GDT: Game:28 | Arizona Coyotes @ St. Louis Blues | GDT Effort > Team Effort

[Celtic Note]

So when is everyone going to get back to the "Hitch doesn't know how to get this team playing well again" discussion?

I will freely continue it. We beat a crap team when we were due for a win.

 

[Stealth JD]

Blues looked like crap until Chef Pay-R-Vee found Tarasenko for the 1st goal. From there, they played much better...but it was ugly for a while.

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

Still want to see Hitch go. The system didn't win the game tonight. Talent did.

Can't re-state this enough.

 

[uncommonsense52]

So much this.

I think a break out to Paajarvi, get him blazing in, then turning around and looking for an open Stastny or Tarasenko.... that could actually work. Seems like lately the Blues get bottled up around the blue line a lot trying to figure out how to make it work.

Just send in the guy who's really fast and have him throw it to someone.

So do I get any credit for calling the first goal?

 

[Ranksu]

Still want to see Hitch go. The system didn't win the game tonight. Talent did.

Players win it. Some lying resul, but win is win. Very important win.

 

[stl76]

Yeah it is a win, but you still can't be proud of that win. Still so many problems needing addressed.

lol watch me. gimme a break, great win for the Blues tonight.

 

[Spicy Panger]

A win still feels good, all things considered.

 

[Stealth JD]

So do I get any credit for calling the first goal?

Not if you have to ask for it...no!

 

[stl76]

I will freely continue it. We beat a crap team when we were due for a win.

We beat a young, fast, dangerous team currently sitting in a playoff spot. We did not look great until we got our first goal, but our goalie kept us in the game and we came on strong the second half. This is the first game in a while where the Blues havent looked like absolute **** and nobody else is going to celebrate this? alrighty then...

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

Why is Lindbohm just so much better in the NHL than the AHL? I don't get it.

 

[uncommonsense52]

Not if you have to ask for it...no!

But the site was down when it happened! I never had a chance!

 

[Borderbluesfan]

We beat a young, fast, dangerous team currently sitting in a playoff spot. We did not look great until we got our first goal, but our goalie kept us in the game and we came on strong the second half. This is the first game in a while where the Blues havent looked like absolute **** and nobody else is going to celebrate this? alrighty then...

This team tonight is arguably better than the Toronto team we lost to the last game, so I say it is an improvement. Plus, their goalie is probably better than the AHL goalie that we lost against versus Toronto. So, overall, a slight improvement.

 

[Ranksu]

Why is Lindbohm just so much better in the NHL than the AHL? I don't get it.

 

[Borderbluesfan]

But the site was down when it happened! I never had a chance!

I had this issue also! Gave up on posting here during the game because I couldn't access site. Ended up in the Asylum on the STL Post Dispatch forums.

 

[MissouriMook]

So do I get any credit for calling the first goal?

 

[Captain Creampuff]

Why is Lindbohm just so much better in the NHL than the AHL? I don't get it.

Some players are just weird like that.

 

[nicholas89alex]

Some players are just weird like that.

i seem to remember Bishop being the same way

 

[stl76]

Lotta gloomy ******** in here tonight like

But I be like

 

[Freyj]

This is the same pattern we've been going through for years, but as others have said it wasn't systems that won tonight. If anything the systems part of our game tonight was still infuriating.

 

[Dbrownss]

I'm just happy that I don't have to hear Petteri Lindboom anymore

 

[KirkOut]

I'm just happy that I don't have to hear Petteri Lindboom anymore

NHL.com is saving that one for when he scores the game winner on a clapper from the point

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Why is Lindbohm just so much better in the NHL than the AHL? I don't get it.

Most AHLers are grinders and power forwards. And he needs to play against more of the finesse type players.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

So when is everyone going to get back to the "Hitch doesn't know how to get this team playing well again" discussion?

Still want to see Hitch go. The system didn't win the game tonight. Talent did.

I will freely continue it. We beat a crap team when we were due for a win.

Can't re-state this enough.

Time to uninstall the Hitch.

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

Time to uninstall the Hitch.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Why is Lindbohm just so much better in the NHL than the AHL? I don't get it.

I will describe it in the same way that I described it last season when I noticed it.

Lindbohm is a really high-energy player; almost hyper. He seems to have good hockey IQ and thinks the game at a high rate.

The AHL certainly has a handful of teams that are system-oriented (Grand Rapids Griffins & San Antonio Rampage), but most are kinda wide open in a very bad way. The Wolves are like that. Not system-oriented much at all.

As a side note, Brad Tapper is a much better coach than John Anderson. Tapper is an actual coach, while Anderson is merely a nepotist crony.

Anyway, Linbohm seems to work better in the NHL because the game is played at a higher rate of speed and is very system-oriented. I think he is able to predict what is going to happen in the NHL a lot better than he is able to in the AHL.

And I think the reason for that is because the AHL is less system-oriented and is, therefore, less predictable. Within games in the AHL, you will see a lot of players doing random things, which makes it difficult to know what to expect.

Also, I think forechecking is a lot more aggressive in the AHL with players trying to prove something. When Lindbohm gets forechecked hard, he can sometimes get into trouble, just like lots of hockey players.

He tries to play a very heads-up game, but sometimes has trouble predicting how quickly a forechecker is closing in on him and will get nervous and mishandle the puck.

It is confounding, but I hope this clears up the Lindbohm anomaly and the reason why I deeply hate Finland and all things Finnish.