Thursday links: Watching another year end early edition

by averagejoe on Mar 25, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

Another season, another disappointment. Watching the Blues limp to the finish this year is just painful to witness.

Blues news

Red Wings 4, Blues 2. I hate everyone in this picture. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Blues vs. Kings tonight. First the Wings, now the Kings — what does it all mean besides likely another loss? [Blues]
How do the Blues get better next year? It's really quite simple ... get a legitimate No. 1 goalie. It's funny how the Blues seem further away from contending at the end of this season than they did after last year. [STLtoday]
Ian Cole had a hard time leaving college. He'll fit right in with T.J. Oshie. [South Bend Tribune]

Hockey news

Wednesday's results. [Yahoo! Sports]
Thursday's games. [Yahoo! Sports]
Is Jay Bouwmeester a bust or just not very good? [Matchsticks and Gasoline]
It's like hockey, but in 3D. [NHL FanHouse]
The Hockey News ranks the top-10 mascots. Louie loses points for not wearing pants and doesn't make the list. [The Hockey News]
Ranking each teams goaltending. The Blues are way, way, way too high. [TSN]
The Washington Capitals are adamant they didn't use steroids. [TSN]
Brian Campbell isn't healthy enough to play after his hit from Alex Ovechkin, but he is well enough to bitch about the hit. [ESPN]

Other links

It's Name of the Year time. Nohjay Nimpson is a a STRONG No. 1 seed. [Name of the Year]
From Dominik via Gallagher: Messing with Spammers. [Welcome to the 419 Eater]
Should you buy an iPad? No. Do you need help deciding, this flowchart should help you out. [pic]
I'm intrigued by this man's ideas and would like to subscribe to his newsletter. [Everything Is Terrible!]

Videos

I think my favorite thing about doing this links gig is finding out other people share my sense of humor. One of those people is Señor Gallagher. He passes along this video that made me laugh way too hard. Lightning bolt!

It's Donut King's birthday so I'll share a video he sent me with one of his favorite songs. As someone who took seven years of Spanish, I can tell you this song is awesome. Dude sounds like the Swedish Chef.

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It's not just the goaltending

The whole team collapses and flails around like a dying fish. (See Blues vs. Preds from Sunday).

goalie would help, but would not cure whatever ails us.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Mar 25, 2010 6:18 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

starts in goal

affects the d-men who affect the forwards. our d scoring is still pathetic (and yet VASTLY improved over las tseason) and ej has had to be reigned in a few times to do defensive work only.

until ej is partnered with a d-man and a golaie where he can go go go, we wont see his, or his forwards, true potentional

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 25, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions

And continues with leadership

This team has the emotional makeup of its captain: beep bop boop, computational results mediocre, access ‘excuses.txt’. They’re 5 games under .500 (25-30) in games decided in regulation; coincidentally, they’re also 5 games under .500 (16-21) in regulation decisions with Captain Flatline in uniform.

If the kids are the future, it’s time to put one of them in charge. The older players are going to have to accommodate the youth movement anyway, and this is just another inevitable step.

by BleedBlue42 on Mar 25, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions

So we're left with "chemistry"?

This team for whatever reason has played well below its potential all year. More consistent goaltending would help but short of Ryan Miller (and possibly Luongo) is there a goalie in the league who isn’t a crapshoot, especially come playoff time?

This team needs everything. More scoring, better defense, and solid goaltending. I think they have enough talent, but they don’t play together well. If the Blues stand pat in the offseason again I am going to be VERY disappointed.

Sure am glad its time to renew my season tickets.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon

by baroose on Mar 25, 2010 8:15 AM CDT reply actions

It’s like looking for the loose end of a ball of string and finding five of them.

by briandunne on Mar 25, 2010 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Scalping?

Unrelated question.

I’m not from St. Louis. I ordered tickets for tonights game on eBay and they haven’t arrived yet. If they aren’t here today, are there scalpers outside Scottrade like there are outside Cardinals games? What can I expect to pony up for a ticket from one of them?

by Ferociousaurus on Mar 25, 2010 10:18 AM CDT reply actions

Yes, plenty.

You might be able to find uppers for $20, but probably more. Lowers can be all over the board pricewise.

SWYD

by gallagher on Mar 25, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions

Name Of The Year!!!1

Look for Dr. Speedy Nutz to be the sleeper out of the Bulltron Region.

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.

by Donut King on Mar 25, 2010 10:25 AM CDT reply actions

Spartacus Berntsein FTW!

Although it’s all moot, ’cause we know that the supreme ruler of names always has been and always will be VIKINGSTAD!!!

I know it's time for hockey because I've started singing "Don't Stop Believing" with the words "...born and raised in FUCK DETRIOT!!!"

by J-Mill on Mar 25, 2010 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Lightning bolt!

Was secretly hoping that an actual lightning bolt would strike them, but man that video stands on its own even without a weather tragedy.

Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.

by Dominik on Mar 25, 2010 12:52 PM CDT reply actions

It must be a male thing

My boys play stuff like this all the time, just doesn’t do anything for me.
Well maybe make me cringe when it’s inside and things get knocked off the wall

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 Mar 25, 2010 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

hey thats not fair

when i was a child i knew the only way to hurt someone in whatever game we were play was to actually hit them with a stick or something equally as damaging. We knew how to do damage back in the early 90’s

Look I'm sure youre a nice person and everything but that Redwings jersey you're wearing makes me want to cave your face in with my fist...it's not you it's me and the fact that you're a fucking Redwings fan

by RFJCC on Mar 25, 2010 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions

"Bob Plager gave me a cigarette when I was 5 -- I was brought up the right way."

Today’s Puck Daddy

by BleedBlue42 on Mar 25, 2010 1:54 PM CDT reply actions

There was a reason we ducked the truant officers to watch the Blues

practice at Winterland.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Mar 25, 2010 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions

by the way,

the son of one of the winterland guys has started a new training program called Winterland Hockey Training.

My kid is enrolled.

SWYD

by gallagher on Mar 26, 2010 12:52 AM CDT up reply actions

One of the Rupp brothers?

As I recall Winterland training included:

Throwing your empty beer cans on to the roof so no one would find them.
Jockstrap hockey only with the doors locked
Hiding your beer in the Zamboni ice so no parents would see it.
How to cheat a pinball machine the right way (ash trays under the front legs)
How to unhook a bra clasp with one hand while in the dark behind the bleachers

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Mar 28, 2010 2:13 AM CDT up reply actions

Gotta disagree on Nohjay Nimpson being a strong one seed

A simple “one letter is off a famous person” name is f’n weaksauce as a one. I think Lolita Respectnothing kicks it’s ass.

My early final four prediction: X’Zavier Bloodsaw, God’s Power Offor (Though Dick Smallberries Jr. could make a run for clearly having the biggest dick of a father on the planet), Spontaneous Gordon (for hte record, Spontaneous is a girls name. Bet she didn’t get terrible pick up lines thrown her at college every night), and Karma Sherpa (Though Wave Ryder and Furious Bradley are also awesome)

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 Mar 25, 2010 2:45 PM CDT reply actions