Blues At Hawks Open Thread

by Brad Lee on Mar 23, 2008 12:14 AM CDT

David Backes setting an example.

By The Easter Bunny

Happy Easter, everybody!

After you find all your brightly colored eggs and chocolate rabbits and stuff yourself on Easter ham, plop down on the coach and relax with a 2 p.m. game at Chicago. Neither team has much to play for at this point of the season, but there were some fireworks and plenty of hard feelings the last time the Hawks came calling in St. Louis. It will be interesting to see if any scores are settled from the last game.

I've been busy hopping hither and yon hidding all my eggs (even though I'm a mammal) and I've been too tired to even look up the NHL.com preview. I'm sure you don't expect that from Santa in the games right before Christmas so I hope you'll let me slide too.

If you get fed up with your family and preseason baseball and the NCAA tournament (this bunny had Pittsburgh in the Final Four -- ouch) stop on by the open thread. I'm sure you won't be alone.

6:49 Blues getting a power play. I'm eggstatic.

6:30 Blues 0-3 on the power play so far with no shots. That's pathetic.

And here in MO'Fallon, it's snowing hard at 4:20 p.m. Is it Christmas instead of Easter?

5:34 Brewer with a LOUD post. Nice opportunity after a good pass from Tkachuk on the doorstep.

4:49 Power play over. Blues still buzzing. Hopefully they have plenty of Cabury eggs on the bench to get a sugar rush here at the end of the third.

3:26 Blues getting a penalty here late. Fucking ref trying to be all charitabl on Easter.

And I kind of wish skeletor was wearing pastels or something for today.

Dooks Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm e

WHY IS SKELETOR TORMENTING ME!?!?!?
Memo to Dooks: You may have had too many Reese's peanut butter eggs. Or you may have ingested some of that fake plastic grass. Either way, you need to elevate your feet or something.

Guinea Pig Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm e

Why is hitting a post not counted as a shot on goal? You couldn’t be more "on goal" than hitting the post.
Because it would skew shots vs. saves stats.

And now there are hockey-puck sized snowflakes outside. Global Warming has officially been reversed!

2:26 1 minute left on the Chicago power play.

Dooks Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm e

it’s crazy, the last 8 games of the season are 2 games against each of our division rivals
The NHL decided to have only divisional play end the season for every team. It's kind of cool if your team is in a playoff chase. If...

1:26 Power play over. TKACHUK! 2-0 breakaway, and he put it over Khabibulin's shoulder.

Holy crap. I think I just Detroited in my pants a little.

:54 Holy. Shit. Chicago scores on a long shot from the point. I'll say it for Federko. Toivonen never saw it.

Wisniewski with the goal. "This alluded Toivonen. What a change of events," Federko said. I'm almost disappointed in his reaction. The goal was 23 seconds after Tkachuk.

matt Says:
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm e

how unlucky can toivo be?
I've always said you make your own luck, but you might have something there.

OVERTIME

Bernie says the Blues were in big trouble with three minutes left. Because one more loss on the season is the tipping point? Please. Shouldn't announcers be concerned with putting a game into context? If you didn't know the standings, you'd think the Blues need the two points to stay in the playoffs or something.

4:36 "One shot will win it," Kelly said. Unless of course it's Jamal mayers hitting the Indian head in the eye on Khabibulin's sweater.

4:10 Erik Johnson seeing ice time in overtime. When was the last time Perron was wout.

3:52 Patrick Kane wins it on a weak rebound at the doorstep. Federko calls it strange. I call it bullshit.

Well sorry we couldn't bring you a winner with the surprise end of the game live blog. We now return you to our regularly scheduled open thread.

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This might be one if not the only day I eat more then four pieces of candy. Answer Mom let’s me go a little overboard because she knows I get excited. My Footie pajamas are off for the day and I’m in my Easter Camo pants. I will be shirtless and ready for the 2:00 game. Sounds like Janssen will be in the lineup but he’s got stiches in his lip. Sucks. I hope he helps “set the tone”. I am really starting to like this guy the more I read about him. He isn’t the answer to all of the Blues problems but he is one type of player I like to dream about…whoa…uh….I mean watch and pull for. Pull for?

by Answer Man on Mar 23, 2008 8:57 AM CDT reply actions

Are the camo splotches all shaped like bunnies?
That’d be too cool!

