F-You Friday
by Brad Lee on Jun 25, 2010 1:51 PM CDT
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Call it the mid-afternoon venting, an airing of grievances or just F-You Friday.
Welcome to our now weekly bitch session where we gather round the laptop or the desktop or your choice of mobile device and communicate what has pissed you off, frustrated you or rained on your parade.
Small reminder, we'll have a live GDT (that stands for game day thread for uninitiated) for the draft tonight. It'll go live at 6 p.m. CDT when the draft begins on the Bullriding Network (Versus). Anybody who's anybody will be there.
Go to the jump to keep from jumping yourself.
Fuck you Bobby Orr and your statue. I've been meaning to write about this piece of junk for awhile. It commemorates the overtime game-winning goal Orr scored against St. Louis in the Stanley Cup Finals. It's possibly the most famous goal in hockey history, immortalized with a photo of Orr flying Superman style after Noel Picard tripped him with his stick. Allegedly. Wait, strike that, Picard fucking did it. Too bad Orr didn't land on his spleen or something. Not that I really hate Orr, the revolutionary defenseman that made blueliners offensive players. It's more toward the NHL showing the clip so often during the playoffs and lamenting the fact that the Blues don't have a similar moment in franchise history. Maybe the guy chosen tonight by the Blues will have his own statue some day.
Fuck you heat similar to living on the sun. It's June, one of the nicest months in St. Louis. Except this week where the camels at the zoo were all, "Can we go inside the air conditioning now?" Heat indexes above 100 degrees should be reserved for late July-early August. And Las Vegas. Speaking of Vegas...
Fuck you Pavel Datsyuk for winning the Selke award every year. The best defensive forward is such a subjective vote and I can see where the people casting ballots are looking for something concrete to put their faith in. So they look at plus/minus and things like blocked shots and takeaways. Datsyuk doesn't go down (to block the puck) often, but he usually leads the league in taking the puck away. Message to voters: There's more to defense than takeaways. Voting based on one stat or two is asinine. Jay McClement, we'll get you more than two first-place votes next year.
Fuck you draft parties at bars. We've been to some of these shindigs. It's a chance to see some familiar faces, talk some pucks, maybe see an alumni player and broadcaster. And beer. Beer makes everything better. But when they have these things in a popular bar during happy hour on a Friday afternoon/early evening, they don't fucking work. At previous events, they quickly ran out of parking and seats near a TV. Getting served at the bar takes boobs or bribery (or bribery with boobs). And at the end of a night crammed into a loud, hot room with sweaty hockey get a lifers, you might wish you stayed home.
Fuck you Ghana. Sorry for the malaria and stuff, but you're going down tomorrow. So take that annoying plastic horn and blow it out your ass. USA, baby.
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Fuck people trying to start BS rumors. It gets damn annoying when people start claiming that something outrageous is going to happen.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jun 25, 2010 2:14 PM CDT reply actions
Fuck graduation parties ...
that conflict with the hockey draft. I’m going to be stuck at one for a relative tonight without a TV and without anyone to talk to who gives a flying rat’s ass about prospects.
Mmmmmmm ... Don't you just love the smell of fresh Blues hockey.
I see your fuck you to poorly timed Grad parties,
and raise with a fuck you to wine and cheese block parties or whatever the hell it is that I’m going to tonight. Thrown by my stepdad’s parents who more often than not annoy the crap out of me, and will probably spend about 3 minutes pretending to be interested in my semester in China by asking the same stupid questions everyone else asks (them: “How was China?” me: “…big?”), but I’ll be stuck there for a good 2 hours with my parents and a crowd inevitably full of nothing but senior citizens talking about medicare and how Sarah Palin never would have let that oil rig burst. The only reason I’m going is because my mom guilt-tripped me into it, and promised me free alcohol…. still pretty sure it’s not fair compensation…
Ask 'em HOW, exactly, Caribou Barbie would have stopped the rig from blowing up...
…I’d love to hear what they say.
After all, she can see an oil rig from her house; that makes her an expert in petroleum extraction, by her “logic.”
Must… not… rant… about… politics…
B.
"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
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by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 25, 2010 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck Keith Ballard
Word is the St. Louis Blues are interested in trading for Keith Ballard. I’m hearing center Patrik Berglund would potentially be available in return. Berglund is coming off a down year, but he’s young and at 6-4, 210, he fits the billing of a big center that GM Dale Tallon likes. Whether it’s Ballard or someone else, Tallon is looking to unload a defenseman. (Sun Sentinel)
Like hell the Blues are going to trade a young, promising center for another defenseman — especially one that’s 5’11" and had a worse season last year than Carlo Colaiacovo. Rumors like that piss me off because it shows that whoever reported didn’t think once about the defensive pile-up in the Blues system.
Also, fuck the Blues with a tire-iron if there’s any truth to that rumor. Ballard has a $4.5 million contract for 5 years — why on earth would anyone even think about picking up a defender like Ballard when we’re one year away from getting rid of Brewer and going to our prospects.
I was just going to post a fanshot about that...
Link to blog article, originally from PD.
Also, they talked about trying to get Nick Bjugstad at pick 15 or trading down to get him earlier.
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
isn't Ballard...
that guy that hits his own goalie in the head with his stick?
Perhaps we don’t need that since we got a #1 goalie now…
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
That’s him.
He also scored an own goal as well, so you definitely don’t want him.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jun 25, 2010 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Son of a...
RT @Russostrib: Told #flpanthers D Keith Ballard definitely expecting to be traded out West today. St. Louis and teams up “West coast” possibility
i dont think its a bullshit rumor
it seems to hae some traction. the blues must be really, really sour on bergie and the rumors of the blues not wanting to play 3 under-25 dmen may be true. guh. let’s draft a bunch of players at the same position and then never play them!
I just really hope Armstrong knows what he's doing
The Blues need goal-scoring forwards. The blue-line might not be the best, but now that the Blues have Halak they can at least afford to skimp on it a bit. But still: Keith Ballard? Seriously? I can’t imagine him on our team, and I don’t want to.
i dont know how adding a d-man is the answer to any question
unless the blues think they can win the whole thing NOW and a guy like ballard puts them over the top, play a kid. please.
and trading away from a position of weakness (forwards) for a position of depth makes zero sense.
Especially Ballard.
Colaiacovo can put up the same amount of points as this guy, has a bigger body, and doesn’t need to have a plus/minus in the double-digit negatives to do so. Even if Cola is walking and we need someone to replace him, we shouldn’t grab someone that’d be a salary-cap albatross like Keith Ballard.
And whatever happened to the Blues picking players for their character? Ballard injured his own goalie while trying to break his stick over a net. I’d rather have anyone else but Ballard for defense.
I’m checking every reliable news source just to make sure the Blues don’t do this trade. It’s that bad.
Link to a video of Ballard injuring Vokoun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2B7_uigv1o#t=1m34s
Swings his stick, hits Vokoun. Then, while Vokoun is falling over, he swings against the post again to be sure he broke it, then skates away while his goalie is lying in the net. And the Blues want this guy?
Ballard for Berglund...
… would be the single worst trade I can recall.
Hell, Ballard for a used puck bag would be a bad trade. Colaiacovo is better and can be signed for less. Weaver is better and can be signed for much less.
Sorry BB42
But Cola is NOT better than Ballard. Yeah, he could be signed for less. But Ballard is twice the defensemen Colaiacovo is in the defensive zone. He’s more physical than Cola is as well.
If the choice is Cola or Ballard, it’s Ballard 100% of the time. Just not at the cost of Berglund. That makes me sick.
by Randall Ritchey on Jun 25, 2010 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Rumors are also linking Dallas to Ballard
They say Ribeiro is up for grabs. I could see Florida trying to swing a three-way to land Berglund there, Ballard in Dallas and Ribeiro here. But FUCK ME for even getting involved in this speculation bullshit.
Mmmmmmm ... Don't you just love the smell of fresh Blues hockey.
Trade Announced
FLA:
D Keith Ballard
STL:
Ty Conklin’s Hat
John Davidson on the trade: “It was really difficult to make this deal, but I feel that we came out even on it. We’d like to thank Ty Conklin’s Hat for everything it brought to the team last season, and we wish it the best of luck.”
Florida GM Dale Tallon responds: “Ty Conklin’s Hat was a much-needed addition to the team for next season, and will be a welcome improvement to the stick-splinters stuck in Vokoun’s head. Its vibrant colors will make it the first memorable player of the franchise, and will provide much-needed laughs at the end of the season when the Panthers meet league expectations and miss the playoffs for the 10th season in a row.”
Conklin could not be found for comment, and has reportedly fled St. Louis.
I heard Tallon said "no deal" unless Conklin's porn 'stache was included in the trade...
Chicka-chicka-wow-wow…
"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 Jun 25, 2010 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Question...
Who, exactly, with any connection to the Blues, however remote, has ever said that the Blues wanted to get rid of Berglund?
Seems to me that the only people talking about the Blues wanting to move Berglund, are either media from other cities (where they covet a big, young center with top-line potential), or idiot and impatient “fans” here in The STL who are PO’d because Berglund hasn’t won the Art Ross trophy yet.
If the Blues end up trading anyone of any youth/significance for Keith Effing Ballard, Game Time is gonna have one seriously pissed-off Prospect Department.
B.
"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 Jun 25, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
1/2 of the links dept. will be pissed as well
im not saying the blues have soured on him, just that IF they move him then they have — get what im saying?
his name does seem to come up often. i think hes replaced perron as the player most likely to be dealt.
100% of the links dept will be angrified.
Thank god he’s in VAN
No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.
by Poor College Student on Jun 25, 2010 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah, my dear Prospects
That’s the rub. We’re all talking about it, but saying a big FUCK YOU to these bullshit rumors that we’re basing our conversation on. I’d hate to lose any forwards off the first two and a half lines.
Mmmmmmm ... Don't you just love the smell of fresh Blues hockey.
by Pagan on Jun 25, 2010 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That avatar is THE shit...
Rec’d like Bernie Madoff’s sphincter after his first week in prison.
"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 Jun 25, 2010 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Not that they WANT to move him
But JR said that they wouldn’t hesitant if the deal was right. Which would requite a center returning. Which is why when the Berglund for Ballard rumor surfaced, I mentioned Mattias coming along with Ballard. Not sure what else Florida would have to add.
by Randall Ritchey on Jun 25, 2010 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
A big Fuck You to my two friends
who waited until today to back out of going to the Tool concert tomorrow night.
On a related note, anyone want to buy two tix to see Tool tomorrow night at the Family Arena? General admission floor (no seats) for $65 each ($55 face value + $10 Metrotix fee).
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by Angst vorm Nichts on Jun 25, 2010 2:37 PM CDT reply actions
If it wasn’t GA, I would consider it..(I need seats)
I would love to see them… I just listened to a couple of their albums again…
Great stuff.
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
Yeah, I would’ve preferred seats myself. My bad for choosing ‘best available’ when I bought em.
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by Angst vorm Nichts on Jun 25, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
If i can find someone to go with me
then yeah definitely. i will try and get back to you tonight but i wouldnt hold them for me or anything.
by stlbluesfan029 on Jun 25, 2010 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Cool, you can also email me if that’s easier: angstvormnichts (at) yahoo (dot) com
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by Angst vorm Nichts on Jun 25, 2010 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck the TSN mock draft
Which has the Blues taking DEFENSEMAN Dylan McIlrath. What the Fuck!?!? Like we need another blueliner.
Mmmmmmm ... Don't you just love the smell of fresh Blues hockey.
Fuck you
Divers/floppers/actors in the world cup. Fuck you again…
and then again…
I am soo glad I don’t have to watch that in the 3 years between world cups… cause I wouldn’t.
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
Fuck FIFA...
… for refusing to punish the divers/floppers/actors for their diving/flopping/acting.
I recognize that a lot of “soccer bullshit” exists because FIFA wants to keep the game’s technology at a low-enough level that even the poorest nations can play. But video tech is now cheap enough that all sanctioned games can be taped and reviewed afterwards. It’s entirely possible for FIFA to require post-match game reviews, with the divers/floppers/actors subject to penalties and suspensions as a result.
Fuck you, Soccer
I wondered what sports bullshit would overtake the nation after the NBA finals bullshit was over.
Mmmmmmm ... Don't you just love the smell of fresh Blues hockey.
Fuck stupid coworkers and this Papa John's coma that almost put asleep in a funny position at my desk.
Oh and I saw this shirt at Total Hockey yesterday and got inexplicably irritated. I even like Bob Orr. Fuck that it happened against the Blues.
Fuck Charter, for the following reasons
1. My HD box hasn’t worked since Wednesday.
2. You charged me for entire month of HD, which I didn’t receive.
3. There aren’t any available technicians to fix this issue until 3pm tomorrow.
4. The fucking USA game is on at 1:30, and because of your fuck up, I don’t get to watch it in the comfort of my own home. (I don’t pay utilities, my a/c is set to 65 at all times.
5. After I bitched your rep out, she tried to get me to sign up for internet (which I already have), and more channels.
6. You wasted an hour of my life on the phone, repeatedly “sending a signal to my TV” and having turn the fucker on and off and on and off and on and off and so on.
Fuck you. Fuck you so bad.
Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky was in a production of The King and I? Well anyway, before the show, Brasky chloroforms the entire cast, and slowly eats them in front of the audience for two hours. The production got pretty good reviews.
Fan ta Charter, just on general principle…
"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 Jun 25, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck having to be at work at 7pm....
Means Ill be late to the Draft GDT and want be able to watch it at all……
I shoulda called in tonight……Fucking ER and their “We never close” policy…..
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..."
Blues no longer in on ballard
according to lebrun HOOORAYY
thank god
Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky was in a production of The King and I? Well anyway, before the show, Brasky chloroforms the entire cast, and slowly eats them in front of the audience for two hours. The production got pretty good reviews.
According to Strickland
looks like Ballard may be off to Vancouver in exchange for their first round pick
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by drfrankentweed on Jun 25, 2010 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions
So we can look forward to Luongo getting knocked the fuck out?
My name is J-Mill, and I approve this trade rumor.
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!!!"
I've been waiting for
some one 2 knock him the fuck out. something like this would be nice -—>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgOhl_wkPSE&feature=player_embedded
P.S. good thing Halak didnt play that night
THE loud teenager cussing in section 116!
by BulldogOshie on Jun 25, 2010 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't understand the problem...
… The Nucks’ second-round opponent always knocks Luongo out.
Rec'd like
The 2010-11 Chicago Blackhawks.
Let's go Blues!!!
by Milo. on Jun 25, 2010 10:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Fuck working on a hot roof after a late start
Fuck idjits who drive and yap on their cellphones.
Fuck the clueless who write instruction manuals.
Fuck the Blackhawks
Fuck them plastic vuvuzelas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ln_rqPpPk
and lastly fuck Ghana
Just a chew toy for the hockey gods
Fuck you, the DMV!
This is a preemptive ‘Fuck You,’ as I’ll be going tomorrow, but why is it that, even if I arrive first, get my placeholder and stand in line, they’ll inevitably decided to open the line at another section, allowing the lasties to get firsties? And completely ignore the ‘Take a number’ system in place!!! Why the he’ll have it if you won’t use it, DMV?!?! Fuck you.
Some solace though in the fact that two hours later, I’ll be beer-breakfasting over at my buddy’s. Go Uruguay! Win me my money.
I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.
by TheDuke32 on Jun 25, 2010 5:43 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Fuck you, my car battery
for flaking out on me AGAIN this week, making me have to walk 15 minutes four times a day to and from rehearsal in near 100 degree heat – and that’s to say nothing of the hours of dancing on top of that!
Fuck you rehearsal, for being during the US game AGAIN tomorrow, this time when there won’t be a replay until 2:30 am – even if I wanted to, there’s no way I’d be able to sheild myself until then! Besides, by that point I’ll hopefully be getting drunk off my ass in Pincknyville.
Fuck you, bills! Didn’t I just pay you guys a month ago?
Fuck you, cell phone, for sucking more and more with each passing hour! Good thing I’m due for an upgrade any day now, so I can finally be with my mother and little sister in Three-Year-Old-iPhone-Land.
Fuck you, stove! What in Plager’s name happened to make you stop working? And why did you time it so it happened when I didn’t have a working car or enough money to fix either thing?
Fuck you, Blackhawks – though you kind of just did that yourself by adding Marty Reasoner!
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!!!"
GDT is now open.
Head to the front. Comment like it’s January and not late June.
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I had a good day
I had a good day at work, got a little overtime, got to hang out in the AC a bit. Got my haircut, the lady who cuts my hair does it by her house, she was totally swimming earlier. How do I know this? Because she cut my hair in a bikini. FUCKING NICE. Now Ive got pork steaks and ribs marinating and im gonna barbaque. Its gonna be a good day.
Fuck you life for not being this good every fucking day.
Fuck you world for not making me the son of some super rich doctor or something so I could be a douchy fratboy right now who gets everything handed to him.
Fuck you analysts who pretend to know what the fuck your talking about and not giving a damn about me and the teams I like. Midwest forever. Minnesota/Dallas/Nashville/STL play too fucking hard for you to just skim over them in favor of some half cocked one testicled sonsofbitchs in the east who can’t play for shit and get all your attention. Fuck all of you analysts for just skimming over our roster and pretending to know what the fuck this team is about or who we are. Fuck you again for forever being able to get away with this bullshit of ignoring the small market teams who play far fucking better than your beloved Pens and Bruins and NE teams who are fucking terrible but get sucked off by the media for picking a good location to suck. Fuck you NHL for never ever considering giving the blues a winter classic or attention at all. Fuck you Bettman for running Crosby out again like some trained fucking monkey so you can drive ratings because you promote him more than entire teams. Fuck you Halak for not being signed to less than 4 mil for 5 years yet.
Fuck me i gotta go eat. Will be back later.
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Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.
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