Tuesday links: Brother can you spare a dime edition

by averagejoe on Aug 24, 2010 7:16 AM CDT

The Blues are still looking for a No. 1 investor. If everyone here pitches in, say, a million bucks we can buy in. Who's with me? They'll take a post-dated check, right?

Blues news

TowerBrook still wants out, the Blues still haven't found a replacement. TowerBrook wants a divorce, the Blues still want to stay in the house with the big TV. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Philip McRae, 20, might be the Blues top forward prospect.The Blues need more forward prospects. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Killa Cam Janssen is using Twitter to set up fights. He's the best. [Puck Daddy]
PCS has a found a new Jaroslav Halak shirt. You know, my birthday is Friday ...[CafePress]
You wanna know who is a really good defensive forward and not overrated like Pavel Datsyuk? Silent Jay McClement. (Hat tip to Dan). [The Copper and Blue]

Hockey news

Ducks winger Joffrey Lupul has a funny name and a blood infection. One of those things will keep him out of camp. [TSN]
The World Hockey Summit began Monday in Toronto. [TSN]
Cristobal Huet is going to ~~Sweden~~ Switzerland. [TSN]
Dallas wasn't very good on the power play, so how do they get better. Not putting 900-year-old Mike Modano out there should help. [Defending Big D]
Philly loves its bloggers. [Broad Street Hockey]
SBNation's world hockey guy Bruce Peter talks international pucks. [From the Rink]

Other links

Pregnant? Know someone who is? Here's some tips. [theCHIVE]
Owls don't do well the day after getting wasted. [Hungover Owls]
This is pretty incredible. This website chronicled the last 30 years of hip-hop and made 30 different mixtapes of the top songs from each year. I think I'd need a new iPod just for this. [The Rub]
Eazy-E mashed with Johnny Cash is as awesome as it sounds. [Don't go outside]
Relive the 90s with a collection of the 50 best music videos of the decade. [Pitchfork]

Video

From Spectr, this is fake, but also pretty cool.

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The Halak Stop Sign never gets old.

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

by Donut King on Aug 24, 2010 7:56 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah, I think I'll be getting one of those.

I’ll also have to make sure to wear it during the Blues-Canadiens game in March. Jaro must live and thrive for this to happen as well.

by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 24, 2010 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions

Doctor Huet is going to Switzerland, not Sweden...

(anyone else get the “Dune” reference?)

"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 Aug 24, 2010 8:48 AM CDT reply actions

Remember the tooth…

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? - Satchel Paige

by Dan. on Aug 24, 2010 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

P-Mac may be the best Blues' forward prospect playing pro in North America this year...

…per the article.

This does not include Jaden Schwartz (Colorado College, WCHA) and Vladimir Tarasenko (Sibir Novosibirsk, KHL).

Looking forward to seeing Basil’s boy light it up down on the farm this year, however.

"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 Aug 24, 2010 8:57 AM CDT reply actions

Looking at the

comments from the Cam tweeting article. Those people have no sense of humor.

Being a woman and pregnant in the past those cracked me up. Especially liked the the beer gut guy in the maternity pants. I’ve seen many guys that should use these.
This though was my favorite

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Aug 24, 2010 9:20 AM CDT reply actions

I love that one!

by tbell61 on Aug 24, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions

I wish Cam hadn't tweeted that.

Bad fanfiction starts with players “wanting to get to know each other better.”

I saw it on the internet, so it must be true.

by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 24, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions

I'll have to save those for the wife

Come February , we’ll need that

Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!

by UIWWildthing on Aug 25, 2010 7:10 AM CDT up reply actions

Too bad we can't get enough people to buy all the nosebleed seats as season tickets.

That’s what, 1000 to 1500 seats? $720k to $1.08 million? It’ll cover someone’s salary…

by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 24, 2010 9:45 AM CDT reply actions

And yes, it's one of those pointlessly-symbolic gestures.

There’d still be a hundred million or so to go…

by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 24, 2010 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions

they were like $7 per seat per game. … they would always sell out…
But since the Blues are no longer making money on concessions (didn’t they sell the rights?) doesn’t matter as much if there aren’t butts in seats, versus making money on the high dollar seats… does it?

PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

by DanGNR on Aug 24, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions

Wait, they sold the concessions rights?

That’s never a good idea, even if it means that the organization is no longer on the hook for health code violations. It’s revenue directly into the team’s pocket. That’s good. Butts in seats are also good, because they’re often attached to people who think “I could go for a polish sausage and a lousy beer right now.”

More revenue sources = more chances for snagging good players to add to the team or more money to pump into the farm system depending on how you like to build teams. If you pack the cheap seats and the mezzanine it may help to bolster the premium ticket sales, too, with the old “Hey, other people are there, maybe I should be there, too” line of thought. Not knowing the entire situation, though, I could be wrong. Maybe people’s tastes have changed regarding the cheap seats.

by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 24, 2010 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions

I fleetingly have internet, im gonna say hi real quick, ill be back for good soon!!

Look I'm sure youre a nice person and everything but that Redwings jersey you're wearing makes me want to cave your face in with my fist...it's not you it's me and the fact that you're a fucking Redwings fan

by RFJCC on Aug 24, 2010 10:58 AM CDT reply actions

Glad to hear

Are you surviving your summer… ?
Are you bringing Papes II back for good as well? or is there a Papes III now?

PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

by DanGNR on Aug 24, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions

currently sitting outside my neighbors house to steal wireless..

Papes III is in the works, but in the same way that Chinese Democracy was in the works… Im trying to find a deal on SCH 80 pipe since it’s way too expensive for poor old me.

by RFJCC on Aug 24, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

You're alive!

Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Aug 24, 2010 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Love the wasted owls

That was just funny.

by tlg_80 on Aug 24, 2010 11:24 AM CDT reply actions

A fan owned hockey team?

That would be awesome! Maybe if we hold a community bake sale we could afford that. Or we could open our own pizza franchise and try to put that little greek fucker out of buisness.

by Bleedbluecp2 on Aug 24, 2010 3:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

can the blues ticket peeps be

any more unworthy?

after having all kinds of problems last year,

kyle (at the last game i went to) stopped by to sell the couple in front of me a new plan and did the minimum with me which ended up being a promise to call me as soon as the 10 game plans were announced. (and wouldnt have done that if he didnt figure out i knew who he was)

but that call didnt happen

left him an email on friday to contact me (cos single games were up on the block the next day)

that still hasnt happened

now that single games are available all that this has done is cost me a few rows and maybe even a section,

i mean seriously, how many more important things do those guys have than to take 10 minutes to sell me a k or so worth of tickets?!?

i’m not cheap per se, but i am very frugal. I see tonnes of possiblities of me not going to any games this year.

and as we all know that makes me some kind of lesser fan.

i strongly suspect that also makes the blues some sort of lesser team.

and their front office some sort of rear end office.

who here that traditionally drops that kind of money hasn’t even been given a courtsey reach around by the blues to date?

anyone? or just me?

cos i’m once again curious how such a team as the blues can toss good money into the gutter with simple apathy and ignorance

maybe i should call in and beg for the priveledge of getting reamed in a few weeks with seats 10 rows crappier than i should have had while listeingn to them sob about giving up an aisle seat to me.

decisions decisions

yea i guess theoretically this is off-topic even in an open thread

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Aug 24, 2010 4:17 PM CDT reply actions