Tuesday links: Where Manny Legace can't take a hint and hang 'em up edition

by averagejoe on Oct 13, 2009 6:01 AM CDT Comment 11 comments

Where did fall go? My apartment is too cold for October and I'm too cheap to turn on the heat. Oh well. At least cold means hockey.

Blues news

It's auction time for the Blues. You can buy all sorts of signed stuff ... and tickets. [Blues]
Haven't had a chance to see a game live? Wonder what the pregame video is? If you are, you have problems. Here it is, weirdo. [Blues]
Good news for Alex Pietrangelo: He's not being limited by the nine-game rights clause. Bad news for Petro: Andy Murray said he could go back to juniors at any time. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
The Blues are trying to fix what ails them. [Belleville News-Democrat]
The Blues had a hard practice and Anthony Peluso is on the move. [STLtoday.com]
"St. Louis Blues Assign John Davidson to AHL Peoria Rivermen" -- this headline really confused me. [MLN Raw Feed]

Hockey news

Lots of games on the schedule for a Monday night. [Yahoo! Sports]
Three games on Tuesday. Go Buffalo, Toronto and Calgary? [Yahoo! Sports]
Manny Legace sighting: He's signed a tryout deal with the Chicago Wolves. [Daily Herald]
Fragile Jay McKee is no longer an overpaid question. Now hes a cheap answer. Hey Pierre LeBrun -- it's only October. [ESPN]
ESPN does its power rankings. After two wins, the Blues were fourth. After two losses, the Blues are 23rd. Makes sense. [ESPN]
I'm sure Hildymac will love this -- a look at Kari Lehtonen vs. Johan Hedberg.[Behind the Net]
Bag skates, those skate until you puke workouts, don't really work. At least, that's what Ray "Chicken Parm" Ferraro says. Thoughts, Answer Man? [TSN]

Other links

This is more than a month old, but NatetheGreat. couldn't pass up a joke about an "epic golden shower." [Space.com]
Bob and Larry look an awful lot like a dong and some balls. (Also from NatetheGreat.) [Consumerist]
How to draw ... a stickman. [eHow]

Video

I don't understand Japan.

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damn

does peoria need a goalie THAT bad?

"You got Osh'd!"
"When you run from the police, you only go to jail tired"

by DontToewsMeBro on Oct 13, 2009 6:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Trust me. The Thrashers have 5 goalies in their depth chart. I’m confused by this, but nothing any part of this organization does even shocks me any more. They could spontaneously combust at center ice and I probably wouldn’t notice.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 13, 2009 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've come to the conclusion . . .

that whoever does the rating polls for the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA, the third-rate division of college athletics where my Alma Mater plays) are the same ones that do hockey polls at tWWL (ESPN). Wild fluctuations week-to-week . . . lots of weight given to one result instead of the whole body of work . . . votes very erratically spread out . . . it’s enough to make one bash their own fucking head against the wall.

Just an observation.

One day, David Backes and Albert Pujols will combine forces to become the most awesome piece of violent force known to man.

by Donut King on Oct 13, 2009 8:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Stupid power rankings.

I’m glad that you posted that, because that kind of goes along with today’s Tuesdays With Hildy entry. I never really look at them because they just piss me off.

That comparison between Moose and Glass Joe was done over on BWA about a year ago. This one left out the amount of up ice passes/scoring chances against the other team each goalie contributed to – Moose won that battle because he knows how to stickhandle. Kari gets it confused with a french fry.

What I think is funny is how it asked a question, found nothing in the stats to answer it, and then just kind of dropped it. The answer’s pretty clear. When you have your captain saying stuff like “We always play harder for Moose,” maybe it’s not a stats reason. Maybe it’s a personal thing.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 13, 2009 8:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

alright....

It’s only fucking tuesday and I feel… like this

You guys tell me the stiffest fucking drink you can think of ….. cause god fucking damn I need a stiff fucking drink!

What pisses me off the most is that fucking Toskala or fucking other pieces os shit who are shit for MORE than just ONE season and they still get to play in the NHL….

FUK THIS CRAP.

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Oct 13, 2009 8:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Songs on intro video

I know the first one is “Requiem for a Dream” – Clint Mansell

What about that 2nd one??

by hatrk219 on Oct 13, 2009 10:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I love you guys

I come to you guys in a mood of great anger and depression and express this as a request for a stiff drink. Now normal people would be all like “OH NOEZ DRINKING IS BAD!!! YOU’RE NOT OLD ENOUGH??!” or “WHATS WRONG?!?”

But no. You guys actually gave me recipes for stiff fucking drinks. You guys understand me.

Thank you.

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Oct 13, 2009 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs