LOL at anyone thinking we were going to dominate them. Blues are just a way better team than we are. The rest of Feb is going to be brutal for us.
I don't know about dominate, but we can definitely go toe to toe with them or any other top team. We did plenty of good things the last time we faced each other. For this game there were moments, the beginning of the 2nd, long parts of the 3rd, where we played the right way. But when we don't, and we're lazy, the Blues pounced on their chances and showed no mercy. If we show the same effort on this road trip, these teams are going to pummel us. It's up to us to come ready to play, and commit to playing good defense.LOL at anyone thinking we were going to dominate them. Blues are just a way better team than we are. The rest of Feb is going to be brutal for us.
He could've been but he should've said, "This loss is on me, I let the team down with poor decisions in the 2nd. We showed fight by playing till the end but by then we were too far beyond. I can't put my team in that position and expect us to win. If not for Bishop it could've been worse."
“I can’t make that turnover at that time of the game, that kind of killed us,’’ Stamkos said. “We had the momentum, we were getting some chances, it’s a 2-1 (game) and I screwed up. I can’t blame anybody else but myself for that one. . . . It was tough. For me personally, I was feeling really good, had an extra step and then that happens.
“It’s unacceptable for that to happen at that point in the game and I take full responsibility for that.’’
I'm wholeheartedly against paying the Stamkos-Hedman duo 20m~ for the next decade, that'd be a third of the cap tied to 2 highly inconsistent players and a ****ing #2 Dman who can't play the body.
Last night showed us how much we miss a guy like Gudas in the lineup. Stop with the ****ing cringe-worthy stick check attempts already! We have one of the biggest defenses in the league but it is without a doubt the softest bunch of giants in the entire NHL! As Chief pointed out many times during the game they just had to watch how the Blues do it. Every time we tried to enter their zone boom the Blues player will step up and play the body. Our guy ends up on his ass or in the boards and the Blues went the other way with the puck. When the Blues entered our zone our D backed up, let them in and helplessly tried to poke the puck away. It was so pathetic.
Oh it's definitely fatigue. We are missing two 15-20 minutes per game guys on defense right now. At one point it was three with Garrison out. Sustr, Barbs, Nesterov are all in over their heads. It has worked for longer than I had expected but right now it's showing. Stralman and Hedman are asked to compensate for them and the vicious circle continues. Same story a year ago with Brewer and then Carle who had to do it all. It's not sustainable over longer stretches of time and especially not against the top teams from the West. I wouldn't be shocked if a trade for another D went down in the near future. Something has to happen.Could it just be fatigue? I've seen so many plays where Stralman, Johnson, Hedman have just been lacksadaiasdlcal.
Cooper should have called a TO right after the 2nd goal against. For whatever reason he never does that though.STL calls a timeout, why haven't Copper done that yet, he should have done it in the 2nd after the 4th goal.
Pretty much accurate, yeah. Right down to the extra step he had, which I think is a big positive to take from last night. Stamkos looked more like Stamkos than in any other non-"big" performance (MTL, Vancouver). If that guy shows up down the stretch, and plays a bit smarter, we'll have two dominant lines.
Well it was on the road against Columbus after a busy schedule (tired legs). And they did also miss Shattenkirk on D - the leading scorer in the league you know?They aren't a better team. They are a healthier team. All teams have bad games. St Louis got destroyed 7-2 at home by Columbus just a few games ago.
We are currently running 3 ahl defensemen. It's gonna be tough going until we get healthy and/or Yzerman makes a trade for some reinforcements.
Well it was on the road against Columbus after a busy schedule (tired legs). And they did also miss Shattenkirk on D - the leading scorer in the league you know?
Well it was on the road against Columbus after a busy schedule (tired legs). And they did also miss Shattenkirk on D - the leading scorer in the league you know?
My point was that the Blues also missed a key player - Shattenkirk (40 pts in 49 games not bad for a defenseman huh?). And Lehtera just came back from injury.What's your point? You obviously completely missed mine.
My point was that the Blues also missed a key player - Shattenkirk (40 pts in 49 games not bad for a defenseman huh?). And Lehtera just came back from injury.