Ilya Bryzgalov Downs The Blues

by gallagher on Oct 29, 2009 10:36 PM CDT Comment 34 comments

Ilya Bryzgalov says no.

Sometimes you run into a hot goaltender. Some other notes to wrap this one up:

The Coyotes played a close to perfect road game: get a lead, get good goaltending, take the home crowd out of it. Check, check, check.
The long, tape-to-tape passes made by both Erik Johnson and Alex Pietrangelo made for some great chances. As this team progresses and the talent gets more seasoned, there are some serious highlight reel plays coming our way. Chucklehead behind me and his, "Johnson sucks tonight," comments be damned.
Speaking of fan comments, angriest one of the night from some woman behind me when a Coyotes' player fell down near a face-off scrum: "Step on his goddamn hand!"
Weirdest fan comment of the night, yelled out as the Blues carried the puck into the offensive zone while on the penalty kill: "OK, now let's set it up!" To which the guy in front of me commented, "Set what up? That's pretty optimistic."
I'm still getting my head around the concept of the Coyotes being a good team, but here they are, a good team. Bryzgalov is certainly a big part of that, but they have some talented youngsters and a nice enough mix of veterans to be dangerous.
Did you hear? Eric Brewer suited up tonight! The Robot's 18 minutes were mostly solid and yet, people were openly yelling at him already. I don't know if anyone has gotten less of a break from fans in the history of this team. The only way management could get the heat off of him would be to bring back Mike Danton for a second stint. And that guy would probably have a better chance of spinning, "I tried to have a guy killed" into a positive faster than Brewer could ever turn "I never said I was going to replace Chris Pronger" into some sort of support.
The Coyotes' scouting report on Ty Conklin clearly was to shoot far post. The less said about this is probably best.
Panthers are here on Saturday, and as far as I can tell, they still suck, so here's hoping for a win at home. Because I'm getting awfully tired of watching losing efforts in person.

Here are your post-game interviews. Brewer smashes his all-time record for words uttered at one time and Conklin seems to have shaved the beard he was working on. Um, someone help out the new guy: teams Fear The Beard. Time to start the re-grow.

If you want to see my take on the team's struggles this October, be sure to check back in tomorrow. Go Blues.

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And before I head to bed.

My recap tonight sucked, maybe it was the sophmore slump but id like to blame the blues for giving me nothing to work with. I still take it personally though, is this how you guys feel when a GT tanks?

I don’t hate Brewer and think he will play better soon but he got beat on both goals.
We run into a lot of goalies during strong nights for them. Are they playing well because they picked a good night or are they playing well because we make them look good? Our inability to place shots correctly or bang home rebounds is displeasing.

I keep seeing people say our goalies are good but dotdotdot like somehow Chris mason hasn’t been playing like a fucking beast. I can count the number of times he let in soft goals on one hand this year, and he has come up huge numerous times. A 2 goal effort should have been enough by conklin tonight but our offense was all “EL Oh EL Coyotes” and didn’t seem to care. Aside from Pittsburgh we have been playing up or down to our opponents.

by Icion on Oct 29, 2009 10:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

And now a commercial break..

by oic on Oct 29, 2009 10:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Complete Random thoughts from the game

1. Loved the “Have Fun in Hamilton” sign and was in 108 row i think N trying to see if the Hamilton players could see it. Maybe somebody saw it on tv but probably not. (108 is behind kinda where the Blues shoot 2wice goal).

2. Also in the magazine…loved the trivia tonight…keep up the great work…and the Corrections with the Herman Goering pic….and the whole damn magazine actually.

3. WTF the escalator still isnt fixed? How did all the tweens not kill themselves getting upstairs during the miley hanna montana cyrus concert thing? Seriously they need to fix that…

4. DAMMIT NO CHARLES GLENN!

5. I got a few strange looks when I yelled out CONK-BLOCKED! during a good save in the 2nd period.

6. Very suprised…they did the Rocky Horror look alikes…playing TIMEWARP as the music…NOBODY WAS UP DOING THE TIMEWARP…i wouldve jumped in and did it too but NOBODY…so damn. COME ON PEOPLE!

7. Why the hell is the guy trying to rape Kariya in the corner? This isnt Arkansas.

8. Told a girl wearing a phoenix jersey that glad they arent called the Hamilton hostile takeovers…yet.

9. Dumbass guy waving at some friends across the arena while the game is going on…and had a little kid behind him….so from 4 rows back yelled at him to sit down / i think he sees you….sit your ass down!

10. Shit…my gametime got wet from the damn rain…and why the hell did they move Clarence across on the other side of the parking garage?

11. Lackadaisical effort until when we pulled our goalie…BOYES SHOOT THE PUCK ON NET…dammit….Petroangelo needs to fake a shot once in awhile while on the point. Then shoot the damn puck…have the defenseman bite on the fake.

12. Seriously sometimes the damn dump and chase is turning into the dump and flush…and it is very very shitty.

13. CANT GET AWAY FROM HAMM…they showed his commercial at the rink tonight as well.

14. My damn pregame buzz wore off 2nd period…yay for showmes 1.50 16oz bottles…and big daddys steak night on thursdays…

15. All the bad luck…the puck bouncing over players sticks on passes, their players getting it instead and everything.

Think im done with this list for now…anybody else there w/ any other random crap that i missed?

by bss212s on Oct 29, 2009 11:48 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

10. Clarence

He was moved by an overzealous, new cop. It happens about twice a year for us. Usually we are given an opportunity to explain who we are and what we’re doing and most of the time they end up leaving us alone (we’ve had someone at that exact spot for literally 15 seasons now: 10 with GNR and 5 with us – that’s as old as the rink itself).

But every now and then the new guy thinks he’s being shown up by us and forces the issue. Like tonight. We love what we do, but it’s not worth going to jail over it. Because we can scream “First Amendment!” all we want, but the city jail is still a shitty place to spend the night. For selling a hockey paper.

Bottom line is that the cops out there are our friends and do us way more help than harm as we try to sell our shitty little rag of a hockey paper, so we can’t complain much. Usually it’s a one-game thing before one of his co-workers lets him know what’s up and we all become friends.

On the plus side, it’s a great way to find out just how many of our regulars are on the force. As Clarence did his deal from his new spot tonight and re-told the story for everyone, I’ve never heard and seen more “next time, tell him to talk to me” badge flash.

Maybe we just need a few more of you guys in uniform to give us your cards to flash.

Anyway, short story long, it shouldn’t be a problem on Saturday. And if you’re a cop, please have a talk, be sure to flip your card to your vendor.

SWYD

by gallagher on Oct 30, 2009 1:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I figured it had nothing to do with you guys and it was some outside group like the cops forcing the move.

by bss212s on Oct 30, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

16. Dish Network commercials at Scottrade. Really? Proud sponsor of St. Louis Blues. Seriously?

Am I the only one bugged by that?

by Mr. Particle on Oct 30, 2009 7:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope.

At the Wild game last week, that ad popped up, and my buddy (who has Dish) let out a Frau Farbissina-like “Lies, all LIES!!”

(For what it’s worth, I think FSMW is at least as guilty as Dish, but they both need to extract their heads from their own rectums [recta?] and settle their crap without putting fans in the middle.)

by BleedBlue42 on Oct 30, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd, very nice...

When I am less pissed, I will add to it…

Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.

by DanGNR on Oct 30, 2009 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We didn't give up any ground...

Them toadlickers from Chicago lost and so did FUCK DETROIT!!!

Hot goalie like that you gotta git in his head. Run him, talk about his sister, sumpin.

Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

by spectr17 on Oct 30, 2009 1:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

or tell him that his wife is a lesbian

"It’s a brand new day
And the sun is high
All the birds are singing
That you’re gonna die" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on Oct 30, 2009 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tonight reminded me of...

The one good thing we had going for us during the dark years… fans that we’re at the game actually gave a shit about the team.

I was prepared for the “boo brewer douchebags”TM as i will call them from now on, although i would like to thank the starters of the “let’s go brewer” chant. That was a very pleasant surprise.

I had enough though with the assholes in the row infront of me though. The same ones who apparently had seats down low and came up to hang out with their douchebag friends…The same ones who, with 6 minutes remaining began chanting “Lets go Pheonix”, whether in sarcasm or douchebagism…either way it highly motivated me to eject them down to section 107 the fast way…fuck them, and WHAT THE SHIT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR ME TO SEE THEM WIN HERE!?!

by k10patel on Oct 30, 2009 1:20 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

One small push, buddy, one small push.

SWYD

by gallagher on Oct 30, 2009 1:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

as much as I will bag on Brewer

I wont boo him, I dont boo home town players unless they do what Larry Johnson did up here in KC where I live. and that first goal by the yotes, cmon brewer I know your rusty but bad angle for shooter = golden opp save for conk block move your stick, that redirection was just enough for it to go under Ty’s arm and go in

Pujols takes out "I" in BIG and "A" in MAC, previously considered to be an unyielding, consonant threat

by DESTROYER on Oct 30, 2009 7:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate to add fuel to the AM haters

but has anyone else noticed that if it’s a known good team we play our asses off (That horrible Pens game being the exception) but when it’s against a softer team we seem to lose our edge?

Maybe I’m reading too much into it.

by Maverides on Oct 30, 2009 9:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I am not a AM hater

But I will say, I think last night was a perfect example of a hockey game being decided by being outcoached.
Clearly. To me, finally… The Coach was to blame in my opinion last night.

Of course, I am still a bit furious… (can you be “a bit” furious?).

OK, seriously, I am actually quite proud of myself.
Today is “jersey day” at work, I elected to wear (one) of my Blues jerseys. I could have easily choose to skip it, esp. after last nights game, but I am showing that I am NOT a fair weather fan. Perhaps that is why I am so pissed off…
Fuck…
Goddamn it… fuck…
OK, this weather fucking sucks too… plus getting over the ~~swine~~ ~~pig~~ ~~h1n1~~ flu doesn’t help much.
Sighh… fuck… again.

Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.

by DanGNR on Oct 30, 2009 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't get a chance to see much of the game...

… thanks to the fact that I was at another suckfest (at least the Thrashers scored, but it didn’t make up for the fact that they blew 2 out of 3 periods), but honestly, from the little I caught on TV yesterday, and from what I’ve seen all season, we have really got to cut out dump and chase. D&C only works if it’s a line-change, or you’re playing the world’s slowest team. To think that you can whack a puck down the ice, skate to it, and score – that’s wishful thinking. I watched 2 and a half seasons of the Thrashers doing it, and it BLEW. They stopped and switched to a pressing offensive style, and lo – they started to win.

Our team isn’t built for a D&C. We didn’t do it against Detroit – we were physical and pressed against the boards. And we won. We need to play to our strengths, or else this season isn’t going to continue well.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 30, 2009 10:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree 156% with this post.

I fucking despise D&C.

The only thing that’s worse is D&C on a power play. I swear to Judas next time I see it I’m going down to the ice and strangling the Green Goblin myself.

by Washoo on Oct 30, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ya..

That’s what PK and Mac are for right?.. or even Perron.. fuck, EJ…
JCH why the aren’t our skilled guys playing skilled hockey?
I thought we were fast?
I thought we had puck grit?
I thought we had physical players? anyone see Backes lately?
Fuck, Cam fucking SMASH YANSSON has been one our best players out there for fuck Christ..

No I guess I haven’t settled down after last night… that is the loudest I have type in a while….

FUCK

Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.

by DanGNR on Oct 30, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can hear ya all the way down here. :)

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 30, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

THANK YOU.

What is that concept? Who the hell thought that D&C on a PP is a good idea? You’re a man up on them – use that. Dump and chase just gives them a chance to get there first and clear it.

Dump and chase isn’t a strategy, it’s what you do when you can’t think of anything else.

Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?

Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.

by hildymac on Oct 30, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's pretty much what it looks like to me, too.

This may be selective memory on my part, but it seems to me that during our “suck” games this year we’ve relied heavily on D&C. We take bad-angle shots, because we never have enough guys/time on their end of the ice to set anything up. And NO ONE is there for the rebound. When we do carry the puck in, set something up, and have someone crash the net, we score.

I also wonder if it doesn’t in some contribute to our unique ability to make every goal we play against not named Osgood look like a HOFer.

by Washoo on Oct 30, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

“…if it doesn’t in some WAY contribute…”

by Washoo on Oct 30, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

“…to make every GOALIE we play against…”

Judas, it’s Friday.

by Washoo on Oct 30, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You just

Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.

by DanGNR on Oct 30, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

trying to

Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.

by DanGNR on Oct 30, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

increase your post count?

Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.

by DanGNR on Oct 30, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here Here

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve yelled at the TV when we dump in when the closest player is like 3 feet from the puck carrier.

D&C is for when the opponents put up a wall of four guys at the blue line because they are guarding a one goal lead. Other than that it’s for teams that don’t have any puck handling skill. Which we aren’t anymore. Well that or your ForeCheck is friggin amazing which ours isn’t.

Oh and dumping in on a power play is an abomination against both God and Man and should be punishable by 40 lashes

by Maverides on Oct 30, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

"punishable by 40 Slashes"

fixed

Mary had a chicken, Tommy had a duck, lets put them on a table to see if they would ... fall off.

by DanGNR on Oct 30, 2009 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow brewer basher bashing yet again

what can i say? would have been nothing but since once again sean is telling me i hate brewer cos we traded away pronger, i’ll just go bash him again. you don’t want to read this? stop claiming we hate brewer for the laurie administration mistakes.

i’m pretty suyre brewer was a -2 , deflected a puck into his own net, and on the odd man rush brewer backed in effectively taking neither the puck carrier nor the passing lane away,

probably didn’t need to say anything. blues showed up for the 47 minutes they typically do when playing “well” and got stoned, messed up on special teams and got out coached, but bashing us for the trade? how many times do i have to explain the trade has nothign to do with brewer sucking!

garth butcher was one of my favorite blues and we all know what the trade was to get him.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Oct 30, 2009 10:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't care who we gave up for him

Captain Minus is a fucking disgrace for a supposed #1 Dman. He only seems to carry the puck into the offensive zone because he can’t pass as effectively as the rookies and sophmores. He is a big guy that doesn’t play physically and he isn’t positionally sound enough to get away with pure stickwork.

Brewer does not improve the team and usually hurts them. I don’t usually give a lot of credence to the whole +/- deal with most forwards as it is not there sole responsibility to limit the other teams scoring chances. But it does mean something with the defensemen, they are expected to help the goalie keep the pucks out of the net and if they can spark a little offense at the same time then bonus. Captain Minus can’t play his own end of the ice and doesn’t do enough offensively to make up for it.

Name one other defenseman that is consistently a minus player and is considered one of the teams best Dmen. This is a serious challenge, I would like to know if there is one.

Brewer was better for the team when he was injured and I will be hoping for his triumphant return to the press box.

by Bleedbluecp2 on Oct 30, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs