entry draft 2013

good afternoon!!! we are eight minutes away from the first pic and luckily this didn't start at nine like we thought it did. present are kendra, rebecca and vanessa. jill is in osborne village, gsp is writing an essay.

rebecca says brian pulock is her fave, wonderful story about this guy. his brother died and he has persevered and developed a special relationship with his coach, who also had a brother who died on the same day. full story apparently appeared in today's free press. his shot has been compared to al mcinnis.

breaking down astrological signs of the top four picks,


seth jones, october 3rd, libra 'you may soon receive an offer that will involve a big investment on your part libra. this could be an investment of your money, but it could also be an investment of your time, your love, your tolerance and so on. but have you investigated it fully? have you weighed the pros and the cons? is there more to gain than to lose? you need to consider all the possibilities both good and bad. there could be some hidden challenges so be sure you know what you are getting into before you make a commitment."

nathan mackinnon, september 1, virgo. 'even when you want something quite passionately you can be very passive about aquiing it. it isn't that you don't have goals you are actually very goal oriented. you are ambitious too. but sometimes virgo when you face oppisition it makes you feel like running the other way. you do not like confrontation. you would rather set another goal than to face what you feel will surely be awkward or difficult. but there is something you want now that is worth fighting for. stand up to the opposition and take what is yours.'

jonathan drouin, march 28, aries (SAME BIRTHDAY AS KEITH TKACHUK AND MY DAD, THEO SCHULZ) 'grow old along with me! the best is yet to be...' that line is part of a poem written by the english poet robert browning during the victorian age. it is very hopeful. but in reality we don't know what the future will hold. that's why the balance of this poem asks the reader to 'trust god'. but whatever your beliefs, having faith that everything will be good or even better than it has been is never a bad idea. as you look forward to change in your life aries heed these words.

aleksander barkov, september 2, virgo also (see above)

i wonder if barkov and mackinnon will celebrate their birthdays together one day.

colorado first pick......joe sakic is still a babe. what are they chanting. nathan mckinnon number one!!!! they haven't made the playoffs in three years. they were chanting 'crosbys better' and vanessa loves the avs. i don't think the three of us have ever watched an avs game. 'i always think of the avs and st james punks and propagandhi. they've also legalized marijuana, there are lots of reasons to love colorado.' he is only 17! sakic refers to him as 'a difference maker'

florida with number two - missed the playoffs for 11 times. shouldn't have a team. they took barkov! woah. first european. 'this pic will be questioned for a few years. seth jones doesn't look happy but why not - he doesn't have to play for the florida panthers. interesting that the virgo's go first.

so this really makes things interesting.

tampa bay. steve y, another huge babe. took jonathan drouin, that was their plan. 'a human highlight wheel'. in halifax he played with number 27. how do they know he wants number 13?

aw poor seth jones. stuck in nashville? i wonder if they have a jersey ready for him and what happens to the barkov predators jersey, is someone wearing that in a foriegn country with the bruins stanley cup hat. seth jones to nashville it is. he looks very unhappy. he wanted to go to florida. he is very cute. the number 13 is for the draft we figured out, their number is still unknown. chip on your shoulder to the other teams? 'oh for sure!'. so seth vs the avalanche, panthers and lightning.

here come the hurricaines with the fifth pick. too bad there are no staal bros in the draft. they picked  elias lindholm, he is so so so cute. what great hair. 'his dad look like bruce willis!!'

flames pick monahan, seems like a good fit, nice kid. oilers pick nurse - first defence in ages. he is good looking too. his dad richard nurse was a cfl player! aw he is so happy to be an oiler. the oilers are obvs the team to watch in the future. looking forward to it.

sabres.....no sign of teppo nummenin 'he is probably by a lake somewhere' 'getting ready to celebrate his birthday....happy pre bday to teppo and teemu. rasmus, what a fantastic name, reminds me of my cat erasmus. best name so far for sure. his bday is october 27th. not july 3rd. tsn mentions teppo as his potential 'good mentor', rebecca claps her hands. 'that was worth watching this draft, i don't have to watch it anymore'.

a trade happened between players we've never heard about.

