Well THAT sucked....

by The Goalie Guy on Oct 24, 2009 10:56 PM CDT

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OK, the refereeing sucked. Anytime you don't allow someone to defend themselves against an intent to injure, it's BOGUS. Ott... dead man! Barch... he's a dead man! Fistric... dead! Unfortunately, the Blues designated hitter is marked as a goon, and so he is treated like one by the refs, while a turd like Ott is free to hit very late and hit low without retribution. We need an Ott-type player who can get away with shit. Winchester... Beej...?

Still all that aside, except for the first ten minutes, we weren't in this game. This team reacts too much, we haven't initiated. It's time to name names:

Winchester, Crombeen and Backes need to start attacking people in the corners of the offensive zone.

Paul Kariya hasn't done jack shit. He looks like he's forgotten how to play.

Polak's a big guy. When opposing forwards go into the corner, he needs to physically separate them from the puck.

Brad Boyes, you need to watch tape of Mike Bossy and Brett Hull until you get the fucking idea of a goal scorer. Repeat after me: "I will drop the puck to another forward and then get into shooting position instead of trying to drive to the net. I am a trigger man. My job is to shoot first, ask questions later."

Power play unit 1: MOVE THE GODDAMN PUCK AROUND THE PERIMETER AND MAKE THEM CHASE YOU SO YOU CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE BOX! Everybody in the NHL knows that your favorite play is that diagonal across the box to the top of the circle for a one-timer. Ya think they don't practice breaking that up?

Patrik Berglund: DO something in the offensive zone dammit! Don't just skate around cluelessly playing whack-a-mole with the puck.

Feel free to pile on. Anybody else bug you with their lack of play so far this year?

Oh, the one bright light from tonight is Petro. I was impressed with his defensive positioning (except on the Stars third goal), his assertiveness and puck sense, and I give him high marks for defending his teammate Coliaccovo after that late low bridge, if not much sense, going after the bigger Ott. We need to see more of him.

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Where did you find that picture of Ott?

Let's go Blues!!!

by Milo. on Oct 25, 2009 12:05 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Do a Google image search on "turd"...

by The Goalie Guy on Oct 25, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Drinking down our own expectations with a shot of poison

Let’s face it. 9 games in and our record looks nothing like what we expected after the Sweedish Sweep. Is the curse of beginning the season abroad real? Will the international hang-over last 20 games, too late to regain a playoff berth or were our expectations of a deep playoff push just too high? Johnson is coming on but his distraction last night reminded me of a young Pronger (not a bad thing). Perron has some momentum. Oshie looked good until his insides turned on him. Berglund is lost. Kariya and Backes seem KO’d. Boyes seems too patient. Conklin’s first goal reminded us of why he’s a perennial #2. Our D is just average. Mason, Walt, and Silent J are our only bright spots and they were never expected to carry the team. Is it me or am i the only one beginning to feel like I drank the Blues “young resurgence” kool-aid too fast and we really have a below average team with the potential to be average in 1-2 seasons?

by TeddyDaniels on Oct 25, 2009 11:11 AM CDT reply actions

Sydor

I watched Sydor get beat multiple times this weekend. He looks slow and too conservative. I know the blues signed him for his veteran presence but he needs to pick up his game. Berglund couldn’t even take a pass on Saturday night. Looks like Petro will get a good chance on the Blues power play.

by tcampy on Oct 26, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Don't know that the ceiling is just average...

I wouldn’t say that the ceiling is average… I’m still high on the potential of this team, we’re loaded for bear, and have the nucleus of a Stanley Cup contender in the system, especially if we keep and develop that defensive youth we’ve got. But we need to play better NOW.

The defense is a little worse than anticipated (I didn’t think that losing Jackman would be that lethal a blow), I was not that high on the goaltending (as far as a Stanley Cup run now goes – Mason’s good enough to get you to the playoffs, but I’m not sure that he’s a SC-winning goalie without a LOT more help from his D…) But I am most worried about our 5-on-5 ineffectiveness in the offensive zone. Clueless… I haven’t seen this many clueless players in the offensive zone even in the dark days (They had a clue, just no talent…)

Need to bring the lunch pail, go to work, and start scoring ugly every game. Pretty feeds off of ugly because that is what will put a defense on their heels, not the other way around.

by The Goalie Guy on Oct 25, 2009 2:55 PM CDT reply actions