The short shifting "defensive" strategy toward the end of the third was bogus. 100% removed any opportunity to have sustained pressure on offence. Getting the puck just to give it away, get a change, and go back to defense is going to wear your team down faster than the opponent.
- Blue Clam

it was the old Blues, dump and chase, play defense with a lead. You need to go for the throat at those times and force the Stars to play defense. Hopefully they will show up in game 3

who the heck is Tony X?
- BluesDroogie

Twitter sensation

Twitter sensation
- Jason Millen

gosh darn it you kids with your new fangled devices, just don't understand it

gosh darn it you kids with your new fangled devices, just don't understand it
- BluesDroogie

You have to figure out typing and your keyboard before you can graduate to twitter.

gosh darn it you kids with your new fangled devices, just don't understand it
- BluesDroogie

http://sports.yahoo.com/b...-the-world-074323576.html

there are tons of articles about him already. I think Hochman did a piece on his in the post a few days ago.

You have to figure out typing and your keyboard before you can graduate to twitter.
- Jason Millen

typing is fine, keyboard just needs a good punch or two

Okay, that's who i was reading about on thursday in the post dispatch. okay i get it

8:30 start on tuesday. Any idea as to were to watch since i do not have tickets? Trying to find somewhere for me and my friend. Wil ballpark village have the game on?

8:30 start on tuesday. Any idea as to were to watch since i do not have tickets? Trying to find somewhere for me and my friend. Wil ballpark village have the game on?
- BluesDroogie

Yes, it should have it.

8:30 start on tuesday. Any idea as to were to watch since i do not have tickets? Trying to find somewhere for me and my friend. Wil ballpark village have the game on?
- BluesDroogie

Cardinals also have a home game so that place will probably be packed.

8:30 start on tuesday. Any idea as to were to watch since i do not have tickets? Trying to find somewhere for me and my friend. Wil ballpark village have the game on?
- BluesDroogie

come on down for visit. only a two and a half hour drive. you can meet my gf who was a punk in Germany.

I wish such a thing were feasible.

I am going to hate watching this game.

Stupid dinosaur coaches think you can play the old way and shut teams down but obviously it no longer works.

If you gomup by two, it is better to put pressure and risk giving up a goal to get a goal than standing on your heels in perfect position to take penalties, be caught flat footed and chasing the play. The dagger is four goal leads and even then you have to dictate the pace. Play the other team into frustration.

come on down for visit. only a two and a half hour drive. you can meet my gf who was a punk in Germany.

I wish such a thing were feasible.
- BluemanGuruu

boyo give me a weekend game and me and my pit will gladly take you up on your offer any weekend game. i'll bring my tent and have some fun

as an anarchist, cops were decent tonight. called to my house for trying to wake up my brother who was not home, i waas locked out
. they were not evil ilke they normally are

Didn't see any of Game 2 as I was traveling back from my grandmothers 90th birthday celebration

Got home just in time to get alerted to Backes scoring in OT

Not a bad way to end a nice weekend

Game 3 will be huge in this series

One Game One shift at a time

I am going to hate watching this game.

Stupid dinosaur coaches think you can play the old way and shut teams down but obviously it no longer works.

If you gomup by two, it is better to put pressure and risk giving up a goal to get a goal than standing on your heels in perfect position to take penalties, be caught flat footed and chasing the play. The dagger is four goal leads and even then you have to dictate the pace. Play the other team into frustration.
- BluemanGuruu

I'm confused.

To hear Captain Kangaroo talk after the game, it was the players that just naturally sat back and tried to hold on to the ole cursed two goal lead, but gosh, I'm pretty sure it's the coaches that shift the players on and off the ice, right?

So the game plan to mount no forecheck, make no attempts to gain offensive zone time, to get possession of the puck just long enough to skate it to the red line, dump it deep and get off on another line change after 25 seconds - well that would come from the suits standing up behind the players, right?

Well, thank goodness they learned their lesson. Thank goodness they're reminded not to take their foot off the gas. Thank goodness they'll never let that close call happen again.

Because it didn't happen in the first round and we certainly know they never gave away a two goal third period lead at any time during the regular season.

Thank goodness, this is the one and only time this has come up and they now know how to deal with it in the future.

