Half-Assed GDT: One more time

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Well folks. We made it. As an extra kick in the dick though, it’s an 8:30 (central) start on national tv

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[ort]

So I can't even watch it on Bally Sports streaming... awesome.

Maybe when the NHL decides to make watching their games not be completely frustrating and confusing I will give them money again. Until then, I think I'm done paying for streaming. Won't do it next year either.

I've watched 95% of Blues games over the last 25 years or so, but trying to do it without cable has made my viewership go off a cliff. The league makes it so annoying I don't even want to watch anymore.

Most years I go to about 10 games live and watch about 70 on TV. I usually only miss 2 or 3 games. This year I still went to about 10 games but I probably only watched about 15-20 on TV. The complete crap Bally Sports UI makes time-shifted viewing super frustrating, coupled with the team being pretty lackluster... and with some changes in my available free time makes for a much less engaged customer for the NHL.

If they don't want my money I won't give it to them. If they don't want my attention, I won't give it to them. Done and done.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

* * * * em all

 

[BlueDream]

Since there’s nothing else to talk about in games like this, I like to look further into lineups and try to draw conclusions from them.

A bit interesting that Alexandrov finishes the season healthy scratched in the last couple games. Every other young guy has stayed in (Dean, Bolduc, Tucker, Kessel and Perunovich). Even guys who are sure to walk in UFA like Blais and Kapanen are in over him.

I have to imagine the Blues must be pretty unhappy with him. And his season sucked, so unless he has a monster summer of training, Dean is probably taking his spot and Dylan Peterson may even have a shot to pass him up on the depth chart too.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

At least games are on ESPN, that's better than ..... oh, wait, this one isn't.

Well at least it's on ESPN+. Which, as long as your feed doesn't skip around until it finally errors out and you have to go out and come back into the broadcast, you can get a seamless experience of ...


... you know what, maybe it's for the best everyone's made this game tough to watch.

 

[GoldenSeal]

WIN. I don't care how or why or whatever the hell have you. WIN. THAT IS ALL.

GO BLUES!!

 

[TheDizee]

If we lose, will we improve our draft position?

If not, I hope Cryrou gets a hat trick so he ups his trade value before we sent him packing this summer.

 

[Celtic Note]

If we lose, will we improve our draft position?

If not, I hope Cryrou gets a hat trick so he ups his trade value before we sent him packing this summer.

But according to you he is terrible, so who would want him? He shouldn’t be worth anything if we believe your analysis to be “right”. We would have to add assets to him for someone to be willing to take him off our hands if all the things you say about him are true. So what value would scoring three meaningless goals mean to his value if he is terrible anyway?

 

[Linkens Mastery]

No matter what Kyrou does the vocal part of this fanbase will NEVER be happy. If he gets traded I hope he goes the f*** off offensively. And leads whatever team he goes to to multiple Stanley cups.

 

[Celtic Note]

No matter what Kyrou does the vocal part of this fanbase will NEVER be happy. If he gets traded I hope he goes the f*** off offensively. And leads whatever team he goes to to multiple Stanley cups.

Hate is a blind and shallow attempt to make someone feel feel better about their frail insecurities.

 

[GoldenSeal]

I hope Cryrou gets a hat trick so he ups his trade value before we sent him packing this summer.

Dizee, stop making me dizzy lol.

 

[Xerloris]

But according to you he is terrible, so who would want him? He shouldn’t be worth anything if we believe your analysis to be “right”. We would have to add assets to him for someone to be willing to take him off our hands if all the things you say about him are true. So what value would scoring three meaningless goals mean to his value if he is terrible anyway?

I'm pretty sure he also thought Kyrou was worth M. Tkachuk and more recently B. Tkachuk. If he sucks so bad how is he puling the Tkachuks in a trade? lol

 

[GoldenSeal]

I'm pretty sure he also thought Kyrou was worth M. Tkachuk and more recently B. Tkachuk. If he sucks so bad how is he puling the Tkachuks in a trade? lol

To be fair, I'd trade him for either Tkachuk, and my opinion of Kyrou is pretty high this year. Kid's come a long way and he deserves some recognition for that.

