Tuesday links: Meaningless power rankings edition

by averagejoe on Oct 26, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

I really don't have anything witty to write here. Sorry.

Blues news

TSN has the Blues ~~third~~ second in the weekly power rankings. [TSN]
ESPN's power rankings have the Blues as sixth. Please, please no one show the team these rankings. [ESPN]
Jaroslav Halak is a star. [TSN]
Roman Polak will miss at least one game with a wrist injury. Tyson Strachan will dress in his place. [TSN]
Polak's injury is, thankfully, not serious. [Morning Skate]
SB Nation has a breakdown of Erik Johnson's OT winner against the Pens. [SB Nation]
The Blues have won 10 straight at home and are 4-0 this year. [BND]
Barret Jackman is playing well, despite being born a few decades too late. [BND]

Hockey news

Shocker: NHL fan thinks the league is better than the KHL. [Fear The Fin]
An extremely thorough look at Sergei Kostitsyn's first Nashville goal. [On the Forecheck]
Cory Schneider may be the Canucks goalie of the future, but the future isn't now. [Nucks Misconduct]
Rick Nash is out $2,500 after an ill-advised high stick. [TSN]
The fainting wonder Ondrej Pavelec has been taken off injured reserve. [TSN]
Dustin Brown is in some trouble after a blindside hit to the head. [Puck Daddy]
Rick Rypien wishes he wouldn't have grabbed that fan. In other news, the Pope announced he was Catholic. [Puck Daddy]

Other links

Some warning signs use humor to get you to pay attention. [theCHIVE]
This dude really hates certain words. He's a hater. [Words I Hate]
A collection of creative silhouettes. [silhouettemasterpiecetheatre.com]

Video

As I read Gallagher's rant on Haters, this song ran through my head.

I love Youtube. How did super fans make tributes before it existed? Side note: How much T.J. Oshie footage did this person have to go through to make this?

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Power rankings?

Goddamn those things. Any way we can get those to not exist until, like, February?

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

by Donut King on Oct 26, 2010 7:31 AM CDT reply actions

I never really understood the use for them anyway...

In my eyes the final “power ranking” has always been how many points a team has at the end of the season. I’m sure you can throw some stuff in there, like how strong the division/conference is, and how they play against teams with winning/losing records, but the final tally is POINTS.

by JGB on Oct 26, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions

I get them as a guide, but I agree.

Final standings are the ones that count. I do get irritated when power ranking compilations don’t take effectiveness in special teams, shots allowed, goals for and against, and the like in. The jingoistic ones, or the ones that lack imagination and plunk teams wherever they think they “belong,” well, those are the ones that piss me off.

#2’s pretty awesome, though.

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 26, 2010 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions

It's worse than you think...

According to TSN, the Blues are actually second, not third, in power rankings.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 26, 2010 8:23 AM CDT reply actions

Fun fact of the day

The Blues of Sain’ Louiiee so far have attempted the 2nd most shots/game while allowing the 2nd fewest shots/game in the NHL…..while Halak (and 1 Conk Block) are rocking the 4th highest save%. Key phrase is “so far”, but those stats make me smile.

Wait a second…..I mean Brewer and Jackman suck, building from within won’t work!

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Oct 26, 2010 8:46 AM CDT reply actions

Those rankings and a couple bucks will get you a ride on Bi-state

However, a transfer will cost extra.

How much is the bus nowadays?

by briandunne on Oct 26, 2010 11:14 AM CDT reply actions

I think they changed their name.

The PC mob got to them.

Isn’t it “Drive-Both-Sides-of-the-Street”-State now?

by BleedBlue42 on Oct 26, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Amazing tshirt

I’m probably late to the party on this, but…

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/photos?gameId=301023019&photoId=914242#photo_914248

by queens on Oct 26, 2010 1:21 PM CDT reply actions

Oh my God.

That’s… wonderful.

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 26, 2010 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions

The shirt is awesome, but...

Why is MacGyver wearing it? I swear that guy looks like Richard Dean Anderson at that angle..

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 26, 2010 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions

HA!

They replaced the photo with one of the Blues instead.

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 26, 2010 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Blessedly . . .

it lives in perpetuity . . . here.

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

by Donut King on Oct 26, 2010 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Another reason the TSN power rankings are suspect.

They didn’t list Cam Janssen as a key injury this week or last week. This is unacceptable!

by Paperwork Ninja on Oct 26, 2010 1:24 PM CDT reply actions

Power Rankings rank last on my Power Ranking of important things.

However, my Power Ranking of important things ranks lower than the Power Rankings of Espn and TSN on the Power Ranking of Power Rankings this week.

by Sofanumber1 on Oct 26, 2010 4:01 PM CDT reply actions

The Power Rankings are as whack...

…as the Oshie video is da shizzle.

Word.

Yo.

"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 26, 2010 5:38 PM CDT reply actions

Holy Mackinaw

Keesel just score on a break away to put the dagger in FLA. A rocket up high like Frenchie’s Sat night. Must see hockey.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Oct 26, 2010 8:30 PM CDT reply actions

I can't believe

Orr’s crap goal that the officials let stand. I’m going to try shoving the goaltender out of his crease in my rec league and take the cop-out, “The pro’s do it!”

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

by Dan. on Oct 26, 2010 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions