GDT: Blues vs. Ottawa| 7pm, BSMW|

[simon IC]

A few things about our D:
Mikkola is not ready for the role he has been given. He's in way over his head and is being exposed. Maybe in a year or two, but not now.
Walman is not good enough defensively. PERIOD.
Parayko is still not himself. He has shown improvement, but he is still struggling. He needs a solid, defensively sound partner, which we do not have.
No one is EVER going to convince me that Krug is even adequate in his own end. Yes, he is providing offense. Yes, the effort is there, but he doesn't need to prove to everyone how tough he is. He seems to be preoccupied with that lately.
Thank goodness for Faulk and Bortuzzo.
Believe it or not, I cant wait to have Scandella back.

 

[ScratchCatFever]

So what time are we holding fittings for straight jackets?

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Idk man, 2018-19 pre-Binngton call up there was a lot (my self included to an extent) of chatter on here about trading Vlad, Petro, JBo, and others and going for a high pick

Fair, I was on deployment during the 2018/19 season. So I didn't really have any interactions before the new year.

 

[TheDizee]

Great game, eh?

Too bad I missed it.

I don't watch games where Binny plays anymore but I saw on my Twitter feed they were getting dunked on and the Sens 3rd goal was a softy that broke the teams back. Also saw Tarasenko got robbed when it was 2-1, wish our goaltenders would make saves like that.

If the team does not play for Husso, I may take a break from watching this team in general. The team is pretty unlikeable overall and their play lately is boring to watch. They get like 15 shots a game and have periods where they struggle to get more than a handful of them. It is not very entertaining hockey.

I still think they need to make a trade and aim for the pacific bracket in the wildcard slot so hopefully something good comes out of this streak of very subpar hockey.

 

[GoldenSeal]

I never seen this board so pessimistic before the cup win. Absolutely insane what has happened to Blues fans morale since the cup won.

Im not pessimistic by a long shot, was just wowed by how much ‘we don’t give a f-k’ I started seeing.

 

[Zachary Hines]

Yeah this games was worse one in this winless streak. Way to many passes in the Ozone lazy passes in the dzone resulting in turnovers and goals. As much as i like Barbie he is not 1st line.

I would go maybe
Saad ROR Perron
Kyrou, Thomas, Vladi
Barbie Schenn Buch
A Combo of Sunny, Brown, McMac Bozak, Torpo.

I feel like scoring has been lacking and we could use a LW sniper.

 

[Robb_K]

The Blues struggle against teams that are fast and have an aggressive forecheck. It seems like teams know how to play against the blues but we haven't adjusted a single thing. The analytics all season have said we have been outworked at 5v5 and it seems like our luck is running out. The players are really moving their feet and the system we have is exposed

I agree with the above highlighted statement. But, I think the difference between now and earlier, when The Blues were winning games against fast, heavy-checking teams is that during thse losing streaks, The Blues are more tired than when they were pulling out some of the games against fast-skating, good forechecking teams. The Blues have been on the road 7 out of the last 9 games, and are tired. They probably stayed out late most of the nights while in New York. I'm sure they'll pull out of this. I just hope its sooner than later. I am glad that Berube took my advice and called up Toropchenko.

 

[Puck Luck]

So what time are we holding fittings for straight jackets?

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[GoldenSeal]

Husso has allowed more goals than Binnington lately. But yes, Binnington el poopoo bad abd Husso is a God incarnate

Chucky Sideburns says hi.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Chucky Sideburns says hi.

Until the rest of the team can learn how to play as a team it doesn't matter who the goalie is.

 

[TheDizee]

Chucky Sideburns says hi.

he saved the season when we had to play basically half a AHL roster

and the team still wont give him another shot at things while Binny stinks up the joint.

 

[Robb_K]

If they can't score more than one goal a night, it really doesn't matter. What I see is a bunch of sloppy play by guys who look like they have no focus out there.

Da's klopt! The whole team was not moving their feet and was sloppy with the puck, and late on their reactions and making decisions. They've been on the road for 7 of the last 9 games. And they've played 5 games during the last 8 days. That's a lot. They look tired. I know they'll come out of it. I just hope it's sooner than later.

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Looks like we missed the boat.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Benching some top guys may send a message.

The result would be the same.

 

[Xerloris]

he saved the season when we had to play basically half a AHL roster

and the team still wont give him another shot at things while Binny stinks up the joint.

Binnington had one bad month and has been playing better than Husso the last month. When are you going to get off the shit already?

 

[Altimus]

Outsider looking in,Pretender vs Contender, you can't blame the goalie if you score one goal.

 

[Ranksu]

A few things about our D:
Mikkola is not ready for the role he has been given. He's in way over his head and is being exposed. Maybe in a year or two, but not now.
Walman is not good enough defensively. PERIOD.
Parayko is still not himself. He has shown improvement, but he is still struggling. He needs a solid, defensively sound partner, which we do not have.
No one is EVER going to convince me that Krug is even adequate in his own end. Yes, he is providing offense. Yes, the effort is there, but he doesn't need to prove to everyone how tough he is. He seems to be preoccupied with that lately.
Thank goodness for Faulk and Bortuzzo.
Believe it or not, I cant wait to have Scandella back.

Well, what other option we have than Mikkola or Scandella?

We are stuck with Krug (and Faulk).

How our d-core is build we don't have any other options. Now we see when we have tied money 13mill.$ on two offensive dmen who are weak defensively. Faulk has improved his overall, but nothing that special. Who is adjusted getting 39 points for this season. Who has been hot every season and fall down heavily how season has progress.

Im not expert, but I guess dmen who produce points ~40 ish is 6.5mill.$ worth?

Not giving to Pietro full crying, but he is also also struggling in Vegas.

"You dont pay heavy price to other team dmen who can produce and think he can fix your powerplay".

I don't see our d-core won't be fixed until either one Krug or Faulk are gone. It means 5-years to wait, but our window is closed already before it happens. Sad to say we can't lose guy like Faulk how badly our is build currently.

This team is one piece away from being Cup Contender.

But Army has tied himself when he acquired Krug and Faulk.

 

[GoldenSeal]

3rd in the West and people are losing their damn minds. Calm down! Let’s see what Army can do and how the boys respond next game. I believe!

 

[Reality Czech]

I don't watch games where Binny plays anymore but I saw on my Twitter feed they were getting dunked on and the Sens 3rd goal was a softy that broke the teams back. Also saw Tarasenko got robbed when it was 2-1, wish our goaltenders would make saves like that.

If the team does not play for Husso, I may take a break from watching this team in general. The team is pretty unlikeable overall and their play lately is boring to watch. They get like 15 shots a game and have periods where they struggle to get more than a handful of them. It is not very entertaining hockey.

I still think they need to make a trade and aim for the pacific bracket in the wildcard slot so hopefully something good comes out of this streak of very subpar hockey.

That's the spirit! Just promise us that you'll take a break from posting, too. The negativity from you and others is obnoxious. You admit you don't watch games, yet you expect us to take your "analysis" seriously? You're nothing more than a fair weather Blues fan, yet you act like some kind of expert. GTFO

 

[GoldenSeal]

That's the spirit! Just promise us that you'll take a break from posting, too. The negativity from you and others is obnoxious. You admit you don't watch games, yet you expect us to take your "analysis" seriously? You're nothing more than a fair weather Blues fan, yet you act like some kind of expert. GTFO

It’s like we never recently won a Stanley Cup or something…

 

[execwrite1]

Sellers instead of buyers???

 

[Xerloris]

Sellers instead of buyers???

No...

 

[BlueOil]

he saved the season when we had to play basically half a AHL roster

and the team still wont give him another shot at things while Binny stinks up the joint.

what about gillies? he got a W too during that stretch, should be legendary in your mind as well

 

[BlueOil]

for the fourth game in a row, fast skates and forechecking prevent the blues from getting any sustained pressure. team seems avoidant of the slot and fated to take weak side shots with their approach. getting boxed out easily despite having a good forward group and the defense just seems in over it's head trying to provide both offense and defense. i pray DA can get at least one left defender, but ideally we need two. it's odd to look forward to scandella returning, but walman will make you crave it.

 

[542365]

Expected goals were 6-2 in favor of Ottawa. That was an absolute ass kicking on home ice by one of the worst teams in the league. If that’s not enough to snap them out of it, nothing is. Nobody came to play yesterday.