Quote (Genetics @ Apr 21 2015 10:21am)

if we lose this series to the wild, hitch needs to go.

his system is overrated as is, and our offense needs to be opened up.

the line combinations for yesterdays loss were disgusting. why the fuck is ott centering the top line for over 40mins? why is jaskin playing less than 9 mins? why do we keep playing our aged grit players with hardly any offensive ability so much, while playing some of our younger gifted players so little?

some of their postgame comments are confusing.

"we didnt play a full 60mins"- they didnt play 10mins of good hockey.
"they checked us hard"- well yea, you knew they would, and youre suppose to check them hard back, which you didnt.

that parise goal pissed me off. 3 blues defenders around 1 guy, but none of em take the body and allow parise to embarrass them.

bouwmeester is almost terrible this season and hasnt gotten any better this postseason. his lack of offensive ability paired with his weak defensive game is killing us.

pietrangelo and allen played well. they are the only 2 players who looked like they gave a shit.

i will be very disappointed if we dont come out for the start of game 4 flying around, hitting anything in a wild jersey, and taking shots from almost anywhere. someone step up in this locker room and make some well needed changes to either the lineup or game plan.

Quote (carmelhockey @ Apr 21 2015 10:49am)

They need to pretend they're playing against the Hawks

Quote (Genetics @ Apr 21 2015 03:21pm)

if we lose this series to the wild, hitch needs to go.

his system is overrated as is, and our offense needs to be opened up.

the line combinations for yesterdays loss were disgusting. why the fuck is ott centering the top line for over 40mins? why is jaskin playing less than 9 mins? why do we keep playing our aged grit players with hardly any offensive ability so much, while playing some of our younger gifted players so little?

some of their postgame comments are confusing.

"we didnt play a full 60mins"- they didnt play 10mins of good hockey.
"they checked us hard"- well yea, you knew they would, and youre suppose to check them hard back, which you didnt.

that parise goal pissed me off. 3 blues defenders around 1 guy, but none of em take the body and allow parise to embarrass them.

bouwmeester is almost terrible this season and hasnt gotten any better this postseason. his lack of offensive ability paired with his weak defensive game is killing us.

pietrangelo and allen played well. they are the only 2 players who looked like they gave a shit.

i will be very disappointed if we dont come out for the start of game 4 flying around, hitting anything in a wild jersey, and taking shots from almost anywhere. someone step up in this locker room and make some well needed changes to either the lineup or game plan.

Quote (Genetics @ Apr 21 2015 11:24am)

I'm not sure what they need, but it's mostly the opposite of last night. Their inability to try anything new when what they were doing wasn't working is what frustrates me the most. That and bouwmeester.

Quote (carmelhockey @ Apr 21 2015 11:28am)

Yeah they seemed really flat footed, Minnesota is also amazing when playing on home ice

Quote (rattle-trap @ Apr 21 2015 11:26am)

Hitchcock needs to go. coaches that run pure defensive first schemes never work out for winning the cup. Hes not a Jacques Lemaire.

Quote (Genetics @ Apr 21 2015 12:36pm)

blues are a damn good road team though, but all of this is besides the point.

its not just that the blues lost, its how they lost. they were dominated from beginning til end in that game and didnt try to make a single adjustment.

all hitchcock does is juggle lines and stick 4th liners on the 1st line etc. stick with the lines that got you there (for the most part), but change the tactics in game. ive been tired of hitch since the season started.



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Quote (iiTzChunky @ Apr 21 2015 12:41pm)

This is a huge problem for me, you have 2 chances to switch things up and make needed adjustments to get yourself back in the game and over and over again I see the blue failing to make these adjustments.

Quote (TOKiMONSTA @ Apr 21 2015 02:58pm)

Blaming the coaching haha.

Saying you're a good road team when playing a playoff game in Minnesota is idiotic.. Any team has little chance winning at the Excel right now.

Quote (Genetics @ Apr 21 2015 03:01pm)

This post means nothing, but ok. No matter how awful the blues just played, you still have to win 2 more games this series, and I doubt it'll be as easy as last night was.