GDT: Chapter #2 | Chicago Blackhawks @ St. Louis Blues

[The Note in MI]

Heavens me

 

[Zamadoo]

Nothing wrong with giving Butler a chance in the NHL until Ed comes back. Another team may find him valuable if he performs well.

 

[The Note in MI]

Nothing wrong with giving Butler a chance in the NHL until Ed comes back. Another team may find him valuable if he performs well.

On the second pairing?

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Butler in over Schmaltz. Gross.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

OMG that is so money and yes! Every time it showed him on the bench he was hunched over looking like Alex recalling a particularly fond memory of a gang fight. It only let me like your post once and one like just isn't enough here.

Ready for a little ultra violence.

 

[Stealth JD]

Meh...Butler looked better than Dunn. We’re hurting without Eddy, and to a lesser extent Gunnarsson, as even he’d be preferred to Butler.

Got a bad feeling about this game.

 

[Dbrownss]

We have a stupid stupid coach.

Yes.

 

[The Note]

Butler shouldn’t be playing, much less in the top 4. Idk what Schmaltz has to do, I wouldn’t blame him if he requested a trade.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I didn’t expect it either, but Butler actually did have a good game. Schmaltz will stay up long term over him, but I’m glad the coaches are rewarding good play. This is the same mentality that will probably lead to Bouwmeester ending up on the 3rd pairing after a while.

 

[Blanick]

Have to work tonight so I am missing this one. Bring me home a win.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Gonna miss the game tonight, going to a concert. I don't like that Butler is now in our Top 4 and Schmaltz is scratched, I'm not sure how much better he has to play to stay in the lineup.

 

[Majorityof1]

I didn’t expect it either, but Butler actually did have a good game. Schmaltz will stay up long term over him, but I’m glad the coaches are rewarding good play. This is the same mentality that will probably lead to Bouwmeester ending up on the 3rd pairing after a while.

How are they rewarding good play when Schmaltz was our second best d-man last night? He played better than Butler. They are rewarding Butler having a shift with 4 tenacious youngsters who kept feeding him the puck to shoot into the boards. That was the extent of Butler's good play.

Yeo: "We need to stop missing the net when we shoot"
Also Yeo: "The guy who missed the net 15 times on 15 attempts had a really strong game"

 

[Novacain]

I didn’t expect it either, but Butler actually did have a good game. Schmaltz will stay up long term over him, but I’m glad the coaches are rewarding good play. This is the same mentality that will probably lead to Bouwmeester ending up on the 3rd pairing after a while.

Basically what MO1 said. Schmaltz was one of our 2 best defenders against Winnipeg and now he is sitting. I am now kinda waiting for us to waive him to make room for Nate Prosser v2 and watch him become a top 4 defender somewhere else.

 

[ManyIdeas]

Basically what MO1 said. Schmaltz was one of our 2 best defenders against Winnipeg and now he is sitting. I am now kinda waiting for us to waive him to make room for Nate Prosser v2 and watch him become a top 4 defender somewhere else.

he will go win a cup with Pittsburgh

as is tradition

 

[converseman54]

OMG that is so money and yes! Every time it showed him on the bench he was hunched over looking like Alex recalling a particularly fond memory of a gang fight. It only let me like your post once and one like just isn't enough here.

I imagine he likes to get a moloko plus with some droogs after a fight

 

[Novacain]

he will go win a cup with Pittsburgh

as is tradition

Jordan Schmaltz as new Ian Cole is so easy to see it is amazing.

 

[carter333167]

Regarding Butler vs schmaltz, one has to wonder whether Yeo really has a clue.

 

[Oberyn]

Schmaltz had a very good performance against the Jets and he gets scratched for Chris f***ing Butler. Ridiculous.

 

[The Note]

Regarding Butler vs schmaltz, one has to wonder whether Yeo really has a clue.

It’s becoming clear he does not.

 

[ManyIdeas]

I don't understand. obviously with eddy out you gotta do some weird things, but if the lesson hasn't been learned from the past 2 years that jbo is not a good partner for Petro, then this year is going to be longer than it needs to be.

 

[BlueDream]

Meh...Butler looked better than Dunn. We’re hurting without Eddy, and to a lesser extent Gunnarsson, as even he’d be preferred to Butler.

Got a bad feeling about this game.

There's quite a difference in the development of Butler vs. Dunn.

I didn’t expect it either, but Butler actually did have a good game. Schmaltz will stay up long term over him, but I’m glad the coaches are rewarding good play. This is the same mentality that will probably lead to Bouwmeester ending up on the 3rd pairing after a while.

They're not though...

I don't understand what the Blues are doing with Schmaltz at all. How is the guy supposed to develop and get better if he doesn't get ANY continuous playing time? It's just not really humanly possible.

 

[KirkOut]

Meh...Butler looked better than Dunn. We’re hurting without Eddy, and to a lesser extent Gunnarsson, as even he’d be preferred to Butler.

Got a bad feeling about this game.

Butler did not have a better game than Dunn. Maybe relative to your expectations of the 2. While he didn't have a great game, I think Dunn's struggles in game 1 are generally being exaggerated anyways.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

REALLY? BUTLER OVER SCHMALTZ?? Well, that does it, get rid of the entire coaching staff, freaking out of touch with how they should be running this team.

 

[Ranksu]

We have a stupid stupid coach.

Yeo is growing in me, he's almost level with Hitch.

 

[Vektor]

Butler over Schmaltz makes no sense. Idc who was better less game Butler is what he is and Schmaltz has room to grow. Stupid