So ... that happened: Blues get dominated by Blue Jackets (UPDATED with Oshie news)
by averagejoe on Nov 10, 2010 8:41 PM CST
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UPDATE: From the Twitter feed of Jeremy Rutherford:
Well isn't that just delightful. And now back to your venting session.
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If you watched all 60 minutes of tonight's game, you deserve a medal.
After back-to-back wins against Boston and the Rangers, the Blues were riding high. The Blues were 9-1-2 and everyone was singing the praises of the plucky young team that could. And then the wheels fell off.
For sixty minutes against Columbus, the Blues did absolutely nothing right. The offense didn't forecheck like it has been doing, the defense looked atrocious and just stood around. Jaroslav Halak and Ty Conklin looked more like Hannu Toivonen and Patrick Lalime.
Oh and T.J. Oshie skated off the ice and couldn't put weight on his knee. He fell awkwardly and it did not look good. I'm not a doctor, but it looks like he's going to be out for a bit. If we as fans are lucky, he's out a handful of games. But, and let's be honest—this is the Blues, he probably tore his ACL and will be out for the year. * See above
Just about everything that could go wrong, did. The depleted d-corp, missing half of the opening day top-6 finally looked shaky. The offense, missing Perron and featuring a host of slow starters, continued to struggle. The only goal was scored by B.J. Crombeen and that's just not going to get it done.
From my perch on the couch, the Blues looked like shit for 60 minutes. It looked a lot like last year—the Blues bought the hype and praise and thought less than 100 percent effort would get the job done. Guess what, with a team this depleted, 100 percent is needed every night.
The positive: It's one game. The Blues are now 9-2-2. I guarantee just about every fan base in the NHL would take that record. And, in my experience, blow out losses are better for the losing team. When you get absolutely embarrassed—like the Blues did tonight—you have to take some time to reevaluate everything. Hopefully, a game like this will sharpen the focus for the team. Maybe the D will play a little harder, maybe the PP will finally wake up.
Whatever the case may be, the Blues can't think about this too long. Nashville is in town on Thursday. The Blues can't afford another game like tonight.
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Who will be carrying
Oshie up the plane steps
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Postgame interview
Jim Hayes: “Oshie leaving the ice, that looked scary. Any update on his condition?”
Davis Payne: “No update right now.”
Changing subjects….
www.stlouisgametime.com
Honestly
why do they even ask questions like that what did they expect the answer to be.
“Well we can’t find his knee cap right now so it’s not looking good.”
It’s always going to be a no comment
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
gotta ask
or else you never know. maybe oshie was fine and they just held him out as a precaution. he couldve been running laps in the locker room.
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
Even if he was running laps
they aren’t going to say anything right away
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
Maybe he is running through the Bluejackets post-game kick-around right now...
'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
MARK VIDUKA
Davis Payne
Looked ready to choke someone. Folded arms, no hint of a smile.
Should be a fun flight home.
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
Lets hope Payne can spin this the right way
he seemed to last year so I’m hopefull. Now just hoping Oshie is ok
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
Payne is pissed
He’s always serious but he has veins sticking out while talking to
Jim whatshisname
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I do not want to be in the locker room right now
the only saving grace is he can’t run them till the collapse at practice tomorrow because of the game
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
I'll say it again...
Thankfully we don’t have anytime to mope about this. We get home…take our sleeping pills and wake up tomorow and go right back to work.
'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
MARK VIDUKA
Does anyone else think that this is essentially what happened to the Blues this evening?
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Nov 10, 2010 8:51 PM CST reply actions
No
tonight hurt more
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
I almost posted this after the 19th or 20th goal bythe BJs
I was thinking what could be worse than getting smoked a bazzilion to one? One of our scorers going down?
Then Teeej toppled over backwards cracking his wheel. I about soiled myself for even thinking that shit.
Just a chew toy for the hockey gods
What did that
commercial say about 2 free tacos???
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I think it is Tuesday of next week...
after 2 p.m. I wish we had a Jack in the Box here in the Haute dammit
'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
MARK VIDUKA
I hope Oshie’s okay (or not out for a ridiculously long time). But understand the fatalism around here.
Before this game, I actually thought the hockey gods might actually be smiling at me for a change, with both my teams atop their respective conferences and riding winning streaks. I was even dreaming about a Stanley Cup matchup between them. (And this about 2 teams who have NEVER hoisted the Cup.)
Still, in spite of tonight’s loss, we will NOT fall behind the LA Kings since they don’t play tonight.
(Must admit I didn’t watch the game since I was out running errands.)
Rocking the Red since 1975
ive been following this site for awhile now
so i thought id make an account after a loss like that and vent with the rest of you guys.
vent away
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
video on NHL.com about why the Blues can win the stanley cup
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=40&id=82213
I know its only one game but its weird timing to be the blues turn tonight
Hail to the Blues
So is it just me, or did the Blue Jackets..
look more like the San Jose Sharks tonight more than ever? Hear me out, now, maybe I’m the only one who hates the Sharks as much as the Red Wings or Blackhawks, if not more, but we (or just me) can pretty much say that the Sharks play a dirty brand of hockey and often get away with it due to them being a top-tier team. Yeah, they beat us, it’s easy to beat a team that was beat the second the puck dropped in the 1st period, but to do some of the shit, pardon my French, that the Blue Jackets pulled in the 3rd, is something I’d expect San Jose to pull, not Columbus. December 9th is going to be a bad day to be a Blue Jacket.
