Blues Vs. Coyotes Open Thread

By Brad Lee
Here's an excerpt from the cover story for St. Louis Game Time. If you're going tonight and planning on buying a copy, don't ruin the surprise and just go back to surfing for pictures of Alexander Ovechkin's girlfriend. And if you are going tonight and NOT planning on buying a copy, go back to surfing for pictures of Gary Bettman, you cheap bastard.
Feel free to fill up the comments before, during and after the game.
Coyotes Come Howling
For the hell of it, let’s check out the standings and do a little math. As of today, the Blues and Blackhawks are tied with 66 points apiece, tied for 12th in the Western Conference.
An educated guess says 94 points will qualify for the playoffs in the Western Conference. It could be higher, but it’s doubtful a team with less than 94 will make the postseason. For the Blues to finish the season with 94 points, they have to go 14-5-0 over their last 19 games. A quick look at the Blues’ schedule so far this season shows that the team hasn’t played at that kind of pace all season. The closest they even came was a stretch form mid-October into November where the Blues were 12-7-0 which would still fall short of that 94-point goal.
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Man, I wish I could be at this game or watch it live. I not allowed to watch TV tonight. There was an “incident” that involved the garage and some paint.
I’m going to tape it. I will be slightly erect when or if Janssen hits the ice.
by Answer Man on Feb 28, 2008 4:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol A-Man going from hating #55 to loving it.
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Bernie’s coat is doing some serious strobing
by Scot C on Feb 28, 2008 7:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
for the love of GOD, fix the volume level on FSN!!!
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
that’s awesome how they show the clock ticking down to the opening faceoff when they go to commercial
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
they showed the arena from beyond the smoke screens, but I could not see Gallagher
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
for a team that’s struggling, Murray is almost always nodding :p
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Would it be insulting to make an Andy Murray bobble head doll?
by Scot C on Feb 28, 2008 7:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Just get a green goblin one and paint it white
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 7:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
heh, the Cam Cam. Answer Man will be most pleased
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Blues not sustaining much offensive pressure
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 7:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
“it’s not just a beer, it’s a lager”
everytime I see this commercial, I’m expecting him to crack a joke or some background chaos to happen…
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Manny stole his equipment from some guy named Brian.
by Poor College Student on Feb 28, 2008 7:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wait a minute? Budweiser is actually beer? Coulda fooled me.
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 7:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
too bad Bud Ice isn’t still the official beer sponser of the NHL. that’s my preferred beer
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
They still make Bud Ice? I thought they stopped after the penguin died.
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 7:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Walker doing a quick bench interview, not taking his eyes off the action. obviously didn’t care to do an interrview at that time
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yep. it’s only in tallboys & 6 pack bottles at my store though
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 7:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Gretzky needs new dentures. His look fake.
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 8:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Is it just me or does Phoenix seem like they have a little more jump than the Blues tonight?
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 8:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Johnson already has a better shot than Brewer
by Scot C on Feb 28, 2008 8:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Stempniak drop pass to Tkachuck, drop pass to Ruchinsky, drop pass to brewer, drop pass to Legace
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 8:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
O_O Ryan Johnson scoring like he was Rick Nash or something!
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
It’s not a beer. It’s a logger. A big hairy lumberjack.
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 8:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
score early, score often, don’t play “protect-the-lead”
it’s that simple
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
“Ryan Johnson blocks a shot in a pinful manner” indeed.
mofo was hobbling when he got up
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
fuckers scored twice on the same damn power play
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That is it. They have scored two. Anyone actually think we can put three on the board tonight…
by sharpelbows on Feb 28, 2008 8:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Cam probably excited to be with Dan? Yeah, cause everybody loves MacLaughlin — the Ryan Seascrest of Blues hockey.
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 8:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol “why wasn’t Stempniak in the shootout?”
I’ll tell you why.
A) he’s got 10 freakin goals, not 20 like he should have by now.
B) lot’s of better scorers in front of him in line: Kariya, Boyes, McDonald, Perron, & Walt.
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
RJ needs to teach the rest of these guys how to score.
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 8:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I’ll take your words for everything that happens. I have clicked on the Blues website and they don’t even have the audio from tonights game up, but instead I’m hearing the game from Tuesday night (very angry face)
by Johnny Stats on Feb 28, 2008 8:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Cam has as much chance at the hat trick tonight as Hossa does for Pittsburgh… what? an injured Hossa has even odds right?
by sharpelbows on Feb 28, 2008 8:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the tip but the blues website just got working :-D
by Johnny Stats on Feb 28, 2008 8:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
what the fuck? dude was skating in all alone. defenseman was just standing there. Legace had to take out the guy himself
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Left leg. Left the game in the 2nd. No long term news yet.
