GDT: Blues vs. Oilers 8 pm

[AjaxManifesto]

Nice

 

[Blueston]

Imagine if they decided to play Saturday.

krug and kyrou back out there, glad coach still hasnt learned.

your boy kyrou helped set up winner.

 

[Fez Whatley]

missed the game, how'd tucker and dean look?

 

[TheDizee]

Paging Dizee…Kyrou wins a 1 on 2 puck battle to spring Saad for the game winner.

its 3v3 hockey, this is when captain tiktok decides to show up usually.

 

[TheOrganist]

Damn shame they couldn’t have beaten the Mighty Sharks.

 

[542365]

Damn shame they couldn’t have beaten the Mighty Sharks.

Yep, 4 points lost to the Sharks are the difference between the Blues and a playoff spot.

missed the game, how'd tucker and dean look?

Dean didn’t play, Tucker got in a fight, hit some guys, and wasn’t totally undressed by McDavid like I assumed he would, so I guess well enough.

 

[BlueDream]

missed the game, how'd tucker and dean look?

Tucker was fine. For as much as people complain about him, it’s pretty low event hockey when he was out there. Nothing bad happened.

Dean doesn’t really do much. This isn’t an indictment on him but he’s pretty clearly not ready yet. He should just be playing in the AHL still.

 

[TheOrganist]

Not that Draisitl isn’t a good player but let’s just say he’s scored 1/4th of his career goals in the manner that he scored his 2nd goal…what an unbelievable play by McDavid.

 

[Spektre]

Parayko played a horrible game.

#1 star was Binnington again

 

[JR1]

Yep, 4 points lost to the Sharks are the difference between the Blues and a playoff spot.


Dean didn’t play, Tucker got in a fight, hit some guys, and wasn’t totally undressed by McDavid like I assumed he would, so I guess well enough.

Dean played 6 minutes.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Great we need the Kraken and Sharks to beat them to have a shot. Hate rooting for the Lesser Blue, how many Acts of Contrition am I going to need to do at Confession?

 

[ExtraExtra888]

That was hilarious! They looked dead out there in overtime. Then I saw the missed pass by Edmonton and Saad jumps on the ice to grab it. I immediately started laughing because I knew he would score. That's such a Blues way to win. Watching this team is such a mindf*** LGB

 

[Xerloris]

Not that Draisitl isn’t a good player but let’s just say he’s scored 1/4th of his career goals in the manner that he scored his 2nd goal…what an unbelievable play by McDavid.

prolly closer to half.

Dean played 6 minutes.

So you're saying he didn't screw up?

 

[Blueston]

Faulk played 28:34, leading all skaters in both ES TOI and overall TOI. paired mostly with krug, he had an assist, and was on ice for all 3 blues goals and none against. he has had tough year, but tonight he deserves a lot of credit.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

Hot damn we want that 16th pick.

 

[Thallis]

Is it just me or have we benefited WAY more from reviews than had our own goals called back?

 

[ort]

Making up for how often it felt like we got screwed in the past...

Is there a site somewhere that tracks how these calls go? I'd be curious to see if some teams get the benefit more than others and I would also be curious to see how much of a home ice advantage there is to these calls.

It would probably take decades to get enough data to be interesting and even then it's all circumstantial and probably more in the conspiracy theory zone of thinking, but whatever, it would be fun to see the info...

EDIT: I found this, but I'm not sure if this site is being maintained this year...

NHL Coach’s Challenge Tracker - 2022-23

Coach’s Challenges for 2022-23 Regular Season, by team and official, updated through end of the Regular Season

scoutingtherefs.com

 

[Sgt Schultz]

Trying to determine what teams get screwed or white glove treatment by looking at challenges and successes may say more about the coach(es) involved than the officials or replay verdicts.

There would probably need to be some weighting to parse out challenged made out of desperation or out of stupidity.

 

[Carolina Blues]

I doubt there is any empirical data to confirm my admittedly Homer bias... but for years it always smelled of favoritism towards original six teams when we played them... especially the Hawks and Wings. Not speaking of coaches challenges but more of penalties called by the refs.

 

[Majorityof1]

I doubt there is any empirical data to confirm my admittedly Homer bias... but for years it always smelled of favoritism towards original six teams when we played them... especially the Hawks and Wings. Not speaking of coaches challenges but more of penalties called by the refs.

That's homerism. In this forum, I have seen claims of favoritism for the original 6 teams and the expansion teams. For Pittsburgh and Colorado and San Jose. Half the league and any team playing the Blues has an unfair advantage.

The simplest solution is usually correct. Some vast conspiracy amongst all refs to benefit <insert team> or refs make bad/close calls and as Blues fans it seems stacked against us.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

We've had a ton of calls go our way the last week or so. That high stick taking away Kuzmenko's goal was phantom as hell. We've challenged twice recently (Once for an obvious off-sides against Vancouver and again last night for a less-then-obvious GI call) and won both of those, then got another high sticking call to wipe away another goal last night that looked like it could go either way. That's four goals off the board in our last three games, three of which were pretty subjective.

We have no reason to complain at this juncture.

 

[joe galiba]

I doubt there is any empirical data to confirm my admittedly Homer bias... but for years it always smelled of favoritism towards original six teams when we played them... especially the Hawks and Wings. Not speaking of coaches challenges but more of penalties called by the refs.

the original 6 100% received a lot of favoritism back in the day, up through the 90’s
with all of the expansion teams combined with the old timers no longer being there the power structure has changed, that has gone away

 

[Sgt Schultz]

I think that the reason the GI wiped out the goal last night was that it was a 5-hole shot after Binner's pad got brushed and opened the 5-hole. Had it been an over-the-shoulder top shelf shot, the goal may have stood.

It was about the minimum amount of contact that could happen with just the right circumstances to result in GI.

 

[AVictoryDive]

I think that the reason the GI wiped out the goal last night was that it was a 5-hole shot after Binner's pad got brushed and opened the 5-hole. Had it been an over-the-shoulder top shelf shot, the goal may have stood.

It was about the minimum amount of contact that could happen with just the right circumstances to result in GI.

His pad and stick were contacted when he was in the crease which prevented him from keeping his stick covering his 5 hole

 

[Robb_K]

Glad to see Saad score the winner in OT, and Schenn have a good game. It seems that every game lately that I get to watch live, The Blues lose. And every one I miss, they win. Maybe I should miss all the rest so they can make The Playoffs???