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Tag: Kevin Shattenkirk

  • Take Me To The River, Take Me To Where All The Poisons Go – Blues Series Preview – Goalies & Defense

    Take Me To The River, Take Me To Where All The Poisons Go – Blues Series Preview – Goalies & Defense

    And so it begins anew, and the braintrust of the NHL gets what they ultimately want again with the divisional playoff format with a perennial occurence of legacy NHL rivalries along with an effort to fabricate new ones. The Hawks and Blues will meet in the first round for the second time in three years, with the Blues once again having home ice advantage thanks to their usual solid regular season. But even the florid, toothless cretins along the river are beginning to realize that that type of success and $2.50 gets one on the bus.

    Because everything the Blues does is predicated on the prevention of quality chances against, it’s appropriate to take a look at their back end of the blue line and their goalies first.

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  • Manifest Destiny – Blues vs Hawks Preview, Workplace Mediation

    bluestrumpet_jersey vs evil empire

    Game Time: 7:30PM
    TV/Radio: CSN, WGN-AM 720
    Toasted Ravs, Man: SLGT

    Tonight’s game between the Hawks and Blues is being labeled a playoff preview by all of the flapping heads around the league, and in one sense, that’s not accurate at all given the number of injuries on both sides that will surely answer the bell this time next week, as well as the fact that this first round matchup is anything but a foregone conclusion. And in that respect tonight already is a playoff game unto itself. Should the Blues gain a single point, they will clinch some form of home ice and the Hawks will be locked into third in the Central. However a Hawks regulation win still keeps them in position for home ice if not the division, depending on the outcome of Stars/Avs. The Hawks would still need some help from the Preds and/or Capitals on Saturday, but they still have to close out their regular season home schedule properly tonight to give themselves a chance.

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  • Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues' Special Teams

    Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues' Special Teams

    With the opening faceoff of Game 1 Thursday night inching ever closer, it’s now time to take a look at one of the more unpleasant aspects of facing the West East St. Louis River Rats: their special teams.

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  • Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues’ Special Teams

    Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues’ Special Teams

    With the opening faceoff of Game 1 Thursday night inching ever closer, it’s now time to take a look at one of the more unpleasant aspects of facing the West East St. Louis River Rats: their special teams.

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  • Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues Defensemen

    Careful What You Wish For – Round 1 Preview – Blues Defensemen

    Moving outward from the crease, it’s now time to take a look at arguably the Blues’ strongest group as a whole, their defensemen. From top to bottom it’s one of the deeper and more balanced groups in the league, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some soft, stupid, and ugly spots the Hawks can attack and exploit.

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  • Morning Links 4/5/13

    Morning Links 4/5/13

    St. Louis won in Beer Pong:(NHL)

    No lead was safe: (Comcast Chicago)

    Q is happy: (Daily Herald)

    It shall be Crow: (SunTimes)

    Monty working his way back: (Chicago Tribune)

    Frolik is adaptable: (Comcast Chicago)

    Sid’s jaw is jacked, not his brain: (TSN)

    The Next,Next One is already running things: (Globe and Mail)

    Jagr is confident: (CBC)

    So basically Dave Nonis has the same opinion of Mike Gillis as we do: (The Province)