Wednesday links: Wishing Mike Weaver well in South Beach edition

by averagejoe on Aug 4, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

Mike Weaver is leaving the Blues on good terms. I hope Panthers' fans (fan?) learn to love the Lilliputian defensman with the extra-long stick.

Blues news

David Backes talks. You will listen. [Sporting News]
Mike Weaver has a new two-year deal with the Panthers. [Miami Herald]
The PD asks the simple question: Can Erik Johnson become an elite player? [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Dave Scatchard has been signed by the Blues. He will probably play in Peoria. [PJ Star]
From the looks of this picture, the Blues are getting one great Patriot. Graham Mink is coming to the Blues in exchange for T.J. Fast. [The AHL]

Hockey news

Quisp, who may be obsessed with Ilya Kovalchuk, tackles the arbitration case. It has pretty graphs. [Jewels From The Crown]
Just what is Antti Niemi worth? Not much. [From the Rink]
Chris Pronger has some minor surgery. At his age, can any procedure really be considered minor? [TSN]
Jamal Mayer knows the way to San Jose. [TSN]
Sharks fans try to get excited for the Jamal Mayers Era. Here's some advice: He's going to play good D and shoot right at the chest of the goalie. [Fear The Fin]
Tyler Seguin, the No. 2 pick in the most recent draft, has signed an entry-level deal with the Bruins. [TSN]
The Panthers hosted a "Root Beer Summit" for the fighting kids. [Puck Daddy]

Other links

Tomorrows Blues wants a new tool box. Personally, I couldn't used any of to tools in here without breaking stuff even more. I'm not very handy. [Gizmodo]
Kanye West has taken twitter by storm. Someone got the great idea to pair his tweets with New Yorker cartoons. The results are awesome. [Buzzfeed]
If you haven't seen Inception, don't click this, but the concept of the film is really, really similar to to a Scrooge McDuck cartoon. Mind blown. [VideoGum]
Time to dust off the old yearbook and embarrass your friends — it's a website devoted to awful yearbook photos. I have about 10 I could submit. [Bad Yearbook Photos]

Videos

First video today, a tribute to Mike Weaver. The Patrick Sharp hit gets the love, as well it should, but leveling King Douchebag Sean Avery deserves a spotlight.

Second Chris Gift, via PCS, wants some urinal sliding. I'll oblige.

That's it from me. Maybe the Media Madness will return. I think Brad is still alive. Hopefully.

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Peace Out Weave

That dude was solid and shit

http://twitter.com/GTAnswerManNoCo

by Answer Man on Aug 4, 2010 6:40 AM CDT reply actions

Re: Urinal trough diving . . .

The folks at Wrigley Field are dumbshits. Probably because they’re Cubs fans.

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

by Donut King on Aug 4, 2010 7:20 AM CDT reply actions

Well, that pretty much goes without saying, doesn't it?

"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 4, 2010 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions

And quote...

Sharks fans try to get excited for the Jamal Mayers Era. Here’s some advice: He’s going to play good D and shoot right at the chest of the goalie.

Don’t forget his ability to speed down ice, recover a puck to prevent an icing…and immediately cough it up every god damn time.

Can you tell I’m not, nor have I ever been, a J-May fan?

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Aug 4, 2010 10:22 AM CDT reply actions

I have never heard the Kiel rocking as loudly as it did when Mayers scored the equalizer in the third period of Game 4 of the ’01 WCF. If the Blues had managed to win that game, it would have ranked right alongside the Monday Night Miracle.

(Stupid fucking overtime; stupid fucking Turek.)

by BleedBlue42 on Aug 4, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Also a fan of Jammer.

For no real reason other than . . . if I had that skill-set, I could have done what he’s done in the NHL and have been proud of myself. And been paid. That too.

Jammer has always has struck me as the kinda guy I’d like to hang out with and be on my side if shit went down. He was, for whatever reason, my favorite Blue when he was with the Blues.

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

by Donut King on Aug 4, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions

No more Dream Weaver

Great effort on the PK. Salute with a Henry Weinhart’s Root Beer

Bad Yearbook photos? My freshman year pic was so bad I carved it out of my yearbook. Mattted dog hair look like I slept on it from the humidity, pulling a doofus face, mouth all agape. I wasn’t even stoned in the pic but pop thought I was on dope that day.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Aug 4, 2010 11:11 AM CDT reply actions

Mirtle tweet

“Blackhawks have signed forwards Evan Brophey, Nathan Davis and Hugh Jessiman, defenceman Jassen Cullimore, and goaltender Hannu Toivonen.”

Bwaa-haa-haa-haa!! Haa!!

This summer just keeps getting better.

Blackhawks are to be despised; Red Wings to be hated; and their fans to be ridiculed.

by Pagan on Aug 4, 2010 12:41 PM CDT reply actions

HA.

Yeeeeeeeeeeah, Turco and Toivonen. If Turco has another down year, they are sooooo screwed.

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 4, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions

So, who will pair with Colaiacovo now?

Wasn’t it usually Weaver who paired up with Cola on the defense side of the team?

by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 4, 2010 1:44 PM CDT reply actions

Good steal for Peoria

Mink’s a solid player, something fun for the fans in Peoria to watch. He make the big-boy club, though.
Not a real daring prediction, but hell, why not

"Everyone knows everybody loves fights. They better start listening to the people who are at the game and pay the money than the twits upstairs who get in for free."

by Crapchesterian on Aug 4, 2010 3:31 PM CDT reply actions

Best of luck to Weaver

And here’s to all that gorgeous snatch in FLA

No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.

by Poor College Student on Aug 4, 2010 5:22 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

ding!

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 Aug 4, 2010 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Putting the long stick weilding monkey arms to good use

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 4, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions

There’s a stray dog in my ’hood. So that makes two fans.

The Litter Box - Your Florida Panthers Colossus

by Donny Rivette on Aug 4, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Heyyyyyyyy!

Your gonna like Weaver, hes a good dude.

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 4, 2010 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions