Thursday Links: Look Over Here, It's Hockey Edition

by bradflick55 on Dec 8, 2011 11:09 AM CST

Pujols just wanted to hang out with me, is all.

Blues News

That goaltender interference penalty on Perron Tuesday night is still confounding. [P-D]
Preview for tonight's game. [LA Times]
Evgeny Grachev is Peoria-bound. [PJS]

NHL/Hockey News

Claude Giroux is now the leading scorer in the NHL. [Philly Inquirer]
The Ducks will be coming to Nashville Saturday night and their hatred for one another, incited by their playoff battle last season, will probably on display. [Nashville Scene]
Alex Ovechkin speared somebody, yo. [CBC]
Tampa Bay just keeps losing. How does that happen with all those good players? [Bradenton]
The new NHL alignments will see teams slugging it out in the playoffs within their division. Will that increase the amount of fights? [Puck Daddy]
It looks like the NHL doesn't want to make money, so they're recycling last year's All-Star Jerseys. Piping everywhere! [Icethetics]
Sidney Crosby got hit in the head, so as a precaution, he'll sit 2 games. [SBN]

Other Stuff

RIP Col. Potter. [MSNBC]
If you're a fan of "The Walking Dead," there's no argument that Otis was the most talented character on that show. [IGN]
You've probably seen this linked on Facebook one hundred times, but here it is again: St. Louis Doesn't Suck. [Forbes]

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That Forbes writer might know business...

but he doesn’t know a goddamn thing about pizza.

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by Paperwork Ninja on Dec 8, 2011 11:16 AM CST reply actions

i'm not so sure

This fat guy is not a fan of ketchup on a cracker w/ alien cheese (Imo’s)

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by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Dec 8, 2011 11:22 AM CST up reply actions

Imos blows ass……Ill take a mass produces Papa Johns any day……But my homemade pizza is better…I use the Hormel pepperoni they marinate in tabasco…..gives the pizza a ZING!!……Fortels is pretty good…and Papa Murphys is always good in a pinch…..And Ill eat the Hut if theres no other option…..

But as God as my witness….Little Ceasars will never EVER be allowed in my house, on my property or in my mouth…PERIOD!!

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by dablues7 on Dec 8, 2011 11:26 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

i admit, when finances are tight, i take my Lincoln and get a caesars...guys gotta eat

although a can of alpo is probably better

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by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Dec 8, 2011 11:28 AM CST up reply actions

Love Fortels

but the one in Arnold closed. It always seemed to be busy.
Got Dominos coming tonight, not great but was 50% off all pizza.

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by luvhockey on Dec 8, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions

The thing is...

the style’s good even if Imo’s isn’t. Most of the pizza places here in Springfield use the St. Louis style. Only two places don’t, but they still use the flatter New York style. It’s just less greasy. The chains use the chewy toppings-on-breadsticks stuff. That’s great if you like nothing but crust.

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by Paperwork Ninja on Dec 8, 2011 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

I prefer NY/Jersey style neopolitan pizza

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by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Dec 8, 2011 11:32 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

That's what Luca and Gallina's uses in Springfield.

Like I said, just less greasy than the typical New York stuff. Odd thing about Imo’s. We had an Imo’s here for about six months. It folded. The pizza made me and my folks sick, so we had a reason to not go back. The rest of the town said “We already have this in town, why go to an out of town place?” That happens in Springfield often. We had the same thing happen to Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts hasn’t been here since 1979, and Krispy Kreme can only sell their prepackaged stuff. We’re particular to our local places.

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by Paperwork Ninja on Dec 8, 2011 11:38 AM CST up reply actions

Im on the east side in illinois

theres a place called Johnny’s. Its the bomb. Also why does little ceasers ever taste good after its been refrigerated? It always taste like cardboard

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by SMOKIE on Dec 8, 2011 1:12 PM CST up reply actions

idiot

that should read never taste good

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by SMOKIE on Dec 8, 2011 1:15 PM CST up reply actions

I love ordering square cut pizza down here.

The last two I ordered from Papa John’s had diagrams drawn on the lids to show the guys how to cut it.

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by hildymac on Dec 8, 2011 5:16 PM CST up reply actions

If you want good St. Louis Style Pizza

you don’t go to IMO’s, you go to neighborhood place, like Pirrone’s. This is the thing that a lot of people don’t understand, especially out of towners.

by mulax6 on Dec 8, 2011 1:18 PM CST up reply actions

Faraci's. Serra's. Joe Boccardi's.

Joe Bocca’s in Eureka was the first pizza I ever had, according to my folks. (I had enough teeth to chew, but not enough brain cells to remember, I guess.)

I like all kinds of pizza. I have a Lou Malnati’s takeout number saved in my phone, for grabbing a Chicago-style pie on the way home from visiting my wife’s family in Indiana. Chicago style, New York style, even freezer-section style in a pinch – if it’s got tomato products and cheese and dead animals on it, I’ll eat it. But there’s nothing quite like a genuine St. Louis pizza from a family-owned restaurant.

by BleedBlue42 on Dec 8, 2011 1:41 PM CST up reply actions

Honestly..

I love Gumbys in Columbia. Or Ciceros..Yum!

"Sausage and fish tacos for everybody!!!"

by mizzleforizzle on Dec 8, 2011 3:45 PM CST up reply actions

oh god, i mean i like gumbys, but only cuz it's cheap or i've a few drinks in me

by mulax6 on Dec 8, 2011 3:58 PM CST up reply actions

shakespeare's is the best though

by mulax6 on Dec 8, 2011 3:59 PM CST up reply actions

Joanies in Soulard

Best pizza nobody talks about

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by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Dec 8, 2011 5:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Serra's every time I'm back

anybody remember Pino’s on Lindbergh in Bridegton?

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Dec 8, 2011 10:13 PM CST up reply actions

I heart Reggie Watts!

I first saw him at a comedy club I was interning at in Chicago. Having never heard of him, this black guy with a massive super-fro comes on stage, speaks the Queen’s English for several minutes before dropping into standard English with an “I’m just fucking with you. I’m from here.”

What followed was one of the most bizarrely hilarious stand-up acts I’ve ever seen. at face value, nothing in it should have been funny and yet, I was giggling like a schoolgirl and crying through my laughs for most of his set.

Long live Reggie!

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by TheDuke32 on Dec 8, 2011 11:24 AM CST reply actions

Nice to see the Detroit "rivalry" article got all of the douche bag asylum expert depends in a bunch

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by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Dec 8, 2011 11:24 AM CST reply actions

Just Passing Through...

…nice to see your boys whip up on “Hockeytown” (in quotes, because is Detroit really the hockey town in North America?).

Just keep beating your Eastern opponents and hope to see you in June.

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Dec 8, 2011 1:04 PM CST reply actions

They're not much of a hockey state, professionally speaking...

Let’s see… they’ve got the Red Wings, Grand Rapids Griffins and Kalamazoo Wings. That’s it. One team in the ECHL, AHL and NHL, None in the CHL.

Illinois has more professional teams: The Blackhawks in the NHL, the Rivermen, Rockford IceHogs and Chicago Wolves in the the AHL, the Chicago Express in the ECHL, and the Bloomington Blaze and Quad City Mallards in the CHL.

Now to get more juniors, college and high school teams and we could conceivably pass Minnesota as the State of Hockey. Hell, put a pro team and sprinkle a few more high school teams into Springfield and we’d be a better “Hockeytown.”

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by Paperwork Ninja on Dec 8, 2011 1:54 PM CST up reply actions

I say Perron should run Hiller tonight because of what he "did" to Howard on Tuesday . . .

wait . . . that makes no Goddamn sense . . . .

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by Donut King on Dec 8, 2011 2:46 PM CST reply actions

I say Perron should run Hiller tonight because of what he "did" to Howard on Tuesday . . .

wait . . . that makes no Goddamn sense . . . .

by Donut King on Dec 8, 2011 2:48 PM CST reply actions

I don't understand all the flap in the local media today.

For all his apparent talent, Albert Pujols never scored a power-play goal. Fuck him.

by BleedBlue42 on Dec 8, 2011 3:11 PM CST reply actions

Maybe Albert could consider buying the Blues with that $250 million

by Murphy on Dec 8, 2011 3:45 PM CST reply actions

Saw this is the JR chat today

I have never read one of the chats so it’s hard for me to judge the tone:

thpb57: JR: Do you think we will see the Chris Stewart of old or is there something hindering his performance? To me it seems like something is missing even before the Kronwall hit.

Jeremy Rutherford:
You might be on to something.
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Is he implying Stewart might be playing hurt? Off ice problems? I don’t want to create speculation, just confused by how he answered the question.

by leefyg on Dec 8, 2011 4:09 PM CST up reply actions

dammit

post fail

by leefyg on Dec 8, 2011 4:10 PM CST up reply actions

Stewart is just a streaky player

he always has been and always will be

by mulax6 on Dec 8, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions

question answered later in the chat

caw2728: Very curious answer to thpb57’s questions JR. If thpb57 is on to something…what could be hindering Stewart’s performance? Is there anything clearly noticeable to you? Have you heard rumblings inside the locker room? Is it something major off the ice?
Jeremy Rutherford:
No. It must have been a bad joke on my part … anybody pointing out Stewart’s performance was onto something. Nothing more. It’s clear he’s struggled. The reasons aren’t known. Is it his contract status (RFA after this year)? Coaching? Linemates? Out of shape? … None of those seem to be legitimate reasons. But my previous answer had nothing to do with the secretive real reason.

by leefyg on Dec 8, 2011 4:39 PM CST up reply actions