DADAKOTA
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Calgary goal number 1 was a doozy
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griffin
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It's pretty obvious that the scouting reports on Allen are to shoot high......and it works.
Elliott is now good to go, just waiting out the IR period. If he's not the playoff goalie I won't watch.
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I have more faith in the political process than Jake Allen.
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Good lord.....Allen looks horrible the last 2 games.
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Did someone tell the Blues the playoffs have started? 
So back to back games with a save % of .765 and .808 are bad then? Ummm you'd have to think these last two games might decide who their #1 goalie is, doesn't it? Oh wait, this is the Blues.. 
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Did someone tell the Blues the playoffs have started?
So back to back games with a save % of .765 and .808 are bad then? Ummm you'd have to think these last two games might decide who their #1 goalie is, doesn't it? Oh wait, this is the Blues..
Now that is funny---don't care who you are 
Kind of makes the age old question pop up
How many Blues does it take to lift a Stanley Cup?
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No one knows
or something like that and if the last 2 games are an indication of how they will play in the playoffs.....
we may never know
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Most folks are saying that spring is two to three weeks early this year. With spring comes allergies. The Blues are usually allergic to winning in the playoffs. Maybe their allergies just started early this year..
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Looking for a team victory and the rightful goalie to get his job back tonite.
They call it a win-win I believe.
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Blues were pretty dominating Saturday night. And Elliott looked like the goalie he was before the injury. Hopefully both of those trends can continue.
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Canucks are a bad team, played the night before, and they have a ton of starters out.
Good team to turn around on but a better test will come Tuesday in SJ.
Elliott was rock solid, looked really good coming back.
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Yep. I heard the Canucks dressed 7 rookies!
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I do my best not to revel in others pain, but the fans in Vancouver deserve nothing more than what they have right now.
They are the most pompous, arrogant, over the top sports fans of any city I know.
On a side note, never been to Vancouver, but hope to some day. In spite of them.
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Any lingering starting goalie questions? 
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I'll let you know once I hear it from the wise goalie guru's own lips.
Hitch still has 8 games to screw this up.
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griffin
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Like I said.....if the #3 goalie in the league doesn't start EVERY SINGLE playoff game I will not watch.....or care what the hell happens to them.
This is Brian Elliot's playoff run to win or lose.
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sptsman
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As of today, he has shown a propensity for good and even great play in he regular season and to go David Backes on us in the playoffs. No doubt he as the ability. The question is whether or not he can show up in the playoffs...
Any questions?
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Any questions?
Yeah.
Who do you want in goal for round 1?
I know, it's a toughie.
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DADAKOTA
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They are the most pompous, arrogant, over the top sports fans of any city I know.
Even more so than Cardinal and Jayhawk fans?
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H2ODOG
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They are the most pompous, arrogant, over the top sports fans of any city I know.
Even more so than "new money" Royals fans and Jayhawk fans?
Fixed it for ya.
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They are the most pompous, arrogant, over the top sports fans of any city I know.
Even more so than Cardinal and Jayhawk fans?
Just curious if in your unsettled mind that holds true for people who pretend to be Cardinal fans?
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sptsman
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Any questions?
Yeah.
Who do you want in goal for round 1?
I know, it's a toughie.
Right now, I'd take Elliott. He seems to have the hot hand. But... As of today, he has shown a propensity for good and even great play in he regular season and to go David Backes on us in the playoffs. No doubt he as the ability. The question is whether or not he can show up in the playoffs...
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griffin
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Any questions?
Yeah.
Who do you want in goal for round 1?
I know, it's a toughie.
Right now, I'd take Elliott. He seems to have the hot hand.
You mean by having the #1 GAA and #1 save percentage in the NHL? Wow....how did you ever arrive at that conclusion?
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You mean by having the #1 GAA and #1 save percentage in the NHL? Wow....how did you ever arrive at that conclusion?
The same way you did. Been watching the games and can read the stats. Its not that complicated. I'm just not ready to give him Roy or Hasek status until he actually shows up for the playoffs and wins something. If he does that, I'm his biggest fan. It sure seems like this is his time doesn't it? But then again, we've seen his great regular season play before.
All of this regular season hype means NOTHING!! The only thing that matters is what they do in the playoffs. And it is rare that an NHL team succeeds in the playoffs without at least above average netminding. And the Blues play a very conservative / defensive minded game that does not work well with goalies giving up ANY soft goals. We are pretty sure Backes and a few others are not going to come up big, if they show up at all. So goaltending, for better or worse, is paramount for the Blues come playoff time.
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H2ODOG
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In honor of the Blues typical playoff run..........this is what those hands will be hoisting over their heads.
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Goal tending is paramount for any play off team. Even when guys like Crawford or Niemi won, they managed to have solid work during the playoffs.
As for samo samo Blues routine, it's an easy and safe position to take so you can keep cut and pasting to your hearts content. But you're missing what's really happening.
Rookies Fabbri, Edmunson and Parayko all appear unaware of your "no show" concerns for the upcoming playoffs. Upshall and Brodziak are 4th line upgrades and then of course the whiner is gone and a guy who actually wants to play has taken his spot more than quite nicely.
This team has its first 3 lines set, and they are all clicking. You can rake all you want on Backes, there's still no Blue on the ice who beats his effort each and every night.
And just so you are for sure aware, Elliott is playing elite level goal tending, his best of his career but equal to anyone in the league right now as well.
And these are the guys who did not make the big move over the summer OR the deadline. This is the team most wrote off because we did not get the marquee guys like every one said we had to.
We'll see what happens. No predictions but what I am seeing is a LOT of movement towards play off preparation. We are going to face a tough opponent no doubt, I'm just saying this team is very different from teams of the recent past.
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