Friday links: All Halak, all the time edition

by averagejoe on Sep 10, 2010 5:01 AM CDT

Blues news

The Blues welcomed goalie-of-the-future and goalie-of-the present Jaroslav Halak to St. Louis on Thursday. [Morning Skate]
Jaro is beginning a new chapter in his career. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Dave Checketts hints at an impending sale. [BND]
Jeremy Rutherford answered questions. You can read them here. [JR Live]
The ass clown at SB Nation St. Louis makes an argument for getting on the Blues bandwagon. [SBNSTL]

Hockey news

The Blue Jackets have signed the teams top draft pick, Ryan Johansen. [TSN]
Richard Park is going to Switzerland since the NHL doesn't want him. [TSN]
Mike Modano is officially a Red Wing. [ESPN]
Lighthouse Hockey looks at Islanders who had just a cup of coffee with the team. [Lighthouse Hockey]
Dan Ellis is leaving Twitter. He's too worried about money to spend time tweeting. [Puck Daddy]

Other links

Bear Grylls survival tips broken down into handy pictures. [Buzzfeed]
Some people are not content with simple personalized license plates. These people like to go dirty. [sub5zero.com]
Several artists refuse to let Weird Al parody them. Morons. [11Points.com]
From Healthy Scratch: A handy little tally to give you some perspective. [World Clock]

Videos

Carnie sends videos with no commentary. You never know what you're going to get.

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Well I can point out at least 3 artists on that list of 11 . . .

whose careers never were quite the same after rejecting Weird Al.

Plus one who should never, ever, Ever, EVER fucking make music. (Goddamnit, Yoko!)

My point? Let Weird Al parody your song. Which most do. For every Prince, there’s about 4 Nirvana’s

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

by Donut King on Sep 10, 2010 7:19 AM CDT reply actions

More Halak
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=333231

Checking Espn
There is a blurb on their NHL page with this
“The St. Louis Blues are a young squad with a lot of offensive promise, but E.J. Hradek and Puck Prospectus wonder if goaltending will cause problems in 2010-11.”
I can’t read the whole story cause its insider but someones rockin the fuckin ganje. Even if Halak is just alright Conklin is actually an incredibly solid goaltender as well so goaltending is sure as sweaty balls not something im worried about.

and Matt Barnaby tweeted this 4 minutes ago.
“Watch out for the big brown sharkRt I got McDonnnalds..I got McDonnnnalds….you can’t afford it……cuz yo mama’s on the welfare!”
Someones drunk at 7am.

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 Sep 10, 2010 7:44 AM CDT reply actions

Man I had to go look for the video

of the presser. Did I miss the link?

Comments on it.
Halak looked scared shitless at the beginning.
I liked how Checketts told Kerbs he expected him to buy 4 season tickets. I wonder if he went right over after the press conf and did that. If so, I’m sure he’ll be spreading those around. Use them as trivia gifts on KMOX.
Kerbs not everyone looks good with a shaved head.

The Blues better hope that the girlfriend Petra likes St Louis.

I thought Checketts put a lot of pressure on Halak by saying he was a “blockbuster” trade and ‘a very key guy on a team that is designed to bring great things to St Louis.’

Next-does anyone have a link to the video that JD was talking about? I assume it’s the same Dan alluded to with a compilation of great saves. Maybe that was why he looked so scared. Maybe he thinks that’s expected every night or ‘how can I live up to that?
Maybe they should’ve thrown in a few misses too.

Interesting comment that JD says he has a sense of humor. I guess seeing him so serious sitting there he wanted to show people another side.
It was nice to see him crack a smile as he was putting on the jersey. Even for the official picture right after they presented the jersey he only had that little half smirk. I guess that’s just his picture face.

Holy Halak?? Sorry, I don’t think it’s going to make it Kelly.

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 Sep 10, 2010 8:52 AM CDT reply actions

A definite "no" on "Holy Halak!"

A definite “yes” on “BOOM-HALAK-LAK-BOOM!”

Someone get that to the broadcast crew, stat!

by Paperwork Ninja on Sep 10, 2010 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions

hmm no

halak ’n load?

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Sep 10, 2010 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions

What about

Halak-down?

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

by UIWWildthing on Sep 10, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Halakdown and Conkblock.

Minding the net for extreme justice.

by BleedBlue42 on Sep 10, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions

I guess it’s hard to tell since everyone has a different personality etc. but being there in person I didn’t think he seemed nervous at all. He didn’t really seem excited either, just sort of serious and businesslike. He didn’t smile much at all, just a couple times when jokes were made. But he was very patient with the fans and happily (well, he looked less happy and again more serious) signed everything, got pictures taken, etc.

by BlueMonday on Sep 10, 2010 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions

Like I said in another thread… the dude just arrived the night before. He has been really busy since last week.
He has been in st. louis less than 2 days…So I give him some slack there.
Like BlueMonday said, he was very patient and willing to sign and take photos with fans.

Still can’t believe he gave JD a hard time about his 1st game in Montreal (an 8-0 loss in ’73).

PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

by DanGNR on Sep 10, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions

Watching the today show

Sugarland has the Friday concert.
There was a woman in the crowd with a Blues third jersey with Halak on it !!!!!!!!
NICE

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 Sep 10, 2010 8:53 AM CDT reply actions

Pics or it didn't happen

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

by UIWWildthing on Sep 10, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions

what i wanna know

what ever happened to the soupy group and who was the money behind it, basically the blues have been begging for addtiional ownership for years. the soupy group only wanted team igf they could oust checketts?!?!

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Sep 10, 2010 9:46 AM CDT reply actions

Tarasenko Update!

The KHL regular season has been going for about three days now (including the ‘Opening Cup’), and Vlad’s team HC Sibir Novosibirsk has played back to back games against Amur Khabarovsk, winning 5-2 and 3-2. Tarasenko has scored once in each game, leading his team in goals (although it’s only two games into the season, it feels good to say Tarasenko is on a goal-per-game streak).

Highlights:
http://livetv.ru/en/showvideo/35097_amur_sibir/ (First game, Tarasenko goal starts at 2:41).
http://livetv.ru/en/showvideo/35116_amur_sibir/ (Second game, Tarasenko goal starts at :49)

Let me know if the links give any trouble!

by russkidan on Sep 10, 2010 11:34 AM CDT reply actions