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Okay so I binged all of Three Rivers today and it was okay. I'm not a huge fan of doctor drama shows but I was too entertained by seeing Alex O'Loughlin as a transplant surgeon in scrubs than anything else. It wasn't a waste of the day but I won't be so quick to go about rewatching it anytime soon like I did with Moonlight or H50.
same here , unless they have something unique about them that sets them apart from the many others , for the most part those kinds of shows aren't really my thing. The last doctor show that I watched was saving hope which I initially just watched for daniel gillies but it ended up being pretty good lol
#sam#saras answered asks#the maverick to my goose#the padfoot to my moony#the loki to my thor#the bucky to my steve
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[DANIEL GILLIES, FORTY, CISMALE ]. who is that walking through lennox? oh, it’s just [ NOLAN POIRIER ]. [HE/HIM ] is/are originally from [ QUEBEC CITY, CANADA ] and they’re apparently a/an [ MOROI ]. did you hear they’ve lived here for [TEN YEARS ] ? you know, they remind me of [TAILORED SUITS, GLASS OF RED WINE, CALM BEFORE THE STORM, WELL MANNERED ETIQUTTE]
(banner made by Lea)
BASICS
NAME: Nolan Poirier
AGE: 40
BIRTHDATE: May 14, 1981
SIGN: Taurus
SPECIES: Moroi
GENDER: Cismale
ORIENTATION: Bi-romantic , bisexual
PROFESSION: Doctor
RESIDENCE : Lennox
LOCATION: Acadia
ELEMENT: Air
PHYSICAL
HAIR: dark brown
EYES: light brown
HEIGHT: 5’11″
MARKINGS: none
FAMILY
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single
SIBLINGS: Younger brother
PARENTS: mother (deceased), Father (unknown)
SKILLS
PHYSICAL PROWESS: Lean, average weight, muscular, toned, in physical shape.
ABILITIES: can fight hand to hand combat, knows how to perform deadly kills, he is very organized, perfect almost. He can disarm and move so quick one would miss it if they blinked. He doesn’t like violence, but will use it if necessary.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish.
HOBBIES: he enjoys the library, reading, he also likes to paint in his spare time. He is also collects vintage pieces, very into the 1900s era.
TRAITS
POSITIVE: poise, respectful, attentive, organized, polite, thoughtful
NEGATIVE: forward, assertive, unpredictable, reckless, impulsive, impatient
PREFERENCES
COLORS: any dark colors that look good in a suit, if he is wearing bright colors, it’s usually his scrubs or white coat.
SMELLS: Fresh coffee in the morning, the fall breeze, cinnamon, wood burning. Fresh bakery foods, bread. The ocean breeze, red wine.
DRINKS: Red wine, all wines. (lbr)
FOOD: not picky, he’ll try anything.
OTHER
FUN FACTS: He has a bit of a dark side, a side of himself that he doesn’t like to tap into but he will if it means business. This side of him was triggered because his mother expected perfection and well he was always corrected. So he never makes a mistake. Right now his focus is his job and profession but everyone has a past. He’s done somethings he’s not proud of. He likes to take risks, travel, and always a book in hand to learn anything. He does enjoy music, so he attends concerts and orchestras. a night owl and will find him out and about even late in the hours.
CHARACTERS:
TWILIGHT : Carlisle Cullen
The Originals: Elijah Mikaelson
KDRAMA: Vincenzo
FEARS: to be forgotten.
TRIGGERS : n/a
BIO -, tw death, tw violence
Growing up in the household of Poirier, it was a well structured and concise family. Nothing was out of place, nothing could be said wrong of the member of the family. However, what goes behind closed doors, remained within. Nolan was the eldest, the prime example of family, chosen by his father. He had a younger brother who he protected. His mother however, she was not of nobility, nor was she classy. Matter of fact, she was just the opposite. While his father was for appearances, his mother only showed command, and strict rules. His childhood consisted of being perfect. No mistakes, and if one was made. Punishment. The talk of the small town in Canada would whisper of the kind of woman she was. However, people knew better than to speak ill of his father’s bride. They likely ended up dead. They were Moroi after all. A name to uphold.
Though he did his best to remain close to his brother, his father was one to separate, the strong from the weak. His father was high in politics, high upper class, he ran a business. Which often involved many known people, and in business comes money. It tend to draw in the wrong kind of crowd, but deep down, it was a dirty business, one of power, death, and violence. No later did his father find himself in business with the mafia, and it was kept under wraps for a long time. Nolan traveled as a kid, to all the best places. One in particular was Puerto Rico, there he met a prince by the name of Reuben Garcia. Even if Nolan himself was not royal, there was a connection, a bond, one could say of brothers. Nolan attended all the best schools, his mother wanted law, however, he chose the path of Medicine.
Nolan had graduated, become a doctor, a general surgeon even, and began to practice Medicine. Trouble does not always travel alone, and is never too far. Nolan didn’t want to become nor be involved in any business of his father. But his family was well know, Poirier, you couldn’t turn his father down, no one would dare to. The connections and names that would follow his family would not leave. He was tied to it, with no way out. So Nolan had to run the brunt of it, that was where he learned to fight, he was exposed to hardships, and well, caused him to be away from his brother. His father fled, when he owed big money to one of the bosses, his mother was used as the sacrifice. That’s when he first came in contact with strigoi, within the crimes of this world. They were hidden, among others. (he’s seen other species throughout his time.)
Proving his worth, he earned the respect of even the most terrifying criminals. Throughout his life, he had come across dhampirs that have sworn to protect him. But failed nonetheless, because death would become them. Not out of his doing, but in the name of the game, to live or to die. He has also seen his share in violence, death, although composed, he is quite broken inside. Many years passed, and eventually Nolan wanted to start somewhere new, grow in the profession he enjoyed. He had found Acadia, and there, learning about the species that blend within their world.
PERSONALITY
He is well mannered, polite and often times patient. His approach to others is composed, open, he doesn’t talk in a manner that offends others. He is quite curious of the different species around. Many would be curious about him, as he has this air or aura about him that draws others in. Nolan has no tolerance for those who do not take things in a serious manner and he is about respect. If he feels that he does not have the attention when being spoken to, or ignored, he will pretend as if you don’t exist. He can switch from one emotion to another, and he doesn’t apologize for it. There is a heart deep down, however not many get close to it.
CONNECTIONS
Brother (x-inspo) : the one person who knows him best, and he swore to protect him. No matter what the world threw their way, he would always be there for him.
