GDT: WCQF - Game 5 : Blues @ Wild

[BlueDream]

Not possible at the moment as they have re-assigned Joshua to Springfield. Your point is a valid one, though.

I don't think they did. Korac posted that he was on the ice with the team at today's skate.

Edit: and he's still listed on the Blues' roster on their site, where as a guy like MacEachern isn't since he just got sent down. So he's definitely still here. Looks like CapFriendly posted something weird about that yesterday but they've updated it now to show he's back (probably never left).

 

[mk80]

Coyotes fan popping in to say Go Blues! Hopefully a repeat of game 1 and then clinch at home in front of Blues fans!

I'll take any positive thoughts you are willing to sacrifice towards the Coyotes draft lottery luck in about 75 minutes.....

Going to call the Blues game winning goal tonight via deflection off Spurgeon's ACL (just a bruise, no injury).

Congrats on the lottery. #3 is not too shabby for the pick!

 

[Robb_K]

Let's Go Blues!!!

Leddy and Bortuzzo will be huge additions to the blueline. I liked the way Perunovich looked outside of a couple moments on Sunday, so I like rolling the 7D and 11 forwards again for tonight.

I agree. He really looked good on the power play, and also played solidly on 5 on 5. He didn't get manhandled by bigger, stronger, and heavier players, like he did sometimes in games before his wrist injury. I'd rather see him get more minutes, Santini not be dressed any more this playoffs, and Mikkola get less ice time, accordingly. I just hope that it was a coincidence that Perunovich passed up good shots to pass just because he thought the veteran shooters would have a better chance to score, and NOT because his wrist isn't fully healed yet, and didn't want to risk re-injuring it, or aggravating that injury. But, EVEN IF he CAN'T shoot yet, I'd still like to see him take minutes away from Mikkola, just because of his puckhandling abilities that can help move the puck out of danger in our end of the rink, and also still help on offence in The O-Zone. Puck possession is a big factor in this series because The Wild depend so much on their forecheck, and from preventing The Blues from setting up plays in their zone.

 

[mk80]

I agree. He really looked good on the power play, and also played solidly on 5 on 5. He didn't get manhandled by bigger, stronger, and heavier players, like he did sometimes in games before his wrist injury. I'd rather see him get more minutes, Santini not be dressed any more this playoffs, and Mikkola get less ice time, accordingly. I just hope that it was a coincidence that Perunovich passed up good shots to pass just because he thought the veteran shooters would have a better chance to score, and NOT because his wrist isn't fully healed yet, and didn't want to risk re-injuring it, or aggravating that injury. But, EVEN IF he CAN'T shoot yet, I'd still like to see him take minutes away from Mikkola, just because of his puckhandling abilities that can help move the puck out of danger in our end of the rink, and also still help on offence in The O-Zone. Puck possession is a big factor in this series because The Wild depend so much on their forecheck, and from preventing The Blues from setting up plays in their zone.

I would expect with more opportunity and confidence he'll start shooting more and more.

 

[Meatball]

We lost Krug, but I think Perunovich will prove to be the perfect replacement for him.

Also, I've been a whiny bitch. My apologies everyone. I'm guilty of already giving up on this team, and for that, I apologize.

Now, let's destroy the Wild.

 

[Meatball]

Also, depending on how deep our run goes, I think these will be the eventual pairings.

Scandella-Parayko
Leddy-Faulk
Perunovich-Bortuzzo

f*** the haters and doubters, with our forwards and goaltending, this defense has what we need to make a deep run.

Again, let's focus on dispatching the Wild.


2-2, it's a brand new series.

LGB!

 

[GoBluz24]

LGB!!!

 

[The Electrician]

I agree. He really looked good on the power play, and also played solidly on 5 on 5. He didn't get manhandled by bigger, stronger, and heavier players, like he did sometimes in games before his wrist injury. I'd rather see him get more minutes, Santini not be dressed any more this playoffs, and Mikkola get less ice time, accordingly. I just hope that it was a coincidence that Perunovich passed up good shots to pass just because he thought the veteran shooters would have a better chance to score, and NOT because his wrist isn't fully healed yet, and didn't want to risk re-injuring it, or aggravating that injury. But, EVEN IF he CAN'T shoot yet, I'd still like to see him take minutes away from Mikkola, just because of his puckhandling abilities that can help move the puck out of danger in our end of the rink, and also still help on offence in The O-Zone. Puck possession is a big factor in this series because The Wild depend so much on their forecheck, and from preventing The Blues from setting up plays in their zone.

Re: the bolded

At one point last game (2nd period?) he took a whack on the hand that looked like it REALLY bothered him.

I don't think he missed a shift, but I'd bet the wrist is still an issue.

 

[Louie the Blue]

Re: the bolded

At one point last game (2nd period?) he took a whack on the hand that looked like it REALLY bothered him.

I don't think he missed a shift, but I'd bet the wrist is still an issue.

Except the whack he took was on the hand that he didn't have surgery on.

 

[The Electrician]

Except the whack he took was on the hand that he didn't have surgery on.

Well, that's good news!

 

[BlueOil]

I agree. He really looked good on the power play, and also played solidly on 5 on 5. He didn't get manhandled by bigger, stronger, and heavier players, like he did sometimes in games before his wrist injury. I'd rather see him get more minutes, Santini not be dressed any more this playoffs, and Mikkola get less ice time, accordingly. I just hope that it was a coincidence that Perunovich passed up good shots to pass just because he thought the veteran shooters would have a better chance to score, and NOT because his wrist isn't fully healed yet, and didn't want to risk re-injuring it, or aggravating that injury. But, EVEN IF he CAN'T shoot yet, I'd still like to see him take minutes away from Mikkola, just because of his puckhandling abilities that can help move the puck out of danger in our end of the rink, and also still help on offence in The O-Zone. Puck possession is a big factor in this series because The Wild depend so much on their forecheck, and from preventing The Blues from setting up plays in their zone.

he's saving his shot, it's our secret weapon

 

[BlueDream]

Perunovich did not look good when he was out there 5v5 last game. He’s simply a PP specialist and nothing more. You all need to temper your expectations if you think he’s going to be like Krug. He’s not close to being near as good.

 

[Spektre]

Just have to get the W anyway possible

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Perunovich did not look good when he was out there 5v5 last game. He’s simply a PP specialist and nothing more. You all need to temper your expectations if you think he’s going to be like Krug. He’s not close to being near as good.

He's played less than 25 games in the NHL of course hes not currently as good as Krug but writing him off this early in his career would be crazy, hes only 23 and showing a lot of promise on the offensiveside of the puck, and it's still learning.

Also he was coming back from surgery after missing 4 months as a "oh shit" move after 4 of our top 6 defensemen went down, including two of our three best puck moving defensemen. If Krug and Leddy didn't Both go down I highly doubt Peru would even be in the lineup. So of course he's not looking amazing out there. But having him on as the sheltered 7th Defender to man the PP with Krug out is pretty nice.

 

[TheDizee]

leafs/bolts game is a really good watch

 

[DangledUpinBlues]

s'gooooo blues. got a feed with JK and panger and

 

[The Note]

I didn’t see a GDT up when I stopped by to visit, so thought I’d help out @The Note .




Tonight we wear Away colours
Against the Wild we prepare
With Fleury and Kaprizov
An amazing elite pair

Well, I just want to show them up
Well, I just want
I just want to
To show them up (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Let's tangle (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
And give them hell (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Come together now (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Yeah, Blues gel

I expect a Game with passion
Skill level to be insane
Physical play and defence
Bringing Minnesota pain

I just want to show them up
Well, I just want
I just want to
To show them up (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Let's wrangle (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
And give them hell (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Come together now (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Yeah, Blues gel

Boy’s lets dangle (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Fill the net as well (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Come together now (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Shots Binny repels (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)

Our doubts crumble (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
Confidence swells (uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh)
The Blues peaking together
Yeah, how they‘ve gelled


Lineups based upon NHL.com


Blues projected lineups

Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron

Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Ivan Barbashev -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou

Alexei Toropchenko -- Tyler Bozak -

Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko

Calle Rosen -- Justin Faulk

Niko Mikkola -- Robert Bortuzzo

Scott Perunovich

Jordan Binnington

Scratched: Dakota Joshua, Logan Brown, Nathan Walker

Injured: Marco Scandella (lower body), Torey Krug (lower body)



Wild projected lineups

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello

Kevin Fiala -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy

Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno

Nicolas Deslauriers -- Tyson Jost -- Brandon Duhaime

Jacob Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon

Jonas Brodin -- Matt Dumba

Jon Merrill -- Alex Goligoski

Marc-Andre Fleury


Scratched: Nick Bjugstad, Connor Dewar, Dmitry Kulikov, Jordie Benn

Injured: None


And some memes for good luck and health:

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Sitting on the runway at Chicago O’Hare after traveling from Puerto Vallarta so I had to step aside tonight. Go Blues, and great GDT!

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Last minute changes to the D:

Junland-Faulk
Salvador-McKee
VanRyn-Tucker
Perunovich-Jeff Brown


Let's Go Blues!

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

come on dorks drop the puck

 

[ChicagoBlues]

It is Year Nanu Nanu.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Local power outage. Watching on phone.

 

[TK 421]

Ok so Jeff Brown... a really buff Wood Elf or Spock's cousin? Sorry I don't usually roll around with Jeff Brown pictures so I can't post a pic but if you've seen Jeff Brown you know what I'm talking bout Willis.

 

[rainier]

lets do that hockey

 

[BlueKnight]

Let's go Blues!!!!

 

[Chet Manly]

Hockey hockey hockey

Drop the f***ing puck already!