Wednesday links: Streaking in Columbus edition

by averagejoe on Nov 10, 2010 5:00 AM CST

Good news tonight for radio fans: When you hear Mason got beat, you cant cheer without worry now that Chris is in the ATL.

Blues news

Blues vs. Columbus tonight. Game starts at 7 eastern, 6 central. [CBS Sports]
David Perron is going to miss tonight's game with some headaches. Man he is really faking this to get a call on Joe Thornton. [Fox Sports]
The Blues are getting love from everyone. [Sports Central]
Jaroslav Halak has been a monster. [DailyHerald.com]
Life is good for the winners. Food tastes a little better, the sun shines a little brighter and your teammates are more fun to be around. [BND]
It's time for another Dan O'Neill special. Nikita Nikitin is making a solid first impression. So much so that he has been dubbed Nik at Night by the Post-Dispatch scribe. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Depth is driving the Blues' victory bus. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
From Blues88: T.J. Oshie gets a little love for knocking guys down by playing smart. [The Hockey News]

Hockey news

From uiwwildthing: Big changes coming to the NHL ASG, including the captains picking sides. [The Star]
The Dallas Stars are for sale and are looking for a new president until a new owner takes over. [Defending Big D]
From the Rink talks TV, ESPN and Versus and the NHL. [From the Rink]
Derek Boogaard, probably the most useless player in all of hockey, finally finds the back of the net. The last time he scored? I was a sophomore in college and not able to drink yet (legally). Oh and Alex Pietrangelo was 11 days shy of his 16th birthday. [Puck Daddy]
From Puck Daddy: Shawn Thornton is an entertaining dude. [Things Shawn Thornton Has Said]
Steven Stamkos scored twice to beat Toronto on Tuesday. Dude also did a Puck Daddy interview. He's crazy talented any may be my favorite non-Blue in the NHL. [Puck Daddy]
Look like we won't have coach challenges next year. [TSN]
Lindy Ruff is about to coach game No. 1,000 for the Sabres. [TSN]

Other links

From Mr. Particle: Apparently we live in a world with superheroes not named "Halak." Who knew. [Gizmag]
Dogs, not cats, can look like Chewbacca. Dogs 3241, Cats 0. [Buzzfeed]
There is a blog devoted to what's in people's fridges. Mine is mostly empty except for hot dogs and Coke.[Clutch]
Here are 35 Beavis and Butt-Head inspired insults. Oh how I remember "butt munch." [Fridgewatcher]

Video

It's Blues vs. Blue Jackets. You know what that means? Keep your head up, Rick Nash. (Side note: I picked this version for another reason too: Look at the soft goals Mason allowed. Jeebus.)

That'll do for today. Brad's got something special for later and, of course, we will have road music and the GDT. Should be fun.

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Is that a hockey article from the Kansas City Star? Well fuck me running.

by MMouse on Nov 10, 2010 6:38 AM CST reply actions

Yeah it is

I got the link from another forum I’m on. Hell of an interesting idea though

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

by UIWWildthing on Nov 10, 2010 8:04 AM CST up reply actions

OT, but I would still like to see Kansas City and Quebec both come back to the NHL

Realign into four divisions of eight teams each — Smythe, Norris, Patrick and Adams.

That’d open up two expansion cities for the AHL as well, so that each NHL team has an affiliate. I’d like to see New Orleans take a stab at pro hockey again… maybe Green Bay, too.

"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 Nov 10, 2010 9:49 AM CST up reply actions

Actually, it's the Toronto Star

All the articles are about Toronto and thus, all of Canada…

by Paperwork Ninja on Nov 10, 2010 10:32 AM CST up reply actions

I was wondering why a KC paper would have links to Damien Cox articles...

… and why the “top stories” links included an article on the Leafs’ sixth consecutive loss and something about the Raptors.

by BleedBlue42 on Nov 10, 2010 10:35 AM CST up reply actions

I love the idea! Makes a meaningless game more interesting and fun!

by MMouse on Nov 10, 2010 8:07 AM CST reply actions

So hey! You think Dan O'Neill is bad (and he is) . . .

The MiklaszNess Monster wrote something titled Monday Morning Backup Goalie.

Seriously, this guy didn’t have time for hockey until Halak showed up. Fuck him.

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

by Donut King on Nov 10, 2010 8:09 AM CST reply actions

You know what bugs me???

Jeff Gordon’s ‘banner’ has nothing hockey in it.
This just disturbs the shit out of me.

