It appears that my enthusiasm for Hannu's play was premature. He has been sent down to Peoria to 'see some pucks'. He has been terrible lately. Some very soft goals against Columbus. In the last four games, his save percentage was around .850 and his goals against was above 4. How long he stays there is anyone's guess. Marek Schwarz has been called up as the backup. It is doubtful that he will play at all. He was been mediocre at best down in Peoria and lost the starting job to Chris Beckford-Tseu (who has an ECHL-AHL contract but not an NHL contract). Ben Bishop can't get here fast enough.
I think the Blues are going to come up just short this year for the playoffs. They are currently in 9th in the Western Conference. It is true that they have games in hand, but if look at their record, it isn't pretty. Their record is 22-21 for the season, or essentially .500. With 8 of 15 teams in each conference making the playoffs, the Blues should be in with a .500 record. But there are two things that work against them. The Western Conference has beat up on the Eastern this year. So all of the Western records should be skewed higher. The second is their horrible OT/SO record. I believe the Blues are 1-6 in overtime/shootouts. They are giving extra points away. This will cause them to miss the playoffs.
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