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Coaching Runaround part 1
Posted on 8 Nov 2011 by Patrick McLellan.
The Blues have made a tradition of firing coaches over the past few years. In 2004 the Blues were riding goalie Brent Johnson into the ground as they were risking their first spring of being outside of the playoff picture in 24 years. Although more than half of the teams’ payroll was invested in an underachieving top power play unit (Demitra, Tkachuk, Weight, MacInnis, and Pronger) and the ma...
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Judge Shanny
Posted on 1 Oct 2011 by Patrick McLellan.
I was at a friends’ house my sophomore year of high school and the Blues game was on. They were playing the Winnipeg Jets. My family is not a hockey family by any means, so my exposure to the sport was very limited at the time. However, I went to a different high school than my older siblings that boasted a great hockey program in which many of my friends played and I was a regular rink rat e...
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HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO BUT…
Posted on 15 Feb 2011 by Dave Frederick.
High expectations are dangerous. Just like combining tequila and wine. I won't name names the way Sammy “The Bull” Gravano did, but you know who you are. You're the ones who publicly predicted the Blues would finish 6th or higher. The ones who boldly and ignorantly stated the Blues would make the playoffs this season. I asked why back then and will repeatedly ask why until...
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MY SOLUTION ( NHL ALL STAR GAME )
Posted on 27 Jan 2011 by Travis Currie.
Most of us consider the Holy Grail of hockey to be the Stanley Cup. But really, it's attainable, we all know where it is, we've all seen it wether live or in person, and we know by exactly what day on the hockey calendar it's going to appear. So really, wouldn't the REAL Holy Grail be this: How do we make the NHL All Star Game more exciting ? After all, nobody has figured it out yet, and nobody...
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Blues Season Preview
Posted on 14 Sep 2010 by Patrick McLellan.
Blues Season Preview Going into this season, the Blues have been projected by the Hockey News to reach sixth place in the western conference. This is no surprise to anyone whom knows this Blues team. What is a surprise is the fact that the team added no scoring this summer. Whether it was due to the thin market for snipers outside of the lazy Russian, not so lazy $100 million Russian range, or ...









