Monday Morning Links

by averagejoe on Mar 2, 2009 6:00 AM CST

It's March and the Blues aren't talking about who they are going to draft. I am enjoying this immensely. Unfortunately, today is Monday. Sorry about that. Here's some linkage to help put off work just a litle big longer.

Blues news

I'm not the biggest Andy Murray fan, but this guy is.
So this article pisses me off. No sources just plain dumb rumor mongering. The Blues have young guys so they simply MUST be going after Pronger. Sigh.
Unlike this author, I wouldn't use the word "wonderful" to describe a Blues trade for Pronger. Here's what I don't get: the Blues biggest asset is young defensemen. Why would they add someone on the wrong side of 30 making upwards of 6 million?
This column is for humor purposes only. Repeat, these are not real offers. The only reason I'm linking to this is a can't resist a good Boyes joke.
Keith Tkachuk will still be mentioned in rumors until the deadline.
"I'll help lead the charge," he said. "I'll go make the 'Don't trade Keith Tkachuk' signs. Personally, from my standpoint, I would love to see Keith stay. But that's part of the game. Management will do whatever they think is best for the team."
Jeff Gordon, who really has no business calling himself Hockey Guy, provides some more rumors.

Hockey news

Marty Brodeur picked up shutout No. 100 yesterday. That's probably the highlight of the action.
This is the only game on the schedule tonight.
Here's the current standings.
Baseball fans have baseball prospectus. Now, hockey has puck prospectus.
Steve Ott will be taking some time off.
This ones for the ladies ... the Washington Capitals have a new site for women called Club Scarlet. Some aren't too fond of it. But hey, anytime you can get Brent Johnson pics like this, it's a good thing.

Other links

George Michael is on board for the Arrested Development movie.
Ever wondered how much a nuke would damage Detroit? Here's your chance to find out.
LA is trying to have a swear free week? Good luck, douche bags.
Oh and the no cussing thing? It's the result of this kid and his "catchy" group.

Video
You guys might have seen this other places, but it's too good not to share with the rest of the class. Here's the background. Here's the awesomeness:

That's it for me. Remember kids, Game Time isn't just for GTD's. Come back early and often. The next few days should be a flurry of activity with trades, rumors, inuendo and the Fucking Detroit Red Wings coming to town. Until tomorrow ...

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It's all a conspiracy...

….to get me to take the “Pronger to the Blues” rumor seriously.

Well, I won’t do it…..much

by Rich of GASL on Mar 2, 2009 7:51 AM CST reply actions

DAMN IT!

The “Don’t Cuss” video’s comments have been disabled on youtube…… i had about a million things going thru my head.

"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 Mar 2, 2009 10:04 AM CST reply actions

I don't beleive the Pronger to Blues info for a minute

My sources are telling me no. We’ll see.

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by Answer Man on Mar 2, 2009 11:05 AM CST reply actions

Ever wondered how much a nuke would damage Detroit? Here’s your chance to find out.

I find that 50 megatons does nicely. Sorry, Windsor, but it’s called “guilt by association.”

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Mar 2, 2009 11:24 AM CST reply actions

some day i’ll write my manifesto about being a female hockey fan, including why i hate those pink sparkly jerseys (except if you are a breast cancer survivor), how guys should encourage their girlfriend to like the sport, and why websites like the caps female fan club irk me. in the meantime, i could have gone my whole life without seeing sergei fedorov trying to be sexy.

he’s trying to be sexy, right? not trying to look like a serial killer? pardon me while i go shudder in a corner.

by -Jessica- on Mar 2, 2009 11:25 AM CST reply actions

If Federov pulls up next to you in a cargo van

RUN!!!

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Mar 2, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions

And people think Oprik looks like a serial killer.

Lord God.

I’m with you 100% about being a female hockey fan – I can out-analyze my boyfriend and about 95% of the posters on the Thrashers boards (ha ha – before you laugh, go look at Birdwatchers Anyon - Falconer is a stats guru – he’s great at analyzing the season of Fail), I refuse to wear a girl’s jersey and will NOT buy anything that Alyssa Milano has created… it’s just… blech. Yes, some of the guys are hot, but that’s just a perk, not why I watch.

Hell, my love for men beating the hell out of each other is genetic. Mom went to games all the time when she was a kid, and commented that the Plager Bros need to come back because the games now are boring, and this was after watching a Boulton/Boll fight that lasted a good 5 minutes.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. --Homer Simpson

by hildymac on Mar 2, 2009 12:36 PM CST up reply actions

I think the thing to remember is ...

that the Caps girly club is not meant for you. It wasn’t made for existing fans, who happen to be female, to enjoy. It was (essentially) a marketing gimmick for non-fans (who happen to be female, or non-traditional males) to see hockey in a different light.

