Blues Playoff Checklist

We don’t need to trade Walt for prospects. We’ve got alot of really young talent here and in Peoria now. I think Tkachuk, Murray and whoever else that can need to help the ‘kids’ stay mentally fit.
Personally I think this is the biggest problem. It’s a long season with a lot of travel and new places to see and things to do. That’s a lot of extra stuff to invade a young brain. I see this daily grind starting to bring the young guys down. Berglund & Perron have been in funks. Boyes hasn’t been as prominent on the ice. I think Oshie is doing ok but he was out for quite awhile.
Thoughts?

Anyone who says so, especially the hacks that run some of these awful rumor sites, has no concept of our our team works, or how important vet leadership and team chemistry is to these guys. They’ve fought together all season long, and to trade someone or bring in some new guy would probably throw a wrench into whatever hopes we have for the playoffs.

I’ve come around on the trading tkachuk tip, he hasnt taken too many stupid penalties as of late and its pretty clear he’s hungry to win here. I think now we may as well hold on to him and see if we can get a big time hometown discount (4 mill is too much) on him in the offseason for another year of his leadership and his perrenial 20 goal, 50+ point seasons.

If you look at our schedule down the stretch its not exactly rough. We’ve got phoenix three times, all but 5 games in March are at home, and the hawks, wings and stars in april may be in coast to the playoffs mode by that point. Plus we’ve got three games against the preds and the jackets left, two teams we need to take down in order to move up in the standings.

 March 6 & 7 will be a big weekend for the blues. We’re on the road in Florida against the cats (who could be Bowmeiser less since the games are after the deadline) and the bolts, two winnable games that could give us a quick four points which may allow us to jump a team or two depending on what the standings look like then. The odds arent great but at least it will be interesting and it will help the younger players to get some experience in some higher pressure games down the stretch.

to me he’s been mailing it in the last couple years. His lame offsides that just kill a nice rush, the missed wide open nets. I’d love to have him finish with the Note but I’m not sure if he will help us that much. It’s a business and the business is to win. Sentiments can get in the way of clear thinking sometimes when it comes on who to keep.

Time to turn the page on Walt and Kariya.

[donning asbestos undies]

the line:

“5. Your name rhymes with Juan Mallagher.”

had me laughing out loud for a solid 2 minutes.

Nice job.

Walt might suddenly decide he’d like to go golfing our watch some baseball games instead.

It all depends on what is offered for Walt.
If someone is willing to overpay, we should listen.

…the 39 points those eight teams have earned by losing in overtime and the shootout have only added to the clusterfuck that is the standings.

The NHL needs to dump this friggin regular-season OT/shootout/3-point game gimmick.

Yesterday.

When only some games are worth three points, it’s a gimmick. And a stupid one at that.

The alternative is to go to a Swedish-style point system; 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points to the team that wins in OT, 1 point to the team that loses in OT, 0 points for a regulation loss.

Make every game worth the same amount of points.

Or just bring back the tie. What was wrong with a tie, anyway? The one time the Colorado Rockies made the playoffs while in Denver, they did so by winning 19 games and tying 21. Yeah, 59 points would get you into the playoffs once upon a time… back before most of you were even born.

B.

I love your idea about every game being worth the same number of points…under the system today, the team that gets screwed is the one that wins INTRA-CONFERENCE overtime or shootout games, because you only gain a point against your opponent…if you are 30 points ahead of that team, it doesn’t matter so much, but it’s a killer in the situation we have in the West today…in the old days, Gus Kyle used to talk about 4 point games (the two you get for winning, and the two your division opponent doesn’t get for losing) Those seem pretty rare now…you gotta work pretty hard NOT to get a point these days.

Brad really covered the whole gamut of needs, but I guess I’d add that the obvious: they need no more freaking injuries. It kills me that with a little more injury luck this team would likely be in much better position to squeak in.

I agree with all said, especially tkachuk. the blues are introducing a young team. The Blues need the veterans to help put the young blood in line.