As the Waffle Turns

Name?
Jason Haas (@Waffleboard)

Favorite team?
Red Wings and Lightning. I'm a pre-Yzerman Lightning enthusiast (02-03 season)

Who is the most underrated player?
Filppula. He has his fans, so he's not totally under the radar, but when the man decides it's time to step his game up he's like Zetterberg Jr.

Who is the most overrated player?
Dwayne Roloson. He has been exactly what the Lightning needed, a stable presence between the pipes. But when he's bad, he's bad. And I'd say he's overrated in that most think he'll be a stud next year if re-signed.

What is your favorite jersey (regardless of if you own it or not)?
Gotta be the Winged Wheel.

What is the most important piece of hockey memorabilia you own?
I have a signed puck from Gordie Howe from when I was about nine years old. He was signing at a local furniture store. It's personalized "NHL or Bust!" Sorry Gordie.

What’s one rule you’d like to get rid of and why?
Puck over glass penalty. I supported it at first, but anymore it's just a bad luck penalty, like landing on the Bowser space in Mario Party.

What one rule would you add in it’s place and why?
Don't allow the team that cleared the puck over the glass to change, similar to the icing rule.


Who’s creepier- Ovie or Crosby and why?
Crosby. I can see him trying to break the ice with a girl and getting pepper-sprayed, at least Ovie would have jokes.

Which team has the best logo?
It's a tie between all of the Original 6 teams. Stick tap to longevity!

Who is your favorite all-time player?
Martin St. Louis. He's the entire reason I started following the Lightning...at the time (02-03 season), I was 12 years old and south of 5 feet tall as a hockey player. Marty started tearing up the world and I noticed.

Who is your favorite player now?
Marty and Pavel Datsyuk.

What team do you love to hate?
The Panthers. A close victory over the Ducks, but I'm a George Parros and Bobby Ryan fan.

What player do you love to hate?
Corey Perry. Dude's got talent, but he's a dirty player who runs guys half his size.

What are your thoughts on Puck Bunnies?
At least have a working hockey knowledge or else you're just a slut in a different setting.

What player do you like that’s not on your chosen favorite team?
I'm a fan of George Parros, Nicklas Backstrom (Caps), and Mats Zuccarello.

What team surprises you the most this year?
Colorado. Talk about a flash in the pan.

What is your favorite hockey memory?
Jumping up and down when the Wings won their first cup in 42 years!


Which team has the worst jersey (third jerseys included)?
The Thrashers third jersey. It looks like a basketball jersey. Honorable mention to any team with piping that runs down the front of the jersey.

Of the floundering teams which team should pack up and move to a new market?
Atlanta. The Panthers are bad, but Florida will always have snowbirds.

Do you think the NHL will ever let that happen?
I think Phoenix's situation is more imminent, but if it's not working, it's not working.

Do you follow other sports besides hockey or are you a one-sport fan?
The only other sport I'm not big into is basketball.

What player from all the other teams that would you love to have on your team?
Detroit - Drew Doughty. I worry about their defensive depth in the next five years. Tampa - Ilya Bryzgalov. We all remember what happened last time a savior from the desert came to Tampa Bay...


Do you believe that a fan can cheer for more than one team and still call themselves the biggest (insert team name here) fan?
Yes, especially in cases like mine where dual fandom isn't a conflict of interest 99% of the time.




Keep it or Get rid it

Ticket Stubs: Keep
An email from Colin Campbell: Keep
Twitter: Keep, the best people are there.
Stephan Walkom: See ya.
Matt Cooke: Let him work his way back from the AHL.
Touch up Icing: Hybrid rule.
Shoot out: Keep
Colin Campbell: Bye bye.
Tickets to a Blackhawks game: Keep. It's an arena I've yet to visit
Puck from a losing effort: Keep, but give to a young'un.
Puck Bunnies: Gone like their self-esteem around hockey players.
Wooden Sticks: If players wanna use em', then let em'.
Sean Avery’s sloppy seconds: I'll give them to Phaneuf.
A signed Sidney Crosby picture just for you: My name is "biggest fan", so keep, until eBay.
Darren McCarty on Twitter: Keep!