Leafs (blog) Unveils New Signing

by PPP on Aug 21, 2008 10:45 PM EDT in News

While general managers around the league are on vacation I have been busy looking to bring in some fresh faces for the new season. Mostly because I already went on vacation in July. Luckily, most bloggers shut it down during the off-season but not Leafers! Probably because there is so little to look forward to that we want to fill up on the time when the Leafs are in first place in the league. But I digress from discussing the Franklin Expedition-like season that we are about to endure to make another site announcement and like the Beijing Olympics (or the Baltimore Colts) I am going to give the big news while everyone's asleep.

On the back of announcing that Greener of the podcastable He Score! He Shoot! would be making a recurring appearance as a guest poster I am pleased to announce another stunning coup. The negotiations were long and the final price was probably a little higher than I was expecting (in true Toronto fashion I outbid myself. Woo-hoo! I win! and as per club policy details will not be made public) but I am pleased to announce that starting tomorrow I'll have someone to a. help carry the load (come the regular season there will be a lot of posting) but more importantly b. help improve the quality of the site. He was one of the OCs (Original Commenters) here by way of the Battle of Ontario. He likes long walks on the beach and talking about shot quality and how much he hates Jason Blake. Who is he? Find out after the jump.

* removes canvas cover *

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Chemmy, one of the trio of site members that did such a stellar job during my vacation (some said it was better but they were quickly banned), has agreed to join the braintrust here at Pension Plan Puppets. His first duties will involve scheduling meetings with my neighbours, videotaping my oil bladder experiments, and setting up chicken wire. Good thing that the '16' jersey was vacated before the move. It would have been awkward trying to get that back from Darcy before he left. Chemmy has already shared some of his ideas for upcoming posts and we're all in for a treat. Join me in welcoming Chemmy, for the first time as part of the full-time team, to Pension Plan Puppets. He'll be along tomorrow afternoon to introduce himself.

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Doesn't he have his own work to do? :p

Congrats chemmy! Now that BBP is down you’ll finally have a place to toss off one-liners again.

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by koopa kid on Aug 21, 2008 11:01 PM EDT reply actions

Old News

Hmm. This news was already reported by another site a few hours ago. Here’s the link: http://darcytucker.blogspot.com/2008/08/isnt-it-weird-how-smell-ya-later.html I’m kind of getting an Eklund vibe here.

All kidding aside, great news indeed. Ever since I came across Down Goes Brown’s blog a month or so ago, I’ve been enjoying his blogs and all the blogs of The Barilkosphere. More blogging minds coming together here at PPP is certainly a good thing. Congrats Chemmy!

by Elfremi on Aug 21, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions

That handsome devil Chemmy always gets the scoop.

Thanks for stopping by, keep commenting away it’s always nice to see new faces. :)

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by Chemmy on Aug 22, 2008 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions

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Fixing my signature. :’(

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by Chemmy on Aug 22, 2008 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Welcome to the Barilkosphere!

Just like TSN does to poor Eklund that sketchy Chemmy character changed his publishing time after I posted.

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by PPP on Aug 22, 2008 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions

What an asshole you should run his blog out of business.

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by Chemmy on Aug 22, 2008 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions

If we can save just one Leaf fan from thinking that hockeybuzz is a real blog, then we have truly done the lord’s work.

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by Down Goes Brown on Aug 22, 2008 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions

We’re like hockey Jesuits without the torture.

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by PPP on Aug 22, 2008 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions

… without the torture.

Have you seen this team play defence?

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by Down Goes Brown on Aug 22, 2008 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Ottawa Senators to be renamed Ottawa Sissies (e4) – Hockeybuzz.com

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by Chemmy on Aug 22, 2008 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Eklund is great!

Hockeybuzz IS a real blog. You know, Eklund’s going to have a great off season. He’s going to prove to a lot of people he’s been right about many things.

When you list every possible trade scenerio / UFA option in existance, you’re bound to be right about something at some point in time.

There are some bloggers I really like that post on Hockeybuzz (Alec Brownscombe and Daniel Tolensky are two that come to mind), but the two that usually get the most hits (Ek and Berger) aren’t worth reading.

by Elfremi on Aug 22, 2008 5:51 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, Brownscombe is good, but he writes for a terrible site, I just can’t check him daily.

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by Chemmy on Aug 22, 2008 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, there are definitely some good guys that I would read much more frequently if they had their own site that currently fall under the buzz umbrella and Alec is one of those. I try to read him as much as possible but I don’t like helping Eklund perpetrate his fraud.

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by PPP on Aug 22, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions