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longhornbaseball wrote:This is just awesome. The Cardinals really need to look at what the Blues are doing from a marketing standpoint. They're improving the team while making key moves that they can sell to the fans. I think this makes us a 100 point hockey team.

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I just got off the phone with Paul. Seems like a really nice guy. He apologized about 10 times for calling so late.

I do NOT have these quotes in tomorrow's paper. I talked to him after the newpaper's deadline. This is the only place you will read what Paul has to say about signing with the Blues.

Paul Kariya
"It's been a busy day. I feel like I've had the phone to my ear the whole day. Definitely there were some other teams involved. But my gut instinct always told me that St. Louis was a terrific fit hockey-wise. Having Andy (Murray) is a huge bonus. I know some of the players . . . Manny Legace, Eric Brewer . . I have a lot of connections."

"As a (free-agent) player, it's similiar to decision which university to attend. When you're a player, you want to be wanted. You want to feel that they want you to be part of the organization. It started early in the morning. My first call was from Andy. I've known him since I was 15. We just talked hockey for 30 minutes. I got a good feel for the organization and what direction they're going in. I talked to Al MacInnis and Keith Tkachuk . . . got calls from everybody. Two hours into free agency, I remember saying, 'If I had to make a decision now, the choice would be to go to St. Louis."

"For sure, with the team we have now, we're a playoff team. The team played very well with Andy. They played very well before they got rid of a couple of guys before the trade deadline. I played those guys eight times, and it wasn't a treat, I'll tell you that. They're going in a good direction, and I want to be a part of it."

JR

JCShutout wrote:

longhornbaseball wrote:This is just awesome. The Cardinals really need to look at what the Blues are doing from a marketing standpoint. They're improving the team while making key moves that they can sell to the fans. I think this makes us a 100 point hockey team.

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I don't see 100 points (I'd love to be wrong), but I'm smelling at teh playoffs!!1!

longhornbaseball wrote:

JCShutout wrote:

longhornbaseball wrote:This is just awesome. The Cardinals really need to look at what the Blues are doing from a marketing standpoint. They're improving the team while making key moves that they can sell to the fans. I think this makes us a 100 point hockey team.

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I don't see 100 points (I'd love to be wrong), but I'm smelling at teh playoffs!!1!

They were the equivalent of a 107 point team with Murray, Tkachuk, and Guerin*. I have big hopes for this team.


*From December 11th (Murray hired) through February 25th (Tkachuck traded) they tallied 43 points in 33 games. Extrapolated over 82 games, that's 107 points. woooooooooooooooooooo