the devils are the up next........wait what, new jersey gets schnider. big move. vanessa 'vancouver doesn't know what the fuck they are doing' -the buyout $ wasn't there for luongo. i don't want to see max domi on the canucks....let's see. pick coming up. Selected Bo Horvat, 'a can't miss pick' we think he kind of has a bit of a canucks vibe already in his step.

very interesting. dallas is up. mike modano, i actually hate the stars org. they selected an intriguing russian valeri. vanessa 'i wish someone would just squash gary bettman' 'the different green ties look so gross' 

flyers sam morin. / greg just returned 'good for cory, he's come a long way' - on the trade.

next pick, seattle. 'if phoenix takes tie domi's son i am going to lose it.' 'he's just like his dad' 's when he finished hockey he will promote telephone providers?' - greg.....

ok here is the PC pick coming up......they got max domi oh well. he is a diabetic.

jets pick next. josh morrisey who was ranked 28th? he is a defensman. interestingly his birthday is also march 28th, same day as keith tkachuk, my dad and drouin. we wonder if they are loading up on defenceman so they are getting rid of byfuglien?

gsp text 'i hope josh morrisey's mom is moving here. i didn't notice a dad in the picture.'

next columbus.

ok we've missed a couple as we were outside but buffalo just picked another defenceman.

senators up next. seth jones has also tweeted that he is happy. so did darnell. senators pic lazar but another trade is coming up too.....aw lazar hockey 'it's fun'

san jose got mirco mueller it must have been who they really wanted. mirco is also a great name.

kerby rychel looks kinda like gsp. his father was also in the nhl.

now wings pick. they took anthony mantha. the only 50 goal scorer in the draft! and his sister or gilfriend he is with is wearing red and while. becca 'i wonder if she knew ahead of time'

leafs up. frederick gauthier, rebecca 'he looks awkward'. well maybe he is angry going to the leafs because he is from quebec.

calgary picks a #27.....

washington andre borokovsky, interesting. 'when ever the caps are in doubt they take sweedes''

canucks pick a guy named hunter. becca thinks they need an overall like goodbye sedins. 'there powers only work when they are together.' 'they don't play well with others' 'daniel played amazing when henrick was out.' 'i used to love the sedins'

we did a big tangent trying to research how the canucks got the second and third pick in that year and can't figure it out. montreal picked mike mcaon. 61 picks to go for montreal. most penalty minutes in the draft. 'oh ya you know' he says on bringing an edge to montreal very interesting. also he is an american.

vanessa 'this reminds me of the hunger games.'

no goalies yet.

on the ducks 'that logo looks like it would be better used for an airline'

luongo is still in shock he doesn't want to do any interviews apparently. we still all thought he would get along really well with tortorella.

dano is wearing leather pants and is from bratislava!

apparently free agent frenzy is on friday. still a chance for ron hainsey. rebecca and i like the mckinnon juice best, vanessa likes the jones juice. calgary picked klimchuk.

two more picks in the first round.  stars select jason jickenson, no photo.

ya we all hope chicago chooses a goalie. they hose ryan hartman 'looks a little bit like justin trudeau, and he walks properly' - greg.

first round over, have a wonderful day everyone. welcome to winnipeg morrisey. 

game six!

hi from the third period, inspired by fran 'why aren' you blogging?" at ruby, ness in a bruins shirt, kenny g and becca in brand new blackhawks shirts, jil (new fan) and the wink parents
game is tied 1-1
we also kind of want boston to win so we can watch game seven on beccas bday with karla and megan. jil just got some more wine.
boston miss goal and we are all sort of sad.
talking about ridiculous names.

not so funny.

bickells parents are the new malkins parents.

this will go to overtime, we think.

what jokes do we know, the game is starting wih fran doing a yiddish knock knock hnic related joke. comment if you know it.

jil wants to learn yiddish.

winkworth family opens windows and jill asks who in the room is jewish.

ten minutes left!

(regulation)

discussion of leslie hughes and greg is putting out fruit salad. amazing dinner btw.

very nice media angle tonight with j winz as our guest.

any thoughts on justin trudeau: 'no pierre' 'no tommy douglas' 'don't trust him' 'babe'

'i'd love kid rock for prime minister'

fran, 'i don't mind justin'

discussion of bob rae. eight and a half left.

jill announcement that she is going into politics and BOSTON SCORES!!! LUCIC. MILAN WE ARE IN TO THAT, VANESSA HAS A BUMPER STICKER.

