Some coverage on the trade from the PD:
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns ... 73133.html
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/ ... 74d3a.html
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/ ... c3d4d.html
As a side note, I really enjoy Ben Frederickson's columns. He's not a hockey guy, but he keeps it simple when he discusses hockey and doesn't try to make it sound like he knows everything (like Bernie did). Really don't miss reading Bernie at all.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
177sure, i understand that, but he actually plays. i just don't know how you can discredit or heap praise upon an owner for how the team comes together in the post season. sometimes, it just clicks. sometimes, you run into a goalie that's on fire. it's well past the trade deadline when he could do something about it, and there's no guarantee that "something" would be a good thing for team chemistry.Doug Glatt wrote:It is a results driven league. Look at Ovie. If he never won the cup, there would be a stain on his legacy. People always talked about how he could never win the cup. It isn't fair, but it is how the world works.T.C. wrote:fantastic.Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:
i don't know how you can judge army on what happens in the post season. like the president's trophy winning blues in 1999-2000 getting swept in the first round - was that a poorly-assembled team? if the Cup was won on paper, we wouldn't need to play the games, and we certainly wouldn't have a story like VGK.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
178If you want a good read, check out the reaction on Buffalo's HFBoards to the trade...
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ ... d.2511993/
Before they know the return, they're hoping for Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, etc. Some even thinking its going to be Thomas and Kyrou
Needless to say they end up not happy.
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ ... d.2511993/
Before they know the return, they're hoping for Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, etc. Some even thinking its going to be Thomas and Kyrou
Needless to say they end up not happy.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
179I rarely post on HFboards but I had replied to a poster over the weekend before the trade that I felt confident that if a deal were to be made that Thomas or Kyrou wouldn't be included and that likely prospect would be Thompson. A poster named Gerbe42 then replied to my comment and said "LOL...Do you think you are getting him for free?" Also got a couple of IM's telling me that I was just some dumb toothless hoosier from St. Louis and didn't know anything about a players worth or the game of hockey". Now normally I make it a priority to not get involved in message board pissing matches but as soon as the trade was completed I replied in the original thread to Gerbe42 with "Looks like we got him for free"UMSLBlues12 wrote:If you want a good read, check out the reaction on Buffalo's HFBoards to the trade...
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ ... d.2511993/
Before they know the return, they're hoping for Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, etc. Some even thinking its going to be Thomas and Kyrou
Needless to say they end up not happy.
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Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
180I like this gem;UMSLBlues12 wrote:If you want a good read, check out the reaction on Buffalo's HFBoards to the trade...
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ ... d.2511993/
Before they know the return, they're hoping for Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, etc. Some even thinking its going to be Thomas and Kyrou
Needless to say they end up not happy.
3 1sts in 2019 as of now. Botts clears a slow aging $7.5 mil 2C.
I'm fine with the return. Finally we are adding to the cupboard not clearing it like Murray.
RoR is nothing special.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
181Epic troll by Armstrong I guess.
What a trash return.. we got Thompson rather than Thomas.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
182LOL
You just said you were hoping for a great haul. It's not a great haul, and now O'Reilly is nothing special. You're ridiculous.3 1sts in 2019 as of now. Botts clears a slow aging $7.5 mil 2C.
I'm fine with the return. Finally we are adding to the cupboard not clearing it like Murray.
RoR is nothing special.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
183Haha.
We acquired two boat anchor contracts who are on the decline who only a very stupid GM would bring in and a prospect whose skating you can time with a sundial. We got bent over huge, not quite Hall for Larssen but not terribly far off from that.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
184Berglund is not a cap dump...
I love this one;I mean we took money back and still couldn't get Kyrou or Thomas. What kind of incompetent GM pulls that off?
amazing that both pro- and anti- ROR contingents got to melt down today
Uh... what do you call a 30 year old, non top 6 forward, with 4 years of term?Berglund is not a cap dump...
But wait... we actually took on the same amount of salary until 2020. So we didn't even clear cap space. We gained some washed up depth we could have just added for free. Today. July 1st. The first day of free agency.
