Thursday links: Hockey starts tonight edition

by averagejoe on Oct 7, 2010 7:19 AM CDT

It's not the Blues, but real hockey games will be played. Shit just got real.

Blues news

In case you missed it, here's the Blues' opening-night roster. [Blues]
Jeremy Rutherford will be taking questions at 1 p.m. today. [JR Live]
Dan O'Neill writes about Alex Steen by comparing him to some Mizzou football player I don't give a fuck about. Great lede, Dan. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Dan O'Neill previews the NHL. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
The Rivermen are going to be a pedophiles dream — they will be very young. [PJ Star]
From Brad, although he didn't send a link and made me find it on my own — thanks, boss: Do you know T.J. Oshie? Good here's a list of seven players you should know since you're one ahead of the crowd. [SB Nation]
Fanhouse raves about Jay McClement. I gotta say, the sourcing for this article is incredible. That guy from Game Time sounds smart AND sexy. (Note: This is just beginning of the Silent Jay love-fest here today). [Fanhouse]
From SubSym: The Blues get a PHT preview. [Pro Hockey Talk]

Hockey news

Tonight's games. [Yahoo! Sports]
A look inside the Bruins' media guide.[Stanley Cup of Chowder]
Shawn Horcoff is the newest captain of the Oilers. [The Copper & Blue]
Habs fans are happy with Carey Price. Some of them, at least. And, apparently, Jaroslav Halak is now hanging out with Obi-Wan. [Habs Eyes On The Prize]
If at first you don't success, try and try again. The NHL is keeping hope alive of a return to Winnipeg and Quebec. [TSN]
The Canucks have traded Darcy Hordichuk to the Panthers for Andrew Peters. [TSN]
Kirk Maltby has been sent to the AHL. Well, that's one less old guy on the Wings. [TSN]
Sheldon Souray will be taking a few trips on the Hershey highway. [TSN]
The Devils are hurting, cap wise. Maybe signing Ilya Kovalchuk wasn't the best move. Do you still trust Lou? [Puck Daddy]

Other links

Designers love to hate things. There's some good, quality hate here. [Your Logo Makes Me Barf]
How much would you spend to have a day to just do whatever the hell you want in an abandoned sky-high building? The possibilities are endless. I'd probably start with an epic game of hide and seek. [WebUrbanist]
A collection of inappropriate Halloween costumes. I hate Halloween and I hate kids, but I do love kids dressed like jackasses — easy to mock. [Huffington Post]

Videos

From the apporpiately named jeepnut, some Army guys take apart and reassemble a jeep in under four minutes. I can't change my tire that quickly.

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that pro hockey talk preview of the blues....

SUCKED!

At least the Blues know they can count on JESSE Winchester to drop the gloves. Who the fuck is Jesse Winchester? Does Bradley have a younger brother? Maybe he doesn’t suck as much.

Also, apparently the loss of DJ King was more note worthy than losing Weaves to free agency as well. I guess playing in a half dozen games over the last three years is more important than a guy who was arguably your top penalty killing dman….but hey, what do i know?

by hockeyno93 on Oct 7, 2010 9:09 AM CDT reply actions

Right?

I was curious as to who this Jesse Winchester guy was. Hoping it was Brad’s more talented brother, or at least his sister with a large rack. Sigh.

And as much as I am a fan of Steen I really don’t see him on the first line.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

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

by BluesTiger on Oct 7, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Jesse?

Freudian slip by somebody who secretly loves crappy ’70s singer-songwriters…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester

by callmez on Oct 7, 2010 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions

anybody that writes a song about biloxi

Needs to be shot. Armpit of the south that place is

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Oct 7, 2010 6:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Hep

I’m stuck here at my buddies house in Washington MO and for some sorry azz reason he doesn’t have Versus on his Dish Network. The games today are all on Versus according to Dish Network’s website. Any options besides a sports bar?

Danke

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Oct 7, 2010 12:28 PM CDT reply actions

So you come back to St Louis

and stay in Washington MO? Couldn’t beg a free stay from a SLGT buddy closer to the metropolis?

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 7, 2010 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions

it's my good buddy's place

plus I can hunt out the back door. Nice weather heruh.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Oct 7, 2010 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions

http://atdhe.net/
http://www.myp2pforum.eu/forums/29

These are my go to sites for legitimate hockey business.

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.

by Icion on Oct 7, 2010 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

thanks

I finally got my buddy to turn on versus here. Wailing like a 2 year old does work wonders sometimes. Watchin super mario pour a glass from the old ice onto the new ice. kewl

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Oct 7, 2010 6:11 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Yeah I finally have internet back

Anyone watching the hockey game in FIN?
Carolina up 3-2 on MIN

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 7, 2010 12:36 PM CDT reply actions

4-2

Scored by Brandon Sutter

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 7, 2010 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions

His 2nd goal by the way

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 7, 2010 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually I thought it was a pretty good comparison Dan made.

But I guess if we wanted a description of a player who laid down and played dead we would have any number of illini of jayhawk players to compare him to ;-) (yeah I had to go there lol)

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

by Jstats on Oct 7, 2010 12:59 PM CDT reply actions

i just hate how

hockey writers seem to think they have to compare things to other sports that people know. “a no. 1 starter in baseball is a lot like a no. 1 goalie.” “the pk unit is a lot like the offensive line.”

dont dumb it down.

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 7, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions

I blame the editors for the weak-ass comparisons.

I mean, there’s a reason that the local paper has a “hockey guy” column that reads like a watered-down rehash of ESPN’s NHL page. He’s not writing hockey bits for actual hockey fans; he’s writing hockey bits for people who wonder what team Brett Hull is playing for these days.

by BleedBlue42 on Oct 7, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions

"Dano" really ought to know how to use commas to separate clauses.

[Jimmy Roberts] had five power-play goals and two short-handed goals during the same period.

Dear Mr. O’Neill: you’re a professional writer, and I’m just a schmuck with an IT-related college degree. But I know that no player has ever scored more than four goals in a single period. So either you clumsily attempted to string together two different thoughts (five PPGs in a season, and two SHGs in a period), or you’re just making up stuff.

by BleedBlue42 on Oct 7, 2010 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions

just how long

were roberts periods anyways?!?

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 7, 2010 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions