Twas the day before the Blues season began and all through the site ... yeah, I'm not going to finish this.

Blues news

• If Jaroslav Halak is the St. Louis Gatekeeper, who is the St. Louis Keymaster? Also, sweet pic, Chris Lee. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
• The Blues are trying some new looks on the power play. One of them involves Alex Pietrangelo and Erik Johnson. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
• The JR chat was filled with great, intelligent questions about Jay McClement and the Selke. [JR Live]
• Brent Johnson has the fifth-most wins in Blues' franchise history. Holy shit, Halak couldn't have gotten here fast enough. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
• Out of his uniform, Jaro is apparently a little dude. [BND]
• A long look at the Blues' forwards. [SB Nation]

Hockey news

• Thursday night scores. [Yahoo! Sports]
• Today's games. [Yahoo! Sports]
• Patrice Bergeron is about to get P A I D. [Stanley Cup of Chowder]
• A look at Michal Neuvirth, the Caps' goalie. [Japers' Rink]
• From J-Mill: Stan Lee is getting into hockey. [JoBlo]
• The Stanley Cup defense is off to a good start in the Windy City. [ESPN]
• Joe Thornton is the new captain of the Sharks. [ESPN]
• Kirk Maltby may be done. [ESPN]
• The Leafs are 1-0. [TSN]
• Some lesser-hyped rookies may make some noise. [TSN]

Other links

• This may be a little out there, but some may find it funny. If you don't, sorry. Better luck tomorrow. [Bright ideas]
• Some greeting cards are pretty awkward. I'd rather have inappropriate than sappy. [Banned In Hollywood]
• The Simpson's episodes that may have been. I miss the glory days. [Split Sider]

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