GDT: blue coyote

[MissouriMook]

Why does the Master Chief have a Blues tramp stamp?

Doesn't everyone?

 

[sbet1998]

Never understood the notion that a team should be expected to play at a high level regardless of the circumstances. It's a nice goal, but it's not realistic.

If key players are out, the quality of play is going to suffer. That's why they are key players. If you could go on without missing a beat, then how much could they really matter?

It's harder to quantify fatigue level since so many things factor into it for each player, but that definitely matters as well. Most of the time our team is accused of not caring or dogging it, they look to me like they are simply out of gas.

When teams meet in the regular season, one is often more rested that the other. In the playoffs, that advantage usually isn't as pronounced (especially in the first round).

With the amount of games they have played and the fact that they have had to travel for everyone of them sans the first game after the break I think assuming fatigue is a big factor in their level of play the last 4 games or so is obvious. This will be the second game that had no travel.

 

[Multimoodia]

Why does the Master Chief have a Blues tramp stamp?

I believe it is because that would place the Blue symbol closest to his ass, which is what the Blues have spent the past two games playing like.

 

[Multimoodia]

I would like to see Butler on the PP. He has shown flashes of being a threat to score and seems to have a decent shot, at least better than the J-Bo.

I would rather see the ghost of Barclay Plager on the powerplay than Butler even sniff any playing time out there on the PP.

I would rather see the ghost of Barclay Plager's great-great grandmother.



Hell, I'd rather see a Murray Barron/Jeff Finley combo back there.

 

[KirkOut]

Hell, I'd rather see a Murray Barron/Jeff Finley combo back there.

You're a monster

 

[Multimoodia]

You're a monster

Could've gone Dave Richter/Glen Featherstone but then you whippersnappers would've had to go look that particularly immobile duo up.

 

[The Grouch]

I would rather see the ghost of Barclay Plager on the powerplay than Butler even sniff any playing time out there on the PP.

I would rather see the ghost of Barclay Plager's great-great grandmother.



Hell, I'd rather see a Murray Barron/Jeff Finley combo back there.

HEY, you could do much worse than Murray Baron!


Edit: It appears you did do much worse than Murray Baron. I haven't thought about Dave Richter in at least 20 years.

 

[Multimoodia]

HEY, you could do much worse than Murray Baron!


Edit: It appears you did do much worse than Murray Baron. I haven't thought about Dave Richter in at least 20 years.

Gonna have nightmares of that one tonight!

 

[BadgersandBlues]

Phoenix got super lucky last night. Hawks had a goal called back in the last minute due to no video evidence and the call on the ice being no goal. But the puck was literally as close to being in or out as it could have been. Had the call on the ice been different, the Yotes don't make OT.

I'm very excited to see this team with a healthy forward lineup again. Rattie was a fun cup of joe, but he isn't ready for a regular NHL shift. Lindstrom needs to go back to Sweden. Porter can't be back soon enough for injury insurance.

 

[DeuceNine]

this picture sums up my top 3 interests that aren't women.

possibly the greatest picture ever drawn

Which is interesting, since most people that know about these two know very little about women.

 

[Captain America*]

Should be able to win, Arizona is awful and Smith has been just plain bad.

They're not awful. They just beat Chicago at Chicago.

 

[Matias Maccete]

They're not awful. They just beat Chicago at Chicago.

No the yotes are awful believe me. The blues used to smoke us even when the team was decent too, so tonight could get rough.

 

[elkranio]

I've found Ryan Reaves' long-lost sister from Russia.

Too bad she decided to bath with a plugged in iphone power cable.

 

[c-carp]

LOL. Some of YOU people act like these guys are cyborgs and aren't susceptible to being human.

As you said, other teams deal with it and a prime example of it was the hawks losing to the Yotes last night. No one is saying the Blues are getting a raw deal in the scheduling, but to ignore their schedule since the All Star break and being down 2 key players. That's just.....hell, idk just silly.

They could write a book of ******** excuses, you keep buying them if you want too

 

[RORbacon]

I've found Ryan Reaves' long-lost sister from Russia.

Too bad she decided to bath with a plugged in iphone power cable.

Hahaha. Perfect!

 

[ManyIdeas]

lmao elk

 

[EastonBlues22]

Some of you people act like the Blues are the only team that deals with this. **** that excuses aren't worth ****

Nobody thinks that other teams don't go through these things as well.

Not sure why you seem to be implying that every team happens to be going through them all at the same time, or equally...especially when it's easy to show that they aren't.

Sometimes one team just has a leg up on the other. You'd like to see your team win anyway, and good teams have to find a way to do that at least occasionally, but expectations for how a team looks should be adjusted when things like this happen.

 

[Stopsight]

Which is interesting, since most people that know about these two know very little about women.

Everyone who grew up in the last 20 years knows about them, generalizing a bit too muchmaybe?


I want to drown my sorrows in a blowout (not of the blues)

 

[Dbrownss]

They could write a book of ******** excuses, you keep buying them if you want too

I'm not sure who "they" are, because in the post game none of the Blues blamed fatigue, even when asked directly.

They are human, they can't be 100% every game.

Now tonight......there absolutely zero excuses to lose this game outside of our top 6 getting injured

 

[jacobhockey13]

Best of luck guys. Just a warning, the Coyotes are awful. Don't be deceived by that Chicago win. This should be painless and boring.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Wow Allen that was weak

 

[Dbrownss]

Well......crap. let's head to the cliff

 

[Note Worthy]

Well......crap. let's head to the cliff

Yep, this game's over.

 

[TheDizee]

terrible read by butler and soft goaltending by allen. 3rd game in a row where we fall behind.

 

[BlueOil]

Butler needs to play the pass there. Laying out like that won't stop a saucer pass and it just makes things difficult on Allen. Allen got caught cheating there, but when you have to play the shot and the pass because your defenseman chose horribly, that'll happen.