Mike Ockizitchy

So if anyone wants to clear this premiere up for me, since I stopped following early on last year, but:

I will do invites once yahoo opens up league signups. On that note if everyone wants to leave their yahoo or whatever email to make it easier that way, go nuts.

Like NHL:EHM or EHM? I've never heard to either reffered to as EHM05,... either way though I'm not sure the answer. Backup the game, sim ahead and see what happens.

Idk, I think it'll help. Obviously he's a more offensive defensmen, but he was in the league top 5 for +/- like a year ago...

On a side note, I was floating aroudn fhockey and found this:

grind your soul wrote:

I'm beginning to hate the Leafs.

You guys finally turned him straight. Or close to it.

Just read near the fantasy pages on ESPN about Meszaros. Apparently someone over there here's 'rumors running rampant' that Tampa Bay is the team in on Meszaros. Of course they'd have to move Ottawa they're 1st, 2nd and 3rd in '09. Tampa's 3rd in '09 is owned by Pittsburgh now, making the idea null, but they're hearing TBay is working hard on reacquiring it to make this happen. Not sure what to make of this, but if TBay got him, another questionable move in the line of many, but I'd be damn if they're not yet a better team again after it.

On PSD everyone was trying to break down who it might be. The three most likely teams it came down to were Colorado, LA, and I think Atlanta or Columbus.

I could see Colorado doing it, their offense isn't as good as it was last year so maybe trying to shore up the other end. LA is also below the cap floor still and they said they were looking for a good dman to head their squad, this could be the guy they were looking for. While also getting above the cap that is.

A Joker impersonation. Haven't seen many of these, but this kids pretty decent. His mannerisms are pretty damn close along with the timing to what Heath actually did in the scene. On a more absurd note, on his comments people were calling him Heath.

So I'm looking for a movie to watch, but I'm horrible at deciding as always. I have Movies OnDemand at my disposal, any suggestions?

I already saw 21 the other night... and I'm saving Into the Wild for when I have a broad over, so pretty much anything other then that, that isn't shitty.

Here's the choices

Is that through Yahoo?

Head to Head each week? I'm not sure what that entails exactly, but I'd much prefer just a season long, overall race.

Ya it's on yahoo. And head to head is simple. There's two divisions. Each week you play someone random from the league. The categories are those I listed above, you want to win those for the week between the two. So let's say of the 12 categories you won 8, your 'record' would be 8-4. So in the overall standings you would be 8-4 probably in first or second. Then if you played Ruki and went 4-8, your record then would adjust to 12-12 after the second week.

But we'll see what everyone else wants to do, then we'll decide. I don't mind doing the overall race, just points, but I prefer H2H.

Well I was thinking:

G, A, P, +/-, PPG, SHG, GWG, PIMs (maybe, would you guys want to?)

W, GAA, Sv, SO

hows that sound?

I would assume to do Head to Head each week with those as the categories... if anyone wants to do one or not do one let me know, but that's what I'd probably go with

Thank you both. (Y)

And perhaps a more dangerous villain of Quinn herself down the road. I could see that being a good story line for bringing the Joker back after the third, and some sort of alliance with him strengthening her as a foe.

What precisely is Harley Quinn's background and what not? What's her story?

Yes, toe, I'm sure the Flyers fans will think this makes them, even more so, Gods gift to hockey next season, but if he's playing like he can, they're D did just get a little better. I was kinda hoping the Rangers would invite him to camp, but we need a more defensively responsible defensemen anyways.

OK, well yahoo hasn't yet 'openend' fantasy hockey. So I guess if Basha wants to continue the old league that's cool, he just needs to give me a spot. But if not we'll go on with this.

Any suggestions on how you guys would like to do scoring and categories? One thing I will not do is ATOI, which apperantly ESPN does. Gay.

I'll be staying with the EA Series. It's not steered me wrong in my years as a fan, and the one year I did try 2k, I traded it in after a month for the EA game.

One thing that really irked me though, is the lack of ability to delete created players. I kept everything up to date by hand until May when I went live on my Xbox... and then with the downloaded rosters, I have several duplicate players. The ability to delete those would be nice.

I might be wrong, but with your created players wouldn't you have to continually load the roster file in order to use them? So you should've just been able to not load the roster file where you've created them, and then get the new rosters from online. I could be wrong, but that should do it.

That being said, I'm going 09 all day. I mean, they've improved the defense and FINALLY got the Career Mode. I'm pumped about that big time. Your view on 2k9 interests me alot though. The only thing 2k had for me, which I haven't had since 2k5, was a great franchise mode. I mean, you can 2-4 team it, love that. Keeps thing interesting with your friends. And the offseason in 2k was just much, much better overall. From scouting, contract re-signing to drafting. It was head and shoulders above. I really hope EA improved the franchise at least a little bit on top of adding the Career Mode. I wouldn't hate it if there were more--and better-- logo options for the create a team, but that's minor.

So I guess I'm going with the EA series again, I'll probably rent the 2k to see if it's worth it.

I wasn't in last years. I mean you guys can, but I usually only do one with my friends, so I'd like to have another serious one, you guys are all good sports.

Except for that Bastard Clawson The leafs, ha

Draft Results:

Round 1:

1. Mike Ockizitchy - Alex Ovechkin

2. Grapehead - Sidney Crosby

3. Clawson - Evgeni Malkin

4. Gabriel - Jarome Iginla

5. Ruki - Vincent Lecavlier

6. Toe - Joe Thornton

7. Cole - Dany Heatly

8. wCwCreator - Roberto Luongo

9. SeanD - Pavel Datsyuk

10. sahyder - Henrik Zetterberg

Round 2:

1. sahyder - Martin Brodeur

2. SeanD - Marian Gaborik

3. wCwCreator - Ilya Kovalchuk

4. Cole - Daniel Alfredsson

5. Toe - Evegeni Nabokov

6. Ruki - Martin St. Louis

7. Gabriel - Niklas Lidstrom

8. Clawson - Henrik Lundqvist

9. Grapehead - Marian Hossa

10. Mike Ockizitchy - Jason Spezza

Round 3:

1. Mike Ockizitchy - Dion Phaneuf

2. Grapehead - Marty Turco

3. Clawson - Rick Nash

4. Gabriel - Brad Richards

5. Ruki - M-A Fleury

6. Toe - Sergei Gonchar

7. Cole - J.S. Giguere

8. wCwCreator - Daniel Briere

9. SeanD - Mikka Kiprussoff

10. sahyder - Eric Staal

Round 4:

1. sahyder - Carey Price

2. SeanD - Thomas Vanek

3. wCwCreator - Johnathan Toews

4. Cole - Paul Stastny

5. Toe - Zdeno Chara

6. Ruki - Brian Campbell

7. Gabriel - Marc Savard

8. Clawson - Mike Greene

9. Grapehead - Patrick Kane

10. Mike Ockizitchy - Ryan Getzlaf

Round 5:

1. Mike Ockizitchy - Dan Boyle

2. Grapehead - Daniel Sedin

3. Clawson - Alex Kovalev

4. Gabriel - Chris Osgood

5. Ruki - Chris Pronger

6. Toe - Henrik Sedin

7. Cole - Corey Perry

8. wCwCreator - Brenden Morrow

9. SeanD - Anze Kopitar

10. sahyder - Shane Doan

Round 6:

1. sahyder - Olli Jokinen

2. SeanD - Ales Hemsky

3. wCwCreator - Mike Richards

4. Cole - Ryan Miller

5. Toe - Jason Pominville

6. Ruki - Zach Parise

7. Gabriel - Andrei Markov

8. Clawson - Nicklas Backstrom (C, WAS)

9. Grapehead - Alexander Frolov

10. Mike Ockizitchy - Brian Rafalski

Round 7:

1. Mike Ockizitchy - Niklas Backstrom (G, MIN)

2. Grapehead - Mike Ribeiro

3. Clawson - Scott Niedermayer

4. Gabriel - Derek Roy

5. Ruki - Nathan Horton

6. Toe - Alex Semin

7. Cole - Brent Burns

8. wCwCreator - Scott Gomez

9. SeanD - Sergei Zubov

10. sahyder - Cristobal Huet

Round 8:

1. sahyder - Joe Sakic

2. SeanD - Jay Bouwmeester

3. wCwCreator - Alexander Radulov

4. Cole - Wade Redden

5. Toe - Kristian Huselius

6. Ruki - Alex Tanguay

7. Gabriel - Daymond Langkow

8. Clawson - Tomas Kaberle

9. Grapehead - Joe Corvo

10. Mike Ockizitchy - Sheldon Souray

Round 9:

