Thursday links: David Backes had to have been created in a lab edition

by averagejoe on Feb 11, 2010 5:00 AM CST

Thursday is here. I can see the weekend and it looks awesome.

Blues news

The really enjoyable feature on David Backes makes him seem almost too good to be true. He's smart, well-spoken, humble, loyal (he married his freaking kindergarten girlfriend), handsome and patriotic. It's official: The Inglorious David Backes is awesome. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
If you don't think the Blues need some bodies to score goals, here's a handy list to show you how wrong you are. [STLtoday]
It's out there: The Blues are shopping Carlo Colaiacovo, Keith Tkachuk and Paul Kariya. Maybe. [TSN]
Jeremy Rutherford is chatting. Hit him up. [STLtoday]

Hockey news

Lots of talks about trades, but remember, the league goes into a trade freeze for the Olympic games. [From the Rink]
Kari Lehotonen's trade to Dallas my have been broken by Marc Crawford's son, Dylan. [Pension Plan Puppets]
Lehtonen says his back is in good shape, no mention about the rest of his body. [ESPN]
The fine folks at PPP get a mailbag with their beat writer. Jeremy Rutherford, Norm Sanders (anyone else who covers the team) ... you guys up for a chat? [PPP]
Joe Corvo is back from a nasty cut on his calf. [Canes County]
Jeff Carter is on call in case Ryan Getzlaf can't suit up for Team Canada. [TSN]
Peter Forsberg is coming back to play for a stacked Team Sweden. They're my dark horse to win gold this year. [CTV]
Good news: The Capitals won't be on a winning streak when Alex Ovechkin and the boys take on the Blues and The Boyes. [TSN]
Rumor is Wayne Gretzky will light the Olympic Cauldron. I think the honor should go to a great Canadian: Dan Aykroyd (why yes I'm watching Ghostbusters right now). [CTV]
John Buccigross writes about Brendan Burke. A great, albeit sad, read. [ESPN]
Wednesday's results. [Yahoo! Sports]
Thursday has some games. [Yahoo! Sports]

Other links

I find this site far more entertaining than I should. [They Took His Job!]
Ever wonder what it would be like if Jesus, Captain Kirk and Vincent Van Gogh were roommates? Wonder no more. [Jesus, Kirk and Vinny]
Typing the stuff that goes on the TV screen is a tough job. But like any job, you'll get made fun of if you do it wrong. [Manofest]

Videos

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They can put the letters on any player they wanna but...

This is Chuck Norris’ team until further notice.

by briandunne on Feb 11, 2010 7:25 AM CST reply actions

Wow.

Those #s from JR are pretty telling. Over 100 goals less than PHOENIX, for Judas’ sake.

Lead me to 2 conclusions:

1. I (and others) really shouldn’t be so hard on the Kids. It’s obvious the problem is systematic, and yet they’re still mostly keeping pace with other mid/late 1st round forwards. I’m impressed.

2. This team could be approximately 4,760,532% better with an established goal-scorer. That said, I’m not too sad to see us pass on Kovalchuk. Like hildy has alluded to – I don’t think he’s the kind of guy that makes everyone around him better, which is EXACTLY what the kids need. How dangerous would Perron be with a bona fide set-up man? I shudder to think. Shit, even Boyes could find his streak again if he had someone feeding him good passes. Somebody like that comes available…JD better be willing to do what it takes to get him here.

The defense & the goalkeeping are serviceable (I haven’t done the research, but I doubt we’re at the top of the goals-allowed list). WE NEED TO SCORE GOALS.

by Washoo on Feb 11, 2010 8:13 AM CST reply actions

someone point out

in an email discussion that even if the blues had another 20-goal scorer for every single season of that list, the blues would be in 28th place.

middle guys and second liners and defensement are not going to fix that problem. period.

hell if we had an additional 30-goal a year man we would only be 24th.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 11, 2010 9:38 AM CST up reply actions

Either Gretzky or Aykroyd is fine by me.

As long as it’s not Bryan Adams.

by Busch Ice on Feb 11, 2010 11:39 AM CST reply actions

A Wise Man Once Told Me

There are only 3 good things that came out of Canada…Beer, Rush (the Band), and Wayne Gretzky,

by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Feb 11, 2010 12:51 PM CST up reply actions

thats only two

gretzky sucks

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Feb 11, 2010 1:22 PM CST up reply actions

I was going to say...

…the beer sucks.

Rush, though, is one thing on which we can all agree.

by Washoo on Feb 11, 2010 1:48 PM CST up reply actions

Rush sucks

The only song by them I like is far cry.

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

by Icion on Feb 11, 2010 2:21 PM CST up reply actions

I must fight you.

Insulting Rush…

Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.

by Novacain on Feb 11, 2010 2:42 PM CST up reply actions

I'm sorry...

but you have no taste.

Don’t feel bad. It’s a common ailment.

by Washoo on Feb 11, 2010 5:24 PM CST up reply actions

umm

i believe you are thinking of mahogany rush.

totlly different band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDR73BPJCtc&feature=related

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Feb 11, 2010 5:41 PM CST up reply actions

You have insulted the Deity of the Drums that is Neil Peart.

AVAST!

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." -- Don Marquis
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by Donut King on Feb 11, 2010 11:36 PM CST up reply actions

Funny thing is that I'd buy that whole fuckin' store of furniture.

I like ugly furniture. It makes things look . . . pretty. Ugly.

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." -- Don Marquis
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by Donut King on Feb 11, 2010 1:44 PM CST reply actions

Sooo… anyone else thinking of heading over to PPP tommorow and just hang for the game?

I kinda was hoping for something like a joined thread, but it’s too late to get that going.

Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.

by Novacain on Feb 11, 2010 2:54 PM CST reply actions

Too funny

That Marc Crawford’s kid could be leaking all the info through his Twitter account! Marc should’ve learned from the terBuzzi incident that you have to be very clear with your instructions and words. Too funny, I was a little pissed b/c I wanted a shot at that keeper, but this makes it a little better.

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by Nancy's Boy on Feb 11, 2010 2:55 PM CST reply actions