KERBSIDE - REACTION - Game 64 vs. NYI - Breakdown, Highlights, Reaction, a 4-3 OT LOSS

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had a three nothing lead in the game, but lose in the game by a score of four to

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We've got highlights coming up. We've got reaction from the overtime loss.

Braden Shenzh return. More reaction from that as well. We've got breakdown with

Joe Vitale, some final thoughts to give you. But first, let's get you to the

highlights. Right side Islanders bring it in. Susika's put it on. Hoper makes

this safe. Four on one. Blues break the center. Snuggaroo in. Snuggaroo, the

scar. Robert let's have it on a great feed from Snuggaroo. A four on one.

Blues take the lead. 15, 50, four to go. First period. Blues drop it back. All

the way with the shot. He scores. All the way. Even the goalie looked behind him.

He snapped it in. Two nothing. Blues. 10, 50 to go. Second period.

Lincolntine put it down. All the way to Snuggaroo. Oh, and that shot blocked off

Pilot wine. Thomas going back to the far wing. Lincolntine with a shot. That's

blocked off Pilot. One minute. Great work by Thomas. Got it in front of the

scar. Snuggaroo from Thomas. Three nothing. St. Louis. Nine twenty three to go.

Second period. And that goal was all Robert Thomas.

Jayford got it. Clear it out. Yeah, look at head coach Patrick Watt. His body

wing which says a lot. He's got his hand resting on the iPad. He almost looks

relaxed like he's out of answers because the York's playing very well, but

they just can't find the back of the net right now.

Neighbors shooting in front of the goal. Reemot scar. Robert Thomas.

Four nothing. St. Louis. Thomas put the rebound in. Five thirty two to play.

Second period. He was determined to play with the lost side and no goal.

Over the far circle they go. Barts out to the near wing and a shot to flex.

Loosen a scar. A broken play snaps a shut out streak of ninety four minutes for

Joel Hofer. Any Islanders get their first to the game. They're on the board.

It's three to one two ten to go. Second period. As Joel the benefactor of

the loose puck. Islanders in to your side or back. Put it on. Hofer.

Save number thirty one. Come up to the line with it. They go to the far side.

Shaper. Looms it over to Barts out. Top of the circle back to Shaper.

Finding Barts out one time or on off the pad save. Hofer slides the pink.

And he got it covered up. But then it's in.

With Parango and Finley in front the puck finds a way. It's three to two.

The Islanders will still have a full two minutes.

A power play time remaining.

Leading the line is Bo Horvack. Barts out to the goal line.

They go back door. Hofer makes this save. It comes back Barts out.

Top of the circle in front of the score. Horvack.

Two power play goals and the Islanders have tied the game.

Three three.

Horvack clean on this one.

There's thirteen oh wait to go in the third. Islanders get it back.

Shaper far wing. Hofer with a save.

And the puck to the far side. Another one on and a new career high for

Hofer as the buzzer sounds.

He's been good again. And we've got a three three game going into overtime.

And it's Barts out bringing it in on Kairu walked in.

Kairu got what Barts out shoots and scores.

And the Islanders win over time.

Two forty nine to go in overtime.

And the Islanders come from behind to win here tonight.

With reaction from the game,

including that emotional first period with Brayden Shenz,

two full minutes of standing ovation from the crowd.

Jordan Deacon takes you inside the locker room.

Thank you curves.

Let's go ahead and kick off this locker room report

hearing from the blues forward that extended his point street last night

by picking up a goal and two assists.

This is Jimmy Snuggaroo.

Yeah, I mean, that's hockey.

It's your ups and downs and obviously stinks.

It's a so it goes like you set up being for all.

And it gets called back and you know,

it's unlucky high stick.

It happens and they converted on their opportunity.

Yeah, I mean, it's been developing such a skilled player.

Holly works so hard to get the puck to two really skilled players.

The chemistry is definitely developing.

But at the end of the day,

it's the most fun to win hockey games and we didn't achieve that tonight.

Yeah, I mean, he's always got speed.

He's can rip the puck.

Tom is such a good playmaker and I try to find areas for for those guys.

But like I said, there's still skill that makes it easier to play with them.

You know, not to skill along.

I mean, they work hard in the corners to get the puck back.

And that's important trade.

Yeah, a lot.

I mean, he's the guy here.

He's, you know, the heart of this franchise now.

So it's, obviously, you need to impact games

as much as you possibly can when you're playing with him.

And you know that he's going to make plays to you.

So I say just be ready.

Anytime, you know,

your number is called to get to go with them.

And then it's been fun to learn and make plays with them.

Yeah, I think, I mean, practice helps a lot.

Kind of just being in the same areas that have worked.

Just keep finding the spots where the puck's going in the net.

And just keep that ball rolling as much as possible.

Yeah, that was sad.

Honestly, even for a guy like me watching who has

who's only known him for, you know, not even a year now.

Just what he's done for this for this franchise and this program.

I'm bringing a cup and being a great captain to not just me,

but many guys in this room.

So it's, it's really great to see Shanner and what he has to do with the Islanders.

And I'm, you know, watching him, I'm cheering him on.

So it's really cool to see that.

But yeah, I'm just so happy for him.

Massive.

From the day I stepped foot in, I mean, I moved in with him right away.

From off Ice Antics on Ice Antics.

A guy could go to for basically all answers because he's been through just about everything as a player.

So it's, it's honestly really cool just to see what he's done.

And not known for this long and still, you know,

get the opportunity to live with him and more or less play with him on the ice.

So it's, it's honestly, it's, it was, it was really cool.

I'd say it helps.

I mean, just getting shots on that in general.

It gets your adrenaline flowing.

It gets your mind in the game more.

It's kind of like taking a hit or throwing a hit.

Just get a shot on that.

You know, I get your feet moving quick and just get to Andrew.

Once again, that was Blues Forward, Jimmy Snuggaroo.

Let's next year from the gold tender.

This is Joel Hofer.

Yeah, it's hockey.

Obviously, it would have been nice to go for nothing.

But, you know, it, you know, what happens.

And I thought it would close to the period out well and, you know, got some chances.

And, yeah, I definitely, definitely, it's actually like that though.

Yeah, exactly.

You could tell that was there, you know, that was their plan.

You know, shoot the puck and bring vibes to the net.

And they got a reward, you know, on a couple.

Yeah, I just was, there were, you know, it was pretty evident that they were trying to,

you know, shoot a lot.

Yeah, um, yeah, I was scrambled front then.

I was just a bad balance and, uh, yeah, it sucks, you know,

those things go, you know, our way tonight.

Yeah, they've been great.

You know, obviously, you know, Thomas got, you know, great vision and, you know, Snuggaroo shot is,

you know, super elite.

So, uh, yeah, they're, you know, they're good, um, you know, duo.

And then obviously, you know, halls on the line too is, uh, you know, playing great too.

So, um, yeah, that line's been great for us to appreciate.

Yeah, I thought it was great.

Yeah, I was super excited to, uh, get in here and, um, you know,

obviously, excited for him to, you know, play this first game and, um, you know, get a point

to his, uh, super special.

Yeah, I try to talk to, you know, Heyman, obviously, all the other guys, um, you know,

try to make it, you know, it's, it's comfortable that they can and, um, you know, just, uh,

you know, do what I can to, you know, help them out out there.

Yeah, it was, uh, you know, it's been a tough couple of days, um, you know,

it was him and Falker, uh, you know, two good friends and, um, yeah, it was definitely fun to,

um, you know, battle it out against them and, um, that was, uh, not really.

I wanted to take it all in.

Um, you know, he's, he's made so much of this organization, um, you know,

such a good person to us and, um, yeah, he's, uh, you know, he's great.

So, um, definitely want to take it all in.

Once again, that was Blues Goldtender, Joel Hofer.

Let's wrap up this locker room report hearing from the Blues forward that made his NHL debut last night.

This is Theo Linstein.

So a little bit nervous there in the beginning, but, um, it's, uh, like, when the game started,

I just came in and I'm pretty fast and, uh, yeah, I felt good out there.

So, uh, it was a fun game to play.

Yeah, I mean, it's everyone who appears, uh, much better and, uh, um,

go faster out there and, uh, you have to think a little bit faster and quicker.

Uh, and, um, yeah, it was fun.

Um, so, yeah, after a couple of shifts, um, you, you, you're coming into it pretty quick and, uh,

uh, um, so, yeah, it was fun.

Uh, this is a point we can get to wins.

Like I said before, um, uh, I wanted to, to play my game and, uh, like, use my skating and, uh,

my, my hockey stance out there and, uh, try to, uh, play as quick as possible and, uh,

get my feet moving.

Uh, and I think I did that, uh, tonight.

And, uh, yeah, it was fun.

Uh, no, I didn't.

Um, I thought it touched, uh, I don't know who it was, like, behind the net, uh,

yeah, they told me on the bench area that I got to say so it was nice.

Yeah, I did. Uh, it was, it was pretty cool.

Once again, that was Blues Forward.

Thea Lindstein following his team's four to three overtime loss to the New York Islanders

last night. Let's get you back to curbs.

Let's hear from the head coach of your St. Louis Blues, Jim Montgomery.

Not really. Um, you know, not in the first two periods.

Their goal was a shot that was blocked by us that hit a guy in a stomach felt who is

stick scores of first goal.

I liked the way we defended.

I liked our puck management.

Um, you know, so the first two periods were really good.

And I thought we're doing a really good job.

And unfortunately we get a four minute minor because of a high stack.

And it was a high stack.

Um, nothing intentional about it.

And then our penalty kill didn't get the job done, right?

I mean, we, a couple of clear we could have had.

A couple of 50, 50 face offs that we don't win the edge battles.

And we don't win the scrum and now they keep it in the zone.

And they executed and we didn't execute on our side of things in there.

You know, wasted a really good performance by, um,

Hofer and Thomas Lane.

Thomas doing okay.

You know, he has an upper body injury that we think he'll be able to play with.

Yeah, I mean, face offs were a huge issue, you know, like,

all night long, you know, they've got a whore of that.

Cause he, because he gets as good.

Pedro is really good on the right side and they have brain and chin.

We all know he's good.

So that's a good face off team.

And, you know, we, we didn't come up with enough pucks there.

Not area.

No, he, he, the injury has.

He can play a hockey.

I can't take face offs like, you know, he, I think he, if,

if the fourth goal is a, is, is not disallowed.

If he's not offside, he has a goal to assist.

And they all came after he was injured.

No, you, he, the injury has.

He can play a hockey.

I can't take face offs like, you know, he, I think he, if, if the fourth goal is,

is, is, is not disallowed.

If he's not offside, he has a goal to assist.

And they all came after he was injured.

Well, I think what he does is he gets them more looks.

He gets them more energy.

And you know, all three of them are feeding off each other right now.

And, you know, it's, it's quite obvious.

Every time out there, they're looking to create something and they are.

Excellent.

Really impressed with Lidstein.

You know, he's a, you could tell how well he skates.

He used it as feet really well to carry pucks or move pucks.

And then he used his feet really well to defend well too.

So very encouraging first game.

Well, I mean,

righty, righty's can find each other for some reason really well.

You would think a righty and lefty find each other a lot more.

But they kind of open up to one timers to each other and you have a true passer and a true shooter.

One who really wants to shoot the puck and the other one really wants to pass it.

So it's just good chemistry there.

And they both have high level hockey IQs, which allows them to find space.

Thomas knows where he wants to put the puck in.

Snuggaroo knows where he wants, where he wants to go to get it.

No last game.

I thought all three offensive lines really played well.

I had numerous opportunities.

It was wave after wave.

Tonight wasn't as much wave after wave.

You know, I, I thought the Buccinavic line was not clicking as well as it did in Anaheim

and the Divorsky line.

I would say the same thing.

You know, it's a tough game for us.

We got home at 4.30 in the morning.

And everybody has these games and you got to find a way to win.

We were playing a real smart game.

And you know, we took that four-minute penalty.

They scored bang bang.

It was not for that.

I think we closed out this game.

They weren't generating a lot.

They're generating a lot of shots.

They're from bad areas.

I don't think we gave up all that much five on five.

And when we did, our goal 10 air was seeing the puck really well.

All right, as Blue said, coach Jim Montgomery.

Well, we start with a great celebration of Braden Shen here tonight.

The Islanders, though, come back after the Blues had a three-nothing lead.

It was a crazy scenario that led to it.

Again, it was the Blues going up what looked like four to nothing.

The goal was challenged, a successful offside challenge.

And then the Islanders made it three to one before the end of the second period.

The two power play goals by the Islanders tighted.

They won it, of course, in overtime.

But that sequence of events is where we start with Jova Talley on the breakdown.

Yeah, I mean, listen, there are a couple big shifting moments in this game.

You pretty much laid them out.

So I'll give you the behind the scenes when you're a down,

when you're the team down, this by three in New York.

All of a sudden you're down by four.

You're sitting on the bench and you're thinking, okay, let's turn the page.

Who do we play tomorrow?

Where are we traveling to tonight?

You automatically start mentally checking out.

Is this is just not going to be our night, especially with Joe Holfer?

I mean, he looks so steady and so calm.

It seemed like every safe was so routine where the New York Islanders were throwing so much rubber there.

And they just were not even getting rebound chances.

So the challenge happens.

It's the right call.

It is offside.

Robert does step offside.

He's ended up the goal score moments later.

So they're going to put six seconds back on the board.

So three or four goal lead turns into a three goal lead.

Not the end of the world.

However, if you're in New York, are you thinking, okay,

we just got ourselves back in this game because three,

you can handle that for that.

That's just about how to reach in most cases.

So you're at three.

You're getting closer and closer to the end of the second period.

Now you think I said on the broadcast.

If you're in New York, again, to put yourself in their position,

let's just get one.

Let's figure out a way to get just one.

Let's make it a two goal game.

And then we have 20 minutes to kind of sort through things out.

Pazzo gets a goofy bounce.

He gets on the board.

There's that two goal lead for St. Louis.

You go to the third period.

And I still think St. Louis is in a great spot.

The second big turning point in the game was that double minor.

You mentioned it curved.

It's worth re-noting.

Not a careless play by Pablo Bichne,

when she just got spun out.

It's very fortunate.

Stick comes up top.

Not only is it a double minor,

it's a double minor,

where I think probably your most dependable killer

is now in the penalty box.

The kill has been so good up to that point over the last few games.

Great little record.

They were on great little run.

They were on.

But now Bichne, which in the box for four straight minutes,

the islanders get two goals.

They tie it back and forth.

Rest of regulation.

And then an unfortunate little bounce there for St. Louis.

Off a face-off loss.

They didn't get the personnel out there.

I think they wanted Logan Mayu who was tired.

And then Barzal takes advantage of Jordan Kairu

on the one-on-one that ends the game.

So a game that certainly had some pushes for New York.

St. Louis was taking advantage of the moments they had.

But ultimately, a couple big swinging moments.

The off-site challenge.

And of course, that double minor in the third period.

Turned the tide for New York.

All right.

A bunch of little things here to throw at you, Joe,

is we kind of recap this game.

Let's start with some of the positives first.

And Braden Schent, spectacular ovation, deserved ovation.

That was a full two minutes long from this fan base.

Yeah, and deserves every bit of it, right?

I mean, maybe even more.

What he has done for this organization

since being brought in on a trade,

won a Doug Armstrong's best trade acquisitions.

In my opinion, right next to the Ryan O'Reilly,

kind of category, if you will, put them up there.

He comes in here with all the recognition,

fans on their feet.

It was loud.

It was a great jumbo-tron tribute.

He was getting choked up, and that was a moment.

I think that he was looking forward to having,

but also moving past.

As now, I think he can move back into this next chapter

of his life, of course, now being with the New York Islanders.

And you saw the smiles and the giggles there.

The warm-up, all his former teammates.

I'm sure he's going to be celebrating with them

underneath there between the locker rooms

as soon as he gets undressed.

But great memories.

It's very rarely do you see a player who's been

within a franchise this long come back so quickly,

but that's kind of how the schedule worked out.

He will be missed.

He will always be my captain, of course.

And it's great to see him doing great things.

He got the assist on the game,

winning gold bars out as well.

Yes, he did.

Thea Lindstein picks up an assistant

as first national hockey league game.

If we look at the rookie that did his rookie lap,

he wore number 41.

He played 13 minutes of 39.

He finished the game at plus one.

Three shots at the network blocked,

but he picked up an assist and a solid.

A very solid NHL debut for the youngster.

Very solid.

You know, I will say one thing about his game,

which is a compliment,

which is I didn't really notice him that much.

I mean, and that's a good thing for a young man.

For a demon for a young demon.

If you're not noticed,

especially early in your career,

that means you're not putting yourself

or your teammates in a bad spot.

It's when the turnovers happen.

That's when you start really jump off the page

as far as the mistakes are happening.

When you're not noticed,

you're keeping your game simple,

right? You're making those simple 10 foot passes.

You're making those exits clean.

If you don't have anything,

you're just punching it to the neutral zone.

You're not putting your teammates in a bad spot.

I don't think at all tonight,

he wants to put his teammates in a bad spot.

I think that the way the blues structured him

really set him up for success,

playing with Colton Braco, the majority of the game.

He's around a big veteran that can take up space

and he can cover for mistakes at times.

But like I said, curbs,

I don't think there was a ton of mistakes

that Colton had to cover for.

It was a very smart player.

He moved the puck effectively.

He looked calm with it.

