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 whembly wrote:

 mega_bassist wrote:
Jeez, the Blues might as well have been playing against Sharknado. What's that, three losses in a row to those guys?

The Sharks is a very good team.

We were also without Backes, Schwartz and Sabotka. Those three guys are the "heart & soul" of the Blues offense imo (and Steener).

While I completely agree...it's kind of disheartening to see them lose...again...to the Sharks. But hey, I'm sure they'll win tonight!

YEAH!

Alexader Steen signed a 3 year deal with the Blues.

Woot!


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Blues up 3 to zip over the Canadians in the first period!

Including 2 goals by the newly extended Alexdander Steen! (24 goals so far!)

Man, Old Steener just can't seem to get a Hat Trick!

Woot! Ovie gets #400 and Caps get a solid 2pts on the road!

Valete,

JohnS

Wooo! Talk about a milestone, eh?

4-2 loss to Sabres, how did that happen?

Dang... I thought for sure we had 'em when Ovie made it 4-2 in the third. But no... We drop it 5-4 in OT to the Devils.

I do like Holtby between the pipes, but he's had a horrible December.

It's a point, sure, but the boys in red shoulda got two.

Valete,

JohnS

And Detroit gets their first Shoot Out win of the season...

I'd be a little more excited if they hadn't blown a 2 goal lead for what seems to be the 30th time this year.

Blues up 2 to 0 over the Oilers at the end of 2nd period.

Where have these Ottawa Senators been all season? 5 goals against the Penguins. Held off 5 power plays, been playing 3 solid periods of hockey.

Nuts... Gave up another multi-goal lead. But dang, you can't get muck closer to a tying goal than Ovie did when he rang the crossbar late in the 3rd... Didn't like the "no goal" call, but I gotta admit it was right. One millimeter lower and that was in...

Valete,

JohnS

Welp, Blues botched their lead last night. Boooo.

Did anyone catch the own goal by the coyotes' goaltender last night? He deflected it into the air, turns around searching for it, and it lands in his pants. He backs up into the net to block any possible shots and the Sabres score a goal on it lol.

Whoooo!

Blues win in SO over the Blackhawks! 5-4.

Time to stock up for New Years!

6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.

Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.

 dogma wrote:
6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.

Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.

Yeah... the refs were bad on both sides. How many times does TJ Oshie need to get body slammed, (erm, interferred) and the penatly doesn't get called?

Frankly, the Hawks goalie made several unbelievable saves.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Did anyone catch the own goal by the coyotes' goaltender last night? He deflected it into the air, turns around searching for it, and it lands in his pants. He backs up into the net to block any possible shots and the Sabres score a goal on it lol.

That's the second goal he's scored this year.

 whembly wrote:

 dogma wrote:
6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.

Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.

Yeah... the refs were bad on both sides. How many times does TJ Oshie need to get body slammed, (erm, interferred) and the penatly doesn't get called?

Frankly, the Hawks goalie made several unbelievable saves.

I'll completely agree with all of this.

One thing I will say, that SO was INTENSE

Blues won last night in overtime in Dallas.

This was a great win because we keep losing players to injuries and the flu bugs. I don't think Backes was even in the lineup.

 whembly wrote:

 dogma wrote:
6-5 and, while the Blues deserved that win, the officiating was awful.

Hjalmarsson's direct crosscheck at the 'Hawks blue line wasn't called, nor was the behind the play retaliation. And the slash on Toews' hands during overtime should have been a penalty at the very least. I'll also call BS on the Hjalmarsson holding penalty at the end of regulation, given that both teams had gotten away with similar behavior all night.

Yeah... the refs were bad on both sides. How many times does TJ Oshie need to get body slammed, (erm, interferred) and the penatly doesn't get called?

Frankly, the Hawks goalie made several unbelievable saves.

Raanta has done really well filling in for Crawford this season

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

Raanta has done really well filling in for Crawford this season

Given the situation, yeah.

He has a really strong glove, but his stick is weak. He also has a bad habit of collapsing into his net. Of course, these are things that can be corrected with good coaching.


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Good game for Raanta, (another) horrible game for the officials.

How does Toews not get a penalty shot when Brown does?

NHL WINTER CLASSIC!!!!

110,000 people in the Big House. World record attendance for a hockey game.

NBC at 1300(E). If you are not watching it, YOU ARE WRONG!

 djones520 wrote:
NHL WINTER CLASSIC!!!!

110,000 people in the Big House. World record attendance for a hockey game.

NBC at 1300(E). If you are not watching it, YOU ARE WRONG!

I'm watching!

Also, BLUES won last night 2-1 over the Wild!

We're slowly catching up to the Hawks.

I'm watching it too! Pretty crazy the amount of snow accumulating on the ice.

Makes me excited for the Heritage Classic in a few months.

Great game so far. That hit on Eaves had better result in a suspension. Cross-checking him in the head like that...

Just prior to that hit Eaves elbowed Lupul in the face. They both deserved penalties, and should both face suspensions. In fact I would argue that Eaves' hit was a clearer violation of Rule 48 than Lupul's.

Edit: It was Kindl, not Eaves.

 dogma wrote:
Just prior to that hit Eaves elbowed Lupul in the face. They both deserved penalties, and should both face suspensions. In fact I would argue that Eaves' hit was a clearer violation of Rule 48 than Lupul's.

Watch that again, Eaves never touched his head. That was Kindl.

Edit: I see your edit.

 djones520 wrote:

 dogma wrote:
Just prior to that hit Eaves elbowed Lupul in the face. They both deserved penalties, and should both face suspensions. In fact I would argue that Eaves' hit was a clearer violation of Rule 48 than Lupul's.

Watch that again, Eaves never touched his head. That was Kindl.

Yeah, you're right, I'm still a bit hungover.

But, that said, I think Kindl deserved a penalty, and that he and Lupul should face suspension.

 dogma wrote:

 djones520 wrote:

 dogma wrote:
Just prior to that hit Eaves elbowed Lupul in the face. They both deserved penalties, and should both face suspensions. In fact I would argue that Eaves' hit was a clearer violation of Rule 48 than Lupul's.

Watch that again, Eaves never touched his head. That was Kindl.

Yeah, you're right, I'm still a bit hungover.

But, that said, I think Kindl deserved a penalty, and that he and Lupul should face suspension.

If Kindle was given a suspension over that, then the guy who took Dastyuk our should have been suspended as well, and so forth and so on. That was an accidental hit. Lupul's was purposeful. While they certainly need to create more awareness among the players to keep their gak in line, you can't say the two are on equal footing.


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AND THE WINGS SCORE!!!!!

 djones520 wrote:

If Kindle was given a suspension over that, then the guy who took Dastyuk our should have been suspended as well, and so forth and so on. That was an accidental hit. Lupul's was purposeful. While they certainly need to create more awareness among the players to keep their gak in line, you can't say the two are on equal footing.

I don't agree, Kindl knew where his elbow was going to impact Lupul as he was looking directly at him when coming in to make the play and left his feet; a fact used to justify a suspension against Lupul last season.

As an aside, I'm not a fan of the various outdoor games counting against a team's record if they are going to feature game specific rules that deny scoring chances, as happened to Zetterberg.