11.17.2010 GDT Roll Call. Blues at ^#@$%: The Blues Are Only Playing Some of the Ga.... Edition.

by DanGNR on Nov 18, 2010 10:33 AM CST

Um... These Roll Calls were more fun to do during our win streak... does this mean I should stop now?

At least you guys topped the 1K mark yet again.

I know some may not appreciate me posting the above GIF, but just seems to go with my mood right now.

My not so random comment:
Attendance was listed as 20,066. I think there were a lot of fans dressed as seats then. There were MANY empty seats that remained empty throughout the game in the few rows we could see during the game.

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the last period. Moving furniture out of the living room so new carpet could be installed in the living room.
It’s done woohoo.

There was no eating in this room! How do people do more than one room at a time?

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 18, 2010 11:17 AM CST reply actions

Empty living room

See that big Blue(s) dot on the subfloor by the door?
That was when 3yo Bryce decided to climb under the Christmas tree and opened up a quart of finger paint
that his lovely aunt bought him. He dumped the entire bottle. It took months of cleaning until it quit wicking up through the CREAM colored carpet.
Bryce will be 12 next week. I’ve lived with a faint blue spot all these years there. Put my Grandma’s 30 gallon crock she made elderberry wine in over it and made it a table.
Ingenuity at it’s best

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 18, 2010 11:23 AM CST reply actions

Back a few years the g/f finally talked the landlord into new carpet for here when we rented

We’re all so proud on the new living room and gave the kids the lecture on no kool-aid on the new carpet. One day later they told the babysitter, yeah it’s okay to have kool-aid to watch TV. Huge flaming red spot of cherry kool-aid right in front of the couch. Thank god for throw rugs. I had to step in to save two little lives that week, the g/f was livid.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Nov 18, 2010 11:14 PM CST up reply actions

Brian was bored last night

as am I.
Actually I’m putting off going to Shop N Save to do the Thanksgiving shopping.
Alright already, I’m going…..Yep, I’m getting up……Need a crowbar to pry my ass out of this chair……

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 18, 2010 11:27 AM CST reply actions

Attendance was listed as 20,066. I think there were a lot of fans dressed as seats then. There were MANY empty seats that remained empty throughout the game in the few rows we could see during the game.

Wings have better home attendance than the Blues.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance

Perhaps if you’re looking for a reason you saw empty seat’s it might be because St. Louis is the 28th-ranked team in the league for road attendance at 82.6% because nobody wants to see them?

Wanna know who the biggest road draw in the league is?

Also helps that half of your home games have been on Saturdays to this point. But hey, if tossing stones around your glass houses is that much fun, have at it.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 18, 2010 4:49 PM CST reply actions

just an fyi

the capacity at scottrade for the blues? 19,150. (they haven’t done standing-room only for regular season games).

you cant argue the fact that the wings had a bunch of empty seats last night. the blues sold out games against the thrashers, predators and anaheim. that anaheim game, which was a sellout, was a 1 p.m. on monday.

just sayin’

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 Nov 18, 2010 5:22 PM CST up reply actions

How do you know it's "Fact"?

Announced attendance was full capacity last night. It’s a “fact” because you saw the ten rows most commonly owned by business-types who go to hockey games more to schmooze than to enjoy the games? Watch the first ten minutes of any game in Toronto and tell me the “facts” about how many bunches of empty seats you see and try to make a value judgment.

More people go to the Joe Louis Arena to watch the Red Wings than go to the Scottrade to watch the Blues. That’s your “fact” I don’t get the constant talk about empty seats at the Joe when I’m watching them among the top five teams for attendance year in and out. Either the NHL is flat-out lying to me or the people who get their “facts” by watching the stands on television instead of the game don’t know what they’re talking about.

As far as Saturday games, the Wings have played 6 – 2 have been at home. They don’t have another until January 15th. Know why? Because the Wings are the biggest road draw in the league and it’s better for the struggling teams to welcome the Wings into their barns than it is to let the rich keep getting richer.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 18, 2010 5:55 PM CST up reply actions

…you saw the ten rows most commonly owned by business-types who go to hockey games more to schmooze than to enjoy the games.

I see an awful lot of “business-types” disguised as empty seats in this photo, sonny…

More to the point, I count exactly FOUR fans in this photo who are actually watching what the hell’s going on in front of them.

“Hockeytown,” my ass.

"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 19, 2010 9:53 AM CST up reply actions

Still not a pissing contest, right?

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 19, 2010 11:08 AM CST up reply actions

Also

That “Monday afternoon game”… while I’ll give you guys your due for selling that out, it was also Columbus day, so it’s not like it was just any other old Monday afternoon.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 18, 2010 5:58 PM CST up reply actions

It's not a pissig contest

Look dude I know the wings have fans. They have loud, obnoxious fans who have nothing better to do than pick on attendance numbers of a team that sells out games.

