Bobby Orrtuzzo
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I’ll be the first to say I was fully on board with the tank idea. Glad to have been proven wrong lolCan we get lists of everyone who was a buyer and everyone who was a seller?
I’ll be the first to say I was fully on board with the tank idea. Glad to have been proven wrong lolCan we get lists of everyone who was a buyer and everyone who was a seller?
Between your encouraging optimism to make the playoffs and Irish doing serious work on the near daily playoff updates, it's been hard picking a favorite thing about this board during the 2018-19 season. Truly a roller coaster of a year and for the most part it's been fun sharing it with everyone here hahahaRereading this thread was entertaining. I think the Blues are going to mathematically clinch their playoff spot before this week is over. Pretty amazing.
Getting lists of posters to ridicule is not my schtick. There is someone else here for that sort of thing.Can we get lists of everyone who was a buyer and everyone who was a seller?
Rereading this thread was entertaining. I think the Blues are going to mathematically clinch their playoff spot before this week is over. Pretty amazing.
I am a pretty darn smart cookie. (From pg. 2)9 points behind WC2, Oilers with 2 games at hand.
12 points behind WC1, Knights with 4 games at hand.
Definitely still possible. Blues win a few more games they blew and they're right there.
You nailed it.I'll be the first to go on record. I still think this team can make the playoffs.
I didn't think so, but their recent play looks more steady. And that's WITHOUT Pietrangelo.
Like it or not, both Allen and Bouwmeester have been playing well. I had to rewind 3 times the other day when Bouwmeester made that spinarama assist.
This team looks like they're starting to gain some confidence and consistency.
But the main reason I think they can do it, is that the rest of the West has left the door open. Teams I thought were playoff caliber are fading (like Minnesota). I'm not convinced about Vegas. I do think Edmonton is a threat for the wildcard, but there are 2 spots available.
This thread is not an invitation for the cynical to ridicule us. I just want to see how long it takes for anyone else to get back on the bandwagon. I enjoy rooting for the Blues, and I wonder if I have any company.
If you want to talk about how bad they look, who they need to trade, or how idiotic fans are that still have faith in this team, please take it to pretty much any other thread...they're all full of those comments (including from me).
I don't know if Berube is a long-term solution for anything, but I do think his influence is starting to steady the ship a bit.
I misread the wildcard contenders, but not the fact that there were pretenders that were fading out. And no one saw Binnington coming. Remember after he got called up how long it took before he got his first start? I'd love to hear a more detailed account of what the management and coaches were thinking from the time they decided to cut Johnson, to calling up Binnington, to putting him in.You nailed it.
I was kind of thinking of the Pengiun's season when they also fired their head coach, then won the Cup. All I know is, I don't see a team in the West that makes me think, "The Blues can make it until they have to play those guys." I could see this squad win a series against anyone. And if they make it to the SCF, I'll roll the dice against anyone (including Tampa).This season has that 2012 Kings-esque feel to it. I would say the 08-09 season when we were dead last in January and got in a few days before the season ended but honestly this team is 10 times better than that 08-09 team that was iced out there like seriously our top scoring threat was Brad Boyes. I can see why we got swept by Vancouver, we couldn’t score 5 on 5 for sh*t
Notice how guys like Bluesguru stop posting here when we get good?
That was more akin to when the Blues fired Hitch and Yeo took over and they went on a run. The Pens didn't keep falling after they got a new coach and hit rock bottom a month and a half after the firing before climing back into it like the Blues did this season.I was kind of thinking of the Pengiun's season when they also fired their head coach, then won the Cup. All I know is, I don't see a team in the West that makes me think, "The Blues can make it until they have to play those guys." I could see this squad win a series against anyone. And if they make it to the SCF, I'll roll the dice against anyone (including Tampa).
I know the chances are they'll peter out, or an injury will derail the train and then they'll go down in the post-season, but one of these times those breaks are going to go in their favor and they'll break through.
When a team turns around immediately after firing the coach, it tells me the coach wasn't the issue as much as the team needing a shock to the system. Maybe they had tuned out the coach's message, but the message itself may not have been the problem.That was more akin to when the Blues fired Hitch and Yeo took over and they went on a run. The Pens didn't keep falling after they got a new coach and hit rock bottom a month and a half after the firing before climing back into it like the Blues did this season.
Similarities sure but when Hitch was fired for Yeo is more relatable.
Good, you’ve really been acting up lately. I already had to talk to an admin about the amount of profanity you’ve spewed.I've decided that I'm going to be on my absolute best behavior not only here, but in life as well. Try to do good deeds wherever possible.
Hopefully this can help conjure up some mojo for the boys. I'll be doing my part.
Go Blues!
Good, you’ve really been acting up lately. I already had to talk to an admin about the amount of profanity you’ve spewed.
This team has something I haven’t seen in a Blues team....There are only 3 teams left playing hockey, and the Blues are one of them. It’s been a pleasure to see this unfold. I think they’ve got more juice left in the tank. How long can this dream survive?