Best friend (x-inspo): Taken- Reuben Garcia : You’d fight anything, and anyone for your best friend. He is as close to you as a brother is. Not by blood, but by friendship. You protect one another, no matter what.
at odds (x-inspo): perhaps your muse just rather argue, even if it can be playful, or even jabs. Regardless , it is amusing, and passes the time.
I’d fight for you too (x - inspo): Taken - Lyria Yarwood: Nolan doesn’t trust many, but yet, you’ve shown your true self, no lies, no barriers. You see the other behind the facade, masks, and protect one another.
I’ll take you in (x - inspo): your muse is fond of Nolan, almost a parent like relationship, you see him as someone you look up to.
#acadiahqintro#nolan intro#tw mentions of death#tw mentions of violence#slkfjasldfjasdf#oooff this bio
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Male Face Claims for Doctors, Paramedics and Nurses
(i will update the list as often as possible, if you like to add a name, please write me / ich werde die Liste so oft wie möglich aktualisieren, schreibt mir, wenn ihr eigene Vorschläge habt, dann schreibt mir einfach)
Anthony Edwards on ER
Ben Hollingsworth on Code Black
Ben Shenkman on Royal Pains
Benjamin Bratt on Prvate Practice
Brian Tee on Chicago Med or Chicago PD or Chicago Fire
Brendan Fehr on The Night Shift
Bruno Campos on Nip Tuck
Charlie Barnett on Chicago Fire
Chris Donnell on Chicago Med or Chicago PD or Chicago Fire
Chris Lowell on Private Practice
Cress Williams on Code Black
Daniel Gillies on Saving Hope
Dave Annable on Heartbeat
Dave Franco on Scrubs
David Lyons on ER
Donald Faison on Scrubs
Elias Koteas on Combat Hospital
Eoin Macken on The Night Shift
Eriq la Salle on ER
Florian David Fitz on Doctor‘s Diary
Freddy Rodriguez on The Night Shift
Gaius Charles on Grey‘s Anatomy
Geoffrey Arend on Body of Proof
George Clooney on ER
Gil McKinney on ER
Goran Višnjić on ER
Guillermo Garcia on Mercy
Harry Ford on Code Black
Hugh Laurie on House or Chance
Husein Madhavji on Saving Hope or Combat Hospital
Kristopher Turner on Saving Hope
James Le Gros on Mercy
James Pickens Jr. on Grey‘s Anatomy
James Tupper in Mercy & Grey‘s Anatomy
Jason George on Grey‘s Anatomy
Jesse Lee Soffer on The Mob Doctor
Jesse Spencer on House
Jlouis Mills on Heartbeat
John Leguizamo on ER
John Stamos on ER
J.R. Lemon on The Night Shift
Julian David Hirsch on Hawthorne
Justin Chambers on Grey‘s Anatomy
Justin Hartley on Emily Owens MD
Ken Leung on The Night Shift
Kevin Bigley on Sirens
Kevin McKidd on Grey‘s Anatomy
Luis Guzman on Code Black
Mark Feuerstein on Royal Pains
Mehki Phifer on ER
Michael J. Fox on Scrubs
Michael Shank on Saving Hope
Michael Vertan on Hawthorne
Nick Gehlfuss on Chicago Med or Chicago PD or Chicago Fire
Noah Wyle on Grey‘s Anatomy
Oliver Platt on Chicago Med or Chicago PD
Omar Epps on ER or House
Patrick Dempsey on Grey‘s Anatomy
Paul McCrane on ER
Peter Facinelli on Twilight or Nurse Jacke
Raza Jaffrey on Code Black
Robert Bailey Jr. On The Night Shift
Robert Maschino on Scrusbs
Rodger Corser on Doctors Doctors
Scott Grimes on ER
Scott Wolf on The Night Shift
Shane West on ER
Sharif Atkins on ER
Stanley Tucci on ER
Stephen Wallem on Nurse Jackie
T.R. Knight on Grey‘s Anatomy
Zach Braff on Scrubs
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Guía de series: Estrenos y regresos de diciembre 2019
Acaba el año y no puedes perderte las últimas novedades. ¿Ya has hecho balance? ¿Cambiará algo con estas nuevas propuestas?
¡Feliz diciembre!
Leyenda:
Verde: series nuevas.
Rojo: series de las que haremos reviews semanales.
Negro: regresos de otras series.
Naranja: miniseries o series documentales.
Amarillo: tv movies, documentales, especiales o pilotos.
Morado: season finales.
Púrpura: midseason finales.
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Calendario de series
1 de diciembre:
Eastsiders (4T y última completa) y Dead Kids en Netflix
The War of the Worlds en BBC One
Godfather of Harlem (1T finale) en Epix
4 de diciembre:
Vikings (6T y última) en History
Foodie Love (1T completa) en HBO
The Moodys (1T) en FOX
5 de diciembre:
Tell Me a Story (2T) en CBS All Access
Merlí: Sapere Aude (1T completa) en Movistar+
V Wars (1T completa), Home for Christmas y A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby en Netlix
Same Time, Next Christmas en ABC
6 de diciembre:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (3T completa) y Inside Edge (2T completa) en Amazon
Reprisal (1T completa) en Hulu
Días de Navidad, Fuller House (5aT completa), Triad Princess (1T completa), Virgin River (1T completa), The Confession Killer y Marriage Story en Netflix
Truth Be Told (1T) en Apple TV+
The Pack (3T) en HBO
See (1T finale) en Apple TV+
7 de diciembre: Steven Universe Future en Cartoon Network
8 de diciembre:
The L Word: Generation Q (1T) y Work in Progress (1T) en Showtime
Mrs. Fletcher (1T finale) y Silicon Valley (series finale) en HBO
Madam Secretary (series finale) en CBS
9 de diciembre:
Family Reunion (especial Navidad) en Netflix
Traces (1T) en Alibi
10 de diciembre: The Moodys (1T finale) en FOX
11 de diciembre:
Castle Rock (2T finale) en Hulu
South Park (23T finale) en Comedy Central
13 de diciembre:
The Expanse (4T completa) en Amazon
Runaways (3T y última completa) en Hulu
6 Underground en Netflix
14 de diciembre: Dial M For Middlesbrough en Gold
15 de diciembre: Watchmen (1T finale) en HBO
16 de diciembre:
Sticks and Stones (1T) en ITV
Good Trouble (especial Navidad) en Freeform
17 de diciembre: The Purge (2T finale) y Treadstone (1T finale) en USA Network
18 de diciembre:
Soundtrack (1T completa) en Netflix
Sticks and Stones (1T finale) en ITV
The Moodys (1T finale) en FOX
19 de diciembre:
A Christmas Carol en FX
Sacrifice en BET+
20 de diciembre:
The Witcher (1T completa) y The Two Popes en Netflix
The Aeronauts en Amazon
In The Long Run (especial Navidad) en Sky One
The Morning Show (1T finale) y For All Mankind (1T finale) en Apple TV+
Velvet Colección (series finale) en Movistar+
Van Helsing (4T finale) en Syfy
22 de diciembre: His Dark Materials (1T finale) en BBC One
24 de diciembre: Lost in Space (2T completa) en Netflix
26 de diciembre: You (2T completa) en Netflix
27 de diciembre:
The Gift (1T completa) en Netflix
The Mandalorian (1T finale) en Disney+
29 de diciembre:
Dare Me (1T) en USA Network
Mr. Robot (series finale) en USA Network
30 de diciembre: Alexa & Katie (3T completa) en Netflix
31 de diciembre: El vecino (1T completa) en Netflix
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Estrenos de series
Foodie Love (HBO)
Laia Costa (Polseres vermelles, Cites) y Guillermo Pfening (Supermax, Nadie nos mira) interpretan a dos jóvenes que se conocen a través de una app de citas para amantes de la comida. Podremos ver también a Greta Fernández (La hija de un ladrón, Elisa y Marcela), Natalia de Molina (Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados, Quién te cantará), Yolanda Ramos (Paquita Salas, Benvinguts a la família), Nausicaa Bonnín (Sé quién eres, Servir y proteger), Eloi Costa (Pieles) o el chef Ferran Adrià.
Escrita y dirigida por Isabel Coixet (Mi vida sin mí, La librería). Ocho episodios.
Estreno: 4 de diciembre
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The Moodys (FOX)
Adaptación de la comedia australiana que nos mostrará las distintas reuniones de la familia Moody a lo largo del año, esta vez en Navidad. Protagonizada por Denis Leary (Rescue Me, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll), Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds, Sharp Objects), Jay Baruchel (Man Seeking Woman, This Is The End), Chelsea Frei (Sideswiped, Victoria Gotti: My Father's Daughter) y François Arnaud (UnREAL; Midnight, Texas).
Escrita y producida por Rob Greenberg (Frasier, We Are Men), Bob Fisher (Sirens, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll) y Tad Quill (Scrubs, Angel from Hell). Seis episodios.
Estreno: 4 de diciembre
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V Wars (Netflix)
Adaptación de la saga de novelas de Jonathan Maberry en la que una epidemia mortal que convierte a la gente en depredadores enfrenta a la sociedad y también a un científico (Ian Somerhalder; The Vampire Diaries, Lost) y a su mejor amigo (Adrian Holmes; Arrow, Continuum), ahora líder de los vampiros, mientras se forja una guerra entre los dos bandos.
Completan el cast Jacky Lai (Beyond), Peter Outerbridge (Orphan Black, Nikita), Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, Bitten), Kyle Breitkopf (Being Human, Rusty Rivets) y Kimberly-Sue Murray (Killjoys).
Escrita por William Laurin y Glenn Davis, creadores de Missing y Aftermath. Diez episodios.
Estreno: 5 de diciembre
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Reprisal (Hulu)
Tras haber sido dada por muerta, una implacable femme fatale (Abigail Spencer; Timeless, Rectify) planea su venganza contra una banda de fanáticos de los coches. Con Rodrigo Santoro (Westworld, Lost), Mena Massoud (Jack Ryan, Aladdin), Madison Davenport (Sharp Objects, From Dusk Till Dawn), Rhys Wakefield (True Detective, Home and Away), David Dastmalchian (MacGyver, Twin Peaks), W. Earl Brown (True Detective, I'm Dying Up Here), Gilbert Owuor (Goliath, Mute), Rory Cochrane (CSI Miami, Argo), Craig Tate (Snowfall, Aquarius), Wavyy Jonez (Unsolved, See You Yesterday), Shane Callahan (Outsiders, Under the Dome) y Lea DeLaria (Orange Is the New Black).
Creada, escrita y producida por Josh Corbin (StartUp). Diez episodios.
Estreno: 6 de diciembre
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Días de Navidad (Netflix)
Miniserie que seguirá a Sofía, Esther, María y Valentina, cuatro hermanas unidas por un secreto, en tres etapas distintas de la vida pero siempre durante el día de Navidad en la casa familiar en la montaña. Protagonizada por Victoria Abril (Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto, Kika), Verónica Forqué (Kika, Bajarse al moro), Ángela Molina (Carne trémula, Las cosas del querer), Elena Anaya (La piel que habito, Habitación en Roma), Verónica Echegui (Fortitude, Yo soy la Juani), Nerea Barros (La isla mínima, El Príncipe), Charo López (Secretos del corazón, Lo más natural), Susi Sánchez (La enfermedad del domingo, La piel que habito), Alicia Borrachero (Crematorio, Hospital central), Francesc Garrido (Sé quién eres, Gran reserva), Carla Tous, Anna Moliner (Cites, Tiempos de guerra), Miquel Fernández (Cites, Fariña), David Solans (Merlí, Bajo sospecha), Antonio Dechent (Sé quién eres, La peste), Gonzalo Cunill (La señora, Bandolera), Nausicaa Bonnín (Sé quién eres, Servir y proteger), Iván Morales (Gran hotel, El cor de la ciutat), Manel Barceló (Com si fos ahir, El cor de la ciutat), Carles Arquimbau (Com si fos ahir, Cuéntame cómo pasó), Julio Manrique (Isabel, Porca misèria), Sarah Perriez, Andreu Benito (Sé quién eres, Polseres vermelles), Carme Sansa (Nit i dia, Joc de dos), Berta Castañé (Com si fos ahir, Bajo sospecha), Mar Ayala (Com si fos ahir) y Mariona Pagés.
Creada y dirigida por Pau Freixas (Polseres vermelles, Sé quién eres). Tres episodios.
Estreno: 6 de diciembre
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Triad Princess (Netflix)
Angie (Eugenie Liu; The 9th Precinct, Behind Your Smile) ha crecido a la sobra de su padre, miembro de una tríada, pero decide desafiar sus deseos y empezar su propia vida trabajando como guardaespaldas encubierta de un actor famoso (Jasper Liu; Plant Goddess, When I See You Again).
Escrita y dirigida por Neal Wu (At Cafe 6). Seis episodios.
Estreno: 6 de diciembre
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Virgin River (Netflix)
Adaptación de la serie de novelas románticas de Robyn Carr centrada en Melinda Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge; This Is Us, The Walking Dead), una mujer que contesta a un anuncio para trabajar como enfermera practicante en un remoto pueblo de California y así dejar atrás sus dolorosos recuerdos. Con Martin Henderson (Grey's Anatomy, The Ring), Tim Matheson (Hart of Dixie, The Good Fight), Annette O'Toole (Smallville, It), Jenny Cooper (Law & Order: True Crime, Open Heart), David Cubitt (Medium, Van Helsing), Lexa Doig (Continuum, Arrow), Daniel Gillies (The Originals, Saving Hope), Lauren Hammersley (Orphan Black, Mr. D), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Code Black, Cult), Ian Tracey (Continuum, Travelers) y Colin Lawrence (The Killing, Riverdale).
Escrita y producida por Sue Tenney (7th Heaven, Good Witch). Diez episodios.
Estreno: 6 de diciembre
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Truth Be Told (Apple TV+)
Adaptación de la novela 'Are You Sleeping' de Kathleen Barber (2017), en la que una podcaster de true crimes (Octavia Spencer; The Help, Hidden Figures) investigará de nuevo el caso de un asesino en serie (Aaron Paul; Breaking Bad, The Path), incriminado por ella por matar al padre de dos gemelas idénticas (Lizzy Caplan; Masters of Sex, Castle Rock), quien ahora dice haber sido inculpado por un crimen que no cometió. Con Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds, Sharp Objects), Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us, Luke Cage), Mekhi Phifer (ER, Frequency), Michael Beach (The 100, Third Watch), Tracie Thoms (Love, UnREAL), Haneefah Wood (One Day at a Time, Zoe Ever After), Tami Roman (Moonlight), Annabella Sciorra (The Sopranos, The Hand That Rocks the Craddle), Nic Bishop (Body of Proof, Snowfall), Molly Hagan (Jane the Virgin, iZombie), Rico E. Anderson (Hit the Floor), Everleigh McDonell (Good Girls), Billy Miller (Ringer, Ray Donovan), Brett Cullen (Devious Maids, Narcos), Hunter Doohan, Lyndon Smith (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Parenthood) y Katherine LaNasa (Imposters, Satisfaction).
Escrita por Nichelle Tramble Spellman (The Good Wife, Justified) y producida por Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies, The Morning Show). Diez episodios.
Estreno: 6 de diciembre
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The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime)
Continuación de la serie The L Word (2004-2009), que seguía las vidas personales y profesionales de un grupo de amigas lesbianas de Los Ángeles. Ahora, diez años después, conoceremos a un nuevo grupo de personajes LGBT que se suman a Bette (Jennifer Beals), Alice (Leisha Hailey) y Shane (Katherine Moennig). Con Arienne Mandi (In the Vault), Leo Sheng (Adam), Jacqueline Toboni (Grimm, Easy), Rosanny Zayas (Otherhood), Sepideh Moafi (The Deuce, Falling Water), Stephanie Allynne (One Mississippi), Brian Michael Smith (After, Queen Sugar) y Freddy Miyares (When They See Us).
Escrita, dirigida y producida por Marja-Lewis Ryan. Ocho episodios.
Estreno: 8 de diciembre
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Work in Progress (Showtime)
Comedia sobre una lesbiana gorda de cuarenta y cinco años de Chicago (Abby McEnany) cuya desgracia y desesperación la llevan a una relación amorosa intensamente transformadora. Completan el reparto Theo Germaine (The Politician), Karin Anglin, Celeste Pechous y Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live), que se interpretará a sí misma.
Creada por McEnany junto a Tim Mason y escrita y producida por Lilly Wachowski (Sense8, The Matrix). Ocho episodios
Estreno: 8 de diciembre
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Traces (Alibi)
Una joven que aspira a ser ayudante de laboratorio (Molly Windsor; Three Girls, Cheat) descubre que el caso ficticio que está estudiando es muy parecido a uno de su pasado y tratará de llevar a un asesino frente a la justicia con la ayuda de dos investigadoras del SIFA -Scotish Institute of Forensic Science. Completan el reparto Laura Fraser (The Missing, Breaking Bad), Jennifer Spence (You Me Her, Travelers), Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Laurie Brett (EastEnders), Vincent Reagan (Delicious, The White Princess), Michael Nardone (Shetland, Silent Witness) y John Gordan Sinclair (Marple, Ill Behaviour).
Basada en la idea del novelista Val McDermid y escrita por Amelia Bullmore (Scott & Bailey, This Life). Seis episodios.
Estreno: 9 de diciembre
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Sticks and Stones (ITV)
Thomas Benson (Ken Nwosu, Killing Eve) es un padre y marido trabajador que suele liderar los equipos con los que debe conseguir nuevos clientes. Cuando se queda en blanco durante una presentación y pierde el nuevo acuerdo, aunque hace todo lo posible para recuperar al cliente, comienza a sentirse atacado y menospreciado. ¿Ha perdido su confianza y está paranoico o realmente su equipo y el mundo entero se han vuelto en su contra? Completan el reparto Ben Miller (Johnny English, Death in Paradise), Alexandra Roach (Utopia, No Offence), Sean Sagar (Top Boy, Our Girl), Susannah Fielding (Black Mirror, The Great Indoors), Gwilym Lee (Jamestown, Bohemian Rhapsody), Phoebe Nicholls (Fortitude, The Elephant Man), Ritu Arya (Humans, Doctors), Michael Cochrane (Downton Abbey, The Iron Lady) y Debbie Chazen (Holby City).
Drama psicológico escrito por Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, Trauma) y dirigido por Julia Ford (Safe). Tres episodios.
Estreno: 16 de diciembre
Soundtrack (Netflix)
Drama musical sobre las historias de amor que unen a varios personajes de Los Ángeles vistas a través de la música que les define. Con Jenna Dewan (Supergirl, Witches of East End), Madeleine Stowe (Revenge, Twelve Monkeys), Callie Hernandez (Graves, Too Old To Die Young), Paul James (Greek, The Path), Christina Milian (The Oath, Grandfathered), Jahmil French (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Let's Get Physical), Campbell Scott (Royal Pains, House of Cards), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Broadchurch, Blindspot), Megan Ferguson (Grace and Frankie, Hart of Dixie) y Evan Whitten (The Resident, Mr. Robot).
