NHL 2k8: Go Blues!

MizzouRah · 01-03-2008, 01:22 PM

My consensus is that NHL 08 is better for player vs player and online gaming, but NHL 2k8 has been much more immersive for solo play.

That being said, this thread will be a place for me to post random thoughts on the St. Louis Blues season as I try to get them back to the playoffs and beyond.

The Settings

Original 6's game style which also calls for "Pro" difficulty and 9 min periods.
Latest roster update.

Next up: Lineups

MizzouRah · 01-05-2008, 11:46 AM

Team

Centers

K. Tkachuk
P. Cajanek
D. Weight
J. McClement
T. Whitfield (minors)
Y. Stastny (minors)
R. Johnson (scratched)

Left Wingers

P. Kariya
D. Perron
M. Rucinsky
D. King (minors)
J. Trudel (minors)
T. Shishkanov (minors)

Right Wingers

L. Stempniak
M. Johnson
D. Backes
J. Mayers
B. Boyes
M. Glumac (minors)
D. Hinote (scratched)

Defensemen

E. Brewer
B. Jackman
E. Johnson
M. Walker (scratched)
C. Backman
J. McKee
B. Salvador
S. Wagner (minors)
J. Woywitka (minors)
A. Brooks (minors)
M. DuPont (minors)
R. Polak (minors)

Goalies

M. Legace
M. Schwarz (minors)
H. Toivonen
J. Bacashihue (minors)

Next up: Starting lineups

MizzouRah · 01-05-2008, 11:51 AM

Lineup

Kariya - Tkachuk - Boyes
Rucinsky - Weight - Stempniak
Perron - Cajanek - Mayers
Backes - McClement - Johnson

Brewer - Johson
Jackman - McKee
Backman - Salvador

Legace - Toivonen

MizzouRah · 01-05-2008, 11:52 AM

Signings

ATL - Selanne
BOS - Malakhov
CHI - Forsberg
COL - Allison
COL - Jonsson
MIN - Lindros
SJ - Ekman

MizzouRah · 01-05-2008, 11:54 AM

Regular Season

@ PHO L 4-3 OT

@ LA L 2-1

NSH L 4-3

COL W 5-4

@ CHI W 3-2

MIN L 3-2

ANA L 4-2

@ CBJ L 3-0

WSH W 3-2

MizzouRah · 01-05-2008, 11:56 AM

Next up:

Phoenix (3-4-2) at St. Louis (3-5-1)

MizzouRah · 01-05-2008, 01:05 PM

1st Period

Kariya scores his first of the season on a nice pass from Tkachuk!

Blues - 1
Coyotes - 0

Suroyv of Phonix nets his first of the season and Phoenix ties the game.

Coyotes - 1
Blues - 1

2nd Period

McClement nets his 2nd of the year and the Blues are back on top!

Blues - 2
Coyotes - 1

Minutes later, Vrbata scores his 3rd of the season and Reinprecht gets his 6th assist as Phoenix ties it up once again.

Coyotes - 2
Blues - 2

3rd Period

Stempniak nets his first of the season and the Blues once again take the lead!

Blues - 3
Coyotes - 2

Mayers scores one top shelf on a rebound for his 3rd goal of the season and the Blues now have some breathing room!

Blues - 4
Coyotes - 2

With 2 minutes left in the game the Coyotes score a power play goal, from Morris, his first.

Coyotes - 3
Blues - 4

We hold off a barriage of shots as Phoenix pulled their goalie and with our 4th game of the season behind Toivonen who is now (3-0).

Blues - 4
Coyotes - 3

3 Stars of the Game

*** PHO Morris (1G)
** STL Kariya (1G)
* Mayers (1G)

MizzouRah · 01-05-2008, 11:10 PM

@ Minnesota

Minnesota will start backup goalie Backstrom while we'll continue played Toivonen.

Period 1

Former Blue Pavel Demitra scores his 9th of the season to put Minnesota up 1-0, assisted by Bouchard (13) and Hill (4).

Wild - 1
Blues - 0

Cajanek ties the game at 1, with his 3rd of the season, assisted by Mayers (3) and Toivonen (1).

Blues - 1
Wild - 0

Period 2

Eric Lindros scores his 5th to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead, unassisted.

Wild - 2
Blues - 1

Lindros scores his 6th of the season, second of the night to give Minnesota a 2 goal lead, assisted by Skoula (3).

Wild - 3
Blues - 1

Brad Boyes scores a short handed goal, his 4th of the season, unassisted.

Blues - 2
Wild - 3

Eric Johnson scores his 2nd goal of his young career to tie the game, assisted by Backman (2).

Blues - 3
Wild - 3

Walz comes back to give the Wild the lead with his 1st of the season, assisted by Sheppard (5) and Skoula (4).

Wild - 4
Blues - 3

Kariya would finish up this wild period with his 2nd goal of the season, a power play goal, assisted by Tkachuk (3) and Boyes (4).

Blues - 4
Wild - 4

Period 3

Brad Boyes would get his second of the night, #5 on the season, on the power play to give the Blues their first lead of the night, assised by Kariya (7) and Johnson (4).

Blues - 5
Wild - 4

Rookie David Perron scores his first of his career to give the Blues a 2 goal lead, assisted by Mayers (4) and Cajenek (9).

Blues - 6
Wild - 4

Ryan Johson nets his first of the season, an empty netter to seal the game, assisted by Walker (1).

Final Score: Blues - 7 Wild - 4

3 Stars of the Game

*** STL E Johson (1G, 1A)
** STL P Kariya (1G, 1A)
* STL B Boyes (2G, 1A)

Our most goals scored in a game this season and a much needed win for us.

Next up: Chicago Blackhawks and Bryce Salvador returns to the lineup.

MizzouRah · 01-06-2008, 09:23 PM

Chicago (5-5-1) at St. Louis (5-5-2)

I decide to start Legace tonight as we have back to back games coming up with Columbus tomorrow and Toivonen is fatigued. Legace is 1-5 though and I hope he can get a W tonight.

1st Period

Kane scores his 5th of the season to put Chicago on board 1-0, assisted by Lang (8).

Chicago - 1
St. Louis - 0

Not a bad period, but I can already see that goalie Khabibulin is on his game tonight.

2nd Period

Kane lights the lamp again, his 6th of the season, assisted by Samsonov (9) and Lang (9).

Chicago - 2
St. Louis - 0

Vorobiev gets his 1st of the season to put the Blackhawks up by 3, assisted by Toews (4) and Brouwer (2).

Chicago - 3
St. Louis - 0

We've hit posts, smacked heads, but can't put one past Khabibulin.

3rd Period

Havalt scores his 10th on the power play as Doug Weight gets his 3rd penalty of the night to put this game away, assisted by Johansson (3) and Ruutu (6).

Final Score
Chicago - 4
St. Louis - 0

We couldn't get any bounces tonight and Khabibulin was spectacular.. as well as the Chicago defense when tested.

3 Stars of the Game

*** CHI - M Havlat (1G)
** CHI - P Kane (2G)
* CHI - N Khabibulin (33 saves)

Next Up: @ CBJ (7-5-0)

MizzouRah · 01-06-2008, 09:27 PM

I decided to do what the real life Blues did and I trade one of my personal favorite players, Doug Weight (84) and a 3rd round draft pick to Anaheim for C Andy McDonald (86).

Weight had just 3G and 1A so far this season and that's not cutting it as a 2nd line center.

McDonald has 11G and 7A and will hopefully give our 2nd line some scoring punch as we are relying too much on our first line.

MizzouRah · 01-13-2008, 09:57 AM

Two more games:

STL (5-6-1) at CBJ (7-6-0)

We get smoked 7-2 and Legace goes to (1-6-1)

STL (5-7-1) at CHI (8-5-2)

We have maybe our best game of the season and outshoot Chicago 41-18 as Toivonen improves to (5-0) and as much as I want Legace to be our #1, Toivonen has really been playing well and we have been playing well behind him.

Next up: at home vs rival Detroit (8-8-1)

01-05-2008, 11:46 AM	#2
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Team Centers K. Tkachuk P. Cajanek D. Weight J. McClement T. Whitfield (minors) Y. Stastny (minors) R. Johnson (scratched) Left Wingers P. Kariya D. Perron M. Rucinsky D. King (minors) J. Trudel (minors) T. Shishkanov (minors) Right Wingers L. Stempniak M. Johnson D. Backes J. Mayers B. Boyes M. Glumac (minors) D. Hinote (scratched) Defensemen E. Brewer B. Jackman E. Johnson M. Walker (scratched) C. Backman J. McKee B. Salvador S. Wagner (minors) J. Woywitka (minors) A. Brooks (minors) M. DuPont (minors) R. Polak (minors) Goalies M. Legace M. Schwarz (minors) H. Toivonen J. Bacashihue (minors) Next up: Starting lineups

01-05-2008, 11:51 AM	#3
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Lineup Kariya - Tkachuk - Boyes Rucinsky - Weight - Stempniak Perron - Cajanek - Mayers Backes - McClement - Johnson Brewer - Johson Jackman - McKee Backman - Salvador Legace - Toivonen

01-05-2008, 11:52 AM	#4
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Signings ATL - Selanne BOS - Malakhov CHI - Forsberg COL - Allison COL - Jonsson MIN - Lindros SJ - Ekman

01-05-2008, 11:54 AM	#5
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Regular Season @ PHO L 4-3 OT @ LA L 2-1 NSH L 4-3 COL W 5-4 @ CHI W 3-2 MIN L 3-2 ANA L 4-2 @ CBJ L 3-0 WSH W 3-2

01-05-2008, 11:56 AM	#6
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Next up: Phoenix (3-4-2) at St. Louis (3-5-1)

01-05-2008, 01:05 PM	#7
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	1st Period Kariya scores his first of the season on a nice pass from Tkachuk! Blues - 1 Coyotes - 0 Suroyv of Phonix nets his first of the season and Phoenix ties the game. Coyotes - 1 Blues - 1 2nd Period McClement nets his 2nd of the year and the Blues are back on top! Blues - 2 Coyotes - 1 Minutes later, Vrbata scores his 3rd of the season and Reinprecht gets his 6th assist as Phoenix ties it up once again. Coyotes - 2 Blues - 2 3rd Period Stempniak nets his first of the season and the Blues once again take the lead! Blues - 3 Coyotes - 2 Mayers scores one top shelf on a rebound for his 3rd goal of the season and the Blues now have some breathing room! Blues - 4 Coyotes - 2 With 2 minutes left in the game the Coyotes score a power play goal, from Morris, his first. Coyotes - 3 Blues - 4 We hold off a barriage of shots as Phoenix pulled their goalie and with our 4th game of the season behind Toivonen who is now (3-0). Blues - 4 Coyotes - 3 3 Stars of the Game * PHO Morris (1G) STL Kariya (1G) * Mayers (1G)

01-05-2008, 11:10 PM	#8
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	@ Minnesota Minnesota will start backup goalie Backstrom while we'll continue played Toivonen. Period 1 Former Blue Pavel Demitra scores his 9th of the season to put Minnesota up 1-0, assisted by Bouchard (13) and Hill (4). Wild - 1 Blues - 0 Cajanek ties the game at 1, with his 3rd of the season, assisted by Mayers (3) and Toivonen (1). Blues - 1 Wild - 0 Period 2 Eric Lindros scores his 5th to give Minnesota a 2-1 lead, unassisted. Wild - 2 Blues - 1 Lindros scores his 6th of the season, second of the night to give Minnesota a 2 goal lead, assisted by Skoula (3). Wild - 3 Blues - 1 Brad Boyes scores a short handed goal, his 4th of the season, unassisted. Blues - 2 Wild - 3 Eric Johnson scores his 2nd goal of his young career to tie the game, assisted by Backman (2). Blues - 3 Wild - 3 Walz comes back to give the Wild the lead with his 1st of the season, assisted by Sheppard (5) and Skoula (4). Wild - 4 Blues - 3 Kariya would finish up this wild period with his 2nd goal of the season, a power play goal, assisted by Tkachuk (3) and Boyes (4). Blues - 4 Wild - 4 Period 3 Brad Boyes would get his second of the night, #5 on the season, on the power play to give the Blues their first lead of the night, assised by Kariya (7) and Johnson (4). Blues - 5 Wild - 4 Rookie David Perron scores his first of his career to give the Blues a 2 goal lead, assisted by Mayers (4) and Cajenek (9). Blues - 6 Wild - 4 Ryan Johson nets his first of the season, an empty netter to seal the game, assisted by Walker (1). Final Score: Blues - 7 Wild - 4 3 Stars of the Game * STL E Johson (1G, 1A) STL P Kariya (1G, 1A) * STL B Boyes (2G, 1A) Our most goals scored in a game this season and a much needed win for us. Next up: Chicago Blackhawks and Bryce Salvador returns to the lineup.

01-06-2008, 09:23 PM	#9
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Chicago (5-5-1) at St. Louis (5-5-2) I decide to start Legace tonight as we have back to back games coming up with Columbus tomorrow and Toivonen is fatigued. Legace is 1-5 though and I hope he can get a W tonight. 1st Period Kane scores his 5th of the season to put Chicago on board 1-0, assisted by Lang (8). Chicago - 1 St. Louis - 0 Not a bad period, but I can already see that goalie Khabibulin is on his game tonight. 2nd Period Kane lights the lamp again, his 6th of the season, assisted by Samsonov (9) and Lang (9). Chicago - 2 St. Louis - 0 Vorobiev gets his 1st of the season to put the Blackhawks up by 3, assisted by Toews (4) and Brouwer (2). Chicago - 3 St. Louis - 0 We've hit posts, smacked heads, but can't put one past Khabibulin. 3rd Period Havalt scores his 10th on the power play as Doug Weight gets his 3rd penalty of the night to put this game away, assisted by Johansson (3) and Ruutu (6). Final Score Chicago - 4 St. Louis - 0 We couldn't get any bounces tonight and Khabibulin was spectacular.. as well as the Chicago defense when tested. 3 Stars of the Game * CHI - M Havlat (1G) CHI - P Kane (2G) * CHI - N Khabibulin (33 saves) Next Up: @ CBJ (7-5-0)

01-06-2008, 09:27 PM	#10
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	I decided to do what the real life Blues did and I trade one of my personal favorite players, Doug Weight (84) and a 3rd round draft pick to Anaheim for C Andy McDonald (86). Weight had just 3G and 1A so far this season and that's not cutting it as a 2nd line center. McDonald has 11G and 7A and will hopefully give our 2nd line some scoring punch as we are relying too much on our first line.

01-13-2008, 09:57 AM	#11
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Two more games: STL (5-6-1) at CBJ (7-6-0) We get smoked 7-2 and Legace goes to (1-6-1) STL (5-7-1) at CHI (8-5-2) We have maybe our best game of the season and outshoot Chicago 41-18 as Toivonen improves to (5-0) and as much as I want Legace to be our #1, Toivonen has really been playing well and we have been playing well behind him. Next up: at home vs rival Detroit (8-8-1)

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