Thursday Links: Free Agency's Eve Edition
by bradflick55 on Jun 30, 2011 12:32 PM CDT
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PrintWhen I got off work and returned home ~2 AM, I was tired and there wasn't a whole lot to link. I wake up and there's a whole lotta shakin' goi-fine, I'll stop. That song sucks anyway.
Blues News
- The Blues have re-signed Oshie to a one-year deal. That's right. He has one year to not fall asleep in a strip joint in Illinois and miss practice in order to get a better, long-term contact. Not getting injured again helps, too. [Blues]
- Paul Kariya hung 'em up yesterday. I'm sure his number will be retired here in the OC soon. [Blues]
NHL/Hockey News
- Paulie Walnuts didn't go out with a wimper, though. He had some harsh words for the NHL regarding player safety. [P-D]
- Todd Marchant also retired and will join the Ducks front office. They picked the worst picture of Marchant for this article. [Edmonton Journal]
- Steven Stamkos is going down to the wire with his RFA contract, making EA Sports and their NHL 12 cover sweat in the process. Where will he end up? [Puck Daddy]
- J.P. Dumont, Cam Barker, Sheldon Souray and Mike Commodore have all had their contracts bought out this morning. Who do you think the Blues should go after? Dumont, in my opinion, is the best candidate out of the four. JUST KIDDING LOL CAM BARKER. [On the Forecheck]
- Apparently, Jagr has already started contact negotiations with the Penguins, preventing Detroit from getting any older. [SB Nation Detroit]
- Tomas Kaberle will be testing the free agent waters for a bit, but I don't expect him to leave Boston. [NHL]
- New York examines its free agent opti-blahblahblah Brad Richards blah. [New York Times]
- Tomorrow will be INSANE. Follow the insanity on TV with NHL Network's free agency coverage. [Fox]
- The Christian Ehrhoff saga continues, now with added insults from the Canucks organization. Still classy! [The Province]
- Who wants Jason Arnott's old balls? They're up for sale. [Washington Post]
- Peter Stastny gave an interview about Quebec City getting hosed out of a new NHL team, but this one isn't as awesome as his interview about the Johnson/Stewart trade. [Fox]
- Buffalo's Steve Montador now belongs to Chicago (until tomorrow). Good! We always need new people to jeer. [Chicago Tribune]
Other Stuff
- "My iPhone fell in the toilet and now I have to buy a new one!" #firstworldproblems [Helablog]
- Fence-climbing turtles are all the rage. [CBS News]
- Sometimes, movies don't end well. These guys remedy that issue. [How It Should Have Ended]
Thursday Video
When life gives you problems, fart in its face.
I'm glad to have helped you overcome your cuteness deficiency. If you got the obscure, old Nick cartoon reference in the picture caption, you are a true champion. If not, suck it.
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You goddamn kids, get off my lawn...
I wake up and there’s a whole lotta shakin’ goi-fine, I’ll stop. That song sucks anyway.
Son, there’s NOTHING that The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis, ever did that “sucks.”
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 30, 2011 12:41 PM CDT reply actions
Marrying your 13-year old first cousin doesn't suck?
Now I know where you stand! :P
I push snow during TV time-outs. The Blues pay me in jumpsuits.
In the first place...
…I was talking about music.
In the second place, that sort of thing was a hell of a lot more common than you might think in the 1950’s Deep South.
In the third place, as long as no children were produced from the marriage, no harm, no foul. :)
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 30, 2011 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions
As I get older, I find my views re: marriage have become more and more cynical...
In other words, TB don’t give no fuck.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 30, 2011 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Leslie West n Alvin Lee
do a fine rendition of Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On. Word is Leslie just lost a leg to diabetes. Fuck. Gonna miss that cat when he’s gone. Blew up more than one set of speakers cranking him up
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8Y8bBXKE1Rw&v=8Y8bBXKE1Rw&gl=US
Just a chew toy for the hockey gods
by spectr17 on Jun 30, 2011 5:30 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If you want to listen to some good music...
I’ve been on an Urge binge on youtube all day. Just saying, you can do worse then the best St. Louis band, like, ever.
Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.
Me too.
Been listening to Violent Opposition on loop recently. Shit kicks ass.
I push snow during TV time-outs. The Blues pay me in jumpsuits.
PTMFUS
No beer and no TV make Homer...something something.
by Poor College Student on Jun 30, 2011 1:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I still say you can;t beat the classics...
…Beatles, Floyd, Zeppelin, Purple, Clapton, Who, Neil Young, Rush, Eagles, Allman Brothers, Skynyrd, Doors, Blue Ouster Cult, ELP…
I swear that the only artists who have come up in the last 20 years, and made anything I liked at all, are Bush and Lady Gaga (yeah, I know… but she kinda grows on you if you look past her outrageous stage act and just concentrate on the messages).
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 30, 2011 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Have no problem with any of those bands (esspecially Rush)
But I’m a youngen. Too Much Stereo by the Urge was teh first album I ever listened to constantly, and the first album that I memorized every word from (first of many, but still). Has a special place in my heart, and it annoys the fuck out of me that I never got to see them live, esspecially with the talks of just how insane their local shows were.
No matter what my pallet turns to musically, the Urge was my first love. Though if you shorten that statement on current music to about 10 years, I’m more or less standing right along side you.
Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.
Lady Gaga kinda grows on you
So does an STD if you don’t treat it…and I’d rather have neither.
Lady Gaga is the best (worst?) example of manufacturer cookie-cutter crap that is today’s pop music.
Baltimore Blast - 6-time MISL/NISL Champions
Let's go Blues!
by UIWWildthing on Jun 30, 2011 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
90's rock playlist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD719B265CCDCD838 bam, go crazy folks
Do the Blues sign anyone tomorrow?
I wouldn’t mind seeing Leino or Upshall, but even they are probably too rich for the Blues.
Thumbs up on Leino, thumbs down on Upshall...
…the more likely scenario is a couple of guys for Peoria depth.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 30, 2011 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
We have to sign someone.
And, chances are, it will have to be for a 2-3 mill contract., unless we add a couple pieces. Not sure if we do it tommorow or down the line, but the Blues do have to do something.
Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.
We're still below the new cap floor
by, I think, about $5 mil. Granted we have a few necessities to fill, e.g. backup goalie, but it’d be great if we could avoid being one of those teams scraping the very bottom of the cap. Somehow I don’t think we’ll be so lucky this year.
This year we scrape
But while I think a backup goalie would be nice (and a just in case option is a must), assuming we sign Dags for around 2 mill, and Reaves at around 500,000, that should still leave us at least a mill and a half from the floor. So…. umm, we have to sign someone. Not sure who, but we do.
Breaking News: I'm currently in the process of writing "I will not say and/or type "that word" 1,000 times.
I hear Bradley F. Winchester will be available.
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die. Where you invest your love, you invest your life.
BFDUBS!
Next in the Nate the Great mystery series: Nate the Great searches for a free-agent forward who doesn't blow dicks.
by NateTheGreat. on Jul 1, 2011 5:48 AM CDT up reply actions
what happens
if a team doesn’t reach the floor?
by Mr. Particle on Jun 30, 2011 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Fined either money or draft picks.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
how much is the fine?
if it goes along with the rest of the league’s fines, we might want to just take the fine. “You’re $5M under — pay us $500K”. Who gets the draft picks?
I say some team should test this. It will make the summer more interesting.
by Mr. Particle on Jun 30, 2011 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
''Who gets the draft picks?''
If the Blues don’t reach the cap floor, the Blues’ entire next draft is awarded to New Fucking Jersey by Lamoriello’s pet commissioner…
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Jun 30, 2011 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions
your team moves
to canada
And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.
by Childhood Trauma on Jun 30, 2011 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Low money, no Campbells
Out for the night. I wont be on for a few days so im psycing myself up for the free agency stuff I will get flooded with on sunday night. Big money, no wammies.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
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