 

[Reality Czech]

No matter what Kyrou does the vocal part of this fanbase will NEVER be happy. If he gets traded I hope he goes the f*** off offensively. And leads whatever team he goes to to multiple Stanley cups.

What are you talking about? I see a few people criticizing him, including one guy whose only purpose on this forum is to get a rise out of people, and everyone else rushing to defend Kyrou no matter what. Y'all know you don't have to respond to this guy, right? Anyone who's objective should be able to admit Kyrou has a lot of room for improvement, which doesn't mean he's terrible either.

But I notice the same thing about Krug. He's had stretches where he has played really well this year but people keep going on about how he's the problem and we need to get rid of him at all costs. I guess everyone needs a scapegoat. The fact is it's a team sport and our team wasn't good enough this year.

 

[TheDizee]

No matter what Kyrou does the vocal part of this fanbase will NEVER be happy. If he gets traded I hope he goes the f*** off offensively. And leads whatever team he goes to to multiple Stanley cups.

he couldnt lead his way out of a wet paper bag. he needs other people to do the trenchwork for him to even have a inch of success.

 

[Blueston]

he couldnt lead his way out of a wet paper bag. he needs other people to do the trenchwork for him to even have a inch of success.

even if that is true, he has gamebreaking offensive talent. he is the only guy on team who can consistently create chances all by himself. that is an incredibly valuable skill to any team. not everyone is gonna be patrice bergeron; you need to build your team to with mix of imperfect players.

 

[GoldenSeal]

What are you talking about? I see a few people criticizing him, including one guy whose only purpose on this forum is to get a rise out of people, and everyone else rushing to defend Kyrou no matter what. Y'all know you don't have to respond to this guy, right? Anyone who's objective should be able to admit Kyrou has a lot of room for improvement, which doesn't mean he's terrible either.

But I notice the same thing about Krug. He's had stretches where he has played really well this year but people keep going on about how he's the problem and we need to get rid of him at all costs. I guess everyone needs a scapegoat. The fact is it's a team sport and our team wasn't good enough this year.

If we can get Krug the right kind of partner on the blueline, that could help open him up to do what he does best - post points.

 

[TheDizee]

even if that is true, he has gamebreaking offensive talent. they only guy on team who can consistently create chances all by himself. that is an incredibly valuable skill to any team. not everyone is gonna be patrice bergeron; you need to build your team to with mix of imperfect players.

hes not a gamebreaker. hes not even a PPG player in the current era which has seen massive bloated scoring totals now.

tarasenko pre injury was a gamebreaker AND was not a nightmare defensively like kyrou is and forever will be.

 

[BlueOil]

Well folks. We made it. As an extra kick in the dick though, it’s an 8:30 (central) start on national tv

8:47pm if i had to guess for puck drop so the talking heads can flirt with each other between games

 

[TheDizee]

if we lose in regulation, does detroit pass us in the draft order since they beat our asses twice?

we need to lose if so

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

every team should have a black home jersey

 

[Blueston]

this game, somewhat surprisingly, actually matters to dallas. they need a point to clinch top seed in west.

hes not a gamebreaker. hes not even a PPG player in the current era which has seen massive bloated scoring totals now.

tarasenko pre injury was a gamebreaker AND was not a nightmare defensively like kyrou is and forever will be.

i'm not saying he's pasta or kuch, but he's somewhere between forsberg and fiala as a player. tarasenko at his peak was better, yes. and not good defensively. but none of that changes that kyrou is asset.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Kyrou is a total shit player.

Also: Kyrou will get us Brady Tkachuk, who is an absolute stud premier player.

Some things never get old.

if we lose in regulation, does detroit pass us in the draft order since they beat our asses twice?

we need to lose if so

We're locked into 16th even if we lose this game 75-3.

 

[TheDizee]

Kyrou is a total shit player.

Also: Kyrou will get us Brady Tkachuk, who is an absolute stud premier player.

Some things never get old.


We're locked into 16th even if we lose this game 75-3.

hope he scores atleast 3 goals tonight then.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Damn it gang, focus.

Destroy Dallas. Throw a serious wrench in their season.

That is all.