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Scoreboard Watching Season


Scoreboard Watching Season

Atlanta Thrashers v Phoenix Coyotes

With 17 games to play, the Blues can crack the Western Conference in a variety of ways. The simplest: win your games and control your own destiny. Seeing as you have a better shot of winning the lottery than the Blues have of winning 17 consecutive games, we’ll just toss this option out. The fact is, the Blues will need to win a majority of their games and will needs some help from teams around the NHL. Welcome to scoreboard watching season.

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Perron’s Twitter Fundraiser Collects $4,500


Perron’s Twitter Fundraiser
Collects $4,500

St. Louis Blues v Colorado Avalanche

At the start of February, I posted in this article about the plan David Perron had to help raise money for the disaster in Haiti. The plan was simple: For each new follower Perron received on Twitter in the month of February, he would donate $1 to the Red Cross to assist the efforts in Haiti. The final total came to a whopping $4,500 – all through the power of social media.

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09-10 Blues: Pretender or Contender?


09-10 Blues
Pretender or Contender?

St. Louis Blues v Los Angeles Kings

This team is not a Stanley Cup contender, and likely won’t be for the next couple years despite how bright the future looks. However, this team is a potential playoff contender and is still treading on the brink of the second season despite a thrashing at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche this past weekend. It’s never a good thing when you have absolutely no clue what this team’s identity is some 65 games into the year. I give a lot of credit to T.J. Oshie.

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Blues Win Again, Keep Closing the Gap


Blues Win Again
Continue to Close the Gap

St. Louis Blues v Dallas Stars

The Blues handled the Dallas Stars with ease last night, winning 6-1. Playoffs – this team is knocking at your door. Through 64 games, the Blues have now collected 69 points and hold the 10th spot in the Western Conference. Granted, St. Louis has played one more game than 8th place Detroit, 9th place Calgary and 10th place Dallas, but the fact remains that this Blues team is now within one point of a postseason spot.

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NHL Trade Deadline – St. Louis Blues Live Post


NHL Trade Deadline
St. Louis Blues Live Post

St. Louis Blues vs Calgary Flames

The NHL Trade Deadline is growing ever closer. The deadline is supposed to come and go at 3:00 eastern time on March 3rd. Who will stay and who will go around the NHL? More importantly, who will head to St. Louis and who will exit? Is it possible this team will stand pat with all of their current players? These questions all need answers, and you can find them each time you check back to this post. This post will be updated whenever a move is made, or whenever any rumblings in the NHL world occur. Be sure to check back regularly.

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Armstrong Up, Toivonen & Richmond Out


Armstrong Up, Toivonen & Richmond Out

St. Louis Blues v Ottawa Senators

The freeze lifted and the Blues have made a deal. No, hardly one of the blockbuster, noteworthy or even one that will crack the casual fan’s interest, but a move is a move. With Keith Tkachuk set to miss time with an injured pinkie finger, Derek Armstrong has been called up to help out. In other news, the Blues did make a swap at the AHL level, acquiring goaltender Joe Fallon in exchange for netminder Hannu Toivonen and Defender Danny Richmond.

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Roman Polak Heads Home


Roman Polak Heads Home

Men's Hockey Finland Beats Czech 2-0 - Vancouver 2010

The Olympic road has ended for Roman Polak as his Czech Republic side lost to Finland 2-0 last night. The young member of our St. Louis Blues side has no reason to hang his head following the loss, as he performed very well throughout the 2010 Olympics. The 23-year-old Polak is skating in his fourth year with the Blues, but really only his second full season and has already established himself as arguably the best defender on the team.

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Erik Johnson and Team USA Block the Swiss


Erik Johnson and Team USA
Block the Swiss

Ice Hockey

Most of the attention has gone to David (Inglorious) Backes when the Olympics and the Blues are talked about. Not today. Today Erik Johnson deserves some attention due to his outstanding performance against the Swiss today in the USA’s 2-0 win. Ryan Miller was the hero against Canada, but this game saw a plethora of heroes up and down the ice, but the defenders and shot blockers deserve special attention.

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Looking Ahead: The NHL Trade Deadline


Looking Ahead:
The NHL Trade Deadline

Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues

All eyes are focused on the Olympics right now and rightfully so. The USA has been captivating to watch and matchups such as Russia against Canada keep hockey fans coming back for more. However, looming just over the horizon, is the all important NHL trade deadline on March 3rd. I’ve touched on the subject a few times over the past couple weeks and given my thoughts as to what might happen, but now it is time to get more serious on the matter. The Blues will need to improve in several areas if they hope to ever make a serious run at the Stanley Cup. Aside from scoring, the Blues will need a more prominent goaltender to lead their team as opposed to the current system.

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Backes and Johnson: USA Defeats Canada


Backes and Johnson
USA Defeats Canada

Ice Hockey - Day 10 - Canada v USA

This was no second coming of the Miracle on Ice nor was it something that will change the face of the game of hockey as we know it, but let’s sit back and be honest with ourselves for a moment. Few people saw this coming. Few people thought the USA would pull out a 5-3 win against Canada IN Canada. Nobody thought Chris Drury and Brian Rafalski would be the heroes. Ryan Miller saved the day – again and again and again. Boy was it sweet to see. Canada carries an attitude toward hockey similar to the one the USA carries with basketball: “It’s our game, we are the best”. On this night, that wasn’t the case. On paper, Canada has a much more talented squad, but on this night hard work is what won the fight.

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