The Blues' projected lineup:
Brandon Saad-Robert Thomas-Jordan Kyrou
Pavel Buchnevich-Brayden Schenn-Kasperi Kapanen
Kevin Hayes-Jake Neighbours
Alexey Toropchenko-Oskar Sundqvist-Sammy Blais
Nick Leddy-Colton Parayko
Torey Krug-Justin Faulk
Marco Scandella-Robert Bortuzzo
Joel Hofer
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2Vrana and Tucker Benched. Bortuzzo and Perunovich go in as Blues go with 7 D.
...but whatever, the Blues won the Cup!!!!!
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3Any doubt Vrana was in the doghouse are gone. Guess he's Berube's new scapegoat.Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:46 pm Vrana and Tucker Benched. Bortuzzo and Perunovich go in as Blues go with 7 D.
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4Utterly stupid. He needs to be on top line w buch and Thomas and kyrou on line two to spread out the scoring (before anyone says it... What scoring i know i know)Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:42 pmAny doubt Vrana was in the doghouse are gone. Guess he's Berube's new scapegoat.Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:46 pm Vrana and Tucker Benched. Bortuzzo and Perunovich go in as Blues go with 7 D.
Now now, the Canadian Government has apologized for Bryan Adams on SEVERAL occasions!
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5Yeah, unsure if it's just play related or what? You'd think a team struggling to score would not take out one of their top 3 finishers on the team for an extra d-man. We'll see how it plays out tonight, need to get some positives going.Ozzies09tc wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:17 pmUtterly stupid. He needs to be on top line w buch and Thomas and kyrou on line two to spread out the scoring (before anyone says it... What scoring i know i know)Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:42 pmAny doubt Vrana was in the doghouse are gone. Guess he's Berube's new scapegoat.Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:46 pm Vrana and Tucker Benched. Bortuzzo and Perunovich go in as Blues go with 7 D.
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6I'm not sure what Blais and Hayes have done to warrant being in the lineup and Vrana sits.
I love the seven defenseman system. It's a great motivator that works maybe 20% of the time.
I love the seven defenseman system. It's a great motivator that works maybe 20% of the time.
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7The Blues will have to kill off this penalty.
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8Kappy with the shorty breakaway goal!! Kadri with the turnover that led to it
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9Kapanen skates all alone in on goal and lifts the puck into the upper corner for the shortie!!!! Blues lead 1-0!!!! 
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10And now Bortuzzo gets in a fight!! Wild ass fight too
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11Bortuzzo fights Grier, but not only gets 7 minutes of penalties, but gets a bogus misconduct for instigating the fight. 
No, he only got a 5-minute major, plus the 2 minute roughing.
No, he only got a 5-minute major, plus the 2 minute roughing.
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12Blues score, as Neighbours tips in the shot!!! Blues lead 2-0!!! Blues score, as Neighbours tips in the shot!!! Blues lead 2-0!!!
Check that. They gave the goal to Leddy. So no tip-in.
Check that. They gave the goal to Leddy. So no tip-in.
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13Two goals and a fight in the first? We’ve got ourselves what the canadians like to call a hockey game!
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14Screw the goals this is what we are here for
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15The Blues have started out better in this game than any other, so far this young season. Let's hope they can keep it up and get a convincing road win in this one.
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16Kyrou in all alone on a breakaway, but the goalie stops it. I still say that Kyrou needs to work on his final moves in close. He gets a LOT of breakawayt chances, but finishes on way too few.
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17Very good 1st Period for The Blues! They killed off a penalty and were skating hard up ice, and buzzing around the net, resulting in several good scoring chances. I like what I've seen so far. Kapanen took a hint from Vrana's benching. His listless play in the last few games before this deserved benching just as much as Vrana's.
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18The Blues are all the way back!
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19Players who have impressed me this season; Kyrou (yes, Kyrou!), Neighbours, Kapanen and Binnington.
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20Binnington has been stellar at opening the bench door to get guys on and off the ice smoothly during line changes.BluesSK wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:02 pm Players who have impressed me this season; Kyrou (yes, Kyrou!), Neighbours, Kapanen and Binnington.
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21Markstrom robbed Kyrou on that last save. The Blues had several good chances on that power play with some nice crisp puck movement!
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22Yet another odd-man rush by The Blues with Leddy joining in and getting a good chance.
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23Kapanen has really been unusually energetic in this game. It's good that The Blues have 2 lines that are scoring and driving the offensive play, rather than just the Thomas-Kyrou-Buchnevich line. They've drawn another power play!
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24The Blues had two men right in front to jump on rebounds on that flurry, that almost led to another goal!
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25Hofer with a LONNNNG 3-Zone stretch pass to a teammate behind the defence, which might have led to another goal. He's played well this game and progressing nicely with his NHL experience. I finally am feeling more confident about The Blues long-term goaltending situation.