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Throwdown Lowdown – Canucks @ Blues 01-12-12
Remember when the St. Louis Blues sucked at hockey back in the middle to late ‘00’s? I’m starting to forget those days, thanks to performances like we saw in Le Centre Bell on Tuesday. A dominating 3-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on their court was a thing of beauty, as was the standing ovation...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Avalanche 12-01-11
They are the St. Louis Blues, and lately all they can do is win hockey games, even if it’s just brutal to watch. Another ugly-yet-effective game led to a 2-1 win to spoil Dale Hunter’s Washington Capitals coaching debut. And there WAS a fight in the contest! Scott Nichol got into it with noted scrapper...
Easterly Wind Blows Coaches Away
Not even halfway through the NHL season, and there have already been three coaching changes to date. Blues fans are pretty happy with the way Ken Hitchcock is working out so far in St. Louis, getting his boys going with eight wins in their past 11 games. However, it is a long season, but management...
Game Day Preview- St. Louis Blues vs Washington Captials 11-29-2011
St. Louis Blues (12-8-2) vs Washington Capitals (12-9-1) at Verizon Center TV- FSMW(HD) Radio- KMOX Game Time- 6:00 pm CDT Blues Team Recap- The St. Louis Blues stroll into Washington tonight to take on the Capitals in the first meeting of the season between these two teams. The Blues are coming off of a 2-1...
Throwdown Lowdown – Blues @ Capitals 11-29-11
Ugly wins count as marks in the win column, indeed, and it’s doubtful that many wins this season will be much uglier than the St. Louis Blues’ 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday evening. Speaking of ugly . . . I’m not sure exactly what the hell you would call this skirmish...
Bruce Boudreau- The Tribe Has Spoken
In a fate that Blues fans in very recent memory can come to terms with, Washington Capitals head coach Bruce “Gabby” Boudreau has been fired. After starting the season at 7-0, picking up a new franchise record, the Caps have slumped. Ovechkin and his boys have lost 6 of the last 8 games and in...
Bluenotes for November 22nd: Tidbits vs LA + Habs v Bruins Fight & Skinner Goal Videos
Bluenotes is a (sometimes daily) dose of news and views from around St. Louis Blues Nation and the NHL beyond. - – - Blues News According to Tom Casey of 101 ESPN Radio, Jaroslav Halak will start in goal for the Blues tonight. He adds that TJ Oshie (wrist) will play and Carlo Colaiacovo (hamstring)...
Deuces Wild: 2 Teams Still Undefeated, Until Tonight
As we finish the second week of play in the NHL, two teams have separated themselves from the pack and remain undefeated, atop their respective conferences. When a team wins their first few games in a row, that might be expected if there are high expectations that year; however, when two teams have gone undefeated...
October 8th Fantasy FYIs: Blues vs Predators + NHL Tidbits
The St. Louis Blues start their campaign tonight, but as fantasy hockey players know the season started Thursday. It’s hard to get back in to the swing of things in the first week and seven the first month of the season. Here’s some news and analysis you can use for today’s home opener versus the...
Unscientific Second Round Predictions
What a MAGNIFICENT Stanley Cup Quarterfinal Round we just witnessed. That has to go among the best ever, right? WOW! Happy Stanley Cup Playoffs, indeed. That was 15 days of insanity. To recap, on teams picked correctly I went 5 for 8 in the first round (losing Phoenix and Anaheim in the West and Buffalo...