All I was saying was the wings arent at 100% capacity and the blues are. You can’t argue that fact.

I don’t give two shits about Saturday games and the wings road draw cred. I really don’t care. If you need to know these things so you can justify being a bandwagon fan, that’s cool. There are thousands more like you who love the wings since the 90s and only get to see them on the road.

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 Nov 18, 2010 7:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

hahaha

I am a bandwagon fan, have been for 16 years. I’m lucky that my team hasn’t had to rebuild in that time. I don’t know what I’d do if my team dropped off the hockey map for several years and had a majority ownership group that would desperately like to dump their shares.

Guess we’ll see how I react to that when we get there…

Until then, have fun with your “undeniable facts” when it comes to comparing smaller numbers to bigger ones.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 18, 2010 8:09 PM CST up reply actions

Christ... the Wing trolls even have to pollute THESE threads.

I swear, Illitch’s shitty pizza empire must employ a legion of these asshats to do nothing all day but Google “Red Wings” and reply on message boards where any disparagement of God’s Team (/sarcasm) is found.

Glad you live vicarioiusly through your team though, JJ… it’s not like there’s anything else to do in that God-forsaken armpit of a “state” you live in. 500 flat-as-a-board miles of corn and sunflowers between Missouri and Colorado.

"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 19, 2010 9:24 AM CST up reply actions

I'd ask you to drive to the Kansas City area to say that to my face

But I know it would take you four days to get through all the orange barrels and and another six waiting for your suspension to get fixed after driving through all the potholes.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 19, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions

I am a bandwagon fan, have been for 16 years.

Oh, so since the Wings ~~won~~ bought their first Cup since the Howe decades, then.

Thanks for clearing that up, Sparky.

Where were you between 1970 and 1990, when the Wings missed the playoffs entirely for 16 of 20 seasons?

I was here, backing my Blues, win or lose.

"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 19, 2010 9:30 AM CST up reply actions

I don't have an excuse

I was born in 1981, so there’s that part of the argument.

The other half is that I wasn’t lucky enough to be born into a hockey family. My dad was Army and is from California. I grew up playing soccer and discovered hockey in the 90s. If that makes you a better fan, then I guess I can’t do anything about that.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 19, 2010 11:10 AM CST up reply actions

Not a 'better' fan...

…just a fan smart enough to not go trolling on the message boards of other teams, looking to pick fights and talk shit.

"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 19, 2010 11:40 AM CST up reply actions

So that's it?

The fact that you were born into loving the Blues and Chicago Bears is what keeps you off of other teams’ websites to discuss grossly inaccurate misconceptions about attendance?

I’ll be damned…

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 19, 2010 11:51 AM CST up reply actions

See...

here’s the sad thing…

The only thing this poor little Detwat troll has to come here to “argue” about is attendance. Which may have been a “sell out” but I, like others, saw a plethora of empty seats. Just cause its a “sell out” doesn’t mean the butts are in the seats. What a sad little life to have to come and argue about attendance at a game. Poor little troll.

Put your big girl panties on and deal with it!

by BluesFanFromNE on Nov 19, 2010 12:09 PM CST up reply actions

What else is there to argue after a game where the Wings beat the Blues 7-3 and your goaltender put one behind himself?

Since when did “troll” become synonymous with “person who has a different viewpoint” ?

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 19, 2010 12:12 PM CST up reply actions

When he's a dick.

And you’re a dick. You wouldn’t like to admit it, but you’re totally acting like a dick.

You’re acting like I do when I act like a dick.

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

by Donut King on Nov 19, 2010 12:58 PM CST up reply actions

I didn't think I was

But dick is in the eye of the beholder.

… wait, that came out wrong.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 19, 2010 1:22 PM CST up reply actions

this.

dick.

Next in the Nate the Great mystery series: Nate the Great searches for a free-agent forward who doesn't blow dicks.

by NateTheGreat. on Nov 19, 2010 5:44 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, because EVERYBODY gets Columbus friggin' Day off...

Jesus Hussein Christ on a pogo stick.

"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 19, 2010 9:35 AM CST up reply actions

Aren't you an editor or something for that Red Wing site? Don't you have something better to do?

Here are the attendance numbers for this year.

Blues home percentage: 100%
Red Wings home percentage: 96.6%

Detroit’s building is bigger, so even a smaller percentage of tickets sold can equal more overall people in the seats.

So what, exactly, is your problem again?

Lots of people from other teams come here and hang out. Unless they’re being confrontational, they usually get along great with the populace. Those whose comments don’t pass the sniff test get the same reaction as you and your “I became a fan of hockey when the Wings were good so I’m a Wings fan and that doesn’t mean I’m a bandwagon jumper even though I have no ties to Detroit.”