Creada por Joshua Safran (Quantico) y escrita por Safran (Gossip Girl, Smash) y Korde Arrington Tuttle (Them: Covenant). Diez episodios.
Estreno: 18 de diciembre
A Christmas Carol (FX)
Miniserie basada en la novela de Charles Dickens (1843) en la que Ebenezer Scrooge (Guy Pearce; Memento, Mildred Pierce), un hombre viejo y amargado que odia la Navidad, recibe la visita de tres fantasmas que le muestran su pasado (Charlotte Riley; Peaky Blinders, Trust), su presente (Andy Serkis; The Lord of the Rings) y su futuro (Jason Flemyng; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Con Tom Hardy (Taboo, Peaky Blinders), Stephen Graham (Taboo, This Is England), Joe Alwyn (Boy Erased, The Favourite), Vinette Robinson (Sherlock, The A Word), Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows), Lenny Rush (Apple Tree House) y Johnny Harris (Fortitude, This Is England).
Escrita por Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo), dirigida por Nick Murphy (Save Me, Prey) y producida por Ridley Scott (The Good Wife, The Terror) y Tom Hardy (Taboo, Venom). Tres episodios.
Estreno: 19 de diciembre
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The Witcher (Netflix)
Adaptación de la serie de novelas de Andrzej Sapkowski en las que se basan los videojuegos del mismo nombre. En ella, el brujo Geralt de Rivia (Henry Cavill; Man of Steel, Justice League), un cazador de monstruos modificado genéticamente, busca su lugar en un mundo violento en el que los humanos le temen o le desprecian. Con Freya Allan (War of the Worlds, Into the Badlands), Anya Chalotra (Wanderlust, The ABC Murders), Jodhi May (Game of Thrones, Genius), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Fortitude), Adam Levy (Knightfall, Snatch), MyAnna Buring (Ripper Street, Kill List), Mimi Ndiweni (Black Earth Rising), Therica Wilson-Read (Profile), Millie Brady (The Last Kingdom, Teen Spirit), Eamon Farren (Twin Peaks), Joey Batey (Knightfall, The White Queen), Lars Mikkelsen (House of Cards, Borgen), Royce Pierreson (Line of Duty, Murdered by My Boyfriend), Maciej Musial (1983), Wilson Radjou-Pujalte (Hunter Street), Anna Shaffer (Harry Potter, Hollyoaks), Rebecca Benson (The White Princess), Shane Attwooll (The Bastard Executioner), Luke Neal (Gunpowder), Matthew Neal (Gunpowder), Tobi Bamtefa (Tin Star), Sonny Serkis (The White Queen, The Casual Vacancy), Roderick Hill (Longmire, The Newsroom), Inge Beckmann (Troy: Fall of a City), Charlotte O'Leary, Natasha Culzac, Amit Shah (Jekyll & Hyde, The Hundred Foot Journey), Tom Canton (Death Comes to Pemberley) y Colette Tchantcho (The Witcher).
Escrita por Lauren S. Hissrich (The Defender, The West Wing). Ocho episodios. Ya está renovada por una segunda temporada.
Estreno: 20 de diciembre
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The Gift (Netflix)
La vida perfecta de una joven pintora de Estambul (Beren Saat, Fatmagul) cambia completamente cuando conoce a un arqueólogo (Mehmet Günsür, Muhtesem Yüzyil) que descubre una relación entre ella y el templo más antiguo jamás descubierto.
Escrita por Sengül Boybas, Fatih Unal y Jason George (Scandal, Ingobernable). Ocho episodios. Ya está renovada por una segunda temporada.
Estreno: 27 de diciembre
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Dare Me (USA Network)
Adaptación de la novela de Megan Abbott (2012) que explora los celos, la lealtad, el miedo y las dinámicas de poder entre dos mejores amigas y animadoras de instituto de un pequeño pueblo del Medio Oeste, Addy (Herizen Guardiola, The Get Down) y Beth (Mario Kelly, Patricia Moore), tras la llegada de la nueva entrenadora (Willa Fitzgerald, Scream). Con Rob Heaps (Imposters), Zach Roerig (The Vampire Diaries), Paul Fitzgerald (Younger, Veep), Joyful Drake (Let's Stay Together), Tammy Blanchard (Tallulah, Into the Woods), Antonio J. Bell (Greenleaf), Alison Thornton (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Dirk Gently), Tamberla Perry (Bosch, How to Get Away with Murder), Chris Zylka (The Leftovers, Twisted) y Taveeta Syzmanowicz (The Next Step).
Escrita y producida por Abbott. Ocho episodios.
Estreno: 29 de diciembre
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El vecino (Netflix)
Basada en el cómic homónimo de Santiago García y Pepo Pérez, nos habla de Javier (Quim Gutiérrez; Azuloscurocasinegro, Ventajas de viajar en tren), un joven en un momento difícil tanto personal como profesional que recibe los superpoderes de un extraterrestre que muere al caerle encima (Jorge Sanz; Si te dicen que caí, ¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz?). Tendrá la ayuda de su vecino (Adrián Pino, Malviviendo) incluso para esconder su nueva identidad ante su novia periodista (Clara Lago; El viaje de Carol, La cara oculta). Con Catalina Sopelana (Quién te cantará, Matadero) y Sergio Momo (Zona hostil).
Creada por Miguel Esteban (El fin de la comedia, Museo Coconut) y Raúl Navarro (El fin de la comedia, El intermedio), escrita por Carlos de Pando (El ministerio del tiempo, 7 Vidas) y Sara Antuña (La víctima número 8, Los hombres de Paco) y dirigida por Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal, Open Windows).
