Jackman On IR, Wagner Recalled

yeah brad i believe there’s a system in place where a player pays part of their bloated salary back in a strange sounding word called eh—-fine.

backman could qualify for the ir at anytime during the season because of his abnormally low iq. so if i’m the blues i send him down to the aces and bring up the pride of the pronger trade—-jeff wyowitka.

also i send down either ryan johnson, dan hinote and/or marty “my retirement’s already kicked in” rucinsky and call up someone like linglet. why? well boys and girls as EVEN andy murray has said you need at least three scoring lines in today’s nhl to be competitive.

where did backes scoring touch go?

In space, Backman looks like he’s worth $2 mil. Only problem is, where do you find nice comfy space where you have time to skate and look confident in the NHL if you’re a defenseman?

I knew we were in trouble when I saw Backman and Brewer in the same pairing.

Am I the only one who was erect after Walker scrapped with the Fruit? I had to towel off I was so happy.

AM: the only thing missing was the rest of the team leaving a message for the Wings for New Year’s Eve. Am I so old that I’m the only one that remembers a 4-0 score in the second period means physically punish the other team so they know it won’t be this easy the next time?

i watched part of the game, but i have to say:

a) yes detroit is a great team

b) it is almost shocking to see just how befuddled all the defense can get when someone like bryce (best d-man of 2008 so far) is out.

c) he punishes mckee, perron, rucinski, walker, wagner, weight, etc etc etc. what is he reason for not ounishing the one who needs it most? I forgot.. did it involve tongue?!?

i have to repsectfully disagree about sending down ryan johnson. i think he is one of the major keys to the success of the penalty kill early in the season. he’s quick and has no fear of laying down in front of a shot. i think he definitely has a role on the team and needs to be used accordingly. he and dan hinote are just the type of guys i like to see out on the ice. i thought hinote looked like one of the few players who took the loss against detroit personally. he and dutchie stempniak looked pissed off even through the last shifts of the third period.

as an aside, i know they looked pissed because i managed to gut it out and watch the whole sorry game, although i nearly had to turn around and tell the guys behind me to learn the game of hockey or shut the hell up about a game they clearly knew very little about. i get a little smarmy when the blues lose to detroit, or chicago, or san jose, or colorado, or…

by the way, with san jose in town, i must admit that i will miss the “ricci’s ugly” chant. any thoughts on the nhl’s new ugliest player?

Goalie Guy, you and I think the same about stretegy but other then that we can’t be friends. Sorry Bud. I wish you well but since you are a goalie…well, you know.

Keep and eye out tonight in the Lower Bowl. AM and Catfish will be in full effect!

The wife and I brought her sister and fiance who were in from Atlanta to that game Wednesday. We all left wondering what the fuck just happened. That was the single worst effort I have ever seen since I attended my first game 20 years ago. I really think every single Blues player should refund their game check and give a full refund to every BLUES fan that was left wondering what the fuck just happened like we were.

I still can’t believe what I saw out there.

Jessica, couldn’t agree more with you about RJ. He should never be out of the lineup because he is plays a Major role on this team and he plays it better than most anyone else accept maybe Mayers. Ruchinsky on the other hand can have the same ticket they gave Cajanek for all I care. He has become utterly useless. Give someone like Perron who has skill and HEART more ice time (when he shows up on time that is).

I’m throwing my hat in about RJ as well – he’s good at what he does and most importantly he is CHEAP!!! I’d much rather pay him $800,000 to throw his body in front of pucks as oppossed to JMcKee at $4million and gets hurt all the time. Plus that steal & pass to Jammer in Boston was way sweet to watch!

Jessica – as far as ugly, Ovechkin is pretty high up on the list! (but will be hard to top Ricci ever!) Don’t get me started on the cute boys in the NHL! :)

diana- you and i could have a whole conversation about the cute nhl’ers, but i’m afraid we might get kicked out of gametime nation! i’ll just say that , if nothing else, the blues have a much better looking team than detroit, so that’s something.

as for rucinsky, i’m so tired of seeing his hooking calls. they might as well just start giving him 2 minutes for “lazy”, because that’s really what his penalties are, but don’t you dare touch rj or hinote!

oh ryan johnson and dan hinote being the types of players you like to watch…in otherwords, you don’t like seeing goals, only hinote knows how to check and two guys overpaid to do what any guy in the minors can do.

i never question either one’s heart but if i check the stats, and i do, i notice mysteriously enough that most of the goals scored on our penalty kill happen when ryan johnson is on the ice. now that said he is only one of five guys on the ice during a penalty(yeah there’s a goalie out there also which makes five). but i do not believe in accidents nor coincidense. any guy who is more than negative eighty(-80) in his career is not bringing a defensive aspect to his game. and as far as throwing himself in the way of shots, well doing that once every once in a while doesn’t do the trick. he has some good nights where i start to say maybe i’m wrong but he’s consistently a bad player. nuff said.

hinote didn’t start checking until towards the end of the first period the other day. he gets paid a million to not score and supposedly check, kill penalities and stop the other team for scoring. so far i’ve seen him check. oh and one game he scored.

marty’s lazy and is sucking. bring in some new blood.

send backman down to the echl where he belongs warming up a bench.

welcome back steve wagner. we missed you.

i like goals, but i also like role players. i think successful teams need guys who know their job isn’t to go out there and score. their offense is a bonus. otherwise, you could end up with a team of jammers who get a couple goals then look to shoot rather than make a better play. also, even if rj is not the best penalty killer on the ice, he’s still part of one of the best kills in the league, so most of the pucks don’t go in when he’s out there. but, i see where you’re coming from and i can respect your opinion. we can agree to disagree, maybe we could even hug it out over a beer sometime. : )