GDT: Game 22/82 Blues @ Islanders 6:30PM CST FDSNMW

[Robb_K]

Nice left pad save by Binnington!

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

binny doing binny

 

[BlueDream]

SEND
BOLDUC
DOWN

That’s not even necessary. Keep him up here and fire Bannister.

Shit is getting ridiculous.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

someone just got crushed

 

[Linkens Mastery]

someone just got crushed

Kyrou while covering for defense

 

[Blanick]

Yeah.. you could feel that coming. Blues are terribly sloppy.

 

[HighNote]

P Joseph bad turnover.

 

[Robb_K]

I had tom complain about no scoring! I jinxed us!

 

[sfvega]

Man, the shine has really come off Suter lately.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

we always give up goals late

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Bummer

 

[TheOrganist]

Nice Hitchcock breakout. Let the 3 forwards just stand stationary at the far blue line with no option for the D.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Man, the shine has really come off Suter lately.

Happens when you are forcing a 40 year old who's better off playing 3rd pairing minutes into playing top pairing defensive heavy minutes instead.

 

[SirPaste]

Look like crap again. Why the hell is Bolduc not in the lineup? Bannister is inching closer and closer to losing his job every day

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Man, the shine has really come off Suter lately.

No one expected him to carry this many minutes and that difficult of an assignment. He’s pleasantly surprised me in that he is a really strong option for the 3rd pairing, which is where he SHOULD be playing.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

So like, do the Blues have a system? Or is it just skate in, pass a few times, get picked off.

 

[Blanick]

Man, the shine has really come off Suter lately.

40 years old playing 25 minutes a night.

Who could have seen a slip coming?

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Look like crap again. Why the hell is Bolduc not in the lineup? Bannister is inching closer and closer to losing his job every day

I’m not there yet. But for me the strongest argument in favor of keeping Bannister is that he’s really good for young player development. If that isn’t true, let’s get this over with.

 

[Robb_K]

A sloppy 1st Period that got sloppier for The Blues in the last 56 minutes, and ended with them giving up a goal near the end. For a while, it looked like The 3 Stooges vs. The Marx Brothers, but The Blues took the lead in sloppiness near the end, and it cost them. Let's hope they play a lot better in the remaining 2 periods.

 

[MissouriMook]

We look like a team that isn’t going to score tonight.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I smell a 0-0 tie, no goal scored in OT, and neither team can score in a shootout that goes 3 hours. The game is suspended, ending in a tie because of ineptitude, and the teams' schedules.

I smell something else.

 

[Blanick]

I’m not there yet. But for me the strongest argument in favor of keeping Bannister is that he’s really good for young player development. If that isn’t true, let’s get this over with.

Yes I am sure Bolduc will tell you sitting on his ass every other game has been great for his development.

 

[BlueMed]

I'm wondering what the contingency plan is for the 2C role next year if Dvorsky isn't ready because I don't think our fans can stomach this again next season.

 

[SirPaste]

I’m not there yet. But for me the strongest argument in favor of keeping Bannister is that he’s really good for young player development. If that isn’t true, let’s get this over with.

That’s what we were lead to believe but I have never seen any evidence of it actually being true. Maybe Kessel last year but he seems to have regressed. Neigjbours was already playing well before Berube got fired not sure it had a whole lot to do with Bannister but maybe. None of the other kids were really thriving under him when he was coaching the TBirds, maybe I’m missing something

 

[Robb_K]

I’m not there yet. But for me the strongest argument in favor of keeping Bannister is that he’s really good for young player development. If that isn’t true, let’s get this over with.

Maybe Bannister is good for young player development on The AHL level, but not at The NHL level? Bolduc should be in the Blues' lineup tonight. Did Bannister really help the T-Birds' young players improve more than they would have with the average head coach? Move Bannister down and hire Montgomery!