GDT: ♫ @ ✈ 4:30 pm et

[Dbrownss]

Good win for the good guys. Ott was great, very physical. Pietrangelo was also surprisingly physical. And it looks like the big guy Backes is hitting his stride

 

[bleedblue1223]

Very impressive performance tonight. Starting to get some of the big guns going.

 

[elkranio]

Woohoo

 

[Robb_K]

Blues win a tough road game. Blues 1st in The Central again! Happy Birthday to me!

 

[Robb_K]

Good win for the good guys. Ott was great, very physical. Pietrangelo was also surprisingly physical. And it looks like the big guy Backes is hitting his stride

And he also played a part in the offence. He actually got an assist!

 

[LGB51]

Now that you can't clear the crease, guys like him and Shaw will thrive there.

What do you mean, "now that you can't clear the crease?" They did away with being able to clear the crease??

 

[Robb_K]

What do you mean, "now that you can't clear the crease?" They did away with being able to clear the crease??

Sort of - by calling bogus interference, slashing, roughing penalties against defencemen "manhandling" forwards trying to park in front of the net.

 

[bleedblue1223]

What do you mean, "now that you can't clear the crease?" They did away with being able to clear the crease??

Interference. Watch some games from the lockout before this last lockout. Guys like Pronger, Hatcher, Stevens would've absolutely destroyed guys like Schwartz and Shaw. Now the smaller guys that are have the best hand-eye coordination can thrive in front of the net because they call that stuff more, which allows them more space and ability to gain the proper position needed for tipping/re-directing.

 

[Mike Liut]

B2B games, 3rd game in 4 days and last game of a long road trip, I think the Blues played as well as they could have. Great win under these circumstances.

 

[Fred Murtz]

Ryan Reaves spin around wrister goal 3-2

 

[Meatball]

A few things:

1) David Backes looked like David Backes again.
2) God bless you for getting physical Petro, but that really isn't your game. He'd throw checks but then bounce off like he was the one that got hit. However, he was making good pinches and offensively, started looking like Petro again.
3) I can't believe I'm saying this: Steve Ott was really good.

That is all.

 

[BlueDream]

Interference. Watch some games from the lockout before this last lockout. Guys like Pronger, Hatcher, Stevens would've absolutely destroyed guys like Schwartz and Shaw. Now the smaller guys that are have the best hand-eye coordination can thrive in front of the net because they call that stuff more, which allows them more space and ability to gain the proper position needed for tipping/re-directing.

Except you still can slash and cross-check guys in front of the net since it happens in every game.

I understand the game has changed but the way some people talk makes it sound like you can't even touch the guy. That's extremely false. They still take abuse in every single game.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Except you still can slash and cross-check guys in front of the net since it happens in every game.

I understand the game has changed but the way some people talk makes it sound like you can't even touch the guy. That's extremely false. They still take abuse in every single game.

They do, but it's a different type of abuse. Defenseman can't truck guys and dump them in front of the net. Like you said it's more hacking and whacking these days.

 

[LGB51]

dumb dangerous hit. I don't know how Backes doesn't get a penalty on that play.

Ben didn't get a penalty when he pushed Oshie head first into the goal post, that lead to the concussion.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Except you still can slash and cross-check guys in front of the net since it happens in every game.

I understand the game has changed but the way some people talk makes it sound like you can't even touch the guy. That's extremely false. They still take abuse in every single game.

Not to the same extent though.

 

[LGB51]

Thanks! I'll celebrated it with tonight's Blues' win (slightly bittersweet, as I am a Winnipegger)!

Happy almost birthday Robb!!

 

[Fred Murtz]

Paul Stastny EN goal 4-2

 

[LGB51]

Throw the flag?

Must be Sunday.

Don't watch football, used to though. The lingo seemed appropriate in that situation

 

[ICdave]

Blue post-game audio: Coach Hitchcock, Steen, Reaves and Allen.

To listen click here.

 

[Overkamp]

I know it was just an empty net goal but I hope this get's that monkey off of Stastny's back.

I hope he can find that game he had at the beginning of the year and he get's some consistent linemates.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Kerber just said on the radio that J-Bo has a groin injury.

 

[bleedblue1223]

That's not good and sort of what I expected when he came off. Might as well let him rest as long as possible.

 

[WalterSobchak]

Ben didn't get a penalty when he pushed Oshie head first into the goal post, that lead to the concussion.

yep, also a penalty. if the NHL wants to get serious about protecting their players, those kinds of hits need to go.

This isn't about homerism or evening out the calls. it's about playing the body in a responsible way that doesn't leave the victim of the hit in a vulnerable spot.

 

[542365]

Our top guys from last season, Steen, Backes, and Pietrangelo were all excellent today. Happy with two points on a B2B, 3 in 4, and 4 in 6 situation. Regulation win is even better. We need to win these next two games at home against teams we should beat. After those two we're on the road against the Wild, Hawks, Preds, and Isles. Tough stretch coming up.

 

[Note Worthy]

Blue post-game audio: Coach Hitchcock, Steen, Reaves and Allen.

To listen click here.

Great listen. Thank you for posting.