GDT: Game 49/82 Blues Vs VGK 7PM CST FDSNMW

[Linkens Mastery]

Blues Vs Vegas. We should lose. Will probably win for no reason at all.

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[SirPaste]

Win the games you should lose, Lose the games you should win, this is the Blues way

 

[LogosBlue]

 

[Stealth JD]

But if we win the games we should lose, and lose the games we should win…then we should win the games we should win, because THOSE are the ones we should lose…and we all know that the ones we should lose are the ones they win!

 

[Xerloris]

Win the games you should lose, Lose the games you should win, this is the Blues way

Jokes on you, we're suppose to lose way more than win this year

 

[StlBigFly]

I’d rather have our present day depth chart than Vegas’ if I had to win 1 game, so long as it isn’t against the Sharks or Blue Jackets.

Eichel is amazing, the Knights defense is outstanding, and there is a lot to like throughout. There are many ways they’re better off than the Blues are.

But I feel all the years of trading and pushing has depleted them to the point where you can look at what they’re going to bring and feel alright about your chances. It’s kind of … mid once the first line is off the ice. It’s a pretty basic assignment - either their top line pressures you enough while their defense pushes you outside or not. It isn’t an easy win but the win conditions are basic. I guess now that I’ve typed this they’ll get a ton of secondary scoring but whatever.

Blues win by more than 3. Reckless optimism engaged. They won’t be able to contain half of our offense and we looked pretty good when they were the home team with last change. Plus we aren’t due to lose until we’ve won 2 in a row.

 

[joe galiba]

Blues Vs Vegas. We should lose. Will probably win for no reason at all.

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[MissouriMook]

As an update - which is really no update at all - the live thread feature is still not functional and I've seen no timetable as to when it might be restored.

 

[Brian39]

I’d rather have our present day depth chart than Vegas’ if I had to win 1 game, so long as it isn’t against the Sharks or Blue Jackets.

Eichel is amazing, the Knights defense is outstanding, and there is a lot to like throughout. There are many ways they’re better off than the Blues are.

But I feel all the years of trading and pushing has depleted them to the point where you can look at what they’re going to bring and feel alright about your chances. It’s kind of … mid once the first line is off the ice. It’s a pretty basic assignment - either their top line pressures you enough while their defense pushes you outside or not. It isn’t an easy win but the win conditions are basic. I guess now that I’ve typed this they’ll get a ton of secondary scoring but whatever.

Blues win by more than 3. Reckless optimism engaged. They won’t be able to contain half of our offense and we looked pretty good when they were the home team with last change. Plus we aren’t due to lose until we’ve won 2 in a row.

Vegas certainly isn't the 4 lines deep machine they used to be, but I don't see an argument that we are deeper than they are. They have 8 guys with 10+ goals while we have 7. They have 13 guys with 5+ goals while we have 11. They have 9 guys with 20+ points while we have 7. Their 4th line center has as many goals as our 3rd and 4th line centers combined. The leading scorer for both teams has 20 goals, but they have 23 more team goals than we do.

By the standards of a top end Cup contender, their depth leaves something to be desired. But I wouldn't trust our depth to win a game right now more than their depth. The lack of a 3C and the rotating door of Saad, Tex, Joseph, Bolduc, and Torpo through 2 wing spots in the top 9 has not provided good depth. Our 3rd line and for large stretches our 2nd line have been well short of good this year.

 

[PocketNines]

they could lose the game but win our hearts

 

[StlBigFly]

Vegas certainly isn't the 4 lines deep machine they used to be, but I don't see an argument that we are deeper than they are. They have 8 guys with 10+ goals while we have 7. They have 13 guys with 5+ goals while we have 11. They have 9 guys with 20+ points while we have 7. Their 4th line center has as many goals as our 3rd and 4th line centers combined. The leading scorer for both teams has 20 goals, but they have 23 more team goals than we do.

By the standards of a top end Cup contender, their depth leaves something to be desired. But I wouldn't trust our depth to win a game right now more than their depth. The lack of a 3C and the rotating door of Saad, Tex, Joseph, Bolduc, and Torpo through 2 wing spots in the top 9 has not provided good depth. Our 3rd line and for large stretches our 2nd line have been well short of good this year.

Is a really good criticism.

I think the one way we have the advantage is that we are quite pokey, just unstable.

From the Birds Eye, they’re able to deliver a more stable product due to having a more complete roster, more maturity, taller defense, way taller goaltending. I’d expect them to have better overall results. Smoother results.

But we can leverage our threats while having enough to jam up play to beat them home and away. We can paper rock scissors them in a circle and always find a win as we go around by sending a group or 2 to be full game 200 ft support then one hyper aggressive counter attack. Their top end is not good enough imo to overcome our pokiness with Kyrou, Holloway, neighbors, Schenn all much more of middle threat than anything they have.

I’d bet on them to have more points at the end of the season but I’d bet on us to win any given game against them.