No Big Surprise: Blues Seen As Underdogs In Sweden

by Marcus E Pettersson on Sep 17, 2009 6:00 PM CDT

Oh, you're gonna l-o-v-e this.

Today, on my way home from work, I stopped by the grocery store to pick up some ~~toilet paper~~ food etc. As usual, I came home with lots of unnessesary items, among them a newly released hockey magazine focusing on the upcoming Swedish Elite League start, with quite a few pages on the 09-10 NHL season.

The magazine, humbly named The Hockey Bible, is released by Aftonbladet, Swedens biggest and most successful newspaper, and is a guide to everything hockey (or so they claim). I personally bought it just to have something to read on the shitter.

Anyhow, after having glanced through the Elite League pages of the magazine, I came to the good stuff: the NHL Premiere games in Stockholm between the Blues and the fuckoffs of Detroit. Well, let's just say I was not happy about how the paper's editors chose to illustrate the premiere matchup.

Notice the Blues content on this page? A whole square inch in the bottom right corner! Looks like an equal fight, doesn't it? Iceberg all alone against a gang of Red Wings players and a winged Globe Arena.

Again, small column to the far right. The rest is all Red Wings. Fuckers.

Not that I expected anything else, especially not from the Swedish main stream media. This is just one of many examples of how the media over here feels about the upcoming Stockholm games. According to most Swedish reporters, facing off against the Red Wings is like facing off against the second coming of the Big Red Machine (you know, the Soviet line of Fetisov, Kasatonov, Krutov, Larionov and Makarov who embarrassed opposing players on a nightly basis) or something. Never mind that Detroit's lost some very good players, never mind that they have one of the leagues most overrated goalies, never mind that they are one year older, slower, uglier. No no, it's the Red Wings, they are just great.

Assholes.

Oh, it's not like the magazine hates the Blues or anything. They do see them finishing as high as 8th in the Western Conference this upcoming season. Who they think will win it? Take a wild guess.

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How much of that do you think has to do with number of Swedes on the Scum?

By roster on Yahoo:
Blues:
Berglund
Hellstrum
Junland

Scum:
Dickhead Axelsson
Ericsson
Johan “Olympic Diver” Franzen
Tomas AssHolemstrom
Niklas Kockwall
Larsson
Nicklas Dick Lickerstrom
Lija
Ritola
Ryno
Henrik “Fuckface” Zetterberg

by Mike Martin on Sep 17, 2009 6:20 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs

Man, I'm gonna have to rethink . . .

my whole “boycott” of Second City Hockey. Or steal some of those nicknames. Or both.

One day, David Backes and Albert Pujols will combine forces to become the most awesome piece of violent force known to man.

by Donut King on Sep 17, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

The Tomas nickname is my fave,

Great job, a rec from me as well.

by tlg80 on Sep 17, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

I meant to reply to Mike Martin.

by tlg80 on Sep 17, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Nicklas Dick Lickerstrom is also priceless!

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Sep 18, 2009 8:20 AM CDT up reply actions

rec’d for fucking awesome nicknames

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Sep 17, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Please tell me...

the copy you bought is in English yes?

Otherwise…holy fuck! How do you read that?

Or..Kudos to you for being able to read…swedi…whatever the fuck language that is!

Put on your big girl panties and deal with it!

by BluesFanFromNE on Sep 17, 2009 6:31 PM CDT reply actions

It says...

“Red Wings are TRUE superfags”. I could read that much.

by Bleedbluecp2 on Sep 17, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Marcus is a native of Sweden.

One day, David Backes and Albert Pujols will combine forces to become the most awesome piece of violent force known to man.

by Donut King on Sep 17, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Which was pointed out . . .

below. Oops.

One day, David Backes and Albert Pujols will combine forces to become the most awesome piece of violent force known to man.

by Donut King on Sep 17, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

It's cool, DK

failure to ‘reply’ on my part.

sigh…has the regular season started yet…

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Sep 17, 2009 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Marcus is the site's Swedish correspondent, so to speak...

He’s also willing to put his personal/professional life second and stay up for — let’s just say, ungodly hours — in order to take part in a bunch of the GDTs.

He’s also putting all of us up and stocking the fridge if we go to Sweden for the games. Right, MP?

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Sep 17, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions

>.<

Insert foot into mouth…

My apologies Marcus…

feels like an ass

Put on your big girl panties and deal with it!

by BluesFanFromNE on Sep 17, 2009 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions

It was nice of the publishers...

to include that nice pink dildo on the Red Wings’ championship breakdown page.

SWYD

by gallagher on Sep 17, 2009 8:08 PM CDT reply actions

Win.

You’re in mid-season form, my friend.

Blues Fanatic - A crazy person's hockey blog

by HuntsvilleBlues on Sep 17, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I was just about to say something about the phallic nature of the graphics.

Damn youse.

by Busch Ice on Sep 17, 2009 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Speaking of using the crapper, let’s hope the Blues take a giant one on the Red Wings’ Scandinavian pah-tee.

Going to Sweden for these games’d be so cool.
To bad it’ll take about $5K per person…
Happily, the pkg’s offered by the Blues are SOLD OUT, so I’m expecting to hear LET’S GO BLUES on the telecasts!

by briandunne on Sep 17, 2009 8:16 PM CDT reply actions

You for got a few members of the Big red machine...

Like Jackmeov, Strokinov and Jerkmeov……..

I still maintain Vladimir Konstantinov got what he deserved...If you can't handle that then kiss my ass......

by dablues7 on Sep 17, 2009 8:18 PM CDT reply actions

I hope Backus brings Zetterbergs head back in his duffle bag.

Or Swedan arrests the red dings for just being complete jackasseseses.

by Go_Blues on Sep 17, 2009 8:24 PM CDT reply actions

Patrik Berglund raises an eyebrow

and wonders to himself if he can play well enough in these two games that all of Sweden will blow his jobs.

2009 offseason reading: "Nate the Great and the missing powerplay."

by NateTheGreat. on Sep 17, 2009 9:04 PM CDT reply actions

Teej took one look at this . . .

and immediately set his sights on Zetterberg. Nothing like embarrassing someone in his home area on what HAS to be national television over there.

HERE TO SAVE THE MOTHAFUCKIN’ DAY, YEAH!
AMURRIKUH!!! FUCK YEAH!

One day, David Backes and Albert Pujols will combine forces to become the most awesome piece of violent force known to man.

by Donut King on Sep 17, 2009 9:48 PM CDT reply actions

Hopefully he'll be the Oshie

to Zetterberg’s Rick Nash. Well he’ll always be Oshie…

by Busch Ice on Sep 17, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Again...

Fuck Detroit….

Marcus, (and Gerard), I am looking forward to meeting you guys in person.
Marcus, still waiting on a return email, I have sent you a couple (from the email Sean provided me).
DanGNR

by DanGNR on Sep 17, 2009 11:02 PM CDT reply actions

What night

are you going? Is there a meet-up planned?

by BlueMonday on Sep 18, 2009 1:49 AM CDT up reply actions

yes there is

DanGNR will meet the fans from Netherlands (me) and Sweden (Marcus) in Stockholm.

But ofcourse, everyone is invited :)

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/2009/9/10/1024655/question-about-blues-going-to

THE NETHERLANDS has its capital AMSTERDAM.... and: ONE BLUES FAN..!!

That's me, 28 years, FanfromEurope aka 'Gerard from Amsterdam'

(Even the subtject of a story in GameTime, Feb 21 2009 lol)

by FanFromEurope on Sep 18, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions

saw that but

Comments are closed on that thread. Anyway, we’ll be there Friday night, mail me if there’s a meet up and I may be able to make it. My gf and I put our own little Sweden trip together so we are only going to the Friday night game.

by BlueMonday on Sep 18, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions

nice

If I’m correct Marcus is not there on Friday, but on Saturday.
I’m there on Friday AND after arranging something also on Saturday, just like Dan….

In which section are you BlueMonday, for that Friday Game? Mine’s B2, Row 3, seat 14

THE NETHERLANDS has its capital AMSTERDAM.... and: ONE BLUES FAN..!!

That's me, 28 years, FanfromEurope aka 'Gerard from Amsterdam'

(Even the subtject of a story in GameTime, Feb 21 2009 lol)

by FanFromEurope on Sep 20, 2009 4:59 AM CDT up reply actions

We are going...

to both games.
Friday AND Saturday, plus a blues practice which includes players and staff meet and greet I believe.

GT WILL represent…. and I just thought about this… Towel ~~fuckhead~~ ~~douchebag~~ boy better not fucking be there.

by DanGNR on Sep 18, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions

towel guy goes Europe...

Keep him overthere in the USA pls lol

Even I know that guy, from my trip to STL earlier this year :)

I was even warned by Chris Gift not to act like him :)
(and ofcourse I didnt)

THE NETHERLANDS has its capital AMSTERDAM.... and: ONE BLUES FAN..!!

That's me, 28 years, FanfromEurope aka 'Gerard from Amsterdam'

(Even the subtject of a story in GameTime, Feb 21 2009 lol)

by FanFromEurope on Sep 20, 2009 5:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Im going to second that.....

FUCK DETROIT!!!!

I still maintain Vladimir Konstantinov got what he deserved...If you can't handle that then kiss my ass......

by dablues7 on Sep 18, 2009 4:44 AM CDT up reply actions

same here!

Looking forward as well, for sure! I got your email and sent a reply back to you and Marcus btw.

We’ll keep in touch

THE NETHERLANDS has its capital AMSTERDAM.... and: ONE BLUES FAN..!!

That's me, 28 years, FanfromEurope aka 'Gerard from Amsterdam'

(Even the subtject of a story in GameTime, Feb 21 2009 lol)

by FanFromEurope on Sep 18, 2009 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions

woopwoop

Can’t wait to prove them wrong. Will be there Friday night. Go Blues.

by BlueMonday on Sep 18, 2009 1:39 AM CDT reply actions

One way to cure that shit

Show up and play some smashmouth hockey. Stick that article up their azz and break it off. Then they can write about how we punked the Wings.

I’d pin that bird cage liner in the locker room for some extra motivation. Find the author and make sure he has front row seats to the carnage and gets the Blues’ names spelled right who wield the death blows.

fuck, starting to work into a game day lather already.

Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

by spectr17 on Sep 18, 2009 2:19 AM CDT reply actions

I sent the link to a 'friend' of mine on the game Farm Town

She is an Avs fan which I don’t hold against her. Met her Swedish husband who was a cameraman for the Avs. They now live in Sweden and will be at the game (he working her watching). She’ll be rooting for the Blues.
She said they live in Berlund’s home town Vasteras. They know many of the Swedish NHL players.

I’m quickly converting her to a Blues fan. She’ll be checking in at SLGT occasionally.

by luvhockey on Sep 18, 2009 9:02 AM CDT reply actions