Let's Go Blues

Jake Allen (Age 26) has played in 11 playoff games, started 8, was named the starter at the beginning of one series and lost in 6 to the Wild when the Blues scored a whopping 2, 4, 0, 6, 1, and 1 goal. But somehow that lack of scoring in 4 of 6 games was Jake Allen's fault and equates to Allen bein...

The second discussion, and this is where I disagree with what you have said, is about whether he's a good playoff goalie or not. I tend to think too much is made of how players perform in the playoffs vs regular season, but if we're going to judge his playoff performance in isolation, we have an 11...

The second discussion, and this is where I disagree with what you have said, is about whether he's a good playoff goalie or not. I tend to think too much is made of how players perform in the playoffs vs regular season, but if we're going to judge his playoff performance in isolation, we have an 11...

And yet other teams have made the similar leap on just as small of a sample size with similar aged goaltenders and it paid off for them. You're assuming it won't pay off for the Blues based on a tiny amount of data. Those teams have had an offense strategy and let their guns do the talking. If we d...

Our issue in the playoffs isn't whether we can beat anybody or not. We'll be an underdog against just about anybody we can face, but it's hardly unrealistic that Allen and Tarasenko get hot and we steal a series. The issue is that there are four series, not just one. Even if we can steal one, we'd ...

Yeah, the Blues are what they are. I was more measuring the Wild against the Hawks. It's not that I necessarily believe they'd beat either team, just who they might have a better chance against. It's just purely opinion based. You could be on the money; we'll see. Oakland--you think we could give A...

Our issue in the playoffs isn't whether we can beat anybody or not. We'll be an underdog against just about anybody we can face, but it's hardly unrealistic that Allen and Tarasenko get hot and we steal a series. The issue is that there are four series, not just one. Even if we can steal one, we'd ...

Yeah, the Blues are what they are. I was more measuring the Wild against the Hawks. It's not that I necessarily believe they'd beat either team, just who they might have a better chance against. It's just purely opinion based. You could be on the money; we'll see. Oakland--you think we could give A...

Yeah, the Blues are what they are. I was more measuring the Wild against the Hawks. It's not that I necessarily believe they'd beat either team, just who they might have a better chance against. It's just purely opinion based. You could be on the money; we'll see. Oakland--you think we could give A...

It's nice that someone can judge Allen on a miniscule body of work (a whole 11 playoff starts and one season as the clear #1 starter while judging the other goalie on his entire body of work. How about applying the same standard to Elliott that's been applied to Allen - judge Elliott on his first 1...

It's a little surprising Elliott's name still gets brought up considering the pick he was traded for was used to select a kid who has points in 28 consecutive OHL games. Kyrou has 30 goals and 60 assists in 62 games. Is that good? He may not play w/ the Blues next year (although he's on a Fabbri-li...

http://twitter.com/jprutherford/status/839915978158977028 Clearly not keeping Elliott was the problem. :lol: :roll: Clearly Yeo is a problem. :lol: Sorry, couldn't help myself. From https://www.nhl.com/news/brian-elliott-ready-for-top-goalie-spot-with-calgary/c-281244182 *snip* Elliott last season ...

From day one, I have said the solution is to keep Elliott and Allen together until Husso can be brought up. Keeping Elliott and Allen together was a non-starter. Elliott demanded being the #1. Had he "alone" played well as the starter? sometimes. Had he had bad stretches as the starter? sometimes. ...

* Signing Allen and Yeo to a long-term contract "sight unseen" - Jake Allen has played 60ish games in the NHL in his ENTIRE career and that allots him to make 4m a year? We complained about Berglund getting a hair under 4x5 and he's proven over the course of HUNDREDS of games to be consistent with ...

Wild are pretenders. I don't fear them. Chicago is the barometer we need to meet to move forward; regardless where the Hawks are in the standings, they have the ability to ramp things up in the playoffs. If anything concerns me, it's Jake Allen in the playoffs. He has to stand tall if the Blues are ...

Brian Elliott's on a five game winning streak, just broke over .900 and catching fire fast and now that we're veering back into Checketts 2.0 territory, I'll be over in the Flames board, you know, a team and management that really wants to win it all. Checketts 2.0? Did we unload $20 mil in salary ...

Brian Elliott's on a five game winning streak, just broke over .900 and catching fire fast and now that we're veering back into Checketts 2.0 territory, I'll be over in the Flames board, you know, a team and management that really wants to win it all.

Pullquote from the linked article below: • Armstrong used the word "rebuild" for the first time when referring to this season. "You build your team, then you look at it and you rebuild it," he said. "There are two teams that haven't had to rebuild it, and that's the Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsb...

Jfc has Army given up on the season?
https://twitter.com/jprutherford/status/836693248789917696

gtfo. That would be the biggest moron move ever. Trading Copley was to make more playing time for Husso backed up (obviously) by Binnington. Husso needs to take the reins as #1 down there for the next 3 or 4 seasons and really season. Bringing in a 3rd goalie, no matter who, makes it completely ill...