Too much.How is it any justification? Maybe RoR is the biggest locker room cancer since Mike Ribeiro. Maybe he walks into the locker room after every game and slaps his teammates in the face with his dick and laughs at them. Matt Duchene, noted locker room disturbance, got traded for 2x the return just 6 months ago, on a shorter deal, after skating around the rink with his head down for 14 games.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
186Buffalo is a hell of a hockey city(maybe the best in the U.S) and I hope Thompson turns into a player for them. They show up win or lose and it's about time they get to see some winning hockey return there.
After the high of Dahlin, this has to feel a bit like a kick in the dick to them.
After the high of Dahlin, this has to feel a bit like a kick in the dick to them.
Just a Russian propaganda account
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
187I think the trade is fine from Buffalo's perspective. Thompson and a the picks have a lot of value. He could fare quite well playing alongside Eichel or Mittelstadt down the road. Having 3 first round picks next year is great. Berglund is a fine enough hockey player and will be a grownup in the room. Sobotka sucks. The problem for Avs fans was listening to the wackadoodle rumor echo chamber that got their hopes up re: Thomas/Parayko. Don't trust rumors unless they come from the big guys.
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
188T.C. wrote:i would feel bad for buffalo fans, but "Not-McDavid".
FIFY
Fuck Buffalo!
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
189Didn't see that post, but I did read where you had an exchange going on the asylum about the ROR deal with BSMYC or BLUES16W. One of those 2. Personally, I think it's the same guy.NHLTIM wrote:I rarely post on HFboards but I had replied to a poster over the weekend before the trade that I felt confident that if a deal were to be made that Thomas or Kyrou wouldn't be included and that likely prospect would be Thompson. A poster named Gerbe42 then replied to my comment and said "LOL...Do you think you are getting him for free?" Also got a couple of IM's telling me that I was just some dumb toothless hoosier from St. Louis and didn't know anything about a players worth or the game of hockey". Now normally I make it a priority to not get involved in message board pissing matches but as soon as the trade was completed I replied in the original thread to Gerbe42 with "Looks like we got him for free"UMSLBlues12 wrote:If you want a good read, check out the reaction on Buffalo's HFBoards to the trade...
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ ... d.2511993/
Before they know the return, they're hoping for Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, etc. Some even thinking its going to be Thomas and Kyrou
Needless to say they end up not happy.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
190Can we put a filter on this site that replaces anything mentioning the asylum with the poop emoji?BillP wrote:Didn't see that post, but I did read where you had an exchange going on the asylum about the ROR deal with BSMYC or BLUES16W. One of those 2. Personally, I think it's the same guy.NHLTIM wrote:I rarely post on HFboards but I had replied to a poster over the weekend before the trade that I felt confident that if a deal were to be made that Thomas or Kyrou wouldn't be included and that likely prospect would be Thompson. A poster named Gerbe42 then replied to my comment and said "LOL...Do you think you are getting him for free?" Also got a couple of IM's telling me that I was just some dumb toothless hoosier from St. Louis and didn't know anything about a players worth or the game of hockey". Now normally I make it a priority to not get involved in message board pissing matches but as soon as the trade was completed I replied in the original thread to Gerbe42 with "Looks like we got him for free"UMSLBlues12 wrote:If you want a good read, check out the reaction on Buffalo's HFBoards to the trade...
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ ... d.2511993/
Before they know the return, they're hoping for Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, etc. Some even thinking its going to be Thomas and Kyrou
Needless to say they end up not happy.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
191Those two goofs (or one) are the dirt worst. So glad I left that shit show.BillP wrote:Didn't see that post, but I did read where you had an exchange going on the asylum about the ROR deal with BSMYC or BLUES16W. One of those 2. Personally, I think it's the same guy.NHLTIM wrote:I rarely post on HFboards but I had replied to a poster over the weekend before the trade that I felt confident that if a deal were to be made that Thomas or Kyrou wouldn't be included and that likely prospect would be Thompson. A poster named Gerbe42 then replied to my comment and said "LOL...Do you think you are getting him for free?" Also got a couple of IM's telling me that I was just some dumb toothless hoosier from St. Louis and didn't know anything about a players worth or the game of hockey". Now normally I make it a priority to not get involved in message board pissing matches but as soon as the trade was completed I replied in the original thread to Gerbe42 with "Looks like we got him for free"UMSLBlues12 wrote:If you want a good read, check out the reaction on Buffalo's HFBoards to the trade...
