After a whirlwind of events that saw a game with a furious 3rd period comeback, a Keith Tkachuk tribute, and all manner of jerseys and prizes being handed out during and after, the Blues look to close out the season with a W in Nashville.

And thanks to you, Walt. Real men score goals with their faces.

Blues/Tkachuk News:

• Blues win!
• Game #82. @ Nashville at 7 PM. As you may have read in the comments last night, it's all over the Twittersphere (Take Rutherford's, for example) that Tkachuk won't be playing in Nashville.
  
• All sorts of Walt articles from  from Miklasz, Gordon, O'Neill and George Csolak over at the Globe-Democrat
• Tomas Kana, coming to an NHL team in Columbus near you?

NHL News:

• Kerry Fraser is also retiring at the end of the year. Down Goes Brown reminisces.
• This Russian kid has a knock on him for a lack of discipline and seems like a risk. It wasn't too long ago that David Perron was held in such a regard in terms of draft stock.
• When I think of how it'll get hard to find material to link to in the summer months, I always remember how that Coyotes sale will be going on until the end of time. Analysis on the latest over at Five For Howling.
• It's certainly valid to make a case for Crosby to win the Hart. What isn't valid is to say he deserves it because he plays with worse teammates than the other contenders.
• Scores.
• Schedule.
• Standings. It's mayhem out East as 4 teams tangle for 3 spots.

Other Stuff:

• This YouTube comment is so dumb I just can't help but laugh.
• I think the Simpsons episode where Homer skippers a submarine turned out better than this little mishap.
• This guy understands parenting. If I could be like him, I'd do it.

Video:

A round of applesauce for Lars Eller, getting us on the board with a sweet tip-in. I'd do something for Jonas, but I don't know any memorable movie characters named Jonas. However, I loved watching Heavyweights as a kid (and still do). So yeah.

And the last shift and Walt tribute that ensued

We'll see you tonight for the last GDT of the season. It's been a helluva run.

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