O'Reilly was all alone with an open net and failed to stuff it in!! The puck slipped off his stick.

Kyrou scores on his shootout shot!!! Blues lead 1-0! And Binnington stops McDavid!!!

Haha

Binnington stops Dreisaitl!!! Blues WIN!!! Blues WIN!!!

I don't often scream at the TV but this game was insane. My daughter screaming in the living room and me in the den waking the house up.

Blues have themselves a nice little point streak going. Its giving me some nice hope!

Great gutsy road win by The Blues - moving back towards the playoff positions! And best of all, with solid play by the goalie, defence and offence.

Nice to see Kyrou earning that paycheck. Not only does he collect 3 points, he sets up the game-tying goal by winning a puck battle versus the greatest player on the planet. ...... And then the shootout winner. Well done.

insideout wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:59 pm Nice to see Kyrou earning that paycheck. Not only does he collect 3 points, he sets up the game-tying goal by winning a puck battle versus the greatest player on the planet. ...... And then the shootout winner. Well done.

Kyrou played really well tonight. +3! Thomas played well, too. Barbashev seems to be a good complement with them. That gives The Blues 3 good scoring lines. Maybe they're on their way to a decent last season before the re-tooling. I don't mind them not tanking. They can't get low enough to get a super player, anyway.

Sports!

BillP. wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:54 pm I’ll predict Jordan Kyrou will outscore that guy called McDavid tonight.

Kyrou 3 points plus SO winner

McDavid. 1 point

Thank you

BillP. wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:26 pm Blues looking good there. Working the boards. They just need that next goal. I feel like they’re going to win this game.

I liked what I saw with the boys. Called it!

Contrary to popular belief, this is still a very good team.

Robb_K wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 11:19 pm

insideout wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:59 pm Nice to see Kyrou earning that paycheck. Not only does he collect 3 points, he sets up the game-tying goal by winning a puck battle versus the greatest player on the planet. ...... And then the shootout winner. Well done.

Kyrou played really well tonight. +3! Thomas played well, too. Barbashev seems to be a good complement with them. That gives The Blues 3 good scoring lines. Maybe they're on their way to a decent last season before the re-tooling. I don't mind them not tanking. They can't get low enough to get a super player, anyway.

Yes a definite improvement

The team is healed!!!

The team is healed!!!

This winning streak has coincided with me being back in St Louis, which also means I havent been able to watch any of the games.

How nice is it to be on the right side of a late goal and a questionable call? I don't even know if questionable is the right term, but you know what I mean. To me this team still kinda stinks, but I will always enjoy these types of wins.

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:32 am How nice is it to be on the right side of a late goal and a questionable call? I don't even know if questionable is the right term, but you know what I mean. To me this team still kinda stinks, but I will always enjoy these types of wins.

Every so often they pull a rabbit out of the hat but the problem this year is that those rabbits are few and far between.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:23 am This winning streak has coincided with me being back in St Louis, which also means I havent been able to watch any of the games.

where's the watch party?

BluesSK wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:49 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:32 am How nice is it to be on the right side of a late goal and a questionable call? I don't even know if questionable is the right term, but you know what I mean. To me this team still kinda stinks, but I will always enjoy these types of wins.

Every so often they pull a rabbit out of the hat but the problem this year is that those rabbits are few and far between.

To me the problem is actually that they so rarely have any comfortable wins. I just pulled up their schedule. Here are all of their wins by more than 1 goal:

10/15 CBJ 5-2 First game of year, dogshit opponent
10/22 EDM 2-0 *One empty netter
11/10 SJ 5-3 Dogshit opponent, *empty netter
11/16 CHI 5-2 Hawks suck
11/19 ANA 6-2 Ducks worst team in league.
11/21 ANA 3-1 Ducks blow. Also 1 empty netter*
12/6 NYI 7-4 Don't get too excited, 2 empty netters*

After factoring in empty netters, the Blues have 3 "real" wins by more than a goal this year, and those 3 teams are literally the bottom 3 teams in the league standings as of this morning.

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:22 am

BluesSK wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:49 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:32 am How nice is it to be on the right side of a late goal and a questionable call? I don't even know if questionable is the right term, but you know what I mean. To me this team still kinda stinks, but I will always enjoy these types of wins.

Every so often they pull a rabbit out of the hat but the problem this year is that those rabbits are few and far between.

To me the problem is actually that they so rarely have any comfortable wins. I just pulled up their schedule. Here are all of their wins by more than 1 goal:

10/15 CBJ 5-2 First game of year, dogshit opponent
10/22 EDM 2-0 *One empty netter
11/10 SJ 5-3 Dogshit opponent, *empty netter
11/16 CHI 5-2 Hawks suck
11/19 ANA 6-2 Ducks worst team in league.
11/21 ANA 3-1 Ducks blow. Also 1 empty netter*
12/6 NYI 7-4 Don't get too excited, 2 empty netters*

After factoring in empty netters, the Blues have 3 "real" wins by more than a goal this year, and those 3 teams are literally the bottom 3 teams in the league standings as of this morning.

Those are some depressing numbers. It seems like almost anything good about the team this year stats-wise is just a veneer over some real problems.

BluesSK wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:39 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:22 am

BluesSK wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:49 am

Every so often they pull a rabbit out of the hat but the problem this year is that those rabbits are few and far between.

To me the problem is actually that they so rarely have any comfortable wins. I just pulled up their schedule. Here are all of their wins by more than 1 goal:

10/15 CBJ 5-2 First game of year, dogshit opponent
10/22 EDM 2-0 *One empty netter
11/10 SJ 5-3 Dogshit opponent, *empty netter
11/16 CHI 5-2 Hawks suck
11/19 ANA 6-2 Ducks worst team in league.
11/21 ANA 3-1 Ducks blow. Also 1 empty netter*
12/6 NYI 7-4 Don't get too excited, 2 empty netters*

After factoring in empty netters, the Blues have 3 "real" wins by more than a goal this year, and those 3 teams are literally the bottom 3 teams in the league standings as of this morning.

Those are some depressing numbers. It seems like almost anything good about the team this year stats-wise is just a veneer over some real problems.

Since pointing this out, the Blues naturally notched 2 in a row. MY POWERS ARE UNLIMITED!!!!!

Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:20 am

BluesSK wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:39 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:22 am

To me the problem is actually that they so rarely have any comfortable wins. I just pulled up their schedule. Here are all of their wins by more than 1 goal:

10/15 CBJ 5-2 First game of year, dogshit opponent
10/22 EDM 2-0 *One empty netter
11/10 SJ 5-3 Dogshit opponent, *empty netter
11/16 CHI 5-2 Hawks suck
11/19 ANA 6-2 Ducks worst team in league.
11/21 ANA 3-1 Ducks blow. Also 1 empty netter*
12/6 NYI 7-4 Don't get too excited, 2 empty netters*

After factoring in empty netters, the Blues have 3 "real" wins by more than a goal this year, and those 3 teams are literally the bottom 3 teams in the league standings as of this morning.

Those are some depressing numbers. It seems like almost anything good about the team this year stats-wise is just a veneer over some real problems.

Since pointing this out, the Blues naturally notched 2 in a row. MY POWERS ARE UNLIMITED!!!!!

This team is Jekyll and Hyde. It's crazy.