Friday Links

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

Friday is here. Who wants to party?

Blues news

All the Blues pro-orientation camp news you could want ... well you could want more but here's some good stuff. [Blues]
SYAK: Bernie is goin downstairs. [STLtoday.com]
Golf cart-wonder Erik Johnson is back and skating. Good times. [Belleville News-Democrat]
News isn't so bright with Captain Robot. Eric Brewer is still recovering from surgeries. [Belleville News-Democrat]

Hockey news

As first* reported here, Joe Sakic is calling it a career. [TSN]
Victor Hedman signs with the Lightning. [TSN]
As the Coyotes turn ... [TSN]
Fragile Jay goes to Pittsburgh. Hope he remembers to pack himself in bubble wrap for the move. [PensBurgh]
The Blackhawks really didn't overpay for Kris Versteeg and Cam Barker ... well maybe, but SSH says they didn't. [Second City Hockey]
Mile High Hockey has some video from the Sakic retirement. [Mile High Hockey]

Other links

I'm not usually a fan of lists, but this is dork humor at its best. if you like Star Wars, you will like this. [Cracked]
First commenter to make a non-Willy Wonka joke gets a prize.** [CBS News]
I saw this yesterday. The guy is still a fucking jackass for wanting to put HOE on his Tahoe. I dont have FOCI on my Focus. [Asylum.com]

Video

Ok this is a few days old and Ron Artest has nothing to do with hockey ... but this song sucks so fucking much. Please enjoy. Lyrics not safe for work.

Poor College Student will be here for the weekend. Be good to him. gametimelinks (at) gmail.com

*Not actually first reported here.

** No actual prize.

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Re: chocolate vat death and (non)prize:

It’s difficult, but I’ll give it a go . . .

“It was so brown, he must’ve thought he was diving into the Hudson River.”

Yeah, not easy to do.

"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 Jul 10, 2009 10:08 AM CDT reply actions

Non-Willy Wonka Joke in 3... 2...

- “Well, don’t you even take the bones out?”
- “If we took the bones out, it wouldn’t be crunchy!”

by BleedBlue42 on Jul 10, 2009 10:10 AM CDT reply actions

“Constable Parrot ate one of those!”

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Jul 12, 2009 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Non Willie Wonka joke

We shall honer Bob the way he would have wanted, by sprinkling his remains over a GIANT mocha chino w/ whipped cream.

by Co11ier_StL on Jul 10, 2009 11:28 AM CDT reply actions

Someone should have told him that recreating that Axe commercial was a bad idea.

by Co11ier_StL on Jul 10, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions

So, any news on Polak?

Barret Jackman is my hero.

Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun.

by BluesTiger on Jul 10, 2009 11:35 AM CDT reply actions

After a quick Google News search

Nope. Nothing new, anyway.

by Poor College Student on Jul 10, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions

i think the blues are pretty much just waiting

i think there is an offer on the table and polak can either take it, or sign with someone else … and the blues will match. i think other teams know that the blues are going to match it so … roman is just hanging out.

i wouldnt worry. unless the rangers or someone offers him a pronger deal, he should be back.

by averagejoe on Jul 10, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Awwww

video no longer available due to copyright claim.

Damn. LOL Sometimes copyright sucks. Especially as youtube have just muted one of my vids in “certain countries”.

BLUE SKIES - new St Louis Blues hockey blog.

"If you prick me, do I not...leak?"
"I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause."
RIP Lt Commander Data

by drfrankentweed on Jul 10, 2009 4:40 PM CDT reply actions

new video up

same song … different youtube. its too good to NOT be up.

by averagejoe on Jul 10, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

LMAO

thank you!

BLUE SKIES - new St Louis Blues hockey blog.

"If you prick me, do I not...leak?"
"I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause."
RIP Lt Commander Data

by drfrankentweed on Jul 10, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions

WTF is that song?

Wow – what a horrible chorus… I can’t understand any of it except for the part that’s mild offensive. Good god.

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 Jul 11, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions

Call me arrogant...

But I believe all the Eric Brewer news of late was started by this site calling into question his ability to play this year.

Nothing like street intel: someone told us he couldn’t even pick up his kid and likely wouldn’t play this year. Within minutes we have, “He can too pick up his kid. He can also pick up other stuff.” And then a more in-depth analysis from someone farther away but with better perception within a couple days.

In related news, send us your, "I just saw [named player] at [place] doing [something, someone, whatever] and we’ll see if we can turn that into actual journalists shaking down a story or two.

Should be an interesting experiment. Like a Blues version of Gawker.

SWYD

by gallagher on Jul 11, 2009 1:24 AM CDT reply actions

i kinda agree mr. arrogant

i was kinda surprised when i found the Eric Brewer news. it seems like it was a discussion on here about if he was coming back. its nice that norm and jr are actually asking the questions the fans want to know — it is their job.

by averagejoe on Jul 11, 2009 2:05 AM CDT up reply actions