DawgDad wrote: ↑27 May 2025 10:00 am
shootsnscores wrote: ↑27 May 2025 09:45 am
a smell of green grass wrote: ↑27 May 2025 07:50 am
Stlcardsblues wrote: ↑26 May 2025 22:50 pm
a smell of green grass wrote: ↑25 May 2025 22:46 pm
Canes need a goalie, and they may be interested in one of ours.
While I love Binnington, and I don't want to trade him, I don't see the Blues winning a Cup anytime soon on the current trajectory.
The Canes have great prospects, and draft choices.
I'd try to make a trade to inject more young talent into the team. However, I would not give BInnington away. If we can't get a lot for him, I would be very happy to keep him.
If you were going to trade Binnington, that time was two years ago when they were in a rebuild. Makes no sense now with the Blues on the verge of entering their cup contender window.
Are they really that close? It would be more accurate to say that they have begun their chase for 2 scoring lines, a 2C, a RHD, and a solution for 6on5.
Or as Armstrong calls it, they are entering their chase for "5% better".
They are close. If Hollaway was healthy we could have made a longer run
Let's take smelly to school. 96 x 1.05 = 100.8, rounds to 101 points.
Of the four finalists only Dallas had more points! That's right, Oilers had 101 and FLORIDA only had 98.
So, that's what 5% REALLY means. It's not the number that counts, it's the company you keep.
Blues could have should have knocked off the President's Trophy team. The Blues are a contending team if they don't screw things up for themselves and the key players stay reasonably healthy.
Some are having a difficult problem seeing the forest from the trees.
Facts:
1) The regular season should never be mistaken for a playoff season.
2) There is a lot of parity in the NHL regular season. Year-in, year-out, the difference between the winningest and the losingest is 40% vs 60%. Almost every team is hovering around 50%.
3) Douglas Army gave us a REGULAR SEASON GOAL to aim it, not a PLAYOFF SEASON GOAL. Hmmm. Why is that?
People believe that I am a naysayer, but what is the truth? The truth is that I'm telling you nothing different than what Army is telling you. Never forget.
ASOGG is Army's sock puppet on Blues Talk. Did you see Army's public blowup in early February? Did you adjust your helmet accordingly? Army told you to do that.
What the future holds... When Army tells you that we should win the Lord Stanley's Cup, so will his sock puppet, ASOGG.