Estreno: 31 de diciembre
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DGB Grab Bag: Jagr Draft Proposal, Doan Effect, and Lindros on Arsenio Hall
Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid’s number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it’s fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won’t be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter’s @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It’s September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn’t have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he’s 45. Sure, he’s lost more than a few steps, to the point where he’d have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year’s 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that’s all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren’t exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He’s Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let’s get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren’t many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you’re over 40 and you’ve won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody’s signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here’s how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn’t have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who’ll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That’s the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That’s right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year’s standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it’s the next night, and it’s not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let’s face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr’s one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little “Where’s Jagr?” graphic, in which he’s wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don’t act like you’re not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It’s college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA ’93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week’s obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada’s Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks’ system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn’t new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn’t follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn’t get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That’s the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don’t. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren’t getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don’t think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. From a fan’s perspective, a player’s legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There’s something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It’s a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they’ll be retiring Eric Lindros’s No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
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It’s sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He’s also just been named one of People Magazine’s most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he’s going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL’s marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with “Vandross,” and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he’d planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis’s other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn’t someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, “I really don’t know.” I think I might have figured out why hockey players don’t get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can’t decide which I want to own more, Lindros’s shirt or Arsenio’s jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
“They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?” asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can’t yet measure up to, including a mention of “Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way” as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley’s stick measurement? How many of Canada’s other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can’t compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That’s the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros’s first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying “skin to win.” I’m so disappointed that he didn’t stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, “I want to strangle Bobby Clarke.”
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros’s dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they’re big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
“And uh, I don’t know what happened.”
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall’s staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you’d like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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DGB Grab Bag: Jagr Draft Proposal, Doan Effect, and Lindros on Arsenio Hall
Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid's number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it's fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won't be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter's @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It's September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he's 45. Sure, he's lost more than a few steps, to the point where he'd have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year's 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that's all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren't exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He's Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let's get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren't many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you're over 40 and you've won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody's signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here's how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who'll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That's the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That's right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year's standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it's the next night, and it's not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let's face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr's one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little "Where's Jagr?" graphic, in which he's wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don't act like you're not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It's college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA '93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week's obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada's Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks' system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn't new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn't follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn't get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That's the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don't. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren't getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don't think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. From a fan's perspective, a player's legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There's something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It's a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they'll be retiring Eric Lindros's No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
youtube
It's sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He's also just been named one of People Magazine's most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he's going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL's marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with "Vandross," and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he'd planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis's other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn't someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, "I really don't know." I think I might have figured out why hockey players don't get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can't decide which I want to own more, Lindros's shirt or Arsenio's jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
"They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?" asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can't yet measure up to, including a mention of "Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way" as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley's stick measurement? How many of Canada's other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can't compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That's the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros's first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying "skin to win." I'm so disappointed that he didn't stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, "I want to strangle Bobby Clarke."
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros's dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they're big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
"And uh, I don't know what happened."
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall's staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you'd like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid's number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it's fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won't be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter's @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It's September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he's 45. Sure, he's lost more than a few steps, to the point where he'd have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year's 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that's all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren't exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He's Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let's get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren't many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you're over 40 and you've won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody's signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here's how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who'll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That's the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That's right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year's standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it's the next night, and it's not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let's face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr's one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little "Where's Jagr?" graphic, in which he's wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don't act like you're not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It's college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA '93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week's obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada's Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks' system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn't new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn't follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn't get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That's the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don't. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren't getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don't think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. From a fan's perspective, a player's legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There's something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It's a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they'll be retiring Eric Lindros's No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
youtube
It's sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He's also just been named one of People Magazine's most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he's going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL's marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with "Vandross," and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he'd planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis's other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn't someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, "I really don't know." I think I might have figured out why hockey players don't get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can't decide which I want to own more, Lindros's shirt or Arsenio's jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
"They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?" asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can't yet measure up to, including a mention of "Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way" as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley's stick measurement? How many of Canada's other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can't compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That's the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros's first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying "skin to win." I'm so disappointed that he didn't stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, "I want to strangle Bobby Clarke."
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros's dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they're big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
"And uh, I don't know what happened."
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall's staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you'd like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid's number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it's fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won't be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter's @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It's September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he's 45. Sure, he's lost more than a few steps, to the point where he'd have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year's 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that's all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren't exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He's Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let's get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren't many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you're over 40 and you've won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody's signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here's how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who'll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That's the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That's right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year's standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it's the next night, and it's not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let's face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr's one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little "Where's Jagr?" graphic, in which he's wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don't act like you're not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It's college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA '93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week's obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada's Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks' system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn't new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn't follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn't get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That's the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don't. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren't getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don't think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. From a fan's perspective, a player's legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There's something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It's a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they'll be retiring Eric Lindros's No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
youtube
It's sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He's also just been named one of People Magazine's most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he's going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL's marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with "Vandross," and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he'd planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis's other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn't someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, "I really don't know." I think I might have figured out why hockey players don't get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can't decide which I want to own more, Lindros's shirt or Arsenio's jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
"They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?" asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can't yet measure up to, including a mention of "Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way" as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley's stick measurement? How many of Canada's other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can't compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That's the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros's first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying "skin to win." I'm so disappointed that he didn't stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, "I want to strangle Bobby Clarke."
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros's dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they're big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
"And uh, I don't know what happened."
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall's staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you'd like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid's number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it's fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won't be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter's @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It's September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he's 45. Sure, he's lost more than a few steps, to the point where he'd have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year's 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that's all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren't exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He's Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let's get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren't many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you're over 40 and you've won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody's signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here's how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who'll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That's the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That's right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year's standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it's the next night, and it's not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let's face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr's one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little "Where's Jagr?" graphic, in which he's wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don't act like you're not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It's college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA '93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week's obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada's Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks' system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn't new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn't follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn't get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That's the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don't. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren't getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don't think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. From a fan's perspective, a player's legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There's something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It's a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they'll be retiring Eric Lindros's No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
youtube
It's sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He's also just been named one of People Magazine's most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he's going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL's marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with "Vandross," and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he'd planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis's other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn't someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, "I really don't know." I think I might have figured out why hockey players don't get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can't decide which I want to own more, Lindros's shirt or Arsenio's jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
"They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?" asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can't yet measure up to, including a mention of "Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way" as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley's stick measurement? How many of Canada's other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can't compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That's the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros's first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying "skin to win." I'm so disappointed that he didn't stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, "I want to strangle Bobby Clarke."
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros's dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they're big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
"And uh, I don't know what happened."
