WHY on earth didn't the Blues get Gaborik??

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Re: WHY on earth didn't the Blues get Gaborik??

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Slumps happen. If you make knee jerk trades every time the team goes into a scoring slump, you'll screw up your team.
With that said, yes...we ended up needing more punch in the playoffs. But the injury to Backes and others didn't help things, plus we were severely banged up to end the season. Much more than the Hawks were.
And I'll give the Hawks some credit here though. They blocked a ton of shots and Crawford was big when he had to be. We weren't playing Columbus. We were playing the defending cup champs...and the series could have easily gone either way. We were within a goal or two of sweeping for crying out loud. The series was a battle...and up until game #6, both teams were about dead even in goals scored.

And how do you know we didn't go after Gaborik? I think it's pretty safe to assume the team did indeed look into upgrading the offense, but the asking price was either too high or they couldn't take on the salary due to the cap.
To assume they didn't look into getting someone is assuming they announce ever single player they look into, and we all know Armstrong is pretty tight lipped about everything he does player-wise.

If Gaborik is still available in free agency in the offseason, the Blues will look at him, among others...no doubt.
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Re: WHY on earth didn't the Blues get Gaborik??

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Cprice, you can just as easily say the Hawks could've swept the Blues too.

Gaborik's legend just grew by getting the CONFERENCE winning goal last night in OT!

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I think the Blues should've drafted Datsyuk or Zetterberg in the first or second round.

WHY on earth did they not do that?!?
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JesusNEVERexisted wrote:Cprice, you can just as easily say the Hawks could've swept the Blues too.
And I have said that numerous times. It could have been a sweep either way.
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