Friday links: Handicapping the press box derby edition

by averagejoe on Jul 16, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

I'm back to close out the week. Hat tip to Poor College Student for filling in yesterday. Let's do these Friday links and then get ready for the weekend.

Blues news

Tyson Strachan has a contract for next season. In my eyes, he's the leader in the press box derby. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
T.J. Hensick and Ryan Reaves, AHLers, have new deals with the organization. [PJ Star]

Hockey news

A look at the mega-deal giving to Mikko Koivu by the Minnesota Wild. [Hockey Wilderness]
Nashville might be finally done with Boots Del Biaggio. [On the Forecheck]
The Hakws almost have four full lines! Good for them. [Second City Hockey]
Detroit deal with being loyal Kirk Maltby, or cutting ties with the player because he's no longer good. [Winging It In Motown]
Pavol Demitra is going to the KHL. [TSN]
Teams still want Mike Modano. I'm baffled by this. [ESPN]

Other links

Hand-written notes pack more of a punch. Some are very funny. [manofest]
Was the slightly off-center link from earlier this week too tame for you, how about the revolving internet? The music really sells the craziness. [the revolving internet]
People complaining about commuting does two things to me: 1) It makes me laugh. 2) It makes me thankful I walk to work everyday. [Commuter Contempt]
The generation before me failed. The aughts was supposed to be awesome with space-age house. I live in apartment that's 100-year-old. [WebUrbanist]

Video

Found this video on accident. I may have shown it here before, but I can't remember. Even if I have, it's still awesome.

That's it for this Friday. PCS has the weekend. Be good to him.

F-You Friday coming up later.

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Wouldn't be so fast to call it the press box derby...

..since JR said the Blues are expected to stand pat and no re-sign Weaver, which means 2 of Stratchan/Pietrangelo/Cole/Nikitin are making the roster, and both will probably get PT.

Pietrangelo/Stratchan are probably the safe bets though.

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by Novacain on Jul 16, 2010 8:20 AM CDT reply actions

well shit

We need Weaver.
And I’ll say that every time the goals allowed on the penalty kill go up through the season
We’ll go from the top of the league to about the middle is my prediction

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by luvhockey on Jul 16, 2010 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd have much rather seen Weaver re-signed and Brewer bought out...

… but I think it’s absolutely crucial to keep two slots open for promotion from Peoria. That means that even though I live Weaver, I’m glad he’s not the sixth d-man on the roster.

by BleedBlue42 on Jul 17, 2010 1:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Pavol in the KHL.

Don’t know why that seems so strange to me, but it does.

SWYD

by gallagher on Jul 16, 2010 8:46 AM CDT reply actions

i know.

part of me says come back, pavol. come back home. play with us for brad winchester money and score 60 points.

Next in the Nate the Great mystery series: Nate the Great searches for a free-agent forward who doesn't blow dicks.

by NateTheGreat. on Jul 16, 2010 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm with you.

I really wish Demitra would resign with us here. He was always a good player here. I was really hoping they would get him back here. He wouldn’t be a bad mentor for some of the kids here.

I am really getting scared about the team this year. Sure we addressed our goalie situation, but we really need someone who can score. I think management is WAY to comfortable with the idea that the kids will be stepping up and doing that. I think it will be a better season for them, but we really need a sniper. Barring Backes and Boyes having a big turn around, this could be a long season.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

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by BluesTiger on Jul 16, 2010 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions

I remember

being at the game when he just about got his eye gouged out. I was young, and terrified.

Pavol would at the very least bring a veteran voice to the locker room, something that’s missing a little more now that Walt’s outski. Give him a cheap contract, let him re-live the glory days, let him retire in the Note. I’m down.

"He's the straw that makes the drink go."

by Thelonious Dunk on Jul 17, 2010 1:25 AM CDT up reply actions

If the kids don’t develop into something then we are pretty boned anyway, no amount of free agent signings are gonna fix that. The free agents this year are pretty much balls anyway so we might as well save our money and wait a year for something worth spending it on.

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Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.

by Icion on Jul 17, 2010 1:46 AM CDT up reply actions

galifianakis rules.

watch his “Live at the Purple Onion” if you’re ever looking to kill some time. he’s hysterical in literally everything he’s a part of.

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.

by ilikeboyes on Jul 16, 2010 12:24 PM CDT reply actions