Darius Domingues breaks down how this situation just got way more real for the Blues and how Logan Mailloux and Joel Hofer needs to be solved sooner rather than later.
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Shitting on a 22 year old Defenseman over and over solves nothing. How about we shit on these sorry ass goalie performances and/or the performance of the other players when games start?
This is something common sense should have prevailed this summer instead of over hyping every move and exaggerating the possibilities. Lots of young guys, a star that was offered to everyone and now is playing with less confidence, the changing of lines, a young defenseman who needs minutes at the AHL level. Stop the hyperbole and be honest.
Mallioux wasn’t that bad
Mailloux looks very slow and not up to NHL speed! Like I've said Kessel looked way better and Mailloux should be sent down!
HOF was way more of a problem than Logan.
The elephant in the room that nobody is talking about is the lackluster play of Jordan Kyrou. He loses every 50/50 puck challenge, every time the puck is on the boards he loses it, he NEVER stands around the net, he dumps the puck in instead of finesse puck handling to set up a play. When the pressure is on he folds under the pressure. The Blues tried trading him before July 1 last summer and nobody wanted him. Zack Bolduk has 5 goals and 1 assist. Bolduk has more goals then, Kyrou, Holloway, Schen, Joseph, Toropchenko and Sundquist combined. Let that sink in for a minute. Pathetic!!
Everyone was bitching about Nick Leddy bet u wish we had him now eh
Mailloux is only 23 years old. Normally, it takes defenseman about 3-5 years in the NHL before they start playing at a high level. The Blues have a lot more issues than Mailloux. We traded Zak Bolduk a 20 goal scorer in his rookie season while only playing 12.5 minutes per game. Bolduk ended up as our #2 goal scorer last season with minutes played 5 on 5. Whoever made that trade had to be on the same team as the people that decided Pepsi Clear was a genius marketing move. Just saying…..
You can absolutely put the chicago and Utah game on Hofer. You could watch the energy in the team go cold after the 2nd goal against Chicago. We saw it right out of the gate against Utah with Cole's goal. Hofer's body language is very telling. He's noticeably slow to react to pucks, even pucks that dribble in on him. He makes that look rough. Goals 1 and 3 against Utah were terrible. I wouldnt hold 2 against him as it was a knuckling slap shot from 15ft away. Holloway lost his man on that one
Montreal Fan here, send Mailloux to the AHL and find out very quickly he is not the problem. After watching replays I find to many players out of position and goalies just not playing well.
Pronger was awful when he first came to the Blues too. Give the new kid time.
I laugh my ass off when i see how many people in these comments that know nothing about hockey mallioux will take time to grow more than 11 games and like him are not he looked way better last night if you have to hate how about thomas 9 giveaways on the night and yeah buchnevich finally got a goal Holloway did nothing it's the veterans that need a foot in there arse
THis team will be competing for a top 10 pick
It’s a combo of Hofer, lack luster start to the game as has been their start in all home games in the first period, some guys who usually score are not, and right now Kessel is better than Mailloux.
Drop the mallioux hate it’s a team effort and we’re blaming a 22 year old 3rd pairing d man
He looks lazy and out of shape. I don't understand whats going on….
Hofer can't stop a beach ball
2 bad mistakes by Army 1 letting Colton Ellis walk for nothing the dudes a legit goalie. Trading Bolduc for this stiff Canadians have to be laughing for this fleece job
Also, how did Carbonneau not make this crap team? Can we quit fucking around and bring him up so we can score some goals and at least make the games exciting?
When goalies let in weak goals like Hofer keeps doing it deflates the team fans etc.
Let the kid develop and the rest of the team needs to show accountability
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3 goals on 6 shots….but the 22 year old defenseman is the problem. Hofer sucked last night.
it's rough seeing Army get fleeced in a trade like this. Ouch.
Mallioux and hofer needs to go down to the farm team
bring up some of the young guys and bench some of the floaters, cannot fire monty after signing him to a five year contract ,is there a big trade coming?
Logan is not the problem. Hofer looked awful, Logan was playing fine and honestly look at how the whole team manages the puck. The powerplay looks terrible, how many did we have again? We only scored 1 goal on like 10 power plays. Sunny sparked the offense, I'm happy he is back and the 2 helpers last night helps him and the team morale. If you take away the first period we win the game, plain and simple.
a 9.77 Gort with a 4.08 % cant with stand
I actually thought Mailloux played much better last night. I wonder whats in Hof's head right now.
So the Blues 5-6 on play was addressed during training camp
He's not the only problem turn overs odd man rushes ,guys left wide open in the slot,the total lack of desperation.
Gentlemen HARD WORK BEATS TALENT, WHEN TALENT DOESNT WORK HARD.
BOTTOM LINE MORE HARD WORK BY OUR TALENT.
both Hof and Binner have been absolute Swiss cheese this year so far. Not hating, they were a stellar tandem late last season but it seems like Binner can’t win unless it’s a gold medal game
Kyrou, Thomas, and Buch are the most irresponsible top line players in the league. Constant turnovers, passing to nobody, putting themselves offsides, etc. I don’t even understand what I’m watching. Hopefully they get some chemistry going again.
Hofer looked very slow to react on some shots this game. Not sure if its a vision thing or what but he has to be better or he's gonna get mailloux benched
I like Mailloux. This is a team issue.
This was on Hofer not Logan. What are you talking about? You use analyics but discount the small sample size.
Question, how many goals was he on the ice the last two Hofer starts? At least 5 very soft goals in Hofer last two starts. Mailloux isn't there yet and he has a ways to go to get up to where he needs to be. It's going to take time, it's just the way it is. We have a lot more not going right than just Mailloux.
JAKE ALLEN FLASHBACK WITH 1ST SHOT HOFF
#25 running away from hits while spilling puck. 15 giveaways