This was my favorite quote of Davidson’s: “David’s like a young colt that’s frisky, running around.”

The thing about throwing his hands up in the air also struck me. I don’t care if you’re Keith Tkachuk or Brett Hull, if you’re not playing well, I think it would behoove the player not be given a free pass. “You’re going to throw your hands up to Keith Tkachuk?” Murray asks. Well, yeah, if he’s playing like shite I will.

Perron definetely needs to buckle down and focus, but the Blues need to understand that if they’re going to build a team around youth, it’s not exactly the same as coaching a bunch of veterans, in my limited knowledge of coaching opinion.

Also, Chris Pronger used to party frequently on the Landing when he was a youngster. Allegedly. He seems to have turned out ok.

a) rookies make mistakes

b) rookies learn from mistakes or don’t have a junior NHL season

c) not playing perron does not advance his learning.

d) ultimately perron possibly should have played in juniors, eh? admit a mistake if that is the case.

e) correct him IN GAME. sit him after any shift he blows a coverage and have someone assigned to explain the error in coverage.

f) nobody learns anything while fustrated. blues need to unfustrate perron first, do they not?

p.s. i said this somewhere, not sure where.

easiest thing to do. create the david perron practice checklist. if perron accomplished his practice goals (as set by murray and evualuated by the coaching staff) david WILL play. period. if he falls short of practice goals, discuss where, how, why (i.e. teach!)

get a young buck wanting to play and fustrated? get out the carrot!

during scrimage david perron will

example

a) have a solid open ice hit

b) block a shot

c) prevent 3 passes.

d) score

he will perform skating drills with an xx:xx time

or whatever. damn murray is supposed to be a head coach and he got 3 helpers and pleau and davison!!

why am i fixing this?!?

Heavy discipline at all times. If he screws up, have him de-pube Rucinski’s jock.

the answer man thinks there are pubs in rucinski’s jock? since when?

[Crap, my post seems to have disappeared. Now, what did I say?…]

Quote 1: "David’s like a young colt that’s frisky, running around."

THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SEE!

I’ve had enough of “grinder” shifts where I see guys working hard and cycling the puck for 20 seconds just to lose it and have to scramble back to play D. I’ve also had enough of guys sort of just parked, hoping the puck comes to them.

Quote 2: “You don’t just learn by playing games.”

You learn more by WATCHING them?

Quote 3: “I don’t think he wants me to be a bad player in five years.”

No, but neither of you will be with the Blues at that time either.

My favorite description about Perron was from Pang during the Phoenix game the other night, where he said something like “…he’s a former midget with a loopy stick and gorgeous hands.”

I cant argue with Murray’s ‘earn your play’ kind of strategy but the simple fact is that he has benched Perrron WAY to much.

Maybe he refuses to wear his baseball cap straight?

MAINE!!!

Is that like being unemployed in Greenland. GREENLAND!!!

I’d buy what JD and Murray are selling. The kid needs to learn. But I didn’t think JR’s article wasn’t insulting to the kid — unlike Strickland. Have you guys seen the post on the P-D boards about Strickland’s comment on 1380? What a mess.

nothing else needs to be said. Trauma prety much nailed it right on the head.

What? About Ruchinsky’s jock?

According to the team, JD has input on dressing decisions. For what it’s worth, force-feeding humility and work ethic never works. As for humility, a really good, clean open-ice monster hit will do that. Work ethic, the team needs to stand up and get it through this kid’s head that he’s NOT all that, and that we don’t accept half-assed around here.

Guinea Pig: The thing about throwing your hands up in the air is disrespect for your teammates. Even if he’s playing like shit, you don’t disrespect your teammate like that on the ice. It’s stuff like that that gets you the label “locker room cancer.”

Everything I have to say, I say right here:

http://meltyourfaceoff.net/2008/02/29/whos-gonna-ride-your-wild-horses/

But basically, at this point in the season, there is no reason to continue suiting up Rucinsky (or even Hinote, really). They aren’t going to be part of this team next year or in two years. Perron will.

my increasing concern is this. the blues are pretty much near the budget already for next season imho. if they try to add via the prospects, you got perron, STILL not ready for 20 minutes a night, then add two more offensive minded rookies, one a euro. Is murray going to play games with all those guys? he going to have a pick one, where they get one of the three suited every game? maybe none? if they can not figure out how to keep perron unfustrated, and learning/advancing, how do they plan to do it next season when murray will literally have no other option than playing rookies who will make mistakes and fail at d coverages several times?

maybe i’m at the point were i want jd/murray/bennett/wamsley/pleau trained even more than perron.

and when i read that jd has significant input in who dresses, i was not all that happy about that :)

Hey Trauma, why do you say that the Blues are close to their budget? Rucinsky’s $3 million will be off the books as will Salvador’s $1.5 million and Cajanek’s $2 million.

Granted, Backes will probably get a small raise and Boyes will probably get a larger one. But I think they’ll have some wiggle room.

They might make one or two moves via free agency, but they’ll be bringing up some younger guys too. It’ll balance out.

we raised jackman, we got kt with a raise, we got the kids coming in, and we are already a payroll heavy club. were do you think the blues should be in reguards to payroll?. it isnt about cap anymore since the american dollar’s fall will raise the nhl cap level, it is how much will the blues spend? Mcdonald is our big f.a. signing even though we got him already, our d is still overpriced and i seriously believe the blues have to find an offensive treat in the f.a. market from the blue line which will gut whatever funding they have for free agents. and BOYES is due a huge raise.
8 million we got from those and backman are gone in a wink to kt, boyes, other raises, and a d-man.

ok kt +1 mill. lee +1 mill brewer +1 mill, jack 1.4 mill, legace .8 mill,

boyes unknown but big jay m, ears, woy, backes, unknown likely moderate or gone (ears)

macdonald is addition vs the doug weight situation.

some of the rivermen get raises, a few get cuts, probably overall a slight raise but probably a few 2 way contracts get the blues paying more.

that is MORE money than we are saving with the dumps of martin, salvy, backman.

that is why i am thinking bad bad things come f.a. time.

this team’s top lines are short players yet more expensive!