https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/ ... d.2511993/
Before they know the return, they're hoping for Parayko, Kyrou, Thomas, etc. Some even thinking its going to be Thomas and Kyrou
Needless to say they end up not happy.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
192Yeah, I only go there because I'm always interested in hockey talk but it isn't much fun so I don't stick around.ratonmono wrote:Those two goofs (or one) are the dirt worst. So glad I left that shit show.BillP wrote:Didn't see that post, but I did read where you had an exchange going on the asylum about the ROR deal with BSMYC or BLUES16W. One of those 2. Personally, I think it's the same guy.NHLTIM wrote:
I rarely post on HFboards but I had replied to a poster over the weekend before the trade that I felt confident that if a deal were to be made that Thomas or Kyrou wouldn't be included and that likely prospect would be Thompson. A poster named Gerbe42 then replied to my comment and said "LOL...Do you think you are getting him for free?" Also got a couple of IM's telling me that I was just some dumb toothless hoosier from St. Louis and didn't know anything about a players worth or the game of hockey". Now normally I make it a priority to not get involved in message board pissing matches but as soon as the trade was completed I replied in the original thread to Gerbe42 with "Looks like we got him for free"
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
193Good one!Doug Glatt wrote:Can we put a filter on this site that replaces anything mentioning the asylum with the poop emoji?BillP wrote:Didn't see that post, but I did read where you had an exchange going on the asylum about the ROR deal with BSMYC or BLUES16W. One of those 2. Personally, I think it's the same guy.NHLTIM wrote:
I rarely post on HFboards but I had replied to a poster over the weekend before the trade that I felt confident that if a deal were to be made that Thomas or Kyrou wouldn't be included and that likely prospect would be Thompson. A poster named Gerbe42 then replied to my comment and said "LOL...Do you think you are getting him for free?" Also got a couple of IM's telling me that I was just some dumb toothless hoosier from St. Louis and didn't know anything about a players worth or the game of hockey". Now normally I make it a priority to not get involved in message board pissing matches but as soon as the trade was completed I replied in the original thread to Gerbe42 with "Looks like we got him for free"
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
194If people would quit giving them clicks, they'd dry up and go away.Doug Glatt wrote:Can we put a filter on this site that replaces anything mentioning the asylum with the poop emoji?BillP wrote:Didn't see that post, but I did read where you had an exchange going on the asylum about the ROR deal with BSMYC or BLUES16W. One of those 2. Personally, I think it's the same guy.NHLTIM wrote:
I rarely post on HFboards but I had replied to a poster over the weekend before the trade that I felt confident that if a deal were to be made that Thomas or Kyrou wouldn't be included and that likely prospect would be Thompson. A poster named Gerbe42 then replied to my comment and said "LOL...Do you think you are getting him for free?" Also got a couple of IM's telling me that I was just some dumb toothless hoosier from St. Louis and didn't know anything about a players worth or the game of hockey". Now normally I make it a priority to not get involved in message board pissing matches but as soon as the trade was completed I replied in the original thread to Gerbe42 with "Looks like we got him for free"
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
195Thank you for the links!UMSLBlues12 wrote:Some coverage on the trade from the PD:
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns ... 73133.html
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/ ... 74d3a.html
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/hockey/ ... c3d4d.html
As a side note, I really enjoy Ben Frederickson's columns. He's not a hockey guy, but he keeps it simple when he discusses hockey and doesn't try to make it sound like he knows everything (like Bernie did). Really don't miss reading Bernie at all.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
196Everyone(mostly) in the asylum is basically the Christopher Lloyd character in the movie The Dream Team.
They all think they are the doctor when in reality they are just another mental patient.
They all think they are the doctor when in reality they are just another mental patient.
Just a Russian propaganda account
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
197This is the most perfect analogy I've ever read.Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:Everyone(mostly) in the asylum is basically the Christopher Lloyd character in the movie The Dream Team.
They all think they are the doctor when in reality they are just another mental patient.
Bravo, sir. Nailed it.
Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
198Found this phone interview clip of ROR. Puts his "losing my desire to play" comment in a slightly different context. At least, I thought it did.
https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/tav ... wer-070318
If this was posted in this thread, sorry. Looked, but didn't think I saw it.
https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/tav ... wer-070318
If this was posted in this thread, sorry. Looked, but didn't think I saw it.
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Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
199Here are some of my favorites from the HFBoards link:
And I stopped at around page 16 or so. Pretty entertaining.Sigh, traded a dollar for 2 nickels, 2 pennies, and a Canadian penny. Oh, and no defensemen.
Jesus ****ing christ. On the day Toronto signs one of the best players in the league, you trade ROR for a bag of ****. This team is ****ed.
... ugh
ROR for depth and lotto tickets
(I was a big Tage Thompson booster in his draft year.... honestly has one of the best one timers I’ve ever seen... but slow as molasses)
I was just hating on Doug Armstrong not even an hour ago and now I'm blown away. Okay Doug, you got my attention.
Where’s the speed Lebowski? Where’s the speed?
4 ****ing years of Berglund? W in t absolute f?
Jesus h Christ that return is awful
This is like listing your house on a "make me move" offer and trading it for a used Dodge neon and a buy one get one colonoscopy coupon . We took two salary dumps, a b prospect, and two picks that won't help us before my 40th. **** .
There is a hilarious amount of stupid wasted cap space on this roster rightnow...
I mean we took money back and still couldn't get Kyrou or Thomas. What kind of incompetent GM pulls that off?
At this point, the best thing I can say is somehow I’ve managed not to throw my phone at anything.
The only plus is that the takes here are slightly better than Facebook takes
Living in the midwest, I see a ton of Blues games. Berglund and Sobotka are not cap dumps. They are two heart and soul guys that bust ass every shift. This is all about the culture change. We are a better team today than we were 24 hours ago.
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Re: Confirmed: Blues Trade for ROR
200Heart and soul, I fell in love with youstlblues1226 wrote:Here are some of my favorites from the HFBoards link:
And I stopped at around page 16 or so. Pretty entertaining.Sigh, traded a dollar for 2 nickels, 2 pennies, and a Canadian penny. Oh, and no defensemen.
Jesus ****ing christ. On the day Toronto signs one of the best players in the league, you trade ROR for a bag of ****. This team is ****ed.
... ugh
ROR for depth and lotto tickets
(I was a big Tage Thompson booster in his draft year.... honestly has one of the best one timers I’ve ever seen... but slow as molasses)
I was just hating on Doug Armstrong not even an hour ago and now I'm blown away. Okay Doug, you got my attention.
Where’s the speed Lebowski? Where’s the speed?
4 ****ing years of Berglund? W in t absolute f?
Jesus h Christ that return is awful
This is like listing your house on a "make me move" offer and trading it for a used Dodge neon and a buy one get one colonoscopy coupon . We took two salary dumps, a b prospect, and two picks that won't help us before my 40th. **** .
There is a hilarious amount of stupid wasted cap space on this roster rightnow...
I mean we took money back and still couldn't get Kyrou or Thomas. What kind of incompetent GM pulls that off?
At this point, the best thing I can say is somehow I’ve managed not to throw my phone at anything.
The only plus is that the takes here are slightly better than Facebook takes
Living in the midwest, I see a ton of Blues games. Berglund and Sobotka are not cap dumps. They are two heart and soul guys that bust ass every shift. This is all about the culture change. We are a better team today than we were 24 hours ago.
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Because you held me tight
And stole a kiss in the night
Heart and soul, I begged to be adored
Lost control, and tumbled overboard, gladly
That magic night we kissed
There in the moon mist
Oh! but your lips were thrilling, much too thrilling
Never before were mine so strangely willing
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