How often do I get to use that headline? I can't pass that up.

Blues News:

• Blues win while giving most of St. Louis a near heart attack with the dramatic style they use.
• Keith Tkachuk might be available in your local pick-up league.(Due credit to CCR)
• Blues are being caurtious with Brewer. Sounds familiar.

NHL News:

• Pierre LeBrun talks about the finger wagging of the NHL toward these lengthy, cap-avoiding deals and Vinny's future in Tampa Bay among other things.
• Puck Daddy picks his top 10 GMs of the last decade. Two guys we love fucking hate take the top two spots.
• Bruins absolutely piss all over Phil Kessel and the Leafs in #81s return to Baaaaahhhston. Chowder recaps.
• Scores from Saturday. St. Louis, Chicago, and Detroit pick up points. Blues and Hawks are the only two to pick up two, though.
• Sunday's schedule. Go Rangers!
• A couple more from Puck Father: 1) Check out Kiprusoff's skate save in the Three Stars post. 2) Kudos to NHL Marketing on the Winter Classic

Other Stuff:

• The WTF TV Hat. Get yours today.
• "Hang on, preacher, I gotta switch my relationship status before I can kiss her."
• Britain no longer fears UFOs. Dr. Frankentweed, your thoughts?

Video:

I got drunk in an Irish bar last night. That's enough to post an old video about a leprechaun sighting.

And to close out my shift, here's a classic: Richard Pryor.

AverageJoe is back tomorrow. Come on back, will ya?

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Normally, Saturday nights are reserved for drinking and Blues hockey. I'll have to adjust the clocks to get in the right frame of mind.

Blues News:

• The comparisons to the MLK miracle have begun. I'll give you 3 guesses as to the content of the first comment.
• Nothing like hockey at 3PM on a Saturday. Blues vs. Kings tonight today.
• Here's an AP preview. The spacing is craptacular.

NHL News:

• Big news from Friday: John Stevens gets the honor of being the first coach to get the axe. Peter Laviolette, Canes' Stanley Cup bench boss in '06 gets the job of coaching Richards, Pronger, and co.
• Puck Daddy has his take on the firing. There are a couple of stories up on Broad Street Hockey, too.
• If you've got an iPhone, you can try out this NHLive app, according to some guy named George Uno. Let us know if it's any good if you decide to make the purchase.
• Canadiens celebrate their 100th birthday with a whooping of the Bruins. Habs Eyes on the Prize remembers the honorees in the pre-game ceremony.
• Puck Daddy's Russian liasion interviews Nikita Filatov. Dear God, don't let this ever be Berglund.
• Boston hosts the Toronto Kessels Maple Leafs tonight. I imagine the Bruins will have a gift basket waiting for their former forward.
• You might have seen TSN's 100 reasons to love the Canadiens. And in case you missed it, here's Stanley Cup of Chowder's 85-point rebuttal.
  
• Scores from Friday.
• Saturday's Schedule.

Other Stuff:

• Christmas Gift Ideas: This one's perfect for the geographically-challenged "drunk on the go"
• Ever wonder how I see things?
• Here's the perfect frame for that picture of Kane/Franzen/that bitchy roommate you have.
• Twilight saga satire and LOLcats.

Video:

Brad (not Brad Lee), one of our fans from the southern part of the country, passes along a video appropriate enough after Houston receives a record-setting early snowfall. The $64,000 question here is: Did he hang on to his crappy Dobbs Ice Scraper Giveaway from the 90s?

Now You're A Man

If running up a hill with a beer in hand isn't manly, I don't know what is.

Come on back for the Game Day Thread. And let's build on some momentum, eh?

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Some losses piss me off more than others, especially when the Blues play the type of game that deserves a "W." Did they cough up a lead? Sure, but tell me that "shot" that Zetteberg tied it up on goes in more than 2% of the time and I'll sell you some quality real estate in the middle of the Sahara. Fuck!

Blues News:

• Blues get a point. *Cue the "much rejoicing" Holy Grail noise.*
• Backes goes from "Get out of a rut" to "Keep going"
• JR recaps last night. Seriously, Fuck Detroit.
• Bernie Miklasz asks for an encore of the fun bunch from last season.
• Mason, Perron, Oshie, and Tkachuk make this edition of NHL Weekly Highlights.

NHL News:

• Puck Daddy's Top 10 stories of the last decade. Number 1 should not be a surprise.
• Isles GM Garth Snow doesn't like the term "rebuilding." Been there, done that.
• Caps blow a 2 goal lead but come back to win. If only that coulda been us.
• Saturday's scores.
• Sunday's slate. Only 2 games.
• Fight fight fight! The second video is better, FYI.

Other Stuff:

• CCR has the cure for Detroit stealing an overtime win.
• Once again, feel better that St. Louis is not Detroit (Good job, Hildymac)
• Continuing the Tiger Woods Car Crash Story: Proof that not even the #1 golfer can get away with letting his eyes wander

Video:

As for Slumpbusting, maybe Berglund could use a look at this video that's made its way around the internets. Also, I could use a pick-me-up after losing to the Swedes Wings (Fun Fact of the Day: This video was my first Fanshot after the switch to SBNation. Back then, we didn't have daily links.)"

Blue Jackets best be beat to shit on Monday. Averagejoe is back to get you through the Monday to Friday grind. Send him your best internet finds at gametimelinks (at) gmail.com

Let's show the jackals from Detroit that Sweden was no fluke.

Blues News:

• Post Dispatch summarizes last night's game agaisnt Nashville. Blues Win!
• Sydor embraces the mentoring role. Also, the Brewer back injury is not related to his prior ailments, allegedly.
• Blues come back home tonight looking for their third victory against the Flying Tires. 7PM on FSN.

NHL News:

• Attendance only down 2 percent this year? Bullshit. If that ain't adjusting the numbers, I don't know what is.
• Soon, we'll see our Rinawear gear up there, right?
• The cursed history of Hossa.
• Pierre LeBrun talks about the Heatley saga. San Jose beat Edmonton in a shootout last night.
• Kiprusoff's 40 save effort says one thing: Fuck Detroit
• Last night's scores prove to be beneficial for the Blues against the Central division
• Tonight's schedule.

Other Stuff:

• The customer is not always right.
• White Castle will always have a place at my holiday table. Christmas, Thanksgiving, St. Patty's...whatever.
• Holy shit! That looks cool.
• Well, what the fuck did you think Mrs. Tiger Woods would use to get her husband out of the car?

Video Four-Pack:

Sometimes in the middle of eating turkey and catching up with family members that you don't give a rat's ass about, you lose track of the important traditions on Thanksgiving. Specifically, Alice's Restaurant.

Hey, Detroit. You guys remember when David Backes came to town last time?

Or when the Blues took 2 in Sweden? Remember that?

And Mizzourah has a video appropriate for the Hawks and their players: Which Circus Act would you be?

Come back for the GDT. All the cool commenters are doing it.

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Bonus: Mizzourah passes along a screen capture from the game after the jump

Back to back wins, Perron with a move to remember, and Berglund gets one in the net. It's a great day in St. Louis.

And as for how I did at the St. John's Hospital Trivia Night last night, guess who went in on the raffle prize for 4 tickets to Brett Hull night? Hope to see you December 15th.

Blues News:

• Blues win! Perron had practiced that move before and Berglund got one in front of the Swedish Olympic Team coach, who was attending.
• Jeremy Rutherford explains that Petro is here to stay, but it's not guaranteed he'll stay. Read on to find out what the hell he meant.
• More on Pietrangelo along with Steen's return.
• Federko and Berenson honored as part of the St. Louis Sports HOF. Did this get mentioned yet?

NHL News:

• A list we'd rather not make: Top 10 franchises not to win a cup this decade.
• More NHL games in Europe and talks between the Leafs and Hawks in Pierre LeBrun's latest entry.
• Things I didn't expect to link to: Leafs beat the Caps. Speaking of the Leafs (pre-Caps victory), here's an epic rant.
  
• The latest log to be thrown on the "Dirty Hit Fire." Kronwall will be out for at least a fortnight.
• Paul Kelly wasn't out of work for very long.
• All the scores from Saturday.
• Sunday's scheduled action.
  

Other Stuff:

• Dr. Frankentweed passes along a bit of Fuck Detroit.
• I damn near busted my side laughing at this one.
• Super Chuck Norris Bros.

Video:

Now if Swedish Chef motivated TECHNOVIKING, how can we motivate Paul Kariya? MAybe feature him alongside former Blue Adam Oates when they were teammates in Anaheim. Eh, it's worth a shot.

All we need is a winter of steady "below 32" weather. And someone to actually build the damn thing. Can you say "GT Get-Together"?

It sure looks like we're going in the right direction. If we can win against the Bruins on Monday, who will surely pose a bigger threat than the Islanders and the Coyotes, we could be on the cusp of a winning streak *knock on wood*.

Averagejoe carries the links until next weekend, send him your best stuff at gametimelinks (at) gmail.com

What the hell is "back to back wins"? Is that some weird ass Euro shit they do out in Sweden?

Blues News:

• Your 2009-10 St. Louis Blues: We got goaltending and shit.
• Alex Steen is cleared by doctors to return to action.
• Blues vs. Islanders tonight. Doug Weight won't be in the lineup.
• Vote early, vote often. Fuck Detroit.

NHL News:

• Former Hawk Jeremy Roenick pulls no punches in his latest column. I've never heard of such a thing.
• Do you believe in unlikelihoods?!?!? Leafs didn't lose last night! Then again...they didn't play. Scores from Friday.
• Looks like the Hawks have Keith, Kane, AND Toews all inked for the long haul. All that's left is to dump some salary, most likely in the form of World's Ugliest Defenseman candidate Brent Sopel.
• Just in case you didn't know, Harry Truman is the only President from Missouri to be featured on the front of a hockey jersey as far as I know.
• As for the "Niedermayer Stick Incident," it looks like it was supposed to go to the daughter of "Mike V" (Pro Skateboarder, apparently)
• Saturday's slate of games. Even if they wear the candy cane jerseys, it's hard to root against Montreal tonight.
• Recently promoted Brandon Worley of Defending Big D has his say on the latest suspension-worthy hit in the NHL.

Other Stuff:

• Food and why it's named that way.
• There's contrast between your Game Time Link Rats, folks. Joe hates cats while I happen to like them. Read on if you want to know a few feline facts.
• Lookalikes.
• "South American Blubber Cartel" doesn't have near the same ring as "South American Drug Cartel"

Video:

"Om nom nom" and how it came to be.

And in the hopes of getting Berglund going, here's some Swedish Chef

If you find some news, some hilarity or some combination of the two, send it to gametimelinks (at) gmail.com

And come on back for the game thread, too.

See you tomorrow.

What's the formula? Sacrifice a live chicken? More Brad Winchester lap dances? Shave a rookie or a sophomore? Let us know what you'd do in the comments.

Blues News:

• Blues lose. Fuckin...fuck!
• Splodeybones gets the Steve Ott flu out of his system, TECHNOVIKING is admitted to being in a funk, and Eller needs minutes in Peoria. Read all about it.
• There's an opportunity to meet former Blues D-man Jeff Brown on Thursday, the 19th.
• Hildymac knows "Whose Responsible This" cold streak: Top 6 forwards.
• You might have heard John Davidson is in the Hall of Fame now. The Blues honored him before Saturday's game.

NHL News:

• Spectr17 has the video down in the FanShots. Here's Puck Daddy's take on the goal review in the Hawks/Leafs game on Friday.
• 10 year old gets to play with the Great One and Hayley Wickenheiser (Doug's cousin) of Canada's Women's Hockey Team. I played with Gretzky once. It was on the SNES, but...
• Scores.
• Only 3 games scheduled for Sunday
• An article about Jacques Lemaire that makes no specific mention of the trap? I don't believe you.

Other Stuff:

• Be sure to mouse over the photo. I had a flashback to the times when I was Poor Elementary School Student.
• Wanted: Fried chicken and menstruation.
• This is my kind of Thanksgiving turkey.

Video:

Holy jumpin' schnike!

And that's all I've got. Maybe AverageJoe has some wins in him. We can only hope so.

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Blues News:

• Too lazy to scroll down to read about tonight's Game Time Get Together? I know I am.
• Bernie Miklasz agrees with the Checketts remarks.
• Dany Fuckin' Heatley and the Sharks come to town tonight. Here's a preview.

NHL News:

• Scores from Friday
• Tonight's action
• College Hockey Traditions over at Puck Daddy: They don't know shit about the Bermuda Cup, either.
• Keep an eye on Niedermayer (the good one) and Brunnstrom for potential trades this year.
• Guess who sneaks in at #11 for save percentage since the lockout. HINT: Not Manny (sorry, Carnie)
• Take solace, Blues fans, in the fact that we have not lost 14 in a row.

Other Stuff:

• Collegehumor's Drunk-O-Vision: A personal favorite.
• The ghosts of Muppets past.
• Star Wars love letter. It's a massive failure, as you might expect. If only he'd have had the smooth charm of Lando Calrissian.
• When Kramer hears about this, the shit's really gonna hit the fan generator

Video:

Does this video have anything to do with hockey? Nope. But it does have Christopher Walken. And Christopher Walken impressions. That's more than enough for me.

Come back for the Game Thread. Or go to Tin Can. Or both.

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Blues News:

• Blues fall in the shootout to Philadelphia. I find that my opinion of the shootout varies with the Blues record in shootouts.
• Did you see Paul Kariya out there on the Power Play? No, you did not.
• Brett Hull: There won't ever be another one like him.
• I know JD has more than earned his recognition from the Hockey Hall of Fame, but I'll still always associate "Oh, baby!" with Ken Wilson.
• And the Blues face off against the Thrashers without Kovalchuk (broken foot) at 4PM.

NHL News:

• Puck Daddy ranks the 10 most brutal NHL injuries of the last decade.
• Go thank a Leafs fan. Toronto 5 Detroit 1.
• The rest of the scores from Saturday.
• The other game today is Edmonton vs. Colorado.
• Somebody actually bothered to defend the Montreal barber pole uniforms.
• Puck Daddy talks about Stamkos starting to show signs of why he was #1 overall 2 years ago.

Other Stuff:

• Alright, Whiskers, time to go out and get a job now that you've got your degree.
• FailBlog for people who succeed.
• CraigsList never disappoints.

Video:

That RFJCC is crafty. He Rick Roll'd me and I actually ended up using it as the video.

Also, OWWWWW

Guess who's back tomorrow? His name rhymes with "AverageMoe."

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Live from Lexington, KY! And as luck would have it, my arch-nemesis, "Dr. Crappy Hotel Wireless," found me all the way out here.

Fuck it, let's do this.

Blues News:

• Brewer is playing better than JD expected.
• Brett Hull: Face of the franchise? I humbly nominate Bob Plager.
• Matchup tonight against Pronger and the Flyers. 6:05 puck drop.
• Who'd have thought Backes would want to represent his country? Total shocker.