Tuesday Links

by averagejoe on Mar 31, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

My favorite thing about the playoffs is that there is a game every other day. I don't like this two days off thing. I guess I'm just really in the mood for some Motivational Speeches. Oh well ... let's get to the links: now with hi-speed internet!

Blues news

It's been said before, but the Miracle on Martin Luther King Jr. Day changed the season.
Seriously ... look at the numbers since the Boston win. The Blues have been amazing.
Chris "The Beard" Mason gets some love for the playoff push. Mase has been huge, but I'm giving credit to the entire team. Everyone is busting their ass. As Brad said, when Brad Boyes is back-checking you know the team is playing hard.
Have the hockey gods ended their long-standing hatred of the Blues?
This story is old, but I love that teams are "overwhelmed" by the Blues.
Mason gets profiled here. Ignore the massive error in the second graf -- Mase was traded for a pick, not a FA signing. Good fact checking NHL.com.
We've predicted it on this site -- people are starting to notice this scrappy team.

NHL news

Here are the standings. They will change tonight -- and not for the good of the Blues.
Last night's games happened. Tonight some games will happen. Results we want: Columbus over Nashville, Edmonton over Anaheim, Nucks over Wild, Habs over Hawks, Kings over Stars. Remember, the Oilers/Ducks game will push the Blues out of the playoffs, but the 'Note will still have a game in hand -- which only matters if we get a point.
The Central Division gets some credit for not being just the Red Wings division.
Sean Avery vs. Marty Broduer was, like most Devils games, boring.
Might be old news by now: The Canucks and the Hawks had a brawl. Hair was pulled (Hat tip to Amanda for bringing this to our attention).
Mr. Gallagher somehow finds time to pass this along ... a map of hockey fans.
T.J. Oshie approves this message.
Shea Weber talks to Puck Daddy.

News

Kirksville makes news World Wide. As someone who watched KTVO while at Truman, this made me laugh a whole lot. I might know a few of the people behind this.
Math I can get behind.
Soap box: Support journalism.
Casual Friday means getting naked?

Video

Berglund and Oshie are no longer roommates, but still best friends.

Video

Let's hope this works. If the embed fails, go here.

Also ...Blues/Bruins highlights to refresh your memories.

Come back later for more the boss men. Send good stuff to gametimelinks (at) gmail.com.

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Who are we rooting for tonight? Too many teams we need to lose.
Montreal, CBJ? (in regulation, thanks), Vancouver, Edmonton? (in reg), LA

I’m still not over the hair pulling in that brawl. What a bitch.

Also, I must say that I’m impressed by my abillity to keep my camera still for 10 minutes while I taped that damn Berglund & Oshie interview, haha.

by oic on Mar 31, 2009 7:37 AM CDT reply actions

Oh wow

That was you that taped that?? Nice work! Thanks for putting it on the internets for everyone to see! :D

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

by Dan. on Mar 31, 2009 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions

haha i didnt tape it in the flesh. i took a video of the video and usually my arms go all weak and i shake the camera around a lot..but i didnt do too bad on this one.

by oic on Mar 31, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Some great links

This from the fourth poster on the puck daddy link
"This from a Wings fan living in St. Louis, GO BLUES. I’m tired of living in a city with no playoff hockey. "
I’m thinking this person doesn’t post here.

Enjoyed the Kirksville link being an alum brings back great memories of the area. Although I’m an alum of NEMO

Loved the interview. Berglund looks the oldest of Oshie and Perron (who looks 12). I liked Berglund calling “Timmy” grandpa!

I’m always amazed at the grasp of the english language by Europeans. These kids get drafted and can assimilate so easily. The US lags so far behind in requiring a 2nd language in school.

by luvhockey on Mar 31, 2009 8:36 AM CDT reply actions

Berglund is pretty funny with that dry sense of humor

And we “lag” behind a 2nd language because for most of the country we don’t really need it. How many people do you know end up in a non-English speaking country for something other than a vacation? And on top of that English is largely the primary international business language, what 2nd language would we learn that would improve American’s international transitions? In places like SoCal where a 2nd language is useful we’re no worse at the 2nd language than the average European. An extra hour of science > an hour of a language that’s useful in 2-3 countries.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Mar 31, 2009 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Chinese might be useful.

I think that US schools start teaching different languages WAY too late. It would be a hell of a lot easier to learn a second language starting in kindergarten rather than starting in high school. Since starting French in 8th grade, I haven’t retained much of it. I can say a few simple phrases but nothing complex. My french reading and oral comprehension is mostly non-existent. It could be just me but I think a lot of kids in the US are in the same boat because the language part of the brain stops developing around age 12, making learning a new language after that age very difficult, not impossible though.

Schools need a MAJOR reform if US kids are ever going to catch up in anything. We waste SO much time in school doing a bunch of useless crap.

FUCK DETROIT IN EYEBALLS

"Go to sleep bitch! Die motherfucker die! Times up bitch close your eyes!" ~Eminem
"Turned into a monster I'm a motherfucker!!!" ~ Static X

by Carnie on Mar 31, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh my God....

that stuff from Kirksville was hillarious………..EPIC

'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
MARK VIDUKA

by Jstats on Mar 31, 2009 11:45 AM CDT reply actions

Technoviking & The Osh

6:45 – “Perry and I are the same age, and we call ‘Timmy’ ‘Grandpa’” as Berglund pats Teej on the leg.

Absolutely hysterical.

I guess Rene Knott is a hockey expert now that he’s done his one hockey interview for the year.

by Chris Gift on Mar 31, 2009 1:06 PM CDT reply actions

Regarding ANA/EDM..........

Wouldnt it be better for the Ducks to win this one? With a Nashville loss, and Ducks win, we would be 1 point out of 7th, and EDM would be knocked down pretty hard to climb back up….

"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 31, 2009 3:01 PM CDT reply actions

the way i looked at it

and im no expert but … i just figured that its better to be tied than passed. you really could go either way. in my point of view, id rather have the ducks still behind us and the blues and oil tied than have the ducks pass us. its really a no-win either way.

by averagejoe on Mar 31, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Another consideration..

Is that if we tied EDM, they have the tie breaker in head to head games. So if the season ends and we have the same # of wins, then it is an issue. But only if we end up with the same number of wins. which with 6 games left, is more likely than not imho.
But I am just a GT reader. so not sure if that makes me smarter or dumberer.

by DanGNR on Mar 31, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions