2024-2025 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread.

PocketNines

Cutter's Way
Apr 29, 2004
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Kyrou needs to more consistently bury chances like the one last night and continue his recently adopted understanding that defense is part of winning. Consistency is the mantra and he has definitely not been that yet. He has a group of people geared up to give him the benefit of the doubt and immediately declare him good all along too.

He's a special, delicate player who just needed an incredible amount of salary, time and losing hockey games for it to begin to dawn on him. Slow learner, underwhelming finisher. Should have been a career Blackhawk.
 

BrokenFace

Registered User
Aug 15, 2010
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Am I the only Kyrou fan left?
Not by a long shot. He's got holes (frustrating ones) in his game like anyone but he looks like a consistent 70ish point producer, which is already worth his contract and will only look better as the cap increases. Not his fault we don't have a true #1 D and only 3 legit top 6 forwards, but he has a "big contract" so he'll take the fall for a team missing the playoffs.

Then again, I can't look into a player's soul and identify him as a cancer doomed to never improve or win a cup. Seems like an easy prediction to make being that most players never win a cup but, again, I don't have this ability.
 
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Frenzy31

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May 21, 2003
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I love Kyrou and I have no issue with his skill or work ethic but his poor decision making worries me.

His turnovers tend to be trying to do to much. I think now that Thomas is back, some of the weight have been lifted off his shoulders.

He was the only difference maker on the ice for the past few weeks. Buch has been pretty useless. Schenn scores on break aways, but that is it. I think he will look better going forward with regards to the turnovers.
 

joe galiba

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Apr 16, 2020
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TURNOVERS
Kyrou 24 total, 5 d-zone, 416 minutes TOI
Buch 27 , 9 , 434
Schenn 21 , 11 , 413
Holly 19 , 5 , 351
Jakey 16 , 6 , 381
Bolduc 13 , 4 , 198
Saad 13 , 2 , 308
Thomas 13 , 4 , 228


so it doesn't appear to me that Kyrou turns the puck over more than anyone else, very similar rate to Thomas but with fewer d-zone turnovers

also, you can tell the players that carry the puck will have more turnovers vs those that dump and chase the puck
 
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Linkens Mastery

Conductor of the TankTown Express
Jan 15, 2014
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TURNOVERS
Kyrou 24 total, 5 d-zone, 416 minutes TOI
Buch 27 , 9 , 434
Schenn 21 , 11 , 413
Holly 19 , 5 , 351
Jakey 16 , 6 , 381
Bolduc 13 , 4 , 198
Saad 13 , 2 , 308
Thomas 13 , 4 , 228


so it doesn't appear to me that Kyrou turns the puck over more than anyone else, very similar rate to Thomas but with fewer d-zone turnovers

also, you can tell the players that carry the puck will have more turnovers vs those that dump and chase the puck
My issues with his turnovers is less the amount it's the quality. Tho since his bad turn over a week or 2 ago he's been better.
 

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