FRAN NOW WANTS TO RUN FOR POLITICS, WITH JIL. #JILANDFLORA2014 or #WINZOSKIANDWINKWORTH (keep it at the end of the alphabet)

the fruit salad is out, and cookies, :)

jill now brings the convo to mark stobbe, less than seven mins left. greg 'boston is going to win!'

greg doing donald duck impressions and jill being enouraged to eat all the baking we do have a replica stanley cup in chocolate 'we aren't going to need that til wednesday' and we have champagne chilling. WE CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU MEGAN AND KARLA.

chic on the power play,. chris kelly, warm it up. four minutes. jill anounces she doesn't like light 'nothing in this house offends me'

i have crazy hiccups and jill is hilarious. 'all chara has to do is touch people and they fall over'

fran not scared of clowns.

despite never owning the video game duckhunt vanessa has embraced violence and become a bruins fan.

time left: three thirty eight

vanessa shouts out 'so exciting' game seven already announced to start at 6:30. M AND K ARRIVE AT FOUR.

it's also good if they win it at home? who doesn't love a game seven, i stil have hiccups.

greg says whats up to cam neely.

why haven't they shown keith tkachuk in the crowd?

two mins left.

AHHHHHH

OVERTIME

BICKELLS PARENTS ARE SOOOOOO HAPPY

ness 'this game cannot go into overtime'

jil 'we need a lot of fruit salad'

chic scores again!!!!!!

jil 'is this third period'

don't say good luck bruins they can do it.

THE BLACKHAWKS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP! WE ARE BREAKING OUT THE CHAMPANGE AND THE CHOCOLATE STANLEY CUP CANT WAIT TO GIVE YOU A STANLEY CUP HUG MEGAN AND KARLA,

LOVE BECCA, NESS, JILL, KENDRA, GREG, AND FRAN! XOXOXO

Game 5 - Hockey in the Country

Ok guys.

It's game 5, Boston @ Chicago. We (Tracey, Nesse and me - Reb) are in St Anne visiting the Funk homestead (Reuben, Jen, Lois, Darcy, Smoko). 

WE'RE WATCHING HOCKEY OUTSIDE IN THE COUNTRY AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

We're a little late but the game seems exciting, fast-paced. Just like a 5th game should be.

Jen Funk just made burgers by herself for the first time. Jubilation! We brought buns from Delucas. And chips. There are so many chips.

The burgers are amazing. Mushrooms and carrots and onions. Oh my!

Kaner with the first goal of the game! 1:0 Chicago with 2 minutes left in the game.

The neighbour's dog is taunting Smoko across the street. "He's the new kid on the block".

The name of the Funk property might be "Simplify".

The name of the Funk truck is definitely "Edna". Discussion of women's names and whether they imply how good they can bake.

End of first period.

"I don't like Chara" - Jen. "I just think he's a bit 'slashy'".

"How can you not be slashy with an extra 4 inches of stick". - Darcy.

Second period fashion change. Jen is now wearing overalls.

How old is Don Cherry? 79. Born in 1934.

Tortellini is interviewing his pants off in Vancouver. "It's musical chairs with coaches" - Reuben.

Kane's mullet, once again, raises concerns. Talking about rat tails, skullet, or the Kerry Krishna. Most of the people who have skullets prefer black clothing.

Jen might be rocking a rat tail.

Who has tried honey whiskey before? We are drinking beer and cider. It's about 24 degrees outside and the birds are singing and fuck the weather man and his rainy forecast.

Second period fanfare!!!

Double penalty (Handzus and Horton) and it's 4 on 4 hockey.

Strippers are never free. They always take a little piece of your soul.

Will Kane get the hat trick tonight. hmmmmm. Vanessa emphatically says no. There's been a bit of a battle between the sisters tonight. I'm hopin in ends in either a foot race or some leg wrestling.

Vanessa is disappointed she doesn't have a change of clothing. Maybe she'll wear her pants as a shirt and her shirt as pants. We are now being regaled with stories of her shopping escapades when she was a raver for 2 months in grade 9.

