Half-Assed GDT: Fire guys vs. music note men

[Joshuar56]

i like when the blues play a team like this, brings out the best in them aslong as the goaltending is good.

flames/blues series would be a fun watch TBH i hope it happens, aslong as we get the goaltending its a series we would win too.

With as dirty as the flames are? No thanks...
If they make the playoffs (which I doubt) let them play Colorado first.

 

[Meatball]

no you diddnt

"I believe I did" *Meatwad voice*

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

"I believe I did" *Meatwad voice*

hell yeah !

 

[Meatball]

hell yeah !

 

[Dr Robot]

Something to point out about our icetime. Our top 9 forwards ice time was between 14:12 - 17:42. Special teams plays a big part of those numbers but Kyrou is the guy with 14:12 TOI. Not forcing your top line to play 20+ minutes every night is a huge positive.

 

[Robb_K]

Only half the season has been played, and The Blues have 7 players in double figures in goals, on a pace for 20+ goals, and 2 more are on a per-game pace for 20+. That's enough to fill their Top 9 forwards. But Thomas, in The Top 6, has only 5, but is near a point a game pace. But this is the most balanced scoring team The Blues have ever had.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Only half the season has been played, and The Blues have 7 players in double figures in goals, on a pace for 20+ goals, and 2 more are on a per-game pace for 20+. That's enough to fill their Top 9 forwards. But Thomas, in The Top 6, has only 5, but is near a point a game pace. But this is the most balanced scoring team The Blues have ever had.

Indeed. This team we are witnessing is truly great, and I hope they have some success in the playoffs; if they are to qualify. Grab a defensemen at the TDL, and watch out, my good sir.

 

[JR1]

Darryl looks like a ms potato head.

Not to pile on but I think he looks like a garden gnome.

 

[CraftyVeteran]

All I have to say is...HUUUUUUSSSSEEEEEEE

 

[BlueDream]

Good win to be in person for.

I’m a Mikkola fan. Whenever he has a rough game, he bounces back well.

 

[MissouriMook]

Only half the season has been played, and The Blues have 7 players in double figures in goals, on a pace for 20+ goals, and 2 more are on a per-game pace for 20+. That's enough to fill their Top 9 forwards. But Thomas, in The Top 6, has only 5, but is near a point a game pace. But this is the most balanced scoring team The Blues have ever had.

The 1980-81 team might have been better, but your point is a good one.

 

[Reality Czech]

All I have to say is...HUUUUUUSSSSEEEEEEE

Don't bring me dooooooown, Huss!

Great bounceback win, although I am not a fan of replacing the Wilson Pickett victory song with the Beach Boys. There is nothing "Bluesy" about the Beach Boys.

 

[execwrite1]

Perron's game is so well rounded. Has great offensive skills but he is also a tenacious checker.

An all-time great Blue (and a few other places).

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Perron's game is so well rounded. Has great offensive skills but he is also a tenacious checker.

An all-time great Blue (and a few other places).

I don't care how many more points he scores or rack up stats to be deemed "worthy" of jersey number retirement, but his love of and faith in St. Louis is unmatched.

DP57 to the rafters after he retires.

 

[Robb_K]

Indeed. This team we are witnessing is truly great, and I hope they have some success in the playoffs; if they are to qualify. Grab a defensemen at the TDL, and watch out, my good sir.

Absolutely what I am hoping they will do - but NOT in a trade for Tarasenko.

 

[Robb_K]

The 1980-81 team might have been better, but your point is a good one.

The 1980-81 team "might" have been better. Their statistics are better. But remember that was during a highly inflated scoring period of The NHL's history, and should be viewed in that context. Also, despite the defensive flaws of this current team, when they play Berube's desired style of team defence, I think (as I remember) this current team's team defence is significantly better than the 1980-81 Blues team's was.

 

[Majorityof1]

I had a GF that had a Halak crush. Asked here why she thought he was handsome. She said he wasn’t it was a fantasy with him wearing his mask. Women are weird.

So did you spring for overnight delivery on your new goalie mask, or was it 2 day?

 

[WATTAGE4451]

Absolutely what I am hoping they will do - but NOT in a trade for Tarasenko.

I dont see how else you get a top defensemen the team needs. Nit onky do we need to trade talent, we need cap room to add one unless we are somehow getting a young premier defenseman making near league minimum but thats doubtful

 

[Brian39]

I dont see how else you get a top defensemen the team needs. Nit onky do we need to trade talent, we need cap room to add one unless we are somehow getting a young premier defenseman making near league minimum but thats doubtful

There are TDL options to upgrade the D without getting a top D man or a young premier D man. The level of salary and assets going the other way would be determined by who you are getting and whether or not it is a rental or longer solution. If we're willing to run a 22 man roster and deal with a couple shortages in the regular season, moving Scandella and Perunovich in a deal (or sending Perunovich back to the AHL) gives us roughly $4.6M in cap space. That is enough to just fit Chychrun if it is a long term play and it is more than enough to fit in most rentals if the other team retains (which is the norm in the TDL rental market).

All of Chychrun, Giordano, Lindholm, Gavrikov, Sanheim, and (sigh) Chiarot could be fit under the cap without moving Tarasenko and we've got a decent chunk of futures assets to make competitive offers for each of those players. Especially if we plan to keep Tarasenko for this run and then move him in the summer.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

There are TDL options to upgrade the D without getting a top D man or a young premier D man. The level of salary and assets going the other way would be determined by who you are getting and whether or not it is a rental or longer solution. If we're willing to run a 22 man roster and deal with a couple shortages in the regular season, moving Scandella and Perunovich in a deal (or sending Perunovich back to the AHL) gives us roughly $4.6M in cap space. That is enough to just fit Chychrun if it is a long term play and it is more than enough to fit in most rentals if the other team retains (which is the norm in the TDL rental market).

All of Chychrun, Giordano, Lindholm, Gavrikov, Sanheim, and (sigh) Chiarot could be fit under the cap without moving Tarasenko and we've got a decent chunk of futures assets to make competitive offers for each of those players. Especially if we plan to keep Tarasenko for this run and then move him in the summer.

(If he comes back healthy and looking as good as he did last season)

Bolduc+Scandella for Edmundson+

MTL loves them some French Canadians.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Do you guys see Husso being the starter moving forward? I really hope this is an indicator of his ability as a goaltender and not just a lucky hot streak.

 

[Majorityof1]

Do you guys see Husso being the starter moving forward? I really hope this is an indicator of his ability as a goaltender and not just a lucky hot streak.

He'll get more starts, maybe even the majority of starts for the near future. But he won't be deemed the clear cut guy. Binnington will have every chance to win his net back. Husso is crushing Binnington in terms of performance. But he also has had the easier workload. Take the last 2 games for example, Binner gets the road game where our guys have played 3 in 4 and Husso gets the home game where they have played 3 in 4. That doesn't completely account for the performance difference but it is a part of it. Husso has to prove he can handle the tougher assignments, and Binnington will get a chance to prove that he can get his game together. Both their contracts and Binnington's past performance demand we give Binnington every chance before the end of the year.

 

[MissouriMook]

He'll get more starts, maybe even the majority of starts for the near future. But he won't be deemed the clear cut guy. Binnington will have every chance to win his net back.

I'm interested as to why you feel this is the case when it was clear just a few starts into Binnington's 2019 magical run that Allen was not winning the net back from him. I see Binnington's struggles the last couple of seasons and Allen's in 2017-2019 as similar, and Husso has quite a few more starts under his belt this season and last than Binnington did when he became the clear cut starter three years ago. To me, Husso has built a better case, and if you remember back to 2019, Allen played fairly decent when given a lighter load as a backup but did not get his net back the way you're suggesting Binnington will.

 

[Ridge1982]

Well, Allen didn't win a Cup. JB has proven to show up when backed into a corner. We'll see what Husso's made of when he has to face COL or VGK in a seven game series.

 

[MissouriMook]

Well, Allen didn't win a Cup. JB has proven to show up when backed into a corner. We'll see what Husso's made of when he has to face COL or VGK in a seven game series.

That was three years ago. This is a “what have you done for me lately” business.