A couple of moments there,

he looked like he was forcing himself

into a bad position where maybe he could have a turnover.

And he just curls back up

and holds on a possession of the puck to me.

That's really a confident young kid.

It's great to see him get his debut.

We're going to see this kid for a long time here.

I think he's going to be up here

for the majority of the rest of the season.

And he's going to be a blue for a while here,

because although he lacks a little bit of size,

I know size is important in the back end.

I think he's got a little bit of that vision.

He's got a little bit of that offensive prowess

and just that overall just steady,

sweet smoothness, I would say almost

Carl Gunnerson relax.

Just very stoic on the sense with the puck.

Not to rush to make a place.

It was really great to see such a great start there

for Linnstein.

No doubt about that.

In the first period,

Robert Thomas took a

Bohorvatt pass off his wrist.

He was clearly injured right off the bat.

He skated to the bench.

He then went down the runway.

He did not return for the rest of the first period.

He did come back in the second period

and in the third and over time.

However, and this is the biggest thing.

You know he's nicked up in some way

because he did not take a face off the rest of the game.

Yeah, it was weird.

When he came out for the second period,

he does come back.

So you're happy about that.

But then he lined up on the wing

on a center ice face off,

which I'm not that's interesting.

That's weird.

And then we saw a neutral zone one moments later.

Where once again,

it was Jimmy Snuggler who had taken a face off

when you're the one that texts our good buddy Tony

and said, has he taken you this period?

I think that he had missed about five or six face offs

where Dylan Holloway and Jimmy Snuggler

were taking draws.

So clearly bothered by whatever happened

to some part of his hand,

whether it was top hand or bottom hand,

I have a suspicion.

It's probably his bottom hand,

which is the right handed shot.

It's probably his right hand.

You know, when you're going down low

and taking face offs, right?

That bottom hand is so important

because that's your grip, that's your leverage.

You get really low.

And when you get so low,

that bottom hand gets crossed up quite a bit.

Will you actually take and you have to brace

for the opponents?

Have you stick coming across you?

So you're pulling one way,

they're pushing the other way.

And I tell you,

there's been some nasty little flinches

and moments when that bottom hand

can be put in a pretty vulnerable spot.

So whether it was the coaches telling him

or the trainers saying,

hey, stay away from face offs,

you're good everywhere else.

Or was it his own decision?

But certainly we gotta keep an eye on this

as it moves forward because Robert Thomas

is one of your go-to face offs guys,

especially in overtime,

which by the way,

he'd not take one over time

and the Blues lost possession a couple times,

ended up a costum potentially a point here.

That said, the combination of him and Snuggaroo,

Jimmy Snuggaroo to go into assists,

Robert Thomas to assist in the hockey game.

Dylan Holloway had a goal,

that line is clicking,

but those two especially Snuggaroo to Thomas.

You know, I'm gonna put Holloway with it.

I mean, I know the points are certainly being delivered there.

And I think that Dylan Holloway isn't,

he's not getting enough credit,

even though he is getting credit.

But I still think they're just not enough.

I see so much more why that line

is even getting to the raw offensive zone.

You know, on the one Snuggaroo goal,

there was a chip moments before that

where Dylan chips to self.

He gets past the defender with the little chip play.

And he outskates the other defender to get to the puck,

to get to the puck rather.

And then he's battling hard in that far side corner.

He finally gets support from Robert Thomas.

So it's really the forecheck that essentially starts to set up.

They're all offensive zone,

where eventually Jimmy Snuggaroo finds the back of the net.

So those three are certainly finding something very special.

I think this is what the Blues had in mind

to start the season.

I think it was the injury last year of Dylan Holloway.

They had him come out to a very slow start.

You know, that torso injury was a serious one.

And he admitted to me about a month

and a half into the season.

He was really nervous to test how it would hold up.

And you can tell in the hesitation of Dylan Holloway's game.

And because of that hesitation,

he found himself towards the bottom end of the lineup.

He was playing second line minutes,

even third line minutes at one point.

So that kind of tripped up this idea

that Snuggaroo, Holloway and Thomas could be a great line.

As soon as he started getting their feet wet in the season,

Dylan Holloway started playing better.

Jimmy Snuggaroo goes down.

He has a wrist injury.

He has to get surgery.

Then he gets back, moments later, Robert Thomas, he gets hurt.

Then Dylan Holloway, high ankle spring.

I mean, these three just have not been able

to find the chemistry in my opinion

because as soon as their game started to really come around

in the year, it seemed like one or two of them

were always hurt.

