Get Your Late-Night Poll On!

tickets to Friday and Saturdays game already purchased. Very much looking forward to it

I think I would go if I had tickets – just because I’m SOOOOOOO starved for any kind of hockey at this point – but preseason hockey is almost as useless as preseason football. The only difference is the fact that there are minor leagues in hockey, so you could watch someone who could be great for the NHL team in a few years, even if they’re not ready yet.

All that said, I voted ‘lame.’

And if you’re going to be attacking the term ‘glove box,’ you damn well better have a good alternative to suggest before you go fucking with the english language!

Like J-Mill said…. people are STARVED for blues hockey. I am curious what the attendence will be on Tuesday & for FANfest on Saturday. I know they wont sell out, but I’m sure they will be higher than the averages in the past.

Beacause Iloooooove preseason hockey. I haven’t bought tix yet, but intend on going to the Tuesday game and also the Sat/Fanfest game

I can say that I’ll never, if I can help it, attend another preseason event of any kind again. And considering football has and always will be my #1 sport . . . I’ll wait for the regular season.

i think the vote is “see the young kids”.

umm…. do what?

 ballet?

score on that other teams soon-to-be-cut female 7th string goalie?

get into andy murray’s doghouse faster than dave perron?

pick up kt’s tab at 14th and clark?

wear numbers 66 through 69?

as a family we take in quite a few high school games just because it’s hockey and cheap. Nope, I don’t know anyone on the teams, we just root for the home team.

I kind of like preseason hockey for 2 reasons: I like seeing the young kids and taking stock of what prospects do in competitive situations, and I also like having the freedom to sit down close to the glass and no one gives a rip.

Actually, that second one probably only applies here.

Anyway, I enjoy the no pressure atmosphere. You can still watch hockey without being worried about the standings.

I’d say yes, I would go to a pre-season game because it’s been a long summer and as of now I have about 4 months to soak in as much hockey as humanly possible before I exile myself to China where, I’m assuming, I’ll be completely hockeyless until May (unless I break down and shell out $160 for GameCenter LIVE… which I really might have to do to maintain my sanity)… Hell, I went to training camp this morning, by myself, and had a blast watching the guys just run drills. Actual preseason games are at least 1.5x more exciting than that.

Tuesday and Saturday. I enjoy seeing the baby blues go up against real NHLers because the other team is playing some of their regulars just like the Blues will. If players end up in the doghouse with Murray there is usually a good reason. I like Perron, but he did have a tendency to do things that drive coaches nuts. I want to see the kid line back together again and I want to see Iceberg and Boyes on the PP. I want to see if Palushaj can beat a NHL goalie and I want to see who breaks out of the pack and shows they want to be on the team.