Thursday Links

by averagejoe on Jul 2, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

LIVE! From Kansas City, it's the Thursday links.

Blues news

SYAK: Ty Conklin brings his sparking outdoor game record to the Blues. [STLtoday.com]
JR will be having a chat. Over/under on Roman Polak questions is set at three. [STLtoday]
Jeff Gordon likes what the Blues are doing. I do as well but I don't have a column in a newspaper. [STLtoday.com]

Hockey news

So many deals yesterday ... here's a free agent tracker to break 'em all down. [ESPN]
ESPN blogged a ton during the FA period. [ESPN]
Think of this page as the link dump. [TSN]
Dany Heatley is a bitch. [ESPN]
This is epic and awesome. Kudos Wysh. [Puck Daddy]

Other links

I could watch Firework Fail all day long. [Buzzfeed]

Uhhh nice shoes. [SadAndUseless.com]

Food on a stick is a better. [Now That's Nifty]

Video

I love Jon Lajoie. This is awesome. Lyrics very not safe for work.

gametimelinks (at) gmail.com. bachelor party tomorrow. might be some mr. k on cinco de mayo links. be warned.

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"Conkblock"

Ty Conklin’s nickname. Done.

"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 Jul 2, 2009 6:43 AM CDT reply actions

Sooooooo.......

Do we chant “Detroit Sucks” every time he hits the ice until he acknowledges it is true in print/radio/TV?

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Jul 2, 2009 7:54 AM CDT up reply actions

I vote yay.

And really, the fact that his nickname is Conkblock is more of a godsend to this fan community than it was to Detroit or Pittsburgh or any other team he’s been with.

It just flows better with us.

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 2, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

lol hell yeah

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 Jul 2, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions

WELCOME

to the shithole of the midwest of KC averagejoe…just visiting or live here, and if you live here then you know already lol, no hockey to be found except adult hockey leagues and a start up minor league team named the Mavericks

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Jul 2, 2009 8:19 AM CDT reply actions

Chicago hit free agency with a plan in mind.. they will be a much scarier team next year, gearing for a major run at the Cup.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Jul 2, 2009 10:10 AM CDT reply actions

SI's Allen Muir

disagrees with you… and they don’t have “The Bulin Wall” anymore. Can Cristobal Huet be a Cup-winning backstop? I don’t think so, but What Do I Know?

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

by The Ol Goaler on Jul 2, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions

hah

Apparently, you can win one out of two years, with Chris Osgood in net… anything is possible.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Jul 2, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions

YOU MEAN THIS CRISTOBAL?

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Jul 2, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions

not exactly. Cristobal is the goalie.
Family Guy’s Chris in his painter persona is Cristobel

one letter off

"I'm sorry we hurt their feelings"
-Barret Jackman

by Dooks on Jul 4, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions

Dany Heatley is more than a bitch.

But I can’t think of a word for it. I defended him for what went on here in ATL, but he’s screwing over Ottawa on purpose just because they moved him to the 2nd PP unit and cut his time because he wasn’t producing.

Whatever team signs him better be full and well aware of what the Heatley Package includes.

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 2, 2009 10:21 AM CDT reply actions

yknow

On one hand, I agree with you. But then again, Ottawa signed him to the contract, he has a no-trade clause, he is absolutely within his rights, tough cookies for them.

That being said, I’m glad we didn’t acquire him (knocks on wood).

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Jul 2, 2009 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, that contract is my only thing.

He’s entitled to it. It doesn’t make the move any less douche, but at the same time. Ottawa was just moronic to agree to that stuff.

I find it entertaining that he’s staying put now and has to deal with all of the fan hatred and probably some contempt from the team. Sucks to be him.

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 2, 2009 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions

hmm

Now we’re hearing that he never agreed to go to Edmonton in the first place.. what a messy situation.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Jul 2, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions

I heard he liked what he heard...

… but it just wasn’t enough. I hope he likes what he hears from the fans in Ottawa every single time he’s introduced before a game.

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 2, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions

he should come to a realization that the less that gets traded FOR him means there’s more talent to play with on his new team, which means the team will be better. I bet he held back just to get that $4 million bonus he didn’t really need. douchebag

"I'm sorry we hurt their feelings"
-Barret Jackman

by Dooks on Jul 4, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions

He's no Yashin.

And Ottawa fans sued his ass.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Jul 4, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions

2010-2011 Free Agents

For those who are looking to the year after this upcoming season (I get the impression Blues management is doing this wrto a real Cup run)

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/freeagents.php?team=all&type=all&year=2010&pos=ALL

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Jul 2, 2009 10:29 AM CDT reply actions

seriously

anaheims entire team is a free agent next year

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Jul 2, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions

might be some mr. k on cinco de mayo links. be warned.

That sounds amazing.

Congrats on Conk, by the way.

Fear The Fin: Where Selling Your Soul Is The Likely Solution

by Mr. Plank on Jul 2, 2009 10:30 AM CDT reply actions

Thanks

And congratulations on all the players the Sharks have acquired like…..and don’t forget….

Those guys are good additions.

www.stlouisgametime.com

by Brad Lee on Jul 2, 2009 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Andy McDonald

Invited to the Team Canada orientation camp.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Jul 2, 2009 11:19 AM CDT reply actions

what do you think his chances are? Olympic hockey isn’t as physical as the nhl so his size isn’t a huge issue, not that it really has been here. I don’t know, though, canada is pretty deep down the middle, there was talk of putting crosby on wing at one point in time.

by bzgea2 on Jul 2, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Fuck. The curse of the imbecile that calls himself Gordo.

He calls himself the hockey guy and half the time he doesn’t even know who plays on who’s team and what the fuck’s going on. Mostly he goes to hockeybuzz and straight plagerizes. He’s a total fucking tard without a real thought about the game of his own.

by Henry Miller's Used Penis on Jul 2, 2009 12:28 PM CDT reply actions

Funny headline on deadspin for those who missed it

http://deadspin.com/5305700/chicago-blackhawks-to-lose-the-next-12-stanley-cup-finals

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Jul 2, 2009 1:02 PM CDT reply actions

DONNIE IRUS'S

comment, Hossa’d the new munsoned lol

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Jul 2, 2009 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions

OT: How spot-on is what Jon Lajoie says in that video?

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Jul 2, 2009 8:19 PM CDT reply actions

Pretty spot-on, if I don't say so myself.

I’ll be one of the first to admit that I think Michael Jackson was a full-on fucking headcase . . . probably for his whole life (yes, going back to the rough neighborhood in Gary, IN . . . this is what you get when you grow up in the Chicago suburbs, folks) . . .

But the dude was pretty damn talented, perhaps one of the most talented individuals ever to grace the entertainment industry. I always knew that, but it was easily masked by the fact the dude was . . . oh, just an absolute fucking nut. Just like most of the rest of the Jackson family.

The video, though . . . was fucking hilarious.

"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 2, 2009 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions

We had Micheal chillin on ice at our coroner’s office the last couple days, what a freakin zoo that was. I hate working down there, the place smells like an old fish aquarium and I have bad dreams about getting stuck on an elevator with a gurney and toe tags after going there.

Now the circus has shifted to WeeniePuller land where the local ranchers are giving birth with all the news helos and sat trucks parked on them narrow country roads up there. Have a buddy who used to hunt pigs on Micheals place up there. He said Micheal popped a couple hogs too and liked to hunt.

Best part so far, the tug of war over the mic to do the eulogy between Rev Sharpton and Marblemouth (Jesse Jackson)

Dum spiramus tuebimur

by spectr17 on Jul 3, 2009 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions