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BLUES NEWS:
- Say Hi to my wife, BluesMay . . . [SLGT] . . . fellow Stauntonite, Tomorrow's Blues . . . [SLGT] . . . and game recapper, HullandOates85. [SLGT]
- Who are you putting out there for 3-on-3 overtime? [SLGT]
- Tomorrow's Blues has a short video on new goaltending prospect Luke Opilka from Blues Prospect Camp. [SLGT FanShots]
- The NBC/NBCSN broadcast schedule has been released. The Blues are on NBCSN twelve times. They're on NBC zero times. Meh. HullandOates85 has more. [SLGT]
HALLPLANTE'S HOCKEY LINKS:
- Steve Ott is number two on the list of ten most loathsome NHL players, according to this list. Number one on mine. [Puck Daddy]
- Top 25 NHL right wingers. Vladimir Tarasenko is number two. Also on the list, both T.J. Oshie and Troy Brouwer(?). [Y! Sports Canada]
- Somehow, the Blues aren't on top of this list. [SI]
HOCKEY NEWS:
- The best and worst cities for hockey fans in 2015. St. Louis, number three? Okay. (S/T to luvhockey) [Hooked On Hockey Magazine]
- Why are teams waiting on Cody Franson all of a sudden? That and so much more in Ryan Lambert's weekly What We Learned piece. [Puck Daddy]
- It's arbitration season! Many teams want to sign their guys early. Like the Rangers, who signed Derek Stepan to a six-year mega-deal. [Blueshirt Banter]
- And the Predators, who signed Colin Wilson to a four-year deal. [Predators]
- And the Flames, who inked Paul Byron to a one-year deal. [TSN]
- But the Senators? They took Alex Chiasson to court . . . and won. The arbitrator awarded the young forward $1.2MM for next season. [Sportsnet]
- The Sabres told Ted Black to piss off and named Buffalo Bills executive Russ Brandon the new Team President and Alternate Governor. [USA Today]
- Jake Gyllenhaal apparently could've been in the first Mighty Ducks movie, but his parents didn't let him and he went apeshit. [SI]
- You want an expansion team, Quebec City? Well, you'll probably get to go to the Western Conference. Enjoy. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
OTHER SHIT FROM BLUESMAY:
- "Namaste" doesn't mean the same thing in yoga class as it does to someone from India. [NPR / Goats and Soda]
- What is your cat trying to tell you? [Mental Floss]
OTHER OTHER SHIT:
- Colin Cowherd is a racist twat, which makes the fact that ESPN just NOW decided to shit-can him (y'know, because he was already leaving anyway) for racist comments quite . . . ummmm, fascinating. [Deadspin]
- Bugs Bunny turned 75 yesterday. Happy birthday, Bugs! [Nerdist]
- A massive maple syrup spill in New Hampshire proves that Canada apparently didn't truly have enough maple syrup, I guess. [Y! / AP]
- The mayor of the City of Boston basically told the International Olympic Committee and their demands to host a Summer Olympics to go fuck themselves. Good. [Deadspin]
VIDEO:
This woman has an unreal voice, and absolutely fucking kills "Take Me To Church":
Yes.
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No Beyond Checkerdome this week. Episode #95 will be a bit late next week. Someone's moving. That someone is me.