Tuesday links: On board with throwing the snake edition

by averagejoe on Apr 13, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

The best part of the early summer links? Half-ass work feels about right. This edition is pretty much quarter-assed. Enjoy.

Blues news

Here's a handy guide to the contract situations among the Blues. [Bellville News-Democrat]

Hockey news

The story in hockey yesterday: Coyotes fans may throw a snake on the ice against the Wings. [Five for Howling]
The Washington Capitals won the President's Trophy thanks to an insane 19-3-2 record in its division. [Bird Watchers Anonymous]
Mike Modano is part of a group trying to buy the Dallas Stars. [ESPN]
Central Scouting has Tyler Seguin as the No. 1-overall prospect. Seven of 10 NHL scouts say Taylor Hall and chew Trident. [TSN]
Jerry Reinsdorf's bid to buy the Coyotes is not going as planned and something about Ice Edge Holdings. You know what, sell the damn team to someone already. [TSN]
Brian Burke will be leading the States at the Worlds. [TSN]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have fired Rick Tocchet and Brian Lawton. What are the odds Tocchet gets another coaching job? Seriously, he wants to know. [ESPN]

Other links

Need to dump your significant other but lacking in the pants and unable to do it yourself? Go here. [I Dump 4 U]
Bacon lovers and nerds unite: A 3-foot tall all-bacon AT-AT from Star Wars. [TIFR]
A collection of the best BLANK looks like BLANK Web sites. Lesbians who look like Justin Bieber is a good one. [Nerve.com]

Video

Brad passed this along, the guys at Joe Sports Fan are trying to change the game of scalping. Enjoy.

Some Alternate Options for Ticket Scalpers from JoeSportsFan.com on Vimeo.

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In case you're curious

the Draft Lotto is on versus tonight 7pm our time or NHL network at 8pm.

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 Apr 13, 2010 7:02 AM CDT reply actions

Damn

I forget to get my tickets for the drawing

Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!

by UIWWildthing on Apr 13, 2010 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Like hell I wouldn't hold a sign that said "I'M CELLING TIKETTS".

Put that shit in neon colors and you’ve got the ultimate badass scalper.

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

by Donut King on Apr 13, 2010 9:59 AM CDT reply actions

Wow, the Capitals would have had only 115 points if you didn’t count South-East play. Man, sucks to be in the same division as them.

Proud member of the Popsicle Division of the Cupcake Conference.

by Bman21212 on Apr 13, 2010 10:44 AM CDT reply actions

They're a pain in the ass.

Between them being unreal and Ovie trying to kill your players, I’d rather them migrate to the Atlantic and piss off the Devils.

Thrashing the Blues

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Apr 13, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions

Watching the presser on Blues site

How come no one mentioned it?? Probably at work like me.
Interesting at the Cards home opener a chant went up Let’s Go Blues and they had a pick of Walt on the Jumbo.

Checketts asked if he was sure he wanted to retire after last Fridays 3rd period. Maybe he could lace them up at home for 3rds. Said he was the first player he talked to after he bought the team.

Will have a Walt night next yr.
Checketts cried when he heard Walt say there would be a cup here. He asked the players there if they thought the same.
Without teeth he looks like he’s snarling.
Gave him his alumni jersey.

Pleau has some great comments about halfway through about picking a player when he only saw him in warmups.
He didn’t want Checketts to know that though!! Pleau showed a side we’ve never seen.

I expected an announcement. Maybe after retirement settles in.

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 Apr 13, 2010 4:44 PM CDT reply actions

Also

if you look at the pictures on the Blues site of the presser. You can see that lots of the Blues players were there. I would’ve thought they were spread throughout North America by now.

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 Apr 13, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions

The boys love it here...

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Apr 13, 2010 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions

As long as it's a live rattlesnake, and it ends up in the Detroit bench (preferrably coiled around Draper's neck)...

…I’m completely on board with the idea of throwing snakes.

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Apr 13, 2010 6:13 PM CDT reply actions

Besides, throwing a live snake is 100x more badass than tossing a dead, stinking octopus...

"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."

-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851

http://futurenotes.blogspot.com

by Tomorrows Blues on Apr 13, 2010 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions

this^^^^^

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 Apr 13, 2010 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Or a pack of live coyotes

They could smuggle them in as seeing eye dogs. For bonus points, all the smugglers could wear referee stripes.

Why do hockey refs make such bad calls?
They don't make skates small enough for the seeing eye dogs.

by kerowhack on Apr 14, 2010 4:29 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

In the draft lotto

the Blues have a 0.5% chance of their ball coming out first. But you’re only allowed to move up 4 spots so we could go from 14th to 10th.
Edm has a 50% chance of picking first
A team can only drop 1 spot.

The Bruins got the first round draft pick from the Leafs so they are in the 2nd spot as of now.
Bet the Leaf fans are pissed.
The Islanders are back in the top 5 because they sucked and they got the #1 pick Tavares last yr. I guess he made them only a little better at this pt

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 Apr 13, 2010 7:09 PM CDT reply actions