Half-Assed GDT: Blues vs Ducks

[elkranio]

I'd make a full-assed GDT, but I got injured.

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[BangarangxRufio]

 

[BangarangxRufio]

 

[wannabebluesplayer]

I have to agree with the commenter on that Twitter post. I would rather see Schmaltz and sit Bortuzzo or Gunnarson. I think they are starting Bobby B because it's Anaheim. Lots of big bodies.

 

[BangarangxRufio]

i agree. last game they hit us A LOT! i think its about fighting back this game. we will see tons of hits being finished tonight

 

[Dbrownss]

I'd like to see this top 6

Sobokta Schenn Tarasenko
Steen Stastny Jaskin

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

I'd like to see this top 6

Sobokta Schenn Tarasenko
Steen Stastny Jaskin

Was just about to post that I’d like to see them swap Staz and Schenn.

 

[justde]

I have to agree with the commenter on that Twitter post. I would rather see Schmaltz and sit Bortuzzo or Gunnarson. I think they are starting Bobby B because it's Anaheim. Lots of big bodies.

Schmaltz for sure is a man for the future - but the future aint here yet. He has in no way proved to be better than Bort or Gunnar. He will probably be next year - but that´s not today.

 

[wannabebluesplayer]

Schmaltz for sure is a man for the future - but the future aint here yet. He has in no way proved to be better than Bort or Gunnar. He will probably be next year - but that´s not today.

Schmaltz is definitely better than Bortuzzo or Gunnarsson, but he brings a different game that the Blues probably feel they don't need in this game.

 

[BleedBlue14]

Schmaltz for sure is a man for the future - but the future aint here yet. He has in no way proved to be better than Bort or Gunnar. He will probably be next year - but that´s not today.

Gunnar and Bort are redundant. Just decent defensive d men. Thank jesus they aren't paired together because they are an awful pairing. Not sure the whole Bortuzzo and JBo pairing is much better. Would rather see Schmaltz with a defenseman who is solid in his own zone like Bouw, and then see the Dunn Bort pairing back. Unless we are showcasing Bort or Gunnar for a different team I don't see any reason to have them both in the lineup especially when we are lacking this much offense due to injury. If we are along the lines of thinking Bort is in there due to the physicality of the Ducks then we should just go ahead and release Thorburn right now if he can't do the only job he was brought in to do.

Also, for the love of god why would you take Scotty away from Brodz. This lineup is going to suck the life out of Brodziak playing without a single linemate who knows how to shoot the puck at a junior level.

 

[stl76]

I'd like to see this top 6

Sobokta Schenn Tarasenko
Steen Stastny Jaskin

I really want to see Schenn w/ Vova and Stastny w/ Jaskin. Mix in Sobotka/Steen/Barbashev on LW as needed, but those should be the C - RW combos IMO.

 

[wannabebluesplayer]

Honestly...why is Paajarvi not waived yet. Wouldn't it be better to be playing Blais with these guys right now? Also, why split up what's been such an effective line with Upshall, Brodziak, and Jaskin. Why not keep them together and up their playing time a bit more? I would have liked to see Barbashev with Tarasenko and Schenn.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

With the injury luck for both of these teams they'll need to move this game to the hospital parking lot, just in case.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

This game is going to be a wreck oh my god. Both teams are living in the hospital right now.

 

[Bye Felicia]

The Ducks do have Getzlaf and Silfverberg back now, but you could still ice a great starting six with the players who are out on both sides.

Schwartz - Kesler - Perry
Lindholm - Pietrangelo
Hutton

 

[Bluesnatic27]

There are so many injuries, that I have a feeling the game is going to be replaced with NHL 18 gameplay played by the players in the hospital.

Good news, no injuries. Bad news, Doc Emrick and Eddie Olecyk...

 

[67Blues]

Any coincidence that the spokes-animal for this company that sells injury insurance is the same animal that we are playing tonight? Makes you go hmmmmm.

 

[The Note]

Not that there is much that can be done atm but the forward lines are miserable.

 

[Em etah Eh]

Free Husso

 

[thedustman]

barbashev better quack the scoresheet

i'd also like to see a flying-V tonight

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Gotta get in Gibson's face if they want to score on him.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

I thought that went off the glass, weird.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Ducks taking a page out of the Blues' book, there. Too many men.

 

[Robb_K]

The Bouwmeester haters will have another chance to see how The Blues do with Schmaltz playing instead. The Blues killed off the first penalty without him and now go on the power play.

 

[converseman54]

Too much passing on the PP