Osh = 5 games
Berglund = 4 games
Paajarvi = 1 game
Jackman, Ott, Leopold, Boumeester, Lapierre, Porter, Reaves, & Cole all have 0 pts as well.
Oshie: has regressed. He could have a touch of the flu right now but nothing was said about the first 4 games. He isn't initializing contact he's reacting to it. He's not skating as hard and isn't creating many opportunities.
Berglund: I don't understand why they signed him. 3.7 Mil for 3 more years (including this year). How are you going to trade someone who makes next to no impact in every game with that salary? Bergy is a good defensive forward. That's all I see. I don't get it. If I were the head coach of the Blues' opposing team I would pound in my forwards heads: "If Berglund has the puck in the offensive zone steal the pass that he's going to send back to the point about 89% of the time!!!!"
What did the Blues see in him to sign that deal? I think Sobokta was being a tad unprofessional but Sobokta is light years better than Berglund and would have been cheaper. Minus one on Army for the way this has wound up.
Paajarvi: I get we needed to trade Perron for several reasons. Not fitting in with the coach, salary cap & who knows what inside reasons. But Paajarvi? He can skate fast. And he can skate fast. Plus he's got that skill of skating fast. What does he bring to the team? He can skate fast.
Hitchcock isn't doing the Blues any favors having Cole on top D. He's arguably our worst D. It's hard to pick between him and Jackman. I know Jackman has a ton of fans on here. Cause he's a leader in the locker room? He's good at being slow. He's great at turning the puck over in the D zone. He can cross check pretty good.
As the Blues sit right now Lehtera, Schwartz, Tarasenko, & Stastny look head and shoulders above the rest of the team. Backes is doing what's expected. Steen too is doing about what's expected.
Even Lindstrom has impressed me with his poise and creating chances.
The fall off (among forwards) after those top 6 is going off a cliff right now through 5 games. Hitch better get that turned around. This is not a team built to have a few superstars and the rest grinders/muckers. Every line has to contribute.
I don't think it's time to hit any panic buttons but this is just regular season games. I know it's early in the season but it doesn't bode well when you start thinking about the playoffs.
Berglund = 4 games
Paajarvi = 1 game
Jackman, Ott, Leopold, Boumeester, Lapierre, Porter, Reaves, & Cole all have 0 pts as well.
Oshie: has regressed. He could have a touch of the flu right now but nothing was said about the first 4 games. He isn't initializing contact he's reacting to it. He's not skating as hard and isn't creating many opportunities.
Berglund: I don't understand why they signed him. 3.7 Mil for 3 more years (including this year). How are you going to trade someone who makes next to no impact in every game with that salary? Bergy is a good defensive forward. That's all I see. I don't get it. If I were the head coach of the Blues' opposing team I would pound in my forwards heads: "If Berglund has the puck in the offensive zone steal the pass that he's going to send back to the point about 89% of the time!!!!"
What did the Blues see in him to sign that deal? I think Sobokta was being a tad unprofessional but Sobokta is light years better than Berglund and would have been cheaper. Minus one on Army for the way this has wound up.
Paajarvi: I get we needed to trade Perron for several reasons. Not fitting in with the coach, salary cap & who knows what inside reasons. But Paajarvi? He can skate fast. And he can skate fast. Plus he's got that skill of skating fast. What does he bring to the team? He can skate fast.
Hitchcock isn't doing the Blues any favors having Cole on top D. He's arguably our worst D. It's hard to pick between him and Jackman. I know Jackman has a ton of fans on here. Cause he's a leader in the locker room? He's good at being slow. He's great at turning the puck over in the D zone. He can cross check pretty good.
As the Blues sit right now Lehtera, Schwartz, Tarasenko, & Stastny look head and shoulders above the rest of the team. Backes is doing what's expected. Steen too is doing about what's expected.
Even Lindstrom has impressed me with his poise and creating chances.
The fall off (among forwards) after those top 6 is going off a cliff right now through 5 games. Hitch better get that turned around. This is not a team built to have a few superstars and the rest grinders/muckers. Every line has to contribute.
I don't think it's time to hit any panic buttons but this is just regular season games. I know it's early in the season but it doesn't bode well when you start thinking about the playoffs.
