Man-ny! Man-ny!

The NHL has to make the call when Perry crashes into Legace. Don’t allow a goal that occurs when the attacker collides with the goalie, in the crease, and prevents an opportunity to make the save.

I concur. Awesome to see Manny back in form when we really need him to be.

Again those non-calls at the end pissed me off. All I can say in fairness to all officials across the lands is hockey has to be the most difficult sport to officiate. That said missing the obvious ones is MIND BLOWING. It started to feel like a repeat of the Penguins game. That still remains the worst officiated game I have ever seen.

To all who were at the first Phoenix game last season that was not televised at home, I’m sure you were puzzled when Jovo picked up Hinote and body slammed him without a call being made. Maybe body slamming is legal and all this time I just never knew it.

That was a hell of game by the Blues. Interesting Manny notes there is a lack of skill. Maybe not the top four forwards we are missing sure, but as far as replacing King and Hinote I feel strongly there is a skill increase. Also a hockey smarts increase. My rational—a guy like Regier goes to the net with and with out the puck. All over the Blues universe I have heard that being the complaint against Backes this season and that’s legit. Glad to see him step his game up. Though Boyes was held off the board he still made some strong plays. McKee was very solid and Polak as usual has been our best D-man this season.

I was highly impressed with Wincheter’s tip that led to Backes’s goal. That’s what I think we’d like to see from Tkachuk and Backes on the power play when it’s their job to be in front of the net. That’s one of the things Holmstrom does so well. Even though Winchester doesn’t score there he keeps J.S. from controlling the rebound.

Very impressive win. I even like what I saw from Crombeen. I think we have found our replacements for Janssen, King, Stastney and Hinote.

That’s a point I was trying to make at the start of the season—why not have a guy like Winchester who is huge and does actually have skill, though he does not display it on a consistent basis, play your fourth line and take the role of the scrapper? Then you have a guy you can also trust to play some regular minutes as well. Then you don’t force yourself into over-shortening your bench at times, keeping your top dogs fresh and ready to go.

McClement was solid again as well. If only he could learn to shoot the puck effectively. There was one point he took four shots in a sequence and I don’t believe any of them were on goal. His penalty killing has been fairly stellar and he seems to make some plays happen yet he just hasn’t figured out the knack for finishing and I haven’t seen him make the set ups he used that impressed me. Hopefully he puts it all together.

Perron is learning to make some sweet moves. I like a lot of what I’m seeing from him. Now he has to learn to force himself to think goal and get shots off with a quickness and not always be thinking set up. If he gets that killer instinct WOW!

Brewer is playing better. I still don’t like seeing him on the power play. Also he was often leaving men alone in front of Manny. He has to clear the net. He needs to drop his shoulder and lower the boom every once in a while. You have to believe the opposing team’s forwards fear going near Polak b/c he’s going to hit them every time. Brewer needs some of that in his game. But he’s playing better.

Wyowtika has been impressive so far this year. He has played with a fire in his belly. An intensity he has lacked in the past. His knock was always that and his ability to play that way with consistency. Once he starts gaining cofidence we will be in for quite a treat. He can make some amazing offensive plays.

Please Blues, allow Tkachuk some more dignity. He needs less time for his effectiveness to increase. I give him an ‘A’ for effort in this game. He sucked it up but you could still see he would become tired at times. Even though he can still notch’em up, I don’t see him playing next season unless he does one of these old stars, take half the season off while staying in shape before coming into the season guys. Sign him up in Febuary 2010. Maybe even a week or two before the deadline. I feel for the guy though he was involved in a trade, a type that has happened twice in our history that I feel both times cost us a surer shot at a Cup.

Agreed! That goal was TEXTBOOK goalie interference! Kudos to this team for rising above that bad call and winning the game.

Can somebody get Manny a better undershirt?

How great is it to see Beenie wearing his old man’s sweater?

I have to admire the lil s-disturber Perry. I know for a fact that he skates better than he showed when he lost the ability to bear weight on his right skate and made a hat of himself on Manny. Still. it’s up to the refs to avoid being deceived. They know that players are taught from a young age to allow themselves to be “knocked into” the opposing goalie.

I don’t think the Blues need to replace “Stastney” ;-) but otherwise I think Chris D. pretty much hit the nail on the head.

B.

Someone needs to give Emmanuel better interview music.

The house band in the locker room for post-game blows.

what jill jingels and the christmas belle isnt your kind o music?

a lot of golaies are cool. then there is roy. I still think, of all the goalies the blues had, the one that i would see let in 4 bad goals and yet still have cinfidence to shake it off and make the next big top is fuhr. nothing ophazed fuhr by the time he hit this town.

Fuhr was an amazing goaltender.

I agree with Trauma, nothing ophazed him. Ever.

I was kind of ophazed by the locker room jam-band the Blues apparently have.

you think Manny would has enough money to buy some new under-armor every once in a while LOL.

I didn’t know you could get fined for dissing the refs? Fuck detroit for that.

its gotta be his lucky shirt or something…

Grant Fuhr: Different goalie in the post-season. Average in the regular season, amazing in big games. That’s why Ranford wound up being #2 for the Oilers. I still think things might have turned out differently if Kyprios doesn’t take that 10-foot power dive and wreck his knee.