St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[lukethedrifter]

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[TheoSqua]

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It's nice to see the Blues having a team good enough to get some national recognition.

[st.lewis11]

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It's nice to see the Blues having a team good enough to get some national recognition.

I guess so, but I'd like to see our special team units improve, before giving that #1 ranking.

[st.lewis11]

WTF? Wings & Blues have 5 games in hand over the Hawks......crazy schedule.

[lukethedrifter]

I noticed that the Blues have only 3 players in the top 150 fantasy rankings on ESPN.

[longhornbaseball]

I noticed that the Blues have only 3 players in the top 150 fantasy rankings on ESPN.

I wouldn't be surprised if they led the league in points at the all star break and only had one all star. They have a lot of good players, none great (yet), and one terrible (I'm still trying to figure out what Winchester does).

[MrCrowesGarden]

I noticed that the Blues have only 3 players in the top 150 fantasy rankings on ESPN.

I wouldn't be surprised if they led the league in points at the all star break and only had one all star. They have a lot of good players, none great (yet), and one terrible (I'm still trying to figure out what Winchester does).

If you wanted to make the case for Halak being great, I think you could.

[thrill]

Obviously he's young, and greatness is, in my vocab, reserved for hall of fame players, but I'll freely label him as [expletive] awesome.

Btw, Andy Strickland tweeted that the Blues have the 4th highest tv ratings behind Pitt, Buffalo and Detroit.

Interesting. I don't live there, but even I've noticed a bigger swell of interest via the internet since I've been following in earnest since '01.

[Popeye_Card]

Well if the Blues keep it up, they will have a strong Vezina candidate (Halak), and Calder candidate (Jello), and deserving Selke types (McClement first and foremost). For fantasy purposes, maybe this is not a good team. But the depth is really good. The 4th line being semi-productive has been great. Underrated in the Blues' defensive success is how strong the majority of our forwards are on the defensive side of the rink. That doesn't directly show up on the stat sheet, but it shows in the goals and shots allowed (and PK%).

As for interest, I think it is pretty strong. Almost everyone I work with has at least some interest in the Blues, and follow games on FSN from time to time. You wouldn't know it from sports radio or PD coverage though. I blame it on those on the radio really not knowing much about hockey. And the PD sucking in general.

[Lesson]

Petro's been good so far. And Nitkin will be back.