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jedusorPairs of hockey players who should not be allowed to coexist for the sake of my sanity:
Jarret Stoll and Jared Staal
Brad Richards and Brad Richardson
Patrice Bergeron and Patrick Berglund
Sam Gagner and Simon Gagne
Mike Green and Matt Greene
Ray Whitney and Ryan Whitney
Marc-Andre Bourdon and Marc-Andre Bergeron
TJ Brodie and TJ Oshie
Nicklas Backstrom and Niklas Backstrom
These have all led to some serious confusion on my part over the last few months. I only just today realized that "Gagner" is not just an -er nickname for Gagne. And you would think I might have managed to get it into my head over the course of four series watching the Kings that Jared Staal is not actually in the NHL and therefore the announcers are clearly not talking about him, but apparently the Staal clan has taken over my brain enough that I still get mixed up.
Also, the player with the surname "St. Louis" doesn't play for St. Louis, which I bet makes the color commentary for Blues-Lightning games fun times. Fortunately, there are very few circumstances under which I might end up watching a Blues-Lightning game.
Also also, I just calculated that the NHL has an average of .77 people named Ryan per team, including Ryane Clowe but not Bobby Ryan. The Oilers have four Ryans and the Avalanche have three. Ryane looks like it should be the plural of Ryan. Who the heck let him put an E there, anyway? It's a slippery slope, you know--one minute they're slapping silent Es where they don't belong, the next they're slapping their sticks out onto the ice where they definitely don't belong and not even getting a penalty for it. I like the Sharks, but seriously, what the crap even was that.
(This IS my hobby.)
Jarret Stoll and Jared Staal
Brad Richards and Brad Richardson
Patrice Bergeron and Patrick Berglund
Sam Gagner and Simon Gagne
Mike Green and Matt Greene
Ray Whitney and Ryan Whitney
Marc-Andre Bourdon and Marc-Andre Bergeron
TJ Brodie and TJ Oshie
Nicklas Backstrom and Niklas Backstrom
These have all led to some serious confusion on my part over the last few months. I only just today realized that "Gagner" is not just an -er nickname for Gagne. And you would think I might have managed to get it into my head over the course of four series watching the Kings that Jared Staal is not actually in the NHL and therefore the announcers are clearly not talking about him, but apparently the Staal clan has taken over my brain enough that I still get mixed up.
Also, the player with the surname "St. Louis" doesn't play for St. Louis, which I bet makes the color commentary for Blues-Lightning games fun times. Fortunately, there are very few circumstances under which I might end up watching a Blues-Lightning game.
Also also, I just calculated that the NHL has an average of .77 people named Ryan per team, including Ryane Clowe but not Bobby Ryan. The Oilers have four Ryans and the Avalanche have three. Ryane looks like it should be the plural of Ryan. Who the heck let him put an E there, anyway? It's a slippery slope, you know--one minute they're slapping silent Es where they don't belong, the next they're slapping their sticks out onto the ice where they definitely don't belong and not even getting a penalty for it. I like the Sharks, but seriously, what the crap even was that.
(This IS my hobby.)
