Welcome all to Hockey Tweets of the week. Pull up a chair and join us. Or take a seat on the sofa … oh, it’s the one that hasn’t been stripped of the cover to make a suit.
Don Cherry South
You might remember Rick DiPietro from his Islander career, which featured many millions of dollars, and almost as many injuries. Well DiPietro is now a game day analyst for the Islanders, and he’s taken to wearing some crazy suits, a la Don Cherry. This one, worn on Wednesday, was calculated as the Islanders had lost four straight games going into the game against the Ottawa Senators. DiPietro called this model his “slumpbuster”:
Rick DiPietro with suit of the year so far pic.twitter.com/IOElhbGylT
— Chris Neil apologist (@NBH613) March 24, 2016
Rick DiPietro you are not Don Cherry what are you doing stahpppp #nhl #OTTvsNYI
— Stef (@LaStefa) March 24, 2016
@BarstoolJordie who is Dipietro trying to fool with that suit? Grapes should punch him in the throat.
— Charleston Hockey (@HockeyClub_Char) March 24, 2016
Don Cherry is looking at DiPietro's jacket going, "Gee, even i wouldn't wear that." #Isles
— Chris McNamee (@mcnameegtadv) March 24, 2016
DiPietro : yo dude give me something don cherry and clyde frazier wouldn't even wear
Tailor: I got you dude— Joe Giani (@JoeGiani) March 24, 2016
Had Rick DiPietro ever worn the fisherman jersey, the contest for worst outfit by an Islander would have been close. pic.twitter.com/O8gYZcraKs
— jeff girodat (@quickstat) March 24, 2016
Is DiPietro wearing a sofa cover?
— Guy Named Buffer (@NormanBJr) March 24, 2016
DiPietro's suits are almost as sad as his career
— Anthony (@a_gillette3) March 24, 2016
Yeah, but he’s rich. And whether you question why a man with that much money would buy a suit like that, it worked. The Islanders beat the Senators 3-1.
The Other Side Of The Coin
Poor Senators can’t even beat a team armed with a four game losing streak and a suit worn by a hobbling former goaltender.
Islanders end a losing streak, a rookie goalie gets the win, all that's missing was a rookie scoring his first NHL goal. #Sens
— Shannon Reading (@Shannon_Reading) March 24, 2016
Dear Sens, pic.twitter.com/EYhVqQqsAb
— SensNation (@SensNation) March 24, 2016
Its almost over guys #Sens.
— SamSnipes (@ShotsSams) March 24, 2016
I'm done. Waving the white flag on the season. Uncle. No more. Just let EK get to 80 points and call it a season. #Sens
— Sylvain Godin (@SlyGod2k14) March 24, 2016
38 days till the lottery draft. #Senstank #Sens
— SamSnipes (@ShotsSams) March 24, 2016
Well, the Sens still look better than David Letterman. So there's that. pic.twitter.com/vrR1tP2IBg
— Steve Warne™ (@TSNSteve) March 24, 2016
David Letterman is almost three times as old as the Senators, so there’s that too.
Flying Away With Our Playoff Spot
The Philadelphia Flyers’ late charge towards the playoffs took a hit this week when they gave up two late shorthanded goals to the Columbus Blue Jackets before losing in overtime. If they lose the playoffs by a point, look no further than that game.
As a buddy of mine likes to say: Twitter had no chill.
@NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/QmV8EPxyjc
— Tyler Grace (@TGrace52) March 23, 2016
@NHLFlyers I cry at night because of this team
— Eric (@flyersfan317) March 23, 2016
@NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/yJCA5E2Cuh
— Charles Wallace (@Chauzzz) March 23, 2016
@NHLFlyers this tweet gave me cancer. Thanks guys. Y'all will be paying for my medical treatments.
— #GhostForCalder (@VoraceksTwin) March 23, 2016
@NHLFlyers please poison me
— CK (@cranekicker) March 23, 2016
@NHLFlyers Let me get my bleach
— John Sabalauskas (@CandyCaneShank) March 23, 2016
@TGrace52 @chickyfila @NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/hhlL37ekdu
— E-A-G-L-E-S (@ImExponents) March 23, 2016
No, that’s not how the Jordan Meme works …
@NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/wuEuBjEuNl
— Pope (@Pope_Gucci) March 23, 2016
That’s better.
@NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/W9VnbYs4hV
— Bames Jond (@BryceFleetwood) March 23, 2016
That’s even better.
The Roberto Luongo Tweets Of The Week
That’s right, multiple tweets as he makes a trip into one of his favorite places on earth on Thursday … BOSTON!
Didn't meet Jagr but got a selfie with @krissyyrosee and a blurry photo of Luongo, as well as whoever these guys are pic.twitter.com/BjM8J1F1du
— Smoke & Honey (@Smoke_and_Honey) March 25, 2016
@Smoke_and_Honey @krissyyrosee Did Luongo ask you to pump his tires ( Now thats a throwback thursday statement)
— NHPatsFan72 (@NHPatsFan72) March 25, 2016
Not pumpin' Luongo's tires pic.twitter.com/yvEoTaUIvb
— HubSpokes (@HubSpokes) March 25, 2016
And then … this happened:
Luongo robs ex-teammate Jimmy Hayes and then taunts him afterward pic.twitter.com/5CA3HZSeR9
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 25, 2016
Luongo rubbing the save in Hayes face. Priceless.
— MrVoyager (@MrVoyager) March 25, 2016
Hayes should've kicked Luongo square in the noggin for putting the glove in his face
— Heisenburke (@m_burke42) March 25, 2016
Another look at Luongo’s save/taunt pic.twitter.com/K5UMyCHxwL
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 25, 2016
Not sure Luongo is in any position to be taunting a Bruins player at TD Garden after making a save
— The Real Peterman (@zhifty) March 25, 2016
Flat on your stomach is as good a position to taunt from as any.
Nah bro. Test Luongo for steroids. That's crap.
— JordanDUCKProvencial (@TheRussiaDuck) March 25, 2016
I’m not sure steroids makes you taunt ex-teammates … but sure. Get out the pee cup.
Watch Out For The SportChek Logo
On ice advertisements are evil. Watch one of them trip P.A. Parenteau:
watch out for that slippery ice, parenteau pic.twitter.com/jyuT07h4mp
— Stephanie (@myregularface) March 22, 2016
Parenteau just wanted to give the ice a hug. #TMLtalk
— Says Me (@joseysays) March 22, 2016
Watch that blue line Parenteau, it's a doozie.#LeafsNation pic.twitter.com/MqLh4lHewh
— Jordan R (@JordanRamson) March 22, 2016
P.A. Parenteau tripping out of the penalty box = me making conversation at parties.
— Andrew Donald-Davis (@adonalddavis) March 22, 2016
Parenteau taking the tank a little to far there.
— Alex Chipandchaseon (@saskysens) March 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/NDrules43/status/712076371464421376
I look at that last one and I think “how cool would it be if Morgan Freeman narrated Parenteau’s trip?”
And Finally …
Nick Leddy is a black hole of charisma#isles#NASA
— Matt (@Spazemunky) March 20, 2016
The sentiment is good enough, but calling somebody a black hole of something, and then using hashtag NASA is next level trolling.
