SB Nation User Blog: bleedblue2009

Scoreboard Watching GDT

bleedblue2009 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:26:37 -0000

If you are anything like me, you are going crazy every single night watching the scoreboard and watching the games the matter to the Blues and our slim chances of making another improbable playoff run.

There are a bunch of games tonight that could mess with our chances. We would like to see:

ATL over NSH
CGY over DET (in regulation)
FLA over MIN
CBJ over ANA

We can get a little help from the Eastern Conference tonight. We dont need to see any 3 point games between the all Western conference teams. We still control our own destiny

Im bored as hell and need to stall before i write an english paper thats due tomorrow and havent started. So if anyone else wants to stay up, talk hockey, kill time til we finally play again on Thurs., and scoreboard watch with me, this is the place to do it. Now go do this shit!!! LGB and as always FUCK DETROIT

Blues prospect traded

bleedblue2009 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:42:49 -0000

Blues prospect traded

Blues prospect Tyler Shattock traded to one of the best teams in the WHL before the deadline today

Shattock was drafted by the Blues in the 4th round of last years draft. This season hes recorded 50 pts in 42 games (22-28)

Blues fan needs help from the Wilderness

bleedblue2009 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:30:59 -0000

My spring break starts March 13th and lasts a week and change.. During this trip I was hopin to catch a Blues game on the road somewhere and take a little roadtrip.. The only chance I would probably have is the game on the 15th vs the Wild.. and of course that is the tail end of a month at home with no hockey.. which doesnt bother me as much as it did when schedules come out since we suck at home this year

The only problems with this is im only 18 and my parents are pretty likely to laugh at me if i ask them if i can make the drive up there.. they are strict and im a lazy shit so not a good combination.. So my first question is if anybody has any good arguments that i can use to help my case on going up there that would be awesome

And on the off chance that they do allow me to go I dont know the St Paul area very well.. or at all.. so if any knows of any good places to stay i could really use that information to show my parents that ive got everything planned out and everything in the hopes that theyll let me go.. i would like to stay as close to the Xcel Center as possible so i could just walk to the game if possible

Thanks for the help guys and hopefully ill be able to make the trip to St Paul in March and maybe meet some of you guys there

Trip to St Paul??

bleedblue2009 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:05:32 -0000

My spring break starts March 13th and lasts a week and change.. During this trip I was hopin to catch a Blues game on the road somewhere and take a little roadtrip.. The only chance I would probably have is the game on the 15th vs the Wild.. and of course that is the tail end of a month at home with no hockey.. which doesnt bother me as much as it did when schedules come out

The only problems with this is im only 18 and my parents are pretty likely to laugh at me if i ask them if i can make the drive up there.. they are strict and im a lazy shit so not a good combination.. So this is where my SLGT family comes in.. anybody have any good arguments that i can use to help my case on going up there

And on the off chance that they do allow me to go I dont know the St Paul area very well.. or at all.. so idk if anyone on GameTime lives up in Minnesota or knows of any good places to stay i could really use that information to show my parents that ive got everything planned out and everything in the hopes that theyll let me go.

Thanks for the help.. and as always FUCK DETROIT and CHICAGO!!!

WTF IS GOING ON?!?!?!

bleedblue2009 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:28:36 -0000

So i know you guys don't know me but I am a diehard fan. I will always support this team no matter what. Lately, this team is really testing my nerves along with tons of others im sure. There is no reason we should not be winning games. Like Checketts said a few weeks ago we have the right pieces they just arent working.

First of all Im not sure how AM still has a job. Ive been one of the last people to support him but enough is enough. When you call a timeout and then youre team gives up 3 more goals in the matter of like 6 or 7 mins your players arent responding to you and somethin needs to be done about that.

Second, we are 5-10-2 at home??? (one of those W's coming in Sweden) Thats a fantastic way to lose fans. During the last game, they reported a sellout?? idk if anyone was there but bullshit! At puckdrop there was no more than 15,000 there. People may be buying the tickets but the building is empty night after night and losing games isnt gonna help anything. Tomorrow should obviously be sold out and the building should be packed because of Brett Hull Night

This leads me to my last point. As if people werent already pissed enough at this team right now they make Brett Hull's HOF induction game on a night where the game isnt going to be televised in STL!?!? 79/82 games are on TV this season so why make something this important on a night where if you cant make it to the game, you arent going to be able to see it. That is total crap! I have season tickets so ill be there (if it wasnt Brett Hull Night, id be staying at home.. im still pissed about FRI night) but i dont understand why do this on a night where the game isnt going to be televised. (unless FSN picked up the game, wasnt going to be televised last i checked)

This team has made great strides over the past 5 years or so, but they seem to be taking a big step backwards this season. People were thinking after the great run from last year this could be the season we go all the way. I never let myself go that far and even made the point i wouldnt be surprised if we missed the playoffs. However, i didnt expect us to be this bad (and we are bad for the amount of talent we have) The front office needs to make a move and it needs to happen NOW!!!!

Let me know whatcha think

Poll

What is the first thing that needs to happen in order to salvage this season??

Fire AM

6 votes

Make a blockbuster trade

8 votes

Call up some Baby Blues give them a chance (Armstrong, Stastny, etc.)

5 votes

Blame Brewer and strip him of the "C"

6 votes

You can't save this season... Break out the booze and wait til next year

3 votes

28 votes | Poll has closed

Boy for St. Louis

bleedblue2009 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:38:04 -0000

This is just a made up story that I heard a few years back and found it hilarious. I figured in these dark times for the Blues we could all use a laugh. So hopefully this does it. And why not throw in a FUCK DETROIT,CHICAGO, VANCOUVER, and STEVE OTT!! (yeah im still not over that.. cant wait for the rematch)

Here ya go:

"Boy for St. Louis"
Johnny and Kip were playing hockey at Forest Park skating rink. Suddenly a
vicious pit bull came up and attacked Kip. Instead of panicking, Johnny
sneaked up behind the dog, stuck his hockey stick in the dog's collar, and
broke the dog's neck.
A reporter from St. Louis heard about what had happened with the boy and he
went to the Johnny's house to him. He asked Johnny how all of this happened,
and Johnny told him. Then he asked Johnny if he could write about him, and
Johnny said sure. So the reporter pulled out his notepad and started writing,
"Blues fan from St. Louis saves friend from vicious dog."
Johnny said, "I'm not a Blues fan."
The reporter finally asked, "What the hell are you a fan of?"
Johnny said, "I'm a Detroit Redwings fan."
The reporter frowned and stared writing again: "Little bastard from Michigan kills family pet"

Steen out for 6-8 weeks

bleedblue2009 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:42:35 -0000

well i cant think of any other ways to sum up my feelings bout this any better than FUCK!!!!! When i saw him skating off after the hit the first thing i thought was broken wrist and unfortunatly i was right... Steen has IMO been one of the better players on the team this year. Im trying not to get to down because thinking back to last year injuries did seem to snap us out of whatever funk we were in and someone stepped up and we would find ways to win.. im hoping that this is one of those sutuations..

Tomorrow's roster I'm hopin will look the same for the most part. Strachan looked pretty good for his first NHL game since last season. The only question i cant quite figure out is who gets the nod to take Steen's spot. Obviously it isnt gonna be the same person each game. King is still on his conditioning stint and i dont think he can be called up yet. That leaves Bam Bam Cam, Armstrong, and I wouldnt mind seeing Stastny. Yan is a great penalty killer and would fill in nicely for Steen. JD said Armstrong would for sure be called up if a forward was to go down. And Cam should get a few games simply because he can get the fans loud like no other. If Cam does get to play i would like to see him get more than 5 mins of ice time to.

Let me know what you guys think about the whole situation and who should get that 12th forward spot over the next 2 months

Poll

Who should get the majority of the playing time while Steen is out

Cam Janssen

10 votes

DJ King

1 votes

Derek Armstrong

14 votes

Yan Stastny

4 votes

29 votes | Poll has closed