Now That Was A Nice Win

I am not sure which trade is better for the Blues, the Boyes fleecing or McDonald steal. I have to say my early vote is the McDonald steal because we only gave up a guy on the tail end of his career, not the beginning. Wideman is going to be a stud for a long time while DW has maybe 1-2 years left in the game. All I can say is, JD and LP are wicked good with the trades so far!!

I didn’t get to see or listen to the game until late in the 3rd, so was this a case of the Blues playing really well, or Columbus playing poorly (or a combo of both)?

And I really hope somebody makes the taco trip down to Scottrade and reports on it.

the shutout streak could’ve lasted another game. all they had to do was remember the #1 game plan when facing Columbus “do not let Nash touch the puck” their only goal was allowed because he was allowed to roam freely in front of the net. he has infinite patience with the puck and will burn you.
if he is shadowed at all times, the Jackets will. not. win.

speaking of infinite patience, how sweet was that Perron goal! watching that made me feel really good about the Blues’ future in the goal scoring department.

For maybe the first time all year against Columbus, the Blues really dictated the flow of play. They broke through into the Columbus zone often and sustained a lot of pressure. And in their own end, they kept the chances down and the puck to the perimeter for the most part. There were a couple near break aways and odd man rushes that ALMOST happened, but they didn’t.

I think Hitchcock was pissed that they didn’t control more of the flow of play, which has frustrated me in previous games against Columbus this year.

And if there is a God, there will be pictures of homeless people lining up for their free tacos with a couple dozen ticket stubs given away last night.

Columbus did not clog the neutral zone well at all. For about a period and a half they did play their (BORING) game in their own end, and managed to keep two guys in front of their net at all times, but their forwards didn’t do such a hot job of supporting them.

I was surprised at how well the Blues were able to maintain speed through the neutral zone, and when they dumped, the pursuit and puck support was just awesome. If this is how Columbus has been playing, Leclaire is the only reason they win games. At least 5 of the Blues goals weren’t their goalie’s fault.

Fun times last night for sure. I agree with your assesment about the attitudes from Brewer & Backman and their lack of seeming to care about STL and the fans. Through different 14Fund Volunteer things, I’ve met most of the guys, they are both on the shy side so maybe that’s part of it. But even if they tattooed the Arch on their backsides, I still wouldn’t be a fan of their play. Emmanuel is a little weird, but I think that’s a goalie thing more than shyness. I REALLY hope he is recognized and is chosen for the All Star game, I need someone to cheer for – at this rate I’m going with the East because I WILL NEVER cheer for a Dead Wing! :)

Last night marked the first time I actually cheered for MacDonald. Sorry I was going through Dougie withdrawl. That first goal was BEAUTIFUL! Along with the flashes of pure talent from Perron last night, hopefully Coach Dafoe keeps this line together. Now, it’s Pauly’s turn to get going again!

BTW – loved Page 2 last night in Gametime. We used to have “opposite” fans near us too, they finally left and went elsewhere because they didn’t like our crazy group surrounding them!

Just FYI, standings of top 8 teams as of 40 games:

DET – 56
SJ – 50
DAL – 50
VAN – 48
MIN – 48
STL – 47
CAL – 45
ANA – 44

-Matt

and fyi, we are currently in 9th still with the games in hand slowly dwindling, we have a heavy sced in the second half of the season and a massively insane road trip.

gotta point in these games. gotta fix the problems. gotta stay strong on our defensive assest.

actually we are in eighth per a the trusted canadian site tsn.ca. you see they balance an extra win that is a tie breaker with two games in hand and give the blues the eighth spot. it makes more sense(think baseball standings for a second).

so beee-yaaahhhh(howard dean style).

awesome game. still waiting to see linglet out there instead of mayers on a second line. love jamal but he’s still the best fourth lliner in the nhl.

mike johnson might be out for the season per andy “i tow the company line”strickland. he also went on to praise mike johnson’s play. i theorize with all the johnsons on the team(what a line), he must have got them all confused.

erik johnson rocked yet again. he now has almost twice the points of brewer in less games. though brewer is playing better. our power play still sucks and that’s got to be a concern. boyes still needs to not be on the point on it but down low.

better chances more movement last night. great feeling to score more goals.

and most agreed about legace. it felt strange to be clapping when columbus scored and at first i got some looks and then i said he just went over nine periods without giving up a goal and then more cheered.

others who also love st. louis and the blues: mayers, salvador and jackman.

Not that I would wnat anyone to get hurt, but the many Johnsons thing was getting confusing. I was going to start calling Mike – Wang, EJ – Willie, and Ryan – Big Dick.

room for at least two more johnsons then, jon thomas and keenan..

pagen you’re getting fiesty on the hockeybuzzz mate.

we only have one johnson that works.

Fiesty? Feisty like a cougar — the big cat kind, not the horny old woman kind.