SB Nation User Blog: HuntsvilleBlues

Erik Johnson and Dance STL... WTF?

HuntsvilleBlues — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:36:48 -0000

I honestly don't know what to say. However, at least it looks like EJ is staring at her ass in the picture.

"The intensity, the drive, the precision, the drama. It's like a power play on stage."

-Erik Johnson

St. Louis Blues Dancing Defenseman

G o B l u e s G o B l u e s G o B l u e s G o B l u e s G o B l u e s G o B l u e s G o B l u e s G o B l u e s

Perron goes Twitter

HuntsvilleBlues — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:21:29 -0000

Want to ~~stalk~~ follow David Perron's tweets during the season?

Here it is, folks:

http://twitter.com/DP_57

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The greatest things in life are all in this tiny photo.

HuntsvilleBlues — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:10:57 -0000

The greatest things in life are all in this tiny photo.

Here is a glimpse of Chris Chelios during his off-season workout.

HuntsvilleBlues — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:42:30 -0000

Here is a glimpse of Chris Chelios during his off-season workout.

It's Rivermen Time!!!

HuntsvilleBlues — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:09:06 -0000

Time to get behind the Peoria Rivermen, people!!!

http://stats.theahl.com/hm/bracket.php?view=brief&season_id=29

The series with the Houston Aeros is currently split at 2-2.

Check out the player stats:

http://rivermen.net/team/stats/

With Strachan, Bishop & Stastny returning from the Blues, it'll be a nice shot in the arm to push our boys into the second round. Not to mention, Petro & Pulushaj are both on the ice, gaining valuable experience.

GET YOUR GAME FACES ON, IT'S AHL PLAYOFF TIME!!!!!!

Aragorn Speaks!

HuntsvilleBlues — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:10:59 -0000

Caught in the eye of the storm, the city of St. Louis lies in wait of a Vancouver assault by nightfall.

Unbeknownst to our aggressor, up from the depths of the mighty Mississippi river rides King Aragorn of Middle Earth, as he furiously charges towards the home of the once-mighty St. Louis Blues franchise.

He smashes through the locker room door with his towering steed, and with a fluid motion leaps off his horse and brings out the legendary sword of Elendil, hovering it towards the dejected band of bearded warriors.

Oshie, Berglund & Perron look up from their I-phones just in time to see a flash of silver barely graze their necks.

Keep your eyes on the task at hand, young warriors! The rest of you, hear my call!

And with that being said, the radio is silenced, Janssen looks up from his foil taping session, and the rest of the boys hastily take their seats.

Seeing that he finally has everyone's attention, Aragorn kneels to the ground, with his weight resting on the Sword of Elendil. He looks down for a moment, and when his gaze rises back towards his brothers, his expression takes a fierce turn...

Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of St. Louis, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.

Colaiacovo, Woywitka & Weaver look at each other, silently nodding their heads in agreement.

A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day.

An hour of woes and shattered hearts, when the age of the St. Louis Blues comes crashing down!

But it is not this day!

This day we fight!

By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, men of the Midwest!

The room rises in unison, raising their fists into the air.

We will not bow down to the likes of the Sedin Twins!

Aye!

We will take what is rightfully ours, and bring Roberto Luongo to his knees!

Aye!

We will force this arrogant group of Western Canadians to respect the Blue Note, and everything that it stands for! We will not lose this battle!

AYE!

And with that being said, Aragorn pulls out his battle horn and lets out a bellowing cry, as our men rush onto the ice with a new iron clad resolve, one that will not be broken on this day...

We're Not Dead Yet!

HuntsvilleBlues — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:46:42 -0000

Down on the corner of 14th and Clark, an unusual scene unfolds in front of the Scottrade Center...

GRIM REAPER:

Bring out your dead!

[clang]

Bring out your dead!

[clang]

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Here’s one.

GRIM REAPER:

Nine pence.

KEITH TKACHUK:

I’m not dead!

GRIM REAPER:

What?

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Nothing, here’s your nine pence.

KEITH TKACHUK:

I’m not dead!

GRIM REAPER:

‘Ere. He says he’s not dead!

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Yes, he is.

KEITH TKACHUK:

I’m not!

GRIM REAPER:

He isn’t?

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Well, he will be soon. He’s very ill.

KEITH TKACHUK:

I’m getting better!

ROBERTO LUONGO:

No, you’re not. You’ll be stone dead in a moment.

GRIM REAPER:

Oh, I can’t take him like that. It’s against regulations.

KEITH TKACHUK:

I don’t want to go on the cart!

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Oh, don’t be such a baby.

GRIM REAPER:

I can’t take him.

KEITH TKACHUK:

I feel fine!

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Well, do us a favor.

GRIM REAPER:

I can’t.

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won’t be long.

GRIM REAPER:

No, I’ve got to go to San Jose. They’ve lost two already.

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Well, when’s your next round?

GRIM REAPER:

Thursday.

KEITH TKACHUK:

I think I’ll go for a walk.

ROBERTO LUONGO:

You’re not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn’t there something you can do?

KEITH TKACHUK:

[singing]

I feel happy! I feel happy!

[whop]

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Ah, thanks very much.

GRIM REAPER:

No problem. See you on Thursday.

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Right. All right.

[howl]

[clop clop clop]

Who’s that, then?

[points at a San Jose Shark player in the pile]

GRIM REAPER:

I dunno. He can’t be a Detroit Red Wing.

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Why?

GRIM REAPER:

He hasn’t got shit all over him.

ROBERTO LUONGO:

Good point.

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Take heart, Blues fans... We're not dead.....

Uneducated Analysis - Game #1

HuntsvilleBlues — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:54:20 -0000

Well, that sucked.

Any time you have 7 powerplays in a game, including one long two-man advantage, and only come up with 1 goal, you’re going to be in trouble. I can’t fault the guys for effort, because the effort was certainly there; I think Vancouver got the clutch goaltending from Luongo, and played with just a little bit more intensity than our journeymen bearded warriors.

Andy McDonald did his best to get the Italian Meatball netminder off his game with a playful little snow shower in the first period, but I guess it didn’t work. Luongo later robbed Mcdonald on a cross-ice feed during a powerplay, a similar goal scored by little Happy Meal in their last regular season meeting.

*****

Here’s what I feel has to happen for us to be competitive in the next game, and considering that I am not even remotely close to being an expert, take it all with a grain of salt (and some tequilla, of course):

-The Flow must go

Talk about ridiculous. 17 penalties in one game? That is over HALF the hockey game on special teams play. The only benefit of this is that I was able to rack up the posts on the SLGT game thread. Of course, If our powerplay was clicking, I wouldn't be complaining about this right now. But seriously, the boys have to get a rhythm going to be successful. The refs should know by now that you only stop play if someone is literally bleeding to death.

-Hello, powerplay?

Did they forget to shoot the puck last night? I don’t know what else to say about this, other than we’ve got to generate some rebound-inducing shots into the pads of Luongo, and pick up the rebounds. With an elite goaltender, it’s going to be tough to beat him on a clean shot, so you’ve gotta shovel in the garbage. Time to get your hands dirty, fellas.

-Defense must remain strong

We kept most of the Canuckleheads shots in the low percentage areas (except for the Sedin goal), and have to maintain that level of diligence in the next game.

-Offense has to get more shots, hit them on net, and generate some rebounds

Bradley Boyes missed the net on numerous occasions, even though he bagged the only goal of the game for the Blues. We’ve been plagued with this problem all season, so I’m not surprised we’re still seeing it right now. It’s almost like Jamal Mayers & Ryan Johnson put a hex on the current team before they left. If we can put the puck into Luongo’s pads, we might have a shot at some nice rebound goals, like the one we saw last night. Either that, or just dress Janssen and have him “accidentally fall” on his head. Oops!

-Mason must outwork the Italian guy

Yeah, I’m talking about Miss Bobby Lou. Mason has to step up his game, and steal the show away from Mr. Roberto. There were a couple times when I thought the dude was show-boating a little with those glove saves… That was not cool. Well, to be honest, it was pretty damn impressive, considering that it was during a playoff game. The guy can flat out play him some goaltender.

