Thursday Morning Links

by averagejoe on Mar 12, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

Morning boys and girls. The Blues play again tonight, again at home, and again it's a big game. Blues vs. Sharks ... in case you need a reminder of what happened the last time these two teams met. Watch this.

Let's get to the links.

Blues news

With the injury bug heading to San Jose, Jeremy Rutherford says the Blues are catching the Sharks at the right time.
Here's the Post-Dispatch preview of the game and the AP.
Yesterday's Sharks practice was different from the norm.
If you weren't aware, Evegni Nabakov won't be in net tonight. Our fine Fear the Fin friends take on Brian Boucher.
By the way, Fear the Fin ... they're good people. Poke around the site a little bit to get to know the enemy.
For betters ... go here.
It's Thursday, which means JR chat time.
Talking about burying the lede, the Cam Janssen stuff in this blog is gold.
Aaron Palushaj was named to the All-CCHA First Team.
Jake Allen gets praise, but its in French. Here's a ROUGH translation.
Goodbye, Matt Foy.

Other news

Last night's games, tonight's game.
Here are the standings. The Blues are in 12th, three points out.
Results that need to happen: Carolina (over Dallas), Colorado (over Minnesota), and Atlanta (over Edmonton). All wins must take place in regulation.
Shockingly, the NHL won't be immune to the recent economic conditions.
ESPN's Scott Burnside uses Jay McKee's open-ice hit and subsequent brawl to illustrate that the NHL rules do work.
Ex-Oilers owner gets busted.
Steve Downey suspension: upheld.
Don Cherry is shocked people didn't like him calling out Ovechkin?
This feels weird to me. I would never wear green Blues gear.
A playoff predictor. Awesome.

Other news

DanGNR comes through with another fashion WTF.
Brian sends this along. I don't want to get political (this is a sports blog) but this comment was too funny to pass up:

Bristol, honey, your 15 minutes were up months ago... the best thing your mom ever did was make it possible for Chris Mason to emerge as the Blues' starting goalie.

Oh Detroit, you keep doing what you're doing.
They better not have fired the guys who make Snuffelupagus.
Want to make green beer? Here's how.
More beer goodness.

Video

Enjoy this little video to help put you in the proper mindset for tonight. Is Roy Scheider (Capt. Martin Brody) David Backes?

With that, I'm done. Go Blues. See you all later and in the GTD.

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Goodbye, Matt Foy.

Does this mean that Manny will again wear #34?
Did Manny conspire against Matt to take #34?
Did Manny encourage Matt to go over the boards during the fight?
This calls for an investigation!

34 Matt Foy RW R 6-2 225 May 18, 1983 Oakville, ON
35 Manny Legace G L 5-10 200 Feb 4, 1973 Toronto, ON

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Mar 12, 2009 10:05 AM CDT reply actions

That Detroit link is nice

Mayoral candidate and former NBA great Dave Bing said today it was “not correct” when he earlier claimed to have earned a master’s degree in business administration.

But the claim made on a tape touting education and staying in school was meant to be interpreted in a different manner, Bing told the Associated Press.

You know that bullshit I told you? Yeah, that was meant to be interpreted in a different manner. “Different,” like you were supposed to buy it without asking questions.

Lighthouse Hockey: SBN's New York Islanders blog with hip issues.

by Dominik on Mar 12, 2009 11:10 AM CDT reply actions

Maybe this means....

…Brad and Sean have PhD’s in Abnormal Psychology for their work at St. Louis (GT) University.

Guy, you should update those resumes.

by Rich of GASL on Mar 12, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes, please do.

I would love for you guys to come speak to my class when we get to the psychological disorders chapter,

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 Mar 12, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow... when you said "ROUGH translation" of that Allen interview...

…you weren’t just whistlin’ “Dixie.”

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://www.tomorrowsblues.net

by Tomorrows Blues on Mar 12, 2009 1:47 PM CDT reply actions

May hurt my cred a lil...

but screw it, I think I’m gettin the green t-shirt. As a proud Irishman, I look at it as I’ll be advertising the Blues to a bunch of drunkards in Dogtown for St. Patty’s Days to come. Plus, I like the pissed off little Leprechan(sp?).

by Nancy's Boy on Mar 12, 2009 1:56 PM CDT reply actions

As a fellow Mick . . .

I will NEVER wear a green Blues shirt. If I did, it would throw off the space-time continuum so badly that it might fuck up our way of life as we know it.

"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields

by Donut King on Mar 12, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions