We Missed You?

Why are the broads in the picture wearing shirts? Clearly not invited to “The Condo”.

Look how happy the girl is on the far right side of the 2nd row.

i am sad to say that i missed the one win of the road trip because i was at a conference at lake of the ozarks. although the tv in my room got fox sports midwest, the tv in the bar only had fox sports kansas city. it came down to a choice of watch the blues game or watch my boss drink long island iced tea. i think the choice is pretty obvious. coincidentally, i also missed the game in ottowa for the same reason.

I think there is some over-backchecking going on somewhere in this photo, although I can’t decide if it’s the happy girls on the left, or the bored girls on the right.

Not really sure, because I don’t know what AM was talking about (in an StlToday.com story about the ’Hawks game). I do know that I am going to try to use the term “over-backchecking” as much as possible in my posts from now on.

but officer, that isn’t bad paper, i just over back-checked a little!!

Over/Under on “Fuck Detroit”s uttered tomorrow throughout the metropolitan area-

Loss: 17,492
Win: 68,209

must be horrible to hae travel for twenty days to play hockey and make more in a week then i did in four years in the army. shit we’re so bad we should go site seeing because we’ve been away from home, we desreve a day off. if andy murray really was a coahc with some nuts he’d have skated the hell out of those clowns.

incidently, have to say once again the great defense from ryan’-80 lifeimte’ johnson was stellar in the final minute of a game once again. where would this team be without mayers and rj? --probably in a playoff spot. though to be fair it’s not just their fault. it’s the great coaching. and of course eric ‘how do you pass this thing or get a shot through’ brewer.

This place has been transformed into a haven of negativity. Not that there’s much to be happy about right now, I know, but c’mon! The final games mean nothing (unless you’re rooting for the team to tank it). Let’s enjoy them.

When you get depressed by reading the comments on the Game Time site, something is horribly wrong.

…or maybe it’s just me being stupid/overly positive. If you think so, rip away.

I look at the last 4 home games like this: tonight we get coffee mugs to add to the collection, Saturday is Paulie collectible night to finish out the collection of statues that don’t look anything like the player (but the thought was there from the team), next Tuesday I will be volunteering for the 14 Fund so EVERYONE bring a few extra bucks that night, more items for sale and the basement equipment sale is that night too!!! :)
The last game, early game so breakfast somewhere beforehand with an accompanying appropriate cocktail, hugs to my ushers and John my favorite GT vendor, more cocktails and probably home passed out by 7:00!
So there are some positive things to look forward to the next couple of weeks – 4 more issues of GT for one! Negative the fact that Capt Roboto will more than likely be ranked the worst minus rating in the league by defensemen – way to go Cap’n!!!
Here’s to hoping home cooking, a little lovin’, playtime with the kids, wakes the boys up for these last few games to go out with their heads up looking toward a very positive future!

Oh, if only I were back home with coffee mug night, kariya figurine & fan appreciation night to attend! AND the eqpt sale is coming up? I hope I can get my brother to get me another pair of gloves in the navy & gold.

Instead I’m stuck 60 miles north of Philadelphia and have the ECHL Reading Royals playoff tickets to look fwd to receiving.

07-08’s been a long, hard slog but no one thought it’d be ice cream & balloons. Be proud of seeing it through to the end while keeping your edge.
Focus on checking opponents every chance we get, share our pain and MAKE the man to want us back for 08-09.

Marcus: I agree! Hopefully this isn’t what all the posts are like all summer long (just found GT this season) or I might have to start paying attention to baseball for a few months!

All the negative posters are probably just over-backchecking a bit and don’t mean to be so negative, but a little “bright side” once in a while would be nice.

no marcus soon we will become motivated and excited again because of these stud rookies we’ve got coming over from sweden!!!! yes even lars eller is going to be an import from sweden. what’s that you say? he’s not swedish. nope, he sure isn’t swedish but he’s been playing there for a while now.

there’s lots to look forward to. every game i root for the continued improvement on a number of fronts for the blues and then for them to somehow lose the game and not gain points. i am rooting for the basement. i’ll hate myself in a few years but then again if we get the right pick i might be loving it while i’m drinking out of my replica Stanley Cup the night the blues finally win it all.

but before the next draft and camp comes around a lot of us fans are a bit anxious and skeptical. we were told about rebuilding and youth movements. we have begun to rebuild the structure of the organization from the feeder teams. grade thus far C-. on the big club. grade thus far D. due to the lack of playing time afford perron and the lack of support shown by the club in the media in defense of their own player i would love to fail the blues on this matter. but finally managaement found away around andy murray’s tendency to bench his young studs. and that was make it impossible. that’s right only six defensemen are on the team. none can be called up except to replace one under emergency conditions. thus erik johnson can not be benched. since this time we have seen two patterns emerge. shit play from brewer. sensational play and growth by erik johnson. this is not a coincidence. due to the fact he can not be scratched for any mistakes and frankly because these games are about as meaningful as any preseason games, could possibly just call them post season games more aptly then to the current connotation used to describe play offs in pro sports though they are in fact continuations of the season in question towards it’s goal of crowning a victorious champion(san jose sharks versus montreal canadiens—-canadian favoritism versus bettman pet project of sunbelt teams= san jose win after a series of horrible blown or made calls).

thus these final games are all about watching the young guys. figuring out ryan johnson is every offensive players dream shut down player to go against(again -80 lifetime and growing). finding out that no matter how fast and big you are if you give up goals to shots in the same parts of the ice that are weak you will be exploited due to the use of game tape(but does any team actually still use tape?). the end result?

blues off season. requires the non signing of a number of individuals and the trading of some salary that would be most beneficial if it were brewer and say tkachuk. prognosis—won’t happen. mckee gets traded. a back up goaltender should be signed and must be signed. first guy who pops into my head—ty conklin. rough game yesterday, still saved penguins’ season. i would also very much favor the signing of sean avery. brings a lot and is a big game player. for real. not like tkachoke. prognosis: pavol demitra will come back to st. louis and at first numerous fans will laud this signing. it will bring us closure for letting him walk away for nothing, while he was ontop of his game. realistically will will get a speedy forward on the downward portion of his career. adds decent costs too much.

  biggest hope. andy murray pulls it together. somewhere in that mind is a wealth of hockey knowledge. somehow he has to learn how to provide the appropiate balance of fanaticism and teahcing a passion to the game. when he stops dictating and begins understanding then we will have a fusion. fire all assistant coaches. no one’s buying that brand of bull shit and as carlan says, it’s bad for you. seriously. let’s try something novel. let’s try bringing in some truly young assistant coaches. or let’s consider brian sutter once again. maybe try a crazy idea and bring in a european coach. how about a european coach that even if he does know how to speak english he pretends not to so that he has a interpreter that follows him around and the interpreter is a midget. they always where the same suit. the coach almost speaks in a whisper barely discernable but when he is interpreted the midget screams his instructions or answer to post game press interviews. at the least it would be entertaining.

and that’s the bottom line. at the end of the day win or lose all we ask for is to be throughly entertained. that was why signing paul kariya was so exciting. he used to be an entertaining player to watch. now sometimes he is and other times, not so much.

so the blues who continue to sell us this homegrown bull shit after drafting peluso in year’s draft and passing up on the talented pat maroon who chase was lobbying for will once again have their chance in this year’s draft. basil mcrea’s son we will be in the draft. he’s a st. louis boy. currently sharing the spotlight up in london, ontario with the recently mentioned pat maroon(who incidently was taken the very next pick by philadelphia). what will the blues do? interestingly enough when i used to play i remember london having a blues team with logos of the note and all. how long ago was that? i’m not answering. though i did play with one of the current blues players and no it wasn’t cam janssen. but he is the son of a hall of famer.

I’m glad our Web hosting company doesn’t charge us by the word.

And Chris D, I thought of you when I read these two sentences in Strickland’s latest column on the Rumor Monger Web site:

“Is it just me or does David Backes seem to have the makeup to be a future Captain for the Blues? Along with Ryan Johnson, Backes gives the most consistent effort on the club.”

You’re welcome.

hmmm i’m pretty happy about the impending collapse of the bird on the bat ugly stepson of game time.

talk about depressing, i couldnt handle THAT crud all season long

win OR lose.

and i’m expecting losing.

though realistically i really don’t have to watch baseball to make up questions about baseball.