Let's Go Blues

[quote}I have no basis for this but I would think he would want the contract Josi got and nothing less, which is 8 years, $9.059 AAV[/quote]

I would be 100% ok with this. This is reasonable.

Trade Allen, re-sign Pietrangelo. The end. Unfortunately, that would mean going with a lesser backup on the cheap, which will cost some wins, but it solves any cap issues irt re-signing Pietrangelo and the 2020 RFAs, even though there aren't that many and they are all lower end in terms of salary, ...

Also: I wouldn't even even-swap Pietroangelo with Karlsson. I think Pietro is the better overall player - at least with the Blues' system. Karlsson makes $11.5 a year. That makes Pietro a significant steal for us right now considering Pietro is out-producing him, but we'll just say they're both rela...

I vote resign. Yes, he will be expensive. Yes, letting him walk will free up cap space. Yes, we have several young depth that will last years to come for much cheaper. This Blues team is no longer rebuilding. They are built . Given the Cup last year, and a President's Trophy contender this year, it'...

WOOOOO!!!! WE DID IT, BOYS! FINALLY! This has been a surreal experience. I drove home work around 7:30 pm, and the city of St. Louis as far as traffic was a ghost town. I have never seen it like that. I went to Mizzou, and often Columbia would be a ghost down during Christmas break when all the stud...

I just came to say.... WOOOOOOOO! This could be...well, is , the most exciting game in Blues history since this chat forum's inception. Hopefully it gets superseded by another in the next few days... At this time of the year, posters usually talking about other series and what the Blues can do to be...

The biased Blues fan in me wishes it was reviewed and nullified, of course. But take this game out of it, would I feel the same way? If this were reviewable, there's a lot of technicalities people are overlooking, here. It's not as easy as saying "it's reviewable" and then it's finished. There needs...

The refs were playing nervous, tonight, overturning themselves. When the ref called two matching roughing minors, that wasn't consistent with the original penalty call. The ref signaled a penalty as the Stars player collided with Binnington. The ref has two options here: He's either calling the Blue...

Here's my thoughts on the Eakin call: Don't call a 5-minute major in a deciding game, if there's any inkling of doubt there. Then what you risk is (questionable) officiating deciding the outcome of the game, which, in this case, it did. If it were game 2 or 3, that's fine. That gives Vegas the oppor...

I don't mean feel bad enough that he should play. Business wise, it's the right decision. But I mean on a personal level. They didn't show him on camera during the series yet. He didn't come out to congratulate Binnington on the win. The announcers don't mention him by name. I feel that he's embarra...

That's very cool.

Did he have security with him? Can hockey players go shopping around town safely without too many people bothering them?

I am a huge supporter of Elliot, was glad he got the opportunity to finally start a Playoff series, thought it was completely unacceptable he was given the short end of the stick last year considering how well he's played for us, and thought his swap in the Dallas game was unnecessary. And Elliot ha...

I'm not going to lie, but playing the Sharks scares me. Playing Chicago scared me too, and we struggled through that one, and now we are facing a much hungrier team, deeper into the Playoffs, so it's going to Chicago on steroids. When you compare with the Blues: 1) Sharks are playing desperation hoc...

Elliot has been a rock, Elliot made better saves than Lehtonen, a loss for the Blues does not indicate by default an issue with goaltending. Elliot is in playoff mode right now and playing the best he's ever been, and if we get his mind out of this mode by starting a fresh goaltender, it could lead ...

I want to enjoy the moment but I must ask the inevitable question: If the Blues go far, does Elliot get resigned after this (his salary would go up drastically) and remain our constant goaltender for the next several seasons? Or, with Elliot's value at a sky high, do we trade him and get some all-st...

Stastny only taking one offensive zone faceoff in Game 6 is a coaching problem. When your leading faceoff % guy who took the most faceoffs during the regular season in spite of playing 15 fewer games isn't taking key offensive zone faceoffs, the coach isn't putting the best players in the best posi...

I blame Hitch for the 2nd period - I bet he told the team to play defensive/conservative hockey to hold the lead: that style of thinking does NOT work in Playoffs, and does NOT work against the HAWKS of all teams in the Playoffs. If the Blues can play the entire game as if they are behind, dominatin...

I really thought we were going to lose. An afternoon playoff game in Chicago's building. We weren't playing with the same intensity as the first two games - there were a lot of turnovers, and the Blues had trouble setting things up in the offensive zone. We were really fortunate that the goals we ha...

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After looking at his page, I found out he was vegan, so I'm pretty sure it's because we have the vegan connection and nothing to do with hockey - but little does he know I'm an avid hockey/NHL fan and a fan of his as a hockey player - how ironic!