St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[longhornbaseball]

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

You could, but objectively he's only been a #1 goalie since February. His performance as a starter thus far has certainly been great and there's no reason to think his performance will suddenly change but I wouldn't classify him as a superstar yet. He's certainly the closest, though. I think Halak, Petro, and EJ could all become big time players. Its nice to finally have what Chicago has in Toews and Kane with EJ and Petro.

[TheoSqua]

The Blues forwards just don't play long enough to have huge fantasy value.

Look at the average forwards time on ice: http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm? ... me=summary

Notice there's not many Blues in the top of that list. More time on the ice = better chance of getting points.

Having 4 solid lines rotating in and out puts a ton of pressure on the opposing team and keeps the game fast paced so that you wear out the opponent. It's not very good for creating point-per-game players though.

[TGantz]

The Blues forwards just don't play long enough to have huge fantasy value.

Look at the average forwards time on ice: http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm? ... me=summary

Notice there's not many Blues in the top of that list. More time on the ice = better chance of getting points.

Having 4 solid lines rotating in and out puts a ton of pressure on the opposing team and keeps the game fast paced so that you wear out the opponent. It's not very good for creating point-per-game players though.

So it's like Whitey-ball?

Payne-Puck?

[Popeye_Card]

These 4 day breaks early in the schedule are [expletive] killing me. Let's play some hockey.

Good tests coming up. Sharks at home will be a good test for the defense. Bruins on the road will be a check on the offense, and ability to play on the road (1-1-2 so far). November in general is pretty road heavy, so hopefully they can exit with a .600 or so point percentage going into a home heavy December.

[JCShutout]

From the Blues pumpkin carving contest:

[longhornbaseball]

These 4 day breaks early in the schedule are [expletive] killing me. Let's play some hockey.

Forrealz. The good thing is the longest break for the rest of November is the 21st-23rd. Other than that, there is a game at least every three days this month.

Does anyone know if there is a free preview of NHL Center Ice this month? I recently bought an HD TV and after programming it found that I had Center Ice. I just have basic cable through Charter so this was a nice surprise.

[st.lewis11]

These 4 day breaks early in the schedule are [expletive] killing me. Let's play some hockey.

Forrealz. The good thing is the longest break for the rest of November is the 21st-23rd. Other than that, there is a game at least every three days this month.

Does anyone know if there is a free preview of NHL Center Ice this month? I recently bought an HD TV and after programming it found that I had Center Ice. I just have basic cable through Charter so this was a nice surprise.

Center Ice's free preview was the first few weeks, but is already over with. If you're still getting it, it'd be Charter's own preview.

[The Third Man]

You guys are making me want to buy the NHL online package. Maybe past the halfway point when the price goes down. It's the only way, in Lawrence, I'll get to watch more than a couple of Blues games.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Anybody have any cheap tickets for tonight's game against the Sharks?

[MrCrowesGarden]

I know EJ and Petro can really bomb it, but man, D'Ags has such a nice release on his shot.