2021 Blues Regular Season multi-purpose thread

[bleedblue1223]

Berube demands intensity and work from his players on ice. He isn’t wed to style of play. Assistant coaches seem to be doing most of strategy, Berube holds everyone accountable.

Yeah, Berube is a good captain of the ship type. I have to think either Montgomery was a really good add, or someone like Ott was always destined to be a really good coach and has a bright future ahead of him. It sounds like Montgomery changed up the PK from what they said on air last night, so props to him on that.

 

[bleedblue1223]

When things seem too good to be true, they usually are too good to be true.

 

[Oberyn]

ROR out for at least 10 days, good thing we banked those 5 wins early. Big opportunity for Thomas here.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

ROR out for at least 10 days, good thing we banked those 5 wins early. Big opportunity for Thomas here.

That means he is symptomatic.

 

[Blanick]

That means he is symptomatic.

That is not good. I am hoping his symptoms are very mild. I know a few people who have had Covid and even though they stopped testing positive they still didn't feel great for months afterwards.

 

[Random Comment]

All aboard the ROBERT THOMAS hype train

 

[joe galiba]

That is not good. I am hoping his symptoms are very mild. I know a few people who have had Covid and even though they stopped testing positive they still didn't feel great for months afterwards.

Had that happen to me with the flu in 2016
got sick the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, the fever and cough were gone in about 5 days, but the tired, achy, feel like total dog poop stuff went on until mid February
the doctor told me I had Postviral Fatigue Syndrome, and it would go away when it went away
it absolutely sucks, I was completely miserable and then one morning I woke up and it was like a switch had flipped and it was gone
wouldn't wish it on anyone (well, maybe Joe Thornton)

 

[execwrite1]

ROR out for at least 10 days, good thing we banked those 5 wins early. Big opportunity for Thomas here.

Considering the players are in close contact, seems likely other guys will test positive also.

 

[Bluesfan54]

Other teams have had one or two positive players and that was it. Let’s hope that’s the case here, too.

 

[TheDizee]

should cancel the entire division like they did for the avs 2 times last year

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Sux we lost ROR for a while. RT!!! Step up

 

[joe galiba]

I think they should play Joshua, he is good on faceoffs and I think that is something that gets underrated

 

[mk80]

ROR out for at least 10 days, good thing we banked those 5 wins early. Big opportunity for Thomas here.

Isn't there the option to test out now with a negative test taken on day 7?

 

[BlueMed]

NHL Power Rankings -MoneyPuck NHL Power Rankings

Power Rankings based on advanced stats. Toronto listed at 10th. St. Louis listed at 11th currently. Where are my advanced stats apologists? Please tell me that I don't know what I'm watching. Please tell me the Blues haven't been dominating teams, and that Toronto (who just got destroyed 7-1 by a decimated AHL Pens team and 4-1 by the Canes) is actually better than St. Louis right now. Please explain how the Blues are barely in the top 1/3 of the league at this point. Please tell me how accurate and reliable these "advanced stats" are at capturing any semblance of reality.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

NHL Power Rankings -MoneyPuck NHL Power Rankings

Power Rankings based on advanced stats. Toronto listed at 10th. St. Louis listed at 11th currently. Where are my advanced stats apologists? Please tell me that I don't know what I'm watching. Please tell me the Blues haven't been dominating teams, and that Toronto (who just got destroyed 7-1 by a decimated AHL Pens team and 4-1 by the Canes) is actually better than St. Louis right now. Please explain how the Blues are barely in the top 1/3 of the league at this point. Please tell me how accurate and reliable these "advanced stats" are at capturing any semblance of reality.

Because money puck is a site for gambling and shouldn't be taken as an actual power rankings.

 

[Ridge1982]

I’m a sad panda.

We made quite a deal with the devil for 19.

 

[GoBluz24]

I’m a sad panda.

We made quite a deal with the devil for 19.

???

 

[mw2noobbuster]

???

Probably Saad and ROR being out.

 

[LGB]

NHL Power Rankings -MoneyPuck NHL Power Rankings

Power Rankings based on advanced stats. Toronto listed at 10th. St. Louis listed at 11th currently. Where are my advanced stats apologists? Please tell me that I don't know what I'm watching. Please tell me the Blues haven't been dominating teams, and that Toronto (who just got destroyed 7-1 by a decimated AHL Pens team and 4-1 by the Canes) is actually better than St. Louis right now. Please explain how the Blues are barely in the top 1/3 of the league at this point. Please tell me how accurate and reliable these "advanced stats" are at capturing any semblance of reality.

The same site that predicted the Blues late season resurgence in 18-19? Statistical predictions will become more accurate as the season goes on and they have more data.

 

[PocketNines]

I don't bet hockey because it's my last sports joy and sports betting can turn a fan into a mercenary, but I really liked Toronto at +850 to miss the playoffs and Blues at -130 to make them.

 

[GoBluz24]

Probably Saad and ROR being out.

Oh, I wasn't thinking C19. I was thinking of player numbers. First thought was we traded for Eichel but he is #9. Then I thought of Shanahan and Bouwmeister. None of it was making sense to me. But C19 makes sense to me, lol.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

NHL Power Rankings -MoneyPuck NHL Power Rankings

Power Rankings based on advanced stats. Toronto listed at 10th. St. Louis listed at 11th currently. Where are my advanced stats apologists? Please tell me that I don't know what I'm watching. Please tell me the Blues haven't been dominating teams, and that Toronto (who just got destroyed 7-1 by a decimated AHL Pens team and 4-1 by the Canes) is actually better than St. Louis right now. Please explain how the Blues are barely in the top 1/3 of the league at this point. Please tell me how accurate and reliable these "advanced stats" are at capturing any semblance of reality.

They should award a virtual Cup based on advanced stats, and the real one to the team that wins games.

 

[PeoriaBlues309]

Forward lines today at practice with ROR/Saad being out-

Kostin-Schenn-Perron
Kyrou-Bozak-Buchnevich
Barbashev-Thomas-Tarasenko
Neighbours-Joshua-Neal
Clifford


I had expected Chief to put Bozak between Kostin/Perron, and leave the other 2 top-9 lines alone, but I still don’t mind these. For all we know, they could swap within ten minutes into the game, but I still think we can beat Colorado tomorrow with this group.

 

[BlueMed]

The same site that predicted the Blues late season resurgence in 18-19? Statistical predictions will become more accurate as the season goes on and they have more data.

But that doesn't even make any sense because when the Blues were still playing Allen behind Yeo, they were legitimately terrible. Only after they canned Yeo and demoted Allen in favor of Binnington did you see a relatively sudden shift in momentum, which these models couldn't have accounted for. These "advanced stats" are terrible models of reality and will often "predict" things accurately based on chance alone. Blind squirrels do find nuts.

 

[Thallis]

They should award a virtual Cup based on advanced stats, and the real one to the team that wins games.

These are pretty much always the same teams. It's obviously not 1:1, but the team that wins the cup is always near or at the top in terms of possession and quality metrics.