Pucked in the Head is so giddy about seeing the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup final, they were barely able to contain themselves long enough to put together a podcast prior to Game 1. But here it is, in all its season-ending glory, with a few jokes about severed fingers and Japanese monster movies thrown in for good measure. We hope you enjoy.
The Vancouver Canucks are the first team in the expansion era to lead the NHL in both goals for and goals against. Daniel Sedin won the Art Ross trophy, and they won the Presidents’ Trophy going away. Will that push them through to their first Stanley Cup? Pucked in the Head explores the first round of the 2011 playoffs, Western Conference style.
Every year, we try to wrap our pretty little heads around the playoff picture. We fail miserably, but we hope you’ll enjoy listening to us devolve into grunting, excrement-flinging monopods during this 20-minute chat anyway.
Keeping up the age-old tradition, “If Kevin Weekes can do it, why can’t we?”, Chris and Jason cobbled together some opinions and rugged good looks to create our very own show. The result? Broadcasting gold. And so we bring you Episode 23 of Pucked in the Head: Mid-Season Trophies
Since we recorded this podcast, the Canucks have followed up their remarkable 20-game undefeated streak by getting shut out twice in four games. Even carrot-top himself, Cory Schneider, lost two in regulation.
Still, our boys are tied for first in the league, and sit atop the Western Conference. Our observations about team chemistry on ice, smarts off the ice, and the horrid waste of time that is Tron: Legacy still stand.
After an admitted soft touch on the Markus Naslund episode, we here at Pucked in the Head felt it was time to get back to our cynical roots. Hence, we give you the All-Douche Episode of Pucked in the Head. What better way to celebrate the holidays!
(Opening Theme – Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis; Closing Theme – I Shall Be Released by The Band)
Recorded before the Canucks’ four-game losing skid, episode 17 of Pucked in the Head explores the inane NHL policy of not putting the best players’ names on the All-Star Ballot. Jason brings an inordinate amount of passion to the table, and Chris can’t fathom why anyone could care that much about a charity game. Both drink copious amounts of beer, which is the way it should be. Enjoy!
Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
The 2011 NHL All-Star Ballot
Colin Campbell is a hobbit.
The All-Star ballot is a joke.
On the blueline…
Chris has a nuanced and elegant argument.
Jason wins the argument the old fashioned way: he earns it.
Pucked in the Head is back with a new logo, the same old attitude, and a scary black and white picture of Jason shirtless. Oh, and if you listen to the very end you’ll hear the very first performance of Jason’s new baby daughter, Milla. (Sorry, the audio files of Chris’s trip to Mexico have been held up at customs.)
Intro / theme by the Orchid Highway
Ode to the Northwest Division
Jason is a pappy!
Our first hockey-related baby gift
Alberta hockey is awful
The Edmonton Oilers suck.
The Calgary Flames suck.
The Minnesota Wild are okay.
The Colorado Avalanche are comme si, comme ca.
The Vancouver Canucks are gonna win the division, dang it.
Sure, it’s two weeks into the regular season; that doesn’t mean we can’t edit and publish our Central Division picks, does it? Hey, we makes some good points, and take buckets of piss out of the creaky, rickety Detroit Red Wings. Oh yeah, and we talk about the dirty rotten stinkin’ Chicago Blackhawks, too. Also, beer girls!
