December 2011
9 posts
Lighting the Lamp
The battered and bruised Blues return home to the Arch City with their minds bent on revenge in the Motor City tomorrow night after a devastating, bitter loss on Tuesday. However, first they must contend with the visiting Nashville Predators, who have won the first two games of the series this season defeating the Blues 4-2 on opening night and then 2-1 in a shoot out in Music City earlier this...
Lighting the Lamp
If there is one NHL team I just can’t get excited about or even want to see play, it’s the Dallas Stars. Not only do they play a low-scoring, trap-style defensive game, they have arguably the plainest, most boring jerseys in the league. Their best player (goaltender Kari Lehtonen) is on IR, their best defenseman (Sheldon Souray) is a reject from the defensively challenged Edmonton...
Lighting the Lamp
It’s really amazing how a couple of weeks of winning hockey has stimulated the media in St. Louis to actually acknowledge the Blues exist. Yesterday’s headline in the sports section of the Post-Dispatch was not about Albert Pujols for the first time in weeks, and even Bernie Miklasz has finally noticed the brilliance of GM Armstrong and Coach ‘Cock and written about the Blues....
Lighting the Lamp
The visiting New York Rangers are currently one of the best teams in the NHL. They are as good on the road as they are at home, bolstered by the excellent play of goaltenders Henrik Lundqvist and Marty Biron (who actually has better stats than “King Henrik”). Either one could be a major problem for the still somewhat offensively challenged Blues, ranked 25th in goal scoring and still...
Lighting the Lamp
When the NHL schedule was released, today’s date was circled by many Blues fans as a reminder to get must-have tickets. It isn’t just another ordinary hockey game in St. Louis. All eyes will be on the coaches’ line match-ups to see if the visitors’ number 19 is anywhere near the Blues number 57 on the ice. The game within a game will be just part of a hard-hitting,...
Lighting the Lamp
If it weren’t for Michael Eisner, Jon Avnet and Emilio Estevez, the visiting team tonight might be the Seattle Thunderbirds or the San Diego Gulls. However, due to the talents (and capital) of the head of the Walt Disney Company, the producer of a movie and a veteran movie star, the Anaheim Ducks come winging into St. Louis to do battle with the Blues in a not-so-premiere NHL matchup. The Ducks...
Lighting the Lamp
The Chicago Blackhawks return for a second bite at the Blues’ tonight and the stellar play of the Note under the big ‘Cock recently has fans drooling over the prospect that the Hawks will leave empty-mouthed and still hungry again. Less than a month ago, Jaro Halak and the Blues shut-out the Hawks 3-0 to start the 8-1-2 string under the new coach. In those games, the Blues have allowed an average...