-The kids, the kids, the kids must play their game

Perron was his usual pesky self, but got into penalty trouble a couple times. Oshie & Berglund really didn’t do much, although Bergie had a nice chance early in the game. I give these dudes a free pass, especially since this is the first time they have tasted anything from the playoff bottle.

-Let’s get physical

Hell, even the swedes were getting into it last night, and that just can’t happen. We’re a bigger team, so I expect us to make them suffer a little. Other than David Backes, who else was throwing their weight around? I think the momentum (sorry Andy Murray, I know you hate that word) can be swung in our favor with a debilitating hit from one of our guys. I’m looking at you Hinote, Mckee, Oshie, Crombeen, Winchester, Tkachuk. Get out there and crack some skulls!

-Colaiacovo must stop diving into goal posts

I know he picked up the nickname “Splodeybones” over in Toronto with all his freakish injuries, but we’ve all moved on from that. I’m just hoping he didn’t hurt himself when he layed the face plant on the pipe last night.

*****

The equalizer is tomorrow night at 9pm CST. Blues fans, go get your six pack of Guinness, and Vancouver fans, time to pick up your Zima. As Conan O’Brien once said, “Vroom vroom party startah!!!”

Thoughts from my brain (and other various media outlets)… VAN/STL Playoff Edition

HuntsvilleBlues — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:51:02 -0000

Here are some of the things rolling around in my head as we wait for the puck to drop in Vancouver…

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-Even though people are calling St. Louis the "Cinderella Story" of the NHL, we’d rather be called the "Muts that really don’t belong here, but will probably punch you and the face and take your cake" story of the year. Yeah, we’re gritty like that.

-Roberto Luongo’s cartoonish mug was a practical joke created by God himself.

-The Sedin Twins mother must of had a really tough time during pregnancy, considering the size of their massive domes.

-Mats Sundin rocks the bobblehead melon as well, but has a bobblehead wallet to back it up.

-Chris Mason looks like an awake version of Rip Van Winkle. That is an epic playoff beard.

-David Perron, TJ Oshie & Patrick Berglund have less facial hair than a 12 year old girl, combined. Of course, Mike ‘Wolfman’ Weaver completely offsets that problem.

-TJ Oshie, aka "Furnace Face", is actually on the ballot for Mayor of St. Louis.

-Cam Janssen, believe it or not, is still a St. Louis Blue. Wait, is that name Swedish? Weird…

-Patrick Berglund always brings TJ Oshie with him to interviews as his interpreter, and then takes pleasure out of making fun of Oshie during the interview. Way to dig on your helper, Bergie.

-Pavol Demitra isn’t getting a whole lot of media attention, even though he’s going up against his old team. Yep, I guess that is actually pretty boring news.

-It’s rumored that former blue Lee Stempniak will be in attendance for Game #3 in St. Louis. Hopefully he’ll say hi to Mr. "High and Wide" Jamal Mayers for me when he gets back in Toronto.

-Bobby Lou has to be one of the worst nickname in the history of all nicknames.

-David Perron gets no love from the media, yet has quietly outscored all the youngsters on the Kid Line. By the way, the kid is only 20. Yes, TWENTY years old. Wow.

-Andy Mcdonald scored a hat-trick against Luongo the last time he faced Vancouver in the playoffs, and was the leading scorer for Anaheim on their Stanley Cup run. Watch out, Bobby Lou!

-Paul Kariya is back and running on all cylinders…….in Colorado. We might see him at the end of the week.

-The Canucks are the favorite, and all their fans all believe they’re poised for a serious run at the Stanley Cup. Yadda yadda yadda.

-The Blues are the underdogs, and their fans are still wondering how they’re actually still watching meaningful hockey in April.

-I like beer. I like it a-lot.

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Ok, that’s all I got for now… GO BLUES!!!

So, I didn't always rock the mega-stache. Don't I look debonair?

HuntsvilleBlues — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:39:30 -0000

So, I didn't always rock the mega-stache.

Don't I look debonair?