So now they're both, are all three of them rather

are healthy and they are finding that groove.

And it's just a balance, right?

It's just the speed of Holloway,

the physicality of Holloway,

the forechecking ability of Holloway.

It's the passing, the vision of Robert Thomas.

And it's ultimately the shot and passing

and playmaking ability of Jimmy Snuggaroo.

So the three of them certainly understand

what each individual gift they have is.

And then how are they going to bring that

and apply that to the line

because they have been very good lately.

So Joe, real quick, what do you have

for your Bud Light three stars of the game

and your work boots?

I'm going to go with Barzal number one.

He got the game winner there.

I'm going to go Joe Hofer.

He's going to go number two.

Even though he takes the loss,

I thought he had an incredible game right there.

And I'll go with Robert Thomas as my number three star.

And work boots here tonight.

I am going to go with that auto-stenberg.

I thought, you know, again, I don't think

he had any manufacturing anything on the score sheet.

But I loved his legs.

I love this speed.

It was great talking to him this morning.

I think this is going to be a kid.

It's going to make a big difference here

in the middle back of that lineup.

All right, Joe, thank you very much.

So the Blues are going to head out on the road.

They've got a game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

That's coming up on Thursday night.

And then right back here at Enterprise,

center on Friday night against the Edmonton Oilers

before the Blues head out west into Canada once again.

That game on Friday night, by the way,

a nationally televised game.

Joe and I will have the broadcast for you

on the Blues Radio Network around Missouri and Illinois.

And also on our flagship station 101, ESPN.

You know, the Blues now have picked up points

in six of seven games since the break.

They've got five wins.

They've got one regulation loss.

They've got one overtime loss.

And there's two trains of thought.

Yes, one opportunity.

You get as high a pick as possible.

But the other one, especially now that they've called guys up

and you're seeing the ice time of Logan Mayu.

You're seeing him in the top pairing with Phillip Roberg.

You're seeing Stemberg.

You're seeing Linstine.

You're seeing Dvoriski get key ice time.

Things along those kind of lines,

which you really want to see is absolute compete

from those players and that group of players.

Players are still battling for their jobs for next year.

Trades could be made in the off season.

Guys can be waved later.

Guys can be bought out.

So guys definitely playing for their careers,

for their contracts, for next season as well.

And it makes a difference.

If you're unrestricted for Egypt,

maybe like an Oscar Sunquist who was scratched.

There could be other teams or the St. Louis Blues

still interested in resigning you

and extending your career.

These games matter to the players.

And the one thing that you want to make sure you see

is compete.

That's the which you need to go.

If you compete and the other teams are better

and they beat you, so be it.

If they beat you when you're not competing,

well, that's a problem.

And we've already seen different scenarios of that

since this break ended as well.

And that's when it's up to the coaches

to make sure that guys do.

And if not, well, it's the old Bobby Knight

but Meach Bench.

And that's the way that works in sports.

So compete is what you're seeing

from the St. Louis Blues and that's exciting.

Last night in the game, the St. Louis Blues had

all three first round picks from their 2023 draft

in the lineup.

They had their own pick.

That own pick, of course, was the 10th overall pick

in Dallabort of Oorski, but virtue

where the Blues finished in the standings.

And then you had Linstein along with Stenberg.

Now, Stenberg had played 18 games before.

That was his 19th game.

Linstein making his NHL debut.

But those two first round picks, a 25th and a 26th overall pick

were acquired from the New York Rangers

and acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs

in the trades that sent Tara Senko to the New York Rangers

with Michael and sent to Chari and O'Reilly

to the Maple Leafs.

But it shows you where the St. Louis Blues

are getting the job done once again drafting here.

It is just the third season since those picks.

And the St. Louis Blues had all of them in the lineup.

Now, yeah, look, had things gone differently

at the beginning of the season.

If they were more in the playoff hunt, maybe you don't.

And with seeing them here now,

you are seeing the future unfold right in front of you.

It was a sellout crowd.

And we're looking for another great one on Friday night

when the Blues host Connor McDavid.

And the Edmonton Oilers.

It's an overtime loss at the hands of the New York Islanders.

Four to three, the final.

Last night at Enterprise Center, a big thanks to Jordan Deacon

for putting the podcast together.

Thanks for the partnership with Belman Automotive as well.

Thanks to you for taking the time to listen,

download and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcast.

I'm Chris Kerber, Blues, Fall to the Islanders.

Back at it, they go on Thursday against Carolina.

And we will see you at the ring.

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