pdavemoney
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- May 29, 2019
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I've been saying this exact same thing to all my fellow Blues fans. This run is fun, and let's just enjoy it for what it is. We might get a Cinderella run out of this team, who knows, but this team is not like 2019 which was only a goalie away from being elite. As compared to 2019, this team lags behind in every area, especially defense. Okay Binner is the same...Shades of the 2019 team? No, the only thing consistent with 2019 is the firing of the coach and the goaltending getting hot at the right time. They look much more like the 2008-2009 Blues who went 27-11-7 starting January 1st after starting the season 14-20-3. Granted, this team is playing their best hockey I have seen since 2019-2020, but they don't have the manpower to do what they did in 2019; They could definitely upset someone in the 1st round. If THIS team won the cup, then I would say yea, that's a fluke, but the 2018-2019 team? Not even remotely close. The only thing that team needed was a goalie who could take on the starting role which ended up happening. Everything else was top to bottom on par or better than the best teams in the league.
With that being said, I'm still extremely pumped to see if they can continue this level of play! They're winning games and looking great doing it. I'm buckled in hopefully for a long, heart attack inducing playoff ride!