WTFGDT: Blues @ Thrashers, FSMW/KMOX 4pm

[deadphish]

TEH HOKEIES IS IN 3 HORZ BITCHIZ!!!!!!!!!!!!111111WTF

[stlmark]

The boys are gonna be fired up!

Big win today along with some tasty beers!

Blues 5 (Eller,Oshie,EJ,Backes,Kariya)
Thrashers 2 ( I don't care)

[Nyghtewynd]

Is this on Dish or not? I got keelhauled at BB by one of the DirectTV reps, who convinced me that they could give me a package to be able to "afford" the cancellation fee (after I refuse to pay it, of course).

[philco_3]

Blues 5 - Boyes, Berglund, Johnson, Eller (2)
Thrashers 1 - Brewer

[SIU LAW]

MORNING SKATE

The Blues will get two of their top players back when defenseman Barret Jackman and left winger Andy McDonald return to the lineup today against Atlanta.
Jackman has missed 11 games with a high-ankle sprain. McDonald missed two games after his collision with the boards against Florida.

With Jackman playing, Darryl Sydor will sit out, and with McDonald in the lineup, Keith Tkachuk will have the day off. The Blues are calling it a “maintenance day” for Sydor and Tkachuk, who are the two oldest players on the team at age 37.

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Defenseman Roman Polak is OK after flying over goaltender Chris Mason and into the back of the net last night. He will be back in the lineup today.
Here are the defensive pairings with Jackman back:

Barret Jackman-Erik Johnson
Eric Brewer-Alex Pietrangelo
Mike Weaver-Roman Polak

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I don’t have the forward combinations for today, but Lars Eller will be in the lineup. Lars was brought up under emergency conditions when McDonald went down. But the Blues have room on their roster, so it’s just a matter of taking away Eller’s “emergency” designation and making him a regular call up.

The coaching staff believes that Eller has played well, and there are no immediate plans to send him back to Peoria.

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Blues backup Ty Conklin will be in net today against Atlanta. These are the last back-to-back games for the Blues until Nov. 27-28. So if the Blues can get Conklin a start today, they should be able to count on Mason for at least the next six or seven starts.

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With Saturday’s 2-1 shootout loss at Philadelphia, here’s the Blues’ record under Murray in OT and in shootouts since taking over in December 2006:
Overall: 20-34
Overtime: 9-17
Shootout: 11-17
2006-07: 4-3 OT, 3-5 shootout
2007-08: 1-8 OT, 3-5 shootout
2008-09: 4-4 OT, 6-6 shootout
2009-10: 0-2 in OT, 0-1 shootout

JR

[Winning Unlimited]

Tkachuk is used to not showing up in Atlanta anyway.

[ViPeRx007]

Tkachuk is used to not showing up in Atlanta anyway.

OH NO U DI'INT!

[drwoland]

Tkachuk is used to not showing up in Atlanta anyway.

[Sweetred95ta]

Let's go Blues! I had to fly to Fresno for an 8am Monday morning meeting. I decided to take the 6:30am flight instead of the 2:40pm flight (would've missed the whole game) so I could watch this game. I'm stupid anyway, but I hope they don't rub my nose in it.

[SIU LAW]

From Kerber's Twitter:

* Tkachuk and Sydor out today as Jackman and McDonald return. Just a day of rest for the 2. its as simple as that. 4 games in 7 days this week.

* Pietrangelo (pronounced puh-TRAN-gelo) will play game number 8 today. Getting Close to decision time.

* Thrashers have NHL's 3rd best PP / Blues will have faced NHL's top 3 PP's in their last 3 games. PK now ranked 10th in league.

[ohio BLUES]

There would probably be some sort of march/revolt against 14th and Clark if Eller was sent down immediately upon the return of McD. The day off for Tkachuk probably wasn't all that optional.

[section319]

thrashers-28
blues-1

[ZigZagBluesFan]

Thrashers 2
Blues .5

Lars Eller gets banned from the NHL for losing his cool and attacking Kovalchuk with his stick. The Blues have to surrender 6 first round draft picks and Erik Johnson to the New Jersey Devils because they were considering signing Kovalchuk in the offseason.

[stlmark]

Thrashers 2
Blues .5

Lars Eller gets banned from the NHL for losing his cool and attacking Kovalchuk with his stick. The Blues have to surrender 6 first round draft picks and Erik Johnson to the New Jersey Devils because they were considering signing Kovalchuk in the offseason.

So Eller attacked Kovalchuk up in the pressbox? Had to say it ZigZag!

[drwoland]

WAIT! Did Pang get teh (Franking) day off too!? Why am i listening to Bernard's drivel?!

[illownyou]

If anyone is watching this on the internet, please tell me what the link is...

as I'm listening again as all the links that say they were going to stream are just...

welll...dead.

[Nyghtewynd]

Have the Blues had a SOG yet?

[drwoland]

Have the Blues had a SOG yet?

there have been a couple of decent shots. the problems are mostly in our own end, though Conks is looking solid.

[comeoriginal]

If anyone is watching this on the internet, please tell me what the link is...

as I'm listening again as all the links that say they were going to stream are just...

welll...dead.

http://ndsportstalk.com/sopcast.html

It only works for internet explorer, at least for me.

[stlmark]

I actually think we played well in the 1st period.

Our goaltending has been real good all year.