article on Brewer being a captain (fixed)

by Dooks on Feb 5, 2009 3:33 PM CST

from NHL.com:

Brewer learned how to be a captain from the best

Eric Brewer says he's always been sort of a history buff. So it wasn't unusual to see him studying the names of St. Louis captains that are engraved on a plaque in the entry way from the Blues dressing room to the Scottrade Center ice......

read the rest here

this may shed a little light on what the Blues locker room was thinking when they voted to give him the "C"

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Nice patch-up job there, Dooks.

And actually not a bad read. Even if I still disagree with the choice of Brewer as captain.

In short . . . “The quickest way to a man’s heart is with David Backes’s fist.”

By the way, according to J.R. at the P-D, both Backes and Teej will be playing tonight.

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile." -- Vince Lombardi

(No, I'm not a Packers fan)

by Donut King on Feb 5, 2009 4:04 PM CST reply actions

Nice work

Way to turn it around. Good job, Dooks.

by stlfan on Feb 6, 2009 8:01 AM CST reply actions

Sorry to be the plagiarism police on the last one...

by stlfan on Feb 6, 2009 8:02 AM CST up reply actions

Heh . . .

someone’s gotta keep us crazies in line, I suppose.

"Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile." -- Vince Lombardi

(No, I'm not a Packers fan)

by Donut King on Feb 6, 2009 12:40 PM CST up reply actions

If the players voted him the “C” and not the organization, then nobody outside of the locker room has the right to complain about it. You can complain about the guy’s play, but the “C” isn’t always about being the best player on the ice.

by The Goalie Guy on Feb 6, 2009 4:31 PM CST reply actions

e.g. Dallas Drake. Not the most skilled guy on the ice, but his teammates loved him.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

by Dan. on Feb 6, 2009 8:35 PM CST up reply actions

Drake still sucked

and he wasn’t chosen by the players.

by Henry Miller's Used Penis on Feb 7, 2009 7:17 PM CST up reply actions

Do you like any of the Blues?

Just asking.

SWYD

by gallagher on Feb 7, 2009 10:51 PM CST up reply actions

Vitali Karamnov perhaps?

Used to be Aaron, but some douchebag Celtics fan has that one already.

by Fuck Detroit on Feb 7, 2009 11:34 PM CST up reply actions

Nah ....

I’m betting it was Pete Zezel …

.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com

by CrossCheckRaise on Feb 8, 2009 1:26 AM CST up reply actions

what's wrong with Zezel?

Dude was the reason the red "L"s are on the ice near the faceoff circles. He was a great faceoff man who changed the face of the game.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Feb 9, 2009 11:06 PM CST up reply actions

nothing at all ..

I also remember him as a great faceoff man. I was trying to reach back a few years into the past, and that was the first name that popped into my head. Not exactly obscure (what I was aiming at), but somewhere in that direction …

.... formerly "Tim" of StLouisGameTime.com

by CrossCheckRaise on Feb 10, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions

Karamnov and the gang

Haha … man, Caron’s Russian exploration. That was a hoot.

Blues brass: “The Red Wings have Federov. Buffalo has Mogilny. Vancouver, Bure. We should probably get in on this action.”

The Professor (in his trademark French growl): “Well, you know, back during the war, I met a fine Russian woman, she was beautiful. We had two memorable nights after the fall of Berlin. Last year we got back in touch. She says her nephews can play hockey. I will tell the fans, ‘There is meat in the borscht.’”

And Karamnov, Prokhorov, and Korolev (the star!) were born. Anyone remember Prokhorov’s hat trick? For that one short moment, I thought one of the Russians would be something.

Lighthouse Hockey: an SB Nation New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Feb 8, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions

Korelev was working for awhile. he was on the Leafs for a few years after the Blues so he wasn’t a complete failure

by Dooks on Feb 8, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, Korolev was serviceable. It was just funny the way they billed the trio as part of the new Russian wave when, you know, they were fairly interchangeable.

Lighthouse Hockey: an SB Nation New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Feb 8, 2009 9:31 PM CST up reply actions

Didn’t say they picked him. Just said they loved him :)

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

by Dan. on Feb 8, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions

Not Keenan-type players...

Part of it was that they weren’t very good for Russians, the other part was that Keenan had no idea of how to use them. That would have actually required strategy on his part, and his whole coaching mantra is about “out-competing” the opposition.

by The Goalie Guy on Feb 8, 2009 12:55 PM CST reply actions