Tuesday links: Asking Game Time for an 18-year contract extension edition

by averagejoe on Jul 20, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

I'm in the prime of my links-gathering career, and I think I deserve a new deal. Sure I'll probably retire before the contract is up, but there's nothing illegal about giving me such a long deal.

Enough of that nonsense, let's get down to business. Busy day here at Game Time. So let's get to the blue text you click so you don't have to work. It's the links. Let's do it.

If this post looks unfinished, storms took out my internet. Blame them, not me.

Blues news

Stop me if you've heard this before, but the Blues are banking on the team growing and getting better. It worked so well last year ... [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Patrik Berglund is on twitter. The Blues are taking over twitter. [@pberglund21]
Ryan Reaves has a new deal with the organization. He seemed to be impressive during the exhibition season. The AHL season, not so much. [Blues]

Hockey news

Ilya Kovalchuk has agreed to play with the Devils until he's 44. He does realize that Martin Brodeur only has a few years left, right? [TSN]
Scott Burnside looks deep into the Kovie Kontract. [ESPN]
You know it's the offseason when blogs are doing in-depth looks into Ryan Callahan. [Blueshirt Banter]
The New York Rangers have acquired defenceman Matt McCue from the Anaheim Ducks for forward Tomas Zaborsky. I want a Zaborsky jersey. It would go great next to my Libor Zabransky one. [TSN]
As you already know, Simon Gagne is taking his talents to Tampa in exchange for a fourth-round pick and Matt Walker. [TSN]

Other links

Bacon-flavored Spam exists. [NextRound.net]
Guy finds out his wife wanted a hitman to kill him. He's not upset her wanting him dead, he's upset about how much she was going to pay. [Comedy.com]
Some tips on how to be James Bond or how to be an alcoholic with a lot of STDs. Either one sounds fun.[Lone Iguana]

Video

This video made me laugh and think about college. My old roommate used to love Edward 40 Hands.

Edward 40 Hands from The Midnight Show

Busy day today. We got the first round of Media Madness voting, Tuesday's With Hildy, more Media voting and maybe, just maybe, something from the boss man. Put on your party pants, friends. Today is gonna be a good day.

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Lou is crazy like a fox

$6M cap hit for Kovalchuk? He isn’t due over $10M til 2 years from now? What are the odds that the next CBA guts these lifetime contracts, reducing the value of money in the outyears? Although I wouldn’t be happy if JD had made this deal, I think NJ comes out of this one smelling like a rose.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon

by baroose on Jul 20, 2010 7:44 AM CDT reply actions

Alexei Yashin²

First off,

Does this signing put the Devils over the Cap? If so, who gets dumped? Do the Devils undergo a sea change by trading away Langenbrunner to annoint Kovi as the captain? Arnott is almost untradeable with his salary. Rolston could go I suppose, even Elias is a possibility. Parise’s future with the Devils is questionable now. With averagejoe’s great article in mind on RFAs in the league, the Devils may be forced to dump him at the deadline.

I want to know how much Kovi is guaranteed if he bails and returns to Russia. There has to be some sort of back out clauses based on performance too, that is just retarded.

He will be 44 when the contract is up. Forty-Four years of age.

by NaJaKwa on Jul 20, 2010 8:48 AM CDT reply actions

He will be 44 retired when the contract is up.

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 20, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions