Hockey Guy loves to watch physical hockey. But are awkward, full-speed collisions along the boards good for the sport?

Barret Jackman went down awkwardly in the Blues opener, but dodged serious injury. Panthers defenseman Bryan McCabe was not as fortunate; he…

A few comments from the coach:

“Just the energy in the building . . . I’m just thinking, I wonder what our young players had going through their minds when you step out to an ovation like that. The crowd was…

After the game. Manny Legace raved about the atmosphere at Scottrade (”just electric”) and the play of the team in front of him.

“If we can play with that intensity every night,” he said, “I like our chances.”

What about the power…

“Had the score not been 4-2,” Jackman said after the game, “I might have given it a try.”

Andy Murray was vague about the injury, but said Barret could play Saturday night in New York. But don’t be be surprised if…

I’ll be back with a few comments from the players. But what a game, eh?

After a slightly rocky start, the Blues forced the play, earned some power-play opporunities and then buried them.

Keith Tkachuk too a couple of bad penalties, but…

Playing down one defenseman, the Note has to be smart with this three-goal lead. Steve Wagner and Roman Polak have to log significant time along with surviving vets Eric Brewer and Jay McKee.

Chip it out, dump it in, keep it…

Come on, let them hit! Geesh. Janssen is out there, trying to his job, and he gets whistled for charging.Can’t say that I saw the charging.

Is this any way to sell the sport?

The Blues did a nice job on the…

After two periods, look at these numbers:

Roman Polak: 16 shifts, 14:10

Alex Pietrangelo, 13 shifts, 9:13

T.J. Oshie. 17 shifts, 9:57

Chris Porter, 16 shifts, 9:29

Patrik Berglund, 13 shifts, 8:39.

David Perron, 12 shifts, 8:32.

This is on-the-job training at its finest.

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Blues fans stood and roared as the players left the ice. And why not? The Blues hit, they controlled the puck and they worked some magic on the power play.

There will be hiccups, for sure, as Andy Murray works this…

The Blues worked the puck around with the man advantage, using their five-forward formation very, very well. Paul Kariya worked the point, then made cuts to the high slot, then circled back to the point.

The Note ended up with a…