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Many summers ago, I visited one of those Florida retirement communities that feature dozens of mobile homes lining the perimeter of a golf course. The geezerly denizens would travel around the neighborhood via personalized golf carts, and some of them were seriously pimped-out rides; included a bitchin' one painted in Green Bay Packers colors with a "cheese head" for a roof.

This Detroit Red Wings golf cart ups the ante. It's custom made, with "wrap around graphics, chrome wheels, and cargo box" that says "Hockeytown" on it. It also has authentic autographs from nearly two dozen members of the 2007-08 Stanley Cup champion Red Wings, including Pavel Datsyuk, Johan Franzen and Chris Osgood. Also, Chris Chelios ... bringing us full circle to the retirement community anecdote from the opening.

Time is running out on this eBay auction, with the bids all the way up to $1,525. The catch: You have to be able to pick it up in Kalkaska, MI. And then drive it home very, very slowly on the shoulder of the interstate.

Would a Red Wings fan really want this thing? The notion of a reigning postseason champion autographing anything related to golf strikes us as bad karma, akin to a non-champion embracing the Stanley Cup. Hitting the links is for runners-up; Cup champions are too busy partying with friends like Kid Rock and having their kids use Stanley as a toilet.

But there's an even bigger affront to the Hockey Gods at work here: The auction page reports that included in the "authentic autograph signatures from the 2008 Stanley Cup Champions" is one from Marian Hossa. Bad form, gold cart. Bad form.

Still, it's a good-looking cart that'll get your grandpa from the heated pool to the bingo parlor. God forbid the local Rue McClanahan at Shady Acres is a Blackhawks fan, though; he can forget about those afternoon delights.

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  1. The KBBL Party Penguin
    1. Posted by The KBBL Party Penguin Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:04 pm EDT

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    So could it go from Four in Eleven to "Fore!" on the Eleventh?
    Doubtful, but you gotta chuckle at all the talk of hexes and karma around here lately.
    If hexes and the such worked, Gary Bettman would be in agony 24/7 from all the voodoo dolls of him I'm sure exist.
  2. Spencer W
    2. Posted by Spencer W Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:16 pm EDT

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    datsyuk rules all
  3. books
    3. Posted by books Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:22 pm EDT

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    @Penguin - Don't be so quick to write off the Hex...what do you think Bettman IS to the NHL. If only we know where the hex was coming from we could do something about it.
  4. diehard_wings_fan134096
    4. Posted by diehard_wings_fan134096 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:43 pm EDT

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    what the??.......first the lions jack@ss and now this??......I mean it's a nice tribute concept and all but a GOLF CART??......WTF!....do this on a replica cup or zamboni or something hockey-related not an effing golf cart...sheesh..
    and if hossa's name IS on this thing it needs to be removed....he DID NOT win the cup last season the WINGS did....
  5. Chris
    5. Posted by Chris Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:26 pm EDT

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    I would rather have the St. Louis Blues golf cart signed by Erik Johnson. Special features include emergency break held together with old bits of his ACL and MCL.
  6. sleza
    6. Posted by sleza Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:55 pm EDT

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    "Is it bad karma for a Cup champion to autograph a golf cart?" maybe not, but it's surely highly unrecommended for blues player to drive one
  7. Jon A
    7. Posted by Jon A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    No way in hell is a jinx or bad karma going to stop the might Red Wings from repeating in 2009!!!
    Although I do agree with Diehard about Hossa's name.
  8. Bubbabanjo
    8. Posted by Bubbabanjo Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:05 pm EDT

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    Yes its a waste of a good autograph. Put it on a puck or stick ya dopes. Nice cart though.
    Wyshynski you stink!
  9. carl_vs_mastershake
    9. Posted by carl_vs_mastershake Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:18 pm EDT

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    That retirement community is where Chelli goes to find younger chicks.
  10. Wilf
    10. Posted by Wilf Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT

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    Haha, so Hossa signed a commemorative Cup-winner golf cart and didn't feel weird doing so? That guy's awesome. And by awesome, I mean clueless.
  11. Wilf
    11. Posted by Wilf Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT

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    *Jon A furiously begins monitoring the auction so he can buy the cart, then commence masturbating in/on it.*
  12. Wyshynski
    12. Posted by Wyshynski Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:21 pm EDT

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    @ Wilf --
    Or attempt to masturbate *it*.
    "Do I look like I'd fall for the banana in the tailpipe?"
  13. Journeyman
    13. Posted by Journeyman Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:49 pm EDT

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    With sound investment decisions like this, it's hard to see why Detroit's economy is suffering.
  14. Wilf
    14. Posted by Wilf Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT

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    Wysh, given that Axel Foley was from the Motor City, that joke's all kinds of awesome.
  15. Jon A
    15. Posted by Jon A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    @ HungrylikeandUlf: yeah good point since the city of detroit built the damn golf cart.
  16. knucklehead
    16. Posted by knucklehead Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    Then there's the Pronger (Ben-Hur) edition, with jagged pointy razor elbows protruding from inside the hubs, and a gnarly chrome brush guard to take out unsuspecting golfers who refuse to let him play through.
  17. rwl060
    17. Posted by rwl060 Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:57 pm EDT

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    I have a Jordan Staal jersey that makes a pretty good substitute for Kleenex in a pinch ... A golf cart has too many sharp edges.
  18. Wilf
    18. Posted by Wilf Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT

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    Jon A, that's crossing a line. I mean it. My sister was killed in a car accident two years ago, and I don't need to be reminded of it.
  19. Jon A
    19. Posted by Jon A Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    Wilf dude, I'm sorry. I had no idea. I didn't appreciate your comment, but my bad man.
  20. knucklehead
    20. Posted by knucklehead Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    Wilf, that was cold....
  21. Wilf
    21. Posted by Wilf Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT

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    Jon A, apology accepted. I'll pass that on to my sister when I see her at Thanksgiving.
    YEEHAW.
  22. knucklehead
    22. Posted by knucklehead Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    As cold as the cranberry sauce grandma use to make_/......I knew I smelled a Panther!
  23. Wingsfan2520
    23. Posted by Wingsfan2520 Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:47 pm EDT

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    Nuthin to write about huh?
  24. knucklehead
    24. Posted by knucklehead Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    I just wish grandma was still around to make them....
    The End
  25. Wyshynski
    25. Posted by Wyshynski Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:21 pm EDT

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    @ Wingsfan2520 --
    I'd like to point out the inherent irony in your comment.

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