These October Blues Breaks Are Infuriating

by Brad Lee on Oct 20, 2010 9:00 AM CDT

Excuse me, but that is not a chair. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Have you noticed that when the NHL schedule makers get to the Blues in October, there is almost always a couple big breaks in the schedule? For instance, in 2006 they had an entire week off before playing the Red Wings at home on a Saturday night. It's as if the team doesn't want to compete with the baseball team down the street when they think there might be a postseason run in them...like in 2006.

But when the Cardinals crap the bed and don't make the playoffs, it means a lot of quiet nights when all we want to do is get the season into the normal groove of having a game almost every other night. This week the Blues played at Chicago Monday night and totally did not blow a two-goal lead in the third period. They host the back end of the home-and-home series four days later in St. Louis Friday night. Any bad blood the Blues might have had festering after Monday night was probably skated out of them at practice this week. Then they host Pittsburgh the next night. So if the Blues have to play this month during the baseball playoffs, make 'em good, eh? Meanwhile hockey players and fans alike are idle. It sucks. It makes business sense on the off chance that the Cardinals are alive in October, but it still sucks.

Here now we present a time-filler. How might the Blues players be spending their time this week? A few ideas.

Top 11 Ways The Blues Are Spending Their Off Days

11.Catching up on current season of "Project Runway" on DVR even though the St. Louis guys are out.

10. Texting Cam Janssen like it's 2006 and he's Batman. Concussions = great comedy fodder.

9. Paying people to rake leaves. Because raking leaves fucking blows.

8. Playing the new Halo game. They probably play video games on game days. During intermission. In the penalty box.

7.Going to the Zoo. That's what we do in St. Louis.

6. Eating about six honeycrisp apples a day because they are the most delicious thing you can eat right now.

5. Texting Cardinal players asking for extra NLCS tickets.

4.Buying Sam Bradford jerseys.

3.Obsessing over their fantasy football teams after foolishly drafting Ryan Matthews way too high and banking on Joe Flacco. Oh wait, that's me.

2. Taking turns farting in the head of the big blue bear costume. You knew that's a costume, right?

1. Starting www.booingbarretjackmanisdumb.blogspot.com.

Any other ideas for what the Blues might be doing this week? Add 'em below in the comments.

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Here's one.

The Canadian players are all calling their moms and telling them to vote for Kelly & Kyoko on Battle of the Blades. Cam will punch them if they don’t.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 20, 2010 9:08 AM CDT reply actions

Got another

Taking turns prank calling the Canadiens and pretending to be Halak wanting to come back.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

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

by BluesTiger on Oct 20, 2010 10:17 AM CDT reply actions

I would totally do that if I was a Blues player.

I’d just use someone else’s cellphone is all.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 20, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions

Going with Keith Tkachuk to Dunkin’ Donuts, Hardees, and Ted Drewes to learn how NHL players eat.

Going with Erik Johnson to driving school.

Shopping with Patrik Berglund trying to find a reliable alarm clock.

Finding a reliable throat doctor to do something about the recent choking epidemic.

Sending messages to Andy Murray imploring him to come back.

Going to the Halloween stores to find disguises so they won’t be recognized on the East Side.

Driving around the neighborhood in Brentwood with baseball bats and brass knuckles looking for Gallagher’s house.

aka billy pilgrim, time and space traveller

by Ackermania on Oct 20, 2010 10:35 AM CDT reply actions

got one

Hopefully they are learning how to be different from last year’s team and not blow 2 goal leads in the third period. Is that too obvious?

jackman is not impressed.

by keepinthehope on Oct 20, 2010 12:07 PM CDT reply actions

All their Twitter users are taking the Paul Bissonette “Tweet Like A Pro” online course.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 20, 2010 12:39 PM CDT reply actions

Frenchie likes to buff all the scuff marks off the white skates.

by Kevin4 on Oct 20, 2010 1:37 PM CDT reply actions

Hanging out with Cam Janssen in ~~Kegonatty~~ Eureka.

by BleedBlue42 on Oct 20, 2010 2:41 PM CDT reply actions

after being handed

the top ten names david frost is calling himself these days, the blues players create a list of top ten names they plan to call him

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 20, 2010 7:05 PM CDT reply actions

You aren't lying about the

honeycrisp apples. Pink lady apples are also to die for.
For supper I chunked on up with the handy dandy corer/slicer. Melted some caramel from the shop I work at poured that over it with some pecans and a drizzle of dark chocolate.

It doesn’t get any better than that on a cool fall night. Well if I was eating it in front of the tv with a hockey game on…..

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 20, 2010 9:46 PM CDT reply actions