(As heard through the glass as Roberto Luongo skated to the bench, having given up six goals on 28 shots in the Vancouver Canucks' 7-2 Game 4 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.)
"I'm gonna ask you a simple question and I want you to listen to me: Who's the big loser here tonight at the casino? Huh? Roberto, that's who. Roberto's the big loser. Roberto loses! Make me a bicycle, clown! Dorothy Mantooth was a saint!
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna make Gretzky's head bleed for super fan 99 over here. …"
Thanks, Vince. For the record: Fantastic, prideful win for the Blackhawks in Game 4. But we doubt any of the Chicago dailies will publish an accurate headline about it, which would be "Delaying The Inevitable." This is still Vancouver's series, no matter how putrid the effort was Tuesday night.
Photo by Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune. Stick-tap to Frankie Monahan for the image.