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall's staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you'd like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid's number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it's fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won't be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter's @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It's September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he's 45. Sure, he's lost more than a few steps, to the point where he'd have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year's 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that's all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren't exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He's Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let's get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren't many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you're over 40 and you've won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody's signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here's how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who'll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That's the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That's right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year's standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it's the next night, and it's not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let's face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr's one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little "Where's Jagr?" graphic, in which he's wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don't act like you're not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It's college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA '93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week's obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada's Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks' system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn't new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn't follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn't get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That's the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don't. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren't getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don't think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. From a fan's perspective, a player's legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There's something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It's a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they'll be retiring Eric Lindros's No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
youtube
It's sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He's also just been named one of People Magazine's most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he's going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL's marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with "Vandross," and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he'd planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis's other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn't someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, "I really don't know." I think I might have figured out why hockey players don't get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can't decide which I want to own more, Lindros's shirt or Arsenio's jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
"They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?" asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can't yet measure up to, including a mention of "Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way" as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley's stick measurement? How many of Canada's other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can't compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That's the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros's first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying "skin to win." I'm so disappointed that he didn't stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, "I want to strangle Bobby Clarke."
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros's dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they're big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
"And uh, I don't know what happened."
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall's staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you'd like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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DGB Grab Bag: Jagr Draft Proposal, Doan Effect, and Lindros on Arsenio Hall
Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid's number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it's fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won't be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter's @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It's September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he's 45. Sure, he's lost more than a few steps, to the point where he'd have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year's 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that's all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren't exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He's Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let's get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren't many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you're over 40 and you've won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody's signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here's how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who'll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That's the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That's right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year's standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it's the next night, and it's not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let's face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr's one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little "Where's Jagr?" graphic, in which he's wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don't act like you're not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It's college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA '93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week's obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada's Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks' system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn't new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn't follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn't get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That's the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don't. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren't getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don't think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. From a fan's perspective, a player's legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There's something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It's a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they'll be retiring Eric Lindros's No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
youtube
It's sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He's also just been named one of People Magazine's most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he's going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL's marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with "Vandross," and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he'd planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis's other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn't someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, "I really don't know." I think I might have figured out why hockey players don't get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can't decide which I want to own more, Lindros's shirt or Arsenio's jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
"They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?" asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can't yet measure up to, including a mention of "Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way" as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley's stick measurement? How many of Canada's other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can't compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That's the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros's first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying "skin to win." I'm so disappointed that he didn't stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, "I want to strangle Bobby Clarke."
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros's dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they're big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
"And uh, I don't know what happened."
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall's staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you'd like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: The Vegas Golden Knights jersey numbers. First of all, they gave No. 97 to David Clarkson. Yes, Connor McDavid's number. To David Clarkson. Who is, I think it's fair to say, not all that Connor McDavid-ish.
So that was weird. But then they made up for it with some solid trolling:
This will get even funnier when Sidney Crosby scores 12 points in his first game in Las Vegas and Gronk-spikes the puck after every one.
The second star: This photo. Speaking of Rob Gronkowski, he is now best friends with Tuukka Rask, and this may be my new favorite sports photo of all time.
The first star: The Senators logo without eyebrows. Why yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. And no, you won't be able to un-see it.
(Original image created by Twitter's @Gerv_Rebrand, who should be in jail.)
Be It Resolved
It's September, and Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a home for the 2017-18 season. This is unacceptable.
Yes, he's 45. Sure, he's lost more than a few steps, to the point where he'd have a hard time beating the Zamboni around the ice these days. And yes, last year's 46 points made for the least productive full season of his career. In a league that's all about speed and youth, plodding old guys aren't exactly in high demand.
Counterpoint: He's Jaromir Freaking Jagr. Let's get this done.
At this point, it seems possible that nobody will sign him, or that he may be reduced to signing a PTO (professional tryout) like some scrub. Hockey fans around the world are slowly coming to terms with the fact that there just aren't many good outcomes left for this story. Maybe Jagr gives up and retires, or he heads back to Europe. Maybe he sits around for half a season waiting for an injury. Or maybe he latches on somewhere as an unwanted fourth-liner, and the whole thing takes on a sad Jerry-Rice-as-a-Seahawk vibe.
There is a better way.
So be it resolved: The NHL must immediately institute the Jaromir Jagr Rule. If you're over 40 and you've won multiple scoring titles and you still want to compete and nobody's signing you, you get to play for everyone.
Yes, everyone. Here's how it works: We give Jagr two more weeks to sign a real NHL contract—no PTOs or two-way deals or any of that nonsense. Somebody commits to the guy, or else we take matters into our own hands.
[Spongebob Squarepants Meme Joke.] Photo by Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports
If Jaromir Jagr still doesn't have a deal by September 15, he plays for everyone. Every team in the league gets to use Jagr for one home game and one away game. That adds up to 62 games, which sounds about right for a 45-year-old who'll need some rest here and there.
But who gets him for which games? That's the fun part. Gather round your TV, kids, because Saturday, September 15, is the Jaromir Jagr draft. That's right—every team in the league, in reverse order of last year's standings, gets to pick the games it has Jagr in the lineup.
The Golden Knights probably use the first overall pick on their home opener. The Avs could, too—it's the next night, and it's not too far a flight. The better teams might want to save him for crucial games later in the season, especially against the elite teams. OK, let's face it, especially against the Penguins.
Be honest: If the NHL held that draft, you would watch that so hard your eyeballs would explode. And then imagine the season playing out. Jagr's one home game as a Penguin. His return to New York. The Capitals using him for the outdoor game so that he can also be the oldest guy on the alumni team. The home-and-home between the Bruins and the Habs where he plays for both teams. Best of all, the NHL website with a little "Where's Jagr?" graphic, in which he's wearing glasses and a red-and-white striped shirt.
Look, I may have thought about this too much, but don't act like you're not on board. Make this happen, NHL. Your millions of fans, and one very old man with a mullet, are demanding it.
Obscure Former Player of the Week
It's college free agent season, with players like Will Butcher sparking the annual debate over whether NCAA players should have different rights than their CHL counterparts. This has been a long-running issue for the NHL, dating back to the 1980s when bidding wars over players like Adam Oates led to the institution of the short-lived supplemental draft. While it only ran from 1986 to 1994, the supplemental draft did produce a handful of legitimate NHL stars, including John Cullen, Steve Rucchin, and NHLPA '93 legend Shawn Chambers. It also produced this week's obscure player: Dave Snuggerud.