1. Mike Ockizitchy - Patrick Sharp

2. Grapehead - Pascal Leclaire

3. Clawson - Martin Biron

4. Gabriel - Tomas Plekanec

5. Ruki - Ed Jovanovski

6. Toe -

7. Cole -

8. wCwCreator -

9. SeanD -

10. sahyder -

Round 10:

1. sahyder -

2. SeanD -

3. wCwCreator -

4. Cole -

5. Toe -

6. Ruki -

7. Gabriel -

8. Clawson -

9. Grapehead -

10. Mike Ockizitchy -

Round 11:

1. Mike Ockizitchy -

2. Grapehead -

3. Clawson -

4. Gabriel -

5. Ruki -

6. Toe -

7. Cole -

8. wCwCreator -

9. SeanD -

10. sahyder -

Round 12:

1. sahyder -

2. SeanD -

3. wCwCreator -

4. Cole -

5. Toe -

6. Ruki -

7. Gabriel -

8. Clawson -

9. Grapehead -

10. Mike Ockizitchy -

Round 13:

1. Mike Ockizitchy -

2. Grapehead -

3. Clawson -

4. Gabriel -

5. Ruki -

6. Toe -

7. Cole -

8. wCwCreator -

9. SeanD -

10. sahyder -

Round 14:

1. sahyder -

2. SeanD -

3. wCwCreator -

4. Cole -

5. Toe -

6. Ruki -

7. Gabriel -

8. Clawson -

9. Grapehead -

10. Mike Ockizitchy -

Round 15:

1. Mike Ockizitchy -

2. Grapehead -

3. Clawson -

4. Gabriel -

5. Ruki -

6. Toe -

7. Cole -

8. wCwCreator -

9. SeanD -

10. sahyder -

Round 16:

1. sahyder -

2. SeanD -

3. wCwCreator -

4. Cole -

5. Toe -

6. Ruki -

7. Gabriel -

8. Clawson -

9. Grapehead -

10. Mike Ockizitchy -

Round 17:

1. Mike Ockizitchy -

2. Grapehead -

3. Clawson -

4. Gabriel -

5. Ruki -

6. Toe -

7. Cole -

8. wCwCreator -

9. SeanD -

10. sahyder -

Round 18:

1. sahyder -

2. SeanD -

3. wCwCreator -

4. Cole -

5. Toe -

6. Ruki -

7. Gabriel -

8. Clawson -

9. Grapehead -

10. Mike Ockizitchy -

Player Rankings (Including Players Taken):

