Or maybe he steps up and takes #7 like he wore at NoDak.
Links are going in the can a little earlier than usual. If something happens around the 10PM hour on Friday, post it in the comments.
Blues News:
- NHL.com has the Fight of the Year: Janssen vs. Lablond.
- You heard it here first: Jeremy Rutherford says he "doesn't think" Silent Jay will go back to #9
ifwhen Paul Kariya doesn't come back, via Twitter.
NHL News:
- The CHL's new regular season and playoff format has 18 teams playing 66 regular season games to determine playoff positions for the top 16. That's right, only 2 teams don't make it in.
- The hockey overlord for SBNation passes along this beauty concerning the potential arbitration case for Antti Niemi. There's a joke about his glove not fitting in there somewhere.
- For sale: One Kevin Bieksa. Someone tweeted that a radio station somewhere said he was headed to Columbus for a 2nd rounder and a prospect. Y'see people...this is how rumors get started.
- The Canadiens' website talked to Lars, who likes his Armageddon. On a side note, how dare anyone think about killing Bruce Willis, in a movie or otherwise?
- Lee Stempniak, who's still a free agent, talked with Pierre LeBrun.
- Dmitri Chesnokov, Puck Daddy's Russian guy, talked with former Islander Alexei Yashin. He might return to being an overpaid Islander for the next season. Also, Puck Comrade
Other Stuff:
- The voicemail greeting is now diamonds!
- Jack Osbourne: Your #1 source for Mel Gibson tribute tees.
- Pennies: Good for flattening on train tracks and pissing off your government
Video:
Spectr17 has the video for today, explaining the origins of the vuvuzela. Oddly enough, this guy sounds like Jacob Silj, noted sufferer of Voice Immodulation
And boom goes the dynamite.
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