The St. Louis Blues are showing worrying signs early in the season: tired legs, short bench rotations, and a lack of compete level from their top players.
Jim Montgomery didn’t hold back after another rough home performance, calling out the team’s effort and consistency.
We break down why the Blues look so slow, why stars like Pavel Buchnevich and Jordan Kyrou haven’t delivered, and how much missing veterans like Letty and Suter is hurting the group. Plus, could Oskar Sundqvist’s return help reignite the Blues’ fight?
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18 Comments
wow same issue that berube had…..crazy
blues have faulk with an A and on the website today .. what am I missing about this guy? i didnt like the move when he came here and still not warmed up to him .. faulk and buch .. tired of buch for real .. not seeing it with faulk .. never did
blues cant draft inside the top ten for elite talent once in while nor will they pay market price for an all start type player … long as the turnstyles keep spinning .. this is who the blues are unless they strike lighting in a bottle
is mid market team for a cheap owners? or is army a bad gm not being able to put a contender together with a full cap ?
bring up the kids and bench the veterans..
How do you have consistency when lines change every game. Coach gives playing time to Faulk who gives the puck away a lot. Thomas may be a problem in the house.
So sick of Buch.
The problem is their best players aren't up to snub to be considered great players. Thomas and Kyrou have zero intensity, Id rather have in your face bangers that just throw it at the net and drive it home. That Bolduc trade is looking worse every day…..
Sunquist does the little things and can be used anywhere. But he doesn't produce points and he takes a lot of penalties. In the off-season they brought in centers in part because he couldn't produce from the 3rd line and can't stay healthy for a full season. Now Bjugstat moves to to the wing but when Torp comes back does he play?
John Kelly could be heard snickering up in the broadcast booth while calling the game for the Kings. That's hard to say and believe. Can't stand listening to the Blues broadcast anymore so I just keep the sound down and watch…. we miss you John!
I think blues are going to have to make more trades this year because the team and some players not getting it done thats for sure dont even look like the team we saw last year at all!
I was let down by the cardinals and now I am getting let down by the blues 😢!
I'm not buying into the lack of veteran presence. Most of these guys have to be called veterans minus Snuggy and maybe Neighbors at this point. Talking about Thomas, Buchy, Kyrou, Parayko, Schenn and others. They KNOW how to win. They proved it late last season. Myself, I believe they have a "it's early in the season and we can turn it on when we have too" mentality. And that is a losing recipe. Every game, every two points is the difference between making the playoffs and not. Specially in this division. Maybe you start scratching someone in the top line to make a point. Army may need to make a move early this season.
Time to make trades and bring up players!
Wait until after tonight's game. He hasn't seen nothing yet. It's horrible.
Buchnevich just ain't producing. Kyrou not so much either but he's got more points that Thomas. Stop switching the lines. A change here and there ok but not whole lines. Keep the top two lines you had last year intact. Quit experimenting. Their not hungry enough. Fire isn't there
The thing that makes no sense so far is their poor home play. It just seems completely out of character for a team that won their last 12 regular season home games last year, and the 3 playoff home wins. I don’t know the difference between now and then, but we sure as heck weren’t falling behind 2, 3, or 4 goals at home in the first period during that home winning streak. If he thought the game against the Kings was bad, he won’t be happy with the effort against the Mammoth (at least not in the first period).
If they don’t come to play. The only remedy is we don’t show up to the arena. Simple fix.