Sheesh.

Thank goodness the knucklehead factor was big for Dallas yesterday in the person of Antoine Roussel. He was a big help.

I'm confused.

To hear Captain Kangaroo talk after the game, it was the players that just naturally sat back and tried to hold on to the ole cursed two goal lead, but gosh, I'm pretty sure it's the coaches that shift the players on and off the ice, right?

So the game plan to mount no forecheck, make no attempts to gain offensive zone time, to get possession of the puck just long enough to skate it to the red line, dump it deep and get off on another line change after 25 seconds - well that would come from the suits standing up behind the players, right?

Well, thank goodness they learned their lesson. Thank goodness they're reminded not to take their foot off the gas. Thank goodness they'll never let that close call happen again.

Because it didn't happen in the first round and we certainly know they never gave away a two goal third period lead at any time during the regular season.

Thank goodness, this is the one and only time this has come up and they now know how to deal with it in the future.

Sheesh.

Thank goodness the knucklehead factor was big for Dallas yesterday in the person of Antoine Roussel. He was a big help.
- bcallaway

Yeah his comments sounded like he was not sure what happened in the game

Pretty sure if you see your team playing not to lose you try and fix it

Very strange quotes from Hitch

Yeah his comments sounded like he was not sure what happened in the game

Pretty sure if you see your team playing not to lose you try and fix it

Very strange quotes from Hitch
- sycsam

It's strange virtually anytime he opens his word hole these days.

No comment on how terrible Bouwmeester was from beginning to end?

No comment on how terrible Bouwmeester was from beginning to end?
- WhatAboutBawb

he was AWFUL in game 1 I mean awful

I cant comment on Game 2 but man was he terrible in Game 1

On Faksa's goal he didn't attack the guy driving the net at all

It was a 2 on 2 and 2 guys played one

Recipe for disaster

I'm confused.

To hear Captain Kangaroo talk after the game, it was the players that just naturally sat back and tried to hold on to the ole cursed two goal lead, but gosh, I'm pretty sure it's the coaches that shift the players on and off the ice, right?

So the game plan to mount no forecheck, make no attempts to gain offensive zone time, to get possession of the puck just long enough to skate it to the red line, dump it deep and get off on another line change after 25 seconds - well that would come from the suits standing up behind the players, right?

Well, thank goodness they learned their lesson. Thank goodness they're reminded not to take their foot off the gas. Thank goodness they'll never let that close call happen again.

Because it didn't happen in the first round and we certainly know they never gave away a two goal third period lead at any time during the regular season.

Thank goodness, this is the one and only time this has come up and they now know how to deal with it in the future.

Sheesh.

Thank goodness the knucklehead factor was big for Dallas yesterday in the person of Antoine Roussel. He was a big help.
- bcallaway

Great post

Seguin is skating today

Seguin is skating today
- Yeah Boyes

He and eaves didn't travel to STL though

I disagree. He has been the catalyst in creating a number of very important goals.

His defensive play is improving, but still has holes, especially positionally.

He has been especially good on the pp. His unit might not always score but his unit gets lots of quality chances.

This was supposed to wuote Etech on Fabbri.

I'm confused.

To hear Captain Kangaroo talk after the game, it was the players that just naturally sat back and tried to hold on to the ole cursed two goal lead, but gosh, I'm pretty sure it's the coaches that shift the players on and off the ice, right?

So the game plan to mount no forecheck, make no attempts to gain offensive zone time, to get possession of the puck just long enough to skate it to the red line, dump it deep and get off on another line change after 25 seconds - well that would come from the suits standing up behind the players, right?

Well, thank goodness they learned their lesson. Thank goodness they're reminded not to take their foot off the gas. Thank goodness they'll never let that close call happen again.

Because it didn't happen in the first round and we certainly know they never gave away a two goal third period lead at any time during the regular season.

Thank goodness, this is the one and only time this has come up and they now know how to deal with it in the future.

Sheesh.

Thank goodness the knucklehead factor was big for Dallas yesterday in the person of Antoine Roussel. He was a big help.
- bcallaway

I read that as well and was thinking...really....really??? The coaches are essentially saying they have no control over their players and well you might as well hire anybody as coach then.