Our Readers Are Cool

by Brad Lee on May 16, 2008 3:37 PM CDT

Hockey-Reference.com has more information than you will EVER need.

By Brad Lee

If you're here reading a blog about the St. Louis Blues in the middle of May when the team's season ended the first week of April, you may have a hockey problem.* A really big problem.

*We won't mention what it means to be still writing rather regularly on said hockey blog. Having a blog and keeping it going implies a whole other level of crazy.

But if you're here, you might want to learn about a fairly new Web site that will keep you up at night looking at old players, stats and the like. It's called Hockey-Reference.com. And there's one little aspect that will keep you looking for names. It's called sponsorship.

The way the Web site makes money is to offer a sponsorship on every single page of the site. Every player, team, coach is available to be sponsored. Our Internet friend Greg Wyshynski over at Puck Daddy on Yahoo! had a contest going to create the funniest phrase to accompany his sponsorship for old buddy Chris Pronger's page. He hoped readers could do better than "A suspension waiting to happen..."

Here's where the headline of this post comes into play. Every single Blues player ever has a sponsorship space available. Some for $100 for one year, others for $40. And some for just $10. A faithful reader contacted us last week to tell us he bought the sponsorship for Erik Johnson's page. That reader is Alex Chidester. He told us he didn't have anything to promote and wanted to see Game Time get some attention. He came up with the line: "The future is now...hopefully." We couldn't have said it any snarkier. Thanks Alex.

And we won't turn down anyone else who chooses to pony up for a sponsorship and gives us some attention in the process. We'd love it and give you a mention here on the blog. Hell, we'd even take a joke on Jordin Tootoo's page.

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Greg as always comes up with something great when you least expect it. The man is a genius. Hockey Reference is a fun site and I can’t still believe some of the phrases created. I nearly rolled off my chair laughing so hard.

by Chris on May 17, 2008 4:05 AM CDT reply actions

Yes, Hockey Reference makes for great browsing. I was also surprised at who was still up for grabs….

Wysh should also grab the page for Sean Pronger, and add something to the effect of “always playing in the shadow of his brother’s suspensions”. Sadly, there isn’t a page for Martin Kariya …

by Tim on May 18, 2008 12:54 PM CDT reply actions

PS – Check out the Jagr page, and the link associated with it. Awesomeness

by Tim on May 18, 2008 12:57 PM CDT reply actions

Fuck Detroit

by Poor College Student on May 19, 2008 10:38 PM CDT reply actions

god damn dallas was starting to raise my hopes. just back from michigan. after the third game i was in a bar above a hockey rink after dominating michigan players and everyone errupts in cheers for the wings wearing red like it was soviet day and start to boo. though i sit at a table with two fellow blues fans everyone looks at me and says, “hey your on your own.” i say no problem they’re just a bunch of wings fans. shit, memo to self, this year take pictures of the detriot fan that had a purse was a, cough, man with his boyfriend attending game.

other than that hello to all. i’m already jonesing for blues hockey. something must be wrong. currently in a battle on a site about the possible rehiring of pleau. i’m not for it. responder fails to put blame on pleau for hull’s disappearance and does not respond to demitra’s free walk. instead responder becomes confused by the use of the word wunderkind and attacks my eloquence rather than logical argument.

suddenly there’s a chance for kids to play next season makes me want to buy my season tickets back but yet i’m holding out waiting to see if mistakes are repeated like ryan johnson and larry pleau. note to larry—your wife is sick, take care of her and please leave the blues alone. go to atlanta. no wait then we will surely lose an nhl franchise a second time in atlanta.

last note: not buying the perron was used succesfully bs jd and andy murray are spouting. i’m frightened that i end up buying seats and watching mostly the same old players on the ice again.

by chris d. on May 20, 2008 4:15 AM CDT reply actions