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Around SBN: 2011 In Extreme Home Runs

Thanks For A Great Season

We raise our metaphorical sticks along with the Blues.

By Brad Lee

Hopefully you were at the final home game of the season Saturday and bought a copy of the paper edition of St. Louis Game Time. In it, you would have read all sorts of thanks to various contributors, vendors, scalpers, homeless guys, bartenders and gentle security guards. Oh, and readers too. But in case you didn't make it or you live in Sweden or go to school in the Carolinas or live in the Pacific Northwest or whatever, this post is for you.

This has been one helluva season. It's been great for stretches and absolutely fucking horrible. And we've been here for every stinking game. We've stayed up late and live blogged horrible losses on the West Coast. We've put up with taunts from French Canada and Fucking Detroit. We've had incredible insights into D.J. King's condo, the Blues' dressing room, the press box buffet and all points in between.

The purpose of this site is to obsess about the St. Louis Blues. And since June 2007 we've had millions of page views and at some point in the year started averaging more than 1,000 unique viewers a day. It's blown us away. Even though a post may only have a dozen comments (or several dozen for some of the live blogs), hundreds and sometimes thousands of people are reading our posts and your comments. We know people across the blogosphere come here to take the temperature of Blues fans. We are proud to represent the fan base and give almost anyone a voice to express how they feel about this team. Even fans of fucking Detroit. So thank you to all the regulars who keep stopping by to play in the fun and games and everyone else who stops by and wanders around a little. You help make this site fun and interesting. And thanks to all the folks who have contributed posts this year. You guys don't suck. Really.

And even though the Blues' season is over, we're not going away. We have officially adopted two teams. We had so much fun interacting with the guys from Four Habs Fans and their fans, the Canadiens are our choice for a rooting interest in the Eastern Conference. This might be on the Game Time bulletin board in the lunch room (if we had a lunch room):
We admit we don't speak French well.

Here in the Western Conference, we're rooting for...whomever is playing the Red Wings. You'd think that we'd take the high road and actually pull for a Central Division team to win the Stanley Cup. Nope. Sorry, we lost our map and we'll just stay here on the low road where we like it. And any Wings fans that might read this, no we're not bitter. We just don't like your team. Or your team's fans. Or your city. That's about it. So (gulp)...Go Predators! You might find this on the Game Time refrigerator (if we had a refrigerator):

We feel a little dirty putting this up here.

So there you have it. Keep coming back. The Blues may be done for the year but we're just getting warmed up.

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It’s been an interesting season, that’s for sure.

There’ll be more posts from Sweden during the off-season.

by Marcus Pettersson on Apr 7, 2008 5:12 AM CDT reply actions  

More from your GTPD as well.

I’m OK with a Habs-Preds final… ;-)

B.

by GT Prospect Department on Apr 7, 2008 6:34 AM CDT reply actions  

I can agree with the Hab’s going far – that will make All Star next year that much more fun. (really need to work on that passport thing!) As long as Nashville beats the snot out of the Deadwings – Fuck YES!!!

Hey – talking to my favorite vendor John Saturday, he threw out that you might want to have a GT get together over the summer or even better the playoffs – I liked his idea of a Game 7 Western Conference showdown – obviously Detroit will have crumbled by then – so maybe a Game 7 Sharks vs Preds? West Coast time so we have a reason to stay out late that night with a 9:00-9:30 start? We could bust out my buddy Jess’s Sharks Hockey Odyssey blog and get his insight…………

Sorry didn’t know about the get together upstairs on Saturday – didn’t check in here first before heading downtown…..

BTW – who is showing playoff games?

by Diana on Apr 7, 2008 8:59 AM CDT reply actions  

Personally, I’ll be cheering for the Washington Ovechkins in the East. But if not them, then the Habs are cool too. In the West I’m pretty much rooting against the Ducks. It might not be against the rules to retire for half a season and come back all fresh and rested, but I still think it’s lame as hell.

by Manbones on Apr 7, 2008 9:05 AM CDT reply actions  

No, thank YOU for helping me through the long, hard slog that was the 07-08 regular season!

My brothers & cousins get together on the first night the Cup can be won.

I’ll bookmark the GT version Francais for playoff hooting.
Since I’ve never hated the Habs, it should be easy to support them.

I plan to ignore the Wings throughout the playoffs.

Indifference if much more offensive than active dislike as the hate indicates an emotional investment of sorts — or as the Our Lady of Lourdes forward said to me in the early 70’s as I wore my Christ the King soccer uniform: “We don’t hate or even think about you guys. Now, St. Roches we really hate them.”

I am neither proud nor ashamed of the fact that I kicked him in the ankles whenever he touched the ball for the rest of the morning? The course of play retaliation rule had already been taught.

by brian on Apr 7, 2008 9:25 AM CDT reply actions  

i can root for the preds in the first round, because it’s really just rooting against the wings. after that, i cannot condone the preds winning any more series. the thought of jordin tootoo even getting close to having his name on the cup makes me queasy.

i plan to root for whoever comes out of the east to win it all. in the meantime, go habs!

by Jessica on Apr 7, 2008 10:11 AM CDT reply actions  

given the choices, my hockey-novice coworker picked sharks v. pens for the finals with the sharks winning it all because “duh, sharks beat penguins.”

by Jessica on Apr 7, 2008 10:19 AM CDT reply actions  

I just want to thank all of you guys for the community we’ve got gong here. I made the decision to come out here to Brevard College last year to take a job that won’t be available next year and to finish up my undergrad studies. I was a bit worried at first that I’d lose touch with my passion for Blues Hockey. I can say now that despite only being able to actually “see” a few games this year (damn cable company out here don’t get The Bullriding Outdoor Network) I’m a bigger Blues fan than ever before. While I miss getting to go to as many games as I used to, I’m much more passionate than ever before. That is because of all of you out here on this website. Y’all have truly made me feel that 640 miles of highway isn’t really that far from home. THANK YOU and FUCK DETROIT!!!!!!!!

by Johnny Stats on Apr 7, 2008 10:53 AM CDT reply actions  

Stats: 640 miles? Don’t make me laugh… ;)

by Marcus Pettersson on Apr 7, 2008 11:27 AM CDT reply actions  

When I stumbled upon Game Time the first thing I did is read the back issues and loved the humor. It is fun to be around dedicated and knowledge Blues fans who know good comedy. The wittiest fans on the internets!

I like the Pens and Caps in the East. It is promising to see teams that were once in the dumps turned around by some good draft picks and fresh young talent. Hopefully it will happen to the The Note next. Wouldn’t it be great to see captain Erik Johnson raising the Cup in St Louis for the first time in the near future?

As far as the West, Canucks didn’t make it so I’m not sure. A good buddy of mine is an Avs fan and for some reason this season I started liking the Sharks too.. weird. But I don’t really care who it is at long at it isn’t Detroit. Although, Im with Jessica, fuck the Preds. They can be the ones to beat Detroit but that’s it. Those hicks wouldn’t know what to do with the Cup. Do you want to hear, “On my day with the Stan Lee Cup, we filled it with moonshine and took it down to our favorite noodling spot to show all the boys. Johnny John and John Boy got so drunk they lost track of it and had to swim downstream nearly a mile to track it down. I laughed so hard I nearly swallowed my corn cob pipe!”

by Scot C on Apr 7, 2008 1:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Yes yes Marcus I know……but you must know how I feel then.

by Johnny Stats on Apr 7, 2008 2:45 PM CDT reply actions  

I had picked the Rangers over the Ducks in the final at the beginning of the season. I still like the chances of that still happening. I’ll be rooting for Washington, but I’ve been a long-time fan of the Flyers. sucks they’re playing each other. so whoever wins that series vs. Rangers in the conference final and I’ll be happy. Anaheim and Minnesota in the west conference final

by Dooks on Apr 7, 2008 6:53 PM CDT reply actions  

I predict another early playoff exit by the wings… then I will laugh. Other than that I will have nothing to look forward too.

More “you write the comedy” please cause it’s awesome =D

who do you guys predict to win it all?

by Christine on Apr 7, 2008 8:10 PM CDT reply actions  

You’re setting yourselves up for failure gentlemen, but welcome aboard nonetheless.

by HabsFan29 on Apr 7, 2008 8:26 PM CDT reply actions  

I’m on board to root for the Habs… hell, I’ll even root for the (sexual) Predators.

If you were in Edwardsville, Illinois earlier tonight near the Little Ceasar’s on 157, you would’ve witnessed me hanging out the rear window and yelling “FUCK DETROIT” while flipping off the fruit wearing the mascot’s uniform.

Blues or no Blues, I’m ready for the playoffs.

by Adam Duke on Apr 7, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions  

I’m down with ABD (Anybody But Detroit). I had already declared rooting interest for the Habs in honor of a good friend in Canada.

by baroose on Apr 8, 2008 12:38 PM CDT reply actions  

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