1. Alexander Ovechkin

2. Sidney Crosby

3. Evgeni Malkin

4. Dany Heatley

5. Jarome Iginla

6. Martin Brodeur

7. Henrik Zetterberg

8. Joe Thornton

9. Roberto Luongo

10. Daniel Alfredsson

11. Pavel Datsyuk

12. Jason Spezza

13. Nicklas Lidstrom

14. Evgeni Nabokov

15. Marian Hossa

16. Ilya Kovalchuk

17. Marian Gaborik

18. Jean-Sebastien Giguere

19. Vincent Lecavalier

20. Dion Phaneuf

21. Martin St. Louis

22. Henrik Lundqvist

23. Rick Nash

24. Brad Richards

25. Miikka Kiprusoff

26. Marty Turco

27. Ryan Getzlaf

28. Sergei Gonchar

29. Marc-Andre Fleury

30. Carey Price

31. Marc Savard

32. Chris Osgood

33. Alexei Kovalev

34. Brenden Morrow

35. Eric Staal

36. Daniel Sedin

37. Olli Jokinen

38. Zdeno Chara

39. Brian Rafalski

40. Shane Doan

41. Brian Campbell

42. Paul Stastny

43. Mike Green

44. Dan Boyle

45. Chris Pronger

46. Derek Roy

47. Corey Perry

48. Thomas Vanek

49. Patrick Kane

50. Jonathan Toews

51. Mike Ribeiro

52. Henrik Sedin

53. Daniel Briere

54. Jason Pominville

55. Anze Kopitar

56. Zach Parise

57. Scott Gomez

58. Mike Richards

59. Nathan Horton

60. Andrei Markov

61. Cristobal Huet

62. Ryan Miller

63. Niklas Backstrom

64. Alexander Frolov

65. Jason Arnott

66. Sergei Zubov

67. Nicklas Backstrom

68. Daymond Langkow

69. Ales Hemsky

70. Scott Niedermayer

71. Tomas Plekanec

72. Mark Streit

73. Joe Sakic

74. Jeff Carter

75. Cam Ward

76. J.P. Dumont

77. Martin Biron

78. Brian Rolston

79. Patrick Sharp

80. Kristian Huselius

81. Petr Sykora

82. Alex Tanguay

83. Justin Williams

84. Pascal Leclaire

85. Chris Drury

86. Rod Brind'Amour

87. Brent Burns

88. Ed Jovanovski

89. Shawn Horcoff

90. Peter Mueller

91. Johan Franzen

92. Milan Michalek

93. Milan Hejduk

94. Tomas Vokoun

95. Ilya Bryzgalov

96. Michael Cammalleri

97. Andy McDonald

98. Vaclav Prospal

99. Patrik Elias

100. Alexander Semin

101. Daniel Carcillo

102. Scott Hartnell

103. Chris Kunitz

104. Saku Koivu

105. Erik Cole

106. Keith Tkachuk

107. Ryan Malone

108. Mike Knuble

109. Marco Sturm

110. Ray Whitney

111. Paul Kariya

112. Nik Antropov

113. Sean Avery

114. Jason Blake

115. Viktor Kozlov

116. Markus Naslund

117. Jonathan Cheechoo

118. Brian Gionta

119. Brendan Shanahan

120. Pierre-Marc Bouchard

121. Robert Lang

122. Mathieu Schneider

123. Joe Corvo

124. Dustin Brown

125. Brad Boyes

126. Radim Vrbata

127. Christopher Higgins

128. Mikael Samuelsson

129. Tomas Holmstrom

130. Pavel Kubina

131. Mike Modano

132. Nikolai Zherdev

133. Dan Ellis

134. Alex Burrows

135. Kimmo Timonen

136. Bill Guerin

137. Ales Kotalik

138. Dennis Wideman

139. Jochen Hecht

140. Mike Fisher

141. Martin Erat

142. Andrew Brunette

143. Alexander Radulov

144. Daniel Cleary

145. Brent Seabrook

146. Mike Comrie

147. Dustin Penner

148. Patrick Marleau

149. Mikko Koivu

150. Chris Neil

151. Antoine Vermette

152. David Clarkson

153. Manny Legace

154. Pavol Demitra

155. Duncan Keith

156. Jay Bouwmeester

157. Tomas Kaberle

158. Matt Cullen

159. Michal Rozsival

160. Craig Rivet

161. Stephen Weiss

162. Wade Redden

163. Ryan Whitney

164. Tim Thomas

165. Taylor Pyatt

166. Andrei Kostitsyn

167. Cory Stillman

168. Scott Walker

169. Brandon Dubinsky

170. Marek Zidlicky

171. Joffrey Lupul

172. Jason Chimera

173. Darcy Tucker

174. Bryan McCabe

175. Jamie Langenbrunner

176. Andrej Meszaros

177. Braydon Coburn

178. Ryan Smyth

179. David Legwand

180. Owen Nolan

Team Needs (Your Filled Positions In Bold):

Mike Ockizitchy:

C: 2/2

LW: 2/2

RW: 0/2

D: 4/4

F: 0/2

Util: 0/1

G: 1/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 9/20

Grapehead:

C: 2/2

LW: 2/2

RW: 2/2

D: 1/4

F: 0/2

Util: 0/1

G: 2/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 9/20

Clawson:

C: 2/2

LW: 1/2

RW: 1/2

D: 3/4

F: 0/2

Util: 0/1

G: 2/2

Bench: 3/5

Overall: 9/20

Gabriel:

C: 2/2

LW: 0/2

RW: 1/2

D: 2/4

F: 2/2

Util: 1/1

G: 1/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 9/20

Ruki:

C: 1/2

LW: 2/2

RW: 2/2

D: 3/4

F: 0/2

Util: 0/1

G: 1/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 9/20

Toe:

