St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[longhornbaseball]

Mr. Boyes is stepping up and I like it.

EDIT: OMG a Winchester sighting.

[TheoSqua]

that 3rd period was rough

[longhornbaseball]

Nikitin is not good. People are raving over him but I don't see it. He gets sloppy a lot.

Some tough bounces tonight but they aren't the same without Jackman, Polak, Oshie, and Perron.

[lukethedrifter]

This season isn't getting ready to fall off a cliff, is it?

[Blitzer]

i understand that losing Oshie, Perron, Jackman, Polak etc is very bad. But what the hell is causing these multiple games where they are giving up handfuls of goals within a couple minutes. Its like they straight give up.

[JCShutout]

I would doubt anyone is "giving up". Oshie was awesome defensively, and Polak was our best defensive defenseman, with Jax probably our second best. Other guys are getting more ice time since we can't replace those guys' skill, which means they get more tired. Simply put, the four we lost are difference makers... or at least Osh, Perron and Polak are.

And wow, file those few minutes in the 3rd under WTF.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Halak kinda Turek'd it in the 3rd in all fairness. That goal to Zetterberg was awful.

[longhornbaseball]

This season isn't getting ready to fall off a cliff, is it?

As bad as it has been, they're still on pace for 101 points which would be 5th in the West.

I think they should call up Cole and send down Nikitin. They got Colaiacovo back so they should be ok offensively on the blue line. Cole reminds me of Polak in that he's very strong on his skates and is solid against the forecheck. Nikitin looks gassed in the 2nd period and starts making bad mistakes (like giving Modano an easy pass into the slot on Cleary's 2nd goal).

[TheoSqua]

yeah, the problem is depth.

B.J. Crombeen played 16 minutes against Detroit.

Crombeen.
16 minutes.
Detroit.

Depth is definitely an issue right now.

[JackofDiamonds]

The lEastern Conference, the cure for what ails ya.