GDT: Game 46/82 Blues Vs Flames 7PM CST FDSNMW

[TheOrganist]

What did Dreger say?

Check the 2nd page of the GDT towards the bottom. Someone posted the TSN link.

 

[mk80]

Got another much needed win to pull within a point of the Flames. But we also got some good help around the league thanks to the Kings beating Vancouver, and the Rangers over Utah.

Beyond the immediate teams around us, we also got broader help as the Oilers beat the Avs who hold the top WC spot currently, and Montreal took down Dallas (C3).


Hopefully we can keep things going on the road this weekend and we still need some more help around the league.

 

[Stealth JD]

Is Schenn sucking the youth and skill from Kyrou and Holloway?

The new “two kids and a goat” line?
Tho Kyrou’s no kid and Schenn is no GOAT.

Maybe “two pups and a mule” line?

 

[joe galiba]

The new “two kids and a goat” line?
Tho Kyrou’s no kid and Schenn is no GOAT.

Maybe “two pups and a mule” line?

Two mule's for Sister Sara line?

 

[BadgersandBlues]

These last two nights (Well Tuesday/Thursday) couldn't have gone better for us. Utah and Vancouver lost both games they played in regulation, and we beat Calgary twice. We made up a lot of ground this week thanks to all these events, and we have a chance to do more damage with games against Utah and Vancouver coming up. It's time to put the hammer down and see if this team has that dawg in em.

 

[Brian39]

These last two nights (Well Tuesday/Thursday) couldn't have gone better for us. Utah and Vancouver lost both games they played in regulation, and we beat Calgary twice. We made up a lot of ground this week thanks to all these events, and we have a chance to do more damage with games against Utah and Vancouver coming up. It's time to put the hammer down and see if this team has that dawg in em.

They had that dawg in em last night. That win made more of a statement than a simply 2 points against a team you're chasing. 2 wins against Calgary doesn't answer all the questions, but that game last night showed me more than simply 'they won a game they had to win.'

They jumped on Calgary from the opening draw both nights. Calgary absolutely spent Wednesday and Thursday talking about getting a better start than the early goal against on Tuesday. And we came out and made them look like an AHL team in the 1st period. We took the first 5 shots of the game and made it 1-0 less than 5 minutes in. Shots were 7-1 when we scored. At the end of the period, we were up 3-0, shots were 15-7, and high danger chances were 8-1 in our favor. Calgary showed life to start the 2nd (as expected) and scored to make it a game again. We promptly responded and 6 minutes later slammed the door shut with a PP goal.

That was about as convincingly as you can win a 'playoff style' game. And when the nastiness came, our group rose to the occasion. I saw a guys stepping up for teammates. I saw a bench absolutely loving Nathan Walker fighting a guy out of his weight class. And then I saw a PP unit trying to get Schenn a hatty and further embarrass a wounded Flames team on the ensuing PP.

We got ourselves a nice lead and then rolled 4 lines. I didn't see any passengers last night. We'll see how much dawg the have in em on a week to week basis, but that dawg was there last night.

Edit: I know we've talked about the need to put a winning streak together, but I don't think we need to do that over our remaining games in January in order to make a legit playoff push. The 6 remaining games in January are pretty damn tough: @ Utah, @ Vegas, Vegas, Dallas, Vancouver, and @ Colorado. I think I'll still buy this team as a legit playoff candidate if they get 7 points in those 6 games. I'll probably be buying it if they come out with 6 points, so long as 4 of them come from regulation wins against Utah and Vancouver.

 

[Stlblue50]

Great to see the Blues get rewarded for the way they’ve been playing really since Monty has taken over. There were a good number of games that got an L when at very least deserved 1 point.

Tuesday’s win was their first 1 goal win since Dec 15th very the NYR! They completely dominated that game besides letting up 2 goals in a minute too. All of their other wins have been VERY dominating with a couple of 4-0 Ws and 6-2 Ws. That game at MINN would have been a blowout if not for Binner having a really rough game. They also completely dominated Buffalo and went toe to toe at FLA.

It was bad timing playing Columbus twice in a week when they are on fire, winning 6 out of their last 7. Both of those games could’ve gone either way

It’s HUGE that both Binnington and Hofer have had 2 straight games each of rock solid goaltending! That was the #1 thing that was holding them back. The PK was almost perfect vs Calgary and the PP looked dangerous (not sure if they scored).