BERNIE BITS Good Monday to you … Opening statements: — Any win by the St. Louis Blues is made even happier when David Perron scores a goal. Or two goals. — The MLS is back with another season, and I enjoyed watching Sunday’s matches. Major League...
The Blues lost a game, and the city weeps today. Not really, but it ain’t much fun to lose to the Colorado Avalanche. The final score Thursday night at Enterprise Center was 4-3. “In life, the monsters win.” — George R R Martin Damn right. But at least the Blues...
Before I explain why I’m fired up by the offseason additions of wingers Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich, let’s go back in time and trace the Blues’ odyssey to this moment in time. The Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019 with a rugged and relentless 5-on-5 style of...
BERNIE BITS The Cardinals. Oh, man. The 32-33 Cardinals. It’s bad. After being swept by the Cubs over the weekend at Wrigley Field, the Cardinals were dumped into fourth place in the NL Central. They’ve won two games in June. After being swallowed by Wrigley Field,...
WELCOME TO BERNIE BITS Good morning, good afternoon, hello, how are ya — and what’s for lunch? 1) Did the Cardinals lose a game to the Dodgers on Wednesday night? I must have fallen asleep. And the crazy thing is, I had a fuzzy dream … something about...
The Blues lost their identity in 2021, a natural next-phase regression that actually began in 2020. Injuries are always a factor, yes. But as hard as the Blues’ roster was hit this season, injuries can’t explain away the collapse of Coach Craig Berube’s foundation of...
The Blues are safe at home, at least for a while, until the next rockslide rumbles in their direction. The Colorado Avalanche are in town. After losing the first two games of their first-round series against the Avalanche the Blues will be searching for positives...
In trying to make a case for the Blues staging a stunning first-round upset to bring down the Colorado Avalanche, we spend a lot of time talking about the essential need to prevent the Avs from scoring. The Blues must slow Colorado’s high-speed rail of an offense and...
Hours away from the opening faceoff in Colorado, am I hearing “Let’s Go Blues!” at a lower decibel level? If so, I understand the anxiety, the angst. This first-round series against the Avalanche is a brutal assignment. The Blues are taking on the team that had the...
