2024-2025 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread.

[TheDizee]

i was watching the blues feed so i didnt see it but apparently the TBS feed was calling out Kyrou and his lack of compete/effort in Game 7. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Oh it’s bad. I had a pretty bad back injury at 30 and I’ve been progressively more and more horrible ever since.

Even without injury it’s wild to think about the difference. I’ve never been very flexible or mobile, but the difference between 30 and 35 has been shocking. I’ve lost like ten yards off the tee on the golf course. I can’t turn like I used to. Same goes for hockey.

 

[joe galiba]

Even without injury it’s wild to think about the difference. I’ve never been very flexible or mobile, but the difference between 30 and 35 has been shocking. I’ve lost like ten yards off the tee on the golf course. I can’t turn like I used to. Same goes for hockey.

wait until you are 60

 

[ToastedRavioli]

i was watching the blues feed so i didnt see it but apparently the TBS feed was calling out Kyrou and his lack of compete/effort in Game 7. Can anyone confirm this?

Yes. Eddie Olczyk mentioned about half way through that he thought Kyrou could've been more competitive in some of the battles for the puck

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

wait until you are 60

I'm still playing between the pipes at 40 (I've played since I was 8) and I'm not sure if I'll make it to 45 on these knees. 60 is absolutely out of the question.

Might need to get a long defenseman's stick soon and start working on my clapper.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I'm still playing between the pipes at 40 (I've played since I was 8) and I'm not sure if I'll make it to 45 on these knees. 60 is absolutely out of the question.

Might need to get a long defenseman's stick soon and start working on my clapper.

I’m down to one night a week during the winter playing goalie. I skate out every Sunday and and debating just quitting goalie at this point. I love it and have fun but I’m so much more sore. I want my hips and knees to last.

 

[Stealth JD]

Aging sucks. It's true when they say 'youth is wasted on the young'.

 

[joe galiba]

I'm still playing between the pipes at 40 (I've played since I was 8) and I'm not sure if I'll make it to 45 on these knees. 60 is absolutely out of the question.

Might need to get a long defenseman's stick soon and start working on my clapper.

Slow pitch softball is the answer, and most importantly you can drink while playing

 

[GoBluz24]

TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

My son is in an Illini group chat and said one of the guys in the chat was at the hospital and sitting next to Buchnevich who was getting surgery done. No mention what the surgery was for. No mention if Buch told the guy that or if the guy assumed it. In any case, if true, I imagine its more in the line of a maintenance surgery than anything major.

 

[SirPaste]

TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

My son is in an Illini group chat and said one of the guys in the chat was at the hospital and sitting next to Buchnevich who was getting surgery done. No mention what the surgery was for. No mention if Buch told the guy that or if the guy assumed it. In any case, if true, I imagine its more in the line of a maintenance surgery than anything major.

What hospital? I find it highly unlikely the Blues team doctor's or surgeons they use wouldn't have a private practice, I know some surgeries are still done in the hospital but probably not for a maintenance thing like speculated. Either way I don't think Blues players, or pro athletes in general, just hang out in the hospital waiting rooms with other patients prior to their surgeries. Maybe I'm wrong though I dont really know, just seems very unlikely.

 

[TheDizee]

Yes. Eddie Olczyk mentioned about half way through that he thought Kyrou could've been more competitive in some of the battles for the puck

Thanks.

 

[Majorityof1]

What hospital? I find it highly unlikely the Blues team doctor's or surgeons they use wouldn't have a private practice, I know some surgeries are still done in the hospital but probably not for a maintenance thing like speculated. Either way I don't think Blues players, or pro athletes in general, just hang out in the hospital waiting rooms with other patients prior to their surgeries. Maybe I'm wrong though I dont really know, just seems very unlikely.

I had the exact same thought. I don't know but would think pro athletes with clubs paying big money for the best surgeons would get VIP treatment and skip the waiting room.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Aging sucks. It's true when they say 'youth is wasted on the young'.

f*** that. I am Benjamin Button.

 

[GoBluz24]

What hospital? I find it highly unlikely the Blues team doctor's or surgeons they use wouldn't have a private practice, I know some surgeries are still done in the hospital but probably not for a maintenance thing like speculated. Either way I don't think Blues players, or pro athletes in general, just hang out in the hospital waiting rooms with other patients prior to their surgeries. Maybe I'm wrong though I dont really know, just seems very unlikely.

I had the exact same thought. I don't know but would think pro athletes with clubs paying big money for the best surgeons would get VIP treatment and skip the waiting room.

