How Important Is Roman Polak For The Blues?

by Rich of GASL on Jan 1, 2011 11:39 AM CST

The answer is: Really fucking important.

The Blues are 9-2-2 this season when Roman Polak is in the lineup. When Tyson Strachan is in the lineup the Blues are 9-8-2. So, the Blues average 1.54 points per game when Polak is around, which would come to 126 points over a whole season. With Strachan those numbers are 1.05 and 86.

Now, of course, not everything else is equal here. So, this isn't a slap at Tyson. But clearly this team plays better when Roman is healthy.

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Uh Oh

Pretty sure the hockey gods read that as a contract for a hit on Polak. Just when we got him back too :(

by CakeEater07 on Jan 1, 2011 1:54 PM CST reply actions

I just hope we sign him sooner than later.

He may cost a decent amount too.

by mulax6 on Jan 1, 2011 3:19 PM CST reply actions

he is the

bryce salvadore the blues wanted bryce salvadore to be.

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by Childhood Trauma on Jan 1, 2011 4:55 PM CST reply actions

p.s.

bryce salvadore was at one point in time labeled untradable by the upper blues peeps.

And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

by Childhood Trauma on Jan 1, 2011 4:56 PM CST up reply actions

Yikes...

Bryce was a useful player and all…but untouchable? Someone in management had a screw loose back then.

by Rich of GASL on Jan 1, 2011 5:11 PM CST up reply actions

He is half our shutdown Defensemen

Him and Jackman are pretty damn important. Brewer, EJ, Cola, Petro are all puck movers and while their defense isn’t bad Jaxx and Roman are the workhorses on the team as far as defending the goalie goes. If one of them goes down we have to go from 2 shutdown Dmen to all Offense/Defense pairings which doesn’t work as well for us.

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by Icion on Jan 1, 2011 11:51 PM CST reply actions

well said

see above

by socalblues on Jan 5, 2011 1:35 PM CST up reply actions

I wholeheartedly agree.

If SIR JAXX were not still part of this team, Roman Polak would be my favorite Blues defenseman, because simply put, the young man just goes about his business quietly and does his job.

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by Donut King on Jan 1, 2011 11:55 PM CST reply actions

Polak is very important to this team he is te best Defensemen on the Blues I don't care what anyone says

The reason they got rid of Bryce Salvadore was to free up some more money for Jackman so he would stay with the Blues it wasn’t because they really wanted Cam Janssen.

by Justin French on Jan 2, 2011 5:10 PM CST reply actions