Thursday Links - My Kind of Business Meeting

Fuck Chicago.

BLUES NEWS:

• Episode #81 of Beyond Checkerdome rolled out last night. We talk about three Blues wins out of four games, information overloads, goaltending controversies and much more. And we drink beer. Because . . . beer. [SLGT]
• Everything you need to know about tonight's game seems to be right here, from Lou. Jake Allen will start again. [In the Slot / Lou Korac]
• Josh Cooper spills words about the goaltending controversy in St. Louis. [Puck Daddy]
• Kevin Shattenkirk goes over the defensemen he thinks are elite in a two-part article. Yes, Alex Pietrangelo is on the list. (S/T to CrossCheckRaise) [The Players' Tribune]

KNOW YOUR ENEMY--THOSE FUCKERS UP NORTH (AKA THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS):

• If you MUST get news on the Blackhawks, may we suggest our kindred spirits, The Committed Indian . . . [The Committed Indian]
• . . . or our SBN sister site, Second City Hockey? [Second City Hockey]

HOCKEY NEWS:

• Three games last night. Nice job peaking at the wrong time, Stars! Whoops. [NHL.com 04/08/15]
• Eleven games tonight. Including that one. At that place. [NHL.com 04/09/15]
• ESPN's hockey braintrusts give their proposed names and logos for a possible Las Vegas team, which led to Pierre LeBrun being a smartass. (S/T to doubleduck) [ESPN]
• Ryan Lambert has a lot of things to talk about in his Power Rankings, which--as always--are neither particularly powerful . . . nor are they actual rankings. [Puck Daddy]
• One of the Red Wings' key deadline acquisitions was Erik Cole. He will miss the playoffs with a spinal cord contusion. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• The final NHL Central Scouting rankings ahead of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft are out. Not shockingly, Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel are at the top of the list. [USA Today]
• The Canucks signed Derek Dorsett and Luca Sbisa to long-term extensions, for some reason. [Puck Daddy]

OTHER SHIT:

• The Boston Marathon Bomber was found guilty of all counts. [NPR / The Two-Way]
• Morgantown, WV is trying to ban couch-burning. The home of West Virginia University has a bit of a problem with that, if you don't know. [Deadspin]
• Godzilla apparently is now welcome in Tokyo. Fascinating. [Y! / AP]
• Giancarlo Stanton can do more than bash baseballs into oblivion. He can catch and throw baseballs pretty well too. [SB Nation / Lookit]

VIDEO:

One of us might've posted this one before, but if not . . . That Mitchell and Webb Look can see the business meeting going on in my brain:

Merger. DRINK!

My wife takes the helm tomorrow. Send her your links, your videos and your miscellaneous stuff:

• ncismay87 AT gmail DOT com
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