Congradulations !

Woooooo Hooooooo ! Joel and Sandra have a new baby boy !
Elijah was born miraculously on Sept 15th.
Angels saw them all through the whole way
Great job Sandra... way to go dad... 3 kids means lots of love in the Cadieux home !

Men... take Notice !

In the world of romance, one single rule applies: Make the woman happy.

Do something she likes and you get points. +
Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted. -

You don't get any points for doing something she expects !

Sorry, that's the way the game is played !

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Here is a guide to the point system.

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Simple Duties:

You make sure there's plenty of gas in the car (+1)

There are barely enough fumes in the car to make it to the nearest

gas station(-1)

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You take out the recyclables and stack them neatly by the curb. (+1)

You take out the recyclables at 4:30 pm, just as the truck pulls away. (-1)

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You load the dishwasher whenever you dirty a dish.. (+1)

You leave them under the bed.. (-5)

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You go out to buy her spring-fresh extra-light panty liners with wings. (+5)

But return with beer. (-5)

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You leave the toilet seat up.. (-1)

You replace the toilet-paper roll when it's empty.. ( 0 )

When the toilet-paper roll is barren, you resort to Kleenex. (-1)

When the Kleenex runs out, you shuffle slowly to the next bathroom.. (-2)

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You make the bed.. (+1)

You make the bed, but forget to add the decorative pillows.. ( 0 )

You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets.. (-1)

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You check out a suspicious noise at night. ( 0 )

You check out a suspicious noise and it's nothing.. ( 0 )

You check out a suspicious noise and it's something (+5)

You pummel it with a six iron. (+10)

It's her father (-10)

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Social Engagements :

You stay by her side the entire party (0)

You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college

drinking buddy (-2)

Named Tiffany (-4)

Tiffany is a dancer (-6)

Tiffany has implants (-8)

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Her Birthday You take her out to dinner (0)

You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar (+1)

Okay, it is a sports bar (-2)

And it's all-you-can-eat night (-3)

It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night,

and your face is painted the colors of your favorite team (-10)

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A night out with the boys :

Go out with a pal (-5)

And the pal is happily married (-4)

Or frighteningly single (-7)

And he drives a Mustang (-10)

With a personalized license plate "GR8 N BED" (-15)

You have a few beers. (-20)

And miss curfew by an hour. (-25)

You get home at 3 am. (-30)

You get home at 3 am smelling of booze and cheap cigars.. (-50)

And not wearing any pants.. (-100)

Is that a tattoo???..(-200)

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Bodily Functions :

You refrain from farting for an entire 4 hour car ride (+5)

You fart once and excuse yourself, then roll down a window (+1)

You fart a few times, each time excusing yourself and rolling down a window (0)

You fart explosively and repeatedly,

each time activating the childproof lock on her window,

creating a virtual "dutch oven on wheels" and laugh maniacally. (-20)

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A Night Out :

You take her to a movie (+2)

You take her to a movie she likes (+4)

You take her to a movie you hate (anything with Barbara Streisand) (+6)

You take her to a movie you like (-2)

It's called DeathCop3 (-3)

Which features cyborgs having sex (-9)

You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans (-15)

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Your Physique :

You develop a noticeable potbelly (-15)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it (+10)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to loose jeans

and baggy Hawaiian shirts (-30)

You say "I don't give a damn because you have one too" (-800)

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The Big Question :

She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5)

(Sensitive questions always start with a deficit)

You hesitate in responding (-10)

You reply, "Where?" (-35)

You reply "Just more to love, honey". (-50)

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Communication:

When she wants to talk about a problem, you listen,

displaying what looks like a concerned expression (0)

When she wants to talk, you listen, for over 30 minutes (+5)

You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV (+10)

She realizes this is because you've fallen asleep (-20)

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more :
When mingling, you hold your mate's hand and gaze at her lovingly. (+1)

When mingling, you introduce her as "the ol' ball and chain" and pat her on the rump.. (-5) When your mate points toward a hot-looking woman and asks you if you think she is attractive, you say, "Yes, but nowhere near as attractive as you". (+1)

When your mate points to a woman and asks if you think she's attractive, you say, "Yeah, but don't worry, she's lousy in bed" (-6)

That woman is her sister (-90)

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A night out :

You take her dancing (+5)

You have one drink, and that's it ( 0 )

You have more than a few and perform the tango with a poodle (-2)

You have a lot of drinks, vaguely remember being fingerprinted. (-18)

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Things Of A Disgusting Nature :

You unclog a stopped-up toilet (+6)

You clean up cat, dog or human vomit (+7)

You get rid of a dead rodent.. +8

You remove the collie from the thresher (+12)

You take her mother to see Cats.. (+16)

You leave her at the auditorium...(-500)

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Saturday Afternoon:

You go to the mall together (+3)

You go to the mall, drop her off at the entrance, then park the car.. (+4)

You spend the day shopping for furniture and pretend to like it (+3)

You go to the mall, drop her off at the entrance, then drive to a sports bar.. ( -2)

You spend the day shopping for furniture, and nap on a sectional.. (0)

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You spend the day at a wholesale club, buying in bulk. (+3)

Most of it chips and beer.. (-6)

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You tackle a large household project, such as painting the den. (+15)

Or refinishing the floors.. (+16)

Or rewiring the basement. (+17)

Or adding a second floor (+18)

Or setting up a Nerf Ball hoop over the bathroom wastebasket (-6)

And you're tickled pink about it. (-15)

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You visit her parents (+1)

You visit her parents and actually make conversation.. (+3)

You visit her parents and stare vacantly at the television.. (-3)

and the television is off.. (-6)

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You spend the afternoon watching football in your underwear. (-6)

And you didn't even go to college (-10)

And it's not your underwear (-15)

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You go to a nice, pricey restaurant and hire a guitar player (+3)

You go to a pricey restaurant, hire a guitar player and get up and sing (+4)

And you stink.. (+2)

And you're not half bad. (+5)

You get up and sing a Barry Manilow song, and you're escorted out to much applause. (-2)

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Gifts:

You give her a gift.. ( 0 )

You give her a gift, and it's a small appliance. (-10)

You give her a gift, and it's not a small appliance (+1)

You give her a gift, and it isn't chocolate.. (+2)

You give her a gift that you'll be paying off for months. (+30)

You wait until the last minute and buy her a gift that day.. (-10)

With her credit card. (-30)

And whatever you bought is two sizes too big. (-40)

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Thoughtfulness :

You forget her birthday completely.. (-10)

You forget your anniversary (-20)

You forget to pick her up at the bus station. (-25)

Which is in Newark, New Jersey (-35)

And the pouring rain dissolves her leg cast.. (-50)

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Her Night Out:

You watch the kids while she goes out with her annoying work friends. (+5)

She goes out with her annoying work friends, and she comes home late. (+10)

You wait up. +15

She goes out, comes home late and drunk, and you put her to bed (+20)

She comes home late and drunk, and you gently put her to bed, but not before she pukes in the bathroom. (+25)

Which you clean up (+35)

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A Night At Home:

You watch TV together (0)

You rent a movie.. (+1)

You rent a movie and it's SENSE & SENSIBILITY (+3)

It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you stay awake throughout (+5)

It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you fall asleep. (-1)

It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you fall asleep and drool (-2)

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Flowers:

You buy her flowers only when it's expected.. (0)

You buy her flowers as a surprise, just for the hell of it.. (+5)

You give her wildflowers you've actually picked yourself. (+10)

And she contracts Lyme disease (-25)

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Grooming:

You trim your nails.. (+5)

You trim your nails in the living room. (-10)

You trim your nails and flick them at the cat (-15)

You shave on the weekends.. (+2)

You don't shave on the weekends.. (-4)

You don't bathe on the weekends either. (-8)

But then, neither does she. (+8)

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Finances:

You spend a lot of money on something impractical.. (-5)

Something she can't use. (-10)

Such as a motorized model airplane.. (-20)

And your kid needs braces.. (-30)

fact, all four of the kids need braces.(-120)

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Driving:

You lose the directions on a trip (-4)

You lose the direction and end up getting lost.. (-10)

You end up getting lost in a bad part of town (-15)

You get lost in a bad part of town and meet the locals up close and personal.. (-25)

She finds out you lied about having a black belt (-60)

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A positive score by the end of the week may result in you grtting some nookie !

A negative score and you're flying solo pal ! Good Luck !

Oilers drop one !

Here we go !
ding ding ding !

Jacques pummeled Prust to bloodiness !
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A late goal in the final minute by Joffrey Lupul was not enough as the Calgary Flames defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 at Rexall Place in NHL pre-season action on Saturday night. Alex Tanguay and Mark Giordano scored the Flames' goals as the Oilers' pre-season record falls to 4-1-0. Devon Dubnyk was the first star with 29 saves. The squad played well despite playing only 6 vets compared to 11 for Calgary.

