StL Blues Season Thread 2023-24

[GeddyWrox]

And get this!!!

We're now ninth on the all-time worst power play list. The Flyers are even three spots ahead of us, currently! WOOT

[JCShutout]

Blues just managed to beat Dallas 2-1. Hofer was awesome. Stopped 39-40 shots. I didn't think 2 goals would stand up. Gutsy performance.

Yeah he made some awesome saves! I hope he got the game puck. Dallas is a good team.

If it weren’t for Arizona with a crazy comeback win vs Colorado we would be in a playoff spot. Still just a point back.

[GeddyWrox]

If anyone is following the World Juniors, the blues have 7 prospects playing for various countries, and several of them are getting noticed.

Snuggerud is probably the top of the list.

Check out this wicked one-timer!

[GeddyWrox]

Faulk hasn't looked good since coming back off the IL. Interesting to see him dropped to 3rd pairing.

Also, I hope Kessel keeps up his solid play. He's been looking really steady so far!

[cardsfantx]

yeah, he has not...think they rushed him back too soon

also, I get wanting to separate Thomas and Kyrou, but when he's not with a guy on his line that is fast/can give him the puck, he's worthless. he doesn't play D, so that 2nd line is just wasted with slow shenn and hayes (and shenn is awful...glad we have him 5 more years till he's 36 at a 6.5 AAV lol)

we just have too many bad contracts...

Krug, Shenn, Leddy...even binny

hopefully we can trade some these this season/offseason, or even buy some out (looking at you krug), which I know Army doesn't do

but it'll piss me off to watch Peru walk away, when he does what Krug does, but better and cheaper

[GeddyWrox]

Definitely agree about the big salaries on aging players. The one player you mention I don't have a problem with the salary is Binnington. He's a cup winning goalie. He has stretches of brilliance and is capable of taking over a series. He's not a top 5 goalie, but he's not paid like one either. I think his salary is commensurate with what you get from him.

But yeah, Krug, Leddy and others are very overpaid.

[JCShutout]

Binner is performing better than his numbers. He is left out to dry a lot.

He’s a top 10 goalie (with a salary that slots in that range) with the upside of a top 5-6 in a good year. Besides, the team is going to kinda suck/meh for at least 3 years and he is signed for 4. Sucks for him though. Will waste his prime years on a non contender.

The Schenn deal is so bad. (And I was in favor of it, yikes)

What sucks is Sanheim has been really really good. We were sooooo close to getting him for Krug.

[GeddyWrox]

Yup

[GeddyWrox]

So maddeningly inconsistent. Game to game and even period to period. Wow.

[GeddyWrox]

And of course just to emphasize my point, after looking lifeless, down 3-1 towards the end of the second period, the blues somehow managed to wrest control of the game away from Calgary in the third and complete a comeback 4-3 on the winning goal with 45 seconds to go in the game LOL SMH.

I'll take it though!!!