Biggest Concerns to Start the Season

[Old_Goat]

To my detractors and haters...

Look at it this way. You get sunshine blown up you A everyday from numerous sources. At the very least, I give you a reason to pucker it and feel alive.

so what your saying is you want to blow things up our (bleep)....bro come on now. 99% of us are straight men.. except for asslord, theo and you... so from the rest of the board thanks but no thanks rather stick to women and hockey....mmmmkay

No offense to assload and theo, whoever they are... God love us, one and all. That's all that I need to know.

For myself, I want to play hockey and love like most do. I want to watch TOP5 hockey picks, and beautiful women. I've got this thing about admiring beauty and grace.

You seriously are very sick. Your mother and father are lousy parents. They did you no favors. They did not teach you that you do not get everything that you want in life. They probably gave in to you to stop your crying and ended up spoiling you to the point that you will never & can never mature and function very well in life. You "want to play hockey," but it is obvious that you never played a team sport at any significant level to get a proper coaching for sure about this sport and understanding of being on a team. You want "love like most do." But your parents did not give it to you, at least not in a normal way. Take it up with them, not with everyone else. You are not a hero on some form of crusade to better others. You "want to watch beautiful women." They instinctively sense that there is something desperately wrong with you, so you will never have the chance to do that comfortably, or at least get close to one if they can help it. Lord knows how you try to attain that goal...actually it's kind of scary to think about and authorities ought to be warned enough to monitor. You've "got this thing about admiring beauty and grace." What are those for you?? Never mind, you cannot answer. So you admire yourself to make up for everything that you want but no idea to achieve. And you thrust yourself into the center of attention in the hope that others will admire you. Nobody does, nobody ever has, nobody ever will.
In summary: You are seriously sick. You are a loser. Take it up and resolve it with those whom have failed you and raised you to become this way. You feel misunderstood by so many almost everybody on this forum, likely almost everybody you encounter in life. Try disengaging on this forum and do not login for a VERY long while. See if you start to not feel so misunderstood...give it time to see if you start to find what it is that you say you want. At this point, you will NOT find it here.

[a smell of green grass]

To my detractors and haters...

Look at it this way. You get sunshine blown up you A everyday from numerous sources. At the very least, I give you a reason to pucker it and feel alive.

so what your saying is you want to blow things up our (bleep)....bro come on now. 99% of us are straight men.. except for asslord, theo and you... so from the rest of the board thanks but no thanks rather stick to women and hockey....mmmmkay

No offense to assload and theo, whoever they are... God love us, one and all. That's all that I need to know.

For myself, I want to play hockey and love like most do. I want to watch TOP5 hockey picks, and beautiful women. I've got this thing about admiring beauty and grace.

You seriously are very sick. Your mother and father are lousy parents. They did you no favors. They did not teach you that you do not get everything that you want in life. They probably gave in to you to stop your crying and ended up spoiling you to the point that you will never & can never mature and function very well in life. You "want to play hockey," but it is obvious that you never played a team sport at any significant level to get a proper coaching for sure about this sport and understanding of being on a team. You want "love like most do." But your parents did not give it to you, at least not in a normal way. Take it up with them, not with everyone else. You are not a hero on some form of crusade to better others. You "want to watch beautiful women." They instinctively sense that there is something desperately wrong with you, so you will never have the chance to do that comfortably, or at least get close to one if they can help it. Lord knows how you try to attain that goal...actually it's kind of scary to think about and authorities ought to be warned enough to monitor. You've "got this thing about admiring beauty and grace." What are those for you?? Never mind, you cannot answer. So you admire yourself to make up for everything that you want but no idea to achieve. And you thrust yourself into the center of attention in the hope that others will admire you. Nobody does, nobody ever has, nobody ever will.
In summary: You are seriously sick. You are a loser. Take it up and resolve it with those whom have failed you and raised you to become this way. You feel misunderstood by so many almost everybody on this forum, likely almost everybody you encounter in life. Try disengaging on this forum and do not login for a VERY long while. See if you start to not feel so misunderstood...give it time to see if you start to find what it is that you say you want. At this point, you will NOT find it here.

Every once in a while a person runs into a weekend armchair psychologist that should have been a trash collector. Here he is, 60 years later, picking up what he thinks is trash from what he thinks is his street.

[a smell of green grass]

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Army and the schnoz will have egg on they're face if this one proves to be true and we don't really have any depth at that position. If Mailloux can't cut it, are we playing Kessel on the 3rd pairing or bringing in an old vet?

And to make things worse... If Mailloux can't stay on the roster, is his career over? He's not a young prospect, and we may learn that he is a bust completely.

Trading Bolduc for a Bust is not going to go well among BluesTalkers.

C'mon now, that's just idiotic.

#1 He's 22 years old he's got a long way to go before he enters suspect territory. Good lord.

He will get sheltered minutes, he has a ton of mentorship, and he will be given a lot of leeway. In 2 years he'll be our #2 RHD and there is likely very little doubt about that.

So when Armstrong said essentially that Mailloux will be given every opportunity to make the club immediately, and we expect him to succeed, you think that really meant...

Mailloux will be given multiple chances to make the club...

Without a doubt, if Mailloux fails it will be a huge black mark on Armstrong's GM-ship, and for that reason, Mailloux may be given a Perunovich-style runway. However, I could also see a scenario where playing him may drive Montgomery and the fans crazy, and that may be a worse black mark for Army. We must never forget the old "stay competitive" approach by Blues management. They hate losing more than they like winning a Cup.

We can also see a scenario where he becomes a star and drives you nuts as your gripes are wrong (as usual).

No one will be happier than I if that happens. I don't know Mailloux. I have no opinion of if he will be good or not. My opinion is that Mailloux represents 2 things:
1. Mailloux is a huge risk, and no one would be surprised if his past play repeats.
2. I want a TOP5 pick. BluesTalkers tell me that we don't need a TOP5 pick. Then I see Army trading Bolduc because we don't have a TOP5 pick.

[a smell of green grass]

How many playoff games they'll have to win for smelly to promise to go away and then come back 2 days later

My biggest concern is actually for Smelly. How can he possibly keep up his 4 threads a day regimen of regurgitated "Army sucks for not tanking" schtick? I don't think any of us truly appreciate the commitment this guy has made...

I've made a mold of myself in my younger state such that when I am proven correct you all can remember me forever. I'm wearing a 50BC hockey uniform. Not to be presumptuous, but you all could meet there for hockey games--like Stan Musial for hockey. I wouldn't mind at all.

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[Harry York 37]

How many playoff games they'll have to win for smelly to promise to go away and then come back 2 days later

My biggest concern is actually for Smelly. How can he possibly keep up his 4 threads a day regimen of regurgitated "Army sucks for not tanking" schtick? I don't think any of us truly appreciate the commitment this guy has made...

I've made a mold of myself in my younger state such that when I am proven correct you all can remember me forever. I'm wearing a 50BC hockey uniform. Not to be presumptuous, but you all could meet there for hockey games--like Stan Musial for hockey. I wouldn't mind at all.

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Have you morphed into a wrestling heel, or are you still just a Troll?

That is some sick, grandstanding [shirt] you have been posting.

[MiamiLaw]

Easily my biggest concern right now is Bolduc being a stud and LM doing nothing. Nothing comes close for me right now

[Stlcardsblues]

C
Army and the schnoz will have egg on they're face if this one proves to be true and we don't really have any depth at that position. If Mailloux can't cut it, are we playing Kessel on the 3rd pairing or bringing in an old vet?

And to make things worse... If Mailloux can't stay on the roster, is his career over? He's not a young prospect, and we may learn that he is a bust completely.

Trading Bolduc for a Bust is not going to go well among BluesTalkers.

C'mon now, that's just idiotic.

#1 He's 22 years old he's got a long way to go before he enters suspect territory. Good lord.

He will get sheltered minutes, he has a ton of mentorship, and he will be given a lot of leeway. In 2 years he'll be our #2 RHD and there is likely very little doubt about that.

So when Armstrong said essentially that Mailloux will be given every opportunity to make the club immediately, and we expect him to succeed, you think that really meant...

Mailloux will be given multiple chances to make the club...

