And people don't need help from management remembering the guys who have statues and jersey numbers in the rafters.
I want to be able to tell my kids about it. Your comment is very narrow-sighted. There are many facets of the journey to celebrate, and many ways this team became dear to its fans. But institutional memory is a quirky thing. Young fans and new fans need to have ways to take in the history, and old fans like us need anchors to fasten our memories to.
He’s on the penalty kill, powerplay, and gets top 4 minutes. Of course Chief trusts him. He’s a good player.
Meh on the Pietro extension here. There are two sides to every negotiation. Pietro’s side wants more than they’ve been offered. Faulk was cool with the deal. But Faulk’s negotiation was coupled to the trade itself. They wouldn’t have made that deal if they hadn’t already come to common ground. Pietro’s hard deadline is free agency. The same pressures to reach common ground haven’t existed yet.
Faulk is on pace for 18 pts and he's not exactly a stud defender.....his contract is not fine. At his best, his contract is "meh". He needs to be better then what he was in Carolina.
How very noble of you. I admit that I have been highly critical of Justin Faulk in many of my posts, and I had thought that a detailed analysis of his play, based on my eye test, would have been sufficient to support my contention that his style of defending is not a fit for the Blues system. Perhaps I need to learn more about advanced stats, and provide everyone with charts and graphs. I have also stressed that adding a right PMD, who has never played well on his "off side", either forces him or one the other 3 RD's to the left where none of them are in the optimal place to succeed. I have also addressed the difficulties surrounding his contract, but I think that is discussed sufficiently above. Inasmuch as I find it heartwarming to see Blues HF members rallying around Faulk, perhaps we could have a discussion around how exactly he benefits the Blues, instead of comments like "He's fine", or "he's a good player", and posts that attempt to vilify his detractors.
I don’t understand why he would need a full training camp. He’s been in the NHL for a while, it shouldn’t take very long to adapt.
I think some (many?) of us are at the point where there is no value to furthering discussion because people are fairly locked in on their positions. Ultimately, it matters most what the coaching staff thinks of him and his utilization suggests that they are happier with his play than most people on this board.
I don't think there is any discussion about him getting a statue if he signs an extension. He's 49 games back of Jax for the most games played by a D man in franchise history, so he obviously hits that mark if he signs an extension. But more importantly, he is just 174 games shy of playing the most games as a Blue at any position. Any extension means he is hitting that number barring catastrophic injury. Even if he becomes brittle and suffers numerous big injuries, he would rack up another 174 over the life of that extension. Realistically, an extension probably means he plays another 400+ games with the Blues and would hold the franchise record by a couple hundred. An extension means that he will play more games with the organization than any other player AND be the first player in franchise history to lift the Cup. There is zero question about Petro getting a statue if he extends.
Fair enough. I am tired of arguing about the subject myself. It just makes me angry when it is suggested that I need to re-think my position. I am in no way claiming to be more of an expert than anyone on this board, but I will give myself credit for knowing just a little bit about what I'm talking about. I think I have good reason to be critical of Justin Faulk, and of the circumstances created by his addition to the team. As for his recent utilization, that is a point well taken, but keep in mind the situation created by Bouwmeester's sudden departure. JBo was eating a lot of minutes, and as good as Scandella has been, they coaching staff is not going to trust Marco with that much icetime. I think Faulk has been getting more ice time because of the situation, and his presence on the PK might suggest that they are grooming Faulk to inherit some of JBo's duties. While I am skeptical that this experiment will succeed, I will happily eat crow if it does.
He's 27 -years old. He's what he's and it won't improve, rather downgrade. If you can't find your game in 60GP you don't find it training camp. Scandella just came in to team and right away first games he's was mesh in and perfect fit.
