Tuesday links: Ilya Kovalchuk contract rejected by NHL edition

by averagejoe on Aug 10, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

I think that's a pretty good search engine optimized headline, don't you? Come on google, bring us so new views.

Blues news

Everything is coming up Mandi. Sister of Blues' draftee Jaden Schwartz is set for an Aug. 27 cord blood transplant. Here's a nice little story about Mandi. [NHL Fanhouse]

Hockey news

An arbitrator rules that the NHL was allowed to reject Ilya Kovalchuk's contract, making him a restricted free agent once again. [TSN]
In Lou We Trust breaks down the Kovie decision. [In Lou We Trust]
Quisp gloats about the NHL going all Dikembe on the Kovie Kontract. [Jewels From The Crown]
Ruslan Salei is going to Detroit. Good luck, buddy. Lock your doors. [TSN]
Riley Cote is hanging up his fighting gloves and calling it a career. He's going to be an assistant coach for an AHL team. [TSN]
By selling one shitty pizza at a time, Mike Illitch is trying to save Detroit ... s' sports teams. [Winging it in Motown]
Andy Strickland started a rumor that Bill Guerin might end up in Boston. [Black and Gold Blog]

Other links

How about some optical illusions to mess with your mind early in the morning. [COED Magazine]
After you read this headline -- "Man Caught with Pants Down and an Armless Mannequin in Public Park" -- I know you'll click this link. [WSAZ]

Video

J-Mill presents Double Rainbow: The monologue. Actors are so weird.

That's it for me today. Day 2 of vacation will be spent doing nothing, finishing up book No. 1 and avoiding Kool-Aid. Toodles, friends.

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I clicked the mannequin link for the headline,

I stayed for the mugshot. I’m surprised he didn’t have an eyepatch, a leather hat and a ball gag.

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 Aug 10, 2010 5:52 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

I wanna party with you cowboy

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 Aug 10, 2010 6:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Surprised there wasn't a quote that said . . .

“Ring the fuckin’ bell, you pansy!”

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.

by Donut King on Aug 10, 2010 7:12 AM CDT up reply actions

I've been on a few dates that reminded me of mannequins

With a show of hands, how many have ever partied with a one eyed woman?

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Aug 10, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions

Hey mofizzle

That thing I said id work on. http://blueslouie.ytmnd.com/

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 Aug 10, 2010 7:33 AM CDT reply actions

You Sir

have too much time on your hands

Straight from the crazy unfiltered mind of a fifteen year-old Blues fan.

by BulldogOshie on Aug 10, 2010 7:36 AM CDT up reply actions

When I try to loop it from the wrong spots it takes 30 minutes, when I find the spots to do it right it takes 5.

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 Aug 10, 2010 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions