Bernie: Thanks to Nazem Kadri, The Blues Have Lost Their Minds, Their Will, And Their Way.
At this point, there isn’t much left to say. The Colorado Avalanche are not only the superior team in terms of talent and depth, but they have bigger hearts than the Blues, more competitive character than the Blues, more composure than the Blues, and more intelligence...
Bernie: Jordan Binnington Is Down. Are The Blues Out? Much Will Be Revealed In Game 4.
After Colorado tried to knock Jordan Binnington out of Game 2 on a failed crash-test run by Valeri Nichushkin, the Avs turned to their specialist in these matters, and Nazem Kadri got the job done. He didn’t miss his target, and Binnington (sprained knee) won’t play...
Bernie: Blues Coach Craig Berube, The Amazing Lineup Savant, Does It Again In Game 2 At Colorado.
This time the Blues were in charge of the rodeo. They came with a disruptive forecheck, made sure to seal off the neutral zone, stayed on the puck, won the tactical match, and all but snipped the laces of the boots worn by Colorado’s speed skaters. The real, true...
Bernie: To Make It A Series, The Blues Must Win Game 2 And Slow Colorado With Doubt.
OK, we get it. The Avalanche are great. Perhaps the best team in the history of the universe, at least according to fans and media in Colorado. The Avs could skate on water – without freezing it first. This is a team that has more talent than all of the other NHL...
Bernie On The Blues: Binnington Was Remarkable in Game 1, But Teammates Wasted His Extraordinary Performance.
In Game 1, the Colorado Avalanche were a Formula 1 car. The Blues were a hoopty with a clunk transmission and flat tires. The Avs were max-speed, fiber optic internet. The Blues were an old AOL dial-up connection. The Avs were Triple Crown winner Secretariat in the...
Bernie On The Blues: Fair Or Not, This Series Will Likely Come Down To The Performance Of Jordan Binnington
The Blues should lose to Colorado because that’s what everyone is saying, and that makes it true. The flawed forecasting model used by analysts at The Athletic assessed the rosters and other factors and spit out a Colorado win probability of 85 percent in this...
Bernie On The Cardinals: The Best Part About Oli Marmol’s Managing? He Puts The Team Ahead Of The Individual.
Oli Marmol has managed only 35 big-league games, and it’s too soon to make a definitive appraisal. But I like what I’m seeing in one important area: Marmol doesn’t fool around in making lineup changes. Unlike predecessors Mike Matheny and Mike Shildt, Marmol isn’t...
Jeremy Rutherford – The Kilcoyne Conversation
“The Kilcoyne Conversation” talking St. Louis Blues" playoff matchup vs Colorado Avalanche with Jeremy Rutherford. Stopping MacKinnon, Makar, pressure on Av’s.
Bernie On The St. Louis Blues: The Heart Of 2019 Beats On.
After losing two of the first three games in the best-of-seven series, the Blues were in trouble. After losing the series opener the Minnesota Wild charged back for two straight wins, outscoring The Note 11-3. The second victory was a 5-1 thrashing at Enterprise...
Bernie: This Band Of Blues Has Momentum — And Some Leftover Magic From 2019.
Your Blues returned to St. Louis on a wave of kinetic energy. That’s a fancy-pants way of saying they have the momentum in their first-round series against the Minnesota Wild. After being counted out more prematurely than Missouri’s own Harry S Truman in the 1948...