoffs - but I just lived and breathed for those Sabres.
(rawr)
I love his hair. I'm so shallow. That's not why I like him! But I love his hair!
Anyway yes. 2007. Playoffs. It meant so much.
I REMEMBER THIS SO EXACTLY. It was before game 4 against the Senators, the Sabres were 3-0 down in the series, I don't think I slept that fortnight, anyway... this was just. Instead of doom and gloom they put other Sabres in goal and had fun while they could. The squeaking I did over this. <3
This. This just. Shouldn't be legal.
THIS OH GOD THIS. I still remember this like it happened an hour ago; the Seven Second Goal. Sabres about to go down 3-2 in a playoff series and fucking Drury scores a tying goal with seven seconds left. I still get butterflies thinking about it. Greatest hockey moment of my life. I just remember everything going mad and almost screaming the house down at 3am and it was just perfect. They won the game and the series. And then yeah...
Yeah, it wasn't to be. I've blocked out most of the Sabres/Sens series that followed because it was just the worst feeling in the world. The worst. All that promise and it came to the sum of fuck-all.
But now, the benefit of hindsight is well in place...
God. Locker clear-out day. Beard all gone. He couldn't have done any more in the elimination game. He was saving goals himself for christ's sake.
I will never not laugh at TINY MENTAL CHILD in the background of this picture!
Ffffffffucking series fffffff anyway
What was I saying? Oh yes. The benefit of hindsight.
That season was batshit. It was epically good. There was no cup, but it was an utter, utter joy to be a Sabres fan that season.
There were 4098590785 injuries that season but getting to see those call-ups play like they'd always been in the NHL was astounding.
The goalie was on fire, the scoring was coming from everywhere, the defence never took the night off...
And Dru? He was the lynchpin of it all. A leader like you wouldn't believe.
Oh I know. I'm terrible.
And then there was the night Chris FFFFUCKING Neil nearly knocked his brain out. OH GOD. I was livid. Beyond livid. And I eagerly await the day Neil either retires or fucks right off because I hate him for it. Still.
There are those who argue Dru was never the same after that. He's not what he was now, that's certain. Which - I can tell you for nothing - breaks my heart.
And I know there was outrage and horror at Drury being put on the Olympic team. And I understand it. But how many of those people know what Dru is all about? Have to wonder.
My favourite quote about him was "he doesn't say much, but when he does, you listen."
He's not about the flashy stuff. He's about getting the best from himself and from others. Just because his points totals aren't what they used to be doesn't mean he still doesn't have the fire and the desire to win and the never-give-up mentality.
As far as Olympic hockey goes, this is his last throw of the dice... which scares me horribly.
It would mean so much to me to see him do well with Team USA. So much. I don't know if they're good enough, but then it's so early in the tournament... everyone thought Canada and Russia were rock-solid, but then Thursday happened...
(OH MY GOODNESS I MISS THESE DAYS)
Wouldya lookit that smirk :D
Anyway... yes. Are the USA good enough? Holy hell I don't know. I'm terrified they're not.
I haven't said anything much about it for that very reason. But to see Dru actually winning something during my time of being a hockey fan... it'd... I can't even articulate that.
So, I guess, despite all the people I love on Team Canada, my heart wants Team USA to do something. To even just hold their own for now. But something.
Heeeee.
Did we have this earlier? I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER. EVEN IF WE DID: GOOD FUCKING CHRIST.
And then he broke my heart. Chris Drury going to the Rangers was the only time I have ever cried at a player leaving a team. I am a fucking wuss.
But you know. Boy always wanted to be a Ranger. Boy lives and breathes the Yankees for goodness sakes, if he got the call from New York City he was always going to go. Everyone blamed Darcy Regier, and I was among them; a fucking pig's ear of a negotiating process is never going to help.
Despite the fact that this has never felt right, I'd still call him my favourite player in a second. Despite not being a Rangers fan. At all. Er, yet.
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON HE FIGHTS. IT MAKES KEYSMASH HAPPEN.
God it's just impossible to think even slightly badly towards him when he's living his dream.
So there's that: me nailing my colours to the mast. USA!
Fuck you, watermark! I mean, er. Yes. That's my player. More than any other.
ETA: oh! Yes! The hormone thing! This was on the info of my old journal: "Oh, and sometimes, I get squeeful over hockey boys. This merely means I am a human female in possession of hormones, it does not mean I am shallow, nor does it mean I don't love the sport. I love it as much as anyone. I would still watch the game and love it if they all looked like orcs. However, they do not, and fancying them does not preclude me from having a brain. :)"
ETA AGAIN: we have a late addition:
Good fucking god. Sweet dreams to me.
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Date: 2010-02-21 01:34 am (UTC)Those Ranger photos make me want to projectile vomit, but that probably has more to do with Gomez than anything else. Douche. ANYWAY....
Glad to see you've gotten your hockyness back, darling. The boys have missed you!
And, not for nothing, if the USA wins a medal of ANY kind, I will shit myself unconscious. Just sayin =)
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Date: 2010-02-21 01:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-21 04:41 pm (UTC)And as a side note, Jesus, I forgot how young Thomas looked during that season. I miss that hair.
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Date: 2010-02-21 05:44 pm (UTC)I so want to picspam Ranger boys being adorkable. There is SO MUCH LOVE on this team. *cough*
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Date: 2010-02-21 07:04 pm (UTC);)
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