To be fair, Dan Ellis is my favorite hockey player on Twitter. His darling tweets about how much he loves his family never fail to draw an "aww" out of this stone face, and his opinions on the league and the game are honest, candid and legitimate. I sheepishly admit to not really hearing of Dan Ellis before Twitter, which goes to show naysayers like myself that this stupid Twitter thing may actually be helpful in spreading the Good Word of the game (maybe). But Dan Ellis made himself really popular/unpopular (remains to be seen) with a weird crowd when he unknowingly chose a World of Warcraft figure for his TB Lightning mask art, prompting some to wonder, not about the theme, but if Dan Ellis is, off the ice, a WoW fan. Ellis could have played it off like 'It's a level 60 Grand Marshall PVP set, yeah I'm that good, you should see me in the pipes, mother fucker'. But Dan Ellis wouldn't say that, because Dan Ellis is an honest man (because Dan Ellis is not a 20-something stoner with a dirty mouth and off-color sense of humor). Instead he humbly admits via Twitter:
I had no idea that it was a WoW figure. I google image searched Thor and that came up. Thor god of Thunder and Zeus god of sky/thunder/light
But if my WoW mask makes you happy...rock on!
Dan Ellis managed to make himself look like a total nerd, while making himself look like a total non-nerd by being totally clueless about the nerdiness of it all. Rock on back, Dan. But still, Google Image FAIL. Consider yourself pwned.
Good thing for Ellis and feline-hoarding-hockey fans everywhere, Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy blog uncovered the latest comic gem to come out of Russia, only a couple days later.
Look here, meow |
Peace + love, hockey fans
(photos- 25Stanley.com, Puck Daddy on Yahoo!)
Re: the kitty helmet--I guess he could claim that the helmet belongs to his little sister. Or he could have whatever Russian mobster owns him break the artist's kneecaps for him.
ReplyDeleteBut here are a couple of points: First, it takes a man who is very secure in his masculinity to wear something like that . Not sure I'd want to mess with him, to be honest. Second, imagine a forward on a breakaway suddenly getting weak knees from the uncontrollable laughter....
Love the blog my friend!
ReplyDeleteAnd Dan Ellis is a beaut. I wish he was the head of NHLPA. Nuff said.
You don't have to be Chad Ochocinco, breaking Twitter with stupid news about your fines, etc. Sometimes, the people that we've never really heard about are the most interesting people in the world when you get to know them. Hockey players are like that. And it's cool.
Thanks dudes! Good point about the kitten mask, I was thinking, what if there was a reverse Avery/Brodeur situation where the goaltender actively distracts the skater? I mean, why not? Psych-outs should be allowed.
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Antero Niittymaki is going to scare some lonely M-FER big time. It would be super cool if it was towards a Duck.......Getzlaf anyone?
Loving the new blog, Lauren.
ReplyDeleteThey should have psych-out assisted shoot outs. Basically, Baseketball on ice if it's tied after OT. Just as valuable in determining a true winner in my opinion.