I'm not saying he hasn't had bad games in years. I am saying, we gotta go pretty far back to find one this bad. Even for Schenn's standard tonight has been brutal.
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I'm not saying he hasn't had bad games in years. I am saying, we gotta go pretty far back to find one this bad. Even for Schenn's standard tonight has been brutal.
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That's why I forgot him. I remember his name but thought he was a French Canadian, and don't even remember his position. Bozon and Texier are probably the only ones who were NHL-worthy.
Wow I think Blues connected more passes with Habs players than they did with Blues players. For a bubble playoff team we have to win games against weaker opponents. Tonights level of effort and execution is just not good enough. Hang your heads in shame
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There is a lot of blame to go around for this one but Binnington has not had a good game. I still don’t understand why they started him 3 games in 5 nights when Hofer has been playing so well, arguably better.
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I don't think effort is the issue tonight. The forecheck is generation quite a few turnovers, and the Blues are outshooting the Canadiens. It's the lack of discipline that lead to those penalties.
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Christopher Huet was okay, but really not good enough to be more than a fill-in for an injured fill-in. The French League is not of very high quality - probably a stop down from the Swiss and German Leagues (maybe a step higher than The Dutch League. It was amazing to me that Bozon could be a regular in The NHL, similar to Walker's situation. Dreiseitl is also an amazing story. The German league is probably slightly lower level than The Czech and Slovak leagues, which are a step down from The Finnish Elite League.
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Some thoughts as the game starts to wind down and it looks like we're not going to get enough offense to get it to OT:
Blues felt like they've controlled basically this entire game. Lots of pressure, some good looks, some not so good looks, but overall it seems like they've been able to hold Montreal to rather weak chances. However, they've given Montreal great looks off the rush which has led to at least one goal. Powerplay and penalty kill have also put this team behind tonight (less so penalty kill but they gave up one). I don't feel like there have been a ton of breakdowns that would have prevented us from winning - on the contrary, I think we've played good enough to win in OT, if not regulation. Really it comes down to goaltending. Binnington has been bad tonight. Lots of turning around for some reason, getting beat clean, getting beat with 2 defenders back against Caufield (really don't care how well he can shoot), was a bit slow on the penalty kill goal. Just overall not a good game from him and I hate to put all the blame on him tonight but that's just how I feel and what I've seen. Normally I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on 2-on-1's, great shots, or penalty kill goals, but they all really felt like savable shots from the tv perspective. This is one of those games where you play well and get beat. Good game, bad loss.
Blues felt like they've controlled basically this entire game. Lots of pressure, some good looks, some not so good looks, but overall it seems like they've been able to hold Montreal to rather weak chances. However, they've given Montreal great looks off the rush which has led to at least one goal. Powerplay and penalty kill have also put this team behind tonight (less so penalty kill but they gave up one). I don't feel like there have been a ton of breakdowns that would have prevented us from winning - on the contrary, I think we've played good enough to win in OT, if not regulation. Really it comes down to goaltending. Binnington has been bad tonight. Lots of turning around for some reason, getting beat clean, getting beat with 2 defenders back against Caufield (really don't care how well he can shoot), was a bit slow on the penalty kill goal. Just overall not a good game from him and I hate to put all the blame on him tonight but that's just how I feel and what I've seen. Normally I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on 2-on-1's, great shots, or penalty kill goals, but they all really felt like savable shots from the tv perspective. This is one of those games where you play well and get beat. Good game, bad loss.
i guess i cant watch no more (bad luck)
i agree its rare to see a french hockey player
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But it's not just the penalties. They are not skating hard like they did in Toronto. And maybe their easy, 5-1 victory got them thinking that they did what they needed to do to get out of their slump, and SUBCONSCIOUSLY they let down. In The NHL, playing without asn edge can get you beat by even bad teams. I saw that at every competitive level above age 11 or 12.
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Agree with others that 50 was probably the weak link tonight. He hasn’t looked too hot in our losses this yr.
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Robb_K
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They'd probably have lost anyway. They didn't play with consistent energy and an edge. They probably subconsciously coasted a bit without realising it, because they won so easily against The Leafs. They looked like they just weren't on tonight.
imo they came out flat and chased the game all night
