What version of the Blues will we see tonight in Game 6? I wish I knew. But this team has been flaky and frustrating and unpredictable during its second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche. The Blues lose when we think they’ll win. They win when we think...
What was the point of getting on the airplane? The series was over, right? Down three games to one to a superior opponent, humiliated at home in two consecutive losses, the Blues made the trip to Denver. They were boarding a flight to nowhere. Didn’t they know this?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I don’t know if Tuesday’s game Colorado was a test run for the postseason, or just a look at how the Blues would measure up against the best team in the Western Conference. The Avalanche prevailed, sending the Blues home with a 5-3 loss. But the game had something for...