Bodie cranks Ferrence to the ice !

Oilers reduce roster by eight

The Oilers play their 2nd game of a home and home series tonite in Edmonton

Edmonton Oilers Press Release

The Edmonton Oilers have reduced their training camp roster to 37 players with eight transactions today. Six of the eight transactions involved player assignments to American Hockey League affilitates, while one player was returned to his junior team and another was released.
View the list of the remaining players in camp

Kyle Brodziak (C), Liam Reddox (LW) and Tim Sestito (LW) have been assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, while Stephane Goulet (LW) and Brock Radunske (LW) were sent to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Zack Stortini (LW) has been assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs.Vyacheslav Trukhno (LW) was returned to the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL and J.J. Hunter (RW) was released.

pre-season standings

Here are the standings
as of Friday Sep. 22 '06
for the western teams


Team---------- G.P. --Pts.
1.*Edmonton---4--- 8
2.*Chicago---3 ---6
3.*San Jose---3---4
4.Calgary---3--- 5
5.Colorado---2--- 4
6.Minnesota---2--- 4
7.Nashville---3--- 4
8.Columbus---4--- 4
9.Anaheim---3---4
10.Dallas---4--- 4
11.Detroit---3---3
12.Los Angeles---2---2
13.Phoenix---4--- 2
14.St. Louis---2--- 0
15.Vancouver---3--- 0
*=division leader

Lucky #4

Horcoff scores game winner
Stortini and Godard play "catch my fist"

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Oilers remain perfect in the pre-season winning in o.t.

Rookie Patrick Thoresen had a goal and an assist and is impressing all as he vies for one of the last forward positions. Patrick leads the team in scoring this pre-season(4 pts.)

Oilers Vrs. Flames Tonite !

Battle of Alberta

Heres are the lines

GOAL:

Markkanen

Dubnyk

DEFENCE:

Tjarnqvist - Greene

Bergeron - Roy

Hejda - Staios

FORWARDS:

Stortini - Horcoff - Pisani

Trukhno - Stoll - Winchester

Jacques - Pouliot - Thoresen

Almtorp - Schremp - Reddox

Go Oilers Go !

Hockey writers suck ! except Keith and I !

"There's too much parody in the western conference !..."
Many hockey writers are picking the Oiler's to miss the playoffs this season, all because of a lack of intelligence. Any good Oiler fan knows we've seen some changes (and changes had to be made), but come on... we were the first runner up in game 7 of the Stanley Cup ! Booooo to the writers of "The Hockey News" who picked the Oilers 12th in the west. Boooooo to "Sports Interactive", a leader in the field of sports management games, they pick us 13th. Good greif we lose 1 veteren defenceman to "whiney wife syndrome", and 1 over rated Russian prima donna (Samsonov)... and all the sudden we suck ?
Let me share with you why I believe the Oilers will make the playoffs... and excell in them. The Oilers just became a whole lot younger, and a whole lot faster. Plus they have a whole lot more heart. Grit and determination count for everything when youre making a run for the playoffs!

• Peca's gone- so what, we've replaced him with Robbie Schremp. Rob is younger more tenacious and wants to make this team. Peca didnt produce til after the trade dead line, don't think you'll see that problem here.
• Samsonov's gone- so is his wage. The Oilers picked up Petr Sykora and a proven winner (Stanley Cup) with the Devils. Sykora looks like the shizzle playing along side Ales Hemsky.
• Pronger's gone-a loss indeed. I'm not so sure we have to piss and moan about this. The Oilers just slaughtered the Ducks in this deal (for many years to come). Joffrey Lupul is younger and is a high light goal scorer. He'll play well on any line but looks great with youngster Jarret Stoll. He scored 4 goals in 1 game against the Ave's in the playoffs last year(record). Ladislav Smid ("the other" player in the trade) is a huge prospect defenceman that should crack the line up this year. Should be an elite "D" in only a couple years. There are only more draft picks to come, we win this one, cause Chris only has a couple years left at his high rate of play.
• 7 other players are gone- there's always turn around every season and that will never change. The guys who are on that list were role players and might be missed, however the farm has a large crop and we will not starve.

• Conklin - Clb
• Dvorak - St.L
• Harvey - ?
• Laraque - Phx
• Murray - ?
• Spacek - Buf
• Tarnstrom - ?

Check out our new line combinations

• Smyth/ Horcoff/ Pisani- Fernando was leading playoff goal scorer
• Torres/ Sykora/ Hemsky- Chemistry is beautiful, Ales will thrive !
• Moreau/ Stoll/ Lupul- youth and grit...Lupul's "The Bomb"(thats good)
• Reasoner/ Scremp/ Mikhnov- possible "Calder Trophy" on this line

The Goaltending team of Roloson and Markkanen is solid. Rollies knee is 100 %, and the exp. Jussie recieved in round 4 was great for his confidence. What a tag team champion !

Our defenceman our not the once feared pack of the playoffs but they're not weak either

• Smith/Staios - solid for any team
• Tjarnqvist/Greene - Matt became a pillar in cup run
• Bergeron/Smid - forgive Marc for Rollie accident he's still a hitting stallion
• Hejda - #7 D has yet to be N.H.L. proven but has the skillz

I said the farm looked good, and i'm not joking. There's alot of high draft picks in there with lots of talent. Names on the call-up sheet you might hear are...

1. (G) Jeff Deslauriers
2. (G) Devon Dubnyk
3. (LW) J.F. Jacques
4. (C) M.A. Pouliot
5. (RW) Brad Winchester
6. (D) Danny Syvret
7. (D) Matt Roy
8. (C) Patrick Thoresen

Our management and coaching are 1A. Lowe and Mac T. are brilliant and genious, and proven champions . They wont let us finish 12th or 13th. Billy Moores, Charlie Huddy, Pete Peters, and Craig Simpson aren't slouches either, coaching is not an issue. All this... and there's still room in our salary cap (9 million) for a surprise come March.

The greatest reason we will make the playoffs is the fans. You and me... and Oiler pride. Not to mention the tagteam of Paul Laurios and Joey Moss singing our national anthem. We are not a team to be underestimated, so chew on that for a while right through April and May 2007 !

My 8 teams to make the playoffs in no particular order are

1. Edmonton
2. Calgary
3. Nashville
4. San Jose
5. Detroit
6. Dallas
7. Anaheim
8. (dark horse) Columbus or Vancouver

Oilers improve to 3-0

Deslauriers
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Ales Hemsky and Petr Sykora each had two points and Jeff Deslauriers stopped 24 of 25 shots as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 3-1 on Tuesday night at Rexall Place.

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Torres

Oilers and Coyotes meet again tonight

Roster for tonight's game for the Edmonton Oilers:

38 Jeff Deslauriers G
1 Devan Dubnyk G
5 Ladislav Smid D
8 Alexei Mikhnov LW
14 Raffi Torres LW
15 Joffrey Lupul RW
18 Ethan Moreau LW
19 Marty Reasoner C
21 Jason Smith D
25 Jan Hejda D
28 Patrick Thoresen RW
45 Toby Petersen C
47 Marc-Andre Bergeron D
60 Sebastien Bisallion D
62 Tim Sestito LW
65 Troy Bodie RW
66 Tyler Spurgeon C
71 Petr Sykora C
77 Tom Gilbert D
83 Ales Hemsky RW

Oilers cage Panthers !

Bertuzzi vrs Markkanen

Ryan Smyth scored an early third-period goal to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Monday night. Tom Gilbert had the other Edmonton marker while Martin Lojek tallied for Florida.

Petterson celebrates !

Game Day

Oilers roster vs Florida
The Edmonton Oilers' 20-man roster for tonight's game against the Florida Panthers:

30 Jussi Markkanen G

35 Dwayne Roloson G

2 Matt Greene D

10 Shawn Horcoff C

22 Kyle Brodziak C

26 Brad Winchester L/RW

29 Daniel Tjarnqvist D

34 Fernando Pisani RW

36 Mathieu Roy D

42 Jonas Almtorp RW

44 Rob Schremp C

46 Zack Stortini LW

47 Marc-Andre Bergeron D

48 Fredrik Petterson RW

52 Brock Radunske LW

67 Mike Duco LW

76 Bryan Young D

77 Tom Gilbert D

78 Marc-Antoine Pouliot C

94 Ryan Smyth LW

The whopper !

On the way to the lake my son Gabe told us all he was gonna catch a whopper, "okay" we thought !

