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GDT: Game 52/82 Blues @ Avs 8PM CST FDSNMW
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If McQueen’s back injury isn’t something serious, I’d definitely take a strong look at him too. I might like him more than Desnoyers actually.
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Right now, the only guys on the team with an ounce of heart are Dingo and the empty husk of Brayden Schenn.
Compete level is extremely high on my list of priorities in this draft.
McQueen can get hot-headed at times, but he's a "skill" guy more than a real Pitbull.
Desnoyers and Martone are the guys I really want. They both have the "dog on bone" mentality that I think we need.
* Stenberg should improve that area also, but a LOT more is needed.
Thanks, I would have felt better with 8-12 than possibly top 4.
Yeah its hard to get a read after the top 3. (Schaefer, Hagens and Misa) You could make arguments about the next 10 landing anywhere from 3-13. There have been guys I don't like that other posters are excited about and vice versa. There does however seem to be a consensus on Desnoyers, pretty much everyone would be happy with that pick.
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I’m with you. We need way more team toughness, but with skill. I guess the high compete level term is what they throw around. But, I agree, we need lots more of it.
I mean, it's probably his NIL agent. I'm sure Snuggy is fun to watch but I'd take that statement with a grain of salt.
So its ok to want to tank NOW. How much shit have I been given all season for wanting to tank (not necessarily from those quoted)?!?!?! But now its cool to say we should tank lol. We've had trains all season, but y'all finally getting onboard.
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Go back to week 2 and you’ll see I was already in tank mode lmao, but I have flip flopped a few times
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Whelp that was rough. Our goaltending once again gave up a goal in the first five minutes of a game and our PK couldn't stop a beach ball. Tough for me to get down on the team when we don't get any saves, it's gotta be demoralizing at this point. We've come out of the gate well a couple of times during this losing streak, but in all four games we've been down 1-0 before seven minutes into the first period. Simply inexcusable goaltending.
As for the other things I wanted to see, Bolduc did not get to play with Thomas at all, but Texier did, and in fact got more minutes in tonight's game then Bolduc has had in a single game all season. Texier did almost nothing but turn the puck over and took a stupid minor penalty to boot. He did have one nice stick lift on Makar and set up Buch for his best chance of the game, so he's probably fine for another game or two on that line.
Holloway did not get to play Center. It's time to break up the Holloway/Schenn/Kyrou line, they've scored two 5v5 goals in their last six games. We can't put our two best wingers together and get that kind of production.
Broberg did not get to play on the PP, which is dumb. He did however get top pairing minutes and frankly looked good. He can really skate.
I think Colten Ellis needs a call up and I think we should really think about sending Hofer down. I'm not sure if he's waivers-exempt, but if he is, we should perhaps get him some games to rebuild his confidence. He's been abysmal this season, he gave up five goals on a little over three expected, which is probably going to drop his GSAx down past negative five on the season.
Ok, off to bed, hopefully when I wake up we will have somehow cloned 25 year old Alex Pietrangelo and we might not suck for the next three years as well.
As for the other things I wanted to see, Bolduc did not get to play with Thomas at all, but Texier did, and in fact got more minutes in tonight's game then Bolduc has had in a single game all season. Texier did almost nothing but turn the puck over and took a stupid minor penalty to boot. He did have one nice stick lift on Makar and set up Buch for his best chance of the game, so he's probably fine for another game or two on that line.
Holloway did not get to play Center. It's time to break up the Holloway/Schenn/Kyrou line, they've scored two 5v5 goals in their last six games. We can't put our two best wingers together and get that kind of production.
Broberg did not get to play on the PP, which is dumb. He did however get top pairing minutes and frankly looked good. He can really skate.
I think Colten Ellis needs a call up and I think we should really think about sending Hofer down. I'm not sure if he's waivers-exempt, but if he is, we should perhaps get him some games to rebuild his confidence. He's been abysmal this season, he gave up five goals on a little over three expected, which is probably going to drop his GSAx down past negative five on the season.
Ok, off to bed, hopefully when I wake up we will have somehow cloned 25 year old Alex Pietrangelo and we might not suck for the next three years as well.
I really don't like Hofer but even I can say that the first goal was 200% not on him. That was a combination of freak luck and skill and there's not much any goalie could have done aside from pure luck in stopping it.
I think there is a difference between punting on season before it starts and accepting reality when it is clear the playoff chase is lost. We have learned a lot about some of our kids- the Offer Sheet Boys are keepers- and seen progress there. The rest of the season we need to look solely to player development and not focus on wins, IMO. Perhaps we should have reached that conclusion sooner, but this is where we’re at.
