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DawgDad wrote: 14 Oct 2025 19:26 pm This is a Blues forum. Yes, I find it strange when a purported Blues fan says part of him wishes our top goal scorer plays for some other organization. I find that VERY strange.
It's really any reason for limp dick to take a shot at the Blues as an organization, or a particular Blue player it knows fans love. Same M.O. over and over, regardless of the topic.
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MiamiLaw wrote: 14 Oct 2025 15:54 pm
Harry S Deals wrote: 14 Oct 2025 14:34 pm
MiamiLaw wrote: 14 Oct 2025 14:15 pm
Harry S Deals wrote: 14 Oct 2025 14:02 pm
MiamiLaw wrote: 14 Oct 2025 13:29 pm Has there been any report at all about him?
I believe he was apart of todays practice lines.
Good thx
What do i do in Palm Beach for a few days with time to kill
I live in North Broward so most of the stuff I know about is in south Palm Beach County. If you're further north like in West Palm Beach, I'm not the best source admittedly. But if you're further south or can get there easily:

If the Panthers are playing, I would definitely check out a game. Amerant is one of the biggest arenas in the league and they just did a new scoreboard and video bands. It's pretty cool. Boca Raton has a great beach at South Beach Park that isn't lined with hotels/condos so it's not too busy. Parking is pricey but worth it if you'll be there all day. If you're into parks/outdoor stuff, there are tons of walking trails and paths. Green Cay is nice. There is a great pizza place called Ah-Beetz really close to there that has the best New Haven style pizza I've had down here. Morikami Japanese Garden is spectacular if you're into that kind of stuff.

This time of year is the best weather of the year so I'd generally try to enjoy be outside as much as possible.
Ok great info thanks
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DawgDad wrote: 14 Oct 2025 14:05 pm Even though he hasn't found the back of the net Kyrou has been playing (in my view) the best hockey of his career. He's often been carrying the play, creating scoring chances for himself and others. He's checking all over the ice and there's been no sight of his former wanderings and careless play. He looks like a seasoned pro out there. This goes back into early camp, I noticed the difference in him first time he was on TV.
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Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 01:28 am Until. He proves otherwise, Kyrou is a huge enigma. His defiance of a Cup winning coach who only wanted him to play hockey like a 6’1” 190 pound man should play it, coupled with his immature response to the fact that his leverage was greater than the coach’s soured many fans in the world of hockey, not just the Blues fans.

He goes through long stretches where his focus is lacking. His passes in the first period yesterday were testament. They were baffling and without thought or execution. Passing, in general seem to be an issue as his playoff assist total is…unfathomably low.

His contract is a steal these days yet no one beat down a single door to get him during his trade window. You dont win playoff series with guys like him -he refuses to do any heavy lifting.. One beefy hit and became a timid ice hockey player in the last four playoff games.Game seven was obscene.


We are stuck with him… so, I will hope for the best, but forgetting his transgressions will take a consistent effort and a will to pay the price required for a couple of playoff series.

Our second line is garbage. Schenn is mired between two supremely gifted athletes with “issues”.Last year, Holloway made a man out of Kyrou for a good while. I fear that Holloway may have learned some bad habits from Kyrou.
I surely hope I am wrong about that.
Congrats on today’s worst take. The guy who praises Texier all last year but dogs on Kyrou. You’ve earned @ spit on my ignore list. Bu-bye
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Phil Roberto fan wrote: 15 Oct 2025 08:29 am
Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 01:28 am Until. He proves otherwise, Kyrou is a huge enigma. His defiance of a Cup winning coach who only wanted him to play hockey like a 6’1” 190 pound man should play it, coupled with his immature response to the fact that his leverage was greater than the coach’s soured many fans in the world of hockey, not just the Blues fans.

He goes through long stretches where his focus is lacking. His passes in the first period yesterday were testament. They were baffling and without thought or execution. Passing, in general seem to be an issue as his playoff assist total is…unfathomably low.

His contract is a steal these days yet no one beat down a single door to get him during his trade window. You dont win playoff series with guys like him -he refuses to do any heavy lifting.. One beefy hit and became a timid ice hockey player in the last four playoff games.Game seven was obscene.


We are stuck with him… so, I will hope for the best, but forgetting his transgressions will take a consistent effort and a will to pay the price required for a couple of playoff series.

Our second line is garbage. Schenn is mired between two supremely gifted athletes with “issues”.Last year, Holloway made a man out of Kyrou for a good while. I fear that Holloway may have learned some bad habits from Kyrou.
I surely hope I am wrong about that.
Congrats on today’s worst take. The guy who praises Texier all last year but dogs on Kyrou. You’ve earned @ spit on my ignore list. Bu-bye
Adios.

Texier is just as big of an enigma.

In far less minutes he is tied with Kyrou in points after three games, And is a plus one to Kyrou's minus 2.

Texier has overcome so much more adversity and is a player I feel better about rooting for.

Every single hockey player and every single human has issues and those issues weave the tapestry of their behavior.

You can choose your heroes by glamour and showy displays of offensive talent, if you wish. Hockey is much more than those things to me.



Texier may continue to grow this season and perhaps you might be able to see the beauty in the way he plays the game... and he might revert to his introverted and passive ways again. As they say, this is why they play the games and why I love watching them so much.

I have already endured several cycles of Kyrou's confounding refusal to play a solid game away from the puck. He is making a boatload of money and is playing on his native continent in a nation that speaks his cradle language. His friends and closest family are all within fairly easy reach and until I hear differently, are all alive ..

The ways these players misuse their gifts earns them both many many question marks. The answers I come up with for Texier are far more understandable and worthy of forgiveness than those for Kyrou.

Rewatch the most nail-biting and important game of last season if you have the least bit of an open mind.

Your argument against my positions needs more substance.
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Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 01:28 am Until. He proves otherwise, Kyrou is a huge enigma. His defiance of a Cup winning coach who only wanted him to play hockey like a 6’1” 190 pound man should play it, coupled with his immature response to the fact that his leverage was greater than the coach’s soured many fans in the world of hockey, not just the Blues fans.

He goes through long stretches where his focus is lacking. His passes in the first period yesterday were testament. They were baffling and without thought or execution. Passing, in general seem to be an issue as his playoff assist total is…unfathomably low.
we don’t pay him to pass, we pay him to score.
His contract is a steal these days yet no one beat down a single door to get him during his trade window. You dont win playoff series with guys like him -he refuses to do any heavy lifting.. One beefy hit and became a timid ice hockey player in the last four playoff games.Game seven was obscene.

How do you know no one came calling? Bugging Army’s office?

We are stuck with him… so, I will hope for the best, but forgetting his transgressions will take a consistent effort and a will to pay the price required for a couple of playoff series.

Our second line is garbage. Schenn is mired between two supremely gifted athletes with “issues”.Last year, Holloway made a man out of Kyrou for a good while. I fear that Holloway may have learned some bad habits from Kyrou.
I surely hope I am wrong about that.

Come out of 1985 if you think Schenn is the shining star and not the anchor on that line
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DawgDad wrote: 14 Oct 2025 19:26 pm This is a Blues forum. Yes, I find it strange when a purported Blues fan says part of him wishes our top goal scorer plays for some other organization. I find that VERY strange.
the bots same tired moves. throw enough mud around on blues players/ coaches/ management/ fans/ marketing department/ in house music/ alumni and hope something sticks so that when the Bot is wrong, it moves on to another target.

I remember Klim Kostin being held back by the Blues org. When players don't have personal agency, its easy to point towards failure of the coaches. But when players routinely get better on the whole by an org, like the Blues, a few that don't need to look inward. The Blues over the last 5-7 years have completely transformed their way of playing hockey. The idea that they are some bruising defensive ken hitchcock brand team and coaching is laughable at best. Hollywood all star numbers last year. Thomas all league numbers. Defenders scoring top 5 points in the league as a unit. Bolduc flirting with 20 after a rough start. The Blues have been developing offensive hockey and have been prioritizing it for a long while now. Their problem isn't in development, its in consistency. Which with younger players is typically par for the course.

Kyrou has had really good development in his 2 way game for the last 2 seasons. His continued curse is that he can go pointless for back to backs which most scoring players of his caliber don't do. But the Blues have most certainly made him a better player.
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netboy65 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 10:02 am
Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 01:28 am Until. He proves otherwise, Kyrou is a huge enigma. His defiance of a Cup winning coach who only wanted him to play hockey like a 6’1” 190 pound man should play it, coupled with his immature response to the fact that his leverage was greater than the coach’s soured many fans in the world of hockey, not just the Blues fans.

He goes through long stretches where his focus is lacking. His passes in the first period yesterday were testament. They were baffling and without thought or execution. Passing, in general seem to be an issue as his playoff assist total is…unfathomably low.
we don’t pay him to pass, we pay him to score.
His contract is a steal these days yet no one beat down a single door to get him during his trade window. You dont win playoff series with guys like him -he refuses to do any heavy lifting.. One beefy hit and became a timid ice hockey player in the last four playoff games.Game seven was obscene.

How do you know no one came calling? Bugging Army’s office?

We are stuck with him… so, I will hope for the best, but forgetting his transgressions will take a consistent effort and a will to pay the price required for a couple of playoff series.

Our second line is garbage. Schenn is mired between two supremely gifted athletes with “issues”.Last year, Holloway made a man out of Kyrou for a good while. I fear that Holloway may have learned some bad habits from Kyrou.
I surely hope I am wrong about that.

Come out of 1985 if you think Schenn is the shining star and not the anchor on that line
That is a very shallow response, in my opinion. The playoffs are different, aren't they?

How many one- one-dimensional stars carried teams through four series and hoisted the Cup?

I believe we are paying Kyrou, and every other player on the team, to take us to a Cup Final.
Not JUST to score goals.

