Thursday Links: Aeros Cruise, Rivermen Lose Edition

by bradflick55 on Apr 14, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Blues/Rivermen News

Peoria dropped Game 1 to Houston in a 4-1 loss. Adam Cracknell did work, but that's all the Rivermen could muster. [Rivermen.net]
Kevin Shattenkirk, Ty Conklin and... Chris Porter(?!) were named to the U.S. National Team for this year's IIHF World Championships. It's not too late to join the Chris Porter Fan Club. [Blues]
Yeah, Rutherford did some Q&As with a few players, but they were stupid and were all like "effort, injuries hurt, next year, etc." Fuck it.

NHL/Hockey News

Big news from AHL HQ: to better the development of prospects, the AHL season has been reduced to 76 games instead of 80 and a week has been added to the schedule. The opening playoff series will be shrunk to 5-games, too. I think this is a great idea. [Canadian Press]
The vote passed by a slim margin. Hear what the Manitoba Moose think of it. [Toronto Sun]
Rangers blowin' it again. They lose 2-1 in OT to Washington after a blast from Alexander Semin. [Puck Daddy]
Despite the 2-0 shutout, the Hawks and Canucks played an up-and-down game that was exciting to watch. Luongo gets another playoff goose-egg to put up in his trophy case. [NHL]
The Predators were the only visiting team last night to win a game. They pounded the Ducks and their shitty third jerseys. [Globe and Mail]
Short-handed Pittsburgh somehow shutdown the potent Lightning. Nobody cared because Crosby didn't score. [NHL]
Detroit took out the desert dogs in front of one sleeper of a crowd. [NHL]
The NHL grossed a record-high 2.9 billion dollars this season. Gimme summa that money, guy! [MSNBC]
The Kings/Sharks series looks to be the most intriguing match-up of the quarterfinals. [Long Beach Press]
Apparently, the likely move to Winnipeg distracted the Coyotes last night. Some guy questions if the potential owners in Winnipeg are willing to lose money if and when a team returns. [SportsNet]

Other Stuff

Underwater river! [Bins Corner]
A man's blog that chronicles a series of strange notes by some dude named "Chris." [Notes From Chris]
The truest graph about college ever. [Image Dump]
Piccolo tells a cool story, bro. DragonBaaalll Zeeeeeeee... [WeeklyTubeShow]

Thursday Video

Fuck it, more WeeklyTubeShow, because I find black people dubbing over shitty, confusing anime hysterical.

Hartigan has the sword for the weekend. Bacon? Likely.

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Am I the only one

Who got a chuckle about the reading how the Rangers lost from a blast from Semin?

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by UIWWildthing on Apr 14, 2011 7:08 AM CDT reply actions

That Semin has some spunk dont he?

I am 35 y/o with 2 BA’s a Masters degree and yet I still enjoy a good dick or frat joke

St Louis Blues - Season Ticket Holder - Sec 106
SUTA
What Exactly is a God Wand?
Anyone who says "Nuff said" or "Need I say more?" needs to be elbowed in the cock.

by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Apr 14, 2011 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions

lundquist got inseminated

semin was all over the hard blast…
semin hit the top corner
the one timer allowed semin to pocket in the top corner

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 Apr 14, 2011 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions

FACT: Dick jokes make the world go 'round.

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by Donut King on Apr 14, 2011 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions

I am sick of the relocation crap, my Sac Kings are probably gone to Anaheim and that pisses me off

but they need a new building and never got one. Which takes me to PHX and in some small part ATL (sorry Hildy), yes they may get owners that can sustain the franchise, but seeing a half filled arena (in PHX case) with a very, very competitive team is not what the NHL wants. STL has passion for hockey, passion for winning 41 “sellouts” cannot lie. But hockey in the south is only working in perfect situations (like Raleigh or Nashville). I hate to see a city lose a team, but if it is good for the game in general, it needs to happen.

I may be wrong, but southern hockey does not look like it works. But where do you move? Quebec City does not have the facility, Hamilton will cut into the Leafs base, KC may work but it’ll cut into our base. Houston…maybe (the Aeros have been there for ever), Oklahoma City? Winnipeg? Las Vegas?

St Louis Blues - Season Ticket Holder - Sec 106
SUTA
What Exactly is a God Wand?
Anyone who says "Nuff said" or "Need I say more?" needs to be elbowed in the cock.

by I_AM_SPARTACUS on Apr 14, 2011 8:25 AM CDT reply actions

Portland

Portland needs the next relocation team (not St. Louis!). Great, advancing city in the most forgotten state in the country. A natural rivalry will develop with Vancouver as well as some California teams. Portland…Goonies. Chunks. Mama Fratellis. … Hey you guuuuyyys!

And the best part, if they come from Atlanta, the East needs a team from the West. Bye-bye, Blue Jackets!

I once shot a man just to see him die...then I got distracted and missed it.

by TheDuke32 on Apr 14, 2011 8:57 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Would love to see the NHL in Portland...

…but the douchenozzle that owns the Fail Blazers (and also the Rose Garden where they play) will not allow it.

As for The Coyotes, the Dawgs can work here if people would stop being so shit-their-pants afraid of these Goldwater Institute hypocrites, who are clearly in bed with the Winnipeg ownership group.

AuH2O’s bitch is that, if the city of Glendale offers tax incentives and public money to the Coyotes in order to keep them here, this is a violation of the state constitution. Funny how they didn’t have a goddamn thing to say about the city of Mesa offering tax incentives and public money to the Cubs in order to keep them in Mesa for spring training every year.

Tax incentives and public money to a baseball team that plays in Arizona for six weeks out of the year, and where virtually no management or players maintain homes or families = A-OK.

Tax incentives and public money to a hockey team that plays in Arizona for six or seven months out of the year, and where many of the management and players maintain homes and families = violation of the constitution.

Fucking hypocrites.

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by Tomorrows Blues on Apr 14, 2011 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions