St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[BigDCardlvr]

Well, first the cardinals, now mizzou. It rests on the shoulder of the blues. No pressure. I guess the rams too, but that would be monumental and Herculean and I just dont see that happening. So, let's go blues.

[Popeye_Card]

On one hand, the Blues were pretty lucky to pull that one out.

On the other hand, they just beat Boston--one of the best teams in the league this season--on the road, without Perron, Jackman, Cola, or Polak. Starting two rookies on D playing their first NHL game. And only allowed 1 goal.

This team has some impressive blueline depth. Depth at forward may become an issue down the road this season. As you can see, we're one injury away from having both Winchester and Cam skating.

[lukethedrifter]

The Bruins have lost back-to-back games for the first time, losing to Washington 5-3 on Friday night after Rask came in to replace starter Tim Thomas in the third period, trailing 3-0. That leaves Rask with all four of Boston's losses this season.

So, in the NHL a goalie gets the loss if he comes in a game that his team is already down? Talk about Wins not being a good stat for a player.

[MrCrowesGarden]

The Bruins have lost back-to-back games for the first time, losing to Washington 5-3 on Friday night after Rask came in to replace starter Tim Thomas in the third period, trailing 3-0. That leaves Rask with all four of Boston's losses this season.

So, in the NHL a goalie gets the loss if he comes in a game that his team is already down? Talk about Wins not being a good stat for a player.

It's like baseball pretty much (although everyone thinks pitcher wins are useless too). The Bruins tied it up at 3, and then Rask gave up the game-winning goal.

And Popeye, it was Cole's first game, but he was forced into playing forward for it.

[lukethedrifter]

The Bruins have lost back-to-back games for the first time, losing to Washington 5-3 on Friday night after Rask came in to replace starter Tim Thomas in the third period, trailing 3-0. That leaves Rask with all four of Boston's losses this season.

So, in the NHL a goalie gets the loss if he comes in a game that his team is already down? Talk about Wins not being a good stat for a player.

It's like baseball pretty much (although everyone thinks pitcher wins are useless too). The Bruins tied it up at 3, and then Rask gave up the game-winning goal.

That makes more sense

And Popeye, it was Cole's first game, but he was forced into playing forward for it.

Did you see the interview with the kid? He couldn't have been more thrilled to be playing in the NHL in Boston.

[Popeye_Card]

He wasn't playing a wing, was he? Weren't the d pairings Brewer-Johnson, Jello-Strachan, Cole-Nikitin? I thought Oystrick was a healthy scratch. I certainly don't remember him skating.

[longhornbaseball]

He wasn't playing a wing, was he? Weren't the d pairings Brewer-Johnson, Jello-Strachan, Cole-Nikitin? I thought Oystrick was a healthy scratch. I certainly don't remember him skating.

They dressed 7 defensemen. Cole was listed as a winger but I don't think he played there, and if he did it wasn't for more than a shift or two. Petro was with Nikitin and Cole, Strachan, and Oystrick all rotated the last pairing. It'll be interesting to see what they do tonight.

[JackofDiamonds]

He wasn't playing a wing, was he? Weren't the d pairings Brewer-Johnson, Jello-Strachan, Cole-Nikitin? I thought Oystrick was a healthy scratch. I certainly don't remember him skating.

They dressed 7 defensemen. Cole was listed as a winger but I don't think he played there, and if he did it wasn't for more than a shift or two. Petro was with Nikitin and Cole, Strachan, and Oystrick all rotated the last pairing. It'll be interesting to see what they do tonight.

They shuffled the last 4 around (Oystrick, Nikitin, Cole, and Strachan) throughout the night. I was at the game last night, [expletive] incredible atmosphere. Great pace, great game, Oshie is made out of nails. The counter-checks on Chara and Krejci were be-[expletive]-utiful.

Also, "Boooom shak halaka, the Halakness Monster puts the Bruins on Halak-down."

[MrCrowesGarden]

He wasn't playing a wing, was he? Weren't the d pairings Brewer-Johnson, Jello-Strachan, Cole-Nikitin? I thought Oystrick was a healthy scratch. I certainly don't remember him skating.

They dressed 7 defensemen. Cole was listed as a winger but I don't think he played there, and if he did it wasn't for more than a shift or two. Petro was with Nikitin and Cole, Strachan, and Oystrick all rotated the last pairing. It'll be interesting to see what they do tonight.

They should be okay tonight. Drazenovic was recalled with Perron still woozy. I imagine he just couldn't get to Boston in time.

[longhornbaseball]

Drazenovic was one of the last guys cut and had 6 goals in 12 games at Peoria. I know they're different players, but I'd prefer to him to Winchester based on that alone. Winchester may be 6'5 but he's not a heavyweight. Janssen and Crombeen should be able to handle the goon detail.