Get the next goal, go up by 3 and demoralize them. Hope Kadri gets a hat trick and pulls out his big dick and wipes it on their bench.

Where's Todd Bertuzzi at when you need him for Kadri

Lol this series was over once Bennington was hurt. So I would just keep hammering Kadri.

ROFL

Kadri's gonna get a hat trick.

ROFL

LOL

Enterprise Center got pretty quiet...

Yeah, our season went the way of JB for sure. We had a shot but that's one player we had to have. Unfortunate circumstances to say the least.

Tarasenko of a few years ago would've buried that one without batting an eye. One of my favorite non-Avs guys.

It was just bad luck he didn't score that shot. The puck hit Kuemper's hip pad. An inch to the left and that's a goal.

YEAH BABY

Damn. Crazy game.

Incredible puck movement on those last two power plays. Just getting wide open shots.

The avalanche do most things better than the Blues.

But NOBODY does cross-ice passing better than STL. No idea where it came from but it's been that way all season. It's truly incredible and really some of the best I've seen in my time as a hockey fan.

Robert Thomas is their top guy and while they don't have a Gretzky out there or anything, it seems like damn near anyone that has it on their stick can connect one. That's what makes them different than most good passing teams.

It honestly does more to explain having 9 20 goal scorers than any individual scoring skill.

I hate Steve Ott. Will always hate Steve Ott. Guys like Steve Ott and Tyson Nash are why I've always thought the "you'd love him if he were YOUR asshole" line is bullshit. Trash players are trash players whether they're on your team or anyone else's (y'know, like ****ing pile of shit Nazem Kadri).

But man, Steve Ott has coached the HELL out of the Blues Power Play. I've had to grudgingly give him credit for it. It pains my heart to do so. Because Steve Ott can still eat all the dicks.

This 3rd period is going to be insane :popcorn:

Cross ice and high/low. They really snap it.

Yeah, felt like those were two of the most passive PKs in the playoffs, and that's not to say "well, the Avalanche just sucked", but the opposite... they were far more aggressive against the Preds because their PP was absolutely awful for most of 3 games. I feel like the Avalanche aren't really sure what to do against this PP, so they aren't overly aggressive against it.

This feels like a game where the blues get desperate, start pinching and get one rush. That rush scores and we have ourself a series. If it doesn’t, the momentum is sucked out, the next pinch becomes an odd man rush and a 5-3 game that’s effectively over.

The Colorado forecheck has tuned up biggly this period. They aren’t going to get the equalizer without taking some risks.

Well ****.

Well, called that one.

Kadri definitely making his presence felt tonight. Wow.

Can’t just keep turning the puck over.

Can’t play this sloppy in the post-season against a team that’s NOT as good as you are. Definitely can’t do it as an underdog. Just didn’t play well enough with the puck tonight. Too many lazy (and uncharacteristic) turnovers.

Oh, there's the spearing that's been missing.

Avs clearly much more physical that PPK. That's what they need...

Heh. And Rants breaks his slump.

Wow, look what happens when a goalie who had given up 2 goals a game and saved 95% of shots gets trucked from a series.

But sure, let’s talk more about the Avs worst defenseman being out.

The good news? Unless Kadri finds a way to injure Vasy and like three other forwards, the Avs will still be without a Cup they didn’t steal from Quebec.

Kadri getting a hat trick after all that is pretty hilarious.

Why talk about Sammy being out when we can talk about Kadri's sweet hatty?

Blues didn't play their game tonight. Still made a game of it and had a chance to take the game in spite of their offense literally disappearing for the first period outside of their first goal. Husso's inconsistent play allowed three goals.

Kadri picked the right guy in Binnington to injure in Game 3. Hopefully he finds a way to get injured that takes him out of the rest of the playoffs in the next game.

Perron was doing his best to injure someone (anyone) tonight in far less subtle ways than colliding with a goalie or breaking another man's sternum.... so I guess Blues fans have that to cheer for the rest of the series.

Tampa looks to win their 3rd anyways. Unless Kadri can do his work on Vasilevskiy.

I guess that’s why they call them the blues.

KK, stop you’re infinitely better than this. I’m assuming you’re referencing the 4th goal, where Perron’s elbow came up WELL after he passed Kadri.

The hyperbole from Avs fans and media is out of control. Hell, the National Media has gone out of their way to completely whitewash Kadri’s past.

Shame that the best player in this series was relegated to the press box, would have been fun to see how the series turned out.

He also speared Toews (IIRC) when it was the Blues who got the PP and had a couple other cheap shots. I actual saw the elbow fly on a post-game replay right after posting that... missed it the first time.

That was for all who hate. -Nazem Kadri

So, for the 4 Twitter burners that tweeted threats, great. Thanks for blowing up nothing, while vilifying an entire city and fanbase, media.

Oh good Christ.

Good for Perron.

Kadri is a national hero tonight according to the postgame show.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Again - standard procedure for shitbags.

Be a prick then paint yourself as the victim. Saw this coming from a mile away and said as such.

Technically the actual quote wasn't that direct, for what it's worth...

I know Kadri has history, and it's not all just talk. But I still don't think that he did anything to intentionally try and take Bennington out of the game. Is he a gritty push the limit type player? Hell yes, he's the type I'd hate if he'd play on any other team. But the NHL has countless guys like that...

Literally a handful of Twitter burners said some reprehensible shit about Kadri, and the media took it to task to competely whitewash his entire career.

Well done, media.

Funny he says that now, after the entire hockey world puts the comments of a handful on the shoulders of an entire fanbase and city.

He had no problem running to Akim Aliu to do his bidding for him, making it sound as if he was inundated with threats when it came from 10 Twitter burners.

