Wednesday Links

by averagejoe on Jun 10, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

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.

That will do for Wednesday. Hit up gametimelinks (at) gmail.com with cool shit. Or if you just want to say hi.

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Things that make you go, "hmmm..."

1. Hockeybuzz is run by some goof who calls himself “Eklund.”

2. Eklund has been proven to be only slightly more accurate that picking names out of a hat.

3. Andy Strickland works for Hockeybuzz.

Hmmm…

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by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 10, 2009 8:10 AM CDT reply actions

yeah

there’s something to be said about when a guy claims to have the inside scoop, but after you read what he writes, you’re always left wondering a) if it has any shred of truth, and b) whether the guy has any ethics or regard for his readers. everything i read that strickland writes, i take with a shaker full of salt because it’s probably a load of bullshit to drum up readers.

and then he calls something right like the mcclement contract … but then renegs on it a liiittle bit (like going from saying “he’s signed!!!” at the top of a blog to “he’s close” at the end… and just makes me wonder. he also posted something on Miklasz’s twitter feed to the effect of: i wonder if “media poachers” will actually give me credit for breaking the mcclement deal.

i dont get credit for being a good darts player when i hit the bull’s-eye once in 100 throws.

4 days later, if jay wouldnt have signed for that, he could say “well i said he ‘was close,’ duh.” as shady as my front yard underneath the goddamn oak tree.

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by NateTheGreat. on Jun 10, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions

Strickland is the ONLY reason

I ever read Hockeybuzz; he’ll have stuff I don’t/can’t get elsewhere. (I live in Arkansas; “local” hockey coverage is non-existent…)

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

by The Ol Goaler on Jun 10, 2009 9:04 AM CDT reply actions

I like hockeybuzz...

despite Eklund, not because of him.

I give him credit for putting that site together, but I never, ever read his blog. He’s just a terrible writer who’s full of crap.

by forgetyerskatesdream on Jun 10, 2009 9:17 AM CDT reply actions

Long live Czar Jarmo!

And if he’s ever in the market for hockey jesters, may he look with favor upon us

by Poor College Student on Jun 10, 2009 10:55 AM CDT reply actions

Damnit . . .

why couldn’t I have a Bro Mitzvah when I was 13?

"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 Jun 10, 2009 12:04 PM CDT reply actions

That Detroit Myspace is sweet

I wonder why A2M hasn’t quoted it all over his site under the heading of “Here’s more bitter Detroit fans…”

SWYD

by gallagher on Jun 10, 2009 3:44 PM CDT reply actions

i want to know who did it

seriously. come forward. claim your prize. you are welcome here.

by averagejoe on Jun 10, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions

The link to the D-Wad interview's screwy...

… but I bet you a dime to a dollar I can probably tell you exactly what it says.

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 Jun 10, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions

link fixed

dont know how that happened, but its ready to go.

by averagejoe on Jun 10, 2009 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Danke!

And yeah, I called it. You know, he’s had a decent past year, locker room evil Jason Williams aside, and he’s willing to own up to his mistakes and he tries to fix them. There’s actually part of me that likes DW. I met him once briefly (he came up to our table at the post game show in the bar it’s in and asked us how we were and how everything was – I think he was moonlighting), and he was pretty cool.

You have to love the accessibility of the Thrashers. It’s almost like they’re a minor league team or something. Oh – wait…

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 Jun 11, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions

Go for Hockeybuzz!

I love that site. People miss the the crucial aspect of the site- Rumors. Not fact, it is talk and chitty chat. Yes, there is some awesome info on there and some outlandish stuff too but the cats on there are way more connected then 99.99999999999% of NHL fans.

So take the sour grapes to the next bitter man’s chatroom/board.

Remember foos- dat shit is fo entertainment. Not info to bet the house on.

Yes, AM is fucking bitter today. Summer leagues don’t start until next week and it has been a while since I punched or have been punched in the face. Someone also shrank my Journey 1985 Tour T-Shirt to a less than flattering size. I’m pissed.

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by Answer Man on Jun 10, 2009 4:57 PM CDT reply actions

ray emery in philly…this will end well.

by bzgea2 on Jun 10, 2009 5:32 PM CDT reply actions

I hope that Philly plays him...

… at least one of the games here – if they lose Nitty, they probably will. I would love to watch his punk ass get lit up in person again… it’s been a while.

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 Jun 11, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions