kodos wrote:It's also stupid because anyone who is paying attention knows that Halak is the teams starter.
He is now. But I was one of those earlier in the year that said I really like Elliott. I really think if it wasn't for Elliott pushing Halak they way he has Halak would not have played to this kind of potential. IMO.
True, but from the start it was Elliott's job to push Halak, IMO it was never Elliot's job to take it. Halak was going to be the #1 come hell or high water in April.
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(Long ass article about how the blues can't score and therefore can't win the cup)
I have no idea what the bleacher report is, but I know they are morons.
After writing a poorly written, poorly researched, and ignorant article about why the blues "can't" win the cup, they pick the Rangers as the favorites.
Um, well, the blues and rangers have nearly identical numbers of goals for/goals against and nearly identical differentials. Doesn't that mean they can't win the cup either or is the difference simply that if you score about 6 more goals over 66 games it makes all the difference in the post-season tourney?
I will grant them that there is reason to be concerned about the lack of consistent scoring, but that article was a poorly reasoned hack job.
(Long ass article about how the blues can't score and therefore can't win the cup)
I have no idea what the bleacher report is, but I know they are morons.
After writing a poorly written, poorly researched, and ignorant article about why the blues "can't" win the cup, they pick the Rangers as the favorites.
Um, well, the blues and rangers have nearly identical numbers of goals for/goals against and nearly identical differentials. Doesn't that mean they can't win the cup either or is the difference simply that if you score about 6 more goals over 66 games it makes all the difference in the post-season tourney?
I will grant them that there is reason to be concerned about the lack of consistent scoring, but that article was a poorly reasoned hack job.
Other than that Vancouver game, we have been scoring a lot it seems.
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(Long ass article about how the blues can't score and therefore can't win the cup)
I have no idea what the bleacher report is, but I know they are morons.
After writing a poorly written, poorly researched, and ignorant article about why the blues "can't" win the cup, they pick the Rangers as the favorites.
Um, well, the blues and rangers have nearly identical numbers of goals for/goals against and nearly identical differentials. Doesn't that mean they can't win the cup either or is the difference simply that if you score about 6 more goals over 66 games it makes all the difference in the post-season tourney?
I will grant them that there is reason to be concerned about the lack of consistent scoring, but that article was a poorly reasoned hack job.
Other than that Vancouver game, we have been scoring a lot it seems.
By objective standards, no, we haven't been scoring alot.
Big difference is A-Mac is on a 46 goal season pace over the last 14 games since he returned - which would further skewer their points in the article.
The key is overall team defense and goal tending. Halak has given up 3 goals only twice since the first of the year - 20 games - and the blues are 17-3 when he starts over that span. Three regulation losses since the new year with Halak in net. For the record, that's significantly better than Lundqvist and the rangers - and everyone else in the league - over that span.
(Long ass article about how the blues can't score and therefore can't win the cup)
I have no idea what the bleacher report is, but I know they are morons.
After writing a poorly written, poorly researched, and ignorant article about why the blues "can't" win the cup, they pick the Rangers as the favorites.
Um, well, the blues and rangers have nearly identical numbers of goals for/goals against and nearly identical differentials. Doesn't that mean they can't win the cup either or is the difference simply that if you score about 6 more goals over 66 games it makes all the difference in the post-season tourney?
I will grant them that there is reason to be concerned about the lack of consistent scoring, but that article was a poorly reasoned hack job.
Other than that Vancouver game, we have been scoring a lot it seems.
yep. If my math is right, Blues have 48 goals in the 14 games since McDonald has returned. That has a few 5 goal games which skew things a little bit. But, by the numbers, not only has our scoring not been a weakness, it has been a strength since he came back.
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extended periods of absence from AMac, Perron, and Steen, and to a lesser extent ', will skew your offensive stats quite a bit. someone who doesn't know any better and is only looking at an aggregate stat sheet won't pick up on that. Getting AMac and Perron back has transformed the offense on this team, not just in goals scored but the offensive approach. Get the others back and that's a bonus. We'll be just fine with our offense. we're used to low scoring games. the negative shock comes to teams that are used to scoring at will that suddenly play a team that plays defense.
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fargoblues wrote:extended periods of absence from AMac, Perron, and Steen, and to a lesser extent ', will skew your offensive stats quite a bit. someone who doesn't know any better and is only looking at an aggregate stat sheet won't pick up on that. Getting AMac and Perron back has transformed the offense on this team, not just in goals scored but the offensive approach. Get the others back and that's a bonus. We'll be just fine with our offense. we're used to low scoring games. the negative shock comes to teams that are used to scoring at will that suddenly play a team that plays defense.
Chase mentioned the AMac Perron thing on the radio yesterday afternoon. Specifically, the Blues never changed their power play. They just got AMac and Perron back which "fixed" the power play.
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