For most non-fans, the image of a hockey player resembles our logo more than than reality. Letting them have some eye-candy to catch their attention, and later drawing them in with the finer points of hockey, seems like a good plan to me.

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

by CrossCheckRaise on Mar 2, 2009 12:51 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, I know...

From a marketing standpoint it’s killer stuff – I think their head of fan relations is a woman, too. Other teams could be so lucky to have some sort of decent idea like this.

I just… girly girls on most levels irritate me. Oddly enough, I was in a sorority in college… maybe that’s where it comes from (though I wasn’t in the girly one, I was in the sarcastic and violent one – huh).

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. --Homer Simpson

by hildymac on Mar 2, 2009 3:40 PM CST up reply actions

I think the events they list on that page are great.- cocktail parties to meet other female fans, female-only chalk talk sessions with coaches. The fact is cute guys get traded or they take a puck to the face. If it’s an excuse to get women in to really learn about the game, that’s great. Selling us on “ooh come look at the hot guys” doesn’t make a lifelong fan. Learning about the history and tradition of the game along with an understanding of what’s happening on the ice makes someone a true fan.

Don’t get me wrong, if the Blues want to post any pics of the guys like those on the Caps site, I’d absolutely take a look… might I suggest Jackman or Berglund to start? But really…what self-respecting athlete poses for this:

Before you respond, Answer Man, I realize he’s a goalie… but still!

by -Jessica- on Mar 2, 2009 7:10 PM CST up reply actions

A goalie who went on a date with Paris Hilton.

It explains it all.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. --Homer Simpson

by hildymac on Mar 2, 2009 8:00 PM CST up reply actions

how about this one?

Really though, this site doesn’t bother me too much. It’s basically a simpler version of the Caps website with a couple hockey 101 vids and some sultry pictures. I have to admit that if the Blues had a website like this, I would go look at the sultry pictures, haha.

by oic on Mar 2, 2009 1:35 PM CST up reply actions

That Don't Cuss! song is stuck in my head now.

Thanks for that, AJ.

Meanwhile, apparently a nuke hits Detroit dead center and no one notices for three days.

SWYD

by gallagher on Mar 2, 2009 11:28 AM CST reply actions

It’s kind-of catchy in a “$5 footlong” sorta way.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Mar 2, 2009 11:37 AM CST up reply actions

Should we add a requirement to sign up at SLGT of “if you wanna hang with us, YOU MUST cuss”?

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Mar 2, 2009 11:38 AM CST up reply actions

that kid may be singing/rapping, but I seriously doubt he wrote that.

plus, if you zoom out on the blast radius of the bomb impacts, none of the bombs would affect Carnie and another friend I know from the internets that lives in Michigan, which is cool. (but the two bigger bombs would give one other friend a sunburn, which I can live with).
fucked up though, if an asteroid hit Detroit, the entire North American continent (save for Alaska) would be fucked

by Dooks on Mar 2, 2009 2:02 PM CST up reply actions

if an asteroid hit Detroit, the entire North American continent (save for Alaska) would be fucked

But would it kill all of the dinosaurs worldwide?

Better yet: If an asteroid hit Detroit and there was no one there to hear it, would anyone care?

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Mar 2, 2009 4:57 PM CST up reply actions

George Michael: Hello, Bluth Company.
George Sr.: Talk me off, honey. Talk me off.
George Michael: Talk you off what, PopPop?
George Sr.: Oh, George Michael. I thought you were – when’s that voice gonna drop? Put Kitty on the phone.

PTMFUS!

by LosBri on Mar 2, 2009 12:12 PM CST reply actions

by oic on Mar 2, 2009 1:37 PM CST up reply actions

lol I don’t know what that’s from or who it is, but I can’t help but notice the red doghouse with the white dog laying on top. very humorus

by Dooks on Mar 2, 2009 1:42 PM CST up reply actions

arrested development.

its george michael doing the sad walk while the snoopy sad music plays. its awesome.

by averagejoe on Mar 2, 2009 2:01 PM CST up reply actions

thanks, I looked it up on youtube. lol it’s not some sad song, that’s the Peanuts Christmas song.
-_-; I know it well because it plays along with several other Christmas songs at my work during the holidays

by Dooks on Mar 2, 2009 2:16 PM CST up reply actions