by Anne
I didn't watch any of the Awards show so my entire experience is from the perspective of Twitter and the photo gallery:
I
told you Iggy won the award for being badass and bald
Hey Steve!
Congrats!
Love the stripes
Oh Kes.
Oh goodness.
A comb, my love, a comb.
In case you'd forgotten how badass and bald he is
My Oilers WCB won the King Clancy!
Yay!
Captain, badass, charitable, adorable children?
Perfection
My Mom and I just had this conversation:
Me: I thought Sid was at the Awards? There's no pictures of him.
Mom: He was busy tracking down Lidstrom to shake his hand.
Spot on, Peg. Spot. On.
by Anne
Steve Mason, the Columbus Blue Jackets wunderkind and Calder Trophy nominated goaltender is experiencing a lot of firsts this year. First NHL stint, first Blue Jackets playoff series, first trip to Vegas, first NHL awards show, and, most importantly to me, first time blogger.
You can read all of Steven's exploits over the last two days in Vegas
here at the Blue Jacket's website. The highlights include him listing everyone traveling with him, which is how we learned his girlfriend has the rare and complicated name of Amberleigh, which sounds like a beer to me; the limo driver sort of locked the keys to the limo in the trunk; there was no movie on the five hour flight, Steven was rather indignant and passed the time reading his "girlfriend's" gossip magazines (whatev, Steve, we see your mailing address and name on the front. You can admit to reading Star magazine, its ok); also the usual "Vegas is crazy, yo." that first timers often experience. Steven just turned 21 on May 29 which is quite a relief because he wasn't sure they'd allow him into the Palms if he was only 20. I think they'd make an exception, Steve, but its cute that you were concerned.
I wasn't aiming to find a picture of Steve Mason shirtless but I found one
Our readers rejoice
Also, interesting tattoo, Steven.
He's from Oakville which you drive through/past to get to Toronto from Buffalo.
Sweet
The dude on the other table is Kyle Turris, btw
Disclaimer, yo.
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Glossary... Sort of
- "Ryan Miller Shutout" - A 58 minute, multi-goal shutout lead that is blown when Miller allows one meaningless goal
- Britney or SabreBritney - Thomas Vanek
- Butter Snaps - Carolina Hurricanes. Because Butter Snap pretzels, like the Carolina Hurricanes, are disgusting
- Greener - MATT Greene (LAK)
- JBG - Jolly Blonde Giant - Tyler Myers
- Little Foot - Drew Stafford
- MK - Anne's sister; often leaves nonsensical comments under her Twitter name Mmmkizzle
- Oscar - Anne's cat
