Wednesday Links: Last Train to Chicago Edition

because, like gallagher said, i GET that he didn’t specifically do anything malicious to St. Louis.

But at the same time, his comments (as mentioned in the previous thread) like “I’m gonna make STL rue the day they traded me” combined with how he screamed like a ManBearPig after he scored in his first game against us make me a little dejected toward him. I get that he’s supposed to say that as an Av now — but you didn’t see Brad F Winchester going around saying that.

EJ was a colossal failure here, and then he makes comments that at least imply that we were wrong to trade him. What did he ever show us to keep him in town? Nothing. Then he gets all huffy puffy and basically says we’ll regret it? I dunno. I generally don’t boo anyway.

It’s like if you’re the boss and you fire a guy who sucks. And as he walks out the door, he yells “You’ll regret this!” and everybody else in the office who knows he sucks is kinda like dude, just GTFO already.

It didn’t seem that loud or widespread, but its hard to tell on TV. And my immediate reaction was… well, thats not really right. But then I thought about it.

Hell, he’s a player on an opposing team now, and I’m all for booing the other team’s top players; we have that right as fans in the seats. I used to join in on booing and taunting Ed Belfour all the time: its fun as a fan to try to get in a player’s head, whether it works or not.

So let’s not be apologists: EJ, well.. he was a disappointment. Ppl (fans/media/etc.) gave him a bit of a pass during his time here, but now that he’s gone we can all admit: he didn’t meet expectations especially this season, he screwed up with his injury, freakish as it was, and he showed some cockiness after his trade that probably rubbed people the wrong way (not that there’s anything wrong with that). And hey, he scored a big goal in the last game against us. So hey, if people want to taunt/boo him, that’s fine.

But its not like he’s Todd Bertuzzi (or Joe Thornton, for that matter) skating around out there… and we’re not treating him that way either, I don’t think.

I never liked Pronger so when he was booed, it always brought a smile to my face. Even if it didn’t make much sense from a Blues fan perspective. But then again, he’s pretty well-established as a semi-goon in the NHL at this point, and a poor sport. He probably relishes the booing anyway.

Is awesome! Man, how cool is that?

It would also be amazing to see them spoil the hawks hopes at the playoffs. I’m really looking forward to the game tonight.

It’s only right, especially at the United Center. Things that aren’t right, though: I’ve seen more Blues games there than at Scottrade. I have to fix that next year.

We’ve been BOHICAed all year with injuries and bad breaks but there is one lil thang you can do to help end this season with a smile. Help us break off them Sodomites from Shitcago. Part the clouds and unleash hell with a Blues attacks that leaves them crying for their mommy. Let us be part of the Blackhawks missing the playoffs to ease our suffering.

Amen

1) re: Booing EJ…. Meh. He’s an Av now. if you’re the type that boos, boo away. i’m not that guy, but if you are, swell.

2) re: Tonight. OH YES…. I can’t wait to see this happen. If I gauge the sentiment here correctly, y’all are in line with the Road Music choice for today. Perfect match of song and event.

See y’all at the GDT. Tonight’s game is on Versus, FYI

Did anybody else just skim the intro and jump to the first bullet? I thought I was being told to LIKE the Blackhawks. I was confused as shit, until I had some coffee in me and read it a bit more carefully.

I would have loved to have seen Jaro’s attempt at an ENG succeed last night….

After a while, a guy can get sick of telling the same kid over and over again that he wasn’t the one who wrote or sang “Bananaphone.”