Friday Links: "C" What I Did There Edition

by bradflick55 on Sep 9, 2011 12:49 PM CDT

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Fans can no longer go on and on about Backes not being captain, because now... he is. Another, infinitely less-important Blues vacancy will be filled tonight as the Ice Crew looks to replace me. I hope it's someone I know so I can heckle the shit out of them when I return for the holidays.

Blues News

Inglorious Backes is your 20th Blues captain. Langenbrunner, Steen, Jackman and Andy Mac will be the alternates. [Blues]
SBN St. Louis remembers Pavol Demitra. [SBN STL]

NHL/Hockey News

The Blues prospects will be facing the Rangers prospects in the Traverse City tournament this Saturday at 7 PM EST and you can watch the action on NHL Network! [NHL]
A brief history of hockey and its evolution since the lockout. Will all the tragedy this summer set it back? [Cornell Daily Sun]
You know that Backes is captain, but did you know that Kyle Wellwood is going to Winnipeg or that Chicago acquired the rights to the younger Toews? Well, now you do. [USA Today]
The Florida Panthers and their revamped roster are looking to charge up the standings this season. [The Rat Trick]
If it wasn't apparent enough, it's going to be tough moving on from this off-season for the NHL. [North Jersey]
From hildy, ESPN doesn't care about people dying. [Thrashing the Blues]
The Dynamo Minsk, the opponents of the Lokomotiv Thursday night, hit the ice. Not for a game, but for a funeral. Absolutely chilling and heartbreaking. [Puck Daddy]
Another NHL enforcer, Todd Fedoruk, is dealing with drug abuse. [AP]

Other Stuff

"Brilliantly smart-ass responses to completely well-meaning signs." [Happy Place]
Michael J. Fox showed up on Letterman last night to promote the BttF shoes I linked yesterday. Proceeds will go to his Parkinson's foundation. [CBS]
Wanna get doooooown? [Craigslist Kansas City] <-please click this link; it is so funny.

Friday Video

Who doesn't like a good mash-up? Pink Floyd vs. the Bee Gees brings you "Stayin' Alive In the Wall."

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THRILLED about baCkes, clearly...

…but I just feel like Brad Winchester may have been overlooked for one of the A’s. Does that guy still play for us?

Does Brad Winchester even still play for this team anymore? I haven't heard his name since the trade deadline.

by heycarrieann8 on Sep 9, 2011 1:37 PM CDT reply actions

Oh Good.

I heard some guy wearing 15 got an A. That’s probably him, right? He’s so good, I just don’t know how he wouldn’t get one.

Does Brad Winchester even still play for this team anymore? I haven't heard his name since the trade deadline.

by heycarrieann8 on Sep 9, 2011 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Unfortunately for B-Dub...

… the letter was addressed to “#15 or Current Occupant”.

by BleedBlue42 on Sep 9, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Rec'd like the Hindenburg

"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 Sep 9, 2011 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Finally, Backes is officially ‘The Man’.

As usual the front office does the right thing

by Outrfaz on Sep 9, 2011 1:46 PM CDT reply actions

''Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb...''

That mash-up was actually not bad. The imagery of the goose-stepping hammers has always been kind of meaningful to me, and the video combined probably the two biggest radio hits of my senior year of high school.

"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 Sep 9, 2011 3:17 PM CDT reply actions

Anyone else notice...

on the USA Today Article RE our Captains….they said:

Backes and Backman were alternate captains last season.

Ummm…excuse me? Last I checked, there was no Backman on the team last year…WTF Yo?

Put your big girl panties on and deal with it!

by BluesFanFromNE on Sep 9, 2011 4:57 PM CDT reply actions

It's USA Today...

Be thankful that they even know that there’s an NHL, or that St. Louis has a team in the league. If it ain’t on the East Coast, or in LA, it doesn’t mean shit to the “mainstream” media.

"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 Sep 9, 2011 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions

there is still a usa today?

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

by Childhood Trauma on Sep 9, 2011 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah Dawg.

Jarrett Backman. Don’t you know anything?

F#&KING BLEACHER REPORT

by FlickAuVin on Sep 9, 2011 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

That's actually an assumed name.

But who could this “Jarrett Backman” be?

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

by Paperwork Ninja on Sep 10, 2011 1:13 AM CDT up reply actions

Speaking of the ice crew tryouts...

I find it hilarious that they are letting Max and Dave run the tryout as they are apparently “captains” now… a Hawks fan is the Blues Ice Crew Captain… that’s fucked up brad… just fucked up… Brad Lee did you have something to do with this?

WWTJD?

by RealBadRobot on Sep 9, 2011 8:23 PM CDT reply actions

Brad Lee

Hates the Blues Ice Crew?

Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. - Thomas Jefferson

by Dan. on Sep 9, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

well they are part of the St. Louis Blues... in a way... so he MUST hate them...

Fuck that reminds me I forgot to take my “new” St. Louis Blues Jacket when I was last home…

WWTJD?

by RealBadRobot on Sep 9, 2011 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions

I always gave Max so much shit for being a Blackhawks fan.

But he was always bustin’ ass to the other end of the rink with me. Gotta give him props there. Had I not moved to, like, start my career in Burbank, maybe I would’ve been captain. I was the fastest dude out there far and away. I was showin’ off so much that Gallagher texted me, “Don’t fall!” many times.

Is Max the same Max you were frequently mentioning in your tweets?

Kent Huskins cares. Do you?

by bradflick55 on Sep 9, 2011 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions