2023-2024 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread

[Stupendous Yappi]

I remember how fun it was tthe game he broke the glass at Edmonton.

 

[Thallis]

Early in his career, I expected Parayko to score plenty by slapshots from the point. He was injuring goalies
and defenseman with his powerful shots.

What happened. Did he quit shooting volutarily, or did the coaching staff tell him to quit?






What

Combination of he couldn't hit the net and also the league moving away from point slap shots in general. Slap shots take too long to get off and don't typically result in scoring chances, so you're better off floating a mid/wrister and going for a top with traffic in front or opting to attack downhill and make a better scoring chance. Parayko doesn't really have the offensive instincts to really be effective on the latter way, leading to his struggles in the Ozone.

 

[Xerloris]

Combination of he couldn't hit the net and also the league moving away from point slap shots in general. Slap shots take too long to get off and don't typically result in scoring chances, so you're better off floating a mid/wrister and going for a top with traffic in front or opting to attack downhill and make a better scoring chance. Parayko doesn't really have the offensive instincts to really be effective on the latter way, leading to his struggles in the Ozone.

If only we could learn how to take one timers.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I remember how fun it was tthe game he broke the glass at Edmonton.

Didn't he apologize, pay for the replacement and then offer to clean their glass for a month?

 

[shpongle falls]

If only we could learn how to take one timers.

For real tho. Hopefully Snuggs and Bolds fills that void a bit.

 

[Xerloris]

Yo, is that Blueslifer guy on the trade boards colt55? I need to know if I should just stop bothering.

 

[Drubilly]

Yo, is that Blueslifer guy on the trade boards colt55? I need to know if I should just stop bothering.

99.999999999999992% sure Colt55 became RobTom18 or whatevs for a bit. I guess too many posters across HF have assumed the same so maybe they’ve changed their name again.

 

[Xerloris]

99.999999999999992% sure Colt55 became RobTom18 or whatevs for a bit. I guess too many posters across HF have assumed the same so maybe they’ve changed their name again.

Lol thanks.

 

[Shwabeal]

Yo, is that Blueslifer guy on the trade boards colt55? I need to know if I should just stop bothering.

I don't think it's the same guy. The posts are too coherent and there are way too few typos/complete butchering of names. Same hostile/know it all energy though.

 

[WeWentBlues]

Yo, is that Blueslifer guy on the trade boards colt55? I need to know if I should just stop bothering.

100% its him. Starting to type in broken english now on his Armstrong tirade. Direct quote below:

"no it was just pure dumb luck...and without JB50 arm would be out of a job..too bad we couldnt have traded him for dubas last summer"

 

[Xerloris]

100% its him. Starting to type in broken english now on his Armstrong tirade. Direct quote below:

"no it was just pure dumb luck...and without JB50 arm would be out of a job..too bad we couldnt have traded him for dubas last summer"

That's a pretty disgusting statement but I'll admit, at first I thought he meant trading Binny for Dumba, not Armstrong for Dubas.

 

[PocketNines]

Wednesday June 12ths are the greatest days that have ever been invented and today is the first one since the last one, which was a good one.

 

[jura]

happy We Went Blues Day!

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

The moment when I felt: "Holy shit, they're actually going to do it."

 

[PocketNines]

everyone in boston knew it was over with the save, that's when they felt it all the way down

this never gets old:

 

[TK 421]

I knew we were winning the Cup when Boston hammered us in G6. I went in to work the day of G7 and my boss asked me if I was ready for G7 and I said, "Yeah I've waited a long time to see them win the Cup". He said, "Well you HOPE they'll win the Cup..." and I said, "No, they're winning the Cup. Take a look at their trends throughout this PO, they're 9-3 in road games and they come back from big losses with a big win. Also Binnington takes those multigoal drubbings personally and will come back with a huge performance. We're winning the Cup."

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

5 years already…damn that’s absolutely insane. I know we all go back and forth like a dysfunctional family, but at the end of the day, we all were finally able to witness greatness, and I’ll be forever thankful to have watched along with you all.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

5 years already…damn that’s absolutely insane. I know we all go back and forth like a dysfunctional family, but at the end of the day, we all were finally able to witness greatness, and I’ll be forever thankful to have watched along with you all.

That was one of the best nights of my life.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

That was one of the best nights of my life.

Same. I got to watch it with my dad, who is the one got me into sports (like most of you I’m sure) and I’ll forever cherish that memory.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Same. I got to watch it with my dad, who is the one got me into sports (like most of you I’m sure) and I’ll forever cherish that memory.

Same here. My dad introduced me to the game I fell in love with and would go on to coach my youth hockey team for several years. Before I moved out we used to watch Blues games and work our way through a giant bucket of Dubble Bubble over the course of a hockey season.

I was beginning to question whether he'd get to see the Blues win the Cup in his lifetime. I had almost accepted that it just wasn't meant to be. The Blues can't win the Cup. Then the storybook season happened.

I set up my iPhone in the corner of his living room to capture the reaction of that last few minutes of action before we won the Cup. We hugged, he cried. It was awesome and I'm glad I have that moment captured for the rest of our lives.

 

[TheOrganist]

MAJOR Hockey Operations Announcement tomorrow per Blues Facebook. How dramatic. Scottie Bowman named Equipment Manager?

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

MAJOR Hockey Operations Announcement tomorrow per Blues Facebook. How dramatic. Scottie Bowman named Equipment Manager?

I wonder if it involves the guy pictured in the previous tweet the club sent before the one announcing the announcement?

 

[Blueline2757]

MAJOR Hockey Operations Announcement tomorrow per Blues Facebook. How dramatic. Scottie Bowman named Equipment Manager?

Seems pretty significant considering they tweeted it at almost 10pm STL time

 

[Shwabeal]

I think longtime AGM Ryan Miller has been the Blues internal capologist, I wonder if the capfriendly purchase gave him enough leverage to be promoted to GM similar to Colorado promoting MacFarland to keep from losing him.

Absolute stab in the dark.

 

[STL fan in MN]

I wonder if it involves the guy pictured in the previous tweet the club sent before the one announcing the announcement?

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Steener as Asst GM is my guess.