Dreger - on the Blues downfall “they just aren’t that good”

[Jeff Goldblum]

Keep breathing life into this phony, guys.

It'd be nice if the moderators would do their jobs.

[Walter Sobchak00]

Keep breathing life into this phony, guys.

It'd be nice if the moderators would do their jobs.

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That said I'm not really sure how he bothers anyone at this point.. his playbook is completely predictable and nothing he says can be taken seriously

[theograce]

The hockey world takes this man very seriously

[Walter Sobchak00]

I'm so mad!

[Unfathomable]

You can not like the messenger all you want but if you can watch this game tonight and not admit to yourself we suck you're the biggest problem facing this team going forward for condoning it. We tried the patch the team for miracle run approach for the last half decade...

Can we trust our scouting dept with top picks now pls...

[theograce]

You can not like the messenger all you want but if you can watch this game tonight and not admit to yourself we suck you're the biggest problem facing this team going forward for condoning it. We tried the patch the team for miracle run approach for the last half decade...

Can we trust our scouting dept with top picks now pls...

No teams are bidding on our players either. Even the very best ones we got.

Dreger still head scratching and talking about ownership lol

[Walter Sobchak00]

Is that the 3rd or 4th time you've cast that exact same bait?

[theograce]

if you can watch this game tonight and not admit to yourself we suck you're the biggest problem facing this team going forward for condoning it.

They aren’t trolls. They just don’t understand hockey very well. Pity them … don’t call them problems.

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No team will look good when your starting goalie is 89th in goals saved above expected and the backup could stop a beach ball the 1st month of the year. Hofer is now in the 50’s in goals saved above expected.

The Blues are scoring a laughably boring 2.45 goals per game. That ain't a goalie problem. They are very lucky their record isn't a lot worse.

[TBone]

It's late Saturday night what the hell I found a guy with breaking news who said the Blues aren't playing well so that's gold gotta go with it in quotes.

Do you even know you Dreger is? I bet no.

Not playing well

Laughing

Laughing indeed.

Condition normal for the forum no-life slackjaw.

[ratonmono2]

Gotta be concerned about the core here. I've been a big fan of Thomas and hate to place this problem on him but there are serious concerns about do you want to build your team around this guy who has these question marks. They're at a crossroads. They will certainly grab a top 5 pick this summer and the under 23 group here is being built. The question is do they rely on the current 24 and older group to lead that 23 & under group? I don't envy Steen right now. I'm leaning towards blowing that older core up though, but is it even possible if teams don't want your players? Rough spot.

[MiamiLaw]

Gotta be concerned about the core here. I've been a big fan of Thomas and hate to place this problem on him but there are serious concerns about do you want to build your team around this guy who has these question marks. They're at a crossroads. They will certainly grab a top 5 pick this summer and the under 23 group here is being built. The question is do they rely on the current 24 and older group to lead that 23 & under group? I don't envy Steen right now. I'm leaning towards blowing that older core up though, but is it even possible if teams don't want your players? Rough spot.

The only saving grace is that none of the contracts are cap busters. All three combined - i.e. Thomas, Kyrou and Buch - hurt but if you can rid yourself of one without getting killed, you're not in a bad place. Kyrou is the obvious candidate where I think you can move him and it wouldn't be horrible. You probably wouldn't have to "pay" someone to take him so to speak but the return will probably not be great.

[Harry S Deals]

IF Army can trade Faulk/Schenn AND one of Thomas, Kyrou or Buch then this can be a quicker turnaround. Im assuming the Blues also gets a Top 5 pick to add to whatever is coming in the next wave, likely one season of college or wherever then the Blues

[Backesdraft]

Gotta be concerned about the core here. I've been a big fan of Thomas and hate to place this problem on him but there are serious concerns about do you want to build your team around this guy who has these question marks. They're at a crossroads. They will certainly grab a top 5 pick this summer and the under 23 group here is being built. The question is do they rely on the current 24 and older group to lead that 23 & under group? I don't envy Steen right now. I'm leaning towards blowing that older core up though, but is it even possible if teams don't want your players? Rough spot.

They will most likely get a top 5 pick but it sucks that Vancouver is SOOOOO atrocious this year. Not sure the Blues can catch them, so the chances of getting that #1 pick is super low.

[ratonmono2]

Gotta be concerned about the core here. I've been a big fan of Thomas and hate to place this problem on him but there are serious concerns about do you want to build your team around this guy who has these question marks. They're at a crossroads. They will certainly grab a top 5 pick this summer and the under 23 group here is being built. The question is do they rely on the current 24 and older group to lead that 23 & under group? I don't envy Steen right now. I'm leaning towards blowing that older core up though, but is it even possible if teams don't want your players? Rough spot.

The only saving grace is that none of the contracts are cap busters. All three combined - i.e. Thomas, Kyrou and Buch - hurt but if you can rid yourself of one without getting killed, you're not in a bad place. Kyrou is the obvious candidate where I think you can move him and it wouldn't be horrible. You probably wouldn't have to "pay" someone to take him so to speak but the return will probably not be great.

Agreed. We are all probably falling into prisoner of the moment in regard to Thomas also. If they move him, he will retrieve a big package for sure. Kyrou is really the obvious move here. He's been a poor fit for years and it seems Army was stubbornly sticking to a price that was too high which has only diminished his actual value. Army's weakness; too hardheaded. It's cost us big time the past six years.

[Bluesfan1978]

No team will look good when your starting goalie is 89th in goals saved above expected and the backup could stop a beach ball the 1st month of the year. Hofer is now in the 50’s in goals saved above expected.

The Blues are scoring a laughably boring 2.45 goals per game. That ain't a goalie problem. They are very lucky their record isn't a lot worse.

When you have no confidence in your goaltending it affects every other aspect of the game