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Just imagine if you were a super cool guy like me who lives in the Eastern Time ZoneKerfuffle wrote:I hate that puck drop is at 8:40pm tonight. This is the second year in a row the NHL has scheduled a super late start for our Round 1 games. If it goes to OT it will be a very looonng night.
Fair weather fan.glen a richter wrote:Yes, at the moment I'm pissed that they hadn't scheduled the 9:30 start for a different game. Vacation is over so if I'm lucky I can consider MAYBE watching the 1st period. 5:45 AM rolls around really quickly to stay up for the entire tilt.
cprice12 wrote: I would have loved for them to upgrade the offense. Easier said than done though.
5% was Armstrong's expression. The numbers suggest that Miller and Halak are about the same guy. As I suggested before, maybe Hitch had lost confidence in Halak and we needed to do something. The cost of the upgrade was pretty steep.Misc. Blues wrote:Miller 7 goals let in G1 3 G2 3 G3 1
Crawford 8 goals let in G1 4 G2 4 G3 0
Halak 0 goals let in No G1 G2 G3 (oh wait he's not in the playoffs never mind)
Both teams have given up 8 goals
Miller is better than a 5% upgrade over Halak
With Halak we'd be down 0-3 Elliot would be starting game 4
People seem to forget that Halak played an eighth seed to the conference finals. A team that was winning that year because of him.not_a_wings_fan wrote:Three goals on seven shots in the first and halak would have begged out with a "groin" issue and never recovered. Miller shut the door for the next 82 minutes and we won. It's not as much about being better, it's about having a short memory, staying calm, and being a professional. Crawfish responded to his poor play by standing on his head in game three, but halak went home rather than face his own team. Halak is a quality net minder, but he will NEVER win the cup as the #1 for any team. Miller is a calmin presence and the team believes miller will be there when he is needed, it's a big deal to be able to trust the guy between the pipes.
...and has played in how many playoff games since?flyingnote38 wrote:5% was Armstrong's expression. The numbers suggest that Miller and Halak are about the same guy. As I suggested before, maybe Hitch had lost confidence in Halak and we needed to do something. The cost of the upgrade was pretty steep.Misc. Blues wrote:Miller 7 goals let in G1 3 G2 3 G3 1
Crawford 8 goals let in G1 4 G2 4 G3 0
Halak 0 goals let in No G1 G2 G3 (oh wait he's not in the playoffs never mind)
Both teams have given up 8 goals
Miller is better than a 5% upgrade over Halak
With Halak we'd be down 0-3 Elliot would be starting game 4
People seem to forget that Halak played an eighth seed to the conference finals. A team that was winning that year because of him.not_a_wings_fan wrote:Three goals on seven shots in the first and halak would have begged out with a "groin" issue and never recovered. Miller shut the door for the next 82 minutes and we won. It's not as much about being better, it's about having a short memory, staying calm, and being a professional. Crawfish responded to his poor play by standing on his head in game three, but halak went home rather than face his own team. Halak is a quality net minder, but he will NEVER win the cup as the #1 for any team. Miller is a calmin presence and the team believes miller will be there when he is needed, it's a big deal to be able to trust the guy between the pipes.
It would be swell to be independently wealthy and able to make my own hours, but alas I'm just a peon who has to work when I'm told to work.not_a_wings_fan wrote:Fair weather fan.glen a richter wrote:Yes, at the moment I'm pissed that they hadn't scheduled the 9:30 start for a different game. Vacation is over so if I'm lucky I can consider MAYBE watching the 1st period. 5:45 AM rolls around really quickly to stay up for the entire tilt.
My buddy in China is moving his schedule to watch the Sharks live all playoffs long.
My buddy in London is making time to see all the Blues games.
You are bitching about East coast?
cprice12 wrote:Oh....my...God. Look who it is!!Misc. Blues wrote:I wanted to end the series on home ice game 5 anyways so now it's set up just right. I think we didn't play our game in game 3. Everyone was just trying to keep their emotions in check. We just were not as physical even though we had more hits than them. Now that Morrow is out how about Paajarvi getting some ice time. Lets stop looking for the perfect pass/shot and get the puck on net and score some sloppy goals (They are still count if they go in...who care if it's pretty). I say Backes stays out until next series. LGB
Blue Foghorn Leghorns 3
Red Chicken Hawks 1
I get why people are so hard on Miller but most people don't get it. Miller was a very good goalie on a crappy team that plays a totally different system than the Blues do. He has been adjusting to say the least. Halak was a different type of goalie as well and that may be the reason why he was injured so much. He was good but he didn't play/control the puck well. Miller does that. If Miller would stop over adjusting because of a bad habit he learned from the Sabres he'd be great. As I said he's still adjusting. Miller just needs to win a series and he'll be fine. If we go deep in the playoffs nobody will question his talents. If the don't go deep they should still sign him because he'll be our best option for next year. We gave up a lot (which is already gone so you might as well sign him) and no better option will there in the future and Allen is still a few years away. Miller may be the best mentor that Allen could have as he gets closer. Halak and Elliot would not be good mentors for Allen who will be the next in line when he's ready. The Blues have a 2-4 year window to get this done or it's a do-over.flyingnote38 wrote:
2 which is 5 less than Ryan Miller had played in since then, prior to this year.
As I posted around the deadline(actually as far back as last year's playoff exit), the most frustrating thing with Halak was that we didn't really get to see if he was the goalie who could lead us to the cup or not due to injury. We dealt alot to get Halak when we decided he was "the answer." We then dealt alot for Miller when we decided Halak actually wasn't. If Miller doesn't lead us deep into the playoffs, there is going to be alot of third guessing.
Hopefully, Miller will render this a non-issue.
ICYMI Fargo is back too.ViPeRx007 wrote:Misc. Blues?!?!?!? goon attack?!!?! Was there some kind of reunion email that I missed?
Yes, yes, a million time yes. Thank you! (I only say 'Thank you' once and not three times 'cause I'm not a chode.)Misc. Blues wrote:I get why people are so hard on Miller but most people don't get it. Miller was a very good goalie on a crappy team that plays a totally different system than the Blues do. He has been adjusting to say the least. Halak was a different type of goalie as well and that may be the reason why he was injured so much. He was good but he didn't play/control the puck well. Miller does that. If Miller would stop over adjusting because of a bad habit he learned from the Sabres he'd be great. As I said he's still adjusting. Miller just needs to win a series and he'll be fine. If we go deep in the playoffs nobody will question his talents. If the don't go deep they should still sign him because he'll be our best option for next year. We gave up a lot (which is already gone so you might as well sign him) and no better option will there in the future and Allen is still a few years away. Miller may be the best mentor that Allen could have as he gets closer. Halak and Elliot would not be good mentors for Allen who will be the next in line when he's ready. The Blues have a 2-4 year window to get this done or it's a do-over.flyingnote38 wrote:
2 which is 5 less than Ryan Miller had played in since then, prior to this year.
As I posted around the deadline(actually as far back as last year's playoff exit), the most frustrating thing with Halak was that we didn't really get to see if he was the goalie who could lead us to the cup or not due to injury. We dealt alot to get Halak when we decided he was "the answer." We then dealt alot for Miller when we decided Halak actually wasn't. If Miller doesn't lead us deep into the playoffs, there is going to be alot of third guessing.
Hopefully, Miller will render this a non-issue.
Yeah but you have to leave for awhile to be eligible...ViPeRx007 wrote:Misc. Blues?!?!?!? goon attack?!!?! Was there some kind of reunion email that I missed?
