St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[MrCrowesGarden]

Backes is taking part in the hardest shot and the shootout relay.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Backes represented well in the hardest shot. 96.6 and 96.9. He's far from the lead, but he did much better than I would've guessed.

[JCShutout]

I think the Blue is actually one of the cooler looking ones.

[JCShutout]

Backes with 3 assists in the ASG. Not bad.

[TheoSqua]

I'm more impressed that he he was taken over Stasney and Kessel specifically because Stall and Kesler had no interest in dealing with him on the ice.

[Lesson]

I was at the game tonight. Blues won 5-3. Halak's hurt and Bishop has been called up.

[MrCrowesGarden]

The Blues have waived Tyson Strachan, meaning (presumably) Nikitin's up with the team for good. Probably a good thing, he's looked great and has a heck of a shot.

I wonder if this means the team is closer on a D-man trade (Cola? Brewer? Jackman?), or if we might play 7 d-men. Not much need for Janssen to play, and you can't sit Nikitin when he's rolling.

[longhornbaseball]

Nikitin has been a lot better than his first stint. Andy McDonald was the difference between winning and losing yesterday. He's flying out there. Just gotta keep winning. They'll probably need to go 19-11 (or some variation that leads to 38 points) the rest of the way. They play Calgary, Minnesota, and Edmonton 9 times in their last 30 games. Halak was really good yesterday. His play will probably be the difference between playoffs and no playoffs.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Nashville makes a good-sized move today... acquiring Mike Fisher from Ottawa for a 1st and a conditional pick (2nd if the Predators make it out of the 1st round of the playoffs, 3rd if they don't).

Fisher's a good two-way player, but not a star. I'd think it's in the Blues best interest to start selling now. Boyes, Brewer, Cola, Jackman... they all should have value that's at least close to Fisher's.

[Lesson]

Nashville makes a good-sized move today... acquiring Mike Fisher from Ottawa for a 1st and a conditional pick (2nd if the Predators make it out of the 1st round of the playoffs, 3rd if they don't).

Fisher's a good two-way player, but not a star. I'd think it's in the Blues best interest to start selling now. Boyes, Brewer, Cola, Jackman... they all should have value that's at least close to Fisher's.

They shouldn't be selling, yet. They need to see how the next two weeks or so play out. If they lose a lot of those games, then they should sell. If they're at the brink of being the 8th seed, they need to buy. Brewer wouldn't want to be traded after just having a baby(he has a NTC). I think there's a good chance Cola is gone within the next two weeks.