Quote (Genetics @ Apr 7 2018 09:58pm)
disappointing. the blues have no one to blame but themselves.
down the stretch there, they had a road game in phoenix followed by home games against washington and chicago, each of which had nothing to play for. the blues needed 1 pt out of those 3 games, and they got none.
pietrangelo should be a norris candidate. without him, our defense is useless. parayko is a hell of a defensive wizard, but god damn he needs to take the next step with his offensive game. dunn on the other hand, hes the opposite.
brodziak had a hell of a season. i doubt hes back with the blues next year though. schenn, schwartz, and tarasenko are fine. berglund is meh, and sobotka was absolutely horrible this year. between him and allen, they were the biggest disappointments.
this 1a/1b goalie shit doesnt fly. its too much pressure on the goalies. no good teams rely on 2 goalies. figure it the fuck out, but imo allen isnt the guy. i dont know if his contract can be moved, but if so he needs to go. the inconsistencies are too much to handle.
the blues have a few big name prospects that could change this team next year. heres to hoping one or two pan out.
#1 priorty; tavares. theres no telling if he has any interest in coming here. if he does though, give him a blank check. a backup plan is needed in case he doesnt come here though.
our GM has some work to do this offseason. were more than 1 piece from stanley cup caliber. our top 6 needs major work and our depth let us down big time this year.
and on a finishing note, i would like to say that the nhl can eat a dick this year. between the horrible goalie interference not called against boston earlier this year, to the two goals the blues scored that werent overturned even though you could see white between the puck and goal line, to the pathetic missed call on offsides against the avs, the blues got zero breaks from the shotty review the nhl conducts on a nightly basis. i used to be able to say the nhls refereeing and review process is the best of the major sports, but i cant say that anymore. the last few years make that clear as day.
congrats avs, you were the better team and you deserve to move on. i still hope your owner walks himself into oncoming traffic while simultaneously burning to death though.
Everyone is going to take a run at Tavares. If it gets to that point there will be at least half a dozen teams that will throw a blank cheque at him.
Any team who is counting on Tavares joining them is in deep shit. He may not even hit the market.
At least STL made a push after being seen as sellers at the deadline. Think they will make it back next year.
There are too many good teams in the West right now. Even if a team is decent drastic changes have to be made just to compete.
Realistically I see STL making the playoffs next year, but not getting far based on a lot of the points you brought up.
This post was edited by Killingyouall on Apr 7 2018 11:07pm