I'm going to try to remain positive despite agreeing with Gallagher's post-game wrap-up (and not just because he'll dock my pay if I disagree with him)
Now how about 4 out of 5, Blues?
Blues News:
- Blues lose. Dammit all!
- Keep track of the stats of the Blues prospects at the World Juniors here. 1 shutout in 1 game for Jake Allen of Team Canada. And Petro and Runblad are a combined +6
- Blues and Sabres tonight. Ryan Miller's scary good. 5 PM start time on Fox Sports Midwest. See how the other half lives over at Die By The Blade
NHL News:
- ESPN's "10 On Ice" lists now came out with jerseys, controversies, and moments.
- We moved Keith Tkachuk to center to rejuvenate a grizzled vets career. The Stars are doing the opposite with Modano and putting him on the wing.
- Puck Father tackles the Top 10 of Hockey and Pop Culture.
- John Buccigross brings you: Terrible Christmas Puns! But he mentions Picard and Snepsts, so there's that.
- All the scores from Saturday
- The Blues have some company in the "Blowing a three-goal lead Dept." Welcome, Philadelphia Flyers, who still managed to beat Carolina in the OT Skills Competition.
- And Jaroslav Halak stopped a shit-ton of pucks. Actually, it was 47 shots worth. Habs beat the Leafs in OT.
- Sunday's schedule.
Other Stuff:
- I don't do legitimate serious news on here that often, but kudos to the passengers and crew that helped thwart a potential airline attack.
- This is how we you'll end up feeling about Christmas throughout your life span, in general.
- An attempt at explaining 2009 to the future.
Video:
Seriously, I want 4 out of 5, dammit!
This fine product should help. An oldie but a goodie.
And CollegeHumor took away the embedding on the sequel so go here if you want the Rocket Edition.
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(Off-Topic Question of the Day: Did anybody see the new Sherlock Holmes movie? If so, any good?)