Blues Must Play Statement Game
It’s all over but the weeping. The Blues are down 0-3 in the best-of-seven series against the highly skilled and experienced Canucks.
They can’t win the series now. But they can still pound out an exciting Game 4 victory, give their fans something to cheer and remind the NHL that they are still on the climb.
Also, they have a chance to bruise give the Canucks a few more bruises. That team loves to talk on and off the ice, so Game 4 gives the Blues a chance to answer with some action.
The Canucks don’t like getting bumped. “Our guys have been [receiving] a lot of cheap shots in this series,” Canuck coach Alain Vigneault complained after Game 3.
Instead of hitting the Canucks for 25 to 30 minutes, the Blues need to hit them for 60 minutes to test their will.
To that end, Hockey Guy enjoyed watching Cam Janssen play. He threw a few huge body checks and had the Canucks on the run.
They weren’t going to fight him, of course, and Cam wasn’t going to take selfish penalties by getting overly aggressive. But he still had an impact.
B.J. Crombeen, on the other hand, let the Canucks goad him into a couple of needless penalties. This was his first rodeo, so he’ll learn from the experience.
The Canucks shrugged off the loss of Mats Sundin to a groin strain, largely because his on-ice impact hasn’t been all that great.
Steve Bernier showed why the Blues made a bid for him last summer. After missing a golden opportunity, he bounced back to score a classic playoff goal.


As a canuck fan I wanted to applaud both teams for a fantastic series. It isn’t over yet, I can see St. Louis coming back in game 4. There is no reason to single out either team for good and bad hits, they have both pretty even in that department. My only complaint was when the Canadian anthem was sung last night there was a lot of booing, even though people say it wasn’t a boo but they were saying blues, a lot of horn blowing as well, either way it was in bad taste to treat the visiting team like that. There was only cheering for the American anthem when the Blues were in Vancouver. I wonder if they will still cheer if the teams come back to Vancouver for a game 5, I sure hope not, I hope the fans in Vancouver continue being classy in these situations.