2017-2018 Blues Discussion Thread Part Three

[Vladys Gumption]

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[mw2noobbuster]

Hopefully, the Blues can get back ahead with wins against Detroit and Buffalo this weekend.

 

[Zamadoo]

Yeah, and I especially hope for some goals from Tarasenko. A couple snipes against weaker teams could get him back on track. I'd really like to see Husso get a start or two before Hutton returns. I share the concerns with Steen I've seen posted on the board. His mind just doesn't seem up to game speed, never mind his skating. He needs some of what Upshall is having to get back to his old ways.

 

[STL fan in MN]

I’d like to see Husso start Sun as well but my gut says they just play Jake both games unless something strange happens.

 

[Ranksu]

So with Hutton out for roughly a week, do we see Husso get his first NHL start in one of the back to backs this weekend?

No, he'll get send back to beer league, 'cus Brodeur heard rumour Husso is Kari Lehtonen 2.0.

 

[Zamadoo]

I kind of thought of it as Hutton primarily started on away games, so maybe Husso would get one of those games. Next Sunday with the back-to-back home-and-away against Winnipeg, if Hutton is out that would be a possibility. I do agree though, tomorrow would be a good chance to get him in against Buffalo, who are bad.

Also, it looks like Binnington has been doing well according to his numbers: 1.83/.930. Providence is 1st in their division, so I suppose they're a strong team. Has anybody seen Binnington play this season? Has he been stellar, or a product of a good defense? Or both?

 

[PiggySmalls]

No, he'll get send back to beer league, 'cus Brodeur heard rumour Husso is Kari Lehtonen 2.0.

I wonder who he might have heard that from.

 

[Evocable Manager]

I wonder who he might have heard that from.

Ranksu played himself

 

[PiggySmalls]

In case you haven’t noticed.



That power play specialist sure is high up there.

 

[Stealth JD]

It will be interesting to see how Schenn performs if he has to play any significant amount time without Schwartz. Their chemistry has been terrific and has been driving each of their career-years thus far. A six-week injury would be very Bluesy right about now.

 

[Robb_K]

I kind of thought of it as Hutton primarily started on away games, so maybe Husso would get one of those games. Next Sunday with the back-to-back home-and-away against Winnipeg, if Hutton is out that would be a possibility. I do agree though, tomorrow would be a good chance to get him in against Buffalo, who are bad.

Also, it looks like Binnington has been doing well according to his numbers: 1.83/.930. Providence is 1st in their division, so I suppose they're a strong team. Has anybody seen Binnington play this season? Has he been stellar, or a product of a good defense? Or both?

But, because Allen wasn't worked too hard in today's game, Yeo will probably start Allen again tomorrow.

 

[mw2noobbuster]

Schwartz X-rays come up negative, looks like a bone bruise.

 

[joshyhockey26]

I kind of thought of it as Hutton primarily started on away games, so maybe Husso would get one of those games. Next Sunday with the back-to-back home-and-away against Winnipeg, if Hutton is out that would be a possibility. I do agree though, tomorrow would be a good chance to get him in against Buffalo, who are bad.

Also, it looks like Binnington has been doing well according to his numbers: 1.83/.930. Providence is 1st in their division, so I suppose they're a strong team. Has anybody seen Binnington play this season? Has he been stellar, or a product of a good defense? Or both?

It’s a mixture for Binnington. For me in the games I’ve seen, Binnington has always been a decent goalie. Never a standout but doesn’t do anything to hurt the team either.

 

[shpongle falls]

Do you guys think we should give Barbashev another shot with the Blues? I wouldn't mind seeing how he looks with Berglund and Blais on the third line right now since Paajarvi isn't providing much.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Do you guys think we should give Barbashev another shot with the Blues? I wouldn't mind seeing how he looks with Berglund and Blais on the third line right now since Paajarvi isn't providing much.

Sometime this year, yes.

 

[Evocable Manager]

Do you guys think we should give Barbashev another shot with the Blues? I wouldn't mind seeing how he looks with Berglund and Blais on the third line right now since Paajarvi isn't providing much.

Ideally he'd be on the third line and Paajarvi would drop to the fourth, with Thorburn on the waiver wire.

I find it a little ridiculous, despite what was supposedly a lackluster training camp, that were icing a guy who isn't even an NHL caliber player over a 3rd line quality talent.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Wow was tarasenko happy when sobotka scored.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Wow was tarasenko happy when sobotka scored.

Someone had to be, because Sobotka shows no emotion

 

[Old Blueser]

Sounds weird but generally think the team looks better with Paajarvi in. He skates hard and has improved his stick play on D quite a bit. A couple good pokes on the PK yesterday. I wouldn't play him over a legit third-liner but he adds something. Similar to how Jaskin actually looks useful this year, just not top 6 useful.

Before the injury, I wanted to say, just put Vladi back with 10-17 already. His funk coincides with both Ari passing and the line change. We can fix one of those issues.

Do we need Bouw? The dropoff on D scoring lately pretty much lines up with his return. He's a black hole on O (pretty sure that goal was tipped yesterday), and his return unsettled all the pairings. I guess he's stabilized the PK?

 

[joshyhockey26]

Do you guys think we should give Barbashev another shot with the Blues? I wouldn't mind seeing how he looks with Berglund and Blais on the third line right now since Paajarvi isn't providing much.

Barbashev hasnt done a whole lot to earn a callup imo. BUT I will say he can still contribute more then say...Thorburn.

 

[Ranksu]

When Hutton comes back? I mean we've pretty darn tough next few games. TBL, ANA, JET back2back.

 

[Robb_K]

When Hutton comes back? I mean we've pretty darn tough next few games. TBL, ANA, JET back2back.

If they put Hutton on IR, isn't he automatically out for 7 days? If so, then Husso will probably play one of the back to back games.

 

[carter333167]

Dunn's passing ability is off the charts. He sees and quickly executes the stretch pass as well as any D-Man on the team and some of his bank passes are just ridiculous. This kid has talent.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

He's got quite a bit of learning to go defensively, but Dunn has been a pleasant surprise to this point. The kid knows how to move the puck up ice, that's for sure. I'm actually a bit surprised he hasn't scored more.

 

[Oberyn]

He's got quite a bit of learning to go defensively, but Dunn has been a pleasant surprise to this point. The kid knows how to move the puck up ice, that's for sure. I'm actually a bit surprised he hasn't scored more.

His shots get blocked far too often for my liking. Once he works on getting his pucks through traffic and on net, I think we'll see an uptick in his production.