Tuesday links: Golf Cart Knee may have been a good thing edition

by averagejoe on May 11, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

No time for an intro.

Blues news

The Blues are in no hurry to sign restricted free agents. Also, Erik Johnson can't sign an offer sheet since he was out for a year with Golf Cart Knee, which is nice. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Hockey news

Hey look ... more Coyotes news. Please just fucking do something with this team. Send them to Winnipeg, keep them in Phoenix, send them to Mars — I don't fucking care. I'm tired of this story. [Puck Daddy]
Please, please let the Tampa Bay Lightning hire Pierre Maguire to be GM or something so he is no longer on TV. [Raw Charge]
Nicklas Lidstrom seriously might be gone. I gotta say, his departure would mean more than Steve Yzerman's in my eyes. [Winging It In Motown]
Nicklas Lidstrom is putting his son in school in Sweden. Look, this doesn't mean he's retiring, he just doesn't want his kids in Detroit schools. [ESPN]
The Habs and Penguins are going to a Game 7. Uhhh ... Go Canadiens? [TSN]
The Flyers won't die. Philly forces a Game 7 6 with the Bruins after a 4-0 win. [TSN]
The World Anti-Doping Agency, having solved the doping problems in football and baseball, has turned its eye to hockey. Not saying hockey players don't use PEDs, but in terms of American sports they're near the bottom of the list. Sean Hill excluded, of course. [TSN]
The Red Wings aren't moving. I didn't know this was a story. [ESPN]
The US loses to Denmark. Thanks, Lars Eller. [ESPN]
Answer Man wants you to watch the HBO doc on the Broad Street Bullies. [HBO]

Other links

Some of the best Muppet mashups on the nets. [Ranker]
Awkward pics of happy men. Enjoy. [Uncoached]
I know this is a hockey blog, but I'm sure every single one of us has played Wiffle Ball. Here's some history of a great gym class sport. [Mental Floss]

Video

This riff by Bill Burr seems like it would resonate with some people on this site. Enjoy.

I'm out, bitches.

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Game 7 for the Flyers?

Uhh….not yet, they DID force Game 6 though

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

by UIWWildthing on May 11, 2010 7:37 AM CDT reply actions

Yep, luckily they don’t have a chance to win the series, yet.

Fuck Pennsylvania. Go Canadians and Go Boston.

Proud member of the Popsicle Division of the Cupcake Conference.

by Bman21212 on May 11, 2010 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions

Wiffle ball kicks ass.

That is all.

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

by Donut King on May 11, 2010 11:04 AM CDT reply actions

Folding lawn chair strike zone rules all.

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on May 11, 2010 11:56 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

pah.

we had a mean dog rule. hit over the fence= out, hit over the entire yard into the yard with the friendly dog, gland slam.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on May 11, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Gland Slam?

Sounds like what happen to Sami Salo the other night

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

by UIWWildthing on May 11, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I missed the Flyer special on HBO

I keep checking for other times to air and I got nothing. Anyone?

I hope they pay the tribute that is due the Blues for the formation of the Broad St. Bullies. My god we used to kick the shit out of the PA teams back then. I actually hated Pittsburgh worse until the BSB came along. When the BSB would show up in town fans would boo them at Lambert airport and at Winterland where they practiced. Us kids always wanted to watch them but it felt like sneaking into enemy territory to see them practice. My biggest triumph was stealing Defenseman Bryan “Bugsy” Watson’s jersey at Winterland, talk about a high value target. They’d of killed me if I had gotten caught in that locker room. Thank god for removable ceiling tiles.

Being the consummate dumbazz I wore the jersey to school the next day to show off my 5 finger skills and almost got my azz kicked for showing up in the enemy’s colors. I never got close to clipping anything from the Flyer lockerroom, there was way to much traffic from reporters and fans once they got famous. We did pick up some broken sticks after their practice was over that we used for street hockey, we just had to blot out any Flyer or Penguin names or numbers on them.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on May 11, 2010 1:39 PM CDT reply actions

I'm not really sure why PEDs wouldn't be in the NHL

A sport that requires extended bursts of speed/strength while taxing your cardio to hell with a pretty short turnaround time before you have to do it again? Especially stuff like EPO would be HUGE for NHL players who like to log long shifts.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on May 11, 2010 2:15 PM CDT reply actions

I think some PED use is in the NHL

But it’s not nearly as bad as MLB or the NFL. NFL players are a freaking joke with how jacked up they are. If 50% of the league failed a drug test, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Just saying PED use by sports: NFL, MLB, NBA/NHL

St. Louis Game Time

by averagejoe on May 11, 2010 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions