Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh Penguinssubmitted by Alex Summers I allow films, particularly sports movies, to inform my perspective of the world. The hopeful optimism of believing the underdog stirs great emotions is an optimism I carry over into my fandom. Because of this fairy tale optimism, I wholeheartedly believed my St. Louis Blues would get comeuppance for last year’s ...
It’s assessment time once again in St. Louis. For the Blues, it’s another season seemingly wasted. Another season they’ve been upset by the Los Angeles Kings in the playoffs… After General Manager Doug Armstrong deviated from the Blues trade-deadline day norm by going after headline acquisitions such as Jay Bouwmeester in the hopes of finally ...
There are many terms that could describe the Blues’ 2013 season. Unpredictable. Exciting. Depressing. Uplifting. Gut-wrenching. But there is one word that can describe many players on the roster: inconsistent. Brian Elliott, the NHL’s second star of April and the Blues’ workhorse in the playoffs, has been accused of inconsistency this season. He started the ...
The prototypical Blues fan can speak up yet again. Since Brett Hull left for the Dallas Stars during the summer of 1998, fans have been calling for a sniping forward that will come up with the big goal when needed. The team cycled through the late Pavol Demitra, as well as 40-goal scorers Scott Young, ...
You can’t win if you don’t score. The old adage can sum up the last three games of the St. Louis Blues’ Western Conference Quarterfinal matchup with the Los Angeles Kings. After winning Games 1 and 2, both by the score of 2-1, the Blues posted five goals in the next three games. The Kings ...
The series is all tied up at 2 and the Blues killer instinct just hasn’t been there. It’s fairly obvious and needs to change starting with tonight’s Game 5. Since squandering a 2-0 series lead, the Blues seem to have given all the momentum they created on home ice right back to the Kings for ...
For the NHL Central Division, the Stanley Cup playoffs have been a mixed bag of results, to say the least. The Chicago Blackhawks looked to be in cruise control when they took a 2-0 series lead over the Minnesota Wild, but they were beat in nearly every area of the game in a Game 3 ...
In just two seasons with the St. Louis Blues, Brian Elliott has worn two different masks. No, I am not talking about the masks that protect his face. Elliott was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the ninth round, 291st overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Hockey’s Future explained that Elliott’s low selection was ...
. Alex Steen’s power play goal 9 minutes into the start of the Blues v. Kings first round series should be one to remember. Not only was it a great power play goal, but it also set the tone for the next 40 minutes of the game. In those 40 minutes, the Blues showed the ...
The tides had to turn at some point. In Tuesday’s opening series matchup between the St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings, it was the Kings who were finally on the losing end. After going 0-7-1 in the last eight meetings (regular season and playoffs), the Blues came up with a solid effort against the ...
