GDT: Game #25 | St. Louis Blues vs Anaheim Ducks | Berglund is Back Edition!

[Davimir Tarablad]

Lol offsides on an empty net

 

[Celtic Note]

Steen is painful to watch on zone entries.

 

[EastonBlues22]

im fairly perplexed by his lack of on paper production. He's so gifted. He's assertive in how he holds the line but doesn't look to finish too often. He's so capable

It'll come. He clearly helps tilt the ice in the Blues favor when he's out there.

 

[mk80]

Brodziak again!

 

[TarasenkosForearm]

Now im just going to be pissed

 

[Dbrownss]

Lol.....least the score wont be so embarrassing

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

nice goal ... put alas the clock is ticking away

 

[KirkOut]

MRW Brodziak is the extra attacker then scores:

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Brodziak! Again!

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Crazy idea:

Brodziak as the 3rd line center and Sundqvist on the 4th. Just in the short term

 

[mk80]

Problem is time now, too bad Brodziak didn't do this 2 periods ago

 

[Spektre]

At this level you still have to execute to win, even when facing a depleted roster, and the Blues have not been executing very well in multiple important facets of the game.

Agreed but not executing or finishing chances against such a depleted roster is what makes it so bad

 

[Robb_K]

Brodziak is on fire!!! 2-goal game! Skate right in on goal and pops it by Gibson!!

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

My first thought was why is Brodziak the 6th man on the ice. My second thought was holy **** what a goal

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Lets just blame this game on my internet.

 

[Celtic Note]

It'll come. He clearly helps tilt the ice in the Blues favor when he's out there.

Agreed. It will come. The coaching staff sees it too

 

[mk80]

Love the view of this guy's head to end the game...

 

[Dbrownss]

Fix the f***ing special teams.
FFS

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

outside of the last few minutes the game was a stinker

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

If we had a half-way decent (not even good) special teams, then we win this game handedly. In fact, we might only have three losses on the year. Get a shooter for 2RW adn fix those teams

 

[Celtic Note]

Steen is sort of driving me nuts. He has the ability to play a simpler and more effective game, yet he tries too hard to be a star making plays. He is a straight line player.

 

[Blanick]

Special teams have to be corrected. Other than that the Blues really need to stop underestimating teams. You could just tell 5 mins in that the Blues thought this was going to be an easy win due to the Ducks injuries and came back to bite them. I feel like the majority of our loses have come from us taking our opponents too lightly.

 

[EastonBlues22]

What have you liked? I think he has been guilty of being timid too often.

He has lost a bunch of board battles too.

His last PP was fun to watch though.

He's arguably been the best Blues player with the puck tonight. Beaten his man multiple times with the puck on his stick, and created time and space for himself a number of others. Lots of escapability with the puck, both in space and on the line, at ES and with the man advantage. A number of really nice passes, and he's getting the puck to the net...not empty shots that are being gobbled up, either. No panic with the puck, and if he had any bad turnovers, I didn't see them.

It was a meh night defensively, but the whole team kind of stunk when it came to puck support and battles tonight. Dunn's not a player I would expect to dominate on that front, anyway, so maybe I'm grading on a curve there.

Either way, his transition impact and puck poise are extremely advanced for a rookie defenseman. His skill set is going to be a tremendous asset for the Blues.

 

[Meatball]

Crappy day all around, this loss is fitting.

 

[Blanick]

Steen is sort of driving me nuts. He has the ability to play a simpler and more effective game, yet he tries too hard to be a star making plays. He is a straight line player.

Honestly I am over Alexander Steen at this point. I really hope Army finds a way to trade him this offseason. His ability to be "another coach" on the ice is overshadowed by the fact that he is shell of the player he once was.