Monday Links: Backhanded BJs Edition

by bradflick55 on Nov 28, 2011 6:31 AM CST

I wonder what that's like...

Blues News

Blues do what they need to do: beat shitty teams. [SBN STL]
T.J. got fancy and Backes got nasty in yesterday's win. [P-D]
Backes took first star honors at Puck Father last night. Bask in it. [Puck Daddy]
Halak will be starting Tuesday against the Capitals. I hope he likes Christmas trees, because he might get lit up like one. Buuuuut... if he comes out with a win, we might see a whole new Jaro. You never know with how the Capitals are playing lately. [P-D]
I'm only linking this article because I think this person is an idiot. Not only does he say that Arnott and the Blues are having a terrible year thus far, but he cited Bleacher Report to top it all off. Suck less, Larry Seely. [Gather]

NHL/Hockey News

Other scores and stories from last night. [USA Today]
Your daily Crosby suck-off article. [NHL]
The Capitals are supposed to be good. They're loaded with star-power and complemented with the right players. Why are they losing? [The Cheap Seats]
Bruce Boudreau might be out as coach and a few Capitals might be traded as a result of this quarter-season funk. [Washington Post]
Kari Lehtonen, the Stars stud goalie who has been studly, is on the IR. [NHL]
What's going to happen this season? Nobody seems to know. [The National]
While most are looking to the future, Gary Bettman sits in his large, spikey chair stroking his cat and enjoying how well the NHL has done thus far this season. Next time, Gadget. Next time. [Standard-Examiner]
Kevin Dineen is an early front-runner for the Jack Adams award. [Sun-Sentinel]
Former BJ and all-around chode Nikita Filatov is enjoying his second chance in Ottawa. [Canada.com]
The Winnipeg faithful are starving for some hockey, as their Jets have played 15 of their first 23 on the road. [CANOE]
The NHL has always neglected the Western Conference when it comes to national TV exposure and marketing and this guy is tired of it. I've always agreed, especially with basketball currently absent. If you want to snag new fans (like here in Laker-less L.A.), market the West. [Denver Post]
Former NHL linesman Pat Dapuzzo still struggles with head injuries that he suffered in 2008. Great read. [NY Times]

Other Stuff

5 Sports Fans Who Ruined Sports. [Cracked]
10 Awesome Animations Found in Very Unusual Places. Uhh... zoetrope bicycle. Super rad. [Flavorwire]
Game Boy case for your iPhone 4. Buy it, dummy. [LOOTIFUL]

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That Gather Article

You really trust this guy’s opinion coming from a site which looks like it’s trying it’s damnest to be TMZ?

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

by UIWWildthing on Nov 28, 2011 7:06 AM CST reply actions

hah

That article is so ill-informed, its laughable.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Nov 28, 2011 7:23 AM CST up reply actions

WTF is Gather?

Ahhh, tacky upstart websites.

Thrashing the Blues - No, I'm not re-naming it.
SB Nation St. Louis
St. Louis Game Time - We turn the F bomb into an art form.

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 Nov 28, 2011 8:10 AM CST up reply actions

Hack.

This guy makes Joe Strauss look more than viable.

Fight Club writer for the print edition of St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
The Throwdown Lowdown Report, only on The Bluenote Zone.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.

by Donut King on Nov 28, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions

wrong

he is as bad as Joe Strauss, meaning both are so pitted in the anus’ of the devil that they suck and are asshats

going through the handshake line at my game the other night, guy says youre still a prick Evan...me: yep sure am next time stop me from scoring

by DESTROYER on Nov 28, 2011 7:06 PM CST up reply actions

that was the funniest thing ive ever read.

by bleedblue942 on Nov 28, 2011 8:54 PM CST up reply actions

Rundblad

scored his first NHL goal for Ottawa.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Nov 28, 2011 7:25 AM CST reply actions

Pudge the Wonder Coach is gone.

I wonder how the Caps’ll respond to Hunter on Tuesday. I wish we could have gotten BB instead.

Thrashing the Blues - No, I'm not re-naming it.
SB Nation St. Louis
St. Louis Game Time - We turn the F bomb into an art form.

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 Nov 28, 2011 8:10 AM CST reply actions

I was just getting ready to add this

So will Hunter teach his players to cheap shot a guy after scoring a game winner in OT?

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

by UIWWildthing on Nov 28, 2011 8:26 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Paul Maurice fired in Carolina

The Blues, they are trendsetters.

St. Louis Game Time

by averagejoe on Nov 28, 2011 9:19 AM CST up reply actions

THAT one took way too long.

I honestly thought that was going to happen two weeks ago.

