GDT: Blues vs. Coyotes| Down 3-1 in the series| 8pm; FSMW

[Blueston]

DoPS issued a hearing for Larsson for his check to the head on Sanford

Good. But that hit seemed less egregious than ones that injured Borts and Bozo earlier that didn’t get hearings.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Good. But that hit seemed less egregious than ones that injured Borts and Bozo earlier that didn’t get hearings.

Makes me wonder if it's really some sort of appeasement after Army called out DoPS after Bozak's injury.

 

[Reality Czech]

DoPS issued a hearing for Larsson for his check to the head on Sanford

Honestly, I didn't see anything malicious with the hit. He turned his back to Sanford for a hip/shoulder check and Sanford pretty much lowered his head right into Larsson's shoulder. I guess someone could say he was a bit reckless with his body, but not sure what he could have done there to avoid the head....especially since he was looking the other direction. Kind of a weird situation, but Sanford didn't do much to protect himself.

 

[EXTRAS]

Faulk is much better offensively and Parayko’s ‘A’ game is better defensively. So you have to compare Faulk’s defense vs Parayko’s offense. It’s closer than you think.

I wouldn't say faulks offense is much better. Parayko usually gets low 30s in points and Faulk high 30s, and Parayko doesn't get a ton of power play time.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

Faulk has been awesome. Wish we had seen this a year ago.

Dom at the Athletic had this nugget about the Krug-Faulk pairing:



...and that was written before another stellar night from Faulk.

To be honest, with Krug and Faulk’s play so far, I’m not really missing Pietrangelo.

 

[Puck Luck]

DoPS issued a hearing for Larsson for his check to the head on Sanford

A hearing on a hit against the Blues? Is this allowed?

 

[Puck Luck]

Honestly, I didn't see anything malicious with the hit. He turned his back to Sanford for a hip/shoulder check and Sanford pretty much lowered his head right into Larsson's shoulder. I guess someone could say he was a bit reckless with his body, but not sure what he could have done there to avoid the head....especially since he was looking the other direction. Kind of a weird situation, but Sanford didn't do much to protect himself.

I thought it was a bad hit. Sanford was vulnerable, but he was playing the puck. it could have been avoided

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

I wonder if the lines will be switched up since Chief was rotating them all night.

Schwartz-Schenn-Kyrou has cooled off the last several games, so maybe we’ll see something like this

Perron-O’Reilly-Kyrou
Schwartz-Schenn-Hoffman
Sanford-Barbashev-Sundqvist
MacEachern-de la Rose-Clifford

 

[Reality Czech]

I thought it was a bad hit. Sanford was vulnerable, but he was playing the puck. it could have been avoided

But the only reason Sanford was vulnerable is he was coming across the middle, staring down at the puck. Even Pang wondered on the broadcast if it was avoidable and no one on the ice seemed that upset about it. It's tough to ask Larssen to avoid Sanford's head when Sanford basically lowers his head to shoulder height. It's just a bang bang play, I can't see any intent to target the head.

I was also gonna ask, am I the only one wondering if Bortuzzo's stick to Garland's face from the bench was accidental? I just watched it again and I gotta say it kinda looked like he did it "accidentally on purpose."

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Faulk has been awesome. Wish we had seen this a year ago.

Dom at the Athletic had this nugget about the Krug-Faulk pairing:



...and that was written before another stellar night from Faulk.

Gee, it’s almost like they played for a World Championship at the highest level together or something.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Honestly, I didn't see anything malicious with the hit. He turned his back to Sanford for a hip/shoulder check and Sanford pretty much lowered his head right into Larsson's shoulder. I guess someone could say he was a bit reckless with his body, but not sure what he could have done there to avoid the head....especially since he was looking the other direction. Kind of a weird situation, but Sanford didn't do much to protect himself.

The Stone hit was much worse. The Sanford hit didn’t even look intentional.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

But the only reason Sanford was vulnerable is he was coming across the middle, staring down at the puck. Even Pang wondered on the broadcast if it was avoidable and no one on the ice seemed that upset about it. It's tough to ask Larssen to avoid Sanford's head when Sanford basically lowers his head to shoulder height. It's just a bang bang play, I can't see any intent to target the head.

I was also gonna ask, am I the only one wondering if Bortuzzo's stick to Garland's face from the bench was accidental? I just watched it again and I gotta say it kinda looked like he did it "accidentally on purpose."

I actually think it truly was accidental. He was reacting to Garland suddenly having impending contact with both his hands. His reaction caused the stick to lower, but I think it was just bad instincts in a situation where you aren’t used to controlling your stick like you would on the ice.

 

[Reality Czech]

The Stone hit was much worse. The Sanford hit didn’t even look intentional.

There was clearly no intent to target the head, but of course Larssen is going to try and hit a guy coming right down the middle with the puck. I totally understand the desire to eliminate head shots, but puck carriers also have a responsibility to avoid "dangerous" situations like that. In a contact sport, it's impossible to eliminate 100% of contact to the head though they've done a good job reducing the number of headshots overall. Sanford is lucky he didn't get hurt, in the old days he might have been stretchered off with his head down like that.

It might be time to let Sanford sit a game out as he has looked a bit lost the past few games. Get Blais back in there. The only thing keeping Sanford in the lineup is that he's playing big minutes on the PK.

(edit: didn't realize Blais is injured...nevermind)

Also, De la Rose has looked pretty good these past two games I'd say. Maybe he's just got fresh legs, but it looks like he came into this season ready to prove his worth. That would be nice if he could turn into a solid everyday player like Sunny did a couple years ago. I'm also quickly becoming a Kyle Clifford fan. He's pretty much the ideal 4th liner.

 

[Xerloris]

To be honest, with Krug and Faulk’s play so far, I’m not really missing Pietrangelo.

TBH I think the only thing Pietrangelo has over Faulk is a better stick. He's great defensively with his stick while Faulk is great Defensively with stepping up and gap closure. IMO they're pretty close to even with all things considered.

 

[Ranksu]

TBH I think the only thing Pietrangelo has over Faulk is a better stick. He's great defensively with his stick while Faulk is great Defensively with stepping up and gap closure. IMO they're pretty close to even with all things considered.

 

[Bluesnatic27]

TBH I think the only thing Pietrangelo has over Faulk is a better stick. He's great defensively with his stick while Faulk is great Defensively with stepping up and gap closure. IMO they're pretty close to even with all things considered.

They're really not. Pietrangelo has been, and is, better. It's not even remotely close.

 

[DoubleK81]

f***ing Husso

 

[TheDizee]

husso is f***ing terrible and i had to watch brian elliott play here for years.