cardinalkarp wrote:I have no idea whose been in goal for all these late game goals (I haven’t had much time to watch yet this season), but I’m pretty convinced Allen is not #1 material. Time for the Blues to go back to the goalie drawing board again.
Allen hasn't been perfect, but its not all his fault...
cardinalkarp wrote:I have no idea whose been in goal for all these late game goals (I haven’t had much time to watch yet this season), but I’m pretty convinced Allen is not #1 material. Time for the Blues to go back to the goalie drawing board again.
Allen hasn't been perfect, but its not all his fault...
stolen from LGB.com
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I wasn't trying to blame it all on Allen....but we've seen this same stuff for years now. He's not the guy imo.
Allen has certainly been invonsistent over the years. But right now the issue is either the defensive play (both D and forwards, but mostly D) or the coaching/scheme. Or both.
I wouldn’t hesistate to fire Yeo if they don’t right the ship soon.
cardinalkarp wrote:I have no idea whose been in goal for all these late game goals (I haven’t had much time to watch yet this season), but I’m pretty convinced Allen is not #1 material. Time for the Blues to go back to the goalie drawing board again.
Allen hasn't been perfect, but its not all his fault...
stolen from LGB.com
To be a little fair, this is 3 on 3 OT. Don't they run 2 FWDs and 1 D during OT? Still, yeah, that guy is WIIIIIIIDDEE open.
The Blues have hung Allen out to dry an awful lot this season so far. It seems like they will control the puck and be applying pressure on the other team for a decent stretch but then they just make a stupid pass or blow an assignment that leads to a break away with nobody back to help. It's like they feel guilty about hogging the puck and not giving the other team a chance from time to time.
And then there was the other day when there was a scramble in front of the net and the next thing you know Allen is literally laying under a pile of Blues and the net is left wide open for an easy goal because they were all tangled up and nobody could actually get up.
Allen is definitely not the guy long term but he's not even half of the problem so far this season in my opinion. At least not until he forgets how to play hockey and goes through his annual stretch where he can't stop a beach ball rolled slowly from center ice for a month.
I was listening to Bernie the other day (yeah, I know) and he noted that the Blues have given up the most or third most or whatnot "high danger chances", and that really, Allen has played well, with the exception of the first game. Also, JayBo on the ice for what, 3 or 4 of the goals against last night?
JCShutout wrote:I was listening to Bernie the other day (yeah, I know) and he noted that the Blues have given up the most or third most or whatnot "high danger chances", and that really, Allen has played well, with the exception of the first game. Also, JayBo on the ice for what, 3 or 4 of the goals against last night?
