Stuff We Have To Thank Brendan Shanahan For

As any fan knows, Brendan is a very quotable person. I can be having a conversation with my sister and somehow, something he has said will creep into our conversation and we just end up laughing. Well, here's a list of some of the stuff we would like to thank Brendan for!

• Our cat's name - Dawn named our cat "Brendan" as soon as he started hanging around our house
• KEN-tucky - We can hardly ever say Kentucky the right way because we always remember how he said it when discussing his picks for the NCAA tourney
• Picking teams for the NCAA Tourney - His reasons for picking certain teams are hilarious and he manages to include quotes from Hoosiers in it.
• The Usual Suspects - He mentioned that this was an excellent movie, so Dawn rented it. We were blown away by it and think it is one of the best movies ever.
• Movie Recommendations - He has good taste, people!
• In The Line of Fire - I'll admit, I haven't seen this, but I always think of how he mentions that John Malkovich is "unbelievable" in it and that he should win the Oscar.
• "Leonardo DiCarpio....What's Eating Gilbert Grape?...Not a chance" - He can't order a beer, so he can't celebrate by winning an Oscar according to Brendan.
• "I like to drink my Sprite through a straw"
• "That was a spot" - This was the end of a season-long discussion about when is a good time to fight. He always said you have to pick your spots and he decided it was a spot when Tkachuk got him with a high stick during the last regular season game.
• "Smartass" - Imagine this being said by a guy with a bunch of stitches in his lip.
• Snipe and a helper - New ways to talk about goals and assists
• Rival clothing
• Hockeyman clothing
• "Can I have my picture with you, Mr. Goofy?" - Describing his trip to Disney World
• Accidental Spear/Accidental Kick In The Face - Used to describe a run in with Konstantinov....he threatens to give one of his co-hosts an "accidental kick in the face"
• "We are Canadian"
• "No sax before a game"
• "I'm not home, this is a recording" - How to answer the phone when you don't want to talk to visitors on your doorstep on a cell phone
• Charity softball games - Not only did they raise money for a good cause, they were a lot of fun. I think one of the best moments was actually at the game that Brendan wasn't at. Tony Twist was sorta serving as an MC and he made a remark into the mic about one of the players along the line "that's what she said" and then realized that there were a lot of kids there. He wanted to disappear and he apologized profusely!
• "Joe-ay Juneau....I would like him better if he didn't call himself Joe-ay"
• "Stepped on my toe.....oops I stubbed my toe" - Stephane Matteau
• "Freddie Charles.....FC.....Future Considerations" - More hockey lingo!
• Line combinations - "Gretzky, Lemieux, Hull #1.....Shanahan, Tocchet, Nealy #2...here's one and a half minutes of wasted time...we're turning our sticks over."
• "Shooting percentage?.....That's a sports analyst for you" - The guy can't come up with shooting percentage, so he is coming up with combinations of shots and per and stuff.
• Leading the tour - Talking about +/- rating
• "People are swerving off the road, falling down in their kitchens" - Talking about people being shocked by something very trivial
• "I'm not a body builder, I'm a body sculpter"
• J.P. Gorley - The name of the guy Brendan had his first fight with. He later used the guy's name as the name of an author of a book when he was fibbing his way through a book report.
• "Read this, Ted.....outloud Ted" - Brendan starts quoting Mary Tyler Moore when he wants to read the trades off the wire
• "Enrico Palatzo" - He quotes The Naked Gun for a nickname for Enrico Cicconi
• "It's a little more upper crust that you are a fan of soccer" - Quote from a Mitch Albom interview during the 98 Finals
• "It was like Daddy coming home and all the neighborhood kids ran" - Brendan getting yelled at by Scotty
• "Disappeared into holes and crevices" - Talking about his fellow players when Scotty yelled his name
• Taking a butt spanking from Scotty in front of the media
• "I am quite an all-around athlete" - Explaining kicking a soccer ball
• "It was my job to boil the water" - Brendan's duty to help deliver Steve Yzerman's daughter
• "I have 2 dogs...a boy and a girl"
• "They say you're toughest on the ones you love the most...Scotty, you must REALLY love me" - Brendan during the rally for the Season Ticket holders
  
  

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