Thursday Links: Open Thread Party TIme

by Brad Lee on Oct 14, 2010 8:54 AM CDT

So we've had a little breakdown this morning. Apologies. Please keep your receipt for a partial refund.

A few thoughts and then have at it with open chat.

- Blues play tonight at Nashville. Remember how great our game day threads are when the Blues are on the road? Yeah, haven't had one of those since last spring. Looking forward to it.

- Jeremy Rutherford with the Post is chatting today at 1 p.m. CDT. Lay off the Silent Jay McClement for Selke questions today. BUT, let's try something. Submit a real question, but include a food metaphor. Compare a player to a food or a situation to a food or something. You can submit questions right now and get to the front of the line. Make us proud.

- Ummmm I don't know. I'm rusty with links. That's why we're putting up an open thread. Go crazy.

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Mea culpa with the links this morning

Thought I was covering starting next week. Must’ve misremembered. We’ll do a jumbo linkfest tomorrow, though, so look forward to that.

2 wins to start the season AND we get to go back to the Chris Hansen references in less than one week? Sign me up. Hockey’s back and we are all better for it.

No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.

by Poor College Student on Oct 14, 2010 9:31 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Not your fault.

In my sleepy haze I published the Thursday links on Friday. They were all done and in the hopper, just set for the wrong day.

St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.

SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.

by averagejoe on Oct 14, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions

2nd

WHY DO I HAVE PRACTICE DURING THE GAME!! FUCK MY LIFE

Look I'm sure youre a nice person and everything but that Redwings jersey you're wearing makes me want to cave your face in with my fist...it's not you it's me and the fact that you're a fucking Redwings fan

by RFJCC on Oct 14, 2010 9:45 AM CDT reply actions

I won't be on the GDT...

…because I use my computer to watch the game! GameCenter Live is a godsend here in the hockey wilderness of Jonesboro, Arkansas; where “hockey” is something one tries to avoid in a pasture…

So…

LET’S GO, BLUES!!!

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

by The Ol Goaler on Oct 14, 2010 9:52 AM CDT reply actions

how about those blackhawks....another day, another loss....

personally, i’m glad we are playing them two times in the next week….they will inevitably get hot at some point…may as well catch them in a low

by hockeyno93 on Oct 14, 2010 10:00 AM CDT reply actions

umm

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Oct 14, 2010 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Rec'd like Chernobyl.

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.

by Donut King on Oct 14, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Real questions make the food metaphor tougher.

“Does the injury of Cam Janssen, the spicy chipotle in the Blues’ Taco of Success, make the team less aggressive on the ice? How will that affect using the fourth line to wear down the opponents’ first line the way that the corn meal must yield to the millers’ grindstone to make tortilla flour?”

Just trying to work in a reference to the “We Want Tacos” chant…

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 14, 2010 10:07 AM CDT reply actions

when cam was

smashed between two all beef patties, lettuce assume his brain went to cheese. that put the blues in a real pickle, but jd’s yells “OPEN SEASAME” and up comes a peoria tomato who has the special sauce to fill cam’s skates. now should we assume he use cam’s jersey tie-down? if so will it be fun on the bun?

or in dan o’neil speak…

the mad hungarian of the blues had a cardiac cardinal moment on the squared circle the other weak which prompted jd to call all the ships at sea to pony express up some heavy-hitters for some slap-jack mish-mash.

I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth ... while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

by Childhood Trauma on Oct 14, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

these...

Were pure and utter brilliance! That is all

'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
MARK VIDUKA

by Jstats on Oct 14, 2010 11:49 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

i see what you did there

very nice

Hail to the Blues

by medel19 on Oct 14, 2010 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions

gotta bag full of wine at my place

getting shitty tonight!

That is one of my favorite things. Sitting back watching thee blues while chatting on SLGT and drinking alcohol all at the same time.

It’s fucking awesome.

First they thought I was ASD, and then ADHD, and after a few years of having MD, they told me that I am probably EI. But all I know for sure is that I have TS... Fuck it, just call me alphabet soup.

by Carnie on Oct 14, 2010 11:03 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

gotta bag full of wine at my place

Thats the stuff that hangovers and puked on carpets are made of.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

Fueled. These new shores burn. Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more.

by BluesTiger on Oct 14, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Rec'd like your carpet tomorrow.

This sounds like a plan. I think I may join you.

Sometimes, I wonder why hockey came south of St. Louis, and then I realize, I'm south of St. Louis. Coincidence, I think not.

by Will in STL on Oct 14, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Who would have thought.....

that Brett Favres most popular appendage is not his arm?

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Oct 14, 2010 12:35 PM CDT reply actions

1 of my questions has been answered

So when Sbotka comes off of his injury and Cam returns from getting knocked in his melon by Winchester, who do the Blues send down besides Reaves?
Jeremy Rutherford:
They likely wouldn’t send anyone else down. Everyone (except Oshie/Berglund) are on one-way contracts. The Blues planned to have 13 forwards when Sobotka was healthy.

Not a great metaphor for food but melon was a good first try. Seeing if my second question got answered…

by bss212s on Oct 14, 2010 1:49 PM CDT reply actions

Yay second question answered!

In two games, its looked like the big Erik Johnson is starting to live up to his role as a #1 pick and the A on his shoulder, playing more minutes. Do you see him reaching superstar status this year?

On another note, with Brewer’s decreasing amount of minutes per game, is everything all gravy with him with this situation, or will there be a concern for him not getting as much playing time as the young kids?
Jeremy Rutherford:
Johnson has a chance to be really good, and he appears primed for a breakout year this season. “Superstar” is a big word and I think it would take two very good seasons to earn that label.

I’m interested to see how much Brewer will play tonight. Was it by design that he played 16 or so minutes Monday. He’s a guy who’s played 25-27 in the past and everyone thought it should be less. Are the Blues indeed going to play him less?

Gravy!!!!

by bss212s on Oct 14, 2010 2:04 PM CDT reply actions