GDT: St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks -- Game 5 | NBCSN, FSMW |

[Davimir Tarablad]

So pissed off I can't fall asleep. Thanks Blues

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

So pissed off I can't fall asleep. Thanks Blues

... we have a cup ... and this season is a farce a round robin you say wtf is that ? ... this will be like the 94 - 95 season for me ... DELETE !

 

[Celtic Note]

More Parayko than Pietrangelo for me. On defense especially, I expected Parayko to be more effective than he has been, but he's been lacking in all three zones.

On offense, they're both neutered a bit by circumstances. It's hard to freewheel as a defenseman against an explosive team if your teammates are struggling in their coverages and reads (rotating, support, etc.), and it's tough to key an effective breakout if your team isn't supporting the puck well coming out of their own end. So in general, I don't expect any individual defenseman to look as good as they would if this team was firing on all cylinders.

That said, I feel like I could count the notable Parayko individual efforts on one hand.

With Petro, I think he has been fine. However, he is just not bringing his usual elite game. He isn’t winning stick battles at the same rate. His passing is just ok. His defensive positioning is slightly off at times. He just isn’t where he was most of the year.

Parayko is looking bad by his standards. Slow reads. Blown coverages. He makes some nice rushes up the ice, but then doesn’t have the vision to do anything but dump it in or make a sloppy pass into someone’s skates. He should be pushing guys off pucks, but he instead swings his stick at the puck and misses often. He just isn’t bringing a smart game.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

... we have a cup ... and this season is a farce a round robin you say wtf is that ? ... this will be like the 94 - 95 season for me ... DELETE !

It's just infuriating how they folded after that 2nd goal tonight, they had the game in control with their play and the score and they just threw it away.

That said, I'm not going to be angry/disappointed for too long whenever this season ends considering the Cup win.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Sadly I currently trust Allen more than Bennington. Allen had one bad period vs Bennington's 5 bad games.

 

[Ridge1982]

bring on husso next year .. i dont think binny is the answer

Yes. Let’s toss aside a dude who won this franchise’s first cup a year ago due to an abnormal postseason in an abnormal year all around. Awesome. This fanbase sucks sometimes and this is one of them.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

Yes. Let’s toss aside a dude who won this franchise’s first cup a year ago due to an abnormal postseason in an abnormal year all around. Awesome. This fanbase sucks sometimes and this is one of them.

 

[sfvega]

they probably still win this series, but nobody from this series is winning the west, that much is clear after watching vegas and colorado.

Vegas and Colorado will be a bloodbath.

 

[sfvega]

bring on husso next year .. i dont think binny is the answer

Not to say that Binnington is infallible, but he did have around 100 games of good to phenomenal goaltending before a terrible short stint in the bubble after a long layoff. Writing him off is insanely early.

 

[The Note]

Well I’m glad these start times make it virtually impossible for me to stay up and watch on a work night. I don’t see either of these teams beating Vegas and/or Colorado but it’ll suck to go out in round 1.

 

[Reality Czech]

Bench Dunn the next game. We need guys who can actually play defense back there.

 

[Louie the Blue]

I went to sleep after the first period?

What happened?

 

[TheDizee]

I went to sleep after the first period?

What happened?

canucks got a bs goal when jake had the puck covered to make it 3-2 and then the team folded like scrubs. hardly any pushback after that goal then jake let in a softy.

 

[JoshFromMO]

canucks got a bs goal when jake had the puck covered to make it 3-2 and then the team folded like scrubs. hardly any pushback after that goal then jake let in a softy.

That goal reminded me of this



Jake Allen is actually cursed against Vancouver

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Man I'm old enough to remember when posters here were saying Binnington was the only bright spot during the round robin, now it's time to move on? I don't think so.

 

[Thallis]

Moving on from the only cup winning goalie in franchise history because of two bad games in the bubble is the most ridiculous kneejerk fan opinion I've heard in a long time

 

[Zezel’s Pretzels]

I fully agree but the Blues were up 3-2 against Boston in the Cup Finals.

Down 3-2 against Dallas though...

 

[execwrite1]

Agreed with the switch to Allen. His magic went poof.

Back to Binnington as a last desperate hope.

Let's Go Blues. Stay in the bubble boys.

 

[Note Worthy]

Well I'm glad I decided to go to bed after the second period. Jake was a big part of the two wins we got but he looked off last night. Since Binner is the #1 he should start tomorrow.

The plan should have been to ride Jake until he had an off night. That happened. Start Binnington.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I’d go with Binnington.

Either he plays like his normal self, or more of the same and it’s over. But I don’t see the Blues winning the next round vs Colorado or Vegas without prime form Binnington. If he can’t get to prime form this postseason, so be it. But I want to at least roll the dice that he can.

I refuse to get down on Allen. He came up big in a very difficult situation. Yesterday the team let up, not just a poor performance from him. I won’t be shocked if Chief sticks with Allen. But I think he won’t.

I still see the Blues winning this series if they have average or better goaltending. But I won’t be too disappointed if they go out. They aren’t clicking and the lay-off has really spoiled their synchronicity. I’m pretty skeptical they can win a 7 game series vs Colorado.

 

[Blueston]

I went to sleep after the first period?

What happened?

Blues did too.

 

[MissouriMook]

I’d go with Binnington.

Either he plays like his normal self, or more of the same and it’s over. But I don’t see the Blues winning the next round vs Colorado or Vegas without prime form Binnington. If he can’t get to prime form this postseason, so be it. But I want to at least roll the dice that he can.

I refuse to get down on Allen. He came up big in a very difficult situation. Yesterday the team let up, not just a poor performance from him. I won’t be shocked if Chief sticks with Allen. But I think he won’t.

I still see the Blues winning this series if they have average or better goaltending. But I won’t be too disappointed if they go out. They aren’t clicking and the lay-off has really spoiled their synchronicity. I’m pretty skeptical they can win a 7 game series vs Colorado.

I honestly think the only way Chief doesn't go back to Binnington is if he's hurt. I doubt that's the case because he's been the backup the last three games.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

I’d go with Binnington.

Either he plays like his normal self, or more of the same and it’s over. But I don’t see the Blues winning the next round vs Colorado or Vegas without prime form Binnington. If he can’t get to prime form this postseason, so be it. But I want to at least roll the dice that he can.

I refuse to get down on Allen. He came up big in a very difficult situation. Yesterday the team let up, not just a poor performance from him. I won’t be shocked if Chief sticks with Allen. But I think he won’t.

I still see the Blues winning this series if they have average or better goaltending. But I won’t be too disappointed if they go out. They aren’t clicking and the lay-off has really spoiled their synchronicity. I’m pretty skeptical they can win a 7 game series vs Colorado.

I agree, Jake can play good when the team is also playing good, he just does not steal games as much as Binny can it seems, we needed him last night, hes not the only reason we lost though

 

[Ridge1982]

If tomorrow is the end, then what a year it has been for The Note. They’ll have the longest title reign of any team in the history of St. Louis sports.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Purge from memory and move on