Thursday, February 07, 2008
WTF Happened to ... David Vyborny?
by Jes
(OMG, actual hockey talk!!)
With the Columbus Dinner Jackets fighting for a playoff spot, it's obvious that the team isn't going to roll over and die as it did in previous years.
Rick Nash is scoring goals? Check.
Nik Zherdev finally matured? Check.
Pascal Leclaire is putting up a Vezina-calibre season? Check.
If one wanted to point fingers as to why the Jackets aren't over the hump (yet), they could always point to one man for not producing: David Vyborny.
Let's look at the numbers, shall we?
Apparently, Vyborny has been hamstrung by groin injuries this season.
Still, this is a new level of sucktitude for the guy, and his output has been below awful. Is there more to than meets the eye?
I really wish teams would stop dressing injured players and just let them heal. What good is an hobbled Vyborny to the Jackets when he's ineffective at both ends? Tell him to sit home until his groin is fully healed. In the meantime, give more ice time to Gilbert "Creme" Brule.
So, Heath Ledger died of an 'accidental overdose'. Accidental? I bet those drugs just jumped out of the bottle and right into his mouth? Riiiiiiiight.
Look, the guy knew what he was doing, and he was a big-time user. Many celebs choose to live the fast life and drug it up, and it carries the risk of death.
There was nothing accidental about Heath Ledger's drug use, and we ought not to BS ourselves into thinking this was simply an unfortunate little accident. Drug abuse is a high-risk, high-reward choice that, sadly, once again took another life.
Southern Correspondant Wayne chimes in on Rick Tocchet's return to the Phoenix bench: "I wish I had thought of this last week, but with the Super Bowl being played in Scottsdale, I wonder if Rick Tocchet made a bet on the game..."
ba-doom-chish!
Puck That Hit put out a list of their top 10 hockey names. How Pavol Demitra did not make the list is pretty f'ed up.
(OMG, actual hockey talk!!)
With the Columbus Dinner Jackets fighting for a playoff spot, it's obvious that the team isn't going to roll over and die as it did in previous years.
Rick Nash is scoring goals? Check.
Nik Zherdev finally matured? Check.
Pascal Leclaire is putting up a Vezina-calibre season? Check.
If one wanted to point fingers as to why the Jackets aren't over the hump (yet), they could always point to one man for not producing: David Vyborny.
Let's look at the numbers, shall we?
Year Team GP G A Pts +/-
2003-04 CLS 82 22 31 53 -26
2005-06 CLS 80 22 43 65 -9
2006-07 CLS 82 16 48 64 +6
2007-08 CLS 45 3 13 16 -11
Apparently, Vyborny has been hamstrung by groin injuries this season.
Still, this is a new level of sucktitude for the guy, and his output has been below awful. Is there more to than meets the eye?
Hitchcock has a theory on Vyborny's struggles, and it has nothing to do with his contract, which expires this summer. The Blue Jackets have not begun talks about an extension.
"(Vyborny) didn't get off to a great start and he started overthinking," Hitchcock said. "When you're overthinking, you're underreacting.
I really wish teams would stop dressing injured players and just let them heal. What good is an hobbled Vyborny to the Jackets when he's ineffective at both ends? Tell him to sit home until his groin is fully healed. In the meantime, give more ice time to Gilbert "Creme" Brule.
Look, the guy knew what he was doing, and he was a big-time user. Many celebs choose to live the fast life and drug it up, and it carries the risk of death.
There was nothing accidental about Heath Ledger's drug use, and we ought not to BS ourselves into thinking this was simply an unfortunate little accident. Drug abuse is a high-risk, high-reward choice that, sadly, once again took another life.
ba-doom-chish!
Labels: David Vyborny, Rick Tocchet
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1) Totally agree with the Ledger comment. Geez what in hell is a 28 yr old doing with 2 different RX narcotics, 2 different anti anxiety meds, as well as sleeping pills???? Accident?? LOL
2) A tree falling on your car IS an accident, but driving drunk into a tree is NOT!
2) A tree falling on your car IS an accident, but driving drunk into a tree is NOT!
the report is not that he accidentally took drugs, but that he accidentally overdosed. in other words he didn't deliberately take the right quantities and combinations to kill himself. i don't think anybody think he took drugs accidentally.
# posted by 
: 11:46 am
: 11:46 am
1) Totally agree with the Ledger comment. Geez what in hell is a 28 yr old doing with 2 different RX narcotics, 2 different anti anxiety meds, as well as sleeping pills???? Accident?? LOL
I saw this addressed a week or so ago and it was mentioned that he (obviously) traveled the world quite often and likely received different prescriptions for the same diagnoses from multiple docs. Many doctors have preferred prescriptions -- not a surprise that he wasn't just given one brand.
Either way, you can't jump to the conclusion that it was intentional drug abuse. Jes, saying that "the guy knew what he was doing" is saying that he committed suicide -- it seems apparent that he DIDN'T know what he was doing. And it wasn't an overdose -- it was the interaction of the prescriptions that killed him, which again suggests that multiple doctors prescribed him the medications, and not that they were being obtained for abusive purposes.
This place is starting to feel like a bad tabloid. But hey, I bet it's getting you readers.
I saw this addressed a week or so ago and it was mentioned that he (obviously) traveled the world quite often and likely received different prescriptions for the same diagnoses from multiple docs. Many doctors have preferred prescriptions -- not a surprise that he wasn't just given one brand.
Either way, you can't jump to the conclusion that it was intentional drug abuse. Jes, saying that "the guy knew what he was doing" is saying that he committed suicide -- it seems apparent that he DIDN'T know what he was doing. And it wasn't an overdose -- it was the interaction of the prescriptions that killed him, which again suggests that multiple doctors prescribed him the medications, and not that they were being obtained for abusive purposes.
This place is starting to feel like a bad tabloid. But hey, I bet it's getting you readers.
# posted by : 1:46 pm
: 1:46 pm
1. I didn't say he committed suicide, I said he knew what he was doing. That is, he knew he was taking plenty of potent drugs and knew that heavy drug use comes with a heavy risk. You can't possibly think he was simply a deer in the headlights.
2. "This place is starting to feel like a bad tabloid. But hey, I bet it's getting you readers."
I doubt it. At least it's therapeutic ;) and drug-free.
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2. "This place is starting to feel like a bad tabloid. But hey, I bet it's getting you readers."
I doubt it. At least it's therapeutic ;) and drug-free.
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