GDT: St. Louis Blues @ Florida Panthers | FSMW - KMOX 1120 | 6:30 PM CST

[PocketNines]

Backes, Oshie, Steen. Those guys are so good.

talking about consistant scoring or consistant effort?

Consistent impact. I'm agnostic on the whole lazy question. Never really thought he was lazy but he's also not anywhere close to the hardest worker on the team. Easton did a really good analysis of Stewart a few days ago in another thread.

Bottom line is if he's still on the team come the playoffs he finally needs to turn in an impact there because those are the games that matter. That's how I'll judge him this season. The playoffs. We've seen him in the regular season already, he's not doing anything good or bad we haven't seen before.

 

[Mike Liut]

Let's score again! Steener needs to extend his goal scoring streak!

on que

 

[Lord Helix]

Kind of nice to be able to say that, in a way.

Way to many lateral passes entering the offensive zone. Very low percentage play to try to thread the needle with one (or more) sticks in the passing lane, and it's dangerous because everyone is going the wrong way if something gets picked. Hitch won't be happy at all about those entries.

Like Stewart from the left on his backhand?

 

[Robb_K]

Steen!!! Scores his 12th off a rebound of a Backes shot!! 3 goals in 5 minutes!!! Steen still leads The NHL!

 

[timtindall]

that little tap is a slash? oook...

 

[superblues]

Nice to see the Panthers haven't started gooning things up. Hopefully I don't jinx it. I'd rather see them take the game to us hard like they have the last shift or two.

 

[Robb_K]

Blues on the PK, win the important faceoff. let's kill this off!

 

[timtindall]

would it be better for oshie to stay on the ice with no stick, or skate back to the bench, get a new stick and get back out there?

 

[Mike Liut]

Steen, you have a 5 yr 25 mill contract on my desk. Please sign when you have time

-Doug Armstrong

 

[PocketNines]

vBeer is on me tonight.

 

[STL BLUES]

Elliott looks good for someone coming off the bench!

 

[Fred Murtz]

Chris Stewart snipe snap shot 2-0

 

[Robb_K]

Valiant kill off after Oshie lost his stick for half the PP. A bit lucky , too. But Oshie was great, flinging his body around to get in the way and knock the puck away with his glove.

 

[frostyflo]

would it be better for oshie to stay on the ice with no stick, or skate back to the bench, get a new stick and get back out there?

in the situation he has been, I think he did everything right.

 

[EastonBlues22]

Like Stewart from the left on his backhand?

It happened at least three or four times. I didn't catch all the offenders because my stream keeps hanging, but the entries were generally terrible until the SBO unit went out there.

 

[Mike Liut]

The Blues would get pushed around so much more without Stewart. Some don't realize how much toughness he adds.

 

[Robb_K]

would it be better for oshie to stay on the ice with no stick, or skate back to the bench, get a new stick and get back out there?

There was no real chance for Oshie to get a new stick until he left with the scrum in the corner. He played it right, and very valiantly, I must add.

 

[Alklha]

Elliott looks good for someone coming off the bench!

Yeah, looks easy with the 4-0 score but who knows if we don't make it through the first 10 minutes when Florida were playing well. Impressed with how sharp he has looked.

 

[STL BLUES]

Winchester is the only Panther with a heart! No fans in the building.

 

[frostyflo]

nice period.

 

[EastonBlues22]

would it be better for oshie to stay on the ice with no stick, or skate back to the bench, get a new stick and get back out there?

I coached my kids to go get the stick. It's basically a 5-3 anyway as long as he doesn't have a stick. You can't close passing lanes, you can't effectively fight for rebounds, you can't effectively control an opponent, and it's way too easy to manipulate the stickless defender to get him out of shooting lanes if he's trying to block shots.

The fact that it's a long change makes it a bit tougher on your remaining defenders, but I think it's still worth it. You're talking 10-15 seconds to go get that stick. How much time did have with Oshie staying out there? Way more than that, and Oshie was worthless the entire time.

 

[frostyflo]

Winchester is the only Panther with a heart! No fans in the building.

heart? maybe. but not much brain in this situation.

 

[byrath]

If Oshie somehow knew the play would continue for over a minute, getting a stick would have been the better play. Usually you're going to get a clear or stoppage much quicker though.

 

[Fred Murtz]

Alex Pietrangelo tip in PPG 3-0

 

[Panteras]

congrats guys, your team is awesome, wish them good luck for the rest of the season and the play offs which I'm sure is a lock this season (no jinx)
our team is pathetic and we've been totally dominated these 2 games , no chance against the Blues