Without a doubt, if Mailloux fails it will be a huge black mark on Armstrong's GM-ship, and for that reason, Mailloux may be given a Perunovich-style runway. However, I could also see a scenario where playing him may drive Montgomery and the fans crazy, and that may be a worse black mark for Army. We must never forget the old "stay competitive" approach by Blues management. They hate losing more than they like winning a Cup.

We can also see a scenario where he becomes a star and drives you nuts as your gripes are wrong (as usual).

No one will be happier than I if that happens. I don't know Mailloux. I have no opinion of if he will be good or not. My opinion is that Mailloux represents 2 things:
1. Mailloux is a huge risk, and no one would be surprised if his past play repeats.
2. I want a TOP5 pick. BluesTalkers tell me that we don't need a TOP5 pick. Then I see Army trading Bolduc because we don't have a TOP5 pick.

I have asked on a number of occasions how do you suggest we get a top 5 pick. Please tell us how you propose we get it, or stop posting you want it.

[DawgDad]

C
Army and the schnoz will have egg on they're face if this one proves to be true and we don't really have any depth at that position. If Mailloux can't cut it, are we playing Kessel on the 3rd pairing or bringing in an old vet?

And to make things worse... If Mailloux can't stay on the roster, is his career over? He's not a young prospect, and we may learn that he is a bust completely.

Trading Bolduc for a Bust is not going to go well among BluesTalkers.

C'mon now, that's just idiotic.

#1 He's 22 years old he's got a long way to go before he enters suspect territory. Good lord.

He will get sheltered minutes, he has a ton of mentorship, and he will be given a lot of leeway. In 2 years he'll be our #2 RHD and there is likely very little doubt about that.

So when Armstrong said essentially that Mailloux will be given every opportunity to make the club immediately, and we expect him to succeed, you think that really meant...

Mailloux will be given multiple chances to make the club...

Without a doubt, if Mailloux fails it will be a huge black mark on Armstrong's GM-ship, and for that reason, Mailloux may be given a Perunovich-style runway. However, I could also see a scenario where playing him may drive Montgomery and the fans crazy, and that may be a worse black mark for Army. We must never forget the old "stay competitive" approach by Blues management. They hate losing more than they like winning a Cup.

We can also see a scenario where he becomes a star and drives you nuts as your gripes are wrong (as usual).

No one will be happier than I if that happens. I don't know Mailloux. I have no opinion of if he will be good or not. My opinion is that Mailloux represents 2 things:
1. Mailloux is a huge risk, and no one would be surprised if his past play repeats.
2. I want a TOP5 pick. BluesTalkers tell me that we don't need a TOP5 pick. Then I see Army trading Bolduc because we don't have a TOP5 pick.

I have asked on a number of occasions how do you suggest we get a top 5 pick. Please tell us how you propose we get it, or stop posting you want it.

1. Mailloux is NOT a "huge risk". Far from it. He was named to the top young prospects team in the AHL. He is essentially very similar risk as Dvorsky.
2. Why would ASSOGG be at all concerned about trading Bolduc, he was nowhere near a top-5 pick. Trading a 17 for a 31 has NOTHING to do with top-5 picks, past or present, it's merely trading a young forward for a young RD.

False premesis, faulty logic, agenda driven by (childish) fixation. His trademark. Entitled to his opinion but this goes far beyond that.

[TAFKAP]

The season concern will be the same as it's been for a few years.

And that's. Binnington doesn't make the saves that keep grinders in the game long enough for a puck to hit Neighbours in front of the net.

Next biggest is Army again goes for a couple of playoff games. Instead of a impact prospect.

How many socks you got now bro?

Cahokanut is Bomac, the OG Army hater.

[Nublues69]

To my detractors and haters...

Look at it this way. You get sunshine blown up you A everyday from numerous sources. At the very least, I give you a reason to pucker it and feel alive.

so what your saying is you want to blow things up our (bleep)....bro come on now. 99% of us are straight men.. except for asslord, theo and you... so from the rest of the board thanks but no thanks rather stick to women and hockey....mmmmkay

No offense to assload and theo, whoever they are... God love us, one and all. That's all that I need to know.

For myself, I want to play hockey and love like most do. I want to watch TOP5 hockey picks, and beautiful women. I've got this thing about admiring beauty and grace.

Play hockey where do you play please tell me so i can sign up and play against you. Please do tell and on which night

[a smell of green grass]

C
Army and the schnoz will have egg on they're face if this one proves to be true and we don't really have any depth at that position. If Mailloux can't cut it, are we playing Kessel on the 3rd pairing or bringing in an old vet?

And to make things worse... If Mailloux can't stay on the roster, is his career over? He's not a young prospect, and we may learn that he is a bust completely.

Trading Bolduc for a Bust is not going to go well among BluesTalkers.

C'mon now, that's just idiotic.

#1 He's 22 years old he's got a long way to go before he enters suspect territory. Good lord.

He will get sheltered minutes, he has a ton of mentorship, and he will be given a lot of leeway. In 2 years he'll be our #2 RHD and there is likely very little doubt about that.

So when Armstrong said essentially that Mailloux will be given every opportunity to make the club immediately, and we expect him to succeed, you think that really meant...

Mailloux will be given multiple chances to make the club...

Without a doubt, if Mailloux fails it will be a huge black mark on Armstrong's GM-ship, and for that reason, Mailloux may be given a Perunovich-style runway. However, I could also see a scenario where playing him may drive Montgomery and the fans crazy, and that may be a worse black mark for Army. We must never forget the old "stay competitive" approach by Blues management. They hate losing more than they like winning a Cup.

We can also see a scenario where he becomes a star and drives you nuts as your gripes are wrong (as usual).

No one will be happier than I if that happens. I don't know Mailloux. I have no opinion of if he will be good or not. My opinion is that Mailloux represents 2 things:
1. Mailloux is a huge risk, and no one would be surprised if his past play repeats.
2. I want a TOP5 pick. BluesTalkers tell me that we don't need a TOP5 pick. Then I see Army trading Bolduc because we don't have a TOP5 pick.

I have asked on a number of occasions how do you suggest we get a top 5 pick. Please tell us how you propose we get it, or stop posting you want it.

1. Mailloux is NOT a "huge risk". Far from it. He was named to the top young prospects team in the AHL. He is essentially very similar risk as Dvorsky.
2. Why would ASSOGG be at all concerned about trading Bolduc, he was nowhere near a top-5 pick. Trading a 17 for a 31 has NOTHING to do with top-5 picks, past or present, it's merely trading a young forward for a young RD.

False premesis, faulty logic, agenda driven by (childish) fixation. His trademark. Entitled to his opinion but this goes far beyond that.

Not many teams needing an elite RHD would travel to one of the losingest franchise in the NHL (Montreal), and select the 4th-best RHD from their team, who had a serious known personal off-ice issue, after that team just spent a fortune to land an elite young RHD from another losing hockey team (Islanders).

Armstrong is betting that our scouting can spot supreme talent (and Mailloux is it), and his wager was Bolduc. Armstrong's latest RHD spotting was Jiricek. Anybody seen him outside the doctor's office?

Mailloux is a huge risk based on all that we know.

[dhsux]

Easily my biggest concern right now is Bolduc being a stud and LM doing nothing. Nothing comes close for me right now

It's a pretty negative way to put it...but I agree with the importance of how this works out. Are you expecting this to be a bad trade?

I remain optimistic and having faith in the Blues staff on their evaluation of Mailloux.

[Harry S Deals]

Easily my biggest concern right now is Bolduc being a stud and LM doing nothing. Nothing comes close for me right now

Mailloux is very well going to take 100 ish NHL games to get his feet under him. Maybe he jumps right into the role but he doesnt have a ton of NHL experience. He will get it now. For me the trade is really Snuggerud vs Bolduc. The Blues determined that Bolduc was expendable due to prospect depth at forward esp RW with Snuggerud now, Kyrou is proven and Carbonneau coming. That will tell the tale. Mailloux will be good be patient and give him runway

[SRV1990]

The season concern will be the same as it's been for a few years.

And that's. Binnington doesn't make the saves that keep grinders in the game long enough for a puck to hit Neighbours in front of the net.

Next biggest is Army again goes for a couple of playoff games. Instead of a impact prospect.

How many socks you got now bro?

Cahokanut is Bomac, the OG Army hater.

