You know why I like hockey? No fucking rain delays. Game says it starts at 6:30 p.m., well then it starts at 6:30. You don't have to spend 30 minutes sitting around staring at a tarp and wondering when the damn game is going to start. Oh ... yeah ... how 'bout those Pens?

Blues news

• From CCR ... Jarmo is now a czar? Cool? [Yahoo! Sports]

Hockey news

• The Penguins beat the Red Wings. Awesome. [TSN]
• PensBurgh wants to kiss Rob Scuderi. [PensBurgh]
• Marc-Andre Fleury stepped up for the Penguins. 'Bout time, top draft pick. [Puck Daddy]
• The NHL channels Dr. Evil with its "relocation" fee. [Puck Daddy]
• Killer Hiller passes along a story about the social media battle for the Coyotes. [WSJ]
• Ever wonder why I don't link to hockey buzz? [Hockeybuzz Hogwash]
• Seriously hockey can thrive in Atlanta. Dan Waddell says so. [AJC]
• I'm gonna pour some of my Olde English this weekend out for a fallen homie. Fare thee well, my childhood idol. That is if Curtis Joseph actually retires. [Sportsnet.ca]
• Ray Emery is going to be a Flyer. [Broad Street Hockey]
• Brent Sutter leaves the Devils. [TSN]

Other links

• Chris Gift passes along a dynamite link with this comment: "You know...sometimes summer is great, but then there are jort wearers, and I have a hard time with those." Coudn't agree more. I live in jort country and ... yeah. Stop. Please. [Jorts]
• From PCS: Rock and Roll (and Pokemon) is evil. [Backmasking]
• PCS also passes this MySpace page along. Will the person who made this please stand up and receive your prize. [MySpace]
• 30 Rock is the Muppet Show. [Brian Lynch]

• Zach Morris is back. [Warming Glow]

Video

When I think of St. Louis Game Time, I think of a crowd that would love watching an adolescent black kid rap about wanting to be Jewish. Doc Whiskey agrees.

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