Thrashing the Blues - No, I'm not re-naming it.
SB Nation St. Louis
St. Louis Game Time - We turn the F bomb into an art form.

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 Nov 28, 2011 9:43 AM CST up reply actions

Me too.

Be curious to see how it goes though. Hopefully Ovi and Semin are such head cases that they can’t get out of their funk. That being said, Jaro was the one who knocked them out of the playoffs so it will be interesting to see.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

In remembrance of Pavol Demitra and all our fallen Blues brethren.

by BluesTiger on Nov 28, 2011 12:13 PM CST up reply actions

Tuesday

So does Halak get lit up for real Tuesday? Washington is going to win because of the new coach kick, and then this is going to start the whole goalie nonsense up again…

www.twitter.com/ian_reynolds

by Boomer9393 on Nov 28, 2011 10:31 AM CST reply actions

Randy Carlyle and Scott Arniel HAVE to be sitting by the phone, shotgun in hand . . . ready to shoot the fucking thing if it rings.

by Donut King on Nov 28, 2011 10:34 AM CST reply actions

Arniel may have weathered the storm, thanks to Curtis Sanford.

The Beejays are playing a lot better than they were at the start of the season.

The Ducks, on the other hand, have fallen into the abyss. They’re one point ahead of Columbus in the Western Conference basement. Anaheim doesn’t play till Wednesday; it wouldn’t surprise me to see Carlyle complete the trifecta before then.

by BleedBlue42 on Nov 28, 2011 5:37 PM CST up reply actions

Carlyle sighting in Industry at Deja Vue strip club

he was on a bender and screaming FUCK BETTMAN as he jammed hundies in the g-strings

Main dancer was Slap Happy Jacqueline

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Nov 29, 2011 12:16 AM CST up reply actions

In other news that Gather article is ridiculous

I don’t think the guy knows who the Blues are.

Barret Jackman is my hero.

In remembrance of Pavol Demitra and all our fallen Blues brethren.

by BluesTiger on Nov 28, 2011 12:35 PM CST reply actions

I couldn't resist the siren song of cheaper tickets...

So I picked up two tickets to the game vs. the Blackhawks on March 6. Playoffs-bound or not, I’m going to be there.

Let's Go Blues!
Support your local NAHL team. Seriously.

by Paperwork Ninja on Nov 28, 2011 1:40 PM CST reply actions

bring doom for them

egg suckers from Chicago

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Nov 29, 2011 12:14 AM CST up reply actions

If you'd like to tell the writer of the Gather article how you feel.

His twitter handle is @golfnut1965

hahahahhahah

MountainBeaver

by MountainBeaver on Nov 28, 2011 1:56 PM CST reply actions

Cracked is wrong.

There is only one true inventor of the vuvuzela.

Let's Go Blues!
Support your local NAHL team. Seriously.

by Paperwork Ninja on Nov 28, 2011 2:24 PM CST reply actions

sbn bjs (the canon)

do a post game scoring chance review

kind of interesting

final line:

Some of the H2H results are a bit weird because of Hitch actively shuffling his lines during the game, but you get the general idea – including the fact that the top line really needs to be kept away from David Backes!

hmm isnt this like the third sbn oppenent in a row that has praised backes?!?

And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

by Childhood Trauma on Nov 28, 2011 4:19 PM CST reply actions

and the pointless meatball surgery stat of the day

17 minutes of power play = 1 goal for the blues

a few comparisons

20th best (wild) need 14:15 ish

15th best (caps) 9:40

10th (sabres) 8:11

5th (flyers) 9:12

1st (nucks) 5:44

And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

by Childhood Trauma on Nov 28, 2011 5:17 PM CST reply actions

wow we have an anemic power play thanks to bergland and stewart being MIA majority of the time on the ice.

by theredmonster on Nov 28, 2011 11:18 PM CST reply actions

stewart definitely

berglund has been lackluster at times too, but he’s also had some bad luck lately too.

I think offensively, the Blues need McDonald and Perron back, badly. You just think about what a huge difference it would make, in terms of shifting some subset of Langenbrunner, Arnott, and/or Sobotka back to a 4th line role.

Haven’t heard much about Andy though… Two concussions in 10 months, yikes.

—

Dunno if anyone else saw this Crombeen update (http://lkorac10.blogspot.com/)

Crombeen, who was wearing the no-contact red jersey Saturday, has been skating on his own for about a week now. He can stick-handle, shoot and perform other aspects of the game, but doesn’t expect to be cleared for contact for some time. He’s been out with a fractured clavicle suffered during the Blues’ final preseason game Oct. 1.

Also, he reported that Vodka has a face fracture :( what shit luck

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Nov 29, 2011 2:05 AM CST up reply actions