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by Rivermanfan
Good overall performance by the Blues. Vladi was on a mission all night long and it finally paid off. While he may never put 30 in the net again, he is a much more rounded player, and is definitely playing with passion.
I stick to what I said earlier about Neighbors, he clearly gets the idea, but it was obvious he was playing his 3rd NHL game. He should sit Saturday. Not as a message or anything, a chance to learn, get coached up a little, stretch his 9 games out a little and come back in Monday. He might get a break because it's the home opener, but I think he should sit.
I thought it was funny in the pregame the showed the Vegas locker room pregame speech. The coach was telling them how they were the faster team and should use that advantage. Guess we were faster than they thought.
Speed is not really our game, but it was good to see that we can play that game too. We also dominated in hits all night. They were missing Reeves for sure. Of course they were also missing a couple of their top guys, but that's just how it goes.
Overall, great start to the season. Looking forward to finally getting to watch a whole game live!!!