Snuggerud was a hard-working winger who made his name at the University of Minnesota and spent time with the American national team in 1988. That stint included an appearance at the Winter Olympics, where he scored three goals for Team USA, as well as a rare international fight against Canada's Trent Yawney. The Sabres had taken him with the second pick in the 1987 supplemental draft, and he made the team out of training camp in 1989. He scored 14 goals and earned a handful of votes in both the Calder and Selke races his rookie season, which would end up being the best of his career.
While his production dipped after that, he remained an NHL regular for a few years; the Sabres traded him to the Sharks for Wayne Presley in 1992. He also had a quick run with the Flyers, but he was out of the NHL by 1993, and out of pro hockey altogether by 1995. All told, Snuggerud played 265 NHL games and scored 30 goals. His legacy includes some solid hockey hair and one of the most enjoyable names in recent league history.
After his playing days ended, Snuggerud went into teaching and coaching. His nephew Luc is currently a prospect in the Blackhawks' system.
New Entries for the Hockey Dictionary
The Doan Effect ( noun): The unwritten but nearly universal rule among hockey fans and media which holds that a player who spends all (or almost all) of his career with one franchise seems to get far more love than players with similar resumes who played for several teams.
This concept isn't new, but with Shane Doan retiring this week after a 21-season career with the Coyotes/Jets, it seems like a good time to give it a name. Doan was a perfectly fine player. He scored 400 goals, could be a physical force, and was a respected leader. He played in two All-Star games. He was good.
But if you didn't follow hockey and were just going by the reaction to his retirement this week, you might think you were witnessing the end of a legendary career. This is a guy who never finished in the top ten in voting for any major award, or in the top five for postseason All-Star winger honors. He didn't get a single Hart Trophy vote in his two-decade career.
Shane, your legacy will live on. Photo by Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
And yet, his retirement feels like a really big deal. That's the Doan Effect kicking in. Players who are closely identified with one team just seem to get a big boost to all their legacy sliders that players who bounce around the league don't. It helps explain why Adam Oates and Mark Recchi had to wait years to get into the Hall of Fame, while Mike Modano was a never-in-doubt sure thing. Jeremy Roenick (five teams), Pierre Turgeon (six), and Bernie Nichols (six) aren't getting in, but Daniel Alfredsson will. I don't think the Doan Effect is unique to the NHL—it seems to crop up in other sports—but its impact seems especially strong in hockey.
To be clear, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. From a fan's perspective, a player's legacy has to be more than the sum of his stats and award votes. There's something to be said for the connection that develops between a player and a fan base over a long career, and if that bleeds over into the wider perception of a career then that seems fair. It's a reasonable approach to take.
But it does need a name. And now it has one. Thanks, Shane.
Classic YouTube Clip Breakdown
The Philadelphia Flyers announced this week that they'll be retiring Eric Lindros's No. 88 this season, because I told them to. The news comes a year after Lindros finally got his call from the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame induction and number retirement are two of the highest honors any athlete can achieve, but they pale in comparison to the very top of the mountain: appearing on an early 90s episode of The Arsenio Hall Show. Luckily for Lindros, he did that, too.
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It's sometime in the spring of 1993, and a teenaged Lindros has recently finished scoring 41 goals in 61 games as a rookie with the Flyers. He's also just been named one of People Magazine's most beautiful people. Life is good.
Now he's going to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, which was pretty much the height of coolness back then. Seriously, forget the infamous Sports Illustrated cover a year later—getting a rookie on Arsenio was basically the NHL's marketing peak.
Arsenio introduces Lindros while making his name rhyme with "Vandross," and Eric heads out to say hello. Word is he'd planned to charge out wearing a tasseled denim vest, sprint through the crowd, and flip the couch, but somebody else got there first, so he went with the standard handshake.
We start off with a typical Arsenio question, in which he gets really serious while leaning forward and tenting his fingers. Arsenio Hall was more engaged and attentive on every throwaway question he ever asked a guest than I was exchanging my wedding vows. Dude was the best.
Hall mentions having several hockey fans on his staff, including cameraman John Gillis. According to his IMDB page, Gillis's other credits include Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, and Solid Gold, just in case you were worried that there wasn't someone out there having a way cooler life than you.
Hall goes with a thought-provoking question about starting a roster from scratch and the nature of team-building, at which point Lindros responds, "I really don't know." I think I might have figured out why hockey players don't get invited on many talk shows, you guys.
I can't decide which I want to own more, Lindros's shirt or Arsenio's jacket. I think the answer is both, and that I want to wear them at the same time. I could pull that off, right?
"They say you have no weakness. What do you think your weakness is?" asks Hall. Lindros ponders the questions, gets a few words into his answer, then falls over injured and goes on the LTIR for three months.
Actually, Lindros lists a few players who he can't yet measure up to, including a mention of "Wayne Gretzky, who took the Kings all the way" as the crowd cheers. Wait. Do… do Americans think the Kings won the Stanley Cup in 1993? Did you get an alternate version of the series where they cut off the feed right before McSorley's stick measurement? How many of Canada's other dozen Stanley Cups since 1993 have they not told you guys about?
Lindros ends up mentioning four players he can't compare to: first ballot Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky, first ballot Hall-of-Famer Paul Coffey, and… Keith Acton. Huh. That's the most out of place any pro athlete has ever been in a group of four since Mongo McMichael joined the Horsemen.
We transition into the story of Lindros's first time on skates, and then into a vaguely weird discussion of him playing barefoot that ends with him saying "skin to win." I'm so disappointed that he didn't stick with that as his catchphrase. It sounds so much better than his eventual choice, "I want to strangle Bobby Clarke."
We move on to topics like teeth and Philadelphia, and you can start to sense Arsenio desperately trying to pull an insightful answer out of this kid. He succeeds somewhat with a question about fighting. Then he mentions talking to Lindros's dad before the show, which is clearly a lie because Lindros is still here and not holding out for a spot on Chevy Chase.
Lindros drops a mention of Chatham, Ontario, at which point half the audience cheers like they have any idea where that is. Apparently, they're big on Ferguson Jenkins, Robertson Davies books, and Hawaiian pizza.
Hall starts wrapping things up, at which point Lindros finally says something interesting when he mentions falling down the stairs at school during an awkward growth spurt. Hey, that sounds like a story. We can build on this. Take us home, Eric!
"And uh, I don't know what happened."
Epilogue: All of the hockey fans on Hall's staff were fired three seconds after this episode ended.
Have a question, suggestion, old YouTube clip, or anything else you'd like to see included in this column? Email Sean at [email protected] .
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