Jonas Junland - Have a cup of coffee!

by HuntsvilleBlues on Dec 17, 2008 1:02 PM CST Comment 18 comments

According to Jeremy Rutherford over at stltoday.com, Jonus Junland has finally been called up from Peoria.

Jay McKee has a fractured finger and will be out indefinitely.

The Blues have called up Jonas Junland from Peoria. Junland has six goals and seven assists and is a plus-3 in 21 games in Peoria. His six goals rank third among all defensemen in the American Hockey League.

JR

Great beard of Zeus, it's about time.

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Well, that’s a start… there’s a skilled Euro getting a chance.

Now let’s see if he actually plays, or if he dines on press box nachos in favor of the immortal Mike Weaver…

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

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by Tomorrows Blues on Dec 17, 2008 1:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well, I just read on the stltoday forums (considering the source, it could be incorrect…) that he is an emergency call-up, and Tyson Strachan is not. Of course, this probably means we’ll see Mini-me Mike Weaver on the bench instead of Junland.

Either way, I guess one of the new guys are going to make their debut tomorrow night.

by HuntsvilleBlues on Dec 17, 2008 1:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yesterday, Strachan was the emergency recall. I don’t know if the team can change this or not without sending him back to Peoria.

by The Goalie Guy on Dec 17, 2008 2:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

How many man games has this team lost?

I mean this team can’t buy a break on the injury front!

by tbell61 on Dec 17, 2008 2:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So much for Ironman Jay McKee playing every day, back to good ol fragile McKee..as we all have known him.

I think Strachan was on a recall for Brewer, and Junland for McKee.

by bss212s on Dec 17, 2008 3:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I also believe that’sa the case.

Let ‘em both play, what the hell… what can it hurt after a four-game losing streak where the current defense has allowed twenty friggin’ goals against.

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://www.tomorrowsblues.net

by Tomorrows Blues on Dec 17, 2008 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I say let them play too. Especially, since I snatched up Junland on my fantasy team. I wonder how many packs of smokes I’d have to give Brent Johnson to let Junland score a hat trick on him Thursday?

by Dan. on Dec 17, 2008 5:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Off Topic but, I was walking around the drinksctoch last night and I think that Bishop’s new nickname should be “The White Knight.”

by IrishBlue on Dec 17, 2008 8:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I prefer to call Ben Bishop “Michael Phelps on steroids”.

Look at the two guys side by side and try to tell me they don’t like alike. =)

by HuntsvilleBlues on Dec 18, 2008 8:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Weezer song joke in 3 . . 2 . . 1 . . .

MY NAME IS JONAS!!!!! I’M CARRYING THE WHEEL!!!!!

Just had to.

Also . . .

HB: Harold Snepsts avatar, eh? Seriously? YOU, sir, are dedicated.

"I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out." - Rodney Dangerfield

by Donut King on Dec 17, 2008 10:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Snepsts dedication

I have been staring at that thing off and on all day. An unsung benefit of this site moving over here is all the hilarious avatars already — just blowing the other SBN hockey sites out of the water in that department.

… Of course, I have noticed I’ve contracted an annoying, constant hunger for Krispy Kreme all week. There’s always a price to pay.

Lighthouse Hockey: an SB Nation New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Dec 17, 2008 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well . . . .

A lot of us SLGT cats may be legally considered “off-center”. Myself included.

And yes, donuts may be fried . . . but they DO contain a portion of your MRDA of fiber. So you’d have that going for ya.

"I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out." - Rodney Dangerfield

by Donut King on Dec 18, 2008 6:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

What can I say, I saw that photo on the interwebs and just had to make it my own.

What is ol’ Snepsts doing these days, anyways?

by HuntsvilleBlues on Dec 18, 2008 8:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I suspect

9:30: Wake up, feel sore everywhere
10:00 – 11:00: Groom ‘stache
11:00 – 11:15: Apply elbow grease
11:30 – noon: Polish cranium
noon – 12:30: Touch up ’stache
12:30 – 5:00: Head to cafeteria, reminisce about back in the day. Moan about “the young folk with all their helmets and one-piece visors and such.”
5:15 – 6:15: Go to barber shop for a ’stache trim and to see what’s doing
6:20: Upon exiting barber shop, take cane and whack a passer-by on the legs for coming too close to the welcome mat

Something like that.

Lighthouse Hockey: an SB Nation New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Dec 18, 2008 11:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dominik: You fit right in here, my friend. Good stuff.

Harold and all the other ’stacher’s thank you.

Snoop thanks you, too.

by HuntsvilleBlues on Dec 18, 2008 1:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Is that Paul MacLean in the first picture?

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://www.tomorrowsblues.net

by Tomorrows Blues on Dec 18, 2008 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You betch yer’ bottom whisker it’s MacLean.

While the above examples take the cake in terms of breadth and individual excellence, the mid/late-‘80s Whalers may have possessed the finest collection of schnurrbarts (couple of photo links in the first bullet here): You’re talkin’ Quenneville, Tippett, Babych the Younger, Ferraro … even Verbeek tried a pornstache to fit in. I imagine Ron Francis’ reluctance is why they dumped him.

Lighthouse Hockey: an SB Nation New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Dec 18, 2008 10:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs