The St. Louis Blues sent a SERIOUS message…

The St. Louis Blues sent a SERIOUS message…

The St. Louis Blues just sent a serious message after coming off a dominant win versus one of the top teams in the NHL with key players stepping up. We are going to break down exactly what has flipped the script in St. Louis with multiple things coming together, key players stepping up, and we also get a quote coming from Chris Pronger on Logan Mayu that will have fans fired up. We’re going to break down all this and so much more in this episode. You’re not going to miss it. So dear, let’s just go straight into this today. Where we seeing the St. Louis Blues had a rough start to start the year. Let’s be honest here, but coming off a dominant win last night looking at all the players stepping up. Listen, we’re going to touch on the first line that did struggle a bit. Tyler Tucker almost off the graph with how good he played. What is your initial thoughts on this kind of performance that St. Louis Blues went out and kind of made a statement to the NHL that listen, we’re not only back, but we’re going to be back better than ever. Well, Pi, the first thing I noticed when I turned on the game yesterday is I thought it was a replay of a different game from last year because I was like, why are the Blues wearing their old jerseys? But they’re now their third jerseys and yesterday was a theme night. So, back to their I guess third jerseys, whatever you want to call it, their old ones at this point. So, uh that was a lot of fun. But big big game from a lot of players and Snugaroo and Sudter continue to look good together. He gets another goal. Uh you know, a couple guys and we got to talk about that first line. will in a second, but Tyler Tucker certainly was not the problem. He had a great game and Jim Montgomery is a huge fan of this player. So, like we were saying all last week and heading into this week, you know, is it the defense pairing? Is it the the defenseman themselves? Cuz we’ve seen Tyler Tucker before, right? And like we were talking about in our video yesterday, Kessle coming in is going to be able to stabilize that blue line a little bit, I think, where you’re not running around as much, right? And listen, Mayu will be just fine, and we’ll get to him in a second. and we’ve touched on him in videos before, but he’s, you know, Kessle was going to come in, be able to stabilize this blue line a little bit, and this was going to be a big test for this team cuz Dallas, while not being undefeated anymore coming into this game, we’re looking like one of the best team, if not the best team in the entire league. So, we knew this was going to be a challenge, they tightened it up defensively, right, which is a really, really good sign in this one. And not only that, your goal scoring comes through for you in by way of Jimmy Snugru and a few others as well. Now, we also have to talk about the first line, Mark, because that is something that probably can’t stay the same. The blender has been thrown out there, right? The lines have been uh juggled around a lot. They’re in the blender. Jim Montgomery, you know, kind of talked about that heading into this game that he thought it was important to do that well while still maintaining a few pairings that he thinks works like Shen and Kyu and Sudtor and Snugru so far. They found some, you know, chemistry so far this year. But that top line of Holloway, Thomas, and Neighbors, by all the advanced analytics, the eye test, all these things, they were not very good last night. So, you know, maybe they need another game to get going here. Maybe it’s just a bad mix of, you know, players on the line. Maybe they just don’t complement each other well, which is interesting because they’re great players and you need Holloway to get going here. So, what are your thoughts on that too, Mark? Because I I think it’s pretty interesting that that line with so many skilled players didn’t work out, but they are finding something throughout the lineup in these pairings that have been working. I think the big thing is, too, listen, we’re seeing a lot of these lines work. The third line looked great last night. We’ve seen the second line stand up, but I think the biggest issue with this is if your first line is out versus the top competition. Yes, it’s going to be harder. You’re going to have them out against Mo Ranton and type players, but I think the biggest issue is if you have three line that’s that’s working. We’ve seen it work last night. We’ve seen the score sheet. People were out there just firing on all cylinders. We’ll touch on the defense, but I think the biggest problem now is Jim Montgomery looking to say, “Hey, three lines have worked with this group. We’ve seen all three of the bottom lines work. So maybe we leave the first line to let them figure it out. We know how good Robert Thomas can be. We know how good Jake Neighbors and Holloway are. So having them together, maybe something will click. But I think you give them one more game. This is a game that they came out made a statement. They won a huge game versus the Dallas Stars. We’re seeing a lot of the leaders and none of these guys are Robert Thomas. So maybe once he gets into his groove, maybe he just needs to get ready and stay with a couple players instead of having these mismatch lines going through all season. I’m in the belief that this top line can still be very good for the Blues. We’ve seen how good they all are individually. So Darius, kind of throwing it back to you before we kind of get into this whole defense and how it looked outstanding. What is your thoughts on maybe just leaving that top line for a couple of games? If they’re getting wins, that’s fine, but you need them to get going. But I wouldn’t shake it up just yet. Yeah, I would agree with that. Right. I think that you have to start to, you know, look at it certainly because it didn’t necessarily work last night, but it doesn’t mean it’s not going to work again. But the team won and the other lines, like you said, did look good. So, you know, sometimes I like to play devil’s advocate, but for this one specifically, you know, I won’t because it makes all the sense in the world. They should run this lineup again in their next game. See how it plays out in that one. and then you take it from there, right? They didn’t necessarily look good, but these are great players that could potentially figure it out together and Neighbors has had a hot start to the season, so maybe he needed a game to cool down a little bit and somebody else take over. It was also nice because, you know, we were talking on the channel about how Kyu being moved to the third line while still being with Shen was, you know, looked upon as a demotion. It was nice to see him get on the board, too, and he scores that goal. So, that was really good to see. So yeah, I would run this back one more time, kind of see, you know, where it takes the team and how some of the lines are playing still because if you have a couple lines that are working, I’m not saying to sacrifice a line. You obviously want to find synergy throughout your lineup. But at the same time, they won. Couple of the guys look really good. Run it back one more time, especially with that defense core. And I think that’s the biggest thing. Listen, the defense last night was great. I mean, Tyler Tucker almost breaking the score sheet when you’re looking at advanced stats. individual defense was a little down, but every other metric was insane. I think the biggest thing is, and listen, fans are going to look at this in two different ways. We’re going to get into the Pronger quote and everything on Logan Mayu as well, but I think the big thing is Ben are going to look at this and say, “Hey, maybe Logan Mayu is the problem.” And I don’t agree with this. Logan Mayu is still a very young player that needs to find his footing. But I think the issue with this now is after seeing how good that third pairing did play, I don’t think you can break this up. We know how good Praco and Fowler have been together. We’ve seen Faulk and Broberg. As much as fans aren’t the biggest fans of Faulk, but we’ve seen them work in the past. And of course, Tucker and Kessle look phenomenal. Derius, this is one of these situations. Once again, do you think they can break these periods up to get Logan Mayun or do you think they’ll kind of just let him sit in the press box, get his game? We’ve seen him working on extra ice time. What is your thoughts on the situation with the defense right now? I don’t think they’re rushing to get Logan Mayu back in the lineup at this point. I think that eventually he will and Jim Montgomery said that they’re going to be working with him and once he comes back into the lineup, the hopes is that he will never come out of the lineup. He’ll just be a regular and things should be fine. I’m not going to say it’s not going to be anytime soon or anything like that, but I think they’re comfortable right now. They know what they have in Matthew Kessle. It’s early in the season still. They’re going to continue to work with Mayu. So, for the time being, I don’t see him in the lineup. But I think when he is ready to make that jump back in, they’re hoping that, you know, some of the things that they need to iron out, they’re going to do that through practice and some of the, you know, go through the systems and stuff like that. So, it’ll be uh interesting to monitor how that looks, but he is going to be in the press box for a bit still, I think, at this point. Let him watch and, you know, a good game to let him watch yesterday from the press box, right? The team looked pretty good. So, uh I think it’s still going to be a bit, but again, I don’t want to say, you know, we won’t see him anytime soon or anything like that, but uh you know, it would be a mistake. I think at this point right now to put him back next game or something like that. And I think the big thing is and listen Chris Pronger says it perfectly. You can’t find a comparison for these guys. Go check this article out by the way. It’s going to be down in the description. But going into the quote, you can’t compare Bal Duke to Mayu. Never going to find a comp there. It’s not why the trade was made. They’re looking at a roster. They’re looking to fill the hole in the roster. And we know the biggest thing with the St. Louis Blues was getting younger on defense. You have a lot of guys in the OHL or even the AHL that are young. Urchek looks great. Steinberg’s another player ready to make the jump at some point. But I think the biggest thing was was finding a player that’s right on the cusp of making the jump and that was Logan Mayu. I mean going back to the pairings where we seen like Nick Ley even last year, an older player on the back end. Tory Krugerg is obviously out with an injury and his career is probably over at this point. But I think the new wave of younger defenseman joining the Blues team is what they’re looking for. I mean Darius, just real quickly looking at this quote, do you agree with Chris Pronger that you can compare this? Yes. Book was a guy that went out and had a very hot start. I’m pretty sure looking at the lines on Papia just earlier on he’s down on the fourth line now doubt due to injuries. But what is your thoughts on just the non-comparison which I do totally agree with? Yeah, I get it. I I I get it from the Blues fan side of things. You know, some of the fan base is saying, “Look at B Duke over there. He’s putting up a bunch of points to start the season. Wouldn’t that be nice on the Blues, especially with the Blues, you know, kind of struggling out of the gate, right? I get it. But that’s not why you made the trade. I 100% agree with Chris Pronger. you saw a hole in your lineup, you needed to get younger and you needed more skill on the back end. You have to make a trade. And with guys like Jake Neighbors and you know, you’re full on the wings. If you look at the Blues, you are full on the wings and you have a guy like Justin Carbono coming up at some point. So, you had an opportunity here to get a very skilled offensive defenseman that has uh size that doesn’t shy away from the physicality of the game, especially at the AHL level. He’s going to figure it out at the NHL level, but to compare him every time Zack Buluke scores a goal, you are going to drive yourself crazy. They’re not the same player. They don’t play the same position. It’s going to be fine. And I think that, you know, it’s going to look even better a couple years from now that they made that trade now. Uh, you know, especially when, you know, Carbono comes up, but you’re full on the wings for the time being, right? So, I think it made a ton of sense. And I totally agree with Chris Pronger, like you cannot compare it apples to apples. It’s not, right? So, we we’ll leave it at that. And I think the big thing is too even D’Vorski ready to break into the NHL at some point. Carbon was probably going to join this team looking at Bo Duke going in on needing a contract at the end of the year. It made no sense to pay him as a second or first line player and play him on your third. I mean Jordan Ky is doing this right now. But hey, it’s working for the St. Louis Blues. They got younger. What’s your guys thoughts on all this? What’s your thoughts on the statement win versus Dallas? What is your thoughts? Who do you think is stepping up the most? Let us know down in the comments. And speaking on comments, let’s go right in the comments. today coming from Bobin man. And the big thing is let’s go Blues and I think we can all agree with this. So go spam let’s go Blues down in the comments. Get the vibes high around this team and you can be featured on comments of the day. While you’re down there, leave a like, subscribe, share this with your friends. We’re back another episode. So keep your eye for that. But I’ve been your host Mark with my co-host. Go give him a birthday shout out as well. It is his birthday today. But that’d be it for this episode and let’s go Blues.

The St. Louis Blues make a major statement with multiple players stepping up in Jordan Kyrou, Jimmy Snuggerud, Jordan Binnington while Jim Montgomery continues to look at lines and Chris Pronger speaks on Logan Mailloux. Mark Pye and Darius Domingues break down all this and more on this episode of Blues Digest.
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