Right, but still. There's an issue worth talking about.Backes gooning it up isn't why this team lost. This team lost from careless turn overs and ZERO drive till the dying minutes of the game. They played 18 min of the 3rd like it was a tied game.
Lucic - Stastny - Backes
Schwartz - Lehtera - Tarasenko
Steen - Ott- Jaskin
Porter - Lappy - Reaves
Berglund + Oshie + ? for Lucic
We need toughness BADLY
Pens better be adding something to that or else we're getting ripped off big time. Regardless, Depres isn't the answer to this team.
Absolutely, but fixation on Backes isn't it. Back in Colorado...yes, because he took a pointless penalty to Duchene.Right, but still. There's an issue worth talking about.
Schwartz is definitely missed, but the sloppy ass play has nothing to do with that.I agree, but we didn't lose this one because of toughness. We really miss Schwartz.
Sure, we could add a little and get Sutter sent back as well. Maybe Paarjarvi. Sutter is centering Malkin atm, he could center a Steen-Sutter-Backes line that would look very good. That would leave us the STL line and a power guy to go with Stastny and either Jaskin or Berglund. It all depends on who we got back for Petro.
And sorry but I disagree about Despres. He is a rugged dman who makes other teams forwards pay for being in front of the net. Leads the pens in hits as well.
Im not worried about the soft issue myself. I dont think they are. My problem is idiotic behavior and sloppy, lazy play.So you all are saying blues are too soft but every time Backes shows some toughness you people say there's no need for all this rough stuff. Hahahahahah
Backes gooning it up isn't why this team lost. This team lost from careless turn overs and ZERO drive till the dying minutes of the game. They played 18 min of the 3rd like it was a tied game.
You have such a fascination with mediocre players I do not understand. Trading Oshie for Despres is laughable, and Sutter is nothing more than a 3rd line center.
We're going to be out of playoff position before Elliott gets back. I wish we could just fast-forward to that.
Holy over reacting, we don't need to make any changes...(not yet anyway) we are only a few games back of first place with a few games at hand. We still don't have our #1 Goalie back and Schwartz.
Will be fine.
Seriously. Enough of this Backes to wing stuff. He's a much, much better player at center.
I'm just gonna guess you had a little too much to drink at the bar...