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by Poor College Student on Jul 4, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

Happy 4th of July!

I just got back from a week of too much booze, boating, swimming, and the like down at the Ozarks. Damn them's some good times.

Blues News:

This is the closest I could come to "St. Louis Blues" coverage that hasn't been linked to in the previous days: The W.C. Handy song.

NHL News:

Canucks sign Mikael Samuelsson and kindly ask him to exchange the Flying Tire for a Whale.
Columbus, OH finally exhales and then goes back to worrying about college tackle football. Rick Nash gets a bunch of money.
Wysh gives us a B- on his Free Agency Report Card. I hear Gallagher will do anything for that "A"...
Mirtle discusses the $406 million in contracts given out on July 1. And thanks for the birthday wishes, folks. I got drunk and went tubing and smashed my face into some water. It was awesome.
Give James Mirtle Marc Savard or give him death!

Other Stuff:

That's a new kind of hurt.
Blow shit up without leaving your computer!
I did not know such a job existed. I can only hope there's some kick-ass insurance plan.
Even Michael Jackson's press coverage has it's own press coverage.
And for the fourth, here's how America began. As told by an 8 year old.

Video:

I can imagine some of you might have seen a patriotic video coming. Here's the Hendrix rendition of the Star Spangled Banner from Woodstock

Happy 4th from SLGT! Now go blow some shit up.

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4th July to all you Americans.

Being British I would just like to add that you guys out in the colonies haven’t done half bad…lol….

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by drfrankentweed on Jul 4, 2009 6:11 AM CDT reply actions

Glad you went with Jimi.

I was going to e-mail the suggestion, but have been way to busy at work to do so.

You made my day. Thanks.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Jul 4, 2009 12:18 PM CDT reply actions

Strickland just tweeted

that we signed Tofu. This isnt april fools day right?

Lod

by Lodnod on Jul 4, 2009 12:18 PM CDT reply actions

The Blues have signed Hannu Toivonen to a 1yr 2-way NHL deal. He played with the Blues in 2007-2008 before playing in Finland last season.

Lod

by Lodnod on Jul 4, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions

I vote we keep him in Finland.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Jul 4, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions

People don’t seem to realize most goalies take a while to mature, take a look at pekka rinne, another Finnish goalie, for example, an all star caliber goalie who didn’t get the starting job till he was 25-26 and the guy is a stud.

Toivonen, 25(?), has more talent than any goalie we have in our system, the key is, does he have it between the ears. Was nobody listening when Jarmo said he would rather take a chance on potential than pick up average players off waivers? I would much rather take a chance on Toivo becoming our future #1 (say…5-10%), than filling our minors with average players who never will have a chance to do anything positive for our team.

I just hope he gets a legitimate shot to take the #1 job in peoria if he does well in training camp.

(I’m not advocating giving this guy the world just for showing up, but if he shows he can handle it and earns it through his on ice showing, then why not give him a chance over a less talented player?)

by namshite on Jul 4, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions

People don’t seem to realize most goalies take a while to mature

I realize this, but I also realize the guy could not bounce back from a single blowout loss.

the key is, does he have it between the ears.

From what I saw in 2007-08, NO! I certainly hope that he has gained some confidence in Finland, otherwise, he would be better suited staying home and playing with himself.

why not give him a chance over a less talented player?

If you are right, let him do some good work in Peoria, then use him as trade bait.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Jul 4, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, because ahl goalies who string together a couple of good games sure are worth their weight in gold…
JD’s good, but he’s not that good

The point is, he is blues property and holds much less value to any other team than he does to us, and while you may argue that there is 0% chance that he ever becomes a good nhl goaltender, I’ll happily disagree with that and would say that the slim chance that he turns it around is well worth the risk.

Peoria ain’t competing for any Stanley Cups, so why not let them take a chance and see if he can provide some value to St. Louis. Ben Bishop and Chris Holt aren’t world-beaters, and neither is Toivonen at the moment, but the “what if” factor with Toivonen is well worth it to give him another crack at it.

by namshite on Jul 4, 2009 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Sure hope you (and JD) are right.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Jul 4, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Likewise.

I really, REALLY hope that he’s matured, because for a 1st round drafted goalie, he has been a massive disappointment. I’m guessing it’s him and Bishop in Peoria. I guess we didn’t give Holt a QO and he became a UFA?

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by hildymac on Jul 4, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions