dmiles2186 wrote:The Blues sure did look awful in that 1st period and then the refs did everything to keep them down from there. I'm not saying the refs had it in for the Blues, but there were some AWFUL calls. I was sitting up high but that Jackman 'interference' call? Was that as crappy as I thought I saw last night? To me it looked like the puck was rimmed around the board and he hit his man as the puck passed by them. I could be wrong but that was just ridiculous.
Yes, the call on Jackman was terrible. He did what every defenseman does in that situation, and he did it legally.
Awful call.
Pretty impressive "REFS, YOU SUCK!" chant a few times last night.
The reffing was terrible. I can't remember the last time it was that bad against one team and where the calls didn't even out.
I've been complimentary of Brewer and he settled down after the first, but that was one of the worst defensive plays I've seen in awhile when he fanned on the puck and let Bergfors (I think) score. It was an impressive shot, and I know the puck was bouncing, but wow, with 2.7 seconds left, you've gotta do better than that. Luckily, he tightened back up after that.
Brewer has been better this year, I'll give him that, but he had to give us one of those horrible plays last night to remind us who he is.
Man that was bad. Short of just falling down, you can't make a worse play.
And to be brutally honeset, I don't think Brewer has been as good as some people like to think. Don't get me wrong, he's been better, but he's made a lot of minor mistakes that haven't really hurt us, so they go unnoticed. Most of his gaffes are stickhandling mistakes...little flubs of the puck here and there...many more than you see other defensemen make, and certainly not players of Captain material. But it hasn't cost us that much yet this year...I'm just waiting for the other shoe to fall with him. Here's hoping it doesn't.
I knew Atlanta had a good offensive club, but I was really surprised how easily they skated around our D to get to the net. If I recall, EJ got walked around 2-3 separate times. Maybe it was by design, but ATL has legit speed and offensive prowess.
Atlanta is a much improved club. Trading Kovy and having a nice offseason with free agents (they can thank Chicago for that) has helped them a lot.
I was surprised that they didn't even acknowledge Mason in any way on the jumbotron. I was hoping they would do it early on, because I knew if it was a close game they probably wouldn't do it. Oh well, I'm a sucker for sentimental moments like that so was hoping to give him a standing O, but oh well.
Yeah, you'd think they would have at least put him on the jumbotron so fans could cheer him if they wanted.
No biggie though.
One last thing....Suck it, Byfuglien!
Yup. What is it about him that makes me hate him so much? I guess it's the former Hawk factor.
