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What Was Your Favorite Blues Moment Of 2013?

St. Louis Game Time — I think that enough time's passed since the Blues got the boot to look back at the positives of the regular season. Sure, there were stretches of meh that were more than unexplainable, but the Blues really had some moments that showed that they're on the right path, hiccups and all. This is more of an all-call for you guys - what was your favorite Blues moment of the shortened season? There are quite a few to choose from: the 6-0 opening shutout of the Red Wings was fun, albeit a little bit of a source of inflated optimism. The sensational start of rookie Vladimir Tarasenko before he ...

May 23, 2013

Blues 2013 Unrestricted Free Agents: Re-Sign Or Free Up The Cash?

St. Louis Game Time — This past season, the Blues showed you can have regular season success with a low payroll - a reaffirmation of what they proved the previous season. Having the second-lowest payroll in the league ($52,185,361 according to CapGeek.com) leads to having the second most money to spend in the off-season on free-agents, right? Not for the Blues. They'll do what they've always done - stand pat with most of what they have, add a few quality pieces, and try to groom their core players for more success in the next season. The trick this year is that several of those core players are up for new d...

May 21, 2013

A Cultural Difference Separates Blues And Cardinals

St. Louis Game Time — I've been batting this article around in my head since literally the night playoffs ended for the Blues. Do I write it here, do I write it at my site? Do I write it at all? Am I the only one who has noticed a huge cultural difference between the Blues and Cardinals and how they handle disappointment? Of course, while thinking on this, Bernie Miklasz kind beat me to the punch a little bit. That'll learn me to worry about if bringing the Cards up on Game Time is a good idea or not. In today's post, he wonders why the Blues are so satisfied - they didn't play as well this year as last, t...

May 18, 2013

David Backes Saves Puppies. Again. Off-Season Puff Piece Alert!

St. Louis Game Time — Apologies for the couple of days of no new content. Something's been up with SB Nation's servers, and I've been a bit slammed at work. Obviously we've all been kind of down with the playoff elimination, so I've dug up not one but two instances of David Backes and his wife, Kelly, being awesome. In the first one, Backes flew his plane to the Tri-States area (apparently this article doesn't believe in specifying a city - is Keokuk a city? Where? What state?) to take three dogs back to the Five Acres Animal Rescue in St. Charles. One of the dogs, Meaty, looks like he could suit up for the...

May 17, 2013

Are The Blues Ripe For A Goalie Controversy?

St. Louis Game Time — Well, that ended well. I'm not talking about the season - I'm talking about the Blues' goaltending situation. Is it any more clear now than it was in February? Nope. Do the Blues have a starter? Sure. They apparently have three of them. While that sounds like a situation any team should be lucky to have, it presents quite the quandary for the Blues. One of the starters has quite a huge contract and is developing a wonky groin. One of them occasionally has problems with consistency, sets his crease aflame with terribleness, and has to be sent to the AHL for a conditioning stint before h...

May 13, 2013

Kings Vs. Blues Round One Recap: What Happened?

St. Louis Game Time — There are more causes of death for the Blues this postseason than there are bodies at the Body Farm. This was the closest series I can remember watching in the playoffs for a long time, and I remember thinking after the first game that there wasn't going to be much room for error. There wasn't. Each game was decided by a goal, each game had big hits and hard hockey, and each game was immensely winnable for either team. That's what makes this series loss so frustrating. The Blues could have won. Why didn't they? At the risk of wallowing in misery, because that's what we as Blues fans ar...

May 11, 2013

Blues At Kings Game Four Recap: Blues Lose Game 2-1, Series 4-2

St. Louis Game Time — Never before have I seen a hockey team work so much for so little. Such quality play from the Blues, and nothing to show for it. The smart defense has been there for the most part, the Blues had good goaltending that gave them a chance to win, and they had an energy line that should have rubbed off on the rest of the team. The downside is, they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn all series long, and when you're playing a goaltender like Jonathan Quick, you gotta make him work for it. The Blues did, a little - but not nearly enough. This series had everything from the Blues but scori...

May 10, 2013

Playoff Road Music: 05/10 at LA Kings

St. Louis Game Time — During regular-season games, players and coaches are loathe to use the phrase "must-win" game. Tonight, however, I think that is the ONLY thing that can describe the game. Must. Win. With few exceptions, almost everyone in the larger hockey world has been talking about how wonderful this series has been, especially the hitting and tight defensive play. It has certainly been an entertaining one. So much so, it'd be a shame to end it at 6 - let's go for 7 eh? Or, as radio voice Chris Kerber put it: Well, we're here in LA. Might as well win a hockey game while we're at it.— Chris Kerber (...

