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Surprising liability in Blues' game
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08:22 AM ET 02.07 | After nine games, St. Louis sat at 6-3 and second in the West, which isn't to say all is well. Let's be blunt: the Blues' goaltending has turned into a liability. I'm not saying it can't or won't improve. I'm not saying that all of the goals being scored against the Blues are the goaltenders' fault. But the bottom line is this: the Blues rank 29th among 30 teams with a save percentage of .870. That's simply awful and it represents a substantial freefall from last season's NHL-best save percentage of .929. The Blues are giving up 2.78 goals per game, which ranks 18th. That's unacceptable for a simple reason: their goaltenders are facing the fewest number of shots per game (21.3) in the NHL. This must change.
Ken Hitchcock, Icon Sports
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what? Something that some so-called experts thought was to be the new way to go isn't working?
Well I am surprised
Spiny Norman
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Goalies are probably still pretty pissed at how badly last year's playoffs went. I would be too.
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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Preds scored 6 goals on 19 shots against Blues....whoops......
Othello
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And this from a team that has had trouble scoring.
THE BISHOP!
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That was comical the other night
NY Rangers
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don't EVER talk bad about my Blues!
puttin on the foil
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whoops indeed.
puttin on the foil
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You might never know.......
Canuck eh?
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Homer.
<tweak>
Nobody expects…
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Where have all the consistently good goalies gone? There used to be a time when you could count on a number of goalies all around the league to have good season after good season. Is this another side effect of expansion?
Nobody expects…
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agree.....we're go crazy when they score two....
Othello
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We'll let Holtby and Neuvy go over to give 'em some pointers, eh?
Slapshot
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Two days until MTL's second loss to the mighty Leafs.
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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You must watch a lot of out-of-town games...
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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welcome to Walmart
mhwings
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all positions actually, but because goalie is so specialised...absolutely
Spiny Norman
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I heard Celine will be singing his most famous song...
"My heart will give out."
Canuck eh?
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They brought in extra panes of glass in anticipation of his slappa from the point
NY Rangers
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For the cars in the parking lot? Good idea.
dannylimes
Toronto, ON
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Are they in a dry county, 'cause if they can't get the girl drunk...
shiprock
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