Stillman ready to clean house

It's a baseball town. An NFL thread today has them wanting to put a retractible roof on the dome the former/soon-to-be LA Rams play in for $300 million+. People in STL only get excited when their teams win if they aren't called the Cardinals.

0-4 sweep by Kings put a real damper on this.................

People have been moving out of St. Louis for years, it'll be interesting to try and get money out of people when the city itself is turning into a ghost town.

130,000 people have left the city in the last 30 years. That's over 25% of the city's population.

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Originally posted 08:51 AM ET  05.10 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

People have been moving out of St. Louis for years, it'll be interesting to try and get money out of people when the city itself is turning into a ghost town.130,000 people have left the city in the last 30 years. That's over 25% of the city's population.

Could be worse, could be Detroit.

Solid game by the Caps last night. It's kinda funny that the talk after game 5 was all about whether Washington could rebound from their late game meltdown and compete in game 6, now the talk is all about whether the Rangers can overcome the game 6 loss and not choke away the series in game 7.

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Originally posted 08:55 AM ET  05.10 by Rex Racer

Solid game by the Caps last night. It's kinda funny that the talk after game 5 was all about whether Washington could rebound from their late game meltdown and compete in game 6, now the talk is all about whether the Rangers can overcome the game 6 loss and not choke away the series in game 7.

P.S. I coulda swore I saw a 2 goal lead last night, but I chalked it up to those Tangueray and Tonics and went about my business.

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Originally posted 08:53 AM ET  05.10 by Rex Racer

Could be worse, could be Detroit.

Both cities peaked in 1950.

St. Louis had 856k people, now down to 319k Down 63%
Detroit had 1.84 million, now down to 713k Down 61%

Pretty much equally depressing.

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET  05.10 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

Both cities peaked in 1950.St. Louis had 856k people, now down to 319k Down 63%Detroit had 1.84 million, now down to 713k Down 61%Pretty much equally depressing.

Toss Buffalo in there as well. That place was among the top 10 biggest cities in the US in the early 1900s.

Evidently, we are much smarter than people in the early 1900s.

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Originally posted 08:55 AM ET  05.10 by Rex Racer

Solid game by the Caps last night. It's kinda funny that the talk after game 5 was all about whether Washington could rebound from their late game meltdown and compete in game 6, now the talk is all about whether the Rangers can overcome the game 6 loss and not choke away the series in game 7.

This Caps team doesn't seem to get fazed by anything going on in public. They handled the first Ward thing as well as they could, and they acted as if what went down Monday wasn't any big deal. Good on them.

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET  05.10 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

Both cities peaked in 1950.St. Louis had 856k people, now down to 319k Down 63%Detroit had 1.84 million, now down to 713k Down 61%Pretty much equally depressing.

Music City looking pretty good these days..............

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Originally posted 08:51 AM ET  05.10 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

People have been moving out of St. Louis for years, it'll be interesting to try and get money out of people when the city itself is turning into a ghost town.130,000 people have left the city in the last 30 years. That's over 25% of the city's population.

I guess that's why them call them the Blues.

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 08:55 AM ET  05.10 by Rex Racer

Solid game by the Caps last night. It's kinda funny that the talk after game 5 was all about whether Washington could rebound from their late game meltdown and compete in game 6, now the talk is all about whether the Rangers can overcome the game 6 loss and not choke away the series in game 7.

The Rangers were awful last night, pure and simple. There was no sync to this team at all, they usually practise harder than that. Game changed when McDonagh's clearing attempt...DIDN'T. he didn't follow it up, nor did anyone else. Puck stayed in, Oviechkin scoresd in the opening two minutes...game over. It shouldn';t have been, but they were so out of sorts, that it was. I hope Torts ripped evey one of them a new one...they all deserved it.
Two Observations:
1) Boyle has not been the same. I think he came back too soon.
2) Ovechkin is, when he is on, (and all apologies to Sid, Kovalchuck and anyone else) the best player in the NHL.

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Originally posted 09:03 AM ET  05.10 by THE BISHOP!

I guess that's why them call them the Blues.

This will be in my head all day now. Thanks Bish.

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Originally posted 09:01 AM ET  05.10 by dannylimes

This Caps team doesn't seem to get fazed by anything going on in public. They handled the first Ward thing as well as they could, and they acted as if what went down Monday wasn't any big deal. Good on them.

saw a great stat last night that directly speaks to this. Hotby is 5-0 after a loss in these playoffs, and a 1.29 GAA in those games.

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Originally posted 09:03 AM ET  05.10 by THE BISHOP!

I guess that's why them call them the Blues.

THE BISHOP!!!!
awesome, nice and early too....

"Don't wish it away, don't look at it like it's forever..."John Davidson to the ST. Louis fans

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Originally posted 09:06 AM ET  05.10 by Spiny Norman

saw a great stat last night that directly speaks to this. Hotby is 5-0 after a loss in these playoffs, and a 1.29 GAA in those games.

GAA should be lower. Rangers goal was BS.

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Originally posted 08:37 AM ET  05.10 by dannylimes

It's a baseball town. An NFL thread today has them wanting to put a retractible roof on the dome the former/soon-to-be LA Rams play in for $300 million+. People in STL only get excited when their teams win if they aren't called the Cardinals.

Not entirely true. The Blues have had a hard-core fan base in STL for years.

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Originally posted 09:00 AM ET  05.10 by dannylimes

Toss Buffalo in there as well. That place was among the top 10 biggest cities in the US in the early 1900s.Evidently, we are much smarter than people in the early 1900s.

I just look at Buffalo as "that city I have to drive through to get to Niagara Falls".

It's so depressing, I had to work there for 6 months this year. I'd flee to Niagara Falls ONT on a regular basis. It got to the point where I'd just get a hotel there.

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Originally posted 09:10 AM ET  05.10 by ElevenRingsSTL

Not entirely true. The Blues have had a hard-core fan base in STL for years.

Yeah, when they're winning.

They were bottom 3 in attendance for three years after the lockout. Just like Chicago was bottom ten over the last decade. And Boston. And Pittsburgh. And Washington. And all these other places where the market is considered "traditional" for hockey. Then the fans come out of the woodwork and act like they're watching NFL games when their teams start winning.

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Originally posted 08:51 AM ET  05.10 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

People have been moving out of St. Louis for years, it'll be interesting to try and get money out of people when the city itself is turning into a ghost town.130,000 people have left the city in the last 30 years. That's over 25% of the city's population.

Those stats are true in most cities. Detroit has a pretty good hockey team I've heard and their population has dropped from a high of nearly 2 million to just over 700,000 (and there's some dispute whether that many are left). Blocks and blocks of the city look like the aftermath of WW II in Germany or Japan. I don't think the Wings are leaving though. Does that mean the Blues aren't in trouble? No. It just means most large urban areas have loss of population from their high points.