Thursday links: No sweep of Western Canada this time around edition

Now that the sweep is off the table, can the Blues go 2-of-3 in Western Canada?

Blues

Blues vs. Oilers tonight. This is a must-win game. [CBS Sports]
Blues lose to Canucks. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
David Backes is back ... es. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
The Blues can stop the Daniel and Henrik Sedin from scoring, but can't stop the Canucks. [Windsor Star]

Hockey

Wednesday's results. [Yahoo! Sports]
Thursday's games. [Yahoo! Sports]
From Brad Lee via the tweets of the Puck Father: Leafs fans have a great sense of humor. Things sure were a lot different in 1991. I was five about to six when this dialogue "took place." [zambonicyouth]
Mark Fistric uses Eric Nystrom's helmet as a weapon. Good idea ... if you want to get a suspension. [Defending Big D]
Second City reacts to the Blackhawks party pics. I hate to see this, but I agree with them. [Second City Hockey]
Can the Islanders do more than just be average? Dominik really likes rebuilding enigma teams. [Lighthouse Hockey]
Claude Julien gets the kiss of death: A vote of confidence from his GM. [ESPN]
After losing to the Blues, Carey Price got called out by Andrei Markov. [TSN]
Mike Danton is back on the ice. [TSN]

Other

After seeing these cars, I look outside at my Ford Focus and wish it were something cooler. [You Drive What?]
You don't have to like hip-hop to like really, really bad album covers. Big Bear is my absolute favorite. [Heavy]
This is what I sounded like when Vancouver scored the third goal. [Nooooooooooooooo!]

Videos

I'm a big fan of the SNL Digital Shorts, but this parody is pretty spot on and funny.