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Gaborik Makes it too Easy



Sometimes in this business, there are events or images that simply speak for themselves. Highlight reel shows leave these moments to the original play-by-play call.

Gibson's walk off home run in the 1988 World Series. For the home town crowd, Kirby Puckett's walk off in game six of the '91 series. "And we'll see you... tomorrow night." Sends chills up my spine just thinking about it.

Today, we have an image, that for Wild fans, can just simply go without words. There really is nothing to add, so make the jump, and see what it is that has me speechless.

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Puck daddy sums it up pretty well in Puck Headlines:

Honestly, if there's a more symbolic story for how Marian Gaborik ended up with the New York Rangers, we haven't seen it.

I mean, come on Gaby. We sit over here in Minnesota, bitter to no end that your groin hasn't blown up yet, all the while you are pushing for the league lead in goals. You have to expect a bit of fun and games pointed in your direction, but wow. First, you give us the "skating kitty" routine, and now you give us this.

You, sir, are what comedians call, "Too Easy."

Wilderness readers, the place you are looking for to unleash your fury is NHLol. Follow the link and the instructions. I expect to see countless entries on this one.

(Oh, the explanantion for the picture can be found on the Rangers' web site.)

-Buddha

Major stick tap to Wysh for finding this one.

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OK fine...

So I had some words…

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by BReynolds on Jan 15, 2010 2:37 PM CST reply actions  

hurk

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 15, 2010 3:16 PM CST reply actions  

Basically I’m just glad he’s not in the Bruins division. Still. Damn.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jan 15, 2010 3:16 PM CST up reply actions  

Looks like

He did an ad for those stupid Geico insurance commercials with the money with the eyes. That’s what my first thought was.

Sort of like those Mike Commodore pictures from Puck Daddy that had him splayed out in money after supposedly cashing in as a free agent when actually he just won a Super Bowl bet.

by KiPA on Jan 15, 2010 4:00 PM CST reply actions  

It is indeed a GEICO ad. See post below…

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by BReynolds on Jan 16, 2010 10:33 AM CST up reply actions  

No

I refuse to see the post below. So there. Mwahaha.

by KiPA on Jan 16, 2010 12:28 PM CST up reply actions  

Crap

Just saw it. Alright, you win this round.

by KiPA on Jan 16, 2010 12:28 PM CST up reply actions  

MWAH HA HA HA HA!

My evil plan continues, unabated.

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by BReynolds on Jan 17, 2010 12:27 AM CST up reply actions  

Gabby says

“I’ve had my eyes on this a long time!”

by pajamash on Jan 15, 2010 5:11 PM CST reply actions  

…accepting less than the $80 million/10 years he was offered in Minnesota and signing somewhere else?

by Personman on Jan 15, 2010 11:37 PM CST up reply actions  

Blowing this out of proportion.

The symbolism in this hardly reflects anyone “money-grabbing.” Last time I checked, GEICO didnt give out free money.

and quite frankly, I believe Minnesota offered him a $80 million/10 year deal that he rejected, which is less than the $37.5 million/5 year deal he signed.

I dunno whether youre bored or not, or just looking for anything fun to poke at, but you certainly swung and missed.

Move on?

by Personman on Jan 15, 2010 11:35 PM CST reply actions  

Swung and missed? Not so much.

First off, the symbolism crack came from Puck Daddy, not from me. But it still works. The fat that it is a GEICO ad is not the point. The point is that the guy who told the media “If they would just pay me what I am worth…” You can’t piece the symbolism together with a picture of him holding a stack of money and smiling? It’s a pretty basic joke. It’s just not as fun when I have to explain it. You are the only one thus far who did not at least get a chuckle out of it.

As for the contract. He turned down the 80 million over 10 because he and his agent wanted 10 mil per over ten years, not because he wanted to play somewhere else and give that team a discount. The Wild pulled the offer when he missed the entire season, and Fletcher never offered him anything.

Blowing it out of proportion? No. It’s a joke. Fun and games. Blowing it out of proportion would have been a post full of serious lines of “See? I told you all he wanted was money.” And the like.

In the words of Foghorn Leghorn. “I say, I say, it’s just a joke, son.”

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by BReynolds on Jan 16, 2010 10:31 AM CST up reply actions  

I also don’t think Gaborik is really a kitty that can skate, but when he made that crack on Letterman, it was still funny.

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by BReynolds on Jan 16, 2010 10:32 AM CST up reply actions  

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