Thursday links: Where we hope the Party Starter is allowed to start the party in Phoenix edition

by averagejoe on Oct 15, 2009 5:00 AM CDT Comment 16 comments

Finally, we have hockey. It seems like it's been longer than four days without a game. You know what I am saying?

Blues news

Note vs Yotes. Here's a preview. [CBSSports]
Keith Tkachuk likes the crease. [Belleville News-Democrat]
The Coyotes, despite the circus surrounding the team, are playing quite well. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Mr. Party Starter, Patrik Berglund, isn't happy with his sluggish start. [Belleville News-Democrat]
D.J. King fights, but the Rivermen lose to Milwaukee. [Peoria Journal Star]
Jeremy Rutherford is chatting at 1 p.m. today. [STLtoday.com]

Hockey news

Results from last night. [Yahoo! Sports]
Here's a look at the other games tonight that don't involve the Blues. [Yahoo! Sports]
TSN and its panel of experts play a little game of question and answer. [TSN]
International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel doesn't want the NHL to stop sending players to the Olympics after 2010. [CTV]
Good news, Thomas Vanek isn't that hurt. [TSN]
The Colorado Avalanche are the hot new team of the first half. [ESPN]
Georges Laraque needs to do his job on the ice says one blogger. [Habs Eyes on the Prize]
The Devils fourth line hasn't been playing well. [In Lou We Trust]

Other links

CCR is taking the mic. He's got some road tunes. Check it out. Holla. [St. Louis Game Time]
This one is for the ladies ... (Thanks, RFJCC) [Cracked.com]
Shit was weird in the early 1930s. [Buzz Feed]
PCS and I agree on three things: 1) Go Blues. 2) Fuck Detroit and 3) Bacon. Ladies and gents: Bacon Jam. [Not Quite Nigella]

Video

You may have seen this guy before, but he's just fucking awesome.

Go Blues. I will see you all in the GDT ... hopefully. gametimelinks(at)gmail.com

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Eh, why not....

Still to this date my favorite piece I have created…

"Brad Winchester playing on a line with Perron and Berglund is like the fat kid who you invite to play one day because you didn't have enough skaters, yet you don't have the heart to tell them to leave the next few times you play. Damn you Andy Murray." -Author Unknown

by -DJ- on Oct 15, 2009 7:36 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

I still can't believe

no one has jumped on that Walt quote at BND.

by luvhockey on Oct 15, 2009 7:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

raises hand

I got it yesterday in the links section. :D Nothing like that escapes my attention, mostly because I’m guilty of saying stuff that tends to sound wrong. I wonder, though, if that was an accident…

Anywho, I am so making the bacon jam.

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 15, 2009 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm dumb.

I didn’t realize that you meant actually on the newspaper’s site.

So, swine flu? Did the bacon jam story hit close to home?

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 15, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Swine flu has hit this area bad

the school district nest to ours close all wk because of it.
My 7yo said 8 kids from his class were absent yesterday.
My 10 yo only had half his soccer team at practice Tues.
I’m waiting for my boys to get it any day now.

It isn’t that bad. Just achy and want to sleep all day. At least not a pukey sickness.
I’ve actually had bacon jam a lot as a kid, hmm might need to head to my Aunt Billie’s house in the ozarks, she made the best bacon jam.

by luvhockey on Oct 15, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I had that shit.

Wasn’t horrible.
But I was quarantined for a week. And didn’t have to do work for that long, so it wasn’t that bad.

Sometimes, I wonder why hockey came south of St. Louis, and then I realize, I'm south of St. Louis. Coincidence, I think not.

by Will in STL on Oct 15, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That Flute Guy

Wonder if he handles a skin flute the same way.

Actually, that shit is really really impressive.

North Co! North Co! North Co!

by Answer Man on Oct 15, 2009 10:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

ill try to drop in on the GDT.....

but I have to work at 7 so it just depends on how crazy the ER is tonight…….

This is why working nights sucks…..

I still maintain Vladimir Konstantinov got what he deserved...If you can't handle that then kiss my ass......

by dablues7 on Oct 15, 2009 11:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Gonna miss another GDT

I’ll be landing in the Valley Of The Sun around 8pm Phoenix time on my way back to Shaky Town. I’m tempted to grab a cab and hit the game since I’ll be right there and the Blues won’t be in LA for awhile. I’m actually gonna miss the Blues’ first game against the Ducks due to an elk hunting trip so it’s gonna be a long drought of live Blues hockey.

Speaking of GDT threads, I tried to log on to the mobile commenting thing and all I got was date processing screen for about 10 mins and then I gave up. Tried it 2x and the samie same. Hep this ole man out pleez.

Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

by spectr17 on Oct 15, 2009 11:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That flute player is awesome . . .

but I have a feeling that this guy might be able to compete with him.

“In the shuffling madness of Locomotive Breath . . .”

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 15, 2009 12:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the checketts situation

a few stories in the post (stltoday.com) about dave ejecting the rushman, and how he is now considered a top tier candidate for buying the rams. again, is this good, is this bad? eh still has to win the team first i guess. checketts will likely be the number one rams story every week this season that the rams lose.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Oct 15, 2009 12:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

So... number one story every week, huh?

Honestly, Checketts hasn’t had to do much with the Blues. All he’s had to do so far are (1) hire hockey people, and (b) let them do their jobs. Granted, Checketts bought the Blues from a buffoon who couldn’t follow either one of those rules; but so far he hasn’t had to whack any of his front-office staff, and his most difficult PR jobs have involved that phony “Blue Revolution” crap and a broken escalator.

by BleedBlue42 on Oct 15, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

checketts

he is the only identified potential ownership group, a post “checketts” search lists more ram stories in the last week than blues stories, what in the world would people want to read about the rams?

google dave checkets and count, more first page rams stories than blues. again why will this change?

until the other ownership groups are identified, the only st. louis football game in town IS checketts, and he grabbed the headlines cos of the rushman’s antics, he keeps the spotlight because now all the locals will be slobbering over the potential greatness of a checketts owned rams team.

i mean imagine, a ram team with football knowledge in the draft process, the trade process, the free agent process, and the coaching process. one might think the rams could turn it around immediately!!

i mean if checketts buys the rams tomorrow the FINAL piece on sunday will be ticket sales!!!!!

TICKET SALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Oct 15, 2009 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs