http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?blogger_id=108Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:59:55 -0500 http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15899 “Salary cap in the NHL going up for the fourth straight season” This is the headline on TSN’s story about next season’s salary cap. It irritates me. As the headline points out, this will be the fourth season since the lockout and apparently “TSN.CA Staff” still hasn’t figured out that the salary cap is tied to revenues. I don’t mean to throw TSN under the bus here because t Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:57:17 -0500salary cap blues http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15569 I’ve never been a fan of drafting goaltenders in the first round. Sure, plenty of great goaltenders have been drafted in the first round, but normally they take too long to develop, so much so that often times teams give up and the goaltender goes on to become an impact player for another organiztion The last time the Blues drafted a goaltender in the first round was in 2004, when Marek Schw Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:26:37 -0500schwarz blues http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=15118 As you may or may not have noticed, it’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog. It’s not that I didn’t have anything to say, because anyone who knows me knows that is never the case. I was just so disappointed at how the season went that I couldn’t justify sitting down and spending time to write something about a team that, frankly, didn’t deserve covering. I guess I’ve gotten o Fri, 02 May 2008 18:20:45 -0500blues http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=13935 Saturday night when the Blues take on the Canucks in Vancouver their playoff hopes will be on the line. I know my blogging partner proclaimed the season over nearly two weeks ago, but the reality is that they’re only 8 points back of 8th place, a designation currently held by the same Canucks they’ll be facing off against. There’s no question that their playoff chances have all but flat-l Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:55:30 -0600blues paul kariya playoffs http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=13762 In recent days the Blues management and coaching staff have done some interesting things that seem completely counterintuitive to actually winning hockey games. For your benefit I’ve put together this handy guide on how to mimic their strategies. Trade your Best Defenseman Bryce Salvador has been the best Blues defenseman this season, and it’s really not even close. He’s on the ice a Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:38:58 -0600bryce salvador blues david perron cam janssen http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=13508 Just some random thoughts as I’m sitting around waiting for the Blues/Kings game tilt to start… • Thanks to two straight 3-power-play-goal-games the Blues have finally dug themselves out of the basement of the power play rankings… all the way to 29th. The red hot power play is now at 14.4% on the year with 35 goals in 243 chances. Let’s put those 35 goals in perspective: Brett H Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:51:04 -0600blues jackman oshie http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=13340 Even though last night’s win over the Avalanche wasn’t the prettiest win I’ve ever seen, you have to give a lot of credit to the Blues for winning what was the closest thing to a must win game this team has played since before the lockout. Prior to the games played last night, the Blues were in a situation where if they would have lost they could have found themselves eight points back. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:25:10 -0600blues avalanche predators http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=12795 Why the Blues should sell… Going into tonight’s games the Blues sat 12th in the conference. They’ve scored the fewest goals in the conference and the fourth fewest in the entire league. Worst of all, their once dominant combination of defense and goaltending seems to have disappeared. With the three games in hand and only five points to make up, the Blues are certainly still in the pl Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:21:03 -0600blues http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=12657 Like Mike Rainey mentioned in his post game blog last night, the Blues should look at picking up an elite offensive defenseman to power play the quarterback. It’s the most glaring hole on what’s the 30th ranked power play in the league. That said, this team has more than enough talent to have a successful power play. The proof is in the numbers. The Blues average 1.91 even strength goals Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:59:01 -0600blues power play http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=12619 No, we’re not talking about another scandalous exit from a Stanley Cup Finals hockey team… just the possibility of Chris Pronger coming back to the Gateway City after his contract with Anaheim expires. That scenario was rumored by Blues public address announcer Tom Calhoun on his blog last Friday… I heard someone say that Chris Pronger is anxious to return to St. Louis and the Blue Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:18:34 -0600blues ducks pronger