What a dumpster fire the Rangers are. They have a bunch of guys who are overpaid and a coach who has no guts. They need to make a lot of changes soon, but I’m sure they’ll make the wrong ones like getting rid of guys who actually contribute. And I swear that if they trade Zuccarello, they’ll be losing a lifelong fan as well. He’s the heart and soul of this team right now and their true captain. If he goes, I go.
Let’s have a two for one and throw the Blues in that fire as well. Zero heart. Zero grit. Zero desperation to earn points in arguably the toughest division where points are at a premium.
Players have abandoned the team game and are trying to do it all alone. It’s a mess. Inside a week we will be fighting for a wild card spot.....and even if they do make it into the playoffs they’ll just be a warm up for a true contender.
But we do have some great talent in the pipeline that will be up soon so good things to come. Just got to take the yearly kick to the balls again to get there.
The Blues are the Rangers of the Western Conference. Funnily enough I quite like the Blues, although I will apologize to you in advance because if it comes to me turning my back on the Rangers, the Blackhawks would be my team.
No apologies needed. As much as I despise the Hawks you can't deny the run they had. Although now it's catching up to them.
My issue with the Blues is when the got off to that hot start this year we had a couple key veterans that were out so these young guys were in...fighting and playing well. We have two vets in particular come back....Berglund and Boumeester and the Blues are 15-14 with them in the lineup. Now, a portion of that is when Jaden Schwartz was out as well and he's a pretty key player BUT...one player does not make a team.
Fact is, our leadership on our team is non existent. David Backes when he was here and Captain would get in guys faces at practice and in the media if they weren't doing there job. I like Petrangelo but he seems to be Mr. Nice guy with all the right cliche quotes rather than holding some feet to the fire.
The Blues are one of four teams who have made the playoffs eight years in a row. As much as it pains me to say....i think they may need to miss the playoffs in hopes of it wakes a few of them up and makes them hungry again. We will have some younger players that will make the roster and it'll be a more energized team.
The only scenario I see working this season for the Blues is that somehow....they get their
together and spend the remainder of the season fighting for a playoff spot ala the Preds from last year. Every game is like a playoff game so they'd hit the playoffs in full stride and ride that momentum out. I don't see that happening with what I've seen from this team over the past three weeks...but, it could I guess.
The more likely scenario is the Preds make it to the Cup again....probably win this time.....and my mother
brother in law NEVER lets me hear the end of it. It'll be that special parting gift from the Blues just to twist the knife a bit more.