Let's Go Blues

Sweet. Rolling with the Berg-Dawg again!

Can't wait to get down there tonight!

I got mine at Dirt Cheep.

Did I miss the Sponsor thread? I know I haven't been here a lot in the offseason.......but I'm stoked for Thursday (sitting in 324 row R if you want to stop by and say high) and I was hoping to land my boy Bergie yet again.

First, the writing was on the wall and we all knew he was gone. In the end, I actually think we did quite well on the return. I know many wanted an established player, but that wouldn't have offered the cap relief we needed. We got a promising player with size that is still only 22 years old. We got...

If you want to knock St. Louis as a hockey town then you should point to the playoff attendance....or lack there of.....but the local Bar seen and local radio shows have been all over it....I'm not sure that's a 'good' thing since most talking heads in town don't know anything about hockey...but at ...

I will admit, I'm rather nervous about this one. The 'gloom and doom' side of my Blues fandom feels that if the Blues lose tonight, they're not winning the series. Don't fool yourself.....it's do or die tonight. We're talking about the defending Stanley Cup champs...they aren't going to make the sa...

Did anyone else notice late in the third Hitch put Tank put there with Swartz and Boat? Everyone was gassed and that's probably the only reason he got a shift in that situation, but what an interesting line. I said this before last night and it stands true today...if you're going to 91 on the 4th li...

Oshie threw much of the blame on himself, but I was most frustrated with our D and not just on the goals...they played scared. They were getting hit so much they were making 'excuse me' attempts at clearing the puck and that led to extending time in the defensive zone. The top pairing of 19 and 27 h...

We'll see how 'honest' Hitch is with his assessment. There is ZERO doubt who our least effective forward as been ........but will Andy Mac's veteran status get him a reprieve. My guess is they sit 79 and Tank get's 8 minutes of ice time, but I'd really like to see them sit 10 and give 91 a real shot...

Amac looked a little slow but he was still moving and I thought he at least was making an effort with how shitty his linemates were last night. Oh, I'm not knocking his effort.....just his effectiveness. He's really been pretty ineffective (for the most part) all year and with such physical play an...

Got the first line rocking, got the 4th line rocking, the Bergie, DP, Oshie line was arguably our best last night.... Now what the hell about the 10,17,25 line? 10 and 25 were almost invisible last night. If we can get that line playing at the level of the other three, we have a real shot at this th...

Yeah, I completely wan't paying attention and thought you'd make each rounds picks once the match-ups were settled.

My bad.

I hope they've watched a ton of the game tape from game one....it was two different games when they were taking the play to them and when they were playing not to lose. Oshie said they got conservative and were just trying to protect the lead, Hitch says they were tied....WHATEVER. Take the play to ...

Great game.......but......

If you continue to fail to capitalize on the chances we whiffed on last night, it will come back to haunt you.

There were so many swing and misses at free pucks in front of LA's net last night that I thought David Freese was out there.

I don't like seeing Tank sit, but you can't touch that 4th line and I've been screaming all year that putting 57, 21, 74 back together would be the best thing based on the way all three were playing this year....so no complaints. With the physical game and the size LA is bringing.....if 10 has a bad...

dmiles2186 wrote:

STLADOGG wrote:Who leaves? Porter? Cracknell?

My pick would be DP.

But seriously, there's no way that 4th line can be broken up. They're riding some kind of wave right now.

Looks like it's Tank.

I thought Tank really started commanding the puck much more late in the season and thought he was on the verge of breaking out (and I'm usually overly negative about every prospect).......that said, clearly Hitch didn't see the same thing as Tank will be watching the game tonight.

Funny how Hitch's system suddenly works again once you're goaltending remembers how to stop a puck and 5 is on your 3rd paring instead of your first.(not bashing Jacks....he was just miscast as a first paring D-man. I think we have one of the best third parings in the league now) I was never against...

Too much of a good thing, for that matter. Exactly. The very first good thing Bettman had ever done "Winter Classic" and now he's gone and ruined it. What a f*%#ing tool. $$$$$$$$$$$ Couldn't have said it better when the writer asked the rhetorical questions "will the novelty wear off?" Loud and cl...

Lines: 9-42-20 10-17-25 32-21-91 75-57-79 19-27 33-22 5-46 9 deserves it, 10 & 17 work well together, I've really liked 21 & 91 together. This is probably about as good as I think I've felt about the top three lines all year. When Oshie is back either put him in for nine, then nine for 32, and 32 t...