Monday Links: PCS on a weekday (Updated: Fixed the Typo Link)

by Poor College Student on May 17, 2010 6:01 AM CDT

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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hmmm

was the typo link a self referencing link joke, or did i miss something?

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on May 17, 2010 9:55 AM CDT reply actions

was thinking the same thing

Paul Kariya's hips don't lie and he's starting to feel it's right.

by NateTheGreat. on May 17, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions

That was unintentional. My bad.

Of all the links to err on, that’s just damn ironic.

Should be fixed now.

No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.

by Poor College Student on May 17, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Ok so Im going to let my inner geek out....

But my favorite character with a gun for a hand isnt MegaMan….Its Decepticon Shockwave….Guardian of Cybertron and sometimes Leader of the Decepticons….

I still maintain Vladimir Konstantinov got what he deserved...If you can't handle that then kiss my ass......

"I've got a bad feeling about this..."

by dablues7 on May 17, 2010 12:20 PM CDT reply actions

Does Iron Man count as having a "gun for a hand?"

I mean, it’s laser(ish) gun coming OUT of his hand – that’s at least partial credit, right?

I know it's time for hockey because I've started singing "Don't Stop Believing" with the words "...born and raised in FUCK DETRIOT!!!"

by J-Mill on May 17, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions

No love for Mega Man?

Dude killed so many bosses they had to resort to ridiculous names like “Pharoah Man.” That was in #5, I think

No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.

by Poor College Student on May 17, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

i'm partial to

edward uzihands

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on May 17, 2010 1:32 PM CDT reply actions

I heard he got the shit kicked out of him

by some guy with hands made of rock.

/Wait, that was Edward Scissorhands…

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on May 17, 2010 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Not 1/10th as cool

as Edward 40hands.

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.

by Icion on May 17, 2010 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

or

edward 40ozhands even!

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on May 17, 2010 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions

And . . . Nicklas Backstrom - Gettin' Paid.

Straight cash, homey.

This makes me wonder whether we can afford to trade for Alexander Semin, but shit, that’d be a lot of prospects gone for only one guaranteed year.

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

by Donut King on May 17, 2010 3:13 PM CDT reply actions

You wouldn't trade for him

Unless you work out a contract extension first.

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.

by Icion on May 17, 2010 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

the NHL doesn’t have the same sign-and-trade rules that leagues such as the NBA have, especially if that player is already under contract with said trading partner. Unless there’s a rule to grant permission to negotiate an extension by the team who are trading for said player, like they have in the MLB (a-la Roy Halladay with the Phillies last offseason – he still had one year left on his Blue Jays contract, but he got three years and an option added to it, for more money per year).

It would be a lot less complicated were Semin an RFA (which would be a situation a-la Jay Bouwmeester with Cal/Gary last year – the Panthers knew they couldn’t sign him, so they got a bunch of prospects in return from the Flames, who COULD sign him and did), but Semin is no RFA.

Then again, I’m cloudy on most of these rules, and a lawyer/cap guru I am not.

It’s a pipe dream, though. Who knows if Washington would want to deal with us, much less what they would want for Semin. He sure does look expendable right now, though. But it may be better off just to hang on to the boys we have and see if there’s other options in the UFA/RFA routes.

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

by Donut King on May 17, 2010 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions