Bolts BB Glossary

For newbies and visitors ...

Balls as big as a House: Refers to Dudley's description of Alex Kharitonov (aka Alex Kharit-on/off) and his willingness to play in traffic for a small guy (which he used a 3rd round pick on). If he meant a monopoly house, he was right. {cont. by Chad}

Blacksheep Line: The Roy/Svitov/Keefe preseason line

Cheeto-encrusted thumb: What Jay Feaster sits on when he should be working to improve the team.

CPR-line: Clymer-Prospal-Richards

Dimensional Speed: Refers to fast players, such as Jimmie Olvestad. They're not fast, they have DIMENSIONAL SPEED. {cont. by Chad in honor of the "Dudley era"}

Dirt Line: (Older than dirt, slower than dirt) The Lightning checking line composed of Tim Taylor and Dave Andreychuk, usually with Chris Dingman.

Dollar Bill - Oh boy. The older than Lord Stanley owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Bill Davidson. An object of great scorn, a particularly sore spot for Bolts fans since he generally ignores his team or makes disparaging remarks about the city of Tampa from his castle in Detroit. Also owns the NBA Pistons. {cont. by Bolthed}

Mike Johnson= "Fairy" {cont. by Pete C.}

Fear Dan Boyle: What happens to hapless opponents when Danny Boy gets on the scoresheet.

Fishwrap Forum - The St. Pete Times Forum, formerly known as the Ice Palace. Some fans still refer to the building as the Palace. {cont. by Bolthed}

Fonzie - Coach John Tortorella. Just look at his face. {cont. by Bolthed}

FSU Line: (Former Soviet Union) The Fedotenko/Svitov/Alexeev line

HFL: (Hershey Foods Lawyer) GM Jay Feaster (See also: orange Cheeto crumb encrusted thumb)

Human Nerf Dart: Former Lightning forward Ryan Johnson.

JV board: The official Lighting BB, where youngsters and mental midgets gather to flaunt their lack of hockey insight.

K-Wey - An unmentionable hockey fan/knowitall who claims to root for about 15 of his favorite adopted NHL teams since there is no real hockey in Iowa. Don't get too close, but do pity the San Jose fans who must put up with him. Example of how his name can be used in a sentence: Go A-wey! {cont. by Bolthed}

Keefamania - What happens when Sheldon Keefe's legions of unstoppable fans, growing by the day, take to the streets and break stuff in honor of their feisty little hero. Still waiting for it to run amok in any pro playoff series. {cont. by Bolthed}

Kick 'Em Dog: Someone who follows a poster around the internet nitpicking their posts

Leisure Vest: Former Lightning coach Steve Ludzik.

LightningNation: Referring to a sect of less knowledgable Lightning fans signified by the booing of Pavel Kubina every time he touches the puck

Rick Dudley= "Little Ricky" {cont. by Pete C}

MO-DOMETER (tm): Instrument that displays Freddy Modin's current goal total. {cont. by Bolthed}

MRS Line: The Modin/Richards/St. Louis first line

MSL: Martin St. Louis

MVP Line: The Marty/Vinny/Prospal line that punked the Caps in the playoffs. (NEW!)

Old-Skool Assassin: Lightning captain Dave Andreychuk.

Pay Windah: The act of winning (see Rhodes, Dusty)

Pokemon Dudley - What Lil' Ricky does with his "assets" (players and picks): trades them ... often. Duds will never be satisfied until his has a complete set of Russians (including Pikachuvanov). {cont. by Bolthed}

The Prince: Vincent Lecavalier a k a "Prince Vince". Sometimes used disparagingly but this nickname was originally applied when young Vinny was tearing up the Q in Junior hockey, thus earning the prestigious moniker inferring his future cornation as an NHL superstar. {cont. by Bolthed}

Radio puppet (aka Lapdog): Sports radio host Steve Duemig, who toes the company line without ever questioning it.

Rimouski Bros. - Lecavalier and Richards. Refers to their previous incarnation as linemates for Le Oceanic in the QMJHL. Will they ever be reunited? {cont. by Bolthed}

R2: Evgeny Artukhin

Shady 80: Former Bolts goaltender Kevin Weekes.

Sloth boy better known as Pavel Kubina.

Smirky - Brad Lukowich. Just look at his face. {cont. by Bolthed}

Stanislob (or just The Slob): Nickname for Stanislav Neckar (that's NETS-cash) used when he creates messes in the defensive zone.

Suddenly Susan aka Snoozin' Zyuzin: Former Lightning defenseman Andrei Zyuzin {cont. by Hoek}

Swedish Battle Tank - Fredrik Modin, POWER forward. Check your local listings and look out for that cannon! {cont. by Bolthed}

Sybil - Originally Bolt92 and fondly recalled by his "fans" as Dolt92, most recently a k a The Atomic Punk. Has more aliases than a Jenifer Garner stalker. {cont. by Bolthed}

Vinnie: Shorthand used by some for Vincent Lecavalier to differentiate from "Vinny" Prospal

Vinny: Shorthand used by some for Vaclav Prospal to differentiate from Vincent Lecavalier

The Wall - Khabibulin, the Bulin Wall ... duh. {cont. by Bolthed}

Yoda Ledyard: A K A Grant Ledyard, known for his crusty wisdom and vocal leadership. The old man could skate some nights, others he just didn't have it. Future AHL coach or assistant perhaps? {cont. by Bolthed}

-- Compiled by Pete Choquette and Joe Lastra

OK, this was a mess, I could only save it as a text file, so I reformatted and alphabetized it and gave attribution if I could figure it out!!! Corrections welcome.

At least we saved something, right?

sötnos

CPR-line: Clymer-Prospal-Richards

Guess this one can be deleted eh? :rant:

Guess this one can be deleted eh?

Actually there were quite a few

Actually there were quite a few
Yes, there are several that mention Prospal, but I'll wait to hear from the folks that wrote this before I change anything.

Yes, there are several that mention Prospal, but I'll wait to hear from the folks that wrote this before I change anything.

My $.02: Just because Prospal has left the team doesn't mean we won't ever make reference to him (or the line combinations in which he was involved) again. Since that's the purpose of the glossary, I say leave it as is.

My $.02: Just because Prospal has left the team doesn't mean we won't ever make reference to him (or the line combinations in which he was involved) again. Since that's the purpose of the glossary, I say leave it as is.


my thoughts exactly so I didn't say anything

Some recent ones...


C-C-M line: Clymer-Cibak-Modin line

Glue line:(C-C-M) The stickier than glue third line of the Bolts, known for their passing and forechecking that blankets the other teams and never losses the puck. (see the "Chief" for details)

Affy: Dmitri Afenasenkov; Often discarded i.e. left for dead Russian forward who was labeled a bust until earning a spot on the second line.

The rest of the world refers to him as "Afanasenkov." Those crazy fools!

Can someone explain in greater detail "Human Nerf Dart"?
And thanks for naming a line after me.

Can someone explain in greater detail "Human Nerf Dart"?

Refers to the checking method employed by Ryan Johnson in which he propels himself into opponents with great energy, and subsequently bounces off of them with equal energy, with little or no notice by the recipient of the check.

"Vaclav Prospal Survivalists"- similar to millenium survivalists who horded food, water, and gasoline in their militia-esque compounds, VP Survivalists believe the world will end because the Lightning allowed Vaclav Prospal to go to Anaheim via free agency

-Pete Choquette

Here's my first contri:

The Penny Lanes
Refers to a community of Vermont Catamont groupies that wistfully long for the day when Martin St. Louis and Eric Perrin will be re-united on a Tampa Bay Lightning scoring line. If that day ever comes, the Penny Lanes will be ecstatically huddled around their TVs in their PJ's with a box of Kleenex (tm), chocolates, and ice cream, giggling and laughing and crying as their long-awaited sappy, sentimental, made-for-TV reunion unfolds before their eyes.

Torts' binky: (i.e. security blanket) The tried-and-true Modin-Richards-St. Louis line.

Captain Poke Check: Lightning associate coach Craig Ramsay. (Courtesy of Bolthed)

Luongominiums: What Panthers goaltender Roberto Luongo wears on his legs. (Contributed by Bolthed; inspired by Brad Richards.)

:E

"Smiley" used to indicate Eric Perrin (aka "Snaggle"). (Contributed by Bolthed.)

:E

"Smiley" used to indicate Eric Perrin. (Contributed by Bolthed.)


ouch :joker:

EDIT: this one deserves a :lol

:E

"Smiley" used to indicate Eric Perrin. (Contributed by Bolthed.)
I just about spit my soda all over my keyboard when I saw that tonight!

Classic :joker:

Dmitry Afghanistan: On air blooper by former Bolt centerman Brian Bradley when referring to current Bolt winger Dmitry Afanasenkov during a Tampa-Montreal playoff series pre-game show.

Dmitry Afghanistan: On air blooper by former Bolt centerman Brian Bradley when referring to current Bolt winger Dmitry Afanasenkov during a Tampa-Montreal playoff series pre-game show.

Damn, that was good. I wondered if anyone else caught that.

This thread has become kind of a mess, so I updated it and created a new thread with everything alphabetized in one place. Hey, Sotnos, can you update the stickied links thread to point to the new one?

Sure thing :thumbu: (I love that smilie)

Shorty for the Shorty Martin St.Louis shorthanded goal -via Hoek