| sptsman |
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| 02/27/15 05:29 PM |
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Re: 2014-2015 Saint Louis Blues
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sptsman said:
Backes is just getting ready for the playoffs. If you recall the last tow years he spent significant time in the penalty box, at very critical times. He's got a huge heart and huge talent but he is not a leader and does some really dumb stuff at the most inopportune times...
Don't look now but LA is doing what they do. Prior to last night's game they had won 8 in a row. That is an organization that gets it. They're peaking at the right time and will be formidable in the playoffs...
Yeah, let's go to the playoffs without David Backes and all the terrible mistakes he makes while he tries to nearly single handily make this team even remotely physical.
Go ask Johnatan Towes what he thinks of all of DB's horrible mistakes that somehow exclude him in your mind as a captain. Or Cid Crosby, the super sharpshooter who has never scored on the Blues.
And the Kings? Remarkable, isn't it? All those Cups?
And their Captain is Dustin Brown.
Lemme guess, you'd rather have that moron as our captain.
There's about 3 players right now that I can think of who could be a good captain on this team. And DB is one of them. So get it thru your thick skull.......clear out the forkin cobwebs........he is NOT one of the many problems this Blues team has had trying to win in the playoffs.
Good grief.
Yes, I would take Brown or Toews as our Captain over Backes. THEY HAVE PROVEN THEY CAN WIN STANLEY CUPS!!
And you don't need to defend Backes like the two of you are having an affair. I've always said he is a great player, works his arse off and is tough as nails. I would want him on any team I had ... just not as a Captain. He's dumb as a bag of hammers and has no idea how to lead a team into battle. As the season intensifies and we get into the playoffs, he just turns his intensity up and doesn't have the smarts to do it intelligently. Just like the dumb penalty last night, he hasn't figured out to play with intensity and play smart. Love the dude but he's not a "C". Think Pete Rose...
The single biggest problem this team has right now is their inability to move the puck out of the defensive zone and through neutral zone efficiently and effectively. They miss Shattenkirk more that I thought they would. It is like two different teams.