(donkey)-hole guy and cahokia [ablution] are both Bomac... take it to the bank!

[a smell of green grass]

Easily my biggest concern right now is Bolduc being a stud and LM doing nothing. Nothing comes close for me right now

It's a pretty negative way to put it...but I agree with the importance of how this works out. Are you expecting this to be a bad trade?

I remain optimistic and having faith in the Blues staff on their evaluation of Mailloux.

I remain planted in realistic expectations,, and the notion that the past tends to repeat.

Did the Blues Staff do well in evaluating Jiricek? No.
Betting long-term on Krug? No.
Betting long-term on Faulk? No.
We've been trying to replace Petro for 6 years. Have we made any progress on finding a younger Petro? No.
We just completed a RE-WHATEVER. Did that produce an elite RHD? No. In fact, at the conclusion of the RE-WHATEVER to bring youth, we came away with one of the oldest defense units in the NHL.

The question to ask yourself is why this stellar Blues staff keeps making mistakes? Continues to make no progress. Are they stupid? No. Are they at a disadvantage? YES!!!!! Take a close look at what just happened!!!!

The gang that can't shoot straight (Montreal) just threw their 4th-best RHD over the wall to us, and the Blues are acting like it is the first prospect to come along in a 20 years that is immediately ready for the NHL. Most every other prospect in our system is on the Slow Walk to the Perunovich Outbound.

Ask yourself this.... "Why does Montreal have so many great RHD's and the Blues have NONE?!!" The answer is easy. It's called NHL Draft Day. That is the great harvest day where the plums leave the tree and fall into your basket - OR THEY DON'T.

[Harry S Deals]

C
Army and the schnoz will have egg on they're face if this one proves to be true and we don't really have any depth at that position. If Mailloux can't cut it, are we playing Kessel on the 3rd pairing or bringing in an old vet?

And to make things worse... If Mailloux can't stay on the roster, is his career over? He's not a young prospect, and we may learn that he is a bust completely.

Trading Bolduc for a Bust is not going to go well among BluesTalkers.

C'mon now, that's just idiotic.

#1 He's 22 years old he's got a long way to go before he enters suspect territory. Good lord.

He will get sheltered minutes, he has a ton of mentorship, and he will be given a lot of leeway. In 2 years he'll be our #2 RHD and there is likely very little doubt about that.

So when Armstrong said essentially that Mailloux will be given every opportunity to make the club immediately, and we expect him to succeed, you think that really meant...

Mailloux will be given multiple chances to make the club...

Without a doubt, if Mailloux fails it will be a huge black mark on Armstrong's GM-ship, and for that reason, Mailloux may be given a Perunovich-style runway. However, I could also see a scenario where playing him may drive Montgomery and the fans crazy, and that may be a worse black mark for Army. We must never forget the old "stay competitive" approach by Blues management. They hate losing more than they like winning a Cup.

We can also see a scenario where he becomes a star and drives you nuts as your gripes are wrong (as usual).

No one will be happier than I if that happens. I don't know Mailloux. I have no opinion of if he will be good or not. My opinion is that Mailloux represents 2 things:
1. Mailloux is a huge risk, and no one would be surprised if his past play repeats.
2. I want a TOP5 pick. BluesTalkers tell me that we don't need a TOP5 pick. Then I see Army trading Bolduc because we don't have a TOP5 pick.

I have asked on a number of occasions how do you suggest we get a top 5 pick. Please tell us how you propose we get it, or stop posting you want it.

Your still replying to moronic nonsense. We didnt trade Bolduc because we dont have a top 5 pick, well we do with Thomas and Schenn, centers 1 and 2 in the lineup as well as other top 10s BASED ON PERFORMANCE NOT DRAFT POSITIONS WHICH AS WE SEE IN DRAFT RESULTS TENDS TO BE HIT OR MISS.
We traded Bolduc because for the Blues Bolduc is a 3rd liner behind Buch, Snuggerud, Holloway and Kyrou plus the Blues have Neighbours, Stenberg, Dvorsky, etc on the horizon. Bolduc was an expendable asset plain and simple. Bolduc is not a "Top 5 pick" so who cares in this view which is again dumb