Doing links for a weekday. I wonder if this is how Averagejoe feels all the time.

Blues News:

• Bastard Russians (Datsyuk) cruise past Denmark (Eller).
  

NHL News:

• Jaroslav Halak is human! Chased in the 2nd as the Flyers cruise to a win in the opener. Broad Street summarizes.
• Glen Metropolit once skated for both the Flyers and the Canadiens in the same day. He must've been tired.
• Chicago rode 44 saves from Antti Niemi to a road victory in game 1. Second City and Fear the Fin both have their say.
• This Black Hawks penalty box mix-up is brought to you by the numbers 36 and 32.
• It looks like Nicklas Backstrom will be staying in Washington for a while. At least that's what ESPN gathers.

Other Stuff:

• Video game fans, your favorite character with a gun for a hand now has a 90 minute fan fiction film. More power to you if you make it all the way through.
• Typos: They can be a real bitch.
• An astronaut is skipping his honeymoon to go on a 18 month pretend Mars mission. The only time I went on a pretend mission to Mars was when I was too "sick" to go to class.

Video:

Fast snowballs. Slow children

And that's the way it was. Averagejoe is back for the regular weekday shift as normal tomorrow.

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