Monday Links: Welcoming Halak to the Blues/Hawks Rivalry Edition

by Poor College Student on Oct 18, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Tonight, the Group W Bench members (including but not limited to: Cabbie Punchers, Mother Rapers, Father Stabbers, and Father Rapers) from Chicago ~~make their way to Drinkscotch~~ stay right the fuck where they are as we go to them. My bad. Damned if I won't be properly drunk by 6:30 in preparation for this one. And don't go easy on the Hawks fans in the concourse. I'm not recommending violence, but I'm also not not recommending violence.

Let's get to the links. There isn't shit on a Sunday night.

Blues News:

Preview. AP style. [Post-Dispatch]

NHL News:

Scores. All two of them. [TSN]
Project Mayhem: Stop CrowdWave from ever becoming a part of the St. Louis Blues experience. We don't need a fucking scoreboard to tell us when to do stuff. [Puck Daddy]
Mike Richards (LEADERSHIP!) believes the shenanigans of the Pittsburgh Penguins to be cruel and tragic. Which makes them not shenanigans at all. Evil shenanigans! [Broad Street Hockey]
Patrick Kaleta, who is a damn fine member of PCS's NHL11 Ultimate Hockey League squad, has been suspended for headbutting in real life. [Die By the Blade]

Other Stuff:

This is a house. No, really.[Buzzfeed]
This may be the epitome of "too much free time." It's a basket-woven car. [Poppytalk]
More halloween costume ideas. Schrutebucks for anyone who can pull off a Bender costume with a Brewer jersey in a couple of weeks. [Mental Floss]

Video:

The Silent Jay McClement for Selke campaign now has a video to get behind! Kudos to RealBadRobot on this one. Link is here in case the embed fails me.

Open Thread:

Fuck the Hawks. Discuss

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Christ, I started reading this and thought I'd missed a deadline. Don't scare me like that, dude!

Tonight’s game is not at the ~~Savvis~~ ~~Scottrade~~ ~~DrinkScotch~~ ~~MaskingTape~~ Kiel Center. It’s up in that city that legitimately thinks they’re the state capital of Illinois and wouldn’t chuckle when saying it. The paste-eaters come down here to play The Note again on Friday.

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

by Donut King on Oct 18, 2010 6:53 AM CDT reply actions

I thought I had

gone through a time warp!

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Oct 18, 2010 7:57 AM CDT up reply actions

.....kudos on the references.

a) You can get, anything you want, …

b) Hey! Farva! What’s the name of that place you like, with the cheesesticks and the shit over the walls?

Junior Assistant Blogger-In-Training at www.StLouisGameTime.com

by CrossCheckRaise on Oct 18, 2010 7:17 AM CDT reply actions

I hear

You can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

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

by BluesTiger on Oct 18, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions

Fuck Chicago.

Also, fuck CrowdWave. People who are fans won’t need it, people who just go to the games to be seen won’t do it since it’s too embarrassing and besides, it looked like one of the settings was “Power play dance.”

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 18, 2010 7:24 AM CDT reply actions

What do you mean?

The crowd noise meter on the jumbotron isn’t real?!?!?!?

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon

by baroose on Oct 18, 2010 7:40 AM CDT reply actions

No, it's not.

And while I’m at it, the Tooth Fairy is really just your parents.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 18, 2010 7:56 AM CDT up reply actions

A great video Robot

Now, do another one with the defensive side being shown.
The best defensive forward plays as that is where he really shines. Killing off power plays, blocking shots…

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Oct 18, 2010 8:08 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah that is what i wanted but it is SO much to go through game footage wise...

I literally (not that I am complaining but) had to Scour over about 30 game day Play by Plays from last year to find clips… I have a lot more footage and am working on another video right now… that one i did Saturday Night just to get that Idea out of my head… I have a few more but if anyone would like to help me at least find some spots of a more defensive angle PLEASE email me at ashley.sorgea@loop.colum.edu… it would be a big help!

WWTJD?

by RealBadRobot on Oct 18, 2010 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions

The Blues are in Chicago tonight?

Holy shit, I’m in Chicago right now. As soon as I get back to my hotel suite, I’m throwing my Blues hat on.

PCS, nice job with the links. You’re a baller.

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 18, 2010 9:18 AM CDT reply actions

I am in Chicago as well... breaking out the Inglroious Backes Third Jersey after classes! :-D

WWTJD?

by RealBadRobot on Oct 18, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm in Springfield... talking to people in Chicago!

And they can’t be bothered to RTFM!

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions

my mug at work....

Junior Assistant Blogger-In-Training at www.StLouisGameTime.com

by CrossCheckRaise on Oct 18, 2010 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

The Commandments of Technology

1. Thou shalt read the fucking manual.
2. Thou shalt treat technology with care and love.
3. Thou may covet thy neighbor’s technology, but thou shalt not steal it.

WWTJD?

by RealBadRobot on Oct 18, 2010 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions

fuck

the ~~bholes~~ bhawks.

Next in the Nate the Great mystery series: Nate the Great searches for a free-agent forward who doesn't blow dicks.

by NateTheGreat. on Oct 18, 2010 10:03 AM CDT reply actions

Just read on JR's Twitter that

Vladimir Sobotka is active for tonight’s game. Rejoice accordingly

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

by Poor College Student on Oct 18, 2010 10:13 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Interested to see where he fits in.

Who does he replace?

by Mr. Particle on Oct 18, 2010 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Reaves

They sent Reaves down yesterday I think. Yesterday or Saturday. Its all blending together.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

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

by BluesTiger on Oct 18, 2010 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions

It was Saturday night...

Reaves played last night in the Rivermen’s 5-2 win at Houston. Picked up four minutes in penalties.

Lookin’ forward to seeing Sobotka in the ‘Note, but hate Monday night hockey games (too much channel flipping between the Blues and rasslin’).

"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 Oct 18, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

I heard he will be centering Dags and Winchester on the "energy" line

by hockeyno93 on Oct 18, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Man, Winchester Cathedral's gonna feel SO left out on the offensive rush.

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

by Donut King on Oct 18, 2010 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions

And another thing on the CrowdWave thing...

It looks like the most predominant user is the Washington Capitals. The President’s Trophy-winning Capitals. The Best Regular Season Record Capitals. The Go To The Home Games And Watch Them Most Likely Win The Game Capitals.

If you can’t get people to go nuts over a winning team like Washington without a giant electronic applause sign, your franchise is fucked.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 18, 2010 12:48 PM CDT reply actions

Honestly, I didn't even notice them using the thing at the Thrashers game last week.

Of course, I might’be been paying closer attention to the beer that I was buying at the time. Anywho, I dig mascots just fine (love Thrash, ambivalent about Louie – he kind of creeps me out), but these advanced technologies are getting annoying.

Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 18, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions

PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

by DanGNR on Oct 18, 2010 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I will give Thrash this . . .

that was one fucking awesome sign he was holding up in that picture.

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

by Donut King on Oct 18, 2010 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought that sign was a photoshop job.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 18, 2010 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Nope.

He has a whole stack of them – some slightly smaller than others, but all obnoxious. I think the guy in the suit has ADD, because I have never seen an individual bounce about as much as he does. Anyone who will use a back of an arena seat as a sled and fling himself down the steps in my section needs medication, regardless of how funny he is.

That, and this is disturbing: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28314097

Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 18, 2010 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Okay, that's kind of awesome that the sign is real.

One of my distant cousins wore one of the Saluki suits at SIUC basketball games. He was energetic to say the least.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 18, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I can see why Louie might creep you out.

It’s Missouri. What is an apparently mildly-asphyxiated polar bear doing dancing around a rink in Missouri? And then, is he really just mildly-asphyxiated, or is he like one of those hillfolk who had blue skin due to an excessive amount of silver and arsenic in their drinking water? And why isn’t he wearing any pants? Is this some kind of Polar Bear Hillfolk Tradition brought down from his tenure as the logo for the Alaska Aces?

All of these questions lead to answers that might best be left unknown. So, yeah, he can be creepy.

That said, someday I’m going to see if I can get Louie to do a kegstand during the game.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 18, 2010 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Fuck Chicago

Say it again!

by Both Hawks Suck! on Oct 18, 2010 2:30 PM CDT reply actions

Buck the Flackhawks!

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

by UIWWildthing on Oct 18, 2010 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Even Hawks fans think we'll win

http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2010/10/18/1759373/tell-me-now-how-do-i-feel-blues-hawks-preview-pregame-thread-laser

by Outrfaz on Oct 18, 2010 2:36 PM CDT reply actions

Wow, that is some serious self loathing right there.

Understandable. This part most of all:

Marty Turco gets the nod again tonight, and entertaining as it may be, it’d likely be best to not have him flailing about every square inch below the hash marks for 60 minutes. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s worth a shot.

Welcome to life with Cap’n Five Hole, guys.

Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 18, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions