I did something last night that I very rarely do: I turned the Blues game off. Apparently I missed Pat Maroon’s first goal.
Good for Pat.
I suffered through two periods of some of the shittiest hockey that I’ve seen since I was a Thrashers season ticket holder; I’m thankful I’m not in STL and a Blues season ticket holder, or I’d be demanding my money back. The Thrashers teams were constructed on a budget. The Blues’ payroll is the fourth highest in the NHL (hi, Jay Bouwmeester and Alexander Steen!