C: 2/2

LW: 2/2

RW: 1/2

D: 2/4

F: 0/2

Util: 0/1

G: 1/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 8/20

Cole:

C: 1/2

LW: 1/2

RW: 2/2

D: 2/4

F: 0/2

Util: 0/1

G: 2/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 7/20

wCwCreator:

C: 2/2

LW: 2/2

RW: 1/2

D: 0/4

F: 2/2

Util: 0/1

G: 1/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 8/20

SeanD:

C: 2/2

LW: 1/2

RW: 2/2

D: 2/4

F: 0/2

Util: 0/1

G: 1/2

Bench: 0/5

Overall: 8/20

sahyder:

C: 2/2

LW: 1/2

RW: 1/2

D: 0/4

F: 1/2

Util: 0/1

G: 2/2

Bench: 1/5

Overall: 8/20

If only Nolan could see the chain reaction using a pseudonym like Mr. Reese would stir.

As JC said, I like that idea behind Penguin. I think it could be very fitting for his character to be a front for Harvey Dent. Perhaps Dent could be vindictive towards Gotham and Batman and his attack is re-organizing the Organized Crime in Gotham, sending it amok after the work he did.

I'm not sure why it seems out of the picture for him to fit in Nolans universe though. I mean, nicknames are nicknames. Given, the Penguin might be a bit harder to explain as a nickname, but as far as making him a respectable character in the Nolan universe, I'm not seeing it that hard. So maybe he has a old war injury, resulting in a limp, resembling a waddle. Maybe you could do something with the nose, perhaps wouldn't be neccesary, but even if you did I don't think it would have to be drastic. Perhaps even the logic behind the nickname could be because of the small beak like nose to go along with the fact his injury gives him the gimp. Doesn't seem so off base.

Maybe Dent could be in Arkham and some sort of force or circumstance alows him to escape, somehow leading to this relationship with Penguin on the outside.

On a side note, I think if Phillip Seymour Hoffman had gotten the role his brilliance as an actor alone would keep the role very respectable. He's the fuckin man. Period.

"I am here to announce I still need more time to make my decision."

Probably.

Ek had rumors up we're trading Gomer to make room for Sundin. That wouuld be the worst possible way to approach any situation involving him. There was also a story on his site that last year he was waiting on a trade to the Rangers and thats why he said he'd waive his clause, but when it came down to it and the Rangers stepped out thats when he renegged. Not sure how true it is, but it makes a little sense.

Oh, and the Todd Bertuzzi country song, because it's the only one I can think of.

Nolan will only do three, that's what he has said, I'm almost sure of that. Maybe someone has a link to the interview he said it in? Bale said the same thing, he'll do it as long as Nolan does I believe. I think they could be convinced to do a fourth if the third ones good. I don't think this series should end after three, just because Nolan leaves. He's built such a superb world that it's almost foolish to not keep making them. I mean, you don't have to pump them out every year or two years, but let a constant world and stories build. Let villians come and go, ala the Joker, he could take a movie off and come back. Just my thoughts.

But it did work for Harry Potter, and the Bonds, they all make a bunch.

I really hate how people talk about not recasting the Joker, like it's forever locked away as Heath Ledger's baby. Not that you (Jairus) are saying that, but when people talk about it, its like he has it trademarked. I mean don't get me wrong, I loved his performance just as much as any of you, but its unrealistic to think it wont and shouldn't be done. They're a major production company with smart people working in casting. I'm sure they'll make a fine choice. Plus I think, like said above, there's way to much left between Batman and Joker to be told. If you close that door, you're screwing yourself over. I think they shouuld and will recast it.

So, ironically I just heard Mercury. Not their best song, I must concur I'm not to huge on it.

Fuck yes. Awesome, it's a big soon, but I'm not worreid about the quality of the disc becasue of timing. Like you've said I've always loved Bloc Party, and I thought the sophmore album was a good strong follow up. I'm haven't even run my course on it, I'm gonna have to start out playing that shit!

A couple of good mentions so far. I agree Prison Break would be a good pick, as would Nip/Tuck. Those series are very strong in the beginning, but you'll get so roped in them sucking later on wont matter. I always found the OC enteraining even through a few viewings, but as I got older I could give two shits about anyone other then Rachel Bilson.

So for an original idea for you: Weeds, Rescue Me, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia