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I love these threads. It makes that moment when Blues fans sink into their couches and witness yet another playoff campaign where these guys disappear offensively even sweeter
Steen-Oshie-Backes.
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Oh the originality of this post. So what happens IF they happen to win it? (Fingers crossed, knocks on wood.)
atreyuavenged
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Still don't like Backes. Until he stops the some of the shenanigans he does, his team will only got as far as he takes them.
rumrokh
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So confused.
Some fans of a few other teams, especially in the Central, think Backes is a "fake tough guy," as though you're basically only allowed to be 1. a player who doesn't mix it up at all, OR 2. a heavyweight (in which case, you're only allowed to mix it up with other heavyweights, otherwise, you're dirty scum).
But because Backes isn't some great fighter, playing rough with other players is somehow despicable in their minds. He's far from clean (most players fall into the gray area), but he doesn't jump into hits, target heads, throw rabbit-punches, etc. All you get is a rare boarding like everyone else who hits a lot and then some roughing after the play. But that apparently makes him a villain.
Probably because fans have come to view sports through the lens of story even though the inherent chaos makes sports a better analog for real life than stories.
bleedblue1223
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Dbrownss
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FSMW posted during the game. Steen has something like 29pts, Backes 25, and Oshie 25. Patrick Kane separates them.
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LetsGoBLUES91
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They were putting them on the Backes line at the start of the year and Vladi's line was unstoppable. Now they have switched to Vladi's line, and the Backes line has been unstoppable.
Tough to beat. Not to mention poor Stastny finally has decent enough players on his wings on the 3rd line, they are no easy task to defend either.
LetsGoBLUES91
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LetsGoBLUES91
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Pirate King Luffy
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I had Steen in my Yahoo Fantasy but traded him for Trouba striaght up. Then I acquired Oshie in exchange for Miller. What could have been 
Captain Creampuff
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struckbyaparkedcar
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I didn't know we changed the definition of "disappearing" to mean "one of your two most important players getting concussed."
KnuckChuckinTkachuk
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As of now, and even at the beginning of the year I had STL as my cup favorite and deepest team in the league. With a top 9 of
Steen - Backes - Oshie
Schwartz - Stastny - Tarasenko
Berglund - Lethera - Jasken
You just cant go wrong...
Steen - Backes - Oshie
Schwartz - Stastny - Tarasenko
Berglund - Lethera - Jasken
You just cant go wrong...
Multimoodia
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So confused.
He once attacked a toddler during an Avalanche game. It was truly a horror to behold.
LetsGoBLUES91
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WalterSobchak
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MPJ might not have panned out but that draft pick we got in the deal became Ivan Barbashev.
Perron wasn't fitting in on any Blues line. Moving Perron gave Oshie his chance as the top RW and is probably why he has become the player he is today.
Captain Creampuff
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WalterSobchak
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thats what I meant!
Schwartz improvement made him redundant. Also he failed to gel on any of our teams. He went on to have a fantastic season on a bad Oilers team. He was never going to fit in the top 6 and he was horrid in a bottom 6 role.
Dbrownss
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All I know is that pass from Oshie last night between the legs for the assist was pretttttty cool.
The gross part about that is it was a set play from the dump in to the goal.
