Watched him against the Jets yesterday. Really impressive performance. The Blues look like they've got a beauty.
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This guy looks awesome. I'm blown away by his confidence and assertiveness. I liked how he was demanding the puck on the PP. he's going to score a ton of goals with that shot.
Didn't he break the glass with a slapper the other day and hurt a goalie with another last night?
He's gotta have one of the hardest shots in the league...
He's gotta have one of the hardest shots in the league...
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hes got a bomb from the point. And it's scary cause sometimes its a head shot or sometimes its low... honestly if I were a goalie I'd crap my pants when he winds up cause who knows where itll go.
When Parayko keeps getting more and more comfortable and confident, they will have someone like Shattenkirk or Petro QBing the PP and I wouldn't be surprised to see Parayko set up on the one side for one timers and Tarasenko on the other side doing his thing. The Blues PP is going to be insane once Shattenkirk is back and they get rolling. It kind of got all messed up and they lost momentum when shattenkirk got hurt
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does he look like prime dion. Back when he was dominant young player dion was really amazing. He is still good but when he was younger he dominated, i remember watching a game where he broke the glass twice in the same period. The great thing for the blues he doesnt have to be the best dmen for them they got pie, shatt, as two number one dmen, they also have a nice young core of dmen in lindholm, schmalts, and ed. Its crazy the blues have gotten so much talent yet been so good for the past 5 years. They have rattie, fabbri, and babs on offense which is impressive to add to their core.
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that's a deadly clip... thanks for posting it... there was another bomb from the point VS the Jets last night and he hurt Pavelec that was posted in the Blues forum. I love hearing the crowd after his shots always haha.
I know there are a lot of players that have hard shots but this kid's shot is scary cause he tends to shoot it high at times and it freaks the shit out of his teammates. They know to get out of the way. Weirdly enough I like this haywire shot reputation he is getting cause nobody in their right mind will want to block it from another team cause they don't know if it will hit their foot or face haha. Once he gets his shot a bit more accurate, look for many goals from the point for him.
Did they ever see how hard his shot was at Blues camp or anything?.. Very curious the speed of it
I know there are a lot of players that have hard shots but this kid's shot is scary cause he tends to shoot it high at times and it freaks the shit out of his teammates. They know to get out of the way. Weirdly enough I like this haywire shot reputation he is getting cause nobody in their right mind will want to block it from another team cause they don't know if it will hit their foot or face haha. Once he gets his shot a bit more accurate, look for many goals from the point for him.
Did they ever see how hard his shot was at Blues camp or anything?.. Very curious the speed of it
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He had one vs edmonton too where the crowd was suprised and was ooohing. His shot reminds me of a shotgun, where it powerful and goes a bit everywhere, but it gets thru. Hell learn to control it a bit and will be potting alot of goals from the blueline with it.
Creates so much havoc, which in turn creates chances off rebounds and what not
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Jake Allen says it's like Weber's. I think it got clocked when he was in college, but can't remember the specifics of it, was definitely triple digits though.
Hitch said his wrister hits the net every time, but his slapshot is almost a loose cannon at this point. Once the accuracy improves, he'll score around 15 a year. In the meantime, he'll settle for injuring a lot of people and opening up lanes.
He's basically the exact player that we though Johnson was going to be for us.
Hitch said his wrister hits the net every time, but his slapshot is almost a loose cannon at this point. Once the accuracy improves, he'll score around 15 a year. In the meantime, he'll settle for injuring a lot of people and opening up lanes.
He's basically the exact player that we though Johnson was going to be for us.
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I just hope he doesn't hit Tarasenko or someone in the head with one of those cause that may be the last time we see a slap shot from him haha
I believe it was Pang that said Parayko's shot when he's stepping into a one-timer is over 110mph...which isn't surprising considering he can hit a stationary puck while standing still over 100mph.
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The good news for other teams that they don't have to spend 82 games standing in front of them.
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It's gonna suck for whoever plays the PK against the Blues in the playoffs, 7 games worth of blocking that shot...
Big game from him tonight. Even though the Blues lost 3-2 in OT to the Islanders, Parayko himself had 1g, 1a, +2, 6 shots and played 23:39 including 4:36 on the PP. He was the game's second star behind Grabovski who scored the OT winner.
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We don't know yet but it's being discussed on our board a lot. I think it's very possible it does in the offseason, as long as we would get the return we're looking for (likely a top center).
He's a beast out there. He eats up minutes and he steps up his game even more when the Blues need a goal.
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Hard to say. Since they all play right side, it may be that Shattenkirk could be traded at the end of the year. I think Pietro is not really a consideration.
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Pietrangelo, never.
Shattenkirk...have you seen our Power Play....my god its a disaster without him
While I'd explore trading Shattenkirk...it could only be for a 1C. Obviously we'd have to build a package but still....the odds of that player becoming available isn't likely.......
The icing on the cake is Bortuzzo, he's a fanatic 3rd dman. So while the Blues could go on without Shattenkirk, our specials teams are absolutely atrocious and Parayko can't move the puck like Shattenkirk...yet.
After every Blues game, win or lose, the fans who have watched the game vote for the three (Blues) stars of that game...with the leading vote getters receiving 3, 2 & 1 points respectively. The points are tallied and a running total is kept for the season. While not completely accurate, do to biases and individual perceptions and judgements, in is a fairly indicative measure of who is playing well and consistently. Tarasenko has the most points. Parayko is number two. Not Piertangelo, not Bouwmeester, not Steen or Backes. A rookie d-man. He's been THAT impressive.
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