Blues Get A BJ

What’s the point of this signing? Is it just because his father played for the Blues? Or is it because he played for the Stars and Doug Armstrong is about to be the general manager soon? I just don’t get this.

The Blues decided to stock up on expendable players to reduce the chances of the injury bug taking out Berglund or Perron.

(no offense to BJ, who I know nothing about)

Particle, I’m sure someone here wouldn’t mind introducing you to BJ. Anybody?

Right now, in my head, I’m hearing a line sampled in a Beastie Boys song . . .

“Well, if it’s gonna be that kinda party, i’m’a stick my dick in the mashed potatoes!”

Wait . . . guess it ain’t that kinda party.

Then who the hell is this guy, apart from the son of a former NHL’er (and former Blue, but before I would remember)?

From the looks of the stats, it’s a relatively-mediocre penalty-prone player. Must be slow. Hope to Christ he’s a grinder!

well giving the team a bj should soothe the players and increase there confidence.

to answer the photo question, don’t know about the J but the B stands for Brandon

Because of my geographic location, I am only able to watch Dallas Stars games to get my hockey fix. I can say that this kid looked good early in the season for them, but was surrounded by players who looked completely happy with losing every night. They have sucked all year and I have never seen an NHL team play with less enthusiasm than the Stars this year. He is not going to be much more than a fourth line spark plug. He gets out there and runs around with a lot of energy, but if he is put in critical situations he shits the bed. Bad penalties and passes etc… Not sure why the Blues need him when they have more depth at this position in Peoria. Does Eddie Beers have a son? What about Greg Paslawski?

lets sign big walts kid too, im sure he has better hands then half the team

Well, to be all technical about it, we already had a BJ on the team with Barret Jackman. But, as we all know, you can never have too many BJs…

So far BJ went from being a solid prospect to a bust. Some issues I’ve heard are his play off showings or lack there off. Same time a little dazzle to a fourth liner at this point. Decent size and strength, decent hands. I’d like to see a line of Regeir, Paddock and him for the third line. If he could fight could we release Kocci or Cam’ the retarded one’? As Brian mentioned the Blues are getting thin in Peoria as well so maybe that has some doings as well? I mean we’ve lost a top line at the moment. And once again it is said kariya should be ready by the next game, I;ve been hearing that for a while as well.

Andy have you heard of center ice? They have it on cable, satelite or on your computer on line.

I was talking to Gravy on the Answer Horn today when I got word that there was a “BJ” on the team. Gravy was pretty stoked about this.

Hey Andy, Dallas Stars fans suck and so do the Stars. You seem like a solid dude though. I will forever hate the Dallas Stars and the entire DFW Metroplex.

I gotta run, I have a 10:30 game.

Chris D: Center ice is where the puck is dropped at least three times a game. Sure, we’ve all heard of it. :<)

AM:

Four hours of drinking prior to the 10:30 start?!?!?

Vs. Salvador:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtqwM6J5iOw

Vs. Clowe The Jerk Off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHp2mBwPX3I

Vs. Some weirdo named “Cody”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Q112Um6lA

Vs. Boll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoV1yqFympY

Well good to know if he tries to fight some one with the skills of Perron or one of the blond girls in the front row he might win. Poon.

You forgot JD, the mastermind behind all of these curious acronym acquisitions.

Milo- just protein shakes and creatine.

here is the thing: are we being lied to?

regier, if that is the man with the head on the chop, is a somewhat young (but by no means kid) player with excellant ahl creditials an no chance to play in the nhl (19 games over 4 years) we also got porter. and several more.

bj is about the same age as porter and bj. are the blues playing the game where their kids are last in line for nhl ice time to hinote, anyone named cam, blues alumni’s friends and family, and anyone larry sees on the waiver wire?

and if we want to get brutal, the bj we got should be shown the door. IF any1 will take hhis contract. we got both brewer AND mckee back next season, ej to be a top minute getter. we should be (and are, although perhaps due to injury) giving wagner his season long tryout. tangello is back, ian cole is around the corner (and cole is, i believe, yet another bj, mckee, brewer, d-man). oh we got woywitka’s last hurrah this season too.

polak, woywitka, mckee, brewer, wagner, and survive with weaver or push junland.
is there any reason to play all 4 vets that we have when all four of them are defensive d-men with little to no transition/offense when we are last?

Well they just waived Koci, so I’m thinking maybe BJ is going to slip’n’slide into that spot.

With all the injuries right now, it looks like the Blues farm guys are still going to get their shot. I hope so, anyways.

About time they waived Kocci. Saw that coming.

McKee is in the last year of his contract. He signed for four million for three years correct? Or is my memory faltering again? If that’s the case we have to let go of him or Brew-tal. But and once again he has a perfect flare for his timing on these things, if Brewer can start playing like he has lately on a consistent basis….ah but we’ve been saying that for years now.

Personally I’d like to see if there is a way to pick Spezza up. I doubt it but Ottawa is reeling and they might be willing to unload.

Other than the getting on Jackman who has played much better of late I agree with Trauma.

It’s the same shit a different day with the Blues. I DO NOT see any reason that when Hinote is healthy he is not shown the door. Over-priced non-talented player that he is. Heart is nice but I think you can find a player with heart that has some skill. I’d personally love to see Nikolia up with the Blues some day sooner rather than later as well as Jundland.

It’s awesome to see Wyowitka play with the intensity he has so far. Hopefully he keeps it up.

If this Brombeen can fight then there is no reason to keep Cam Janssen. Send him down to a level more his style. There are too many ifs with Janssen. He’s a fast skater and solid hitter but too often he gets his hits up high. You can talk smack and hit people hard legally to get them off their game there’s no need to go into the box and make a team short handed. This is the new NHL, having loads of penalty minutes is not a good thing at all.

But at the end of the day what SORT OF MESSAGE do you send to the players in the AHL when a guy comes up and scores the only two goals scored in the game he played when he was barely on the ice to begin with??? I heard(haven’t checked it though), theat he had something like eight minutes played in that game. Two goals…that’s not too shabby and he consistently did something both Backes and Tkachoke are supposed to do—-HE WENT TO THE NET! I like his size. He appears to have some nice hands. Decent speed, nothing that blows you away but nothing that makes you feel threatened. How about putting him on the power play in place of Tkachoke and have him sit in front of the net? I mean to say that while Tkachoke’s large ass blinds the goalie that same wideness also absorbs a lot of shots.

It pains me to say it but Stastny has done little to impress me this season. He should be down in Peoria because we all know we have better talent than him THAT CAN PLAY HIS ROLES. Just because a guy like Nikolia is a scorer doesn’t mean he couldn’t say kill penalties or play the fourth line.

AND THIS RETARDED IDEA OF PUTTING TKACHOKE BACK AT CENTER HURTS HIM, MEANWHILE THE YOUNGER, IN BETTER SHAPE BOYES CAN PLAY CENTER AND HE PLAYS BETTER DEFENSIVELY WHEN HE DOES IS AT WING. Tkachuk is at best in today’s NHL a third line winger. He doesn’t have any moves. He’s slower. His shots are beating anybody. He’s a garbage man, not that there’s anything wrong with that. That’s how a lot of goals are scored but he imbalances Kariya and Boyes’s skill. I’d rather see Backes play with them.

McClement has played hard but the kid has skill and he’s not finishing his chances and he’s been getting loads of them. He’s quickly becoming a fringe player/extra forward/career AHLer imo. He does do well on the PK but we all know who has the shorty points on this team. There’s a reason for that. Kariya is the most inshape player on this team, so to the PK with him. Don’t put him out there with Lee. Put him out there with a guy that will go down and block shots. Otherwise maybe Kariya or Lee get it in their heads to try that shit and end up back on the shelf.

But Childhood is absolutely correct. Our transition game sucks. It is a lot better since the first couple of games. Jackman’s transition game has improved vastly since then, because he has simply decided to start making a move on the forechecker—shocking how that creates space.

Though I can not yet concede this season, this horrible luck is making it clear that kids should be played more or we risk wasting the opportunity to get them some experience.

Oh if this doesn’t prove my point I don’t know what will; Ryan Johnson so far this year has appeared in 18 games with the Canucks. He has two helpers and nine shots on goal while averaging just over 11 minutes of ice a game. He is a mere plus despite the fact that Luongo already has five shutouts this season. And that’s the kind of player so many people wanted to stay in St.Louis. A career -81. If the Canucks can hang on this would be what RJ’s third appearance in the play offs. What a winner.

Meanwhile the stalwart on defense according to the Blues organization, Eric ‘The Brutal One’ Brewer is a career -86. I know plus/minus is a bad stat. But like any stat they become more valid when an overall pattern becomes highly noticable such as these. Porter has played in five games this season and already had two points.

http://nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=STL&season=0809

mckee brewer jackman and ej are all signed next year.if we can dump mckee OR brewer OR jackman, i’d say the blues should do it. give them cap room for an offensive d-man next season, and the blues will STILL have one vet to pair with one younger guy.

Answer-Man Says: November 19th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Milo- just protein shakes and creatine.

Ahhhh… I see. Roids. Gotcha.

I am happy the blues brought in someone new , but what this team really needed was a puck handling defenseman. Once the blues weren’t able to sign one off the somewhat decent list of UFA’s (Bryan Berard, Matthew Schneider), I knew this team was in trouble. It’s just straight painful sometimes to watch Brewer back on the point on the powerplay.

Adam not only do they need a puck moving defenseman but maybe an elite level goaltender?

They are talking about putting Steve Wagner at forward… Jeez, what’s next???

Are they worried that no one is left to play for the Rivermen? What about Lemtyugov? Linglet? Whitfield? Is Junland ever going to get a shot? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Chris D: how many “elite level” goaltenders are there in the NHL right now – 10? 20? How many of them are not signed to long-term contracts?

I thought Manny was our “elite level” goalie? That’s what it sounded like when we signed him.

remember that no one else wanted Manny. a couple months after free agency opened we finally gave him a call. his phone did not ring before that