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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