LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 07: Jonathan Quick #32 of the Los Angeles Kings warms up prior to a game against the San Jose Sharks at Staples Center on October 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Hockey Tweets of the Week – Week 2

Posted by on Oct 16, 2015 12:00

Welcome to our weekly “Hockey Tweets of the Week” feature on Puck Drunk Love. We will aim to give you the most entertaining tweets each week from hockey players, writers and fans.

We’re in to the second week of the season, and already the alarm is sounding for two of the elite NHL franchises, and one team expected to join the cream of the crop this season. The Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2014, the Penguins added Phil Kessel to their stacked lineup up front and the Columbus Blue Jackets had expectations heaped on them after the acquisition of Brandon Saad. The Kings and Penguins started 0-3 before the Penguins beat Ottawa on Thursday night, and the Blue Jackets started 0-4.

Let’s check in with the fan bases who, I’m sure, are keeping things in perspective and realize that it is only October 16th.

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 07: Jordan Nolan #71 of the Los Angeles Kings, Matt Greene #2 of the Los Angeles Kings and Anze Kopitar #11 of the Los Angeles Kings look on during a game against the San Jose Sharks at Staples Center on October 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 07: Jordan Nolan #71 of the Los Angeles Kings, Matt Greene #2 of the Los Angeles Kings and Anze Kopitar #11 of the Los Angeles Kings look on during a game against the San Jose Sharks at Staples Center on October 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Kings

https://twitter.com/NotDeadRyanDunn/status/654353788094943233

Or they could be burning down Staples Center and forcing the Lakers to play their games in El Segundo.

When in doubt, blame Drake. That’s my general life plan.

Blaming Taylor Swift works too. That curse must be real.

Is that the one where the Cubs win the World Series? If so, I’m taking my things and hiding in the bomb shelter right now.

I’ll pack extra clothes.

PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 13: Tomas Plekanec #14 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates a goal by Max Pacioretty #67 (not pictured) in the first period as Marc-Andre Fleury #29 and Kris Letang #58 of the Pittsburgh Penguins react during the game at Consol Energy Center on October 13, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

PITTSBURGH, PA – OCTOBER 13: Tomas Plekanec #14 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates a goal by Max Pacioretty #67 (not pictured) in the first period as Marc-Andre Fleury #29 and Kris Letang #58 of the Pittsburgh Penguins react during the game at Consol Energy Center on October 13, 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh Penguins

https://twitter.com/briggsfordays/status/654353239102595072

https://twitter.com/eldredge97/status/654350075557228544

Maybe putting Jean-Claude Van Damme between the pipes would help too.

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

Columbus Blue Jackets

https://twitter.com/LukePeristy/status/654454492272951296

https://twitter.com/jamesjjacob/status/654464068028239872

https://twitter.com/SumukhComedy/status/654479708751572992

We all have things to look forward to.

https://twitter.com/AndyResnik/status/654464662231195652

LeBron James might help.

https://twitter.com/TheJeffFlood/status/654479819795746816

Well the Bruins have a win now so … I guess all bets are off on that.

I don’t think there was a Back To The Future sequel where the Blue Jackets won the Stanley Cup.

Alex Ovechkin

You might have heard that Alex Ovechkin was a healthy scratch recently because Ovechkin overslept and missed the morning skate before their game against the Sharks.

https://twitter.com/katiegeeks/status/654355452201832448

Hey good news: You don’t have to wait until April …

… well, at least for the ironic hot take.

Extra points for the Seinfeld reference.

Maybe they all need alarm clocks.

And I love this:

The Roberto Luongo Tweet Of The Week

SUNRISE, FL - NOVEMBER 8: Goaltender Roberto Luongo #1 of the Florida Panthers skates prior to the game against the Calgary Flames at the BB&T Center on November 8, 2014 in Sunrise, Florida. The Flames defeated the Panthers 6-4. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

SUNRISE, FL – NOVEMBER 8: Goaltender Roberto Luongo #1 of the Florida Panthers skates prior to the game against the Calgary Flames at the BB&T Center on November 8, 2014 in Sunrise, Florida. The Flames defeated the Panthers 6-4. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

Roberto Luongo, like most good Canadian hockey players, are throwing their support behind the Blue Jays this baseball playoff season. And why not? The Jays are in their first playoffs since 1993.

So when the Jays came back from 0-2 down to defeat the Texas Rangers (after a wild 7th inning in Game 5), the hockey community was surely giddy … especially the Toronto Maple Leafs, who I’m sure are happy that the Jays are deflecting a bit of attention from their own slow start.

And while you’re up there, can you see if you can find Tyler Bozak’s game?

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