St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[TheoSqua]

Yeah. When healthy this team just has an absurd amount of overall talent. What they lack in top-end skill they more than make up for with depth.

The Blues have been without their 3 best forwards for the last 10 games and are 5-3-2. That's really about all you can ask of them.

[MrCrowesGarden]

I'm not sure how much he has left in the tank, but the Blues have signed Marek Svatos to a two-way contract. He still has to clear waivers, which means he can't play until Friday, but I don't blame them for giving it a shot. He hasn't been a dynamic scorer for a while, but he at least has shown a scorer's touch before.

It was a fun ride while it lasted, huh? Nashville used a waiver claim to get him.

I'm sure the rule in place is there for a reason, but it still seems weird to me the signing team has to get bumped all the way down to the 30th spot so the rest of the league can have a crack at the guy.

[lukethedrifter]

Two things:
I'm glad there are some serious Blues fans around here because I'm not going to join another time wasting message board just to learn more hockey. I'm learning quite a bit.

Next, I wonder if and when the Euro/Russian leagues will pay enough that elite level talent will be diluted.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Two things:
I'm glad there are some serious Blues fans around here because I'm not going to join another time wasting message board just to learn more hockey. I'm learning quite a bit.

Next, I wonder if and when the Euro/Russian leagues will pay enough that elite level talent will be diluted.

They're doing an OK job of it. They did get Jaromir Jagr to head overseas (granted, he was past his peak, but still a decent player). And there's a few more name players that occasionally get homesick and return across the pond.

[slide_into_first]

Coyotes-Blues game online atdhe.net today.

[JCShutout]

Interesting 12/13 game stretches for the Blues. Before Oshie's injury, the Blues went 9-2-2. Between then and Dec 4th, they went 3-7-2. They have been 8-3-1 since. As people have said, given the injuries and uncertainty, this is pretty exceptional.

It seems that if the D is fairly healthy, this team can deal with offensive injuries.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Cam Janssen and Kris Barch just had one of the best fights of the season. Good punches from both guys, definitely a long-runner, Cam even switched to throwing southpaw because his right got tied in the jersey.

Neither guy tried to get a cheap upper hand in the match either.

[Popeye_Card]

So, um, the Russians won gold in the WJC.

One Russian goal, then two, in a 13-second flash, and the ice began to give way. Russian captain Vladimir Tarasenko, playing with a rib injury, tied the score less than five minutes later. Canada looked frozen, panicked, lost. Russia was flying, and looked like men. A fourth goal came, and then a fifth, a weaving beauty from Nikita Dvurechenski, sealed the tomb.

It was grit, guts, heart, all those adjectives that Canadians sometimes believe to be their own exclusive property. Tarasenko’s ribs were so bad that Russian coach Valeri Bragin ordered him back to the locker room, and Tarasenko refused to go. As Russian goaltender Igor Bobkov recounted, “Vladimir Tarasenko, our captain, he has injury, and the coach said ‘Don’t go’ in the first period, and he said, ‘No, I’m going.’ And he scored the third goal. It’s the best captain in my life.”

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/01/ ... on-canada/

[JCShutout]

So, um, the Russians won gold in the WJC.

One Russian goal, then two, in a 13-second flash, and the ice began to give way. Russian captain Vladimir Tarasenko, playing with a rib injury, tied the score less than five minutes later. Canada looked frozen, panicked, lost. Russia was flying, and looked like men. A fourth goal came, and then a fifth, a weaving beauty from Nikita Dvurechenski, sealed the tomb.

It was grit, guts, heart, all those adjectives that Canadians sometimes believe to be their own exclusive property. Tarasenko’s ribs were so bad that Russian coach Valeri Bragin ordered him back to the locker room, and Tarasenko refused to go. As Russian goaltender Igor Bobkov recounted, “Vladimir Tarasenko, our captain, he has injury, and the coach said ‘Don’t go’ in the first period, and he said, ‘No, I’m going.’ And he scored the third goal. It’s the best captain in my life.”

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/01/ ... on-canada/

He'll look good in Boyes' lineup spot next year.

EDIT: Oops, BB has another year on his contract after this year.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Blues up 2-1, then down 4-2, now tied 5-5. Crazy swings there. Nice goal by Dags to tie it.