Faulk

[Bluesfan1978]

Binner has only played 5 games since March 29th. For comparison Wolf has just finished his 8th in that same time.

[skilles]

Trying his best to blow the playoffs. Last two goals he watches instead of marking his man then up 1 pinches giving them a rush resulting in tying goal.

The Faulk apologists are about to come for you

I thought he was good but not great when people thought he was great and now I think he is good but not great while people think he is terrible.

I went from being a "hater" to being an "apologist" based on the same exact opinion lol.

and that is "Blues talk" in a nutt shell.

Its kind of like my choice of pants/shoes/boots, been wearing the same kind for 30 years and I keep going in and out of style.

[netboy65]

Whether any of the goals could have been saved or not the Blues aren't getting the same goaltending the Flames are. Wolf and even the backup are playing like Binner did in 2019. and the team is feeding off it.

Until maybe the oilers game, the blues absolutely were getting great goaltending since the 4 nations tournament.

Since 4 nations Hofer has 2 games below.875% and Binner had 6 games below .875
Flames Wolf had 3 games below .875 and Vlader had 1.
There goalies are a bigger reason they are in the playoff picture than the Blues goalies.

They're playing him way too much. Hofer should have started last night and it wasn't even debateable.

They hadn’t played since Wednesday so rest wasn’t an issue and given the circumstances you ride your number 1

Ummmm.... lol

First, they're on the road and had to travel. Next, they're in a different time zone from home so there's going to be some jet lag. Next, he's played non-stop hockey for the last 8 months (don't forget the extremely intense 4-nations tourney), and he had maybe, MAYBE, 24 hours of total down time to himself. Do you think that's enough to fully recuperate mentally and physically. I'm afraid you're mistaken.

Do you really want to lose an important game playing your backup goalie?

Happens every day. Last night was important but not nearly as much as Tuesday. I would hvae gone to Hofer without a second thought for last night and told Binny to clear his head, rest up and either be ready for Tuesday if we need to clinch or Game 1 if we have clinched.

The guy needs rest, a lot. And he's getting none.

It’s not like they’re playing every other day, they’ve had 2 days off between games. These are pro athletes, that’s plenty of rest. Saturday was much more important than Tuesday, you take care of it as soon as possible. You don’t want to put it all on one game where a flukey bounce or any number of things could determine the outcome.

[dhsux]

Binner has only played 5 games since March 29th. For comparison Wolf has just finished his 8th in that same time.

Yep if JB needs rest on that schedule the team may as well empty their lockers now.