"I think there’s got to be an argument (Carkner) is the toughest in the league, for sure" - Zenon...

"I think there’s got to be an argument (Carkner) is the toughest in the league, for sure" - Zenon Konopka, who has obviously been punched in the head too many times. If this quote doesn't warrant 15 minutes in the quiet room, I don't know what does.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Ottawa/2011/07/05/18378396.html

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It sounds like the Senators are trying to fight their way through games…which will fail so spectacularly that it’ll be amusing :)

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by LeafBoy on Jul 6, 2011 1:35 PM EDT reply actions

We were on the same boat two years ago, though

Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Jul 6, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

..

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by SkinnyFish on Jul 6, 2011 3:15 PM EDT reply actions 9 recs

He keeps getting his ass kicked by Orr and coming back for more. Konopka might be onto something

by ShahofToronto on Jul 6, 2011 3:17 PM EDT reply actions

I particularly like how the link in the fanshot goes back to the fanshot! its an infinite loop ahhhhhhh!

On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
I hate Christian Ehrhoff because he should have been Tomas Kaberle.

by Ubiquitous on Jul 6, 2011 3:26 PM EDT reply actions

huh?

works for me. maybe someone fixed it, I dunno.

by lordosis on Jul 6, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

So very very tough...

Vintage Leafs Blog

by somny on Jul 6, 2011 3:29 PM EDT reply actions 9 recs

Zombie hands. My favourite Orr moment!!!

Nifty Mittens

by MapleLeafMole on Jul 6, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

TOUCHDOWN

Twitter me!

by lucc on Jul 6, 2011 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Straw… So HEAVY.

Follow someone else on Twitter.

by not norm ullman on Jul 6, 2011 3:40 PM EDT reply actions

Someone on twitter (a new york reported guy, can’t remember who) said Carkner was the reigning heavyweight champ. I didn’t care enough to argue because it is just factually wrong, and figured other tweeters would yell at him better than I could.

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by theninjagreg on Jul 6, 2011 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

This reminds me of your typical Orr-Carkner fight. I think you can guess which one Carkner is.

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jul 6, 2011 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

Classic

First I’m gonna kick your ass, then I’m gonna kick the ass of your friends… in alphabetical order

So he’s gonna need some names.

[insert witty remark about being on twitter here]

by Tickle Me Aulie on Jul 6, 2011 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

thats a rec.

by Nigel Cadbury on Jul 6, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

In response...

Colton Orr said absolutely nothing.

Colton Orr’s hands do the talking.

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by Archimedies on Jul 6, 2011 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

Lucic/Thornton/Chara/Horton would not only shitkick the likes of Carkner/Konopka/Smith/Neil, they’d skate circles around them too. And our group of Phaneuf/Schenn/Aulie/Komisarek is a tough bunch too. The difference is the guys Ottawa has assembled spend half the game chirping.

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by lucc on Jul 6, 2011 4:21 PM EDT reply actions

To be fair, Chris Neil likes to skate circles around the people he chirps at.

by potvin vs hextall on Jul 6, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions

In other words, Ottawa’s toughness plan is ‘be Vancouver East.’

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by FiftyMissionCap on Jul 6, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

With all of the whining and none of the talent? ;)

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Oh...and Phil Kessel says YAAAAAAYYYY!!!1

by LeafBoy on Jul 6, 2011 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

East Van’s got 99 problems, but hockey ain’t one of them. (seriously).

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Jul 6, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

If you insert the word “zombie” after “toughest”, it is factually true, on account of the number of times Colton Orr has personally killed him.

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by jrwendelman on Jul 6, 2011 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

This reminds me of the time...

…that you wanted to see your buddy get his ass kicked so you goaded him into a fight by telling him he was the best and could easily whoop his opponent…

by Theodles on Jul 6, 2011 5:05 PM EDT reply actions

Orr Worship

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by Diomedes7 on Jul 6, 2011 8:59 PM EDT reply actions

hey look i found one too!

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 6, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions

That was a good fight

Orr was kicking Engelland’s ass until that one punch

When you throw bombs like that without defending you’re bound to take a hard one once in a while. I think that fight actually shook Orr up for the rest of the year

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by Chris Stoikoff on Jul 6, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, orrs style leaves him open way too often, he tends to get caught at least twice a year
but it is a hell of a lot more exciting than the “hugging judo throw” fights that others seem to favour

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by JaredFromLondon on Jul 6, 2011 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions