Wednesday links: Welcome to the most boring sports day of the year edition
by averagejoe on Jul 14, 2010 5:00 AM CDT
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PrintIf Ilya Kovalchuk wants to make a splash, today is the day to do it — this is sports dead day.
Blues news
- Andy McDonald is now the highest paid Blue. This and other facts made clear in the Blues cap breakdown. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
- Someone else will have to take the Matt Walker Tour of NHL Press Boxes. Darryl Sydor, the 2009-10 participant has elected to retire and will take a coaching job in the AHL. [Belleville News-Democrat]
- ingmarWbergman was prowling the Si Vault and found this great piece on the fat goalie — Mr. Grant Fuhr. Great lede, great read. The quotes from Brett Hull are awesome. [SI Vault]
Hockey news
- Lighthouse hockey takes a look at Russian prospect Kirill Kabanov. [Lighthouse Hockey]
- The Frozen Four will be in PIttsburgh in 2013 and Philly in 2014. I really just like the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" reference in the headline. [Western College Hockey Blog]
- The Oilers signed Jean-Francois Jacques, which is apparently French for "Brad Winchester." This is how C&B describes Jacques: "At 6'4", Jean-Francois Jacques is very tall. He is also an extremely bad hockey player - probably one of the worst regular NHL forwards of all time." [The Copper & Blue]
- The frenzy of free agency has died down. [TSN]
- Maxim Lapierre will be back with the Canadiens next season. [TSN]
- Former Blues first-rounder Shawn Belle has resurfaced in Edmonton. [TSN]
- Dan Carcillo has a new contract as the Flyers make it known that they apparently don't care for the salary cap. [TSN]
Other links
- Ever wanted to surf the 'net slightly off-center? Now you have the chance. [Uneven Google]
- Papyrus is a shitty font on par with Comic Sans. Help prevent Papyrus abuse. [Papyrus Watch]
- What if Jesus were an asshole? [Windowless Van]
Videos
Darryl Sydor never really did much as a Blue, but he was still a badass NHLer with a great career. Here's my favorite Sydor moment.
Chris Gift wants us to remember George Steinbrenner, who passed away Tuesday at 80, by watching some "Seinfeld." I'll allow it.
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And if I'm not mistaken, JF Jacques has lost a fight to Winchester.
So if that’s the case, then he is, in fact, worse than Winchester.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
This just in...
…Nick Drazenovic is still better than Brad Winchester.
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 Jul 14, 2010 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Good Luck Darryl!
During the celebration of Tkachuk’s final game I remember watching Sydor and feeling bad for him since this may have been his final game too and no one seemed to care. I understand why he was not acknowledged. Hell, he hadn’t even announced his retirement yet. But I wondered what he was thinking while watching Tkachuk get a standing ovation etc. I can’t say we’ll miss him because, well, we won’t. But he had a good career and I wish him all the best in Houston.
comic sans ftw!!!
we got a font geek at work (although i’m probably the only person here ever to tour the museum of wood block history, so perhaps i should not gloat too much) and i like to submit EVERYTHING i do in comic sans whenever we are on ther same team.
he gets a nervous tick and starts bleeding fromt he eyes
COMIC SANS the font that is comic and sans wimsey at the same time!
A strong anvil fears no hammer
by Childhood Trauma on Jul 14, 2010 9:28 AM CDT reply actions
My first webpage I ever coded I used Comic Sans for a font
I had a Micro$uck friend critique it and he had a meltdown over the font too. He called it Kindergarten font. LOL
Just a chew toy for the hockey gods
those jesus ones
are hilarious.
Next in the Nate the Great mystery series: Nate the Great searches for a free-agent forward who doesn't blow dicks.
Any YouTibe vid that has Julia Louis-Dreyfus in it...
…gets the GTPD seal of approval.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jul 14, 2010 12:07 PM CDT reply actions
Fuhr
He bore the untold ravages of a seven-year cocaine habit
Of all the remarkable things he did on the ice, recapturing his form as a damn good NHL goalie after a seven-year habit is way up there. That’s just not supposed to happen. You’re supposed to implode like the ‘80s Mets — not keep winning Cups and then one day go, "You know I think maybe I’ll clean up and get back into peak form again."
Lighthouse Hockey: "A f#$%ing haven of reason compared to practically every other Islanders site." --TMC
Fuhr was a lefty
us lefties us both sides of our brains so the comeback would have been a piece o cake.
Just a chew toy for the hockey gods
lefties are smarter
and better looking. at least thats my experience as a southpaw
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
My own personal dream
No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.
by Poor College Student on Jul 14, 2010 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
not the leftorium!
so you’re a right-handed cat lover. and im a left-handed dog lover. i smell a sitcom.
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
What will be
your mid-season replacement?
Let's go Blues!!!
by Milo. on Jul 14, 2010 10:04 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Probably some bullshit Wanda Sykes show.
Ouch.
No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.
by Poor College Student on Jul 14, 2010 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I would rec this.
But I’m afraid my dear mother would jump out of the grave and strangle me if I did.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
Strickland says Strachan's contract extended
Two-way, apparently. Waiting for some confirmation, salary reports.
Just saw that myself
If I had seen it from a more reputable source I would have made a fanshot, so I was just gonna post here. Nothing from JR yet.
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.
JR has to make phone calls...
… Kermit was probably snoozing on JD’s lap.
by BleedBlue42 on Jul 14, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd...
…just because I heartily approve of calling Strickland “Kermit.”
"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 Jul 15, 2010 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions
okay everything looks uneven now … ugh! … and I know it’s all in my head too
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
Welcome to my world.
Let's go Blues!!!
by Milo. on Jul 15, 2010 6:29 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
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