Post-Game Talk: Blues 5 - Jets 1, Series tied at 2

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If that mess in St. Louis was just Helly....it would be exactly one thing.
But O was non-existent, STs were bad, D play weak, and overall getting physically pushed around.
Too many things.....fans feeling the negative playoff ju ju...creeping in, yet again.

Jets can erase all of that, with a win on Wed. A loss may send everything into a death spiral......
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t's nut cutting time
 
We have guys on every line whose role is driving/crashing the net and they are not doing it
Iafallo, Nino, Lowry... Tanev, Barron and Apples are tasked as 'diggers'

2nd line lost ALL of its speed when it lost Ehlers... that doesn't work in the playoffs - Perfetti's grit deserves better, he's busting his ass

Defencemen are all panicked - Pionk is back to his chaos game, Schenn/Fleury/Stan cant read the play fast enough and also blindly clear the puck, Samberg's pivots are still bad, Jomo is just 'off'... but again, this is NOT all on the D - the forwards especially the first line are cheating like crazy and there's no puck support

Scheif-Connor have to prove they are elite...

I'd get the line blender out... but I don't really have four lines that I think will work offhand - so not sure what works other than playing with grit.
 
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If Vilardi is back and not playing top line. And Kupari is ready, we should either slot in Kupari as 4C
Apple Kupari Vilardi 4th (or Names instead of kupari) makes a sneaky skilled 4th line. I like Kupari's speed and size though.

Make the second line Nino Bear Perfetti (adds speed and size) everyone is ice cold might as well try it.

This is Lowery's team. He's gonna have to step up. Scheifele too. Jomo is hurt, he's not able to play his game.

We are making Binnington's job very easy.
 
He’s a solid goalie.

If Binnington had the Jets forwards dominating the front of the net as well he would also struggle.
Exactly plus Binnington doesn’t have great numbers either.
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Exactly plus Binnington doesn’t have great numbers either.
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Exactly. Binnington is crap. Unfortunately, post season Helle has been bigger crap. He can't really be much worse the next 2 games, so I am going with Helle will be better.

Now, can we get Vilardi back so we have a real first line again?
 
Exactly. Binnington is crap. Unfortunately, post season Helle has been bigger crap. He can't really be much worse the next 2 games, so I am going with Helle will be better.

Now, can we get Vilardi back so we have a real first line again?
If the Jets can get that PP back up and running with Vilardi it might make the Blues think twice about taking cheap shots at the them.
If you noticed the teams with the best ST are the ones winning games.
This looks good from today's practice.
 
arneil said helle was better in the first 2 games and binnington was better in the last 2, this is the 1st time I have ever heard a coach point out that helle needs to be better
 
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Helly absolutely needs to be better but so does the entire team really. Helly can't let 5 or 6 goals in but the team needs to score more as well. Hopefully Vilardi back helps with that.
Vilardi could have played yesterday according to Arniel's comments today so unless he gets hurt stepping out of the shower ... Vilardi is playing Wednesday.
 
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