Half-Assed GDT: Blues vs. Wild| Meaningless Match vs Minnesota Pt. 1|

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

I will watch it today.

Good to see Husso get more confidence.

How did Mikkola play?

To me he didn’t standout, which for a d-man isn’t bad at all. But granted, I wasn’t giving every minute of the game my induced attention

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Hopefully ROR, Perron, Parayko, and Faulk get tomorrow off.

Get Vladi, Blais, Dunn, and Santini a game in before the playoffs.

I don't see RoR being ok with taking a night off. He hasn't missed a game since coming over from Buffalo. I don't see him missing tomorrow.

 

[mk80]

Great game!

I was a little worried when the Wild had a big push to start, but the Blues weathered the storm, and settled into their game. Ville Husso was outstanding, and I'm very happy for him to get his first shutout and the team to finally have one!

Also thought Kostin looked good, he made a few plays that I thought "that works in the KHL but can't do that here" but other than that I thought he did well, and those mistakes are easily cleaned up.

 

[TK 421]

To me he didn’t standout, which for a d-man isn’t bad at all. But granted, I wasn’t giving every minute of the game my induced attention

He blew his coverage over skating his man headed into the corner then fell down leaving his mark with 8-12 feet of space for several seconds. Dangerous play on something that shouldn't have been but other than that one glaring error he was solid.

A couple things I've noticed with him the last few viewings is that he's cut down drastically on those type of boneheaded mistakes and looks much more comfortable getting pucks out under pressure which is encouraging.

 

[Eldon Reid]

I don't see RoR being ok with taking a night off. He hasn't missed a game since coming over from Buffalo. I don't see him missing tomorrow.

I doubt he gets night off, but I am all about limiting their minutes to about 15ish minutes

 

[Eldon Reid]

I agree completely. He's a great announcer that tries to call the game without being to much of a homer and has fun while doing it.

This right here is one of the reason why I like our announcing a lot. I get being somewhat homers, but our guys are no where close to some teams announcing and radio guys. We definitely have one of the better TV & radio broadcast IMO.

 

[WeWentBlues]

How did Kostin look last night? Couldn't get around the game being blacked out for me and wasn't able to watch.

 

[Cotton McKnight]

Just finished watching the game. Good on Ville, he played great. I would like to see more of that from him! Colton presenting Ville the puck was great!

 

[Reality Czech]

How did Kostin look last night? Couldn't get around the game being blacked out for me and wasn't able to watch.

He was decent, but didn't stand out a lot to me. He was throwing his body around as you'd expect and led the team with 6 hits in under 13 minutes of ice time. But the only other thing he did to stand out for me was make a dangerous pass in front of our own goal that thankfully we didn't get punished for.

 

[Ranksu]

Kostin need to improve his first strides, get more explosiveness. He looked too much of Perron skating. I didnt like that at all.

Over that, his passing was crisp, see the ice and game well. He has hockey IQ offensively, knows where to be. Need more games to see what player he reminds of. Overally after 1st game. He belongs NHL level.

Easily 3rd liner and at best 2nd liner. Like it.

Oh now I see who he reminds of. Maroon at boards. Puck possession monster, good luck to take away a puck away from him.

Improve his skating and we have lethal top6 winger.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

The national crew calling this game did a good job.

 

[Moose and Squirrel]

One game does not make you wrong.

no, but it DOES show you the potential

 

[Thallis]

How did Kostin look last night? Couldn't get around the game being blacked out for me and wasn't able to watch.

Was neither a liability, nor a factor.

 

[Robb_K]

He blew his coverage over skating his man headed into the corner then fell down leaving his mark with 8-12 feet of space for several seconds. Dangerous play on something that shouldn't have been but other than that one glaring error he was solid.

A couple things I've noticed with him the last few viewings is that he's cut down drastically on those type of boneheaded mistakes and looks much more comfortable getting pucks out under pressure which is encouraging.

He's using his body more effectively in his hitting and using body leverage to impede the progress of opposing forwards. He's been on a slow and steady course in improvement of his physical game, which will help his overall game a lot. But the big addition he needs is adding significant muscle and muscle bulk - which I hope will come this offseason.

 

[Meatball]

no, but it DOES show you the potential

Even earlier in the year, I had always thought he doesn't make the big gaffes that Allen did (and apparently still does), but he was just weak. Last night proved to me how strong he can potentially be.

He's very solid in terms of his positioning and doesn't overslide like Allen, but again, he was always susceptible to giving up weak goals.

I think we have a potentially great goaltending pair for the foreseeable future.

 

[ezcreepin]

Even earlier in the year, I had always thought he doesn't make the big gaffes that Allen did (and apparently still does), but he was just weak. Last night proved to me how strong he can potentially be.

He's very solid in terms of his positioning and doesn't overslide like Allen, but again, he was always susceptible to giving up weak goals.

I think we have a potentially great goaltending pair for the foreseeable future.

Really? I thought he has been similar to Allen in terms of over-sliding mixed with having a not so great glove hand. His biggest attribute is his athleticism, but he does need to settle down quite a lot in the crease for me to feel better about him moving forward.