May 10, 2013

2013 NHL Playoffs: Blues At Kings Game Six Preview

St. Louis Game Time — Tonight won't be easy, but no one ever said that the playoffs were easy. The Blues have proven that, letting a 2-0 series lead slip away to a 3-2 series deficit. Tonight is win or go home. Of course, a win tonight and the Blues do go home, back to St. Louis for a game seven. Game five heroics weren't enough, as Alex Pietrangelo forced an overtime period that ended eight minutes in when Slava Voynov got a whiffed shot past Brian Elliott. You can't blame Elliott for the goal: "I was hustling back as hard as I could and got a stick on him," Schwartz said. "He definitely wasn’t going five...

May 10, 2013

2013 NHL Playoffs: Blues At Kings Game Six Morning Open Thread

St. Louis Game Time — What more can I type after a Blues loss? Score more? Stop missing good chances? The top nine needs to wake up? Is Andy McDonald even a part of this team anymore? Will David Perron run Jonathan Quick again tonight, operating under the mistaken belief that it "gets into his head?" Who knows. All that we all know is that the Blues blew two chances in LA to put the series out of reach, lost in overtime on Wednesday night, and now face elimination in a city where they haven't win a game in two years. This is your morning open thread. Predict, rant, try to be optimistic. I very much would l...

May 10, 2013

2013 NHL Playoffs: Blues At Kings Game Six Gameday StoryStream

St. Louis Game Time — You all probably already know what this is going to say. What more can I type after a Blues loss? Score more? Stop missing good chances? The top nine needs to wake up? Is Andy McDonald even a part of this team anymore? Will David Perron run Jonathan Quick again tonight, operating under the mistaken belief that it "gets into his head?" Who knows. All that we all know is that the Blues blew two chances in LA to put the series out of reach, lost in overtime on Wednesday night, and now face elimination in a city where they haven't win a game in two years. This is your morning open thread...

May 10, 2013

LA Kings at St. Louis Blues Game 5 Recap

St. Louis Game Time — Tonight was a pivotal game for the St. Louis Blues. They HAD to win. Even that seems like some sort of an understatement. They had to show up for this game and play an entire 60 minutes and dominate in our building, which they have done this entire series. Instead The Blues got played. This series is a prime example of what the Blues achillies heals have been all year. Playing catch up, bad turn overs and puck management, and of course a lack of offensive force. The team failed to play a full 60 mins. They failed to give their goalie a lead. Moose was stepping up through out the g...

May 8, 2013

Fenwick for First Four Playoff Games

St. Louis Game Time — Fenwick (from Hockey Prospectus) Another possession metric, originally devised by Matt Fenwick of the Battle of Alberta blog. Fenwick follows the same concept as Corsi, but doesn't include blocked shots. Fenwick is considered to have better predictive value for future goal differential than Corsi. The removal of blocked shots is also valuable since blocked shots are a proven skill worthy of being separated. Fenwick Events/Percentage (from Pension Plan Puppets) For the sake of easy comparison, Fenwick Events can be used in a number form (like Corsi) and provided on a per 60 minute basi...

May 8, 2013

2013 NHL Playoffs: Kings At Blues Game Five Preview

St. Louis Game Time — Is this a game five elimination game? No. Should it be? Yes. Should we keep being mad about the fact that it isn't? Only if the Blues manage to lose tonight, because that would probably signify the biggest pissing away of a 2-0 series lead in franchise history. Oh! Wait, no, it would signify the ONLY pissing away of a 2-0 series lead in franchise history. The home team has won every game this series, and neither team has won their games easily. This has been a tough, hard hitting series. Players are probably getting tired. Things are getting sloppy. Fans are getting frustrated. Welcome...

May 8, 2013

A Blues Fan Rant: An Annual(ish) Tradition

St. Louis Game Time — SHIT. DAMNIT. SON-OF-A-BITCH. MOTHER-FUCKER. The Blues got outworked, outchecked, outsmarted, outplayed, and punched in the motherfucking mouth. We were dazed, confused, running, gunning, blue-line pinching, dick holding, penalty taking, reaching, grabbing, dick holding, Cracknell missing, tired backchecking motherfuckers. Hallelujah. HOLY SHIT! Where’s the Tylenol? Okay, I feel better now. I got that out of my system. Now, let's join the Blues in erasing all memory of that West Coast trip and proceed with getting back to business. Our mission now, is to win 2 more hockey games again...

May 8, 2013

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