Blue Jackets At Blues Open Thread 11/16/07

uinfortunately, the game isn’t on over here. Plus, this certain European will be sound asleep by then. He has to get up early to go to IKEA! …man, that’s almost too much of a cliché… but still true… Me and the missus need a new bookshelf. For books. Yes, I can read.

You be a cool game. Answer Man and some of the AMC will be attendance. I’m off to the gym to get pumped for the game.

Gang – Bettman is in the building tonight – out of respect for Al I will not boo – but it’s going to be very hard not too!!!!
Also, suppossed to be a big announcement – maybe a statue of Al to go with Bernie???

Diana, you’re like CNN with all the breaking news you post around here. Thanks.

Gallagher and I were talking about a statue the other night. I kind of doubt it. Federko is the only one with a statue right now and he only got one because he was the first Blue to be drafted and go to the Hall of Fame, right? I don’t even know if they’ll do a statue for Hull when he’s enshrined.

However, I could be wrong. It WOULD be nice to have a Blues Hall of Fame area that would include all of the players who have worn the Note and been elected to the HHOF. Hey, if only a fan-run paper/Web site would get behind that and really push it for the organization.

Also, does anyone else find it weird that there’s no museum or team Hall of Fame with the building? The only nod to history is the classic photos on the wall in the concourse. Busch Stadium, which has a much older and more storied team obviously, has a lot of that stuff and the Cardinals Hall of Fame is in the Bowling Hall of Fame for now before getting relocated in Ballpark Village/Downtown Lake St. Louis some year to be named later.

well as you all know by now statue it is and how can their not be a statue in front of the building HUll built? i know in the conference room of the drinkscotch center there’s a large photo of hull taking the shot to blow up the areana and the stick he used.

intresting to note, i watched the blues practice on thursday and a lot of the big named veterans didn’t practice and also a guy who needs to practice, eric brewer.

wamsley got on ej’s ass during the practice. king and lee stayed late passing and shooting for twenty minutes when i left they were still going at it.

i hate to say it but apparently the nhl referees hate the blues. last night was the second worst reffed game after the phoenix game in town. a body slam is okay and today we learned that when a blues player is skating with out the puck his legs can be swiped out from under him by the opposing team’s players. also elbows are back in play as well as leaving your feet. finally the fans tired of just booing the worthless magoo and zebras we all started chanting the ref sucks. then we never got another call besides the bench penalty on columbus though we also got one and somehow somewhere in another dimension the refs saw king cross check a guy. maybe he did but i sure missed it.

does anybody else see what i was seeing or am i whining about nothing? i hate whiners but if i’m divorcing my obsessed love for the blues like i hope i am saying that the blues are usually getting screwed by the refs.

Helluva game last night. First period was too much to Columbus’ liking. Manny kept them in the game several times. The second and third periods, the Blues showed me something. They turned the intensity up, they started playing much better in their own end and largely started playing more of their game.

The bench minor on Andy Murray was interesting. Gift compared it to a basketball coach trying to get a technical to fire his team up. Fortunately it was offset by the other bench minor.

And Jamal Mayers now thinks he’s a sniper. Great.

ChrisD, I wasn’t happy with the officiating, but I haven’t been happy with officiating for a long time. Next time you get Game Time, read the ref stats there aren’t that many big swings when it comes to calling more power plays for and against the Blues. For instance, Chris Rooney has called 15 PPs for the Blues and 22 against. He’s really the only one. Rob Martell has called eight power plays for the Blues and 12 against.

Seven other officials have called exactly the same number. Granted, that doesn’t mean they’re doing a good job, but it means they’re not really out of wack.

brad is that you slinging gametime right when i get off the metrolink?

ty now i don’t feel like i’m losing my mind. it was great game played by st. louis. i loved how perron was slinging out some big bodychecks.

other than that last night i was thinking i should start a hooligan set for the st. louis blues so that any fans of opposing teams don’t feel safe wearing their jersies in st. louis. it’d be called the 14th street mob. there’d be a cliched plotline. a brazilian visiting his sister who’s married a local that once use to fight blawkhawk fans at the old barn but has foresaken his old way of life for his newly found stable family life. the brazilian would be taking a break from harvard. he’d fall for an ex-ice girl and the way of life in the 14th street mob. there would be a song for our club sung loudly and proudly during games. the fans would be louder than past playoff games. chants like ref sucks would be blared. when jose theodore comes to town the fans would be led to chant par-is hil-ton since all theodore has left of that relationship is the herp and scandalous photos of him in his male model glory.

I have not been a vendor for GT…yet. Another regular around these parts was working Kung Fu Bunny last night. And something tells me Chris D and the Answer Man need to hook up. They could form the foundation of the 14th Street hooligans.

What happens when you boo Gary (“I may not have a clue, but I have the power”) Bettman:

NHL office gets call after comissioner returns home (you didn’t think he stayed for the whole GAME, did you? HE doesn’t even like the sport.) Bettman declares one goal penalty against the Blues. After league officials explain that you can’t take away a goal that is on the book, Bettman declares that Columbus should be awarded a goal, too.

Officials, nervous because can’t afford guide dogs by selling pencils on street corners, ignore penalties committed by visiting team. Throw in a few phantom calls against home team to suck up, not realizing that Bettman left the building after the first period.

Edited out of NHL network piece on Al’s night. That’s right. you couldn’t hear the boos.