If the Blues can beat Nashville tonight, I'm all in on the playoff chase.

Blues news

• Blues vs. Predators tonight. [Sporting News]
• Streaking leads to playoffs. Good to know. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
• Like Al Davis used to say when he was alive: Just win, baby. [St. Louis Globe-Democrat]
• Mike Weaver is more than just a short guy with a beard. [Blues]
  
• Paul Kariya is in no rush to come back for the playoff push. [ESPN]
  

Hockey news

• How are the Phoenix Coyotes so good? [Behind The Net]
• Sidney Crosby says Pittsburgh shouldn't host the Winter Classic. [TSN]
  
• Ranking the NHL defensive units. [TSN]
• The Maple Leafs new line is called the "frat pack." Lemme guess, all of their goals are roofied. [TSN]
• Steve Ott strikes again. No he didn't hurt someone, he scored three goals. Tool. [ESPN]
• Alex Ovechkin gives a good interview. He talks about wanting to play in the KHL before he's too old. Good read. [Japers' Rink]
  
• Steven Stamkos is good. [ESPN]
• Manny Legace is getting ready to leave Carolina in the offseason. [NHL]
• Kris Draper may be calling it quits. [Winging it in Motown]
• Scores. [Yahoo! Sports]
• Schedule. [Yahoo! Sports]

Other links

• Public access shows be crazy. [Heavy]
• Patrick the starfish from "Spongebob" looks crazy in real life. [GEARFUSE]
  
• Aziz Ansari is a funny dude. [COED Magazine]

• Interesting story about the rise of sports blogs. Good read. [CNN]

• This should brighten up your day. [Gunaxin]

Videos

Let's have some Nirvana today.

Lots of stuff today. Game thread, columns and some big site news that ... well things are gonna change, but it will all be OK.

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