puckhead's Blog

To a St. Louis sports junkie , Feb. begins that time of year where ....the games really count . Collage Hoops........NFL....prepairs for the draft . NHL Trading Dead line ..... Spring Training is in full swing.....AAAAaaaaaahhhhhh............I can smell it in the air.......SPRING......YYYYyyyyyeeeeessssssssss.........
......Well I'm not too knowlegable on Basketball......but I love the NCAA Tournament.........so I'll let you B-ball fans give us your Tournament picks........whats your Final Four ? Now on to what I.......an avid Puckhead ........llllooooovvvveeesss , HOCKEY.........Firstly I'd like to raise my yellowed , chipped and worn ..plastic blues Bear mug......And say......BULLY FUR YOU......Blues Management .......What a job at the finish . Picks , picks and more picks . And 1st 2nd and 3rd rounders , not the usual 4th 5th and 6th rounders . We got youth.....and lots of it . And high draft picks . Although this may not be the banner Draft Pool , BUT it is very deep in what the Blues are shopping for . Forwards.......Lets look at a few Note able names in this years Draft ...........

O.H.L.

Sam Gagner..son of former NHLer Dave Gagner .....C

Logan Couture....very quick.....good hands , good skater...C

Patrick Kane...small at 5' 9" 162 lbs.......RW...needs to grow but he's lightning quick .

Aliu Akim....6'2.5" 207 lbs. RW

Who's Who In Europe ?

Andrei Stas.....6'1" 174 lbs.....C

Alexei Cherepanov

Vladimir Ruzizka

Dimitry Korobov......6'2" 205 lbs....D.......had to throw in one Defensive player .

NAHL / CHL

Angelo Espisito.......ranked #1.....awsome.....

some interesting names to toss around.........

Brandon Sutter.......son of Brent Sutter

James VanRiemsdyk

Who knows who we'll get.........Right now I'm just reveling in the  glow of a pending Draft that means something in St. Louis........We're gonna be players , and the Future begins .....This Year..........I'm more than satisfied with all The Blues Organization has done since taking over.......THE ONLY thing I'd say they errored on was raising ticket prices before the season......BUT they have since dropped the prices for next year to a more realistic figure and alls well in the Blue Nation..........I havent bought season tickets in a number of years , But it might be time .......within three years folks....The Blues will be the hottes ticket in town.......We are about to see some amazing young talent rollin in for a while and it's about time.......THANKS BLUES.....Well I'm interested in hearing what everyone else thinks , SO CHIME IN.......