Blues Vs. Sharks Open Thread

you guys heard that Boucher is their back-up now, right? no Greiss, no Patzoid, Swiss Cheese Boucher. hopefully they’ll take pity on us and start him instead of Nabby…..but I doubt it.

I’m also gonna try to make it to the game too. a Legace figurine couldn’t hurt

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 5:55 PM CST reply actions

nevermind. not going afterall. procrastination will be the death of me I swear

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 6:56 PM CST reply actions

Bernie’s jacket looks like it came from the floor of Cabinets, Flooring, & More

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:35 PM CST reply actions

btw, lol @ “candygram”. good one Brad. don’t know why that never crossed my mind when that pic was up before. that Shark is like “mmm, dandruff, the new parmesan”

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:37 PM CST reply actions

I’m gonna be grading exams while I listen to this. if the Blues give up the first goal I’m giving everyone a D minus.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 7:38 PM CST reply actions

Will Boucher turn into Roy tonight?

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 7:39 PM CST reply actions

aw SHIT!! (excited)
they actually DID start Boucher!!

no reason whatsoever we’ll lose this game…….right?

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:39 PM CST reply actions

Need to get lots of rubber on Boucher.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 7:41 PM CST reply actions

several scrambling shots by the Sharks in the first minute. outstanding team defense by the Blues! I have a good feeling about this game.

however I’m apathetic about pairing McKee with Walker, when Johnson and Woywitka are on another pair

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:41 PM CST reply actions

Cheech is going to get his ass whipped

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:42 PM CST reply actions

Hey Dooks, where is everyone else? They all scare up tickets tonight??

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 7:43 PM CST reply actions

hmm, McClement Dutchie, Boyes. strange line

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:43 PM CST reply actions

it’s possible. it IS the weekend. maybe they had other plans

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:44 PM CST reply actions

happy Murray? Perron pinched in on D

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:45 PM CST reply actions

I must be some sort of loser. I’d forgotten that. Thanks for the reminder! :-)

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 7:46 PM CST reply actions

Mayers. shot to the goalie’s chest. as usual.

um, try not shooting from the bad angle. your chances will improve

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:48 PM CST reply actions

anytime, loser :p

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:49 PM CST reply actions

….you better not think I really meant that

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:52 PM CST reply actions

Noel Picard is in the radio booth and they cant shut him up.

Plager: It must have been great to get your Stanley Cup ring?

Picard: Yep.

——————————————

Plager: Roenick has lost his helmet. Old time hockey out there, right Noel?

Picard: Huh? Oh, Yep.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 7:52 PM CST reply actions

Even if you HAD meant it, I’d still laugh about it.

And I’m not even drunk!

After the last few season, no Blues fan can be all that poud. :-)

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 7:54 PM CST reply actions

sigh Jackman is the lone defenseman on the powerplay.

wrong again, Murray!

Woywitka and Johnson are your man-advantage D-men

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:54 PM CST reply actions

yeah, really all we have to be proud of is Manny

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:56 PM CST reply actions

wow, they have Thornton and their powerplay is only 18th in the league??

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 7:59 PM CST reply actions

Swiss Cheese Boucher is still wearing his Philadelphia Phantoms mask. Shark fans everywhere are beaming with pride

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:00 PM CST reply actions

good pk at least.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:01 PM CST reply actions

christ. Kariya and McDonald are tripping over each other. Murray’s tringle offense is not working

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:02 PM CST reply actions

King and Shelly possibly planning their fight later on the faceoff

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:04 PM CST reply actions

Lets see if we can get any energy after that.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:06 PM CST reply actions

yep, there they go.

it will probably go down as a draw, but I give King the win. Shelley got a few shots in but he hit all helmet. King actually got a couple uppercuts right on target.

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:06 PM CST reply actions

Is there a matchup tongiht that offers the chance for a less appealing game than one featuring the Sharks (anytime) and the Blues (the way they are playing of late)? I dont think there is.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:08 PM CST reply actions

The ref doesn’t know the rule. If it deflects off another player aint a fucking penalty.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:09 PM CST reply actions

fuck that noise! Tkachuk got a phanton call right away when play resumed after the fight. and next puck drop, Brew gets a delay of game. fuck off ref!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:09 PM CST reply actions

*phantom

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions

thanks for the Sharks PP goal, ref. you’re awesome!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions

Fuck this league.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions

“he had no chance”

this time from Kelly. it’s infectious

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:11 PM CST reply actions

someone take the whistle away from the fucking ref!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:12 PM CST reply actions

King interview. sporting a bloody knuckle. Answer Man must be playing with himself

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:17 PM CST reply actions

Gee…why aren’t more people joinging us here?? This is so much mother fucking fun.

grumble

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:17 PM CST reply actions

When is the last time Boucher has pitched a shut out?

Before tonite I mean.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:18 PM CST reply actions

wanna drop quotes from another movie throughout the game?

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:19 PM CST reply actions

hmm i thought murray thought king and janssen could play at the same time?

11 shots. no goals. good thing are recent moves didnt address scoring :)

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 1, 2008 8:20 PM CST reply actions

November 12, 1-0 vs. Columbus, the season before last when he was on Chicago. the lone goal was scored by Lasse Kukkonen, who also no longer plays for Chicago.

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:25 PM CST reply actions

lol you hear that report? a guy in Maryland Heights arranged for an exotic dancer to come to his house on Craigslist.com and it was a set-up for a robbery.

what a dork. go to a strip club, moron

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:28 PM CST reply actions

Thats why we suck. No Janssen!

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:28 PM CST reply actions

The craiglist robbery thing has been happening in minneapolis as well. Stupidity seems to be nationwde.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:29 PM CST reply actions

I want some good old fashioned NHL style makeup penalty calls. Lets even this thing out.

OLD SCHOOL HOCKEY!!!

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:34 PM CST reply actions

You can get strippers through Craigslist??? What a country

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 8:34 PM CST reply actions

remember a song in the 90’s, “Banditos” by the Refreshments?
best line in a song ever (part of the chorus):
“everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people”

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:35 PM CST reply actions

I always liked: “I’ve got the pistol, so I’ll keep the pesos. yeah, that seems fair.”

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:39 PM CST reply actions

ANOTHER FUCKING 2 on 1?

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:41 PM CST reply actions

I meant 5 on 3

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:41 PM CST reply actions

Someone tell Dumbski what the term “even up call” means.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:41 PM CST reply actions

alright! the white Jamal Mayers drew a double minor!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:44 PM CST reply actions

Inside the nose blood isn’t blood on a high sticking????

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 8:44 PM CST reply actions

SO…if you get hit in the nose with a high stick and you get a nose bleed its not a four minute penalty???? THat’s bullshit.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:44 PM CST reply actions

They are making this up as the fucking go along.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:44 PM CST reply actions

Good I’m not the only person who’s confused by all this

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 8:45 PM CST reply actions

definitely got a biased fucking ref tonight

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:46 PM CST reply actions

Stempniak WASN’T taken down??????

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:47 PM CST reply actions

no call on that damn Stempniak pull-down! fucking hell!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:48 PM CST reply actions

Referees: #10 Paul Devorski & #3 Mike Leggo
Linesmen: #77 Tim Nowak & #65 Pierre Racicot

THESE GUYS SUCK!!!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:50 PM CST reply actions

Hell I woulda figured just by the radio we had McCreary reffing the way it’s gone

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 8:51 PM CST reply actions

they’re probably just fucking Shark fans seeing how they allowed a Shark game-winning goal the other day after it went off the protective netting.

against Murder City or not. bias

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:53 PM CST reply actions

Johnson and Jackman on the point. I’ll take that.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:56 PM CST reply actions

well maybe they don’t like Provelone- er, Pavlov- er, Pavelski.

he’s actually in the box the second time tonight

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:56 PM CST reply actions

Way NOT to be strong on the puck Martin.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:56 PM CST reply actions

if it doesn’t matter maybe we should just kill all the refs

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 8:57 PM CST reply actions

or martin

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 1, 2008 8:58 PM CST reply actions

I forget…does Boyes still play for the Blues. His name has NOT been mentioned once on the radio.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 8:58 PM CST reply actions

channels Ice-T
REF- KILLA!!!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 8:58 PM CST reply actions

That’s funny cause I was just watching Law & Order SVU

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 8:59 PM CST reply actions

fuck Murray’s game plan, do “whatever it takes” to score a goal

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:00 PM CST reply actions

Can we bring Geoff Courtnall out of retirement for one shift???

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:01 PM CST reply actions

I remember watching Oz when Chris Meloni was on it.

of couse that was BEFORE basic cable took my HBO away >: (

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:01 PM CST reply actions

I only saw a few episodes of OZ but it was awesome……and isn’t it funny how like everybody from SVU and CI in the early years had been on it

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:03 PM CST reply actions

Questions that arise from listening to the game ont he radio:

1) Just how much money does Whitey Herzog make from hawking every little damn thing in St. Louis?

2) The best of the “Real Men of Genius” ads in current rotation is the one on “overly competetive touch football player guy”. This begs the question, will they ever top the one for “the inventor of the taco salad”? (Answer: No they won’t.)

3) Why doesn’t Imo’s advertise on the Blues games????

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:03 PM CST reply actions

Answers from a guy who has listened to almost every game on the net this year
1) More than either of us will ever make in teaching Rich
2) I disagree. I like the T-shirt launcher guy one
3) To save me from a complete mental breakdown. I miss Imo’s!!!!!

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:05 PM CST reply actions

“one on one with Woywitka”… say that 5 times. maybe Kelly is trying to show off.

by Tim on Mar 1, 2008 9:06 PM CST reply actions

because there’s no topping Pizza Hut stuffed crust :D

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:07 PM CST reply actions

WHAT?? You mean my part time adjunct gig isn’t the road to riches? My wife is gonna be pissed.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:07 PM CST reply actions

Comeon we both know the big money is in high school ;-)

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:08 PM CST reply actions

Ryan Johnson got his teeth chipped and his nose nearly broken (again)…yeah that doesn’t sound like a 4 minute penalty.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:08 PM CST reply actions

Btw just curious what do you teach part-time adjunct…….and did you give everybody a D- like you threatened?

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:08 PM CST reply actions

it’s amazing that SanJose only has one goal with the biased refs tonight.

but if we don’t score I’m going to fucking cry

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:09 PM CST reply actions

“Comeon we both know the big money is in high school”

Yeah, but thats just the drug deals.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:10 PM CST reply actions

True that….by any means necessary ;-)

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:11 PM CST reply actions

I teach Philosophy and Political Science. And no they didn’t all get D-’s. Some of them did poorly enough on their own to get out my aggression.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:11 PM CST reply actions

Cool cool. Am a History major out here getting my teacher licensure as well at BC

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:12 PM CST reply actions

and good for those students who actually did their work well. I remember a teacher back in HS who if the basketball team he coached lost grades would dip greatly the next day

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:13 PM CST reply actions

My wife is a History prof (full time tenure track).

The good thing is spring break comes up in two weeks so i will be heading back to the land of Imo’s soon. (Although, for my money the best st. louis style pizza is Faraci’s.)

Crap. Now I’m hungry.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:14 PM CST reply actions

I taught 4th graders about ecology once a week as part of an environmental science internship I had in high school. and my sister is a 5th grade teacher. small world

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:15 PM CST reply actions

Where are you at Rich??? Since apparently we are both Blues-abroad

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:15 PM CST reply actions

Why do I imagine Brad is right now crying softly in a bathroom stall at the Drinkscotch?

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:16 PM CST reply actions

See this is why we need the Gametime get together during the road-trip…..both Rich and I will be back in the land of thin-crust pizza

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:16 PM CST reply actions

Well if Brad is not doing that he’s getting another round I’m sure

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:16 PM CST reply actions

I’m right outside the Twin Cities in Wisconsin (River Falls).

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:16 PM CST reply actions

Cool cool…..Brevard, NC which is 30 mins south of Asheville in case you didn’t know or forgot.

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:17 PM CST reply actions

Gotta love spring break don’t ya

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:17 PM CST reply actions

hmm, seems like we have a relative time (during spring break) and a location (Imo’s) for the get together.

how about the Hampton/I-44 location for old times sake (a couple blocks away from the old Arena grounds

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:18 PM CST reply actions

That’s not a bad idea…..depending on what the rest of our online bretheren say…..though they may pick on someplace like Hotshots or Zone. But any of these ideas are good with me :-D

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:20 PM CST reply actions

I think I’ll enjoy it more now. When I was in college (UMSL class of ’90), I worked nearly full time, so there wasn;t much of a change.

Now, I’m gonna hit Llewyellen’s hard. (I need a few pints of Double Dragon).

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:20 PM CST reply actions

hey, Steve Ewing of The Urge plays that place semi-often. I’ll have to check it out sometime

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:23 PM CST reply actions

uh-oh. Willem Dafoe is not pleased

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:24 PM CST reply actions

where’s Ogie Oglethorpe when you need him?

by Tim on Mar 1, 2008 9:24 PM CST reply actions

son. of. a. bitch!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:25 PM CST reply actions

wow this is getting brutal

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 1, 2008 9:25 PM CST reply actions

fuck

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:25 PM CST reply actions

How good has Legace been really? Hasn’t he been outplayed by most every goalie we have faced lately?

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:25 PM CST reply actions

he’s made several dazzling saves, and stayed bulletproof despite being peppered with shots. it’s just that the team doesn’t help him out

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:28 PM CST reply actions

Well it’s sounded to me like he’s being doing pretty good…..we’ve just been unlucky with opposing goalies standing on their heads and well our offense sucking worse than……..um…..something that sucks really bad

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:29 PM CST reply actions

one-time Blues prospect Grier scores a SHG… dammit

by Tim on Mar 1, 2008 9:29 PM CST reply actions

Why has someone like Whitfield never been brought up, but we have room for King AND Janssen??

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:29 PM CST reply actions

Aw…..I dont wanna hate on Manny…but soft goals make me crazy.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:30 PM CST reply actions

I honestly think we need a coaching change. we have 3 assistants and a head coach that SHOULD be an assistant.

lose Bennett, and switch Murray with Shaw. we can do that after the deadline, right?

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:31 PM CST reply actions

why do we bother sticking non d on the power play poitn when our power play sucks donkey oysters? might as well at least put a d out there, that as not the first blues pp tonight were the best chance went ot the sharks, it just happened to be the only one they scored on so far.

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 1, 2008 9:31 PM CST reply actions

NHL Officials: 2
Blues: 0
Sharks: swimming in chum’d icy water
Grrrrrr

by Ten Round Tubes on Mar 1, 2008 9:32 PM CST reply actions

Will they ever score again?

by brian on Mar 1, 2008 9:38 PM CST reply actions

if we get shut out, by Brian fucking Boucher, I’m not going to another game until there’s a change of strategy and a drastic improvement in our offense. I apparently care about this team a little too much, since they play so terribly and it makes me extremely depressed.

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:40 PM CST reply actions

me too

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:42 PM CST reply actions

Me three

by brian on Mar 1, 2008 9:44 PM CST reply actions

Murray’s definitely slipping. the players don’t seem to be motivated, and they’re obviously not very conditioned, because they seem to pretty much give up halfway through the 3rd period.

we used to be able to skate circles around some teams in the 3rd and come back from behind and shit.

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:44 PM CST reply actions

5 minutes left.
get one fucking goal.
please.

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:46 PM CST reply actions

boyes signed for 4 years. when i track down the numbers we will know just how bad the budget is going to be for next season.

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 1, 2008 9:47 PM CST reply actions

breaking news, Brad Boyes is extended through 4 years. sweet. but he’s slumping big time. maybe this is why Boston was okay with letting him go for only Wideman

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:48 PM CST reply actions

But what if the fatigue is mental more than physical?

by brian on Mar 1, 2008 9:49 PM CST reply actions

adding to the stipulations I listed above, practice passing!!!! they can’t connect in a clutch worth a damn

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:50 PM CST reply actions

I’m stuck w/ DirecTV and have the SJ feed.
Color man Drew Remedia is whining like a little girl about the call.

by brian on Mar 1, 2008 9:51 PM CST reply actions

Good news on Boyes. Did they sign him between periods???

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:51 PM CST reply actions

Speaking of dicks, when does Mike Danton get out of Fort Dix?

by brian on Mar 1, 2008 9:51 PM CST reply actions

6-12-5 in the last 23 they just said. Go .500 in those and we would be fighting for home-ice……..sighs

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:52 PM CST reply actions

Jesus H. Christ! Kariya can’t hit the net to save his life

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:52 PM CST reply actions

I think between shifts Rich ;-)

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:52 PM CST reply actions

Its good to see the boys leaving this stinking pile of crap on the ice in front of another sellout crowd.

Someone get hullie on the phone and say we are dedicating this one to him too.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:53 PM CST reply actions

At 7:39PM I wrote: “Will Boucher turn into Roy tonight?”

Its all my fault.

Sorry.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:55 PM CST reply actions

Boo

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:56 PM CST reply actions

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 9:56 PM CST reply actions

So says the crowd as well it seems.

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:56 PM CST reply actions

Well that was well worth our time

by Johnny Stats on Mar 1, 2008 9:57 PM CST reply actions

Dooks you have totally screwed up my screen! :-)

by Rich Horton on Mar 1, 2008 9:57 PM CST reply actions

just move the side scroll back to the left. it should stay that way. it did for me

by Dooks on Mar 1, 2008 10:01 PM CST reply actions

Defenseman – #51 Brian Campbell
-Quarterbacked the Sharks’ PP goal
- plus-1 on the night for an estimated 25 mintues of ice time
- dominated the blueline all night long

…how much cash do the Blues have leftover to throw at this guy in free agency?

by Adam Duke on Mar 1, 2008 11:30 PM CST reply actions