Happily, I was allowed to sleep through the kids’ candy-fueled rampage.

Let’s see if they let me watch the game…

The Hawks have a lot more at stake in this game, but no one would like to see the Blues stick a finger in the Indian’s eye more than the StLGT crew.

by brian on Mar 23, 2008 11:26 AM CDT reply actions

I hear Toivonen will be starting tonight as well

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 11:54 AM CDT reply actions

I hate how Channel 11 doesn’t have anything of a pre-game show. and the regular programs last up to the final minute.

at least this is the end of the road trip from hell in a somewhat familiar city

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:01 PM CDT reply actions

hilarious, Bernie asks John if he’s sick of him yet

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:03 PM CDT reply actions

or maybe it was the other way around, I wasn’t paying complete attention

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:07 PM CDT reply actions

Toivonen vs. Khabibulin

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:07 PM CDT reply actions

“hooking call on the Blues”

sigh

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:11 PM CDT reply actions

Roboto blocked a would-be goal on the pk. nice.
Toivonen looking relatively sharp thus far otherwise

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:12 PM CDT reply actions

Boyes falls down with a stick lodged in his skate blade.
that’s classified as tripping

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:14 PM CDT reply actions

Blues have a 25.7% powerplay success rate. probably their best against any one team

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:16 PM CDT reply actions

so far, Ears looks good.

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 2:18 PM CDT reply actions

Toews emulating the Fedorov Nike commercial of old, skating around 3 different Blues players, but he lost the puck when he got into scoring position

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions

Blues and Hawks trading powerplay opportunities for the bulk of this game thus far

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:20 PM CDT reply actions

hey Tim! nice to see I’m not the only one with nothing to do today

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:20 PM CDT reply actions

Boyes centering Tkachuk and Kariya today. Murray is said to have challenged this line to do better today

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions

perron centering king and janssen… if this line gets a goal today perron should get hart trophy consideration

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions

and what is an am challange, the notes slipped under the door are on red paper for angry?

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 23, 2008 2:25 PM CDT reply actions

or maybe they are in ALL CAPS?

KARIYA: GOAL SCORING IS KEY

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 23, 2008 2:26 PM CDT reply actions

kariya… you suck

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:27 PM CDT reply actions

jeez, the Blues trail the Hawks in the all-time series by 12 wins.
thought we’d have them by the balls

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:28 PM CDT reply actions

why did Boyes cut in? Argh!

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 2:28 PM CDT reply actions

BREWER SMASH!!!

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:31 PM CDT reply actions

good to see some emotion from brewer

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:31 PM CDT reply actions

bad bllod ensues as Toivonen gets shoved and Brewer roughs him up and elsewhere Backes rips Jarmulsson (sp?) a new one.
some stupid Chicagoan lady was wincing in the front row, as if there was no glass there. funny

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

lol at perron in the box

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

why am i surprised

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

wait, they pull a leg sweep, amd we get the extra 2?

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 2:33 PM CDT reply actions

Hawk shot barrage. Ears said no

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:34 PM CDT reply actions

Cam Janssen sighting. somewhere in North County, the Answer Man soils his shorts/jock

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:38 PM CDT reply actions

hand pass by the Blues on the turnover, but refs are blind so… shhhh!

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:40 PM CDT reply actions

“pass it to walker!”

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 2:41 PM CDT reply actions

Kane pulled a “Ryan Johnson” by shooting the puck over the net from about a foot away from the crease

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:42 PM CDT reply actions

rule 3 of blue note code, if you have the puck on your stick within 3 feet right in front of the net, you shoot, don’t limpwrist it back to the point (I’m looking at you ryan johnson)

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:42 PM CDT reply actions

1st period ends scoreless, but penalty plentiful

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:43 PM CDT reply actions

SO period for Ears, so we have that going for us. Which is nice.

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 2:45 PM CDT reply actions

top 11 ways to tell ANdy Murray is mad at you.

11: andy tells the media Ryan Johnson has been playing better offensively than you have

10: Manny Legace not allowed on the bench next to you in case he “catches your suckiness”

09: all the notes slipped under your dorr are on red paper.

08: menancing unsigned mail to your home bears eternia post marks

07: ALL CAPS

06: has replaced your image on the blues web site with a picture taken at alcatraz

05: Places you on a line with Cam Janssen

04: your easter egg is raw. undyed, and splattered on your hotel room wall

03: He tells Yan Statsney to scout out apartment locales for you in Peoria

02: puts you in charge of practice morale

01: Starts giving you “Perron” ice time

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 23, 2008 2:50 PM CDT reply actions

nice Skeletor reference in #8

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:53 PM CDT reply actions

good stuff

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:54 PM CDT reply actions

I can’t help but giggle as John looks attetitively at Bernie as he leans toward him, probably hoping he’ll kiss him

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 2:55 PM CDT reply actions

so hopeful…

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:56 PM CDT reply actions

i love how every game, bernie tells us that murray has told the veterans to step up, but they never do, so how bout giving some kids some ice time

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:57 PM CDT reply actions

I don’t know if any of you thought of this, but bernie thinks that scoring has been our biggest problem lately.

by IrishBlue on Mar 23, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions

does the 2:52 minutes of ice time include the penalty he sat in for?

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions

bernie is just a fountain of knowledge, thank god he let us in on that little gem

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:00 PM CDT reply actions

how is Byfuglien pronounced again? “bluffin”?

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:04 PM CDT reply actions

man, Stempy sure paid the price for that SOG…

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 3:09 PM CDT reply actions

“buff-lin”

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 3:12 PM CDT reply actions

wow what a shift

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:13 PM CDT reply actions

keep that line together

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:14 PM CDT reply actions

Perron leaves his feet on a check, no call.
moments later Dutchie scores, for once!

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:14 PM CDT reply actions

sweet! hit, hit, hit, GOAL!

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 3:15 PM CDT reply actions

They felt bad that Perron was so much smaller than the guy he tried to hit.

by IrishBlue on Mar 23, 2008 3:16 PM CDT reply actions

unless you get some hang time no ref is gonna/should call leaving your feet on a check

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions

awesome, Blues get a powerplay almost immediately after that goal and moments into it, Jackman ruins it by evening up the odds for Chicago

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions

we have the lead and beggars can’t be choosers :P

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:19 PM CDT reply actions

Walker and “Bufflin” get in a shoving match and both get 2 minutes

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:22 PM CDT reply actions

After watching Perron again today, I don’t know how Andy Murray can have a leg to stand on when he plays the kid 5 minutes like he did in Montreal the other night.

by Paul Goodloe on Mar 23, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions

Ears makes a save and everybody starts shoving.

guess the Hawks are frustrated they don’t have 5 goals by now, let alone one

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:24 PM CDT reply actions

god Kariya is worthless. Murray, bench him a couple games

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:28 PM CDT reply actions

how the fuck did that go in?

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply actions

should’ve been goaltending interferance. dude kicked Ears’ stick away

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply actions

jackman snipe!!

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply actions

that looked like nicklas backstrom the other night

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:32 PM CDT reply actions

Ears gets screwed on a goal and it’s tied at one apiece

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions

and like after our goal, the Hawks get a complimentary powerplay

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions

i am the commanding officer of Operation Tank It, but I really hope we get toivo a win here

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions

Jackman is my Anti-Luck

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions

Jax, guard the man, not the puck
don’t even use your stick for anything

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:37 PM CDT reply actions

except picking up the other guys stick

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 3:38 PM CDT reply actions

2 periods overwith. Ears is actually doing great

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:38 PM CDT reply actions

wow a great first period got perron 5 minutes of second period ice time. sweeeeet. lol

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 23, 2008 3:56 PM CDT reply actions

apparently Perron has had 12 shifts through two periods. (Kane has 13) must be largely thianks to powerplay time or something.

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions

he was just resting perron for the third

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:04 PM CDT reply actions

didn’t brewer just fall down?

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions

are you kidding? robots don’t fall down. their treads won’t let them
http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/blog_images/johnny5isalive.jpg

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:12 PM CDT reply actions

KING!!!

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:13 PM CDT reply actions

brewer wishes he had that much technology invested in him

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:13 PM CDT reply actions

awesome! that’s what I’m talking about! let up a goal and don’t give them much time rebounding. tied at 2

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:14 PM CDT reply actions

Janssen vs. Kane… center ice… I want to see it

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:16 PM CDT reply actions

King’s 3rd on the year

Walker and Janssen are weeping jealously in the corner

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:16 PM CDT reply actions

King scores, shames Kariya.

by Tim on Mar 23, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions

you’re dreaming. now Perron or Stempniak vs. Kane and Toews tag team would be more likely

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions

*and , not or

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:18 PM CDT reply actions

Check the main post up above. Surprise live blog until the end of the game!

by Brad Lee on Mar 23, 2008 4:19 PM CDT reply actions

tomorrow’s headline: “Murray tells veterans to step up, rookies step up instead”

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:20 PM CDT reply actions

continued on page A4 > “murray sits perron in press box for showing up veterans”

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:23 PM CDT reply actions

WHY IS SKELETOR TORMENTING ME!?!?!?

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:23 PM CDT reply actions

and yes dooks I am dreaming and it’s my dream and I say janssen vs. kane :P

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:24 PM CDT reply actions

Why is hitting a post not counted as a shot on goal? You couldn’t be more “on goal” than hitting the post.

by Guinea Pig on Mar 23, 2008 4:25 PM CDT reply actions

we’re all dreaming it seems. Toivonen is playing really well

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:25 PM CDT reply actions

it’s crazy, the last 8 games of the season are 2 games against each of our division rivals

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:27 PM CDT reply actions

GP, I answered you up top.

by Brad Lee on Mar 23, 2008 4:27 PM CDT reply actions

who called toivonen not sucking >>> this guy (me)

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:28 PM CDT reply actions

lol the announcers even noting that Ears hasn’t played well since early December.

also lol @ Kelly screaming THANK YOU THANK YOU when Tkachuk scored, as if their job depended on the Blues winning this game

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:30 PM CDT reply actions

son. of. a. WHORE!

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:30 PM CDT reply actions

tipped

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions

how unlucky can toivo be?

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions

couldn’t fucking let us win. HAD to tie it up. fuckers!

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions

i wanna know who tipped it

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:32 PM CDT reply actions

cause if jackman scored 2 goals i’m gonna lose it

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:32 PM CDT reply actions

Wow that’s just rediculous.

by Dayton on Mar 23, 2008 4:33 PM CDT reply actions

nope wasn’t jackman

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:34 PM CDT reply actions

Kelly: “The Blues are not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs—-”
Dooks: “but who are we kidding? we aren’t making it”

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:35 PM CDT reply actions

oh we’re makin it…………. in 09-10

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:36 PM CDT reply actions

fuck. ing. hell.

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:36 PM CDT reply actions

if we were gonna lose why couldn’t we lose without getting a point?

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:37 PM CDT reply actions

I see a lot of ass-patting by Lalime. not surprised.

by Dooks on Mar 23, 2008 4:38 PM CDT reply actions

it’s the only thing he’s all star calibre at

by matt on Mar 23, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions

Happy Easter. Fuck Detroit.

by Guinea Pig on Mar 23, 2008 4:48 PM CDT reply actions

Two shit teams.

by StLooFrenchy on Mar 23, 2008 9:29 PM CDT reply actions

Good game. Saw it. We deserved to win this one. Wore them bastard down with hard forechecking. Anyone saw how frightened Kane looked when Polak went after him? Made me laugh.

by Marcus Pettersson on Mar 24, 2008 5:46 AM CDT reply actions