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Re: Coaching Carousel Thread

Wonder if Boudreau will get the axe. He did pretty much say that his better team lost to an inferior team in five games, didn't he? Exactly. Not only that, he also said his team didn't need to make any adjustments to solve Allen. That worked real well too. He definitely put a bulls-eye on his chest...

Re: Pre-Round 2 V Preds Discussion here

We have to do a much better job relinquishing the blue line, we were backing in too much against the Wild, and the Predators will make us pay for that. The Wild exposed a crack in the armor by splitting our D down the middle. If we do a better job of playing more physical in the neutral zone and sta...

Re: Oilers

There are so many uber talented young players in the league right now, it's a really good time to be a hockey fan. It appears that Edmonton and Toronto are both stacked for the immediate future. That is true, but when is the last time an upstart team won a Cup? It just seems like the way the game i...

Re: Fantasy Hockey?

T.C. wrote:that's a spot for someone else. we need an even number. who else wants in?
You can take me out if you want, I don't know how much time I'm going to have this year. My team is ice nuggets.

Re: Traverse City

I noticed Parayko has been playing some on the left side for the NA team. Can you imagine him and Shatty paired together? That's scary good.

Re: And the Captain is...

I have the utmost respect for Steen as a player, and I would venture to guess he's a pretty good leader in the dressing room, otherwise he wouldn't have the A. But he's kind of a dick to the media. Not sure if that's his sense of humor or not, but that's the way he comes off. I think the Blues reall...

Re: Asylum

Agree, I no longer post there. I lurk and try to find good posts but that's after ciphering through 90% rubbish. I wish we had some of those better posters contributing here a bit more instead of wasting their time over there.

Re: "Pivotal Player: Paul Stastny ..."

I may have been reading into the situation too much, but to me it appeared that Backes and Stastny weren't exactly on the same page. The one thing I value about Stastny's leadership, much like Steen's, is they learned so much from their fathers. That really puts them in a position to impart a lot of...

Re: Blues sign Kristo

Who held his rights last year? In looking at the stats he was head and shoulders above everyone else in the organization in scoring yet he never got called up or participated in camp last year from what I remember. Is he now by default one of our best forward prospects?

Kyrou signs ELC

I know it's not earth-shattering news but it's something to think/talk about. Admittedly I don't understand a lot of the contract policies, but I'm having a hard time understanding why the Blues would start the clock ticking on a 3-year ELC now when Kyrou is playing for Sarnia Sting this season. Sur...

Re: The 16-17 Plan?

I think the plan is more about the system than it is players. Even if we swing a deal or two it won't change our roster that much. With Allen the clear-cut number 1 goalie, they have to take advantage of his puck-handling skills. Even with the loss of Backes and Brouwer, I can see this team moving t...

Re: Who will be captain next season?

barnburner wrote:
CaptSMRT wrote:No love for Schwartz? I thought he was the teams tiny little leader.
I really did think he would be a captain for this team at some point, but his dismal playoffs raise questions.
I think the lingering ankle issue had something to do with that.

Re: Off Season Doom and Gloom Attitude

All three guys we lost were huge playoff performers this past season, so I understand the doom and gloom. Having said that, both Elliot and Backes had playoff demons to exorcise, neither had done particularly well in playoffs past. So when you look at it from that perspective it's really not that ba...

Re: 2018/19?

A lot of good points. I'd agree this won't be a disaster season but I'd be surprised if we didn't suffer from some indigestion throughout the year. We may be switching from heavy to speed but where is the speed we added. Neither sobi or Perron are particularly fast. Especially for their size. It's ...

Re: 2018/19?

I think the Blues are in the midst of changing their identity from a blue-collar, hard-working, physical team like the LA Kings, to a more speed-oriented skilled team like the Penguins (I'm just talking system-wise, I know we don't have the equivalent of Crosby and Malkin personnel-wise). With Shaw ...

Re: Free agency frenzy thread

Perron is a right handed Left Winger. The opposite of Tank. He could easily be moved to right wing at this point in his career. Not saying I'm a huge fan of bringing back Perron, but I definitely think our current team is imbalanced towards left-handed shots. We could use another righty or two to b...

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