His playoff assist totals are beyond baffling. As I have said before, if you put skates on a roomba vacuum and gave it Kyrou's minutes, it would have as many assists. With his amazing skill... there is no excuse.
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For all my distate for him, Kyrou WILL wake up, and so will Holloway.
When they do, we will go on another tear.
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Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 11:16 am For all my distate for him, Kyrou WILL wake up, and so will Holloway.
When they do, we will go on another tear.
As someone who had a lot of distaste for him for the same lack of compete, Kyrou has proven to me he will put in the work to make himself better. Once a player starts doing that I start giving them more benefit of the doubt. I am in full understanding of your regular season vs. playoff distinction and am kind of in the middle, as stats don't always map to compete. But I see a player who bulked up specifically to win board battles, as if it clicked for him that just getting a lot stronger on the puck would transform his skillset to another level. I took the over on him this year. You can be given credit for being a Kyrou skeptic if he regresses but I'd be open minded about what's coming, it seemed like he took the Winnipeg loss to heart in the right way (have to lose before you win kind of loss). We'll see.
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seattleblue wrote: 15 Oct 2025 11:21 am
Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 11:16 am For all my distate for him, Kyrou WILL wake up, and so will Holloway.
When they do, we will go on another tear.
As someone who had a lot of distaste for him for the same lack of compete, Kyrou has proven to me he will put in the work to make himself better. Once a player starts doing that I start giving them more benefit of the doubt. I am in full understanding of your regular season vs. playoff distinction and am kind of in the middle, as stats don't always map to compete. But I see a player who bulked up specifically to win board battles, as if it clicked for him that just getting a lot stronger on the puck would transform his skillset to another level. I took the over on him this year. You can be given credit for being a Kyrou skeptic if he regresses but I'd be open minded about what's coming, it seemed like he took the Winnipeg loss to heart in the right way (have to lose before you win kind of loss). We'll see.
Well and fairly stated.

He looked pretty solid in the last two-thirds of the last game. If what you predict comes to pass, I will eat the tastiest crow I have eaten in many a moon. I can forgive the fairly routine careless passes, if he works hard to battle through checks and win puck battles. If he does those things in the playoffs.. I might even buy his jersey.
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Kyrou is the Keith Hernandez of the Blues. Look for the hat trick when we play the Hawks and win 7-2.

As my sock puppet, Army, likes to say, "Our best players are getting outscored by the other team's best players during the must-win important games".

Maybe look back at the games with Nashville for a better Kyrou success story.
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Its the lack of assists that tells the "Lack of compete" tale, in my opinion.
I've said several times, "Any savant with little to no compete can find an open spot to rifle a snipe in every other playoff game". That is Kyrou's contribution, entirely, from his last and best two playoff appearances.

There is much more to gutting out a bitter playoff round... much more in surviving the abuse of three or four series than popping in a beauty every other game.

Two assists in 28 playoff games. You kind of have to try to get so few.

Has he turned the corner? I surely hope so.
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He's already turned a corner in his 200 foot effort. Over the past 2 years and from what I have seen this year he's going to continue to progress in that effort. You have to be blind to not see this.

Not to your standards? It's obviously not YET to his eitherr. He just added weight and said to have worked hard in his off season for more strength.

Your discourse on him has not changed an iota through all of this other than a few disclaimers about how you might be wrong.....which is odd for a guy who can't stop bashing him as he has clearly improved his game..
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Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 16:28 pm Its the lack of assists that tells the "Lack of compete" tale, in my opinion.
I've said several times, "Any savant with little to no compete can find an open spot to rifle a snipe in every other playoff game". That is Kyrou's contribution, entirely, from his last and best two playoff appearances.

There is much more to gutting out a bitter playoff round... much more in surviving the abuse of three or four series than popping in a beauty every other game.

Two assists in 28 playoff games. You kind of have to try to get so few.

Has he turned the corner? I surely hope so.
If scoring is that easy, why didn’t more of our guys do it? Thomas? Buch? Bueller? Anyone?
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netboy65 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 17:07 pm
Harry York 37 wrote: 15 Oct 2025 16:28 pm Its the lack of assists that tells the "Lack of compete" tale, in my opinion.
I've said several times, "Any savant with little to no compete can find an open spot to rifle a snipe in every other playoff game". That is Kyrou's contribution, entirely, from his last and best two playoff appearances.

There is much more to gutting out a bitter playoff round... much more in surviving the abuse of three or four series than popping in a beauty every other game.

Two assists in 28 playoff games. You kind of have to try to get so few.

Has he turned the corner? I surely hope so.
If scoring is that easy, why didn’t more of our guys do it? Thomas? Buch? Bueller? Anyone?
You are missing the point in a few ways.

First, to answer your question... Many DID.
Perron and O'Reilly had as many or even more goals and both collected more assists in the 2022 Playoffs. Kyrou collected both of his all-time assists in those 12 games
Neither were minus players but JK was a Minus 4.

Last year, Nathan Walker had as many goals, more assists, and added FAR more to the series than Kyrou.
Nathan Walker, Netboy....
Buchy led all scorers in the playoff scoring as he usually does. He had as many goals and as usual had even more assists.
Neither Buchy nor Walker were minus players.
Kyrou had zero assists and was a minus 4.

Next question?
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