It’s the world we live in now. Binnington is taking hate on Twitter for being injured and not apologizing to Kadri. Binner is the aggressor and Kadri is the victim apparently.

Completely unimpressed with Kuemper, way better than Husso though.

Twitter burner account or not, they have to investigate death threats. Which is what reports have shown.

One dude with 4 followers sends 7 tweets with racist/threatening language.

Akim Aliu tweets that Kadri is being inundated with threats without any context. media moves forward with narrative, hockey world goes to social claiming the entire STL fanbase is racist and making threats.

The comments are reprehensible, but the medias fanning of the flames is over the top here.

In case you are curious.

https://twitter.com/mikeystephens81/...TP3aqsmTHZHDRw

Saw it. A bunch of high school and college kids. Literally ONE lives within 3 hours of STL - and he's like 14 years old. But let's keep blaming the entire STL fanbase.

Mom and Dad gonna be surprised when Johnny Law shows up at their door.

Who's blaming the entire St Louis fan base? I must've missed that part.

I always just assumed he was Canadian. He sure sounds like it. And anytime Maple Leaf fans have an unhealthy fascination with a mouth-breathing grinder, you can typically assume that person is Canadian and be right 90% of the time.

Can I still think he's a ****stick? Because he's a ****stick.

Pretty incredible that a dude with so little skill that he couldn't manage to avoid plowing into a goalie managed to score 3 goals, though. Makes sense I guess. Ryan Reeves and Tony Twist were always putting up post-season hattys.

Loved Twist! Twist and Chase.

I could watch shit like this all day. Twist and Probert had some epic wars.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nnQCpBr1D6Y" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MFByfqUwPTA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cqbgt625HNY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FkEcBk-G5Zc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

No one is blaming the entire Blues fanbase.

Yeah, he was born in Canada (of Lebanese descent).

And yes, you can think he's a ****stick. I'm kind of leaning into the rivalry at this point - it makes the sport more interesting. I still think Blues fans are largely being irrational about THIS year, but it's obvious it's as much about last year even if this year's incident triggered it.

Last one. You know you're a badass when you can fill a 2-hour video with just your fights

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JYBPSUdFvN8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I kind of feel like Nostradamus from last night. Not sure I'll ever be so consistent at predicting outcomes again.

(Yep, worked pretty much the same. Better even.)

(He could not.)

(It cost them a goal.)

(Yep.)

Why are hockey fights now blocked on Youtube? Violence? You gotta be kidding.

BTW, Twist actually didn't have many fights compared to other enforcers. He never hit 200 PIM in a season. He didn't play many games though.

Tell me you don't spend time on social media without telling me you don't spend time on social media.

Even as enforcers go, Twist was pretty unplayable.

But if you had a game you knew you'd need some muscle in, he was handy to have around.

Deadspin + Blackhawks fan = true trash piece
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Craig Berube and the St. Louis Blues can’t even bring themselves to say racists are bad <a href="https://t.co/k9NHn4Acxj">https://t.co/k9NHn4Acxj</a> <a href="https://t.co/qw1MOi5wER">pic.twitter.com/qw1MOi5wER</a></p>&mdash; Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/1529167735887843330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 24, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

yeah, like I'm giving Deadspin a click.

**** those guys.

For what it's worth, here's what Bednar had to say about it. Someone asked him if Berube should have said something. He said no and explained:

It's interesting to me how THIS is the incident that everyone starts paying attention.

Not last year, when Avs fans said some vile shit to Ryan Reaves during/after their playoff matchup.

I don't recall anyone expecting the Avs organization to make a statement denouncing those comments.

I'm actually having a hard time thinking of any instance of a team being pressured to comment on the actions of a private citizen, though there probably have been.

I think (hope) that some of the Kadri stuff will simmer down in the next game. For the Blues, they're gonna have to be more focused if they want to keep the series alive. For the Avs, they're just ready to be done so they can take a few days off. And for the media, is there really much more that can be said?

I'm definitely ready to stop talking about Kadri and start focusing on the actual game.

I saw that last night when a STL writer tweeted it, and I'll tell you - I respect the hell out of Bednar for saying it.

Sadly, his comment isn't getting amplified because it's easier to just keep fanning the flames.

The best lesson from all this is to stay off Twitter.

Honestly, Twitter is Disneyland compared to the 4-Chan level shit that parts of this place has become.

Ouch smith just let one in from about 100feet from inside other teams blue line.

How does that happen?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rasmus Andersson just scored from the defensive zone to tie the game in the third period. Mike Smith, baby. <a href="https://t.co/BebGpOb4bY">pic.twitter.com/BebGpOb4bY</a></p>— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) <a href="https://twitter.com/hayyyshayyy/status/1529312052464037888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Not paying attention , losing puck in crowd I guess .

I don't think anyone here is super hung up on the Berube thing, but since we talked about it earlier:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">St. Louis Blues coach Craig Berube opened today’s media availability with a statement regarding Nazem Kadri and his ‘no comment’ before Game 4: <a href="https://t.co/40Fwy9iyqj">pic.twitter.com/40Fwy9iyqj</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Boulding (@rboulding) <a href="https://twitter.com/rboulding/status/1529510759905996801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Avs in front early.

Let's Gooooooooo!

Avs look like they're on a mission early.

Lehkonen, Cogliano, and Aube-Kubel are grinders. Avs forecheck game has gone way up with those guys. We've needed guys like that.

Husso standing on his head tonight, Kuemper not far behind.

Chest bump that shit into the goal. LOL

Apparently we're cashing in our bad puck luck tokens tonight.

I know Blues fans are pretty down on Husso, but he's made some great saves.

Yes he has. Definitely a drop off from Bennington. But still solid for what the Avs have thrown at him for the series.

Kadri taking a stick to the face = best moment of the game