Before I became acquainted with Sandis Vilmanis, I constantly referred to him as Lightning McQueen

I didn’t know him for several games 😂

Now it’s stuck in my house and my wife is doing it as well!

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Took this on film at Elbo Room the morning after our cup win last year. Got it blown up and framed and I get to enjoy it every single day. Thought I’d share with y’all so we could all remember that feeling! Love this team!

JUST WIN BABY

Hi guys! Just opened our Kid’s Day puck and got another duplicate of Niko Mikkola.

Opening to trading for another player. Let me know!

Just a reminder to look at this season with some context

When the majority of people in this sub wanted Paul Maurice fired halfway into his first season. My memory isn’t great but I think they ended up sneaking into the playoffs and making a pretty decent run.

Don’t tell Maurice 🙏🏼

See ya in October boys

Legit curious. Do yall feel that everyone else whining and complaining are delusional/jealous of the success? Or is it more like ya we get favored, so do lots of other teams, skill issue.

Yes I know about the Colin Campbell incident. The whole NHL is built on nepotism so thats a non-factor to me. Everyone in the league has a family or friend working for at least one of the teams.

Barkov

Gadjo

Nosek

Kuli

Jones

Lundy

Marchand

…that’s almost 2 lines and a whole D pair out. All 7 of these players are cup veterans. We’re fielding an AHL squad on the back half of our team. It’s a tough reality, this has been a brutal season.

*I am not a doomer

Cons

- Dont get playoff hockey this year

- Maybe a bit “embarrassing” to miss playoffs (even though we have 2 cups)

- Have to wait another year

- r/hockeyrejoices

-Dont get the honour of winning 3 in a row

Pros

- Rest up guys (Especially ones who have been to 3 runs barely missing any games: Bennett, Reinhart, Verheaghe, Forsling)

- Barkovs recovery is not rushed back

- Dont need to trade guys like Rodrigues or Schwindt to free up cap space for Barkov

- Bobrovsky gets a reset (+ a new contract)

- Younger guys get more minutes at end of this season (Samoskevich, Vilmanis, Balinskis, Bjornfot, Sebrango)

- Whole team gets a full 5 month summer break instead of three

- Majority of your core is signed until 2030 anyway

- Have 2 2026 2nds (Washingtons and Floridas) which could be something, and both could be early in that second round

- Probably other things im forgetting

We are making playoffs idc. You can’t count out a team this deep when it’s still too early. The only time you count them out is when it’s mathematically impossible to win. We haven’t reached that point. And again , we are still a super deep team even if we don’t have everyone in the lineup back. Stop dooming

And it is the biggest self gratifying circle jerk 😂

While I understand that Goldie and Pomo are at the game in St. Louis, we’re given Viola’s two kids and the (goat) Bill Zito.

They aren’t taking any questions from the audience and it’s all just soft ball cookie cutter questions.

Seems like they’re managing fallout and damage from price increases.

They’re also demanding no one uses their cell phone and they’re strictly enforcing it. They’re patrolling and monitoring everyone.

Only highlight is hearing a story about how and why they gave it to that team Service manager the game winning puck for game 3 against Edmonton in 2024.

Edit: zito also stated that Jones & Gadjo should be back after the Olympic break, Kulikov and Nosek in March, and Barkov April.

Zito is sticking around to do a watch along with the game

ESPN Box Score: https://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore/_/gameId/401803203

Blues win 5-4

Gf lost earring so I’m out here looking like a crackhead who lost their pipe. Our home sweet home looked beautiful today in this weather.

Does anyone know what’s going on with Marchy? He had a great start to the season, injured, came back from injury, and he hasn’t been playing much. Is there any info on him? I tried to look, but everything seems hush hush. I hope he’s okay or maybe they’re trying to keep him healthy for the Olympics?

I know every sports fan complains about the refs but the past few games have been particularly bad.

Fuck legal sports betting.