by sharpelbows on Feb 28, 2008 8:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol Kelly back to talking about mustard. it cracks me up
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
well, it’s been fun, but I must depart. a friend of mine was wanting me to go to this bar & grill with him.
let’s go Blues! come back and win this shit!
by Dooks on Feb 28, 2008 8:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Jamal Mayers Shorthanded….Waaaaaaaaay wide
by Poor College Student on Feb 28, 2008 8:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Two pucks within inches of going in tonight…and no one punches them home. I just feel due*
*my feelings are as accurate as Mrs. Cleo.
by sharpelbows on Feb 28, 2008 8:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Good lord…tap the puck in, Marty. That’s all you had to do, you underachieving Euro
by Poor College Student on Feb 28, 2008 8:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You need a new move, tkachuk. or at least do it faster…
by Scot C on Feb 28, 2008 9:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Power play boys…one time…just one damn time, please.
by Poor College Student on Feb 28, 2008 9:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Whatever happened to the “classic” watch the hockey game angle?
by Poor College Student on Feb 28, 2008 9:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Any angle of hockey is better than the split screen. Sorry NHL, I am yet to have a 70" screen. When you split screen I am watching ants hit a grain of sand around the ice. I think I can listen to “insert talking head here” without seeing his lips move.
by sharpelbows on Feb 28, 2008 9:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The good news is that if we can get it to overtime we are 2-10 so…well, that is not so much good news is it. Damn.
by sharpelbows on Feb 28, 2008 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well, we could get lucky and drop low enough to draft Stamkos.
by Pagan on Feb 28, 2008 9:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
that is the beauty of the lottery. we can always hope
by sharpelbows on Feb 28, 2008 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
42 shots on goal. One in the net. By Ryan Johnson. Jesus. H. Christ.
by Marcus Pettersson on Feb 29, 2008 12:57 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Does anybody know what game Koharski was watching last night? Not that the extra power plays would have mattered to the Blues, but part of Phoenix’ jump in the offensive end was due to the forwards grabbing our guys from behind along the side boards when the puck turned. Then there’s the elbow to Jackman’s face.
Maybe he was getting the feed from the Blues web site of Tuesday nights game.
by The Goalie Guy on Feb 29, 2008 8:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
thank god we signed jackman, cos he can help the offense next season..
hey wait a sec!! lol
by Childhood Trauma on Feb 29, 2008 10:45 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I’m really not sure what people expect from Jackman, but I suppose since we don’t have Pronger around to treat unfairly, and Johnson won’t be due for the fan’s ire for another 2-3 years at least, it’s just his turn. Between hockey fans’ treatment of Blues who want to be here and baseball fans treatment of players like Isringhausen, I’m starting to hate bothering to show up to games only to sit among total assholes.
If you take a look at the market on defensemen, Jackman is a steal for the price. I actually think that the Blues had a very successful deadline day – they locked #5 up for 4 years (at all of 6%/yr. more than they would’ve payed to #55 for 2 more years), and at least managed SOMETHING out of Salvador. I like Bryce Salvador as much as anyone, but if he’s not going to be in the team’s long-term plan, I’d take Jannsen until 2010 over nothing.
The Blues have 7 picks in the first 4 rounds next year. It’s not the embarassment of first-round-pick riches that they’ve had in previous years, but, then again, the Blues aren’t in nearly as bad of a position as they were 1 and 2 seasons ago. On top of that, I don’t think any team would be complaining about having the top-4 defensemen that the BLues have locked up for at least 3 years each with plenty of cash leftover to shop for a top-scoring threat on offense and possibly a second offensive d-man.
I’m complaining about everyone else’s complaining. It’s a vicious cycle.
by Adam Duke on Feb 29, 2008 2:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
maybe he is paid “about” right. that wouldnt be the issue, the issue is can the blues afford to pay him to provide what mckee is also providing? and brewr since brewer’s o is dissapearing, and walker.
is jackman filling 3.5 million dollars worth of need. hey i like jacks, i like his kind of player, i’ve always like defensive d-men, but is he playing better than salvadore this year? no. is he providing something the blues are not being provided by other signees? no.
is committing that much money to the teams strength going to provide a signifiacantly different outcome next season? no.
again maybe you are all expecting something i do not. see the other topic where brad is asking me why i think there will be NO OUTSIDE OFFENSIVE HELP coming for this team.
by Childhood Trauma on Feb 29, 2008 3:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is just such a frustrating time. There’s not a lot positive to say about anything at this point.
I think, though, that the team would’ve spent $3M+ on somebody to fill the hole, which is why I think that locking up a franchise guy for 4 years at that price is one hell of a deal.
I’m also willing to bet that Jackman’s +/- will no longer give fans reason to complain if he’s finally placed with an NHL-quality linemate on a regular basis. In my opinion, he hasn’t had that since MacInnis.
by Adam Duke on Feb 29, 2008 11:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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