GDT: Defending Stanley Cup Champs St. Louis Blues vs. Chicago |The Rivalry Continues|

[The Note]

When: Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.
Watch: NBCSN, NBC Sports App
Listen: 101 ESPN, NHL App

PROJECTED LINEUP
*Bozak is in*

Schwartz-O'Reilly-Schenn
Sanford-Thomas-Perron
Steen-Bozak-Kyrou
Barbashev-Sundqvist-Blais

Gunnarsson - Pietrangelo
Scandella - Parayko
Dunn - Faulk

Binnington/Allen

vs.



Kubalik-Toews-Caggiula
Saad-Carpenter-Kane
DeBrincat-Dach-Strome
Highmore-Kampf-Nylander

Keith-Koekkoek
Carlsson-Murphy
Maataa-Boqvist

Crawford

Both teams have come a long way from this night:


Last time:


Go Blues​

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[DatDude44]

The Chicago announcers crying about weavers hit is embarrassingly hilarious. Especially at the end

 

[AjaxManifesto]

The Chicago announcers crying about weavers hit is embarrassingly hilarious. Especially at the end

The funny thing is that Sharpe is now super good and complimentary as a hockey analyst. No anti-Blues bias in his analysis. Eddie, however, wears his Blues angst like a an over used t-shirt.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

A 2 point must win IMO. Got to get em when the competition is bad.

But like any NHL game, if you go less than 80% against a bad team, you stand a good chance of getting beat.

 

[fishsandwichpatrol]

didn't Chicago sell yesterday? I never follow TDL stuff but it seemed like an unusually busy day

 

[The Note]

didn't Chicago sell yesterday? I never follow TDL stuff but it seemed like an unusually busy day

They traded Gustafsson and Lehner. So, kinda.

 

[TheGoldenGod]

DESTROY THEM
PILLAGE THEIR CITY
BURN DOWN THEIR HOMES
TAKE THEIR WIVES
SHOW NO MERCY
**** THEM HAWKS

 

[Stealth JD]

Dallas and Colorado nipping at the Blues heels...can't take the foot off of the gas. Hang a half-dozen on the Hawks and keep the train moving forward.

Let's Go Blues!

 

[BlueDream]

Hopefully we see another good performance tonight and the team reaffirming to Army that he did the right thing yesterday. Let’s get a dominating win over the Hawks.

 

[Klank Loves You]

No Lehner = no question. Losing tonight would be inexcusable.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

The funny thing is that Sharpe is now super good and complimentary as a hockey analyst. No anti-Blues bias in his analysis. Eddie, however, wears his Blues angst like a an over used t-shirt.

Sharp is probably the best hockey TV personality right now. He gives insightful analysis, and his charisma holds people’s attention.

I remember immediately after the Game 7 win, someone asked him a question about winning the Cup with Chicago. I know he was aware of the way Blues fans view Chicago, even if someone like Kathryn Tappen maybe didn’t fully appreciate it. Rather than answer, he said, “Tonight is about the Blues’ win” etc. He’s had other good moments, but he earned my respect as a professional who ‘gets it’.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

No Lehner = no question. Losing tonight would be inexcusable.

Depends who their zamboni driver is.

 

[President Skroob]

No Lehner = no question. Losing tonight would be inexcusable.

Oh so we play the backup.....great....

 

[DannyDarko]

Crawford has a .932 sv% in his last 12 starts, hopefully we can reverse that trend.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Let us whoop that ass

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

You know that roster isn't nearly as bad as I thought they were this year. Not really a bad team at all.

 

[DannyDarko]

Bozak back in

 

[Ridge1982]

Depends who their zamboni driver is.

Poor Leafs fans. It feels like the universe is against them. We knew the feeling.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Poor Leafs fans. It feels like the universe is against them. We knew the feeling.

It would be easy to root against the Leafs, but I have a good buddy from Toronto who pulls for them, and he doesn’t deserve the lifetime of disappointment. He’s been waiting as long as I had been with the Blues. I hope they put it together some time.

‘But I’m not a fan of their GM, and HF would be insufferable in some ways when it happens.

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Robert Thomas went off the last time they played

Lets do that again

 

[Ranksu]

It would be easy to root against the Leafs, but I have a good buddy from Toronto who pulls for them, and he doesn’t deserve the lifetime of disappointment. He’s been waiting as long as I had been with the Blues. I hope they put it together some time.

‘But I’m not a fan of their GM, and HF would be insufferable in some ways when it happens.

f*** the Leafs and their fans. Garbage franchise. Those fans are obnoxious.

 

[Brian39]

You know that roster isn't nearly as bad as I thought they were this year. Not really a bad team at all.

They are 25th in the league despite having the 7th best even strength SV% in the league. I'm quite comfortable saying that they are a bad team.

 

[Brian39]

A 2 point must win IMO. Got to get em when the competition is bad.

But like any NHL game, if you go less than 80% against a bad team, you stand a good chance of getting beat.

No Lehner = no question. Losing tonight would be inexcusable.

A loss against a bad Chicago team would be disappointing/frustrating, but there is just no such thing as a "must win" NHL game in February when you are 4th place in the league.

In the remaining 19 games, we are probably going to throw away 3 or 4 games that we should absolutely win. So will Dallas and so will Colorado. That's what happens when you play 20 games in 6 weeks.

This isn't directed at you 2 in particular, but is just a thought that was kicking around in my head for a couple weeks when the Blues kept losing. Terms like inexcusable, unacceptable, do-or-die, must-win, etc seem to get thrown around so much when discussing an 82 game regular season. I'd wager that every NHL team in the league has 15+ games that are "unacceptable" and every NHL player makes dozens of "inexcusable" mistakes every year. At what point do fans need to take a step back and realize that these terms are almost always used as complete hyperbole?

 

[Meatball]

Hope we just slap em around tonight. Let's Go Bluuuuuessss!

I AM LENDING YOU MY ENERGY!

 

[thedustman]

**** THEM HAWKS

I can't imagine what word you used but it must be some serious profanity