Thursday Links - Anaheim Failing

BLUES NEWS:

• Donut King wonders if it's time to #FreeRattie (that's Ty Rattie) to another NHL team. [SLGT]
• Lil' Louie took a little trip to Vancouver recently. [SLGT]
• The Blues have decided to bring in Martin Havlat and Dainius Zubrus on PTOs to help the injury prone team. [Lou Korac In the Slot]

KNOW YOUR ENEMY -- ANAHEIM DUCKS:

• Two sites to check out for all things Ducks: Anaheim Calling and Battle of California. [Anaheim Calling ; Battle of Cali]

HOCKEY NEWS:

• Three games last night, all with numerical outcomes. [NHL.com 10/28/15]
• Eight games tonight, only one to watch: at 7pm in StL. [NHL.com 10/29/15]
• Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau shows off some sick puck handling skills behind the Ottawa Senators net. [Puck Daddy]
• The Montreal Canadiens are now 9-1-0 on the season. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• The Washington Capitals had some pretty cool Hockey Fights Cancer warmup jerseys. [CBS Eye on Hockey]
• See Zdeno Chara in a Gru mask and Tuukka Rask and other Bruins players dressed as a minions while visiting children in the hospital. [CBS Eye on Hockey]

OTHER STUFF -- KANSAS CITY EDITION:

• Boulevard Brewing's Funky Pumpkin is the best new pumpkin beer (I totally agree with this). [Adequate Man / Deadspin]
• While we're still unsure if Edinson Volquez knew about his fathers death before the game, only one other Royal player--Chris Young--was told before the game in case he was needed to start game 1. [Deadspin]
• In case you didn't know, Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar is pretty awesome. He hit a first-pitch, lead-off inside-the-park home run in Game 1. The last World Series inside-the-park homer was in 1929! [Deadspin]
• Johnny Cueto pitched all 9 inning last night in the Royals 7-1 win over the New York Mets.  [Royals/MLB]

VIDEO:

I give you Salvador Perez!

A video posted by Salvador Perez (@salvadorp13) on Jul 6, 2015 at 3:48pm PDT

And from Old Crow Medicine Show - "Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer".

Hoosier Blue returns with tomorrow's links.