2023021265
STL loses, 5 – 2 .
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LGB
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Even if we had won tonight, it was wishful thinking that we would be able to squeak in. The Knights have too easy of a schedule, it was really never a question. The Blues had one of the best records against the best teams in the NHL, what fucked them was dropping about 16 points to the five bottom feeders in the league (teams that were solidly in the bottom of the standings from basically the start). We knew this was coming, it’s not surprising. I’m just ready for what the future has to offer.
Blues exceeded my expectations this year. The failure of this team was 3 years ago, and last summer, and playing poorly under Chief.
This isn’t a failure.
Get ’em next year.
Even if we won this game Vegas being up 3-0 in the first period against the Wild would make it meaningless. You can’t fucking lose to teams like the Sharks three times and think playoffs is realistic.
We have a lot of young talent that is going to keep growing and I truly think we’re in a retool and not a rebuild. Army make some moves this offseason that position us for success next year.
I blame the San Jose sweep.
Fade me
Too little, too late for the Blues this season. I liked the fight they showed the second half of the season. Lost out on valuable points against terrible teams, that was probably the difference this season. Lots of encouraging signs going into next year, though
I hate it when the St. Louis Blues lose hockey games. I hate it when the St. Louis Blues miss the playoffs.
Until next season, it’s been a pleasure shitposting with all y’all!
Why do you hurt me
Vegas up 3-0, nail in the coffin.
Ahh vegas fans trolling the sub like they weren’t depending on us losing to save their season. Can’t watch the $118M roster make an early exit.
Good game. Could have won this one if they capitalized on some of the many grade A chances they had but Anderson was on it. Future is bright tho, kyrou has figured his shit out and Thomas is elite almost gonna hit 90 points! Also bolduc with goals in 3 straight ! Kid looks good .
I’ve said this for a while, but we’ll finish right outside the playoffs. The worst fucking place to finish. Give me draft position 16 and a middle tier prospect that’ll take 3 years to even enter the league.
Every single loss from late February until now was “the final blow for the Blues this season.” Every single one, I even said so myself. Had a fighting chance all the way until now. That’s pretty cool and I still prefer this to a team that wanted to lose for a draft pick.
Barring some miracle by Minnesota, that’s it. And even if that happened, still need a few miracles. Well at least we got hockey that mattered up until game 80. Those bottom feeder losses were the difference. Think they showed they are close to being a playoff team, hopefully a few moves in the offseason will get them over that hump.
I love this team, and I’ll support them till I die. Win or loose, this year imo wasn’t the worst and wasn’t as bad as we made it out. Eliminated 3 games till the end. Lots of positives, got a lot of upcoming young players for our future that will make all the pain now worth it I can hope. 2 more games left on the regular season. I’ll support the team till the end and then wait a long miserable summer of no hockey again. Love the boys and LGB!
So, unless Flower feels the power of god or whatever diety is nearby flow through him and he holds off the knights by changing time and space instantly, I think it’s pretty safe to ask now, what was everyone expectations if we did make the playoffs?
I personally think it was Army to advertise players “with more playoff experience,” like how he sold Leddy to us when we signed him. Figured that way it would open up more opportunities with different teams for some of these NTC players that absolutely need moved.
If the Blues win the Stanley Cup this year, I’ll be shocked as hell. There’s a 1% chance it’s going to happen.
Goaltending looks stupidly good going ahead. Forward depth is really quite something with Thomas, Kyrou, Neighbours, now Bolduc, Dean, Snuggerud, Dvorsky as well.
Defense is the only area where we don’t have a lot of exciting guys coming up, but that’s where Army looks to add through free agency and trades going forward if needed.
I think next year is a big step forward from this (less up and down), and we should make the playoffs. A bummer ending, but I’m super pumped for our future.
Edit: I forgot, but a new coach will help a TON. Bannister didn’t change much from Berube beyond the PP, so a new voice, more tailored to the personnel we now have is desperately needed.
Pain….
Blues have been on the ropes for a while. Bolduc is ready, Dean needs a bit more seasoning in my opinion. I was impressed with Alexandrov and blais these past games. They didn’t do much on the score sheet, but they had a good forecheck going.
Moving into next year, one of the larger defensive contracts have to be moved. (Faulk or Krug) after this year, it’s gotta be faulk. We looked worse with him playing this year.
Kapanen and Scandella are almost certainly gone. Blais may be as well, but he may take league min and allow himself to be buried in the minors. If we assume he is in the team, That leaves the blues with:
Forwards:
Thomas, Schenn, Kyrou, Buch, Saad, Hayes, Toropchenko, bolduc, dean, neighbors, Alexandrov, sunny, walker, blais. 14 forwards
Defense:
Faulk, Krug, Kessel, tucker, Leddy, Parayko, Perunovich 7 dman.
Same roster basically which is why I believe the blues need to trade some extended contracts.
Some positives from the season still. If Army is serious about making this team contend sooner than later i’d expect some moves in the offseason with all the expiring contracts we have. We have good pieces here and a big improvement from last season was made this year but still just missing a little extra. Shame to let such a good season for some players go to complete waste but it is what it is.