Friday links: Doing yoga with Erik Johnson edition

A NON- BELEIVER!!! KILL THE HEIRITIC!!!

While it may not be 31 goals worth, I think there’s something to be said about the confidence a more stable backstop will give the club. They won’t have to worry near as much about protecting them selves from the Chris Mason Soft Goal of the NightTM, so they can go about their business in the offensive zone and maybe take a few more chances than they would’ve last year.

based in St Louis area and she’s obviously not a hockey fan. It’ll never be in my house!!
OMG the stuff Sutter did and he didn’t go to a dr for 2 weeks? Does this make him awesome or an idiot? That is some pain threshold.

I think the Blues getting into the playoffs is a toss up. We are in a VERY tough western conf. I wonder with this youngish team what will happen if we’re just on the cusp and that ‘pay the other half when we make the playoffs’ is hanging over their head. Will they be gripping that stick tighter? I know it’s only a few hundred tickets but that’s still a chunk of change.

Great to hear Mandi Schwartz got the transplant, fingers crossed, now the waiting begins. It’s amazing that such a possibly life saving procedure is as simple as an IV.

Nice insight on Perron. While he may be only 22yo he has learned 2 lessons:
Don’t burn bridges and
If you can’t say something nice…
I think with Payne’s attitude of letting them play how/where they play best, within reason, Perron and a few others will have a breakout season. At the same time the ‘kids’ probably learned some valuable lessons from Murray that will come in handy as their careers progress.

Some of those pics were ingenuity at it’s best, others maybe not so much

I was at my local grocery store and saw 2 pre-season mags on the NHL. The Hockey News had the Blues 6th and some other rag had them 13th. I hate the way they put a “local” cover on those things. I was stuck seeing Mike Richards in the horrible orange sweater.

What does the World-Cup predicting squid predict?

Jaro’s an inprovement but I expect 10-11 will be more like 09-10 than not.

The unpredictability of the development of Blues’ young skaters makes predicting their performance difficult. Blues still lack scoring. Happy Meal’s a fine player, but I don’t think of him as a #1 center. Accordingly, so unless someone steps up and becomes an undisputed first line scorer, the Blues’ll lurk around the cusp of the playoffs and either just make it into post season play where they’ll be the same unpredictable entity, or just fail to qualify and have a(nother) non-lottery pick in the 2011 draft.

Here is the first sentence of the Erik Johnson article, “When one thinks of a formidable NFL Hockey player, the image that first comes to mind might be power, strength, and intense focus. Those are the same qualities found in someone who practices Pilates.”

Yes, I think of NFL hockey players all of the time.

…the the new intereim CEO of the Blues is a Game Time fan.

Take that info for what you wish.

B.

will be aired on tape delay on nhl network at 11 PM… and if you dont have that channel (like me) go buy some tickets and fill the building tonight

and to the moron that wrote the article on why we wont make the playoffs… youre just an idiot.. that is all

the only thing that does scare me that might lead to our team collapsing and missing the playoffs is the whole front office situation.. i really am getting nervous about this… new GM (which was in the work i undersatnd that), new CEO now, the owners want out… this to me is leading us down a very bad path… we should be on the up swing and all that is making me worry and think we might be right back where we started

I had a friend who died from a collapsed lung, Sutter’s lucky he made it.

Also in my top 5 of “March Or Die” awards is the dude last year who played a NHL playoff game while passing a kidney stone. Can’t remember who it was, someone on the Flyers or Rangers I think it was. Most folks like me just roll around on the floor begging to be shot when passing them dayum things. I can’t imagine suiting up and taking a shift with that stabbing pain in your flank.