Veteran NHL defenseman Barret Jackman "totally should have had that" says woman in cheapest seats in building.

by gallagher on Dec 31, 2011 9:09 AM CST

Despite his best efforts on the ice, Blues defenseman Barret Jackman had a hard time winning over all of the hockey expert fans in attendance last night.

St. Louis, Missouri - Despite being approximately 600 linear feet from the point where a puck skipped over the top of Blues defenseman Barret Jackman's stick blade and flipped over the blueline and out of the offensive zone, Stacy Berns of Fairview Heights, Illinois, stated with utmost certainty that the former Calder Trophy winner and veteran of over 550 NHL games, "totally should have had that," Friday night. The play resulted in Jackman recovering the puck, making an 80-foot pass onto the tape of a teammate and the Blues resuming their attack into the Nashville Predators' zone.

"See," said Berns, "He sucks. Jackman can't do anything."

Jackman, for his part, seemed unapologetic, saying, "That play happens constantly in hockey. Sometimes you get a bad hop and the puck jumps your stick. You just recover and start over. It happens to everyone."

Berns, despite paying only $10 for her seat deep in Section 337 from a ticket redistribution specialist not far from where she got off the Metrolink after her $4 ride from Swansea, Illinois, wasn't buying it. "You never see Alex Pietrangelo or Kevin Shattenkirk make a mistake like that.

Moments later, as a puck evaded Kevin Shattenkirk's stick deep in the offensive zone and quickly turned into an odd-man rush towards the Blues' zone, Berns yelled out, "You better not screw this up, Jackman!"

As Jackman broke up the two on one and chipped the puck safely out of his team's defensive zone, Berns stating exasperatedly, "Ohhh! Great pass, Jackman."

After the Blues overtime loss, Berns returned home via Metrolink, complaining about Barret Jackman's effort the entire ride. Jackman, after playing over 25 minutes in 34 shifts, including over three minutes in penalty killing situations and managing three shots on goal and finishing with an even rating, boarded a plane to go play Detroit's Red Wings tomorrow night.

"I don't know," said Jackman, "I guess I'll try to do better to make her happy tomorrow."

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Meet the new Eric Brewer

Ever fan needs someone to dump on and since Brewer is gone, now its Jackman. I hate to say it but its true.

This is not Nam, there are rules

by SMOKIE on Dec 31, 2011 9:40 AM CST reply actions

well done, sir

that must have been a tough interview to set up. Was Stacy the chick that you saw puke and rally before going inside DrinkScotch?

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by CrossCheckRaise on Dec 31, 2011 9:55 AM CST reply actions

Great write up

I’ve never been a Jackman or Brewer basher. I’ve never really had the mentality that someone is a screw up all the time on any team. I just can’t understand that mentallity.

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by luvhockey on Dec 31, 2011 10:19 AM CST reply actions

Well done.

Fucking great Onion-esque lampoon of moron Jackman bashers. Dude isn’t Lidstrom or Weber, but he’s good.

Every d-man who plays with Jackman plays his best hockey: Polak, Shattenkirk, Johnson… and it’s not a coincidence. He’s great in his own zone and allows these guys to take risks.

He just doesn’t score goals. Get over it.

by Manbones on Dec 31, 2011 11:04 AM CST reply actions

Maybe education is the key

I think I might start bringing pre-printed cards to the game to hand out to these clowns. It might go something like this…..Ahem…….“As a St. Louis Blues fan and hockey fan, I thought you might want to know that yelling out uneducated and inaccurate comments about players and game plays makes you seem silly and ignorant. Please take this card and opportunity to fine tune your hockey acumen and come back again with an educated attitude.” Then have some decent websites to go to like Game Time and Puck Daddy. We will not reach all of them, but who said preaching the gospel was easy. I have considered this for the ass-monkeys who do not understand to wait for a whistle to move during the game. I am getting tired of yelling at them and the ushers. I am sure the people sitting around me get a little uncomfortable when my fat, bald drunk ass starts yelling at people. Don’t you just love an idealist?

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by TerrapinKen on Dec 31, 2011 1:25 PM CST reply actions

thankyou gallager

I get into the Jackman argument once a week with bandwagon fans. The last time the other team scored while Jackman was on the ice was 13 games ago against Colorado. When he plays physical d, face-rubs Ott on the ice, brutally cross checks datysuk along the boards, he’s the best pure defender we have.

by bluenoteinked on Dec 31, 2011 3:19 PM CST reply actions

Yeah, what that guy said.

That’s hysterical!

by JGB on Dec 31, 2011 3:41 PM CST reply actions

If that Jackman fuck would ever get his shit together...

… maybe the Blues would stop losing shootouts. I mean, he’s just leaving his goalie out to dry, attempt after attempt. That motherfucker LITERALLY goes over to the BENCH and plants his ASS on the pine, and SITS AND WATCHES as one enemy skater after another takes the puck and carries it all the way in from center ice.

Earn your fucking salary, you overpriced waste of a uniform. I can’t believe you let your goalies take that kind of abuse, shootout after shootout.

by BleedBlue42 on Dec 31, 2011 4:45 PM CST reply actions