Sunday Links

by Poor College Student on May 3, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

It's Sunday morning and a witty introduction escapes me. Damn the luck

Let's get to the links:

Blues News:

Chris Mason looks to be hot again at the Worlds
Remember Lee Stempniak? He scored the only goal as Backes and the Americans lost 4-1 to the Russians.
Polak's Czech team beat the Slovaks, who were led by Lubos Bartecko, who is apparently still playing.

NHL News:

Caps get the first one on the Pens. Pensburgh reviews the action. Check below for one helluva save.
Hawks score 6 times (5 with Luongo in net!) to win by 3 goals over Vancouver.
Sunday's games- Boston/Carolina, and Anaheim/Detroit
No suspension for the Mike Brown hit that rocked Jiri Hudler's world. Good!
Alex Ovechkin excited over getting an autographed LeBron James jersey. That puts him one step closer to meeting his "American rapper hero 'Half Dollar' "
Isles owner Charles Wang (haha) humbly requests a do-over.
Somehow I whiffed on posting this yesterday: Guy Lafleur's in some hot water.

Other Stuff:

There's a Tommy Boy reference in here somewhere: BEES!
Mine That Bird: Your 2009 Kentucky Derby winner. Now back to not caring about horses for another year.
The RFJCC song of the day: David Bowie's "Dancing in the Street"

Videos:

As promised, the save of the playoffs (so far) by Simeon Varlamov.

Dare I say "2003 Giguere-esque"?

Oh, and how long has it been since we've had a bacon reference? Swine flu be damned!

Averagejoe is back for the weekdays. Send your internet finds to gametimelinks (at) gmail.com

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What a Save

That save by Varlamov was insane.

by Missourimike on May 3, 2009 9:15 AM CDT reply actions

BACON.

I wish that they had this in GA. I’d be drunk off of my butt all of the time:

Bakon Vodka

I absolutely could not believe that save on Crosby. The Caps have the real deal with that kid. Amazing.

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 May 3, 2009 10:47 AM CDT reply actions

It was a good save...

but Crosby kinda limp-wristed it. It looked like he really just took for granted that it was “gonna be a goal.” Just my 2 cents.

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

by Dan. on May 3, 2009 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions

All he had to do . . .

was LIFT THE FUCKING PUCK!

With that said . . . absolutely brilliant save by Varlamov.

"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 May 3, 2009 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Another reminder that I'm the OLD Goaler...

“Dancing in the Streets” always brings to mind Martha and the Vandellas!

Varlamov needed that insane save after his glove hand betrayed him on Pitt’s second goal… just sayin’…

"In this game, don't nobody know nuthin' about nuthin'." -- attributed to Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

by The Ol Goaler on May 3, 2009 11:28 AM CDT reply actions

WEAK WEAK WEAK GLOVE HAND!!!!!!!

Never forget Philo T. Farnsworth

"I want to fucking break it. I want to crush you from the inside."~ Static X
"Turned into a monster I'm a motherfucker!!!" ~ Static X

by Carnie on May 3, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Does it bother anyone else

that his name is pronounced Var – LA – mov instead of VAR – la – mov? It drives me nuts.

I am The One Who Shall Remain Avatar-less.

by Classic17 on May 3, 2009 6:00 PM CDT reply actions

Nah

You’re definitely not the only one. At first I thought the announcers were screwing his name up….then again I still think they are :p

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

by Dan. on May 3, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions

It's becoming the new "Perr-ON vs. PAIR-un" debate.

Lately I’ve heard it pronounced “Var-LA-mov” more often than “VAR-la-mov”.

Dude doesn’t speak English, so we may never find out for sure.

"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 May 3, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions

that must suck to be a roookie/young guy/new to the team and not speak english at all. Imagine how many times you’d get fucked with. At least other guys on the team speak russian.

Never forget Philo T. Farnsworth

"I want to fucking break it. I want to crush you from the inside."~ Static X
"Turned into a monster I'm a motherfucker!!!" ~ Static X

by Carnie on May 4, 2009 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions

I think he tried to set the press straight using Semin as an interp.

It’s Var-LA-mov like Nabby is Na-BOK-ov.

I absolutely hate it when people pronounce Frenchie’s name as PAIR-un. Um, we already have Eric Perrin. God knows we don’t need another one.

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 May 4, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL it kinda sounds the same when I say Var-LA-mov or VAR-la-mov, I think the second way sounds better, but I feel his pain because people can’t pronounce Rozwadowski. They think just cause it’s polish they gotta fuck it up by saying “Roz-wuv-durk-ski” or something similar to that.

Never forget Philo T. Farnsworth

"I want to fucking break it. I want to crush you from the inside."~ Static X
"Turned into a monster I'm a motherfucker!!!" ~ Static X

by Carnie on May 4, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions

as a sidenote

and i do fucking hate the canucks, but is there anything more beautiful sounding than jim hughson saying “perron”?

Next book in the children's series: "Nate the Great figures out how the fuck to score on Greasy Bob Luongo."

by NateTheGreat. on May 4, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions

By the way ...

try resizing the videos a little, they cover the fanposts for me.

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

by Fuck Detroit on May 4, 2009 2:22 AM CDT reply actions

oh and Jim Gaffigan fucking rules

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

by Fuck Detroit on May 4, 2009 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions

If anybody can show/tell me how to resize the videos, I’d do it in a heartbeat.

by Poor College Student on May 4, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions

1. Resize video.
2. ???.
3. Profit!

got nothing

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on May 4, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions

But any excuse for a South Park “gnomes” reference is a good one

Could there be a specific portion of the embed code that I tinker with?

by Poor College Student on May 4, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions

You may want to try to see if this does any good

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on May 4, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions

That should do it.

Thanks

by Poor College Student on May 4, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions

No prob.

I found it on the internet, so it must be true.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on May 4, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions

The sport may not be what it once was...

…but I still love betting the ponies. Back when I was living in St. Louis and “working” at the Blockbuster Music on Hampton (nee Sound Warehouse, nee Peaches), I used to go over to Fairmount on Tuesday afternoons. Hot dogs were a quarter, beers were 50 cents. Hell, if I won anything I’d buy a cigar from the bathroom attendent ($1).

Shit, it beat working for a living.

by Rich of GASL on May 4, 2009 9:50 AM CDT reply actions