Let's Go Blues

I'd take him if he were essentially free. $4 million for a cash-strapped team is not irrelevant. It will pretty much eliminate the possibility of adding salary at the trade deadline. Worse still, he didn't actually 'heal' his injuries from last season; he just let them rest. We don't know how effect...

This sounds a hell of a lot like being a Mizzou basketball fan. Everyone knew...absolutely knew in their heart of hearts that Mizzou was going to (Frank) it up. Why? Because that's what they do. Nevermind the fact that absolutely nothing in the world made that the rational outcome. Nevermind the fac...

Eh - this isn't the NFL. This would nuke the league. Even Bettman is smart enough to understand that there is no way this league can have another work stoppage so soon after the last one. The fans will absolutely not forgive it. And frankly, the margins for the owners in the NHL aren't so great that...

Stewart's problems are this... 1) For a big man, he handles contact horribly when he has the puck. Rarely does he put a body on someone and lean into them when going to the net. For some reason when he tries to go wide on someone, if they have position on him, he never tries to bull rush them or fo...

Blues didn't deserve to win that game and probably shouldn't have even got a point. But, the Hawks still had to take them to a shootout to get the extra point. I'll take it. Blues look completely gassed. Maybe a call for General Schwartzkoff on Thursday? How 'bout the real Stormin' Norman? They've ...

Wow. That has to be the worst 45 minutes of hockey these guys have played in a very long time. Way WAY too many turnovers. That flurry at the end of OT was because McDonald somehow thought it was wise to spin into the defensive zone before losing the puck. When A-Mac is playing braindead hockey, you...

Jesus, just get this thing to overtime and take your point. We have absolutely no chance at a regulation goal here; we simply look like we're skating in quicksand for the last 35 minutes. We've been on our heels since the Reeves fight. I can't believe these are the same 2 teams I watched in the firs...

I think playing him this season is ridiculous, but if they're losing a contract year anyway, may as well make it mean something. Just seems kind of insane is all to burn a contract year when the team is rolling along just fine as is... Then again, that's why I'm not Hitch, Army or JD, and watch Jad...

Already ruled. No fine. No suspension. So, what exactly does a Wings player have to do to get suspended? I seriously think someone is going to have to die on the ice. Nah, can't prove it was that player that actually did it; could've been a clever ruse. In order for Shanahan to actually suspend a R...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QtipTlOscg[/youtube] No penalty called, league supposedly reviewing play. A couple thoughts: 1) Not an overtly dirty hit. I don't mind it one bit HOWEVER 2) If the hit would have been administered by, say, David Backes on, let's say, Henrik Zetterberg, you c...

I was also surprised to learn that we lack team speed. That's a new one to me. As near as I can tell, this is one of the best skating teams in the league. Hell, even our 'goon' is a better skater than most goons. We guys like McDonald that are simply lightening, but then we also have some bigger guy...

You could really write the same thing about Nashville. They play a very similar game to us, I think we're just a hair better at it than they are. If we end up playing Nashville in the 1st round, whoever wins that thing is going to emerge beaten to hell and gone. That'll be one brutal matchup between...

I swear to God, I read the post that began with comparing a dog-fighter to a man that tried to pay someone to commit murder, then ended with "Sign him. We need him" and said to myself - well, that whole thing was just stupid enough for Oaklandblue to have written it.

Sho 'nuff...

He's just uncanny.

Blackhawks pick up Johnny Oduya from Winnipeg for a 2nd and 3rd rounder. Wow. I'm just fine with Army getting out of the market if that's the going rate. Pilon-esque players are going for 2nd rounders or better. Is Oduya really any better than Huskins? This is a GREAT year to be a seller and frankl...

Every statement you ever seem to make has something to do with the inevitability of Halak imploding. Jeff Carter and his billion dollar contract just netted Jack Johnson AND a first round pick. He has arguably the worst contract in the NHL and the Kings just gave up the equivalent of Shattenkirk and...

I swear, OaklandBlue is the most consistently and militantly incorrect person I have ever encountered on the interwebs.

His ability to miss steadily the mark and yet continue on in the face of all evidence to the contrary is truly commendable.

All I know is that every single freaking game there are about 3 hits that people question. The same discussion takes place on whether that person should be suspended or not. And then the tireless comparison of other hits that did or didn't warrant suspensions. Shanahan is too inconsistent and the r...

I know the suspensions piss us off sometimes - but folks, these concussions are getting scary. How many good players are going down every week with a concussion or concussion-like syndromes? How many more are trying to keep it secret? The NHL has to do something about guys that are going up high whe...

This is what it's like to be a Cubs fan. The Wings are better than us. They'll ALWAYS be better than us. When Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Howard and Franzen are dead and buried, the Wings will have a new set of guys that get in this team's head and just generally own them. The Blues, no matter the personn...

This is what it's like to be a Cubs fan. The Wings are better than us. They'll ALWAYS be better than us. When Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Howard and Franzen are dead and buried, the Wings will have a new set of guys that get in this team's head and just generally own them. The Blues, no matter the personne...