I asked more about it. Son did not ask nor was it mentioned what hospital. Also, the guy just assumed he was there for surgery. Never actually talked to Pavel but he was there. My guess is he was maybe there some consultation or something. I think the kid just got excited and surprised to see him and made incorrect assumptions.

 

[Stealth JD]

Maybe it was just Pavel’s doppleganger.

 

[Drubilly]

I asked more about it. Son did not ask nor was it mentioned what hospital. Also, the guy just assumed he was there for surgery. Never actually talked to Pavel but he was there. My guess is he was maybe there some consultation or something. I think the kid just got excited and surprised to see him and made incorrect assumptions.

Whatever rando

 

[Thallis]

I asked more about it. Son did not ask nor was it mentioned what hospital. Also, the guy just assumed he was there for surgery. Never actually talked to Pavel but he was there. My guess is he was maybe there some consultation or something. I think the kid just got excited and surprised to see him and made incorrect assumptions.

It sounds more like one of the guys in the chat was saying just things to say them.

 

[STL fan in MN]

It sounds more like one of the guys in the chat was saying just things to say them.

Or Pavel was there but just to get something minor looked at, not some major surgery. Who knows.

 

[taylord22]

This topic is probably dead and beaten, but:

The politics around team affiliated docs, facilities and services is complicated. There's money being exchanged on paper, but the affiliation is mutually beneficial. The team is doing a lot of the imaging volume in-house, so the total dollars around services rendered is chump change compared to other operational costs and offsets. In other words, the Blues have high expectations around quality of care, the affiliates have high expectations around brand prestige, individual reputations and exposure. Team affiliation is a way for those locations to lure in world class physicians, which is a hard and expensive thing for hospitals to do. Competition is fierce.

Regarding this topic specifically, and related to the above, the surgeons are not exclusive to the organization—they still maintain full clinical schedules with standard imaging reviews, pre/post-op appointments, and only perform surgeries during limited blocks each week. VIP treatment could mean squeezing a player in need of an outpatient procedure into a block on tight turnaround. That said, you're absolutely correct in assuming part of the arrangement is prioritizing discretion and private settings.

Not lending credence. Not calling the poster out.

Unrelated, but someone on Reddit posted a picture from the Cards game yesterday - both Holloway and Tucker were there (with 72, 4, 63, 30). The poster said they watched them both get up and walk without limitation, so...good sign there.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Facelift

 

[STL fan in MN]

Facelift

He does have resting grumpy Russian face…

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I wonder what the Blues’ pro scouting report on Sundqvist was when they first acquired him from Pittsburgh. I remember the first year, it didn’t seem like he was even going to crack the lineup or be worth keeping.

 

[Memento]

I wonder what the Blues’ pro scouting report on Sundqvist was when they first acquired him from Pittsburgh. I remember the first year, it didn’t seem like he was even going to crack the lineup or be worth keeping.

Might be the same with Texier. They did sign him to a two-year deal after trading a fourth for him, so we clearly liked him a fair bit.

 

[Itsnotatrap]

This topic is probably dead and beaten, but:

The politics around team affiliated docs, facilities and services is complicated. There's money being exchanged on paper, but the affiliation is mutually beneficial. The team is doing a lot of the imaging volume in-house, so the total dollars around services rendered is chump change compared to other operational costs and offsets. In other words, the Blues have high expectations around quality of care, the affiliates have high expectations around brand prestige, individual reputations and exposure. Team affiliation is a way for those locations to lure in world class physicians, which is a hard and expensive thing for hospitals to do. Competition is fierce.

Regarding this topic specifically, and related to the above, the surgeons are not exclusive to the organization—they still maintain full clinical schedules with standard imaging reviews, pre/post-op appointments, and only perform surgeries during limited blocks each week. VIP treatment could mean squeezing a player in need of an outpatient procedure into a block on tight turnaround. That said, you're absolutely correct in assuming part of the arrangement is prioritizing discretion and private settings.

Not lending credence. Not calling the poster out.

Unrelated, but someone on Reddit posted a picture from the Cards game yesterday - both Holloway and Tucker were there (with 72, 4, 63, 30). The poster said they watched them both get up and walk without limitation, so...good sign there.

Interesting context there. Not much to add, other than pointing out that Buffalo also counts on their medical staff to push out star players by fighting over treatment plans with them.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Saw this this morning but just realized I hadn’t seen it mentioned here yet.



We knew Dvorsky and Texier were going but good to see Schenner and Binner are going as well.

Both Canada and Sweden have very stacked rosters.