Kane and Sharp seem to be speeded around the ice and Crawford appears to have his groove back.

OH and I don't need a twitter account #JenFunkneedstwitteraintgonnahappen

Speaking of wearing your pants inappropriately there's a little Kriss Kross.

Vanessa would like everyone to play like Marchand. But he's always pushing really hard and then he spins around and notices that the rest of his team are not there. And invariably falls down.

Wondering if one can use invariably whilst blogging about hockey.

Oh dear. We've started humming Inspector Gadget but inserting the name Tuukka Rask in sections.

Can we tell Jagr that he should stop dying his mutton chops. And that Vanessa painted a nail for him.

"Any team can win a Game 7" Vanessa.  "write that down!" Funk66.

If this series goes to seven games it will land on Becca's birthday. "we need a restaurant with TVs" "we better just order in."

Jen informs us of the ginger cure for hangovers and/or stomach flu...remember that one. "miracle root"- Reb.

Trending tonight, Corey Crawford Gloveside...did they just say trending?

Ruben has left us for the indoor screen. "Ruben's great!" everyone agrees. More honourable mentions.

Bruins really need to pick it up!! Everyone else is cheering for the Hawks except me (Vanessa).
So many rebounds but no goals.

GOOAAL!! Chara scores with the hard shot off the mark, Lucic assist, hoya. Here we are in the 3rd period and we've got a game...Crawford's Gloveside #trending?

Talking about the Winnipeg Jets. The fans deserve a better team, no? yes. maybe they just created false expectations at the end there? "that's so Winnipeg"

Rebecca would like Danny Briere to come here. There's great schools and childcare and family lawyers.

Munching on DeLuca's hazelnut wafers. Easily the most critical store in all of Wolseley.

Bergeron is on the way to the hospital for an 'upper body injury'. Bad news for Boston..."just keep calm and Bergeron".

Marchand might be a pest but he's also not afraid to take the beat down. "I love how everyone always beats up Marchand right at the bench when no one's watching" Funk66.

8:35 left in the 3rd.

Rebecca begins to make bird calls and other nervoustime noises...even she knows that the Bruins still have a chance.

Funk66 made sourcream cookies and let me tell you, they are delicious.

Chara and Lucic just about scored that same goal again. Topic of discussion: Chara's neck. 'the shaft'. 'look at that neck!'

The Hawks have special Go-Go Juice energy drink.  yes you do Honey boo boo child.

Empty net Boston. 40 seconds left. Nervoustime!

Empty netter for the Hawks.

"Sorry Vanessa" Darcy chimes from inside the RV.  Rebecca and Jen give their condolences.

5 out of 6 happy hockey fans, not bad.

"Look at the moon!" Happy supermoon everybody.

Love, Nervoustime xo

game six detroit chicago

rare baldwin apt liveblog, residents include myself kendra and neighbours sally and tyler who you readers may recall we ran into on the street a couple entires ago and that they are both cheering for the blackhawks because sally has then in a pool and tyler chooses based on the city he likes better.

sally and tyler are eating falafel i earlier ate a large sorrentos salad which was amazing but seriously large and i gave the rest to my brother and killa cam.

the blackhawks are also the team sally's dad is going for and we are drinking old wine and it's only okay. tyler 'i'm not sure what it tasted like before but i'll take it'

on the san jose la, tyler is going for la. i am going for san jose.

1-1 end of the first. none of  us know who scored because we just turned it on. tyler is finding out on his phone. marian hossa scored for chicago ....and p. eaves ? none of us know who he is. sally just remembered johnny oduya was a blackhawk and was like 'heyyyyyyyy'

not many detroit players familiar to the group. zetterberg. i've learned the goalie. this series is teaching me more about the redwings that i ever needed to know - i just found out the octupus on sat. maybe someone did it the first game. tyler' it seems grosss' me 'i think vegans should not cheer for the redwings.' tyler 'it's a waste of octupus you can't sell it when you've thrown it on the ice'

i actually went to burger king the other day and the yam fries were awful. tyler 'the movement of yam fries from a side dish to fast food is kind of disapointing'\

do people think yam fries are better\? i don't. tyler 'the moment people start putting kale on their burgers i will know the change has happened'

kyle quincy reminds sally of gsp. even the way he talks. WE MISS YOU GRAHAM SMITH-PELOQUIN.

sally asked if i had heard from gsp lately and i remembered the last penguins game i simply got a text saying 'malkins parents!'

second period underway. tyler also comments another reason to cheer for the blackhaws is the closest proximity to hear. he is still learning to detroit. he also thinks jarome igninla deserves to win a cup. boston, sally simply says 'no'.

woah sally 'pretty much any team that goes against boston i will cheer for'

i don't want boston to win and turn it into an american government thing.

chic power play and i'm already missing the power play of sat night.
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tyler notes not seeing teams that play so differently at home and away than chic and detroit. but another detroit penalty, roughriders style, too many men on the ice. that ref is because tyler is also from sask and is a roughriders fan.
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lets go blakhawks.

nothing happened.

i spoke with rich pollock from illegal curve today who told me he thinks this game is going into overtime.

although you can't see it - tyler is wearing a great shirt. striped with the greatest colours, grey, yellow, maroon, white. wide stripes as well.

tyler has seen all of the arrested developments 'it took 8.5 hours but it was worth it.' - sally has seen a few, half of it. i've seen none of it, waiting for my family.

spoiler alert\; STEVE HOLT

as we were talking about game of thrones detroit scores, anderson. 'not even an interesting name for a hockey player. as a friend it's a great last name' - shout out to randi and aynsley. now thinking of all the andersons we think are awesome. and andrews' - archie andrews.  the first guy tyler ever knew who's parents had a computer was named anderson 'he had a lot of leggo'

'i'm really not that upset about people with the last name anderson i just didn't like that goal'

detroit fans chanting crawford, not cool. that's a winnipeg thing and save it for miller.

everytime anderson's name is mentioned now we realize he is our least fave wing. sally just got a text with a breakfast club video.

it seems like all detroit since that last goal. another penalty though for the wings. here is where it will turn around.

very interesting movie upcoming 'the purge'

tyler is against crystal lite 'i don't like when a company tries to tell you to be unique by buying thier product and squirting powder into water is super lame'

no penalty actually. 'only the second, they have got to endure right now'

now penalty to chicago.  pretty good luck no goal and second period is over.

It's Sally here.  We are trying a trial run kitty visit with Kendra's cat Fluery.  According to Tyler (spoiler alert) If this goes well our little cat Freya may be looking at a new little bro or sister cat soon.... 2nd period break..  also cig break for kendra.  

Visit not so good.....  Almost broke into a cat fight (literally)

yeah didn't go so well. fluery also i don't think will be getting a new brother or sister soon.

'remember this moment next time we are at the humane society and there are cute kittens'

and blackhawks score!!!! also cute new japanese toronto blue jay.

another chicago goal and they are ahead. bickell is my fave blackhawk. i told that to uncle waldamar on sat.

i dont want this game to go into overtime.

penalty shot. goal! first highfive of the night!!! this is a little more of a low key crowd than arlignton.

discussion about how the game is all in your head. sally taught a yoga class today!

second period looked like detroit was 'going to close it out' = proof that anything can change in a moment. detroit is trying trying datsyuk of course we know.

freya seems to be doing ok.

now it's just the waiting game.

and another detroit penalty.

there is really nothing better than a game seven is there? it's like a clean slate for everyone. i would like to start living more of my life as if it is a game seven. i bet there would be a lot more risk and with that often come benefits even if they happen to be learning experiences.

the classic 'ref you suck' chant and you know this game is over. sally 'when i think of detroit i don't think classy' - she obviously didn't read our last post where we talked about the class of detroit. now another penalty, hossa. 'all the stars off the ice'

hossa is one of my faves!

and the wings score. NERVOUSTIME!!!

tyler 'this is the danger zone'

tyler calls out blackhawks number 7 ' he thought the game was over too. it's ok for me to think the game is over because i'm not playing.'

sally and tyler still discussing the geographical proximilty of detroit and chic to us and tyler comments about the racist mascot of the blackhawk as opposed to the all inclusive wing.

less than a min left litterally typing while watching......howard back in the net.