"The Whopper !"- he reeled it in all the way "by himself", so no confusion !
"Proud Papa"
wouldn't you know it he stuck it BIG ! I'm the proud father of a son who caught a 4.4 pound laker at Morffee Lake.

"Proud Grandpapa"

We park our boat at grandpa's cause we don't have a safe place of our own, and each time we come back we get everyone out to see our catch. Way to go son !

Oilers wax Coyotes !

Devan Dubnyk's 27-save shutout performance coupled with Jarret Stoll's two goals and Alexei Mikhnov's three points paced the attack as the Edmonton Oilers opened the 2006 preseason with a 5-0 win over the Phoenix Coyotes in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Sunday night.

Dubnyk
Stoll & new kid Smid !
Peterson, Stoll, Tjarnqvist, & Lupul
New kid Lupul

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Centers
26
Brad Winchester

16
Jarret Stoll

33
Rob Schremp

36
Marty Reasoner

36
Marc-Antoine Pouliot

45
Toby Petersen

10
Shawn Horcoff

15
Kyle Brodziak

Click players name for bio !

Hockey's Back !

Oilers vrs. Coyotes

Sun., September 17, 6:00 PM MDT at Winnipeg

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Petr Sykora scored three goals and added one assist and Ales Hemsky had a goal and an assist to help lead Team Blue to a 5-2 win over Team White in intrasquad action in Grande Prairie Saturday.

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Goalies
35
Dwayne Roloson

30
Jussi Markkanen

40
Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers

Click players name for bio ! Tomorrow Forwards

Okay... enough votes !

It seems that you "the voters" have spoken , and it looks like you've stolen this fish from my trophy wall... and given it to my only begotten son ! I can't say as I'm surprised, because it would be hard to resist that cute little face beeming with enthusiasm. I would like to add that he got his dashing good looks from a particularlly distinguished and good looking "older" Jackson. Though I am disheartened by this hanious decision, I will take it like a man as I always do ( sulk for one breif and private second ) then get my butt back to that Hellish lake and catch that stinken laker before "it" freezes over !

p.s. maybe the one who cleans it should have some sort of bragging rights ?

It's Done !

Oilers sign Joffrey Lupul for three years

Joffrey Lupul models his new Oilers jersey with General Manager Kevin Lowe.The Edmonton Oilers have signed right wing Joffrey Lupul to a three-year contract.Lupul, a 6’1”, 200-pound native of Edmonton, Alberta, enters his first season with the Oilers and third in the NHL. Drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the first round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, the 22-year-old forward enjoyed his most productive season in 2005-06, scoring 28-25-53 with 48 penalty minutes in 81 games with Anaheim. He finished the season fourth in scoring on the Anaheim roster and established career-highs in goals, assists, points, powerplay goals (12) and shorthanded goals (2).

View Lupul's bio and career statistics

He made history during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs as he scored four goals in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Colorado Avalanche, becoming the first player in NHL history to score four goals in a playoff game, including the overtime winner. He netted 9-2-11 in 16 playoff games with Anaheim before being eliminated in the Western Conference final by the Oilers. His nine goals led the Mighty Ducks and placed him third in the NHL.

SOUND BITES: Listen to Audio from today's media availability with Lowe and Lupul

Lupul made his NHL debut with Anaheim in 2003-04 and scored 13-21-34 in 75 games. He was ranked among the NHL rookie leaders that season, finishing tied for sixth in points, ninth in goals and fifth in assists. His 21 assists tied the Mighty Ducks record for most assists by a rookie in one season and his 13 goals and 34 points were the second highest totals by a rookie in Anaheim history, second only to Paul Kariya’s 18-21-39 in 1994-95.He has scored 41-46-87 with 76 PIM in 156 career NHL games and has 9-2-11 in 16 playoff games.A member of the Canadian National Junior Team that won the silver medal at the 2003 IIHF World Championship, Lupul came to the Oilers on July 3rd, along with Ladislav Smid and draft choices, in exchange for Chris Pronger.

Happy Birthday Char

Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Wife !

It would be impolite to ask her age ...so don't... ahh what the heck 30 only comes once !

I Love You Babe have a great day !

Whos is it ?

I think I got Emma's vote !

I was fixing Gabes rod and line, he was holding mine. Next thing you know Gabe's hollorin' I got one. The rainbow is jumpin like berzerk, so I grab my fishin' rod back and reel it in. Possesion is 9/10s of the law ! My skunk at Morffee could be over if it's allowed to be mine... I did get it in the boat ! Gabe wants this one cause it was the biggest of the 3 that were caught. The other 2 were his, and he did reel those in himself. I implore you to vote for me !

