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...
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...
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...
The Blues performed a merciful act on Sunday afternoon. With passion and love of The Lou in their hearts, the undermanned squad calmed the village and made their peoples happy with a 5-2 victory over the lamplighting Minnesota Wild. Down 2-1 in the best-o-seven series...
I don’t really care about predictions. And I dislike the STL tradition of media pandering to the home audience by picking our beloved team to win. In these pick ‘em contests the writer or broadcaster: (A) almost always picks the heroic home team to triumph in glorious...
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...
Seven opportunistic gentlemen employed by the Blues have scored 20 or more goals this season, and the list could grow to nine by the end of the regular season. Impressive. The Greatest Show on Tundra. These 2021-2022 Blues are more Brett Hull than Frank J. Selke....
The Blues are more like an NBA team now, picking their spots to try hard. Picking their spots to try and win a game.Taking other nights off by barely showing up to play. It’s called “load management” in the NBA. But this is hockey, where it’s unacceptable to steal a...
The homeward-bound Blues returned to the Enterprise Center on Tuesday after traveling through an extensive stretch of road games. Unfortunately the boys must have misplaced their offense along the way. They could not find it in the baggage claim. Playing in only their...
