Za hockeez.
BLUES NEWS:
- CanesAndBluesFan presents Part 2 of Corsi estimation error analysis. [SLGT]
KNOW YOUR ENEMIES--THE WINNIPEG JETS:
- For everything you'd ever like to know about the Winnipeg Jets, aside from the fact that IT IS FUCKING COLD UP THERE, check out Arctic Ice Hockey, the SB Nation blog of the AtlantaPeg ThrasherJets. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
HOCKEY NEWS:
- Four scores, none of which were seven years ago. [NHL.com 12/09/13]
- Twelve games tonight. I hear one of them is in Winnipeg and shit. [NHL.com 12/10/13]
- James Neal rammed his knee into the head of a guy who was laying face-first on the ice. He got . . . FIVE GAMES for that. That's it. The Department of Player Safety, ladies and gentlemen! [NHL.com]
- There are a lot of things I agree with Ryan Lambert on, but crucifying Shawn Thornton is not one of them. He does so in this week's "What We Learned" piece. [Puck Daddy]
- Pierre-Marc Bouchard was waived by the Islanders. THAT'LL FIX EVERYTHING! [Islanders]
- Remember Adam Erne, the guy who injured Vladimir Sobotka in the preseason? Well, now he's concussed Jonathan Drouin, who is a PROSPECT IN THE SAME ORGANIZATION HE IS IN. This young guy has a bit to learn, it seems. [Y! / Buzzing The Net]
- I read this headline as "Steve Mason's agent is higher than a fucking kite". [Puck Daddy]
- Penalty Plus-Minus. As pertains to the Blues, Patrik Berglund is not good at it to this point, while Alexander Steen leads the league in said category and Vladimir Tarasenko is 10th. [Puck Daddy]
OTHER SHIT:
- If you're in-tune with pop music, you've probably heard the song "Royals" by young New Zealand sensation Lorde. The song was inspired by a photo she saw in an old edition of National Geographic featuring none other than Kansas City Royals legend George Brett surrounded by baseballs to autograph. That's pretty awesome. [Deadspin]
- A 152-year-old shipwreck was found on Lake Huron recently. [Y! / Reuters]
VIDEO:
Some surprising facts about Amazon.com. (s/t to bluesgirl22):
Jeff Bezos has more money than God.
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