GDT: Game 19. Blues at the Dead Things

[Blueston]

this is why i miss people like backes on this team. he was one of the best people that could drag linemates into the game when they continued to do some garbage like thomas does.

its fine to be a pass first player, adam oates made a HOF career out of it. but at some point during a game, you have to have a sense of urgency. when you are down a goal with time expiring and in prime scoring areas, you simply do not pass shit up. and he does it.....ALL THE TIME

for the right package, hes 100% tradeable imo. Hes a good player and very talented but IMO hes not a smart player and hes way too passive.

Schenn is that guy. But was his first game back and his timing was off. So hard to lead when you are ineffective.

 

[Stlblue50]

Lol Thomas has easily been one of the best Blues all year. He has been shooting a lot more recently.

I honestly didn't blame him for not shooting there. He was a right hand shot on the right side with no angle. He passed to a left hand shot. The guy is that smart to notice those details

 

[Celtic Note]

Kostin had 2 hits tonight. other forwards combined for 3.

Seems like all he is really good for most nights

 

[ChicagoBlues]

this is why i miss people like backes on this team. he was one of the best people that could drag linemates into the game when they continued to do some garbage like thomas does.

its fine to be a pass first player, adam oates made a HOF career out of it. but at some point during a game, you have to have a sense of urgency. when you are down a goal with time expiring and in prime scoring areas, you simply do not pass shit up. and he does it.....ALL THE TIME

for the right package, hes 100% tradeable imo. Hes a good player and very talented but IMO hes not a smart player and hes way too passive.

Yes. Way too passive.

 

[ort]

I hate that I don't hate the Wings anymore.

It really is kinda sad.

Never mind. I hope the entire city of Detroit gets sucked into a sinkhole.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Good news. Kyrou is still sticking with a Point per game pace

 

[Blueston]

Never mind. I hope the entire city of Detroit gets sucked into a sinkhole.

Hasn’t it already?

 

[stl76]

Man that was a tough luck loss if there ever was one. Liked the way we played for the most part, just gotta stick with it.
I'm gonna get drunk now

 

[Thallis]

Such as who?

Schenn & Perron mostly. A little bit O'Reilly, but he's still very effective in general

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Good news. Kyrou is still sticking with a Point per game pace

He's also ranked 118th in average TOI per game. That says even more to how good he really is.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Need to capitalize on opportunities. We’re too gunshy at times.

 

[President Skroob]

Oh the power of a red hot goalie in hockey. They've taken average teams all the way to the finals numerous times

Average NHL teams. Big difference.

 

[Robb_K]

I missed this game to attend my own birthday party. I don't feel too bad about missing it now that I know The Blues lost, but, I'll probably watch it tomorrow morning, before everyone else wakes up, just to keep my streak alive of watching all The Blues' games, and to see how their younger players played.

 

[simon IC]

Happy birthday, Robb!!!!

 

[Ranksu]

I missed this game to attend my own birthday party. I don't feel too bad about missing it now that I know The Blues lost, but, I'll probably watch it tomorrow morning, before everyone else wakes up, just to keep my streak alive of watching all The Blues' games, and to see how their younger players played.

 

[ezcreepin]

Like I said last game, sometimes you play like shit and win, sometimes you play like nothing can touch you and lose, and tonight happened to be a night where we outplayed Detroit and lost. Blues had tons of good looks, plenty of scoring opportunities, but our mistakes cost us the game. Husso played well enough to win, but the forwards HAVE to start converting on some of these chances. Buch could've seriously had 3 goals and a few assists if the puck luck goes the other way. Perunovich probably could've had one, Scandella should've buried his opportunity. There's plenty to like here offensively, but Scandella is getting burned on a lot of plays recently. I can't quite tell if he's tired or just making the wrong play, but that's definitely an area that has needed an upgrade and it feels like Scandella is probably the odd man out if that's where we buy. I didn't get an opportunity to really watch Mikkola play, but Pang and JK seemed to think he played well. There were parts I heard where he got caught trying to pass it around the boards or get out of the zone and was pressured pretty hard, but that's about it. Hopefully Army sees the weakness on the backend, though I don't know if he's going to be able to upgrade like he wants to.

 

[BlueDream]

Schenn & Perron mostly. A little bit O'Reilly, but he's still very effective in general

Perron has 18 points in 19 games. He just came off one of his best games against Vegas. He is doing fine, despite a lot of the posts on this board. When he’s not playing his best and is still at a PPG, that’s a good sign.

As for Schenn, he just missed like 3 weeks. Of course he’s gonna be rusty. He’s only 30, I don’t see a decline happening yet.

 

[Ranksu]

Wings goalie outplayed our goalie. No excuse to the play the lesser goalie when we don't play again until Friday.

Was Husso bad? Or did we left him alone?

 

[Robb_K]

Suuri kiitos sinulle! Ja mahtavaa tulevaa vuotta sinullekin!

 

[TheDizee]

Was Husso bad? Or did we left him alone?

he wasnt great but the blues would have won if the wings goalie didnt stand on his head. he got outplayed though and the wings 3rd and GWG was a softie with minimal traffic.

 

[Stealth JD]

Seems like all he is really good for most nights

Yep - MacMac is more effective in that role if that's all Kostin has to offer. If Kostin had any value around the league, he'd be an easy chip for Army to cash in without having to worry about it coming back to bite him in the ass.

 

[A Real Barn Burner]

I missed this game to attend my own birthday party. I don't feel too bad about missing it now that I know The Blues lost, but, I'll probably watch it tomorrow morning, before everyone else wakes up, just to keep my streak alive of watching all The Blues' games, and to see how their younger players played.

Happy Birthday!

 

[Robb_K]

Happy birthday, Robb!!!!

Thanks! It was my reaching 3/4 of a century, commemoration. 25 years to go!

 

[Robb_K]

Happy Birthday!

Thanks! It was my reaching 3/4 of a century, commemoration. 25 years to go!

 

[BadgersandBlues]

Tough loss to swallow. We were clearly the better team overall, but their goalie made the big saves and ours didn't. It happens in hockey, just gotta move on to the next one. Couple of other thoughts:

Tarasenko's shot is still pretty doo-doo. He regained the zip on it, but he can't pick a spot the way he used to. If we had old Tarasenko playing with Thomas the way Thomas is finding him right now, he'd be leading the league in goals and it wouldn't even be close. Far too often he just rips the puck into the goalies chest/pads. It sucks to see, b/c Thomas (For all everyone wants to shit on him for not shooting) is making passes I haven't seen a Blues player make since maybe Turgeon/Demitra. It's unreal how he can find guys in dangerous areas and put the puck through sticks/legs/whatever and find the tape. Some of them don't work out to be sure, but the vast majority of them do, and almost all the ones that do lead to a PRIME scoring chance.

Scandella is having a rough go of it. I hope he figures it out soon b/c there are no reinforcements coming over the hill anytime soon.

Finally, I love the skill the Blues have up front. But our forwards have been VERY lax in the defensive zone all year. I don't mind taking chances when you have the puck in the offensive zone, that's how you create offense. But you have to be defensively responsible too. I'd like to see ROR and Schenn get the team back to that mentality a little bit.