Not much love for the '25-'26 Blue Notes around the league

[Harry S Deals]

Ive seen a few of these sorts having the Blues in the 90-95 point range. 90 pts only would really surprise me although things can always go south, injuries namely to the wrong guys that happens.
You may not be surprised to learn that i am more optimistic than 90 pts I am in the 100 pt territory for this season, I would cite the continued growth and production from the top 2 lines, more depth on D with Fowler/Broberg/Tucker//Mailloux. Also i like how Jordan Winnington looks i know hes eyeing the Olympics he wants another notch in his belt which bodes well.

I think the Blues get big seasons from:

Thomas, Binnington, Buch, Kyrou, Holloway, Fowler, Broberg and Schenn. Depth is a little sketchy but Stenberg is waiting in the wings

What say you?

[Aesa]

Ive seen a few of these sorts having the Blues in the 90-95 point range. 90 pts only would really surprise me although things can always go south, injuries namely to the wrong guys that happens.
You may not be surprised to learn that i am more optimistic than 90 pts I am in the 100 pt territory for this season, I would cite the continued growth and production from the top 2 lines, more depth on D with Fowler/Broberg/Tucker//Mailloux. Also i like how Jordan Winnington looks i know hes eyeing the Olympics he wants another notch in his belt which bodes well.

I think the Blues get big seasons from:

Thomas, Binnington, Buch, Kyrou, Holloway, Fowler, Broberg and Schenn. Depth is a little sketchy but Stenberg is waiting in the wings

What say you?

I'm with you Harry. I think they are underestimating this team.

On a side note, curiosity forces me to ask, did you take your name from Counting Cars tv show?

[Harry S Deals]

Ive seen a few of these sorts having the Blues in the 90-95 point range. 90 pts only would really surprise me although things can always go south, injuries namely to the wrong guys that happens.
You may not be surprised to learn that i am more optimistic than 90 pts I am in the 100 pt territory for this season, I would cite the continued growth and production from the top 2 lines, more depth on D with Fowler/Broberg/Tucker//Mailloux. Also i like how Jordan Winnington looks i know hes eyeing the Olympics he wants another notch in his belt which bodes well.

I think the Blues get big seasons from:

Thomas, Binnington, Buch, Kyrou, Holloway, Fowler, Broberg and Schenn. Depth is a little sketchy but Stenberg is waiting in the wings

What say you?

I'm with you Harry. I think they are underestimating this team.

On a side note, curiosity forces me to ask, did you take your name from Counting Cars tv show?

Lol, man i dont even know how i came up with this name. I signed up for this mess a long long time ago and have totally forgot i think i was referring to trades made by the Blues administration at that moment

[Aesa]

Ive seen a few of these sorts having the Blues in the 90-95 point range. 90 pts only would really surprise me although things can always go south, injuries namely to the wrong guys that happens.
You may not be surprised to learn that i am more optimistic than 90 pts I am in the 100 pt territory for this season, I would cite the continued growth and production from the top 2 lines, more depth on D with Fowler/Broberg/Tucker//Mailloux. Also i like how Jordan Winnington looks i know hes eyeing the Olympics he wants another notch in his belt which bodes well.

I think the Blues get big seasons from:

Thomas, Binnington, Buch, Kyrou, Holloway, Fowler, Broberg and Schenn. Depth is a little sketchy but Stenberg is waiting in the wings

What say you?

I'm with you Harry. I think they are underestimating this team.

On a side note, curiosity forces me to ask, did you take your name from Counting Cars tv show?

Lol, man i dont even know how i came up with this name. I signed up for this mess a long long time ago and have totally forgot i think i was referring to trades made by the Blues administration at that moment

Cool. Thanks for responding.

[TheJackBurton]

Ive seen a few of these sorts having the Blues in the 90-95 point range. 90 pts only would really surprise me although things can always go south, injuries namely to the wrong guys that happens.
You may not be surprised to learn that i am more optimistic than 90 pts I am in the 100 pt territory for this season, I would cite the continued growth and production from the top 2 lines, more depth on D with Fowler/Broberg/Tucker//Mailloux. Also i like how Jordan Winnington looks i know hes eyeing the Olympics he wants another notch in his belt which bodes well.

I think the Blues get big seasons from:

Thomas, Binnington, Buch, Kyrou, Holloway, Fowler, Broberg and Schenn. Depth is a little sketchy but Stenberg is waiting in the wings

What say you?

I'm with you Harry. I think they are underestimating this team.

On a side note, curiosity forces me to ask, did you take your name from Counting Cars tv show?

Lol, man i dont even know how i came up with this name. I signed up for this mess a long long time ago and have totally forgot i think i was referring to trades made by the Blues administration at that moment

Colorado isn't getting 108 pts. They are over estimating Mackenzie Blackwood, and believe that they have far more depth than they actually do.

[BalotelliMassive]

I saw a mock draft where the Blues were picking 13th overall. This team isn't getting any respect and I'm not sure why.

[Tony Palazzolo]

It's interesting but the difference between 90 and 100 points over a 82 game schedule isn't much. Losing a couple of games you should've won which happens to every team every year. A couple of key injuries could make the difference. Likewise you could have Mckinnon collide with Landy and ruin their season.

[Harry S Deals]

I saw a mock draft where the Blues were picking 13th overall. This team isn't getting any respect and I'm not sure why.

Thats rough. I guess Thomas, Parayko and Binnie could get hurt then, ouch. The negatives i have in the back of my mind:


Is the depth good enough, 3rd line needs to score to be a solid playoff team. 3rd D pair needs to be able to play well enough
"Sophmore" type slumps for key guys
"Older" guys need to produce again
Goaltenders need to be better, .915 ish

[seattleblue]

Odds for the Blues to make the playoffs are accordingly very friendly ...

[netboy65]

To paraphrase Lou Brown from Major League, let’s see if we can give them all a nice **** burger to eat!

[dr0zombie]

Ive seen a few of these sorts having the Blues in the 90-95 point range. 90 pts only would really surprise me although things can always go south, injuries namely to the wrong guys that happens.
You may not be surprised to learn that i am more optimistic than 90 pts I am in the 100 pt territory for this season, I would cite the continued growth and production from the top 2 lines, more depth on D with Fowler/Broberg/Tucker//Mailloux. Also i like how Jordan Winnington looks i know hes eyeing the Olympics he wants another notch in his belt which bodes well.

I think the Blues get big seasons from:

Thomas, Binnington, Buch, Kyrou, Holloway, Fowler, Broberg and Schenn. Depth is a little sketchy but Stenberg is waiting in the wings

What say you?

The Blues will do as well as most of us are predicting. The "hockey press" will act like they predicted it or make "news" of it.

Where I think it gets a little obnoxious is teams like VAN or NYR. Teams clearly trending the other way without significant injections of change. Where the fanboy press pushes for eyes on their subject matter simply for the market size. The separation between NYR and the Preds is very little in team protentional. But the size of market makes a huge difference in how the teams are reported.

[TruBlueFan_1970]

NHL.com final picks from all their writers had them missing the playoffs as well. Lots of love for Utah this year. They are still very young, but talented. We’ll see how they hold up. I think the lack of love for the Blues is warranted. We are still a bubble team like last season and will be fighting for the final WC spot.

[Army's Mom]

I think the biggest difference between the consensus here and the national writers is that we tend to overstate how sure the following bets are (though, I agree in every case):

- Snuggerud fitting seamlessly in our top 6
- Buchy returning to a point per game producer
- Holloway not regressing
- Broberg not regressing
- Fowler maintaining his high level

I think we tend to take the over on each of those, whereas national publications tend to take the under. If those five players regress to their recent levels, this isn't a playoff team.

There are other questions, too:
How well will LM hold down an NHL job?
Which version of Binner will we see?
How will we improve our 6 on 5 when we lost our second best faceoff guy amd defensive ace?

I still agree with most here that our upside outweighs the down, and that we can hang with the haves in our division.

[dhsux]

If these guys listen to Monty and play as a team I'm seeing a 3 digit finish.

And yes it can be a fine line between play offs or not. It will take focus and improvement on their weaknesses from last season with the same gusto they finished up with, something I believe they can accomplish.

[DawgDad]

I was watching Maroon on TV last night, he was speaking highly of the Blues, Binnington in particular.

Blues are in a very tough Division and Conference; unlike the prior season and most of the other top teams they didn't make any flashy front page moves. Other teams and players are attracting headines, the Blues are going to have to earn respect on the ice.

None of this matters. The season has started, there is a mathematical grading scale that trumps the prognostications and narratives of the talking heads. It's a long ride and it promises to be a lot of fun, lots of good, hard-fought hockey. LGB!

[TruBlueFan_1970]

I was watching Maroon on TV last night, he was speaking highly of the Blues, Binnington in particular.

Blues are in a very tough Division and Conference; unlike the prior season and most of the other top teams they didn't make any flashy front page moves. Other teams and players are attracting headines, the Blues are going to have to earn respect on the ice.

None of this matters. The season has started, there is a mathematical grading scale that trumps the prognostications and narratives of the talking heads. It's a long ride and it promises to be a lot of fun, lots of good, hard-fought hockey. LGB!

Go with the old Tony La Russa theory on how to make the playoffs. In baseball, his philosophy was to focus on winning as many series as possible and not targeting a certain number of wins. For the Blues, same philosophy could apply. Focus on winning 2 out of 3 in nine game spurts, or with OT losses, maybe the equivalent of 11/18 possible points. Over a season, that’s a 99 point pace. La Russa was a helluva manager and kept his focus on the here and now, being the current series. Hope the Blues do the same and avoid any long losing streaks.