Ryan

Gabe

Post your answer in the comment section Please

Skunk at Morffee is still alive !

Well folks I almost ended my skunk at Morffee. My rainbow jumped out of the water half a dozen times starting at 1oo feet behind the boat. He was heavy and very hyper, and he saved his best jump for 5 feet from the "Lady Vi". I'm guessing 2.5 - 3 pounds...the skunk continues !

Couldnt figure out how to do a link, soooo...

This page comes courtesy of my sister Wendy's blog. I shoulda just linked it, but how? Anyway it's too funny...see !

Why I love Taylor

I recently posted Ode to T-dot...well this is a story I took from her blog cus I wanted to share my laugh with everyone...Taylor is very blunt and doesn't take crap from ANYONE!

"Well... I'm kinda rethinking my move to a small town. Today I was out for an appointment, and there was a ... dissheveled looking man who I would guess to be in his 50's. Actually he kinda reminded me of Hulk Hogan, platinum hair and all... except this guys hair was longer I think, and he wasn't buff and he was dirty.

Anyhow... The guy was telling the lady at the desk that he couldn't stay for his appointment because he had another appointment that he had to go to... but could his cousin ( a woman who looked like she crawled out of a dumpster) stay for the appointment instead of him. The lady at the desk said no. So Hulk went outside, then in he came again... he was upset because they just didn't understand and could he speak to a manager. Well the manager comes out and is listening to the man ( and at this point I am totally captured by this odd display) and the manager stops the man and says... "Wait, now, is this your cousin or your wife?" and the man replies, very exasperated.........

BOTH!!!!!!She's my cousin and my wife.

Well... I couldn't take it... I burst out laughing... which was very rude, but I just couldn't help it. Now I am laughing HARD, like stomach hurt kinda laugh. And this man looks at me, looks over to his cousin-wife and says "Babies having babies". Well that got me going even harder, and now Kayden (my son) is starting to laugh too. I am now crossing my legs for fear of wetting my pants, clutching my stomach and crying and not even making noise I am laughing so hard... Somehow I manage to get out the words... (this was very brazen-even for me)

"H-h-how d-do you circumcise a r-r-edneck?

"Then a young man who was also sitting and waiting, says "Kick his cousin in the chin!"

Well, now I lose it... I am struggling to breathe, I mean really gasping for air... and I'm not gonna lie... I think a little pee came out. So then the manager who is standing there with a professional expression on his face cracks a smile, and starts to giggle... yes, the manager who should stay professional was giggling. Well Hulk and Dumpster Lady stomp out, clearly offended. After they leave the manager comes over to me... which at this point I am sprawled back over the chair going "Oh God... No more.. it's hurts... no more!" And asks if I need a glass of water... which at that point was even funnier. I needed about 20 minutes to calm down before I could even speak.

But it wasn't just me laughing... some of the girls in the back came out to see what the commotion was about, so the manager takes them back and tells them... and all I know is they went back there, then about 3 minutes later, I heard about 10 people erupt in laughter. God.. that was PRICELESS!!! It is now 2 hours later, and my stomach still hurts. This was the single most funniest thing I have ever witnessed in my entire life. And there I was with out a video camera... damn!"

Happy Birthday Baby !

My lil' girl Avery is 7 today !

I returned to work last night after a lay off, and as I was cleaning up the mill in my solitude it occured to me that today my little baby is growing up way to fast. Let me tell you all that she is one of the best 4 people in my life, and I am so proud to be her dad. I still remember this day 7 years ago quite clearly, and fondly. When Avery arrived my sister Jill (who was video taping the experience) exclaimed "It's...it's...it's a girl !" Which was fine because I was speechless, so I just let the tears of joy say my words. This girl which God has entrusted to Char and I is Amazing, accomplished, and artistic. Brilliant, beautiful, and brave. Charismatic, cheerful, and cute. Darling, ahh I could go on and on, but you get the picture... I Love Her ! When I pray with her at bed time, I thank God for her each time, ask angels to watch over her and pray for dreams that she loves. I hope I'll be allowed to do this for many, many more years to come, and I CAN wait to see what kind of women God makes her, because I know when shes all grown up I'm gonna regret not having her around

Happy Birthday Princess ! Luv dad (or father as you like to call me) xoxo