GDT: Season Opening GDT: Blues @ Kraken 3:30 PM CST ESPN/ESPN+

[AjaxManifesto]

Damn...paid $11/mo to watch on ESPN+. Waste of money thus far

 

[Puck Luck]

Might be one of his more rational takes based on this game solely

ah yes, by a guy known for his rational takes

 

[Dr Robot]

Hopefully we will get going once pre-season is over.

 

[Stealth JD]

Damn...paid $11/mo to watch on ESPN+. Waste of money thus far

Same.
Gonna be a lot of losses this year.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Gonna be 0-3 very soon

 

[TheDizee]

Is it to early to call for Bannister to be fired?

He will be worse than Mike Kitchen was

 

[Spektre]

That didn’t take long … every Blues player looks like they have been on the ice for 5 minutes… just standing

 

[AjaxManifesto]

I predict we see Claude as the head coach by Xmas

 

[AyeBah]

Nathan walker of all people gets a 2 on 1, sucks hes an AHL player

 

[Thallis]

Agreed for the most part depending what strides Holloway makes this year.

Is the team a little better than last year? I would think so, but Binnington will have to save the team most nights.

Army and company talked about how the roster got faster but I don’t get it. Holloway has speed. Broberg is smooth but not fast.

Joseph is average. Schenn might be even slower than last year. Texier is probably above average but I wouldn’t call him fast.

I understand optimism at the beginning of seasons, but I don’t see a big difference from last year besides we can’t bitch about Krug

The biggest difference on this team is on D which was notably downgraded in the top 4. We can bitch about Krug all we want, he's better than what Broberg has shown in the NHL.

 

[Xerloris]

He will be worse than Mike Kitchen was

I mean Julien is a GOOD so might as well switch to him early imo.

 

[PJJJP]

So we still can't exit our zone cleanly. Nice to see some things don't change

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

I predict we see Claude as the head coach by Xmas

you might be right

 

[Spektre]

Shots 20-7 lol

 

[Chojin]

Looks like the preseason wasn't an outlier; we really are this bad.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Play-by-play guy ROASTING us

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

Shots 20-7 lol

yikes

 

[Blanick]

Blues passing is a hot mess. We either try to force a puck through a Kraken player or just fling it up the ice hoping it finds a random player. Zero intensity or engagement by the Blues players, just going through motions. Trying to finish their shift and get off.

 

[mk80]

We fired Chief for this?

 

[Thallis]

lmao 5 drop passes on the same sequence

 

[BlueDream]

The biggest difference on this team is on D which was notably downgraded in the top 4. We can bitch about Krug all we want, he's better than what Broberg has shown in the NHL.

Oh dear lord man. We were a bottom 5 defensive team in the NHL the past 2 seasons with Krug. It is near impossible to get worse defensively than we were. Replace Broberg with Krug in this game and literally nothing would be different.

Let’s give Broberg time because he could potentially turn into a big upgrade in the top 4.

 

[Spektre]

Leddy trying a slap shot from the point with absolutely nobody in front of the net but he shoots it right into the forwards pads anyway

 

[Ranksu]

Damn...paid $11/mo to watch on ESPN+. Waste of money thus far

I pay 45€/month + 12 months without cancel option to watch just one game and 20min.

 

[Blanick]

Did the refs forget they have whistles?

 

[Thallis]

Oh dear lord man. We were a bottom 5 defensive team in the NHL the past 2 seasons with Krug. It is near impossible to get worse defensively than we were. Replace Broberg with Krug in this game and literally nothing would be different.

Let’s give Broberg time because he could potentially turn into a big upgrade in the top 4.

I'm perfectly fine giving him time. I just don't think we should expect to be a better team than last season while he figures it out.