Say It Aint So, Matt; Walker Signs With Hawks

Sad day for me, too, Gallagher. Oh well.

i’m sorry, but this hurts the team how? the only sad part is that he went to chicago

First RJ then Big Country…I need another beer.

stay-at-home defenseman Matt Walker, [is] a player that Larry Pleau raves about every time he gets a chance. If it weren’t for Blues coach Joel Quenneville’s favor towards veterans, Walker might actually have a chance at making the team in the fall.

so question is, it that local, national, or trading card review. hmmm

CT: Give it a rest, dude.

There goes my “Pass it to Walker!” cheer …. or, maybe not…

Good Luck, Matt. There’ll always be a warm spot in our hearts for Big Country.

David, never said it was a bad thing. Plus, it was easy to tell that this was Walker’s last year in the Note. It’s pretty much just a story with no editorial content whatsoever.

For the record, Sean Gallagher, chairman of the Matt Walker Fan Club, was not in attendance for Walker’s only goal as a St. Louis Blue.

give it a rest? ha!

larry pleau has been tagged with liking two players, walker and dutchie. it is interesting to note, other people’s personal recollections notwithstanding, that one of his boys is gone.

instead the blues sign yan. of od “this cities” boys.

"Yan can play many roles within our organization," said Davidson. "He has skill, is great at faceoffs and can kill penalties."

and instead of lp giving the standard announcement about the greatness of rj, or eastwood [in fact it would probably be eerie to dig up a lp quote on any of eastwood’s 27 resignings with the team and have it sound different than jd’s lines], or whomever, jd does that now.

 if dutchie wasn’t in the bank for 3 yrs I wonder if any of lp’s own personel choices would be on this team this season. he has two replacements already occuping his office space and jd doing most of his public job.

Let me get this straight….the enemy signs one of our pylons to man the D, allowing one of our prospects with talent to move up and it’s a SAD day??? Walks on the blue for Chi makes them weaker. Just like he did us.

Well, if history has shown us anything, Walker is due for a career year.

yep, he’ll get TWO whole goals this year, bringing him close to Twist’s career total

Jesus Christ. No one asked YOU to be sad.

New GT Rule: You must read beyond the headline before commenting.

Man IT IS CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!! I can’t be happier. It’s like we signed three players better than anyone on the free agent market but we didn’t really sign in buddy on it. Good bye turds…when Wyno heals from his injury will Walker call for a trade there also? I’ve seen players have a harder time going around a pylon in practice than getting around Walker. There was some promise here and there but then you’d look up and realize it was just Dallas Drake that Walker kept in front of him, not someone with any speed or anything.

On the side note; Glad to know a kid I played hockey with once upon a time remains with the Blues for now. I think if it came to it he could score more goals in a season than RJ but I’m not placing money on any such wager. Unless we’re in for some more presents I don’t see Stastny making the team out of camp unless an injury occurs to someone. Be prepared to fall in love with Chris Porter.

sean, your post made baby jesus cry, i hope your happy!!!

I will miss Walker. The guy had guts.

In a Big County dreams stay with you
like a lover’s voice across a mountain side.
Stay alive

I liked Walker.

I’d have liked to have seen him get re-signed.

It’s always a positve statement for your player development staff when a guy that you draft makes it to the NHL for keeps.

B.

I think the person most depressed about this turn of events is the head chef for the press box …. he just lost his biggest fan…

fyi, with all the player sigings it should be noted that the blues have signed a team. they re-bought their minor league team that the lauries had sold off during the lockout. checketts now owns (or will when it is finalized) the rivermen and the blues.

Hawks/Wings got the bid for the 2nd U.S. outdoor game.

Fuck.

At Wrigley, by the way.

fuck detroit…

everything is their fault

Let’s remember the good times,

"Several of us were standing by the locker room door this morning, talking about movies we had seen recently…

Walker walked by us and said: "I don’t watch movies on the road. It’s too heavy carrying the VCR everywhere."

Chicago huh, still ten times better than Detroit.

we owned walker so long he used a vcr on road trips?

does his 8-track player record?

is his favorite candy those wax bottles filled with colored sugar water?

i hope he remember to pack a lunch in his space 1999 lunch box, that drive to chicago is 7 hours. and 1 buble up cola isn’t going to last either.

Actually, Rutherford reported it in 2008, hence the hilarity of the Beaver Lodge native still using VHS.

Just imagine how much ammo we’d have if someone with talent had JR’s team privileges.

Rutherford in and of himself isn’t a bad reporter.
I believe it’s more the fact that he works for the Post-Dispatch.

And there was no better quote than the VCR quip earlier this year

I love it. You think Ryan Johnson was no good, and yet you weep for losing one of the worst players on the team with the exception of brewer. He and Walker were single handedly responsible for 50% of the most bone-headed of plays the last 2 seasons.

Dave, read the fucking post before you comment. This isn’t lamenting the loss of Walker as a player, I just happened to like the guy.

Christ sakes.