Eight Minutes of Solid Hockey: Blues Lose Again.

by gallagher on Dec 29, 2009 10:11 PM CST

Like everyone else in the crowd tonight, I wanted the Blues to pull this one out. I wanted them to get an undeserved win against a team that had made them look incompetent for the vast majority of the game. I wanted to come home and write about how sometimes you win when you don't deserve to win.

But it was not to be. Regardless of how dedicated and motivated the Blues looked in those last eight minutes, you can't play as sloppy as they did for the other 52, miss open nets, allow softie goals against and generally look like you don't care if you win against nearly any NHL team.

Feel free to rant on specifics in the comments, because beyond just straight laughing my ass off at the Sydor-Brewer combination, I don't have much to add tonight. For further illumination, we're going to let Morrisey handle the post-game interviews:

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just pathetic

another miserable game at home. the paying customers cant take much more of this shit. SOMETHING has to be done, and sitting erik johnson is not the answer.

by averagejoe on Dec 29, 2009 10:18 PM CST reply actions

Like I said in the GDT:

Our offense is just…nonexistent for long stretches of the games.
Our defense is incompetent, far too often caught out of position, unwilling to fight for real estate in the crease.

The absolutely phenomenal goaltending saved our asses in many (most?) of our victories this season, but now it’s finally starting to soften a bit, no longer making up for the other more glaring weaknesses on the team.

You have to score goals to win in this league. Period. And we don’t do it often or consistently enough. It seems to me that too many of our goals depend on superhuman efforts from a single player, or else a lucky bounce or rebound. So few seem “planned,” or a result of skillful passing, etc.

That’s really all I can say, other than to add that I don’t see anything changing until we get a new coach. I really don’t mean to pile everything on Murray, but we have suffered from a lack of cohesive offensive philosophy since he got here, and it is costing us dearly now. His inconsistent treatment of the Young Guns is totally useless at best, stunting their development & costing us victories at worst. It’s past time for a change.

by Washoo on Dec 29, 2009 10:30 PM CST reply actions

FYI... we have now hit the total of home losses from last season

"Brad Winchester playing on a line with Perron and Berglund is like the fat kid who you invite to play one day because you didn't have enough skaters, yet you don't have the heart to tell them to leave the next few times you play. Damn you Andy Murray." -Author Unknown

by -DJ- on Dec 30, 2009 12:31 AM CST reply actions

Wow

just wow.

by luvhockey on Dec 30, 2009 8:16 AM CST up reply actions

Wait...

You didn’t like our dynamic duo that made up our top D pairing? Whyever not?

/sarc

I am not sure on what team that passes as competent defensive structuring, but there is no way we should have the Grampas Moses together like that. Murray said that he’d play the players that gave us the best chance of winning. Well, that certainly didn’t work tonight, did it?

We can’t keep playing to save face on the 3rd, and we gave to start putting forth an effort for the whole game.

The end result of how we’ve been playing is inexcusable, and something has to change. We know these guys can play well together. It’s like they’re tuning out what they’re told to do. Maybe Silent Jay isn’t the only one nodding off during the morning meetings with Murray.

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 Dec 30, 2009 12:32 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Only way the Blues management can fix this team......

is to lower all BEER prices by three dollars!

by Woodn on Dec 30, 2009 12:43 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

I went to my first home game last night. Crowd was ready for team to even just put forth a complete effort regarless of the score, people in town still for Holidays, kids off school, excitement seemed to be in the air, then we get ripped off by the Blues organization. People cheered when we just dumped the puck into the Nashville zone. Not even a fight, no spirit. Only a couple of good checks and one was a clean hit called a penalty and we all knew what was going to happen after that. They played a lame game until there was 6 minutes left. EJ one of the players fans come to see was sat at a home game….Why not an away game? I realize he has not been playing great but he is our most talented D man and AM does say he plays the players that give them the most chance to win. The only reason I can think to sit him is if he needs off for something. AM also says that he replaces players with the same skill set level of another player. Also, Cam seemed to only get minutes when we were down 4-1. Everything to me points to the coach needing to admit he has lost this team and bench himself. Take some blame!!! I cannot wait till Jake Allen is a blue and Petro and Eller are too. Maybe next game the fans would love to see TJ Ohie sit cause I am guessing its his turn. What a freaking washout this season is so far. The blues organization worked so hard to get people at the games, not many are gonna return after watching the team this year. Do something, who cares what it is….Just do something

by Blue Note on Dec 30, 2009 9:03 AM CST reply actions

Billy Madison's principal's thoughts on the game...

St. Louis Blues, what you’ve just played is one of the most insanely piss poor games I have ever seen. At no point in your rambling, incoherent game were you even close to anything that could be considered respectable. Everyone in this arena is now dumber for having watched to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

by dvdvrhs on Dec 30, 2009 9:27 AM CST reply actions

Guy Behind Me At Game Says This

welcome to the St Louis Blues game where we will now watch men skate around for the next 60 Minutes. Maybe they should start playing the organ throughout the whole game and have a figure skating contest. What is the point of even bringing your sticks and putting the pads on

by Blue Note on Dec 30, 2009 9:28 AM CST reply actions