St Louis Blues 2020 Post-Season Thread

[execwrite1]

The Blues will miss the "Big Rig." Letting Maroon walk was a mistake.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

The Blues will miss the "Big Rig." Letting Maroon walk was a mistake.

if a fat man in his mid-30s is the missing piece to the Blues' chance to repeat, then they should have put tryout flyers on this forum.

 

[The Note]

Well if the Blue lose on Sunday they get Vancouver, if they win, they get Calgary. I think I’d rather go up against Calgary than Vancouver in all honesty.

 

[Stlblue50]

Well if the Blue lose on Sunday they get Vancouver, if they win, they get Calgary. I think I’d rather go up against Calgary than Vancouver in all honesty.

If there wasn’t just a 4+ month pause then both of these teams would be very beatable. It certainly feels like a crapshoot right now. The longer this thing goes on, the more it benefits the Blues.

 

[Punished ROR]

I remembered today that they interviewed Perron after Period 1...like 8 minutes after it ended...and he sounded like he was gonna pass out. They even joked about it. He could barely speak. 20 minutes.

Those interviews aren't always aired live. They're filmed as the players are coming off the ice, before they head into the room. There are commercial breaks, talking head segments, etc. for the broadcast/production crew to work around.

 

[The Note]

If there wasn’t just a 4+ month pause then both of these teams would be very beatable. It certainly feels like a crapshoot right now. The longer this thing goes on, the more it benefits the Blues.

I agree, it’s a total crapshoot right now, and with how the Blues have looked for the most part I don’t think anything’s a given. But Vancouver with Hughes, EP, Boeser, and Markstrom concerns me far more than MT and Gaudreau who I think are both excellent, but ROR would eat Monahan alive. Calgary’s goaltending isn’t anything that concerns me. Overall I just CAL is a better matchup.

 

[execwrite1]

if a fat man in his mid-30s is the missing piece to the Blues' chance to repeat, then they should have put tryout flyers on this forum.

Oh yea - how many fat men in their mid-30s who scored a Game 7, double-overtime NHL playoff series winning goal do you know???

 

[ryerockarola]

Oh yea - how many fat men in their mid-30s who scored a Game 7, double-overtime NHL playoff series winning goal do you know???

does Brett Hull count? triple-OT cup winner, kinda fat now

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Oh yea - how many fat men in their mid-30s who scored a Game 7, double-overtime NHL playoff series winning goal do you know???

To be fair Thomas did pretty much all of the work on that goal, lol.

 

[Spektre]

I’d rather the Blues play Calgary instead of Vancouver

 

[542365]

Oh yea - how many fat men in their mid-30s who scored a Game 7, double-overtime NHL playoff series winning goal do you know???

Literally anyone who has ever stood on a pair of skates would have scored there. He did nothing, Thomas put the puck on the goal line.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Literally anyone who has ever stood on a pair of skates would have scored there. He did nothing, Thomas put the puck on the goal line.

Brouwer might have whiffed at it a time or two before getting it in

 

[simon IC]

I agree, it’s a total crapshoot right now, and with how the Blues have looked for the most part I don’t think anything’s a given. But Vancouver with Hughes, EP, Boeser, and Markstrom concerns me far more than MT and Gaudreau who I think are both excellent, but ROR would eat Monahan alive. Calgary’s goaltending isn’t anything that concerns me. Overall I just CAL is a better matchup.

I think Gaudreau is the most over-rated player in hockey. He'll cough up the puck if you breathe on him.

 

[mk80]

I'll just link these tweets below:





Hopefully this means the beast has been woken, and hopefully we can add 4 more wins against Calgary to that total! I'd like to see us come out tomorrow and leave no doubt we are the better team, score quick, score a lot, and hit em hard all game long!

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

What on earth can be said in a players’ only meeting that will get their attention more than the fact that they’re playing post-season games already? I have zero confidence that some meeting can fix what ails this team. They seem to have lost their mojo.

Ive Lost My Mojo GIF - AustinPowers - Discover & Share GIFs

 

[Stealth JD]

Didn’t they have a players only meeting during the long February-swoon, and they almost immediately rebounded and strung off a decent winning streak? Or am I making that up?

 

[RR10]

I’d rather the Blues play Calgary instead of Vancouver

Agree but I rather face Vegas than Colorado in rd2. At the same time a series vs Colorado would be more entertaining.

Calgary & Colorado
or
Vancouver & Vegas

 

[Celtic Note]

Didn’t they have a players only meeting during the long February-swoon, and they almost immediately rebounded and strung off a decent winning streak? Or am I making that up?

They had multiple meetings and eventually it turned around.


They can turn this around. The question is will they. Today will give us our indication.

 

[DoubleK81]

Agree but I rather face Vegas than Colorado in rd2. At the same time a series vs Colorado would be more entertaining.

Gotta disagree. Vegas has the the edge over us in physical play, and is equal with the offensive talent. Colorado worries me less in a 7 game series despite their speed and top end talent because we hold the edge in physicality, defense and in my opinion goaltending.

 

[RR10]

Gotta disagree. Vegas has the the edge over us in physical play, and is equal with the offensive talent. Colorado worries me less in a 7 game series despite their speed and top end talent because we hold the edge in physicality, defense and in my opinion goaltending.

Nah. Vegas lack the high end skill the Avs have and are slower overall, albeit fast. We thrive in physical play so physicality isn't something we should be afraid of. Colorados speed on the other hand is what really hurts this team in the long run. We can beat both teams if we play like last year though. Colorado is imo harder to beat over 7 games but the series would be more entertaining so I'd rather face them anyway in these conditions. Under normal conditions I'd pick the easier team every time.

 

[Celtic Note]

I am more concerned with how the Blues play than who they play.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

Chief needs to swap these lines up, because we’re four games in and the offense is still trash.

 

[Celtic Note]

So maybe we should take baby steps and start predicting how many games the Blues win, not how many series?

 

[simon IC]

So maybe we should take baby steps and start predicting how many games the Blues win, not how many series?

Indeed. I am sure that is how the team is taking it. (Or at least they better be!)

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I wanted the Blues to win, to get to their game, and for Tarasenko to get a goal. But I prefer this path, with a potential 2md round match with Vegas.

I expect Dallas to go down easily, maybe even swept.

At this point I’m not sure St Louis should be considered favorites in their series. If they can’t beat Vancouver, they weren’t going to beat a lot of teams and were not really a threat for the Cup.

So, the loss is a bummer, but the near absence of scoring chances, shots and the volume of opposing shots all point to the Blues being far from their familiar level. I think the Vancouver series is likely to be a coin flip. That’s more concerning than the outcome of the game itself. I hope Blais is OK.

One positive development from the game was seeing Parayko unleashing bombs. I think during the season he doesn’t do that as much to try and avoid injuring his own team. But last post season he was shooting like he never had, and we’ll need more of the same. Ask Bishop if that makes a difference.