30 seconds left empty net miss icing twenty seconds left, tyler 'its the worst case scenerio.' - he blames oduya........another icing.

i would keep icing. 16 seconds left.

and it's done. game seven up next!!!!

thanks sally and tyler for having me over

final thoughts sally - i wish our kane was as nice as the one on the blackhawks / tyler 'that was awesome, i like game sevens'

peace out from preston ave!!

wings v hawks, game four.

playoffs hawks wings we lost our post from the first period all i can say is there was a lot in it about teen wolf and the resemblance of patrick kane to teen wolf.

second period, still no score. quesionable non call just occured detroit on the power play, chicago is playing well. we are a room divided, vanessa and greg for the wings, becca and i (kendra) for the blackhawks. we are actually sitting this way as well, by our alies.

bailey, the winkworth family dog, rules and there will be another penalty to chicago. toews is screaming. mr w 'he is supposed to be the captain' ness ' still a young capatain'

i love any commercial that has ashton kutcher in it. rebecca 'gross'

that was not a penalty says any of us. 'save your emotion for he ice not the penalty box' - mr wink

a lot of empty seats in detroit.

GOAL detroit.

another penalty to chicago. they hate jonathan toews

pj stock is going to be upset if JT beats his penalty minutes to goals record

please calm down

seabrook is the best.

greg notes the commentators are pro chicago

the rangers win. what a goal.

greg loves tortorella. becca 'love to hate'

eating ice cream, third period. greg wants us to know he has never opened a pdf. almost time for a chicago goal.

discussion of the redwings motto 'believe' and vladamir konstininov, really a touching story. greg 'the redwings have always been a class organization' / they still have his locker set up for him and it has a rock that says 'believe' - i have a rock like that too!

crawford!!!!!!


howard!!!!!

i really hope chicago scores though! vanessa 'no one needs that' i actually need that. vanessa 'you only think you need it'

woah howard is really good

discussion of the royal albert. 'there is a mole in the restaurant right now. the bikini girl thing is a trick to get bad publicity. no more shows until the cancer is out'

goaltender interferance power play chicago, thank god.

i'm glad i went to the albert before this all happened. vanessa 'it felt good o be there'

'it's like when a little thing becomes everything'

vanessa is cheering. empty net. whatever, vanessa says 'i want a patch that says i believe in russian'

it's back to chicago.

Second Round!!! Sens v. Pens (whoa rhyme)

hey, it's kendra here back watching with the winkworth sisters. great to be watching hockey!! apparently the question is whether ottawa will continue it's magical mystery tour. second period is about to start, i was late because of dinner made by my bro (thanks graeme!)

i am rooting for ottawa, rebecca 'welll....." vanessa is cheering for ottawa too, 'the pens are too all star, like the harlem globetrotters' rebecca also refered to the pens as a musical tempo in the past, we remember, vanessa now says 'the pens are reggae, the sens are calyppso'

shout out to the guy from the lc who recommended some cheap wine that's a twist off, merlot. it's 2-1 pittsburgh. where is fluery, not doing very well apparently.

standards in the league for bounciest walls? apparently in pittsburgh it is the bounciest wall in the league.

james neal roughing. nothing happened there.

apparently there are new skyscrapers coming on fort street, and they will include a grocery store. there has also been some conterversy with the albert, there is a boycott so it won't be a punk venue, it is depressing and vanessa is angry. some people were fired because of the toasted bun. there is a real discussion coming here between vanessa and rebecca about this, i have no idea about the situation. they have been saying for eight years it will go back but it's 'turned into a little cartoon of itself, dare i say like another local organization riding on the coat tails of what it used to be.'

someone was fired in a facebook status. rebecca read an article in the spectator that suggested it all might be a social media strategy, more people are talking about the albert than ever before. http://www.spectatortribune.com/article/a-call-to-arms-for-the-royal-albert/

our next birthday party is at the windsor (2014).

