Sunday Links: How the hell did I miss "Talk Like a Pirate Day"?

by Poor College Student on Sep 20, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

Seriously, I'm always excited for Talk Like a Pirate Day and I missed it. Fuck.

Blues News:

Blues get looked at and previewed by TSN.
And if you hadn't heard, St. Louis lost last night.
FANfest a hit with fans. Who knew?
3 games not featured on TV. 5 on Versus. I don't like it.
Blues and Avalanche at 8PM tonight. Somebody put a link to a feed in the comments. As of midnight on Friday, I've got nothin.

NHL News:

Early rankings have two Windsor Spitfires players as the top two draft prospects. Your thoughts, GTPD?
Try your luck at winning tickets to the Winter Classic in Boston.
And as much as we all love big hits and fights, concussions are becoming more and more prevalent.
All the scores from last night. Hey, Detroit lost! Also, Mr. Carrie Underwood scored 3 for the Senators.
Tonight's (fake) action has rivals Montreal and Boston renewing acquaintances.
Brandon Dubinsky ends his holdout and signs on the dotted line for two more years with the Rangers.
Bruins say it wasn't about frugality with regards to dealing Kessel. I call bullshit.

Other Stuff:

If you were a hardcore, lottery playing Blues fan in Bulgaria and went with the numbers of Zombo, Janney, Atcheynum, Federko, Chris "STEVE HOLT!" Holt, and Backes, you could have won the lottery...twice...in consecutive weeks. Strange but true.
Just in case you're watching football on Sunday (and even on a hockey board, I think it's safe to say that most of us do), Chris Gift has a handy map telling us what game will be on when in our network.
Want to feel better about yourself? Here you go.

Video:

HildyMac passes along a potential "Video of the Year" as she puts it. Hopefully this doesn't bring up any repressed memories.

And that's my cue to exit.

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LOL

and according to Strickland, Janssen broke Kyle Barch’s orbital bone in that fight.

Go Cammer!

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"If you prick me, do I not...leak?"
"I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause."
"I am programmed in multiple techniques, a broad...variety of pleasuring..."
RIP Lt Commander Data

by drfrankentweed on Sep 20, 2009 6:10 AM CDT reply actions

how is

one of the last games not aired on TV?

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

by DESTROYER on Sep 20, 2009 10:05 AM CDT reply actions

2010 Draft...

Early rankings have two Windsor Spitfires players as the top two draft prospects. Your thoughts, GTPD?

Taylor Hall sounds very appealing, and has been a dominant OHL player since making his debut in that league two months before his 16th birthday.

2007-08, Windsor, 63 GP, 45-39-84, plus-40, 22 PIM.

2008-09, Winsdor, 63 GP, 38-52-90, plus-29, 60 PIM.

In the OHL playoffs, which Windsor won, Hall was 16-20-36 in 20 games, with a plus-15 and 12 PIM.

My take: Unless the Blues can trade up for the top pick somehow, Hall will be long gone when the Blues draft.

Tyler Seguin, whom the TSN site has as the projected third-overall pick at this time, is currently third in the OHL in scoring very early in the season (2 GP, 3-3-6, plus-1, 4 PIM).

One guy I’ve been keeping an eye on since last year is the little Finn, Mikael Granlund. As an underager who only turned 17 last February 26, Granlund performed pretty well for the Finns in the U20 (6 GP, 2-1-3, minus-1, 0 PIM) and U18 (6 GP, 2-11-13, plus-9, 0 PIM) tournaments last year.

His size — or lack of it at 5-09, 167 — may work in the Blues’ favor, since it will likely cause him to drop somewhat on draft day.

Here’s what International Scotng Services had to say about Granlund at the U18’s in Fargo-Moorhead:

Mikael Granlund
“One of the most exciting players in the tournament, Granlund was the third part of one of the most spectacular lines the tournament has ever seen with Rajala and Pulkkinen. Not a real big player, Granlund is more than willing to go into high traffic areas and consistently went to the net hard with and without the puck. A hard forechecker, Granlund takes away time and space of opposing defenders to make plays. Extremely quick and agile, he can move left or right very quickly. Always dangerous when on the ice, the other team has to be aware of him when he is on the ice. Granlund has the ability to turn nothing into something and is tremendously deceptive with the puck, he can embarrass any player, regardless of their style with his dynamic hands and creative moves.”

If Granlund falls to where the Blues are picking, at this point I’d say snap him up.

I’ll work on gathering some info for the players ranked 20-40 by ISS in their preliminary 2010 rankings (from just before the 209 Draft).

This is the stuff I live for… well, this and someone else, but that’s another story.

"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 Sep 20, 2009 10:18 AM CDT reply actions

OK...

Enough of this bullshit feeding about FANfest.
While I enjoyed the on ice workout and the Q&A with season ticket holders (as well as the kids only Q&A with Calro and Louie the blue rat), it fucking sucked…
Lines were LONG and they didn’t list who was going to be signing where and whatnot… It was WAY overly crowded and just generally I felt put off by how they handled the whole thing…
Again, I enjoyed the on ice practice by the players not playing that night, and the Q&A portion of the day, but the rest of it sucked.

BTW, the best part of the WHOLE day brought tears to my eyes.
During the Q&A portion for kids only, a kid probably 8-10 years old asked Louie if he was going to start wearing pants.

All that being said about FANfest being awful…. My 7 year old daughter said she had a great time….soo.. there ya go.

by DanGNR on Sep 20, 2009 11:18 AM CDT reply actions

That video was disturbing.

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Sep 20, 2009 1:01 PM CDT reply actions

Oh, hey, there's a picture of me getting a picture taken on the FF review on the Blues website..

by oic on Sep 20, 2009 1:18 PM CDT reply actions

which blue is that?

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Sep 20, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Eeej is the awesome.

Great pic!

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 Sep 20, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

That place with the Week 2 NFL maps . . .

yeah. They update that every week.

It’s what I look at when I want to get depressed about the shitty games I’ll have to watch this week, while wondering why they can’t show the Broncos more in the central part of the country. Fucking Chiefs, Bears, Packers and (guhhh) Rams have to ruin everything for me. Bastards.

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 Sep 20, 2009 2:20 PM CDT reply actions

Bears and Rams, OK... the Chiefs and Packers suck.

"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 Sep 20, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Comcast and DirecTV better settle their corporate pissing match by October 2nd. I’m going to be very fucking unhappy if I can’t watch the first game of the season.

by smashthesymbols on Sep 20, 2009 4:07 PM CDT reply actions

Untested Stream

Hey, sorry for being AWOL for an off-season, but it’s hockey time once again.

I think I found a link to the game, though, like the clap, I’m not sure it’s going to be a steady stream. Give it a whack, and if you find a better feed let everyone know.
http://www.rajangan.net/template_live.php?ida=95

by Chia on Sep 20, 2009 5:38 PM CDT reply actions