Half-Assed GDT: Blues vs. Wild| Meaningless Match vs Minnesota Pt. 1|
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Berube has talked about it before during interviews. Perron doesn't kill penalties and is a smart player who knows how to read the situation coming out of the box and make the right play.
Very good 1st period. Obviously the two goal lead is big but I really liked the goals we scored, going to the net hard and finding loose pucks. Husso was obviously great in net with several big time stops. The thing I was most impressed with though was how active the Blues were with their sticks in the defensive zone and how well they were protecting the front of the net. Keep that up.
Husso has great lateral quickness and all the tools you’d hope to see in a young goalie. Hopefully he can take the next step towards being a NHL-caliber backup. The results havent been there yet, but he’s not hopeless once he’s dialed in.
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Good 1st Period for The Blues overall. They started off a little sluggish, but picked it up and defended well for much of the period. Husso was excellent getting back to make acrobatic saves when he overplayed his anticipated plays (he must have learned that from Allen, before he left!) 
I was thinking Husso looks very Allen-like tonight.Good 1st Period for The Blues overall. They started off a little sluggish, but picked it up and defended well for much of the period. Husso was excellent getting back to make acrobatic saves when he overplayed his anticipated plays (he must have learned that from Allen, before he left!)
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He and coaches have decided that him coming out of the box during the end of a penalty kill is actually not a bad idea, thus they've done it I think since he came back from the Pens or Ducks
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He's looked confident tonight. He's not sitting back on the goal line like he has been lately and while he's sliding out of net it seems to be a controlled slide instead of out of control panic.
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Husso looks like he is holding his glove out in front of him a little more when in position tonight. For our goalies on the forum, will that help him react better vertically with his glove hand when tracking shots?
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O’Reilly and Perron have been good, I wouldn’t say great. I think both have another gear, a playoff gear. Hoffman has been better since the TDL. I think with this team being a veteran team, we’ll see another level when the playoffs start.
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Were you looking for more than 50 points out of either?
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Well, that McDavid dude got 100, so they should be in that neighborhood right?
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that and it allows him to watch it into the glove.. and buys just a little time to adjust when moving it back to the body
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That’s great in my book.
It cuts down on the angle shooters have, allows better vision and tracking of the puck to the glove and I can't tell but if he's holding it slightly higher it helps cut down on being sniped high glove like he was against the Wild last time.
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The Blues are easily the most overlooked team in the playoffs right now, especially when healthy.
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Good defensive play by Krug, riding the bigger man out of the play until help could come.
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He’s been a little leaky high and lower glove side, so I was wondering if this was a coaching progression to help him react better high and low on the glove side.