(i just noticed we started talking about matt tapscott who we ususally do once a playoff).

hahha, referring to a different guy:

me, to rebecca 'i think he likes you!' rebecca ' i think he likes you!' vanessa 'maybe he likes both of you'

rebecca comments that people need to tell her three times if they liked her, this actually happened to me also too. 'we really should not be that way'

another pentalty and rebecca is comparing the guy i like to ron hainsey 'they are both handsome and both have wide set eyes'. someone also made her a mix tape.

amazing goal pittsburgeh. that was a great. i had no idea crosby was even playing. 'he has new teeth'. another good play. karlsson is so cute, vanessas fave part of the ottawa senators.

second period is over. 3-1.

discussion of astronauts and how much they get paid, what taxes you'd have to pay, what if something happens, what is your life insurance policy.  also discussion that astronauts distract from the experimental lakes etc.

quote 'is this the kind of personality that we need to get our young people excited again'

we had an amazing bump in with sally and tyler on the break and they were so cute talking about their picks, tyler 'i usually go for the city i like best. montreal.' and sally leaving revealing she is going for the blackhawks.

vanessa has an nhl sticker on her codebook which is why she thinks she is doing so well on her exams.

has anyone seen malkin's parents these playoffs?

vanessa says the redwings anaheim series was amazing. teemu was amazing and the redwings won three overtimes. and she was wearing her zetterberg jersey for all four games that they one. and detroit is in chic tomorrow. i am cheering for chicago, so is becca. that will be a nervoustime.

apparently the girls' uncle hartley ran into teemu in edmoton and told him we need teppo back in winnipeg!

teemu agreed.

currently eating nibs, so so so good.

vanessa, 'even i was sad for the leafs last night'.

discussion of evander kane's tweets, whether or not he can keep a straight face when he talks, how he was one of the three people becca followed that she doesn't like but has now unfollowed.

still 3-1.

we are all tired.

i can't see ottawa pulling a bruins comeback in this game. oh, so lupul tweeted, the game will haunt me for the rest of my life. i was in toronto actually and it was devestating. however, cheers to my sister in law julie for still wearing the because it's the cup shirt i bought her.

'eat your pasta immediately ' a message from delucas.

why isn't gonchar scoring any goals?

vanessa watched the last episode of game of thrones 'it was so wild. i missed the details in the middle as usual but the endings, it was the coolest thing i've ever seen on a tv show. I LOVE JAMIE LANNISTER.' - vanessa. //

rebecca 'he has redeemed some of the bad things he's done.' oh rebecca is still mad at him for pushing bran out the window.

she is re-reading book three. 'i read three sentances and five of the main characters have died.'

i think the last part of book four is jaime's continuation into my favorite.

discussion of theon greyjoy. james neal back in the penalty box.

discussion of who should be the offical favorite game of thrones character of nervoustime - 'jon snow'

rebecca 'there is lots of sex in the book too' vanessa 'it should, it's 1000 pages.'

who does ottawa else have for a goalie? anderson isn't having a good game.

vanessa 'someone's gotta win the first game. it doesn't matter. nobody goes out in four except the canucks.'

discussion of stats on how game one wins will lead to winning. 'the best thing about hockey is that you can look up the stats'  

rebecca asks the group about the stat she wants -round two the team that wins the first game if the game is on a tuesday and the sky is clear how many times will they sweep the series? - doesn't ron mclean know that kind of stuff?

james neal back in the penalty box.

you know 'a four one lead is the worst lead in hockey'

shout out to jen who rebecca forgot to text (sorry). #jenfunkneedstwitter

discussion of hockey players and where they are vacationing. i didn't run into any of them on my trip.

that california series is going to be late late late. logan couture is such a babe.

discussion of people who's twitters we look at or facebooks we have who are unhealthy really and why we still do it

the little ceaser's pizza price has increased.

best pizza, delucas.

we want to go to vj's this weekend. there is a new restaurant opening on sherbrook. vanessa asked if it will be called 'the moose and maple' or 'the green ardvark'. i am pretty sure the name stars with an F.

sens lose. good job penguins, we wonder if anderson will start next game.

peace out guys!!!

kendra, vanessa and rebecca

2013 Playoff Updates: Round 1

Hamilton Sushi is the best. Read our review here: http://www.urbanspoon.com/u/profile/2201195

It's the Winkworth sisters here.

We're celebrating Vanessa's "Most Awesome Electrician" award from the Brotherhood of Electricians (which comes with $500 and a job offer!) by ordering Hamilton sushi and watching multiple hockey games (Anaheim @ Detroit, Toronto @ Boston, New York @ Washington, St Louis @ LA). We're bouncing between them all. Try to keep up.

Happy Birthday, Ryan Getzlaff! Even if you're an asshole, we hope you have a good birthday (and by "we", I mean me). 

We figure we might as well blog some playoff updates to our fans and most especially Kendra and Tracey (9 blog views from Sri Lanka!) We've had a few people looking for Graham Smith-Peloquin and what's up GSP? Miss ya!

Ottawa booted Montreal out of the running last night. Of course, we are all cheering for the Sens. #JenFunkNeedsTwitter

This week was a long one. "Embrace the new moon, Moonchild".

The #1 team in the northwest (Vancouver) was the first to be out of the playoffs. "Wasn't Montreal #1 in the northeast? Now they're out too" - Ness. Too bad, so sad, Canada.

Talking about Ferens now and that puck he took to the forehead, and is he okay? Toronto wins against Boston. Stephen Harper is tweeting from Boston Pizza (asshole).

Mr. Wink is now on speaker phone to say goodnight (it's 8:52pm).
"Reimer's a good Manitoba boy!" - Dad.
"I'm never cheering for Toronto" - Ness.
"I'm going to go to bed now" - Dad.

We're watching Detroit and they just scored on themselves (Smith). "Who is that guy?" 1:1 Anaheim/Detroit. This is do or die for Detroit tonight. Teemu almost scored. Two octopi on the ice. (If you haven't heard the story behind the Detroit octopus, read it here: http://redwings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=43781)

"Howard is the smallest goalie".

Why is TSN Brian Engblom sandwiched between two padded blue walls?! He's forced to announce in a cell that's 1 foot wide. It's like the walls are closing in on him! Where is Shane Hnidy to the rescue?

Zetterberg scores! The crowd remains on their feet. 13 minutes left in the 3rd. 2:1 Detroit.

Vanessa wants to ban the divisions and playoffs should be based on the top 8 teams. "It shouldn't matter where you're from. It's not fair."

I'm trying to get Vanessa to change the channel for a minute so we can check the other scores. No luck. Detroit power play.

Brian Engblom is looking even squishier.

"He didn't feel it where he was supposed to be feeling it" - NBC announcer on Hiller's near non-save.

Abdelkater scores and makes it 3:1 and we are most definitely heading back to Anaheim for game 7. Snoop Dogg / Snoop Lion will hopefully be in attendance for another epic interview with Scott Oake.

"This is the best Friday night ever." - Ness. I am torn, of course because of Teemu.

Update - 0:0 St Louis/LA, OT right now between the Rangers and Caps. Tortellini looks especially tanned this evening.

Back to Detroit. Etem just scored and narrows the gap by only 1 goal with 3 minutes left in the 3rd. Nervoustime! And whoa, Bobby Ryan (wasn't that the name of a guy from the Babysitter's Club books?) scores and ties the game. It got real quiet in Detroit and my living room. Zetterberg near goal bounces off the post. Aaaand we are heading to OT.

NHL History: Detroit is playing 4 OT games in a series.

Back to Washington. Sudden death and Ribeiro scores his first playoff goal as a Washington Capital. Final score 2:1 Washington.

Can we talk about the TSN guys and why they are wearing ridiculous outfits tonight? "They aren't funky guys. They shouldn't be wearing those colours." The only classy guy on the panel is Bob McKenzie.

Speaking of suits, who will replace Don Cherry when he can't do HNIC anymore? Seriously, you guys what's going to happen? I'm worried about this.

Zetterberg scores right away! "That's why he's the captain".

Brian Engblom is now out of his padded cell. He looks okay.

Last game to go: St Louis/LA. Does anyone really care about this game?

Here's what we know about the 2nd rounds by press deadline: Chicago vs Anaheim OR Detroit /  San Jose vs St Louis OR LA / Ottawa vs Pittsburgh OR Islanders / Boston OR Toronto vs Capitals OR Rangers.

Predictions: Chicago vs Anaheim / San Jose vs LA / Ottawa vs Pittsburgh / Toronto vs Caps.

See you soon, Snoop. Looking forward to the next round of playoffs with the rest of the nervoustime crew!

xo R & V