Thursday links: Happy Halak is in St. Louis edition

by averagejoe on Sep 9, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

No time for chatting.

Blues news

Reminder: Jaroslav Halak will meet the media and the fans today at 11 a.m. Smooth plan, Blues. Let's have the guy meet while fans are working. [Blues]
The Blues are offering a season-ticket plan where customers can pay for half now and half once the Blues make the playoffs. Ballsy plan, Blues. Looks like it's 8th place, or you have a lot of angry early buyers. [Blues]
The Post-Dispatch wonders which Blues' player will step up this season. My vote, as always, is for David Perron. [Round 2]
Jeremy Rutherford will be hosting his weekly chat today at 1 p.m. [JR Live]
The Blues are excited for this year. So am I, so am I. [BND]
Former Blues d-man Rick Zombo will be the new coach at Lindenwood. [LU Legacy]

Hockey news

A closer look at Martin Broduer and soft goals. [In Lou We Trust]
Taylor Hall to wear No. 4 for Edmonton, the number previously worn by club president Kevin Lowe. [TSN]
Tomas Kaberle is dealing with some daddy issues. [TSN]
Roberto Luongo might finally get that C of his chin. Maybe, just maybe, the Canucks will name a real captain. [TSN]
Good news for those who hate the Red Wings: Kirk Maltby is coming back. [TSN]
Sidney Crosby takes some batting practice at PNC Park and goes yard. Dude is so talented. [Puck Daddy]
The C and B looks at the new CBA rules. [The Copper & Blue]
Former Flyers and Oilers captain Jason Smith may be in some trouble. [Broad Street Hockey]

Other links

We all have shitty neighbors. I have a whole lot. [Why Do I Live Here?]
Knuckle tattoos will never be cool. [EgoTV]
David Throne, the guy who writes awesome e-mails, gets called a foggot. Hilarity, as it often does, ensues. [27bslash6]

Video

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I'm in agreement about the half-now half-later season ticket plans.

I’d be pissed off if I’d paid full season ticket price for nosebleed seats only to find out they’re now half-price on the chance that the Blues don’t make the playoffs this year. I hope the team gets wind of this and plays like a group of men who now realize that only the playoffs will keep the early buyers from rioting.

by Paperwork Ninja on Sep 9, 2010 8:01 AM CDT reply actions

here is the deal

this deal, there are only 400 of these tickets. . . 100 each in 4 different sections, all crap in my opinion (on the ends and far from the ice) great if you are on a budget, and can only come up w/ half now . . .

I am a full season ticket holder . . . but I would have been sitting in double letters instead of row E , had I waited for this package . . . and should they pull off what the whole city is hoping for, then I would owe the rest, plus have to come up w/ money to buy my playoff tickets too . . .

So I am not really all that angry. . . maybe if I normally got my tickets in these sections I could be angry, but I don’t so I am not.

this was a way for them to get the Kovi bandwagon to buy tickets again… since we did not go after “a true #1 goal scorer”, everyone started protesting by not buying season tickets, saying we were not going to make playoffs . . . this plan = solution to all of that whining . . .

either they were right and we won’t make playoffs and they get there tickets for half price OR they were wrong and have to eat their words and then pay up!!!

Ballsy, but I like it!!!!!!!

by breibird on Sep 9, 2010 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions

yea

they are the secondary expensive sections( lower bowls ends and such) i’d be shocked if aisle seating is available etc. STILL its a deal designed to push people on the fence firmly in in yard, and just try to get what you got turned in for a plan seat :) TRY.

the issue is this:

i said when i bought my tickets things were BAD. ticket guys said “so-so i mean with the ticket raise we almost at the same dollar amount as least season” that is NOT good. i got a 10 row drop in 117 with a slightly later purchase date. NOT GOOD.

this will be one of MANY ticket selling promos i smell coming up. its an interesting one, and i for one am only upset the blues didnt send me the offer. i would not have taken it. filling the lower bowl is a good idea as far as i am concerned. being there when it was an echo chamber and packed, i’m telling ya now, packed with the bluetooths and blue hairs is the better thing.

next up the free stick plan, the meet a player plan, the please buy something plan, the pepsi fan can, the thinking about going tocollege plan, and the tax credit plan (unless you make 250k a year then no tax credit 4u!!!)

i do have to say this. the time the blues really screwed me with a plan they later discounted i was called every game for about 2 months until i accepted a free ticket. eh. maybe we be back i n the “hey i know we screwed ya buddy but have something free on me” reward program again,

not to mention the charities where you get 2 lower bowl mids for a crappy game for 25 dollars.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Sep 9, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions

My friend, the partial season ticket holder . . .

is fucking pissed, even if he’s not a full STH. For the same reason a full STH should be pissed.

I oughta ask my aunt, a full STH, what she thinks. Knowing her, she doesn’t care either way, but still . . . GOTTA be at least slightly upset.

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

by Donut King on Sep 9, 2010 8:10 AM CDT reply actions

To celebrate the news of Rodney "Race Car" King getting married to juror #5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g52ZSnNB500

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Sep 9, 2010 9:48 AM CDT reply actions

Random, I know,

but I had a dream last night that after a year of having my Backes jersey, I just now noticed that the number on it was 43, and they were drawn on in crayon. It was a bit if a nightmare.

Think it’s a sign that I should go after a really cheap Mike Weaver sweater?

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 Sep 9, 2010 10:11 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

creepier still

i had a dream i went back to college to get another credit i somehow missedd, skipped all the classes was planning not to take the final, but john davidson, the schools dean, talked me into going. i aced the test of course, and went to thank jd but he was packing up and moving on.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Sep 9, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions

"Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak has two masks for the upcoming season.

The first features the downtown St. Louis skyline and Blues legends Jacques Plante, Mike Liut and Grant Fuhr. The second features a cowboy and a guitar player."

what the fuck

by russkidan on Sep 9, 2010 10:34 AM CDT reply actions

cowboy bob ellis and h. lundquist?!?

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Sep 9, 2010 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Meh..

http://blues.nhl.com/club/gallerylanding.htm?id=16499&cmpid=stl-twt-090910

Conk’s still got the best mask on the team, but these are pretty sharp.

by haveblue on Sep 9, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions

my bad

that is dudley dooright and ~~- who knew he played~~ andy murray..

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Sep 9, 2010 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Go West Young Man?

The cowboy on the right side of mask symbolizes STL, know as the jumping off point to the west back in the day??

The zombie cowboy on the left I’m still deciphering.

The cartoon art on the mask reminds me of recently deceased R.Crumb

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Sep 9, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Per the Blues site,

it’s Lucky Luke, his favorite cartoon as a kid.

Yeah, I don’t get it either.

It's a funny name.

by Turd Ferguson on Sep 9, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions

It's a European comic about the Wild West.

I think it has boobs in it every so often. I don’t know.

by Paperwork Ninja on Sep 9, 2010 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Well then

Its fine with me.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

Fueled. These new shores burn. Shadow, my sweet shadow, to you I look no more.

by BluesTiger on Sep 9, 2010 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions

That settles it. Should I ever not suck as goalie enough to care and join an rec league my helmets gonna have ghost busters and ninja turtles on it.

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 9, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions