Wednesday Links: Ah-Cheechoo Edition

by bradflick55 on Jul 13, 2011 12:41 PM CDT

Gazuntite.

Blues News

Another incredibly smart, low-risk move by GM Doug Armstrong: former NHL scoring champ Jonathan Cheechoo signs a 1-year deal with St. Louis. He will likely start in Peoria. [PJS]
Suddenly, everybody wants to buy the Blues. [TSN]
That TSN report says that there are only three bidders. The Post-Dispatch is reporting five. [P-D]
A touching story that CCR and Answer Man wanted me to post about T.J. Oshie and a family that saw the father develop pancreatic cancer. It's from back in February, but who cares? [Crookston Times]

NHL/Hockey News

A look at teams still not at the salary cap floor. There are quite a few. [Puck Daddy]
All-Canadian division? Hurrrrr... [Toronto Star]
The Red Wings' departure from the Central Division would be good for the Blackhawks. Not for the rivalry and history between the teams, but their win column. Pussies. [Midwest Sports Fan]
The NHL is getting some sort of award. [Fox]
Like the Penguins needed more people who can fight! They inked Steve MacIntyre to a 1-year deal yesterday. [Citizen's Voice]
Many people thought Dany Heatley would stick with San Jose for years, but with his recent move to Minnesota, will this chump ever find a "home?" [Bleacher Report]
The Flyers hit the ground running this off-season, but nobody is sure how it's going to turn out. [PennLive]
Will Chris Osgood sign with Detroit? I really hope so. He's like Swiss cheese these days. [DFP]

Other Stuff

Yesterday, I linked you to the "South California" proposal. Today, you get to find out that North Dakota might not even be a state. [Newser]
Earlier this week, I was all like, "fuck yeah, Netflix." Now, I'm all like, "fuck you, Netflix." These changes are ridiculous. [Yahoo! Movies]
Greatest headline The Onion has come up with in a few months. [The Onion]

Wednesday Video

How come when I'm in the kitchen, YOU in the kitchen. Hangin' out with all the hoochies.

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i forget

which old guy is cheechoo again?

And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

by Childhood Trauma on Jul 13, 2011 1:04 PM CDT reply actions

Don't wory

They’ve forgotten, too.

Let's Go Blues!
Support your local NAHL team. Seriously.

by Paperwork Ninja on Jul 13, 2011 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey! The guy on the left was in Spy Kids!

by hartigan on Jul 13, 2011 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Of the potential buyers...let's guess who they are!

Hulsizer – Very likely
Stillman Group – Very likely
Kahhhhhnnnn! – Maybe?

Who else? Let’s go with Larry Rice and Peabody, just to round out the five and keep it local. Rice’ll curb overhead by staffing the DrinkScotch with his homeless, paying them in nachos and cheap publicity stunts. Peabody researched and found a vast deposit of coal under the DrinkScotch. They dig down, maxing out the center’s capacity to 88,000 as they dig down half a mile.

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

by TheDuke32 on Jul 13, 2011 2:35 PM CDT reply actions

It's possible that both TSN and the P-D are right.

The TSN article mentions three new bidders. If those are in addition to the Hulsizer and Stillman groups, then five is correct.

If we trust the P-D article (which means trusting Dano with actual journalism skillz), then Stillman’s group is the only locally-based one. No bids from Peabody. Maybe #PeabodyHatesTheBlues?

by BleedBlue42 on Jul 13, 2011 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Confirmed: The TSN article says three NEW bidders, along with the Stillman and Hulsizer bids...

The article also notes that all but one of the five groups has holdings in the St. Louis market, and are very familiar with the market and the area. This should alleviate any concerns that some “outsider” is going to buy the Blues and pack them off to some God-forsaken hole-in-the-ground like Hamilton… which the NHL Board of Governors would never approve, anyway.

"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

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by Tomorrows Blues on Jul 13, 2011 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions

More tragic news out of SoCal.

“Race Car Rodney” (King) was arrested AGAIN for DUI. That’s #9 or #10 with only a couple convictions, most dept give Rodney a get out of jail free card. I usually see him being arraigned at the Pomona Court (LA County) where I work sometimes but this time his shadow will be gracing Riverside County courtroom since his arrest was in Moreno Valley CA. He sure loves them 40s.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/07/13/2011-07-13_rodney_king_busted_on_suspicion_of_driving_under_the_influence_in_california.html?r=news

The mug shot

This one takes my breath away. Woman went Lorena Bobbitt on her husband here in Garden Grove and then ran his dingle dangle through the garbage disposal.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/07/court-date-today-for-wife-charged-with-severing-husbands-penis/1?csp=34news

The mugshot, she don’t look crazy to me