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 Nov 10, 2010 8:10 AM CST reply actions

Jeff Gordon is a dumbass...plain and simple...

he knows just a little bit about every sport…just enough to be dangerous. Jeff Gordon’s attempt to write about hockey is like my attempt to speak Spanish in Tijuana.

by hockeyno93 on Nov 10, 2010 8:38 AM CST up reply actions

As long as I don;t have to say anything more than...

“Mas cerveza, por favor”

and

“Esta es el baño?”

I’m good…

"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 Nov 10, 2010 9:41 AM CST up reply actions

Donde esta el baño?

is the correct question.
Your use of both estar (to be) and ser (to be) is redundant. Estar should be used for location. Donde means where.

Sometimes, I wonder why hockey came south of St. Louis, and then I realize, I'm south of St. Louis. Coincidence, I think not.

by Will in STL on Nov 10, 2010 11:02 AM CST up reply actions

I do better in German...

"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 Nov 10, 2010 1:55 PM CST up reply actions

Donde esta la biblioteca?

"When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock," Bob Gibson said later, "I knew it was time to quit."

by The Classical on Nov 10, 2010 12:58 PM CST up reply actions

The BND article is goood. Wish we could get more stuff by Sanders.

St. Louis Game Time

by Marcus E Pettersson on Nov 10, 2010 8:36 AM CST reply actions

Norm Sanders is probably the best actual hockey writer in the local professional media...

Jeremy Rutherford is good, but Sanders is a little better, and has been doing hockey longer than JR.

I wouldn’t give you a bag of used jockstraps for the rest of the knuckleheads at the Post-Disgrace… for Gordon to call himself “The Hockey Guy” is laughable; Miklasz and O’Neill can’t be bothered unless they’re ordered to write something hockey; and Burwell is a complete joke.

"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 Nov 10, 2010 9:38 AM CST up reply actions

Completely off-topic question but not sure where to "post" this:

I am looking for Blues-specific MP3 ring tones. Would love some famous goal calls (Wilson’s Monday Night Miracle call of Wickenheiser’s goal would be epic) or some of Dan Kelly’s goal calls as well. Any ideas/help would be appreciated.

I may skank around and visit my other favorite teams' SBNation blogs, but I always come home to www.stlouisgametime.com and my beloved St Louis Blues.

Also...St. Louis Cardinals. Denver Broncos. Univ of Denver Hockey and Lacrosse. Colorado Mammoth and Colorado Outlaws Lacrosse.

by HockeyHippie on Nov 10, 2010 9:40 AM CST reply actions

If you've got AT&T, you can get The St. Louis Blues March as a ringtone through their site...

I had it until I got the opening riff from “Layla” as my tone, which I have always wanted as a ringtone… Clapton is God.

"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 Nov 10, 2010 9:51 AM CST up reply actions

...even though that riff is more Duane Allman than Clapton...

"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 Nov 10, 2010 9:52 AM CST up reply actions

nope, no AT&T

although I am thinking of switching to them for a discount….

Thanks B

I may skank around and visit my other favorite teams' SBNation blogs, but I always come home to www.stlouisgametime.com and my beloved St Louis Blues.

Also...St. Louis Cardinals. Denver Broncos. Univ of Denver Hockey and Lacrosse. Colorado Mammoth and Colorado Outlaws Lacrosse.

by HockeyHippie on Nov 10, 2010 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

don you be dissing Duane

One of the best slide players ever, right up there with Ry Cooder

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Nov 10, 2010 2:02 PM CST up reply actions

Stamkos throws a baseball very........Canadian like

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Nov 10, 2010 10:27 AM CST reply actions

like Eric Gagne? :)

I may skank around and visit my other favorite teams' SBNation blogs, but I always come home to www.stlouisgametime.com and my beloved St Louis Blues.

Also...St. Louis Cardinals. Denver Broncos. Univ of Denver Hockey and Lacrosse. Colorado Mammoth and Colorado Outlaws Lacrosse.

by HockeyHippie on Nov 10, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions

This is a bad idea for the all-star game!!!!

It was tried this last summer by Women’s Professional Soccer and they are just about to fold as a league. Is this a coincidence? Probably so…it just has the feeling of really bad mojo to me. That is something the NHL doesn’t need while trying to get on a real network.

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

by Jstats on Nov 10, 2010 12:05 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Myself, I'd be in favor of eliminating the All-Star Game altogether...

…it’s a complete waste of time — as are all All-Star Games — as far as I’m concerned.

If it actually meant something — like MLB at least does with giving the winning side home-field advantage in the World Series — it’d be a different story. But all this is now is a popularity contest that doesn’t mean diddly.

"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 Nov 10, 2010 2:01 PM CST up reply actions