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Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:18 pm
by BillP.
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.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:51 pm
by Dave's a mess
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.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 4:03 pm
by Turk Sanderson
Just like '19 ... don't worry about who the opponent is, just play Blues hockey and beat them. This team plays great against top competition, they just shit the bed against teams that won't make the playoffs.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:00 pm
by Ozzies09tc
Bring on the Avs 1st round!
President's trophy curse is still real and we will surprise them in 5
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:45 am
by BillP.
Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:00 pm
Bring 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!
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:01 am
by BluesSK
BillP. wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:45 am
Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:00 pm
Bring 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.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:08 am
by JMC-STL
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.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 12:41 pm
by Dread_Pirate_Westley
RELEASE THE SIDEBURNS
Last night in Providence, Charlie Lindgren had a 41-save shutout as the Springfield Thunderbirds defeated Providence 1-0 in a key division game. Lindgren is 20-4-2 for the T-Birds this season, 2.27 GAA, .922 save %. Klim Kostin had the goal.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:10 pm
by Dave's a mess
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2022 8:01 pm
by Turk Sanderson
Good Lord...
T.C. got more of a response when he screamed "Noodles" from the BNF Suite.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:35 am
by Dave's a mess
Anybody up for a video of all of Robert Thomas's primary assists this season?
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:26 am
by BluesSK
Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:35 am
Anybody up for a video of all of Robert Thomas's primary assists this season?
Wow. Those stats are elite level.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 1:31 pm
by Dave's a mess
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:21 pm
by barnburner
BluesSK wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:26 am
Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:35 am
Anybody up for a video of all of Robert Thomas's primary assists this season?
Wow. Those stats are elite level.
Damn! That's like a video for someone's HOF induction!
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:21 pm
by barnburner
BluesSK wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:26 am
Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:35 am
Anybody up for a video of all of Robert Thomas's primary assists this season?
Wow. Those stats are elite level.
Damn! That's like a video for someone's HOF induction!
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:30 pm
by JMC-STL
DAMN, that 4th rounder may turn out to be the next
Austin Poganski.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:34 pm
by Turk Sanderson
If this team doesn't make a real deep playoff run, Army will probably have a cupboard full of draft pics.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:21 am
by Dread_Pirate_Westley
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.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:38 am
by BluesSK
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.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:22 pm
by Turk Sanderson
MacMac to LTIR …. Dak is back… per Blues Twitter.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:39 am
by T.C.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:26 pm
by Dave's a mess
T.C. wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:39 am
Tarasenko better hope that's where the comparisons stop since he's the only one that's married.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:17 pm
by Dave's a mess
Thought I'd check in on how Kostin has been doing in the minors. He's got 6 points in 17 games. Probably not what the front office was hoping to see. I wonder if he's played his last game in a Blue Note.
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:39 pm
by barnburner
Dave's a mess wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:26 pm
T.C. wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:39 am
Tarasenko better hope that's where the comparisons stop since he's the only one that's married.
Shades of Shanny....
Re: 2021 St. Louis Blues Thread
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:41 pm
by barnburner
Dave's a mess wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:17 pm
Thought I'd check in on how Kostin has been doing in the minors. He's got 6 points in 17 games. Probably not what the front office was hoping to see. I wonder if he's played his last game in a Blue Note.
I don't know his contact status, but he could get another shot in training camp, I suppose.