Also, congrats on your great roads that I guess you have in Kansas. You must be very proud.

SWYD

by gallagher on Nov 19, 2010 10:28 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Game. Set. Match.

"You suck, but at least you know you suck. That's what I like about you." -Brett Hull

by hullnoates on Nov 19, 2010 11:29 PM CST up reply actions

I make no apologies for jumping on the bandwagon when the Wings were the best. We can go back to the “so you think you’re a better fan than I am because you’ve suffered” thing, but we both know that’s bullshit. Successful organizations attract fans; the best-run ones keep them. You don’t like it? That’s your cross to bear, buddy. If you can explain to me how that makes me a bad fan, then I’d like to hear it. Is that what “bleed blue” was all about? Some sort of hockey royalty where only people born into it get the status of being the elite amongst the fans sent to pass judgment on we, the dirty masses?

I have no geographical ties to any professional hockey city. Are you like that Coyotes fan dickhead from last year who automatically thinks people should be fans of the closest geographical teams? If so, I’d like to give you a more robust lesson on the differences between Kansas and Missouri than simple talk of quality of roads…

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 20, 2010 1:05 AM CST up reply actions

The point remains...

we have the better %, you have more numbers. what was your big argument again?

I forget because it’s boring. And because I’m worried about how bad our roads are here compared to in Kansas.

SWYD

by gallagher on Nov 20, 2010 2:01 AM CST up reply actions

So the whole talk of "bandwagon"

… was just one of those “nanny-nanny-boo-boo I’m a better fan than you” internet tough-guyisms?

I think that’s the whole point.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 20, 2010 9:32 AM CST up reply actions

I never said it was bad to be a bandwagon fan, it's just easy.

You’re the one who was touting it as great and unavoidable. I pointed out that I think it’s neither.

Also, do you not realize that coming here and saying stupid shit like “internet tough-guyisms” is why you’re annoying everyone here?

SWYD

by gallagher on Nov 20, 2010 11:44 AM CST up reply actions

When did I say either great or unavoidable? It just is. It’s just hilarious to me when people think they get extra fan cred for not jumping ship when the team sucks. I mean, yeah, it makes you better than the histrionic dickwits who talk about shooting themselves after losses, but the implications you’ve made about how it’s somehow a bad thing to like a team from a city I’m not from is just ridiculous. Congrats for being a good Blues fan.

I came here to talk about the misconception of the ghost-town Joe Louis arena that seems oddly persistent despite, you know, actual facts. St. Louis and Detroit have similar attendance this season. Ok, so your smaller building is at higher capacity percentage-wise, but still trails in numbers for actual butts in seats. I’m sincerely (really, no sarcasm here) happy that the Blues are playing in front of sell-out crowds at home all year and hope that continues. If you’re annoyed by facts, then that helps to strengthen stereotypes out there about how exactly bitter Blues fans are.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 20, 2010 1:00 PM CST up reply actions

stereotypes about blues fans being bitter come from only one place.

and it’s old and tired.

almost as tired as I am with this discussion. Have a great day.

SWYD

by gallagher on Nov 20, 2010 2:07 PM CST up reply actions

You too

Hope to see you in the playoffs. That would be a hell of a series.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 20, 2010 2:28 PM CST up reply actions

another fucking redleg from KS running loose on the wrong side of the border

didn’t we burn down half of eastern KS during the great war for a reason?

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Nov 20, 2010 5:26 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah

I believe the reason was that the people from Missouri were all a bunch of racist fuckwits.

by J.J. from Kansas on Nov 21, 2010 7:25 AM CST up reply actions

last word

got it.

Next in the Nate the Great mystery series: Nate the Great searches for a free-agent forward who doesn't blow dicks.

by NateTheGreat. on Nov 21, 2010 5:49 PM CST up reply actions

Got home late to the GTD

and was just too ~~stunnedhorrified~~ ~~mesmerized~~ ~~grief stricken~~ ~~torqued~~ ~~crestfallen~~ ~~blindsided~~ ~~bewildered~~ ~~cranked off~~ flabbergasted in the turd period to type much.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Nov 18, 2010 11:21 PM CST reply actions

I'm gonna break a hundred tonight...

Whatever It Takes.

"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 19, 2010 9:36 AM CST reply actions

Hubby is home!!

So that means I have the good cpu tonite and will be back in full force on the GDT…unless of course I get pissed off and turn the damn game off…which I have threatened to do tonite if it gets out of hand.

They better get their shit straight before I’m in town on the 27th for the game vs Dallas.

Put your big girl panties on and deal with it!

by BluesFanFromNE on Nov 19, 2010 12:10 PM CST up reply actions