I didn't see the first period
but was this game any ‘dirtier’ than others? I wasn’t thinking that while watching.
It was a horrible game with maybe a horrible injury to a favored player.
But I didn’t see anything exceptionally dirty that doesn’t happen somewhat often in any game.
JMO
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I’m not just talking about the hit on Oshie, I’m talking about how, I forgot who his name was, I’ll correct myself when the video recap goes live on youtube, but the guy who high sticked Berglund, or pushed the Blues player into Mason giving them a goalie interference call. They knew they won, they sent their message out, loud and clear, but now, with Oshie suffering a broken ankle from that premeditated whatever you want to call it, I can’t help but think that come December 9th, the Blues will get some sort of revenge.
by stbluesboy21 on Nov 10, 2010 9:38 PM CST up reply actions
It was that rat bastage Umberger that got the stick up on Berglund...
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Nov 10, 2010 11:47 PM CST up reply actions
with a 7-goal lead
things got awfully chippy. some blues tried to make statements, some jackets tried to answer. basically, the refs let way too much go on.
St. Louis Game Time Fact: Morning links are part of a well-balanced meal.
SBNSTL Writing about the Blues in more than one line is tough.
The Blue Jackets are a dirty team. It’s not just your imagination.
I also root for the Washington Capitals and last year, their coach at the time, Hitchcock, had them go after Ovechkin in a game last November and injured him. Note: Hitchcock was the former coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, a team known for being dirty.
Rocking the Red since 1975
JR tweeted
that Oshie broke his ankle. Will require surgery.
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK
Sometimes, I wonder why hockey came south of St. Louis, and then I realize, I'm south of St. Louis. Coincidence, I think not.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
no seriously
Are you fucking kidding with me?
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
nope
It was word from Payne forwarded by JR.
Sometimes, I wonder why hockey came south of St. Louis, and then I realize, I'm south of St. Louis. Coincidence, I think not.
Fuck I wish I had easy access to a punching bag or something. Godamnit im just gonna crank one out and go to bed.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
OK while this does suck an entire bag of dicks
I’d hope even with the surgery it’s not a season ender. Which makes it not the worst that could happen
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
This is actually good news
assuming not ligament damage.
I could be back in about 2-3 months.
Better than a 6-8 month knee ligament injury
Ankle never occurred to me bizarre
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Bright side???
not dazzling bright but dim light bulb bright.
And we get to see how another rookie does.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Bingo.
I was at the game a couple years ago where McDonald broke his ankle. He came back before the end of the season; played in 46 games that year.
This is MUCH better news than a knee ligament tearing.
Fuck
I gotta wake up to go to wok in 6 hours. Fuck Im hungry, there is fuck all to eat. Fuck that game just kinda pisses me off. Godamnit why are targetted ads trying to sell me on some fucking plastic surgery. Maybe its cause the blues will put their first through someones head tomorrow like that Anthrax cover. Fuck I gotta get something to drink but I also gotta go to sleep. Fuck. Everyone be fucking nice to the new people that show up, we need more warm bodies in here.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Jay McClement for Selke in 2011. Justice will be served. Penalties will be killed.
Broken Ankle for Oshie?
Fucking hell…just when this season was starting to look bright….damnit I’m not getting fatalistic yet….
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Let's go Blues!
Oshie is simply irreplaceable.
The goals for this season just changed drastically.
Unless JD makes a move...
…and here’s me not holding my breath on that one.
We've got a story on the front specifically about the broken ankle.
You might stop by and put your reaction there.
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Wow....
Fuck My Life.
In our minds, we had to know there would be some hiccups along the way, what with no real scoring threats up front (the only semi legit one probably puking in a dark room from “just skating into a guy”) and the d line thats been torn to shreds within the first month.
I just didnt think we would get exposed like this. Embarrassed, but we HAVE to shake this off with a great home game tomorrow. Only way to kick shit like this.
On a related note, just would like opinions on the decision to pull Halak.
Anybody?
He let four goals in less than 30 minutes you have to pull him
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
Agreed...
Even Jacques Plante and Glenn Hall didn’t have their “A” game every night.
Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. The best goalies are the ones who are “gotten” by the bear least often.
B.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Nov 10, 2010 11:49 PM CST up reply actions
Injuries WTF?
Other than that Im trying to not overreact too much to this game. 8 goals!!! Seriously 8!!! Sorry had to do a little screaming.
Lets just hope they bounce back and kick some Predator ass.
O and I really hate cannons now.
Looks like the Blues and BJs were mixing it up before the game
during their pregame soccer game. Umbooogie was involved, color me shocked.
http://blog.dispatch.com/cbj/2010/11/turf_wars_jackets_blues_clash.shtml
Just a chew toy for the hockey gods
unfortunately,
i watched the entire game last night.
fortunately, i hadn’t eaten. so although i felt like puking, i didn’t.
that game last night was worse than any game we’ve seen the blues play in the past 2 years. at least in those past 2 years the blues would find a few minutes to somehow show they had life. last night was totally lifeless.
on the plus side, you know the Blues are fuming. and luckily they have a chance to get back out there tonight and kick some ass.
here’s hoping a speedy recovery for oshie.
jackman is not impressed.
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