Tank and scoreboard watching thread

[TruBlueFan1970]

The worst teams in the universe, the Hawks, Sharks and Preds, are terrible dreck and can we enjoy it? No. Why? Because we can't get down there with them when we need to, although winning the lottery and taking Schaefer from them would be be beautiful. (And if we get the #1 pick there's none of this Hagens nonsense, it's Schaefer)

Not being snarky at all, as I think he is the consensus #1, but man, I would have to think long and hard about Misa. Maybe I’m still tormented by the EJ over Toews pick.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

Not being snarky at all, as I think he is the consensus #1, but man, I would have to think long and hard about Misa. Maybe I’m still tormented by the EJ over Toews pick.

I like Misa over Hagens, but im still going Schaefer #1.

 

[PocketNines]

Not being snarky at all, as I think he is the consensus #1, but man, I would have to think long and hard about Misa. Maybe I’m still tormented by the EJ over Toews pick.

I completely understand the EJ trauma. One of my main all time arguments is let's not repeat the trauma of gaining and losing Stevens, gaining and losing Pronger, gaining and losing someone else, so repeating of known trauma I'm wary of ... but you know what gets me in the end? Schaefer's super late birthday ... two weeks from being a 2026 draftee ...

 

[BlueSeal]

The worst teams in the universe, the Hawks, Sharks and Preds, are terrible dreck and can we enjoy it? No. Why? Because we can't get down there with them when we need to, although winning the lottery and taking Schaefer from them would be be beautiful. (And if we get the #1 pick there's none of this Hagens nonsense, it's Schaefer)

Absolutely would take Schaefer over the rest.

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

Our old friend Kevin Hayes pulls PIT even with 10 minutes to go. They need a loser point at least. BUF up with less than 5 minutes to go.

 

[Mike Liut]

We are 2 games out of the 4 spot. Binner needs to cool the eff off. Lol

 

[MissouriMook]

If you look at the standings now it seems like we would have a real shot at finishing in the bottom five. We have some really tough runs left in our schedule. Ultimately, I think what keeps us out of the bottom five is the fact that, despite some of the rough patches, we still have five games left against Chicago and Nashville.

 

[Spektre]

I think Buffalo and Montreal can wind up with a better record than the Blues. I’m not sure about anyone else. I will be surprised if they get better than the 7th overall pick.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

I think Buffalo and Montreal can wind up with a better record than the Blues. I’m not sure about anyone else. I will be surprised if they get better than the 7th overall pick.

Anaheim is on upswing too.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Anaheim is on upswing too.

 

[kimzey59]

I think Buffalo and Montreal can wind up with a better record than the Blues. I’m not sure about anyone else. I will be surprised if they get better than the 7th overall pick.

I think there's a very realistic shot at #4(Buffalo, Seattle and Anaheim would need to pass us), especially if we actually sell at the deadline(don't know that selling would affect those 3 teams as much given the young talent in their lineups that won't be available).
But we're not catching SJ, Chicago and Nashville.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Hopefully all the bubble teams can put some distance on us before the March mid-off that happens every year.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Somehow with Leddy back, you know this team is going to go on an improbable 7 game winning streak here soon and screw this whole thing up.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

I think Buffalo and Montreal can wind up with a better record than the Blues. I’m not sure about anyone else. I will be surprised if they get better than the 7th overall pick.

Im expecting the 7-12 range myself, our roster is still better than the bottom 5 teams.

 

[HighNote]

Overall a solid night besides us getting a loser point. We were close to winning that game altogether, so I'll take the OT loss there.

UTA/PHI went to OT. SEA got a point. ANA won. MTL won. BUF won. PIT got a point. So everyone either gained on us or stayed even.

Our next big game is after the Four Nations tournament, the 25th against SEA. SEA is currently the least likely team to pass us, of the teams that realistically still can.

 

[ds774622]

If you look at the standings now it seems like we would have a real shot at finishing in the bottom five. We have some really tough runs left in our schedule. Ultimately, I think what keeps us out of the bottom five is the fact that, despite some of the rough patches, we still have five games left against Chicago and Nashville.

Nashville games are weird. I treat them like Yankees-Red Sox games where one team could be 20 games back but the score ends up 11-10. Also, wasn't Nashville shit last year until they played us and went on a heater in February?

 

[Brian39]

Overall a solid night besides us getting a loser point. We were close to winning that game altogether, so I'll take the OT loss there.

UTA/PHI went to OT. SEA got a point. ANA won. MTL won. BUF won. PIT got a point. So everyone either gained on us or stayed even.

Our next big game is after the Four Nations tournament, the 25th against SEA. SEA is currently the least likely team to pass us, of the teams that realistically still can.

Even rooting for a full blown tank, I can't say that the loser point was a bad thing last night. You need to give your fans a reason to keep coming to games. Home stands like the 0-3 end to January kill fan interest and make it a nightmare to be a player on the team. Everyone who paid to be there got their money's worth last night and it is good for your overall brand to not get curb stomped on national TV. I also very much want to avoid creating a culture of losing. There are too many guys who should/will be here long-term to make it organizationally acceptable to stop trying to win games in February (and there are plenty of still-developing guys who will gain more from battling in a game like this than getting their doors blown off).

If your goal is a complete tank while limiting the financial losses and digging a hole too deep to climb out of, you need a lot of home games like last night's.

 

[Mike Liut]

If you look at the standings now it seems like we would have a real shot at finishing in the bottom five. We have some really tough runs left in our schedule. Ultimately, I think what keeps us out of the bottom five is the fact that, despite some of the rough patches, we still have five games left against Chicago and Nashville.

Those games are far from automatic wins. I wouldn’t be surprised if we go 3-2 or even 2-3 in those games. They both play us tough.