I'm sure pre-riot Vancouver was very lovely, but now it's just, eh.

Blues News:

• Cards personnel coming out to drop the puck and participate in practice is great. Fantastic. Really showing team unity. [Blues]
• Good question, Gordon. Can the Blues get on track? [Post Dispatch]
• Elliott or Halak. CBC discusses. [CBC Sports]
  
• Carpity, Carp, Carp Carp. If you didn't know that Cards' Chris Carpenter skated with the Blues yesterday, GET OUT! Seriously, what were you doing? [Post Dispatch]
• TLR [who reminds me of the kid snatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang because of his nose] will drop the puck at 7. [Blues]
• My coworkers don't know what "snark" means, but these guys know and ooze it in spades. [Nucks Misconduct]

Hockey News:

• When people say "it's Miller time!" I reply, "no, it's whiskey time." Sabres fans are inclined to agree with me - well, only in this one instance and not any Sabre fan I know in real life. [The Buffalo News]
  
• Why link a normal article on Pekka Rinne's contract when we can link an article in which Shea Weber discusses it? [Tennessean]
  
• Patrick Kaleta received a 4-game suspension for his headbutting antics. Only Shanahan agrees with the decision . . . [Puck Daddy]
  
• If you like statistics and the Avalanche, you'll like this link. [Mile High Hockey]
  
• Man crush Iginla hands the Wings their sixth straight loss. [The Hockey News]
  

Other Stuff:

• Draw one TODAY! [Draw a Stickman]
  
• So. Many. People. [NPR]
  

Video:

Time to replay this classic.

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