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Here is a little more about the Blues.
What are the chances of so many of the players getting the flu at the same time? The Blues played against the Devils
with 10 forwards. Normally, a team dresses 12, and it becomes a struggle when one gets hurt or recieves a game
misconduct. It is hard enough to play with 11, but 10? No wonder they were shutout. Those guys had to be
so tired! 10 forwards makes three lines with one sub! Ouch! Not only that, but defenseman Matt Walker had
to be an emergency recall from Worcester just to get six defensemen in the line-up! Why do things like this keep happening?
Here we go. Early in the season, the Blues
signed forward Martin Rucinsky to give them three excellent scoring lines. But in the same game that he made his debut,
Keith Tkachuk got hurt and would miss several weeks. Two games before Tkachuk was set to return, to again give the team
their three scoring lines, Jamal Mayers got hurt, and will miss the rest of the season. So Dallas Drake took his place.
Then, two games after Tkachuk returned, Drake got hurt, but would only miss limited time. After that, Tkachuk would
miss a couple of games with a "family emergency." Then it gets worse. Pavol Demitra gets the chicken pox.
Justin Papineau is recalled from Worcester. He plays once. Then it gets even worse. Papineau, Scott Mellanby,
Dallas Drake, Christian LaFlamme, and Jeff Finley would miss the next game with the flu. The following game would be
the first of the season for Brent Johnson, but guess what? With all the flu guys back in the line-up and the top goalie
finally back, Demitra would still be out with the chicken pox, and star defenseman Al MacInnis would go down with back spasms.
Joel Quenneville gave the team Friday the 13th off. Can you blame him? They have had enough of those already.
Remember a few years back when the Blues won the
President's Trophy, as the league's best team in the regular season, only to bow out of the playoffs in the first round?
Most people said the reason they lost so early was that, during the regular season, the team had absolutely no adversity to
deal with. Few games were lost that season due to injuries. Wins came easy, because, while the other teams would
play the Blues without key players, the Blues had everyone in the line-up all the time. Does anyone think
the Blues will get knocked out of the playoffs this year because they didn't have to face any adversity?
If you do, what team have you been watching?
-Sam
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