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BillP. wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:18 pm 3rd place should be the Blues goal. Get Minnesota in the 1st round. We match up good with them. Would rather have a round 1 win under our belts before tangling with Flames and Avs. Have to treat these Blues like babies because that's what they are.
Barring a major collapse in Calgary, the Blues can only meet the Flames in the first round or conference championship. Both of those teams are scary in their own ways. Not sure who I'd rather face at this point assuming Colorado is healed up by then.
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!

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BluesSK wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:01 am
BillP. wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:45 am
Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:00 pmBring on the Avs 1st round!

President's trophy curse is still real and we will surprise them in 5
Be something. We’ve seen it before. There’s always post-season surprises. Let’s hope we’re one of them!
As long as the surprise isn't a first round exit.
That would only be a "surprise" to Blues fans whose calendars are stuck on June 2019. You know who you are.

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Gord McHelper getting some front page love.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/story/ ... ya-sorokin

Robert Thomas, C, St. Louis Blues
Jordan Kyrou inhaled all the "breakout season" air out of the room in St. Louis, leaving little for a player who not only had a hand in that level-up, but has experienced one of his own.

Thomas, 22, has hovered around the team lead in points all season with a career-best 3.3 points per 60 minutes average through 62 games. He's blossomed into an elite playmaker who's second behind Johnny Gaudreau in primary assists per 60 at 5-on-5 (1.52). He's improving defensively -- his faceoff percentage, previously a liability, peaked at over 50% this season -- but that part of his game might be the only thing keeping him from overtaking Ryan O'Reilly as the Blues' No. 1 center. Well, that and power-play time.

My theory on why Robert Thomas is underappreciated? Because his name is "Robert Thomas."

If his name was Gord McHelper, he'd be up for the Hart Trophy. But seriously, maybe go with "Robbie" or the Matchbox 20-adjacent "Rob" to garner some more buzz.
Just a Russian propaganda account

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Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:21 am Gord McHelper getting some front page love.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/story/ ... ya-sorokin

Robert Thomas, C, St. Louis Blues
Jordan Kyrou inhaled all the "breakout season" air out of the room in St. Louis, leaving little for a player who not only had a hand in that level-up, but has experienced one of his own.

Thomas, 22, has hovered around the team lead in points all season with a career-best 3.3 points per 60 minutes average through 62 games. He's blossomed into an elite playmaker who's second behind Johnny Gaudreau in primary assists per 60 at 5-on-5 (1.52). He's improving defensively -- his faceoff percentage, previously a liability, peaked at over 50% this season -- but that part of his game might be the only thing keeping him from overtaking Ryan O'Reilly as the Blues' No. 1 center. Well, that and power-play time.

My theory on why Robert Thomas is underappreciated? Because his name is "Robert Thomas."

If his name was Gord McHelper, he'd be up for the Hart Trophy. But seriously, maybe go with "Robbie" or the Matchbox 20-adjacent "Rob" to garner some more buzz.
Never let this kid go Army. He's gonna be the one we're talking about twenty years from now.