The Rest Of The Schedule Is Not Kind For The Blues

The Blues have three games in hand against both Nashville and Chicago and Detroit. Winning tonight against Los Angeles would move them back into second place, and a win against Nashville on Saturday night would help cement that further.

Also, we see in that picture that Louie has learned Roman Polak’s helmet-farting technique.

Oshie’s crop duster.

The NHL teams with the easiest remaining schedule are Florida (.532), St. Louis (.541), Colorado (.542), San Jose (.543) and Vancouver (.543).

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This is a story about a pantless blue rat.

/80’s literacy PSA

Let’s hope it doesn’t kill them going into the playoffs.
We need to win a few of those back to back.

Then I realized it was just a pantless Blue Pedo Bear.

How is Clarence doing?

The end result of the launch of a Louie poo bomb

that such a schedule will really toughen them up and build character…like the Miracle on Ice gang in Norway?

One is where the Blues look at the schedule, shriek loudly, pass out, and when they come to . . . play like total ass the rest of the way and miss the playoffs.

The other is where the Blues look at the schedule, gesture toward Gary Bettman to eat their dicks, suit up and go balls-to-the-fucking-wall the rest of the way and roll into the playoffs on a hot streak.

I’d put my money on the latter, honestly.

the fuck Wings have lost their goalie for a few days. I think he’s a terrible goalie anyway but he does just OsGood enough to be successful.

nothing would be finer than to bounce either one of them pretenders from the playoffs in the 1st round. I can hear the sobbing now after we crush them like grapes.

/big grin

but that bank does not give out interest.

hitch’s road record needs improvement for the blues to continue to be considered a top contender. not that i expect them to fall out of the playoff race, of coarse, but it might be difficult, going forward, to remain in a president’s cup race.

we will see what the team gets, in the way of help, from injury returns and maybe elsewhere

What we have seen from them can reasonably be called their floor. The PP sucks, the PK is average, nobody is having a career season, we haven’t had our full complement of players together for ONE GAME this season, we are spending at the cap floor, etc. The only area that seems like it may be outkicking its coverage is the goaltending, but 50 games into the season is a decent sample size and that doesn’t look like it will be torpedoing any time soon.

Basically, I think that there is a good possibility SOMEBODY really picks up their scoring this second half. My bet is on Perron as he has had time to recover from injury and will start putting those shots that are going just wide, into the back of the net. Add to that the return of Steen and hopefully Mac and you are looking at a better offensive team. Hell, maybe even Bergie can start to play like he did the last game. How awesome would THAT be???

In conclusion, Let’s Go Blues.

As much as I’d like a first-round showdown with the Wings or Hawks, I’d rather see the Blues finish in first place and then take on the winner of a Hawks/Wings series.

Pipe dream? Maybe. Hell, it’s conceivable that the Blues could finish in 6th and face the Pacific Division champs. But Brad is probably spot-on in his 4th or 5th place assessment.

Hopefully a few more guys besides Sam Gagner will drop an eight spot on the Hawks before the season’s over. That would help ensure a first round home advantage.

Pens extended Vitale

Penguins sign C Vitale to an extension

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins signed center Joe Vitale to a two-year, $1.1 million contract extension on Friday, locking up a 26-year-old who has earned a regular spot in the lineup this season.

Vitale has three goals and seven assists while dressing for 44 of Pittsburgh’s 51 games, filling a third- or fourth-line role and serving on the Penguins’ fourth-ranked penalty-killing unit.

Vitale, who made his NHL debut for Pittsburgh last season, leads the team in faceoff percentage (55.9 percent) and has 24 blocked shots. The 5-foot-11, 205-pound St. Louis native would have been a restricted free agent this offseason.

We all know that the Blues have a 6 game road trip starting 2/23 in Nashville, then Home for 3 , then from 3/11 thru 3/25 a 7 game road trip. Brutal.

Bottom line short and sweet, The ’Note will have to prove to all of us Blues fans and the NHL in general that the ’Note can win ON THE ROAD.

And it would be nice to kick the Mustard Predators ass tonight in Nashville. Long overdue , Bergland and Stewart? hello? Show up tonight with your " A " game and get your fucking head out of your ass! Lets Go BlUUUUUEEESSS!!!!!