Robb_K wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:44 am
The Blues found their legs about 13 minutes into The 1st Period, and were competitive through the end of The 2nd. They started to deteriorate near the beginning of The 3rd, and spent most of that period chasing The Canucks and the puck. They are now 0-12 in goals for-goals against in the 3rd Period of the 4 games that have counted since the Pandemic Break, and 0-14, if we add in the game vs. The Hawks. That CAN'T be a coincidence. And we can't account for that with the excuse that the games "didn't count". The Blues are still not in top playing shape (just like Boston), and the teams that they've been playing have been in better shape, and also have had their players in better sync, as well.
The good news is that The Blues were quite a bit better in this game for most of the first 2 periods than they were in the 3 Round Robin games. I doubt that they'll be ALL the way back next game. But, let's hope they play inspired, and win it, anyway. Going down 0-2 would be a big problem.
They did look better. That 3rd period fall off, oh man that was hard to watch. If we win this, the series goes to 7 and we look better each and every game going forward with a win in game two. If they drop game two I think Petro starts dreaming of Toronto and we see overall compete of the team go into decline.
I was hoping to see the Blues do more hitting, zebras getting in the way of our game is no fun. I have the feeling that will be the norm for most of the playoffs? I haven't watched all the teams play so far, and I'll assume the zebras are itching to be relevant. If the Blues are not able to get away with stuff I think they'll have a hard time winning, we're a grinder not a finesse team.