GDT: Game 79: Blues @ Coyotes - 6PM - FSAZ+

[SniperHF]

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6PM
FSAZ+

LW	C	RW
Clayton Keller	Derek Stepan	Richard Panik
Max Domi	Christian Dvorak	Zac Rinaldo
Brendan Perlini	Dylan Strome	Christian Fischer
Jordan Martinook	Brad Richardson	Nick Cousins

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Defensive Pairings
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Luke Schenn
Jakob Chychrun	Alex Goligoski
Kevin Connauton	Trevor Murphy

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LW	C	RW
Jaden Schwartz	Brayden Schenn	Vladimir Tarasenko
Patrik Berglund	Kyle Brodziak	Alex Steen
Dmitrij Jaskin	Vladimir Sobotka	Ivan Barbashev
Scottie Upshall	Oskar Sundqvist	Chris Thorburn

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Defensive Pairings
Joel Edmundson	Alex Pietrangelo
Vince Dunn	Colton Parayko
Jordan Schmaltz	Robert Bortuzzo

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So the Blues really need this game, much like the Kings and Panthers did.

It's not that likely the Blues could get back into a division slot and the Blues have traditionally given the Coyotes fits. Basically I'm saying they are probably gonna be bringing it tonight. 8-1-1 last 10 so they definitely want that WC spot.

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[0point1]

Looking at Ticketmaster this game is pretty close to a sell out, the home finale looks like it will have a nice attendance too.

Basically I'm saying they are probably gonna be bringing it tonight. 8-1-1 last 10 so they definitely want that WC spot.

Yeah they are going to be pushing HARD, their whole season is make or break in the remaining few games so this will be a big test to the Yotes.

 

[MIGs Dog]

At one point this season Blues were out of the race and fans had given up. In fact, weren't they sellers at the deadline? Guess the tank didn't work so well.

Yotes whooped them back in January. Should be a good game.

 

[Name Nameless]

Can't stop thinking of how torn Keller has to be with this. I know he is a professional, but I somehow feel he really has to be torn.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Can't stop thinking of how torn Keller has to be with this. I know he is a professional, but I somehow feel he really has to be torn.

Nearly every NHLer plays against their childhood team sooner or later.

 

[Seachd]

What are the odds Raanta starts? Pretty good?

 

[BigMac1212]

I have to make a confession: I always love the Blues' goal horn when I got into sports in 1992, the year I moved to the Valley. I'm starting to like our goal horn, but St. Louis' will still have a special place in my heart. Please put down your pitch forks & torches.

Only a few more games to go. Then this season will be over...

 

[Matias Maccete]

Is Strome going back down? Wasn't the idea to only have him up for the road trip?

 

[TheLegend]

Is Strome going back down? Wasn't the idea to only have him up for the road trip?

Tucson has a weekend series with San Diego the week after the Coyotes finish their season..... with the playoffs coming after that.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

The Blues played last night, maybe we have a chance.

 

[TheLegend]

Dvorak got banged up against the Kings and will be a game time decision.

Raanta in goal.

 

[Name Nameless]

Dvorak got banged up against the King and will be a game time decision.

Raanta in goal.

Given the Blues are on a B2B Yotes are not the underdog here.

This is the night the St. Louis fans goes back to thinking it will be one more year in darkness for them.

This kind of makes me sad. But well. Spoiling is all that is left. And if I've figured this out right, second wild-card just gives Nashville in the first round anyways. Can't be that fun.

 

[Grimes]

That Blues roster sure looks a lot more underwhelming than in years past. Forward and defensive depth is thinning out. They should be an interesting one to watch this offseason if they make the playoffs or if they miss it.

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

Let do it Yotes! I wanna see a better effort than last game.

 

[Muppet]

Panik-Stepan-Keller
Stickybois
Domi-Strome-Rinaldo (seriously?)
Perlini-Archibald-Fischer

OEL-Tranquilized Bear
Chicken-Goose
Murphy-Norris Trophy

 

[Summer Rose]

Edit: Muppet posted the lines in a much less annoying fashion than I did so I deleted the gigantic image.


Did Rick Tocchet make the lines by pulling lottery balls out of a bag?

 

[Summer Rose]

I think a few of these people are lost.

 

[YotesFan47]

There is a lot of blue in the stands tonight.

 

[Summer Rose]

There is a lot of blue in the stands tonight.

Didn't think the Blues had that big of a fan base in Phoenix and/or that they travel well.

 

[Name Nameless]

Kind of Hawaii-hockey I think. If that is an expression in your part of the world.

 

[SniperHF]

Strome has a big opportunity playing up a line with Dvorak out. So far so good.

 

[TheLegend]

Edit: Muppet posted the lines in a much less annoying fashion than I did so I deleted the gigantic image.


Did Rick Tocchet make the lines by pulling lottery balls out of a bag?

Dvo was an injury scratch. Archibald can play center.

 

[Name Nameless]

The ice isn't supposed to look like snow, is it? :-D

 

[0point1]

There is a lot of blue in the stands tonight.

Yeah looks like more than half. Lots of Blues fan live here and I don’t blame them, I would have left St Louis ASAP if I lived there too.

 

[Summer Rose]

Kind of Hawaii-hockey I think. If that is an expression in your part of the world.

Hawaii actually does have one ice rink on the island of O'ahu. I never went there when I lived there, though.