GDT: WCSF - Game #3 : Blues host Avs @ 7pm CT | TNT, CBC, SN | Series tied 1-1

[Ginger Papa]

@The Note has asked me to help out today as he’s attending a wedding. Hope he has a great time & a good recorded game to watch afterwards. Lineups are from NHL.com


Blues projected lineup

Pavel Buchnevich -- Ryan O'Reilly -- David Perron

Ivan Barbashev -- Brayden Schenn -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Brandon Saad -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou

Alexei Toropchenko -- Tyler Bozak

Nick Leddy -- Colton Parayko

Calle Rosen -- Justin Faulk

Niko Mikkola -- Robert Bortuzzo

Scott Perunovich

Jordan Binnington

Ville Husso

Scratched: Logan Brown, Nathan Walker

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


vs.



Avalanche projected lineup

Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Gabriel Landeskog -- Nazem Kadri -- Artturi Lehkonen

Andre Burakovsky -- J.T. Compher -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Andrew Cogliano -- Nico Sturm -- Darren Helm

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson

Bowen Byram -- Erik Johnson

Darcy Kuemper

Pavel Francouz

Scratched: Jack Johnson, Alex Newhook, Ryan Murray, Logan O'Connor, Kurtis MacDermid, Hunter Miska, Justus Annunen

Injured: None

And some memes for good luck and health

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[Blanick]

Lgb... won't be able to catch this one live. Hopefully the boys can come away with a series lead.

 

[Meatball]

Lgb... won't be able to catch this one live. Hopefully the boys can come away with a series lead.

Same, unfortunately. Stupid job.

 

[Joshuar56]

Here come those butterflies...

 

[Finnflash]

Go Blues Go

Berube.

 

[Blueston]

Expect Avs to come out breathing fire. We just need to get through without too much damage. And we will. Blues win tonight, 3-2.

 

[TheOrganist]

First period is key tonight. For whatever reason, our first periods are horrible in Game 3 at home in the Berube era with the series tied at 1. Just sucks the life out of an amped up crowd. (I would know…I’ve been to all those games) But I think we’re gonna play well tonight especially with 50 on top of his game.

 

[mk80]

Let's Go Blues!!!

The Avs are going to give us a game tonight you can be sure of that!

 

[KirkOut]

with a GDT full of cringy boomer memes I don't see how we could lose

 

[Allens Five Hole]

I'll admit, I did laugh at the first day at the gym one.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

my colleague is attending a wedding in STL today as well, wonder if its the same one.

Rocking my vintage Blues Fuhr jersey. My Oilers Fuhr jersey seems to have gotten the job done yesterday so I'm hoping the Blues put this one away quickly and go up in the series.

Refalanche have no depth aside from the zebras.

 

[BlueMed]

All the pressure still falls on Colorado. We can thank the media, journalists, and the "analysts" for that. This organization having a cup in 2019 takes a lot of that pressure off. Just go out and get revenge from last year.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

All the pressure still falls on Colorado. We can thank the media, journalists, and the "analysts" for that. This organization having a cup in 2019 takes a lot of that pressure off. Just go out and get revenge from last year.

AVs can't compete against an (almost) injury free Blues squad. it'd be 2-0 sweep territory if the Blues had traveled to Denver and acclimatized immediately after beating Minnesota.

 

[JoshFromMO]

Let’s start the home stretch off right and take this series lead!

 

[PocketNines]

First period is key tonight. For whatever reason, our first periods are horrible in Game 3 at home in the Berube era with the series tied at 1. Just sucks the life out of an amped up crowd. (I would know…I’ve been to all those games) But I think we’re gonna play well tonight especially with 50 on top of his game.

So Hand Pass Sharks, 7-2 Bruins ... yeah that's rough. They owe you one.

 

[BlueMed]

AVs can't compete against an (almost) injury free Blues squad. it'd be 2-0 sweep territory if the Blues had traveled to Denver and acclimatized immediately after beating Minnesota.

It's hard to say how much acclimatization played a role (if at all). What we do know is that the Blues made significant positional changes including moving Barbashev to the wing allowing Schenn to play center, thereby boosting our faceoff percentages in addition to developing a harder forecheck and most importantly, running a 1-2-2 neutral zone trap which disrupts Colorado's transition game and forces them to dump the puck where Binnington can retrieve it and start an effective breakout.

 

[BlueMed]

So Hand Pass Sharks, 7-2 Bruins ... yeah that's rough. They owe you one.

What makes the Blues-Bruins series even more lop-sided than people realize is that the Blues came home to immense pressure in game 3, the first SCF home game in St. Louis in decades as well as in game 6, the organization's first opportunity to win the cup, especially on home ice. Getting comfortable under pressure is part of being an athlete, but those were still significant distractions nonetheless.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

It's hard to say how much acclimatization played a role (if at all). What we do know is that the Blues made significant positional changes including moving Barbashev to the wing allowing Schenn to play center, thereby boosting our faceoff percentages in addition to developing a harder forecheck and most importantly, running a 1-2-2 neutral zone trap which disrupts Colorado's transition game and forces them to dump the puck where Binnington can retrieve it and start an effective breakout.

Berube's adjustments were key, but that doesn't change the fact that other than OReilly in the 1st period, not a single Blues player was skating hard - they all looked gassed and were on their heels as a result. Ive spent time in the mountains and it takes like 48 hours to adjust to the oxygen levels. Game 2 they kept up from the opening puck drop.

 

[jura]

LGB

 

[execwrite1]

Punch them in the mouth and Colorado will fold.

 

[542365]

Go Blues. Should get the Avs’ best game. Weather the storm, bring home a W.

 

[TheDizee]

bridesmaids, what a nice pregame show.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Avs will come out flying and will try to get us to play on our heels.

Need everyone focused and ready. Don't get behind early. Bend but don't break.

 

[EastVillageBlues]

We need Schenn, Barbashev, Thomas to show up for the first time in fhis series, and Tarasenko to step it up a notch.

 

[TheOrganist]

So Hand Pass Sharks, 7-2 Bruins ... yeah that's rough. They owe you one.

You got it brotha. Paid a grand for a single to sit in the bleeds for that Bruins game right after Gunnarson scored so that was particularly painful. And of course most recently, that nightmare Game 3 against Minny which is one of the worst playoff games I’ve witnessed in person.