Friday links: No fooling in this edition edition

Yesterday sure was fun — well outside of the Blues losing. No messed up links today, and no trips to the Yzerman video. Promise.

Blues news

Blues and playoffs shouldn't be used in the same sentence anymore this season. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Erik Johnson is becoming offensive ... in a good way. [Bellville News-Democrat]
Paul Kariya may be ready to go Saturday. Or not. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Jeremy Rutherford chats about the Blues. Lots of good stuff here. [STLtoday]

Hockey news

The Nashville Predators get some love. Nothing like a little salt in the wound. [ESPN]
I'm shocked that Patrick Lalime won 200 NHL games. The dude won FOUR games in St. Louis and was flat-out awful. [Die By the Blade]
According to ESPN, good news for Phoenix. Two lease proposals for the Phoenix Coyotes given to the Glendale City Council earlier this week were approved. [ESPN]
Mike Modano is waffling about his future. [ESPN]
This isn't political, but why should the President have to go to a hockey game. He's not a puckhead, so what. Elect Joe in 2020, and I'll be happy to go to hockey games. [TSN Column]
The Islanders had lost 15 straight to the Flyers prior to Thursday. [TSN]
Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin, who are always linked, are facing off in the OHL playoffs. [TSN]
Tomas Kaberle says he doesn't hate his coach. Good to know. [TSN]
Scores.[Yahoo! Sports]
Games. [Yahoo! Sports]

Other links

A man tried to kill himself by shoving a cucumber up his ass. There is no joke here. [The Sun]
A guide to all the April Fools' Day stuff around the Web. [April Fools' Day]
Some people can't just give two weeks notice and leave a job. [Ego TV]
Old Spice has some bad ass commercials. [Warming Glow]

Videos

More from Carnie: It's an illusion Michael. Tricks are what whores do for money. (Don't watch this at work.)