Let's Go Blues

The Blues game plan, if they were following one, is just not working against the Jets. The whole "shoot the puck out along the boards, redirect and rush" thing results in too many interceptions in the neutral zone with no one covering the middle, giving the Jets an easy entry into the zone. I am say...

A few thoughts from the game. 1. The fishing for the puck by the Blues D needs to stop. Take the body. Every damn time. The sticks in legs only led to tripping calls (3 I think, is that some sort of a record?) and the they commit on the reach so hard that when the Jet blows by them, they have no tim...

I didn't watch San Antonio as closely as I'd planned to earlier in the season, but either way my point remains that signing Sundqvist would be a mistake. He's a classic example of paying a guy for what they did instead of what they project to do. Who expects this kind of season from him again? They...

I feel like Avs got away with a lot last night. Not so subtle hooks on the hands of Steen and a couple of others, borderline interference checks by Zadorov. They tried to play physically but they were walking on the other side of the line quite a few times there. Not sure if refs are getting into th...

It was good to see the win but Pietrangelo had another bad game. The sequence of the events that led to the shorty was entirely on him. To be completely honest, the Bolts had the Blues completely confused so many times on the cycle that the win is truly a surprise despite the 3 goals. Binnington had...

Perron's vision test.

Dallas and Nashville both lost tonight.

Allen in net. Tarasenko out with UBI (but likely not concussion). For sharks, Carlsson and Kane are out. Blues projected lineup: Forwards Schenn-O'Reilly-Schwartz Maroon-Bozak-Thomas Sanford-Sundqvist-Steen MacEachern-Barbashev-Blais Defensemen Edmundson-Pietrangelo Bouwnneester-Parayko Dunn-Bortuzzo

I was crashing hard but managed to stay awake through the first two and holy shit what a third! Great game. Thomas with two crucial goals. O'Reilly showing Vladi how it's done. Also, way to get him literally in his prime. What a year the dude has had!

So we could have blamed the Blues' flu bug. Or the tired legs from playing too many games over the span of the past two weeks, including back to backs. Or Allen for allowing the soft goals vs. the Canes. Or Pietrangelo for really not playing a good D despite contributing offensively. Or Berube for ...

Isn't it crazy that we are now talking about a 2-game slump and two month ago were were excited about a two-game winning streak?

So we could have blamed the Blues' flu bug. Or the tired legs from playing too many games over the span of the past two weeks, including back to backs. Or Allen for allowing the soft goals vs. the Canes. Or Pietrangelo for really not playing a good D despite contributing offensively. Or Berube for p...

The next question is, since Edmundson is up for a contract again and we'd have to assume he's going to get a raise, do you keep Del Zotto as a cheaper and 7 year younger replacement for Bouwmeester and use the money saved to lock up Edmundson? I was expecting a trade for a RD, not a LD, but it seem...

The next question is, since Edmundson is up for a contract again and we'd have to assume he's going to get a raise, do you keep Del Zotto as a cheaper and 7 year younger replacement for Bouwmeester and use the money saved to lock up Edmundson? I was expecting a trade for a RD, not a LD, but it seem...

Eh, it's at least 50/50. Let's go Blues!

Blues 4
Leafs 3

Nine in a row. Who would have thought.

Schwarz finally scores on an empty goal.

ComradeT wrote:

Robb_K wrote:The refs were letting The Avs hold like crazy on that Blues' power play.

With what the Avs got away with the game tied, not surprising they are getting all the help they need down two.

Including the third interference penalty.

Robb_K wrote:The refs were letting The Avs hold like crazy on that Blues' power play.

With what the Avs got away with the game tied, not surprising they are getting all the help they need down two.

Sorry I was too busy hyperventilating. What a quick 1-2 by the Blues. Avs are still buzzing and Edmundson keeps making mistakes on zone exits. Fortunately, that one didn't end up costing them.