GDT: Round Robin Game 1| Blues vs. Avs |Back in the Game|

[AjaxManifesto]

Good call.

Blues need more O than DP on a PP.

I think Binny was fantastic.
The D was solid.
The O is still anemic.

91 seems lost
10/17 are picking it up
57/90 are picking it up
Everybody else is still not up to battle speed.

 

[BlueKnight]

Good call. Oh well. Shit happens. I feel bad for binny. All i care about is that Petro will be alright.

 

[scottyajak]

Give us those fake tough guys in a real series. They fold

 

[Novacain]

I'm just viewing this as a great precursor to the conference finals.

 

[Chet Manly]

Im surprised the NHL is still using replay cameras that only record at 2 frames per second.

It's 2020 guys. Let's go.

 

[scottyajak]

How the f*** do you make that call on steen with a minute left? Jesus.

 

[BlueOil]

offense looked mildly better, defense was alright, and binnington looked solid

colorado is dangerous offensively but doesn't scare me defensively

 

[Arto Kilponen]

Well, the bottom line still is that you can lose the first seven games and still go all the way.

 

[BlueOil]

How the f*** do you make that call on steen with a minute left? Jesus.

overtime would have delayed the next game

 

[Mike Liut]

Hard to care about a game that basically means nothing

 

[yurnxt]

The good news is the Blues didn't play well and yet had every opportunity to take that game. Games that end like that have also fueled us in the past. We got this.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Good game...no concerns with the outcome. They’re getting their game back and will outclass whoever their round one opponent is.

Agreed.

Was worried after the Chicago game. Not so worried now.

I think they are in their B game right now. Need that A game soon.

 

[Robb_K]

Only one power play goal in 2 games. Not even one even strength goal. Typical beginning of the pre-season for The Blues. At least they had a great drive and follow-up attempt by Gunnarsson. We could have used Tarasenko, Schenn, Schwartz, and O'Reilly doing that regularly.

 

[bluebird enthusiast]

I'm happy they got it together and played a passable game this time. Gives me a bit more confidence in their chances than I had in them 24 hours ago

 

[TheDizee]

Hard to care about a game that basically means nothing

ya all that matters is health and our goaltenders playing well. hopefully 27 is ok.

 

[simon IC]

The officiating sucked, but you can't use that as an excuse. A good team steps up to adversity. I hope Berube doesn't even mention it. I hope they are already looking at the next game. Move on.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

The good news is the Blues didn't play well and yet had every opportunity to take that game. Games that end like that have also fueled us in the past. We got this.

Any game I don't see McKinnon skating end to end like a freight train is good. I think the Blues handled him pretty well.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

I know these games don't really matter but I'm really nervous with how the team is looking right now. Hopefully they look more like themselves against Vegas and Dallas. Or perhaps they're just waiting for the final 16 to turn it up a gear.

 

[bluebird enthusiast]

Also, where can we get a MacKinnon? He's okay at this game

 

[Nederlander]

I know these games don't really matter but I'm really nervous with how the team is looking right now. Hopefully they look more like themselves against Vegas and Dallas. Or perhaps they're just waiting for the final 16 to turn it up a gear.

Actually, I feel much better now. Binny looks good and the defense was definitely stifling the speed of the Avs. Yes, we need more offense, but I started seeing signs of life with the third and fourth lines, and hopefully Tarasenko will get it into gear soon.

 

[BlueDream]

At least we looked a bit better than last game. Hopefully we make some more progress in the next 2 games and then should be ready.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Actually, I feel much better now. Binny looks good and the defense was definitely stifling the speed of the Avs. Yes, we need more offense, but I started seeing signs of life with the third and fourth lines, and hopefully Tarasenko will get it into gear soon.

Yeah the defense has looked a lot better, I'm probably just overreacting.

 

[Novacain]

My take still is these are basically warm up games to me. We won the cup last year with a losing record on Home.

The good news is Petro seems to be fine, which is huge.

 

[BlueKnight]

I saw a tweet. Chief says Petro is fine. so there is some good news

 

[TheDizee]

I saw a tweet. Chief says Petro is fine. so there is some good news

health + binny playing good = back 2 back cups