Another long break for the Blues between their last game and this. Fitting timing as Paul Stastny has decided to retire yesterday. LETS PUT ON A GOOD SHOWING FOR THE NATIONAL AUDIENCE!

Some line shuffling for the Blues. Kap has apparently earned his way to the top line. Or maybe others earned their way down. Blais playing where he belongs, 4th line. Scandella now paired with Parayko.

Buchnevich-Thomas-Kapanen
Saad-Schenn-Kyrou
Vrana-Hayes-Neighbours
Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Blais


Scandella-Parayko
Krug-Faulk
Leddy-Tucker

Binnington


Cale Makar questionable for the Avs

It will be fascinating to see how the lads respond after a few days off following a lousy showing. A win is always a tough ask on the road against the Avs, but there's zero excuse to not put forth a good effort tonight.

Vrana stuck with hayes...poor dude. He hasta use his speed to play off and def to make up for hayes lack of speed...dude looks like he's skating in mud ffs

Makar and Byram out for warm ups so looking like they are both going to give it a go.

Prosvetov in goal for the Avs for his first start. Blues have a chance!! let’s go!

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:24 pm Prosvetov in goal for the Avs for his first start. Blues have a chance!! let’s go!

Prosvetov sounds like a drug for prostate issues.

BluesSK wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:33 pm

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:24 pm Prosvetov in goal for the Avs for his first start. Blues have a chance!! let’s go!

Prosvetov sounds like a drug for prostate issues.

haha well he passed his first test on his first shot of the season denying Schenn at point blank. Good feed from Kyrou though

Parayko postjob. Blues have really come out strong! Lets cash in.

Blues heading to the PP!

Well so much for that good start. Tucker has to be much better than that and Binner should be able to make that save.

1-0

Blues PP fails to score

Blues PK fails to stop Colorado

New game, same story.

2-0 Colorado and the Blues challenged the goal for high stick and lost the challenge so Colorado immediately back on the PP. Got to kill this one off or it could get away early.

Ugh

A couple of nice hits by Blais on one shift. Maybe that’ll wake the team up. I’m sure Chief is going to chew into between periods.

I’m struggling the find joy in watching these games though. I need them to just give the Blues two weeks off

One thing that stands out on this goal to me is how Parayko is just letting two guys screen Binner with zero effort to move them. He’s just there watching the puck.

I want to like Tucker but I just don't know if he's got the hockey sense to overcome his lack of foot speed.

Watching The Blues play against a deep team with lots of good young players, 2 of them being superstars and another, very, very good, with our two best players only "good" (with incomplete games, I can see that we're in for a hard year. We haven't had a super player since Pronger left. Tarasenko wasn't a complete player. It would be nice to get a superstar forward and have a #1 franchise defenceman at the same time, and also have a top 5 goaltender at the same time, and also have depth at forward and defence. And winning The Stanley cup another few times would be nice, too. Being strangled by several bad contracts is a pisser. I'm not thrilled with the way Army has been managing contracts and The Blues' Cap.
I'd like to, at least, watch The Blues' young players improve over the next few seasons. But, even Thomas is not improving as much as I thought he would. Also, despite my never having as high expectations for Kyrou as many Blues' fans had, he's improving much more slowly and at a much lower level than I expected. We'll have to hope the next crop of prospects surprises us some, and hope The Blues somehow institute a better calibre of scouting, coaching, and player development at all levels of the organisation. This season won't be as terrible as 2005-06, but it will likely be ugly.

Nice dipsy doodle toe drag by Kyrou to go around his man! Too bad he didn't finish on that play.

I hope they can score on The PP this time!

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:33 pm A couple of nice hits by Blais on one shift. Maybe that’ll wake the team up. I’m sure Chief is going to chew into between periods.

I’m struggling the find joy in watching these games though. I need them to just give the Blues two weeks off

I think you've got a lot of company in that depression.

Nice steal by a teammate, and great, quick one-timer by Blais! At least HE came to play (like he does every game0.

Tyler Tucker is a turd

I can see that Vrana attended the same "finishing school" as Kyrou!

GOD damn Chris Kerber is terrible

Joey Vitale does DMT before every game

Chippy... chunky.... power. - Joey Vitale

Nice steal by Sundqvist!