St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[InvincibleCakeEater]

This has been fun to watch.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Grabovski's shootout goal was sick.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Grabovski's shootout goal was sick.

Up there with Stamkos' penalty shot from about a week ago.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Tough one to lose. Can't fault Conks on Grabovski's goal, but the other two were meh.

[Popeye_Card]

Tough one to lose. Can't fault Conks on Grabovski's goal, but the other two were meh.

Conklin is pretty brutal in the shootout historically.

Nice to get a point, but we need to beat these bad teams--even on the road--if we're going to keep up in the West.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Tough one to lose. Can't fault Conks on Grabovski's goal, but the other two were meh.

Conklin is pretty brutal in the shootout historically.

Nice to get a point, but we need to beat these bad teams--even on the road--if we're going to keep up in the West.

Just a weird game. Going into the game, I would've been disappointed with just a point. The way it played out, I'm somewhat relieved.

[longhornbaseball]

They need to pull Conklin and put in a cold Halak for shootouts. That was pathetic and it wasn't a fluke. Among goalies who have competed in at least 10 shootouts Conklin is second to last (just ahead of Curtis Sanford) in SV% at .521. Average is .674. Halak is tied for 8th best at .744. The coaching staff should know these things.

I don't care how bad Halak was, or how embarrassing it would have been for Conklin, he should never be allowed to take penalty shots. That's the second missed point this year. Points we might need.

And I still ♥ Steen.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I guess the Blues are trying waiver-gate again. It hasn't officially happened yet, but it's expected they'll sign Kyle Wellwood once he's finally released from his contract in the KHL.

He's got the reputation of being an extremely talented player who just doesn't give a crap. Supposed to be pretty good at faceoffs and shootouts though.

[Popeye_Card]

Backes got named to the All-Star team. Woo hoo Backes.

/i felt i should at least mention it in this thread, even though the NHL all-star game may be the single worst "game" played each year in any sport, outside of the pro bowl.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I guess the Blues are trying waiver-gate again. It hasn't officially happened yet, but it's expected they'll sign Kyle Wellwood once he's finally released from his contract in the KHL.

He's got the reputation of being an extremely talented player who just doesn't give a crap. Supposed to be pretty good at faceoffs and shootouts though.

This signing is now official. Wellwood is still going to have to pass through waivers though, so we won't know for sure if he's coming to St. Louis for about another 24 hours.