GDT: Game #5 | Blues @ Panthers | "Yeah, I Know I'm Late. Deal With It"

[Dbrownss]

Blues need to get more bodies towards the puck. Just outnumbered

 

[EastonBlues22]

Tired legs or not, the transition game has been awful tonight.

 

[Dbrownss]

Boy...when Allen takes a dump...he runs out of TP

 

[The Grouch]

Terrible game! The clock can't run out fast enough.

 

[izzy]

pathetic

new pairings are also bad combos

 

[Thallis]

I’m on the fence. It looked like it went towards the wrist, so it could’ve not completely crossed just as easily as it could’ve been a good goal.

You could see the puck in the webbing from another angle, but refs don't really take that into account.

 

[EastonBlues22]

How can you tell your team's out of gas? You see Bjugstad blow by your team on his way down the ice.

 

[izzy]

can we trade back for reaves so he can beat the shit out of that clown haley

"for what"

you dropped your gloves you idiot

 

[izzy]

How can you tell your team's out of gas? You see Bjugstad blow by your team on his way down the ice.

eh one of the fastest skaters in the league and ed isnt very fast

 

[TheBluePenguin]

I'm so jealous they have a player like Barkov, that dude is amazing

 

[elkranio]

Despite the score we had enough good chances, just didn't capitalize. Also kitties are fresh and we're not.
Not the end of the world.

 

[EastonBlues22]

eh one of the fastest skaters in the league and ed isnt very fast

I disagree that Bjugstad is one of the fastest players in the league.

 

[izzy]

I disagree that Bjugstad is one of the fastest players in the league.

what

hes incredibly fast, especially considering his size

 

[EastonBlues22]

what

hes incredibly fast, especially considering his size

Fast for your size =/= one of the fastest players in the league. I'd call him slightly above average for all forwards, which makes him well above average for someone his height...but that sort of speed doesn't get you anywhere near the sort of separation he got on that last rush against a defender that isn't gassed. He's not Grabner.

 

[Lakas]

At least Dunn gets his first

 

[Dbrownss]

Well at least that happened

 

[izzy]

Fast for your size =/= one of the fastest players in the league. I'd call him slightly above average for all forwards, which makes him well above average for someone his height...but that sort of speed doesn't get you anywhere near the sort of separation he got on that last rush against a defender that isn't gassed. He's not Grabner.

hes not grabner hagelin mcdavid or AA but hes just behind those guys imo

 

[Robb_K]

Dunn rushes up and wrists it in! Blues trail by 2. Too bad it came so late.

 

[The Grouch]

At least Dunn gets his first

Yeah, I'm happy for him. That made it worth watching the last five minutes of this game.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

Something to cheer about

 

[Robb_K]

The Blues' tiring road trip and several games played in a few days finally caught up with them. It was going to happen some time. Starting out 4-1 with a whole Top 9 line out and their #2 defenceman also out, isn't too bad. They'll go home and start winning again. Other than this tired game, Yeo has had them playing very well.

 

[Oberyn]

Nice goal by Dunn to cap off a pretty terrible night for the Blues.

 

[mk80]

Just need to regroup find our effort again and prepare for Tampa.

 

[Bluesnatic27]

Sucks for the Blues, but these games happen.

Good news, Dunn got his first and Pietrangelo now has 8 points in 5 games. He leads in TOI and points for all defenseman.

 

[EastonBlues22]

hes not grabner hagelin mcdavid or AA but hes just behind those guys imo

<shrug> Kind of entering semantic territory here. The greater point is that you don't see him blow by people like that on a regular basis like you do for the real burners, at least not in any of the Florida games that I watch.

This wasn't him getting a full step on a guy in a straight line race over two zones. This was him starting dead even (Edmundson had previously completed his pivot, and Bjugstad was definitely not going full speed at that point) with a guy 6-7 feet inside him at the offensive blue line and then getting enough ahead of that guy in about 30' worth of space to cut to the middle essentially untouched. That is definitely not normal.