11.01.2009 9:12 am
It’s an old hockey adage, but it rings true for the Blues today: ‘Your best players have to be your best players.”
The Blues have been shut out in back-to-back home games because their best players aren’t scoring points.
“Our offensive players…
06.23.2009 8:30 am
New York Islanders fans can’t wait to see how their beloved franchise screws up the first overall pick in the coming NHL Draft.
They WILL screw it up. It’s what the Islanders do.
Remember when then-GM Mike Milbury decided he just had to…
04.21.2009 8:37 pm
Brad Boyes punched in a rebound, converting a rare Blues scoring rush triggered by an accurate long pass. Keith Tkachuk and Barret Jackman got the helpers.
Finally the Blues had life. They started flying around for real after that goal.
Can the…
04.21.2009 5:33 pm
The Blues enjoy having him on the ice, but coach Andy Murray opted not to use him in Game 4 after such limited work.
“He’s looking pretty good,” former linemate Brad Boyes said. “I’ve been asking him when he’s going to…
02.03.2009 8:57 pm
Hockey Guy has presumed the Blues would stay out of the Western Conference playoff race this season, due to all the injuries.
Tuesday’s loss if David Backes to a leg injury was just one more major blow on that front. Backes…
01.07.2009 1:52 pm
Sure, there are a lot of really good hockey players performing at a high level late in their careers. Blues winger Brad Boyes cited Joe Sakic and Mats Sundin as two examples.
“But those guys don’t stand in front of the…
12.30.2008 8:05 pm
Moments like this from Tuesday night’s game gave the injury-battered Blues hope for the rest of the season:
Rookie T.J. Oshie, making his second bid to return from his high ankle sprain, turned his great defensive play into a sprawling outlet…
12.13.2008 1:00 pm
The Canadiens were supposed to be a breakout team this season. But, like the Blues, they keep taking injury hits.
Consider some of the damage:
- First-line center Saku Koivu will miss at least a couple of weeks with an undisclosed lower-body injury.…
12.04.2008 3:24 pm
Nobody in the NHL is surprised to see Sean Avery in the middle of another controversy. The man’s whole purpose in life is to wreak havoc.
“I don’t know . . . you just have laugh,” Blues forward Brad Boyes told…
11.23.2008 11:46 am
Don’t write the Blues off just yet.
Improbably, they won their second consecutive game with a makeshift lineup. Goaltender Chris Mason throttled the Wild on the road, illustrating why the Note brought him up from Nashville at considerable cost.
Brad Boyes scored…