Tuesday links: Candygram edition

by averagejoe on Aug 4, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

NFL training camp started, why can't the NHL? Ugh. Offseasons suck.

Blues news

For those wondering what the numbers that have run at the top of this site in the past month mean, it's time to get educated. [Blues]
DanGNR wants people to know the Blues will be a sleeper this year. I got a bone to pick with this article. 10 sleepers? That's 1/3 of the league. How can 33% of the league be a surprise team? [Bleacher Report]

Hockey news

A fan pretends to be family with someone on the Penguins and gets to hang out during the post-game celebrations. Awesome. (Thanks Curt!). [Puck Daddy]
Sharks fans wonder if Dany Heatly is worth the headache? I think fans in Atlanta and Ottawa will go ahead and say no. [Fear the Fin]
The fine folks at Second City make a good point about the Olympics -- maybe we don't want Oshie and Backes heading to Vancouver. [Second City Hockey]
Today on the The Coyotes and the League, more fighting and court and Jim Balsillie is not dead yet. Fuck me, this is getting old. [TSN]
Former Blue Dallas Eakins will be the coach of the Toronto minor league club. [TSN]
Is Jiri Hudler good enough to have TWO contracts -- one in the KHL and one in the NHL. [TSN]

Other links

An interesting social experiment. [Can I tap that]
White folks be dancing poorly. [Manofest]

Video

PCS likes his Shark Week. I do as well.

Land Shark | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

If the player fails, go here.

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That article about the Pens fan is pretty A+

I can’t believe he even got a picture hoising the cup…what an amazing story to brag about, haha.

by oic on Aug 4, 2009 8:54 AM CDT reply actions

That has got to be the ultimate fan experience there

Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!

by UIWWildthing on Aug 4, 2009 9:31 AM CDT reply actions

The New NHL Security Manual will now have a chapter dedicated to....

How to check credentials and not let a total stranger HOLD THE CUP!!!!

by dablues7 on Aug 4, 2009 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions

For sneaks that is the pinnacle

Best sneak for me was Super Bowl in New Orleans, Dallas vs Denver, 1978. We snuck in through the service entrance acting like teamsters.

Dum spiramus tuebimur

by spectr17 on Aug 5, 2009 3:17 AM CDT up reply actions

Bonus "Candygram" reference.

Looks like some parts of the links were hard to put together, Joe.

But the hardest part had to be inventing the damn candygram.

by Poor College Student on Aug 4, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions

And I'll bet...

… they don’t even give him credit for it, either.

by BleedBlue42 on Aug 4, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

How are the Blues a “sleeper” team. They finished 6th in the conference. Are they suggesting they will finish higher? I don’t really see that……yet.

by MMouse on Aug 4, 2009 10:55 AM CDT reply actions

lol…when u gonna let me tap that…..that’s some funny stuff.

by MMouse on Aug 4, 2009 11:12 AM CDT reply actions

i texted that to my best girl friend, I think she’s gonna freak out.

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
"Stay away from me because I'm dancing to quit a different drum beat," - Eminem

by Carnie on Aug 4, 2009 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions

LAND SHARK!

I love that skit. Not quite the best SNL skit ever but certainly in my top ten.

One day, David Backes and Albert Pujols will combine forces to become the most awesome piece of violent force known to man.

by Donut King on Aug 4, 2009 11:20 AM CDT reply actions

Sharks: A Comparison

Land Shark: Dangerous and crafty. Could be disguised as a plumber, a candygram delivery boy, a trick-or-treater, or just about anything. Singlehandedly responsible for massive surges in peepholes and doors with windows.

Water Shark: Dangerous, especially if you are stupid enough to jump into the water with an open wound. Easily avoidable in states like Missouri.

Ice Shark: Can appear to be unstoppable. But just as Superman is laid low by kryptonite, so too can the Ice Shark be dispatched by anything bearing the faint aroma of the playoffs.

by BleedBlue42 on Aug 4, 2009 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I treat every week like it's "Shark Week".

If you want the rainbow then you've got to put up with the rain. Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say that she's just a big pair of tits.

by TheFantasyFiles on Aug 4, 2009 5:46 PM CDT reply actions