Blues Unable To Respond Over Final Forty Minutes, Drop Two Points To Detroit

he’s this year’s ej. if/when steen and mac return, berglund isnt a top-6 forward. (backes, oshie, perron, steen, mac, stewie). if hes not the second line center, what value does he have?

i think he and bishop are being shopped in a nice, tall, package.

…taking Bishop out of the Rivermen lineup will absolutely end up nuking Peoria’s season, and that could actually end up nuking the Rivs’ chances of ever making a go of it at the AHL level in Peoria.

Unless the Blues have some secret plan in place to convince Konstantin Barulin to not only cross the pond but also play in P-Town for the rest of the year, the Blues absolutely have to keep Bishop in Peoria if they have any hopes of seeing the Rivs go anywhere in the playoffs.

Jake The Snake still has a world of potential, but he’s the poster boy for the sophomore slump this year, and I honestly don’t know if just throwing him to the Wolves (and the Admirals, and the Ice Hogs, and the Checkers, and…) would be the best thing for his development right now.

Now maybe, just maybe, if there’s a plan to sign Paul Karpowich about ten seconds after he leaves the ice in Clarkson’s last game this year, the Rivermen could Ride The Snake for a month or so until they can get Karpowich in there, but that’s assuming that Karpowich doesn’t struggle with making the adjustment to the pro game. He’s been outstanding on a mediocre team this year, so maybe he’s the shot in the arm that the Rivermen need.

I’d sure like to see them get some scoring help, and a defenseman or two, down there by season’s end as well. There are a few players who are due to come out of junior and turn pro this year — Cody Beach and Brock Beukeboom being the prime examples — but they both play on teams that have a shot at doing some damage in their own league playoffs. There’s no college help immediately available; Trevor Nill and Max Tardy have not exactly lit up the NCAA as scorers, and they’re both underclassmen still anyway. Jaden Schwartz could turn pro, but I don;t think the Blues want to rush him to the pro game just yet.

As for Europeans… Tarasenko, Wannstrom, Hakanpaa and Sergei Andronov are all in the last year of their contracts with the Euro clubs, and could potentially all cross the pond and play for Peoria on ATO’s in the playoffs. But trying to integrate that much new blood into a team that’s likely going to be in a playoff race right down to the wire, might be tough.

I missed it when I watched the game, but after watching video if it someone whopped him (probably out of irritation for him hitting Perron in the head while he was down on the ice a few months ago). I’d prefer to retaliate against Howard by absolutely lighting him up next time we play Detroit. That’s far more productive than needing to be called for a facemask.

Shattenkirk has turned into something special. 2 years from now he will be on of the best. He has even figured out how to play defense (nice coaching work there). I love to figure out some way to get Stewart back… Stastny misses him… and… don’t tell anyone… but so do I. Weird how the best player in the deal is turning out to be the player I thought was the weakest…

That and Jay McClement is always the Selke winner in my book.

Big fan of Square Peg. Guy will not stop, but if your looking at a Selke winner, I’m thinking O’Reilly.

Shouldn’t that be: Fuck! Detroit beat us again! ?