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You Don't Always Get What You Deserve: Blues Fall To Avalanche

It happens. Sometimes you out-hustle an opponent, you out-shoot an opponent and you out-chance an opponent and you still lose. Sometimes that's because Chris Mason can't stop a beach ball and sometimes it is related to other issues. But usually it's Mason and his inability to see/react to beach balls. Sorry folks, it's just science.


But if I'm known for anything, it's my positivity, right? So let's start positive and see where we end up, shall we?

  • Congratulations to Alex Steen (or B.J. Crombeen if the goal ends up getting credited to his legs). The Blues record for fastest goal from the start of the game is eight seconds. It was set by Greg Paslawski on Oct. 29, 1985 in Washington. Tonight Steen/Crombeen's legs tied that record.
  • The Blues had 39 shots on goal in the game and completely dominated large chunks of the second and third periods. Everyone seems to think that Peter Budaj played out of his mind, but my seats at the rink aren't good enough to confirm that first-hand. I will say that it seems like most of the bounces seemed to go bad for the Blues when they needed that tying goal. File that, too, under You Don't Alaws Get What You Deserve.
  • Patrik Berglund continued to ramp up his late-season performance and all we can hope is that he rolls this on through the summer and into next year. A Berglund that plays as well as this one has lately would have been a big help at the start of the season.
  • I blasted T.J. Oshie pretty hard at the start of the year for not playing classic Oshie-style games. He wasn't flying around the ice, hitting and pounding and attacking the puck relentlessly. And then he had an emergency appendectomy, a procedure that he had to be pulled away from a meet-and-greet to go to the hospital to receive, pretty much confirming me as "Biggest Ass In Town" for a brief period of time. Oshie, of course, has been back to form for a long time now and watching him tonight was a reminder of what a great player he can become. He had one of those games where you notice him every second he is on the ice.
  • I don't want to leave anyone out who was working hard tonight, but it'd be easier to name a forward who wasn't. Frankly, I can't think of one. David Perron willed his goal into the net, while Andy McDonald, Paul Kariya and Keith Tkachuk all looked as energetic as the kids did. D.J. King didn't have a fight tonight, but he did have a hand in at least two near-goals, including the one waved off by the ref because someone was in the crease referees are idiots. Name a forward and I can think of a compliment for him tonight. I thought the whole group was strong.
  • In an effort to remain positive, I will not spend much time on the Blues goaltending and the fact that it let down the rest of the team that was working so hard to score goals. Yes, there were defensive breakdowns that led to odd-man rushes and open guys on the back door, but still, did Mason make even one difficult save tonight? At what point will this team make a move to grab a true number one goalie who can lock down games? So, yeah, I won't talk about that.
  • Dear Darcy Tucker, next time you want to start a fight with someone, you might want to remember that Mike Weaver (the Smallest Man In The NHL(TM)) is not the guy you want to try. Not only did ol' Monkey Arms step up to the challenge and daze you with a shot to the button, but he also got the takedown, putting you into the dying cockroach position on the ice. In short, you are now his bitch. Please make the appropriate arrangements with your family.
  • Those were two important points and the Blues lost both of them. This is supposed to be positive, so I'll just say this: They aren't mathematically eliminated yet!

The team travels to NY, NY for game against the Rangers on Thursday. What of those two points?

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Depressing.

Frustrating Loss. I really thought Mason should of been pulled after the 2nd or 3rd goal. Maybe Payne doesnt see it yet but its getting to the point where you can just see when Mason is on or Off right away. And after those first 2 goals I could tell it was going to be an off-night.

JoMilla.com

by JoMilla on Mar 16, 2010 10:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Was at the game as well

And pretty much agree on every point.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Mar 16, 2010 11:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Sad loss...

But cool that SLGT got a “shout-out” on the Bernie show, good shit, guys.

"Millhouse, push 'em down if he's in yer way! Jimbo, go for the face! LOOK!!! Ralph Wiggum lost his shinguard! HACK THE BONE!!! HACK THE BONE!!!"
-Lisa Simpson, Kwik-E-Mart Gougers Goaltender

by Nancy's Boy on Mar 17, 2010 1:32 AM CDT reply actions  

Bernie

is our guy. He got into us way early and has always been a big supporter, so I have nothin’ but love for the guy. He was telling people to read our shit when nobody was reading our shit.

by gallagher on Mar 17, 2010 1:47 AM CDT up reply actions  

As much as we want to blame bounces and Mason and whatnot

That stuff happens: Colaiacovo missed a wide open net.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Mar 17, 2010 7:34 AM CDT reply actions  

Was sitting on that side of the ice and

I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.

Kariya had a wide open shot chance in the third, too, and hit Budaj straight in the chest.

http://www.stlouisgametime.com/

by cold on Mar 17, 2010 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions  

The puck was on edge and bouncing on the saucer pass

according to Bernie.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Mar 17, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions  

Still

He’s an NHL player, he should be able to hit the net. I know I know it’s easier for me to say that than it is him to do that, but if we’re going to be getting on Mason or how bad the breaks were, you have to put Colaiacovo missing the net squarely at #1 for “good teams do this and the Blues don’t” for that game.

Not afraid to nitpick

by joker24 on Mar 17, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

I hear ya but swatting a kuckling puck like that is tough

Hitting it square is one thing, hitting it square and driving it where you want it to go is tougher than hell to do. Would have been a great goal had Cola potted it.

You could also blame the passer for tossing up the knuckle puck, why not toss it flat and hard? To me that’s one problem area for the Blues all season, their passing. They’ve gotten better but they still toss weak backhand passes around in both ends and get a lot of weak passes picked off. Sharp crisp passing in not one of our strengths right now.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Mar 17, 2010 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

and this is looking

like kt’s swan song. giving up the “a” seemed to indicate to me he was considering retirment and during last night’s telecast panger said something to the effect that this was “almost certianly” kt’s last season.

A strong anvil fears no hammer

by Childhood Trauma on Mar 17, 2010 9:19 AM CDT reply actions  

Colorado is a good benchmark for us

We finally took the wood to them and came up short, again. Blues gotta find a way to beat the Avs.

Oh well, the row we have to hoe just got a LOT weedier. March or die.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Mar 17, 2010 11:13 AM CDT reply actions  

Thanks Mr. G.

Glad to see you back here on good ole St. Louis Game Time.
In fact, good to see Game Time back in production too.
Too bad the Blues didn’t come through.

Hudson:

That’s it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck
are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

by DanGNR on Mar 17, 2010 12:28 PM CDT reply actions  

Sometimes you get the goat . . .

sometimes that goat bites you in the ass and steals your dinner.

Last night, the latter happened.

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.

by Donut King on Mar 17, 2010 1:49 PM CDT reply actions  

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