Wednesday links: If Alex Steen keeps this up, we're going to have to ease up on the nose jokes edition

by averagejoe on Mar 31, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

For the record, my first hate was the Blackhawks — it's always good to see them lose.

Blues news

Blues beat the Hawks 4-2. Awesome. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Alex Steen is the leading scorer on the Blues. That's great for him, but holy hell does this team need a legit scoring threat. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Fragile Paul Kariya is hurt again. Never change. [USA Today]
Alex Steen nose how to cheer up sick kids. [KTVI]
Davis Payne likes what he sees in Ian Cole. [St. Louis Globe-Democrat]
Brett Ponich is really, really tall. And he just got paid. [Blues]

Hockey news

The Blues are not among the best faceoff teams in the last decade-plus. [Behind The Net]
Jonathan Toews is a little piggy, oink, oink, oink. [Puck Daddy]
First it was Patrik Berglund. Then it was Mike Ribeiro. Now, add Canucks d-man Shane O'Brien to the list of guys who have missed practice. [Vancouver Sun]
Hey ... what was O'Brien doing? Oh, partying. [Deadspin]
Kris Letang can afford to change his name to a normal spelling after signing a hefty extension. [ESPN]
Dan Carcillo gets two games at home, without pay. [ESPN]
Josh Harding is broken. [ESPN]
Results. [Yahoo! Sports]
Schedule. [Yahoo! Sports]

Other links

From Carnie: X-ray art. [Daily News]
The only thing that would make this better, is if it were a divorce letter. [This Is Freaking Ridiculous]
Old advertisements were the best. [theCHIVE]

Videos
I asked for videos and the great Carnie answered.

These kids, while seemingly French, are still pretty cool.

More after the jump.

Carnie says this guy is either a baller or a jackass. I vote baller — fuck kids, although not literally. That will get you arrested — kinda like my old high school janitor, Talbot. Wait, where was I? Oh right, a video.

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Let's go Blues!

by UIWWildthing on Mar 31, 2010 8:43 AM CDT reply actions

PK

Any status updates? The g/f bought a PK shirt for the Preds game next Saturday from nhl.com (WAY fast shipping BTW) and actually received it yesterday, I called her a jinx.

by hatrk219 on Mar 31, 2010 9:05 AM CDT reply actions

I have a link to add to the pile....

…and it is hilarious…

It’s the latest story on Puck Daddy and it’s about the ‘History Will Be Made’ ads. I was particularly giggly over the Dennis Wideman one, the Gordon Bombay one and the Cam Ward one.

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Mar 31, 2010 10:02 AM CDT reply actions

what

no jon casey one?

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 31, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions

Someone really needs to make a Bergevin one...

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Mar 31, 2010 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions

and a

keenan/gretzky one and a…..

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by Childhood Trauma on Mar 31, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions

The REAL series is planning an Yzerman one.

Which I will do everything in my power to not watch.

I’d like to make a Owen Nolan 2000 game 7 one, but I do not posess the proper technology/know-how.

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 31, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Kariya's reaction to an injury late in his walk year

Must have been: You just cost me 6 million dollars. And a new Cadillac.

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by Dominik on Mar 31, 2010 12:20 PM CDT reply actions

Wow, signing Ponich already?

That’s actually a very interesting move. He did have a very solid season this year, and he seems to have all the physical tools. Maybe getting to work with the Blues staff could help fill the holes in the game.

Just another guy to add to our never ending list of young defensemen trying to work their way up. We will have Pietrangelo, Cole, Ponich, Junland, and Stratchan signed next year, not a bad group fighting for spots

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by Novacain on Mar 31, 2010 1:56 PM CDT reply actions

this prob falls under

those rumored “someone (wink wink) in the organization loves 7-foot people with borderline skillz”

as foir the getting paid.. its an entry level so-so deal 3 years, $2.33 million

so he aint get the kind of dough they flushed down the marek scwartz fail hole.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 31, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions

site loves pop ups

but has some cap advantages over my favorite site.

CAPGEEK

has poinch and coles costs and cap hits and lists all recent call ups hey trent whitfield is in the bigs again!!! Bruins must be in more trouble than i thought. or maybe he going to be the bear in the commercials?

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by Childhood Trauma on Mar 31, 2010 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Signing him doesn't necessarily mean he's playing here -- or in Peoria -- next year...

Schultz and Cundari were signed to entry-level deals last year, and spent all of this season in juniors.

Ponich will not be old enough to play in the AHL next season, so if he doesn’t make the Blues out of camp — which he isn’t likely to do — he’ll be back in Portland next year.

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by Tomorrows Blues on Mar 31, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions

duh, fair enough

Though for Cundari, wasn’t he an undrafted free agent? Your correct about Schwartz, but I’m rather sure Cundari was undrafted.

And Ponich doesn’t stand a chance to make the NHL next year, so it’s kinda a non issue. I suppose.

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by Novacain on Mar 31, 2010 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions

its a sliding contract

meaning if he is in portland, he still has a three year deal waiting for him when he gets out..

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by Childhood Trauma on Mar 31, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL

at your vid up there.

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by drfrankentweed on Mar 31, 2010 2:51 PM CDT reply actions