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We get multiple updates surrounding the St. Louis Blues heading into their next game as Jim Montgomery gives key updates heading into the game, including a player looking at his debut for this franchise and a look at one line in particular as things continue to go south. we get an update surrounding Robert Thomas and the rest of the top line plus so much more in this episode you're not going to want to miss it but before we get into it I just want to give a huge shout out to absolutely everyone watching and if you're part of almost 60% watching this right now and you haven't hit that free subscribe button go down and do it we'll keep you up to date with everything to do around the St. Louis Blues from rumors reports line changes anything you can think of you can catch right here from myself and Darius and a huge shout out to absolutely everyone watching and let's just dive straight into it where the Blues are keeping the top line together now of course looking over the recent stretch of games to start the season Darius what was once the most productive line in the NHL has started to struggle as that top line has not looked the prettiest to start the season and of course multiple guys spoke out Robert Thomas spoke out and of course Jimmy Snuggerud saying that they're not where they want to be looking at Snuggerud over the last stretch of games having two goals versus Columbus but of course the production not matching what we've seen last year what are your thoughts on Jim's decision to keep this line together and are you a pro of riding it out and hope that it gets to the point we've seen last year I think I am I think that I do think that you have to ride this out a little bit longer and I think some comments which we'll get to later in this video to kind of agree with that i we just need to see more consistently out of this group and i would ride it out a little while longer i think that sending a message to players sometimes works and i think sending the wrong message can be very detrimental to a group and at the slightest slightest bit of controversy when you meet controversy what do you do and if you tell the whole group we're going to change everything up as soon as we hit you know controversy you're never going to be able to figure it out the players are never going to be able in a position to go man we're really fighting it right now we have to figure this out so despite what i said last week despite what i said in our last video i do believe at this point right now they do have to keep them together they do have to ride it out a little bit longer because as we saw last year they can play well together it doesn't just disappear chemistry at times can you know sway over the course of a season and things happen you got to be feeling good about yourself and your teammates of course but i think mark that they have to keep it together for a little while longer see if they can figure it out and if they absolutely can't and it's killing the team because i wouldn't say it's you know murdering the team right now that it's not absolutely killing them or sewering them but if it gets to the point where it is then maybe you have to take a look at changing something like that and it also you know shouldn't take away from the fact that the second line's actually look pretty good with uh McMichael and um obviously McTavish and Bergeron on that second line when they've been together their numbers look pretty good too so uh robert thomas is really you know good as you can see here against the senators he really likes playing against the senators notoriously so very excited to see what that looks like in the next game and hopefully they can get going just a little bit more consistently because if they can then obviously all is well and good for the blues but to me i do wonder about sending certain messages to the group and if it's like oh it's not working we got to change it immediately like i don't know if that's the best message and we see you guys down in the comments you do agree with this too is keeping that together the top line you need to see if they can get the momentum last year we've seen how good they were coming out of the olympic break so keeping them together and like you said there is just a bit of energy or any kind of momentum shift can get you right back into that line being dominant i mean we've seen of course Jim Snugger talk about the momentum shift from fights that happen within this team as well on the ice now with this team in the locker room but with this team it is very exciting to see that they're giving them the chance the leash is a little longer than we'd probably expect from other guys within this team but speaking to other guys and new faces joining the team Dylan Peterson is set for his NHL debut with the St. Louis Blues and it's an incredible fun story to watch him make his push now looking at the projected lineups before we dive into quotes from Dylan himself and of course going into why this is a big game for the young player We can see the Holloway, Thomas, and Snugger are staying together. Connor McMichael, Mason McTavish, and Bergeron are staying together. And we can see the group is slowly coming together with the fourth line being Johnson, Suter, and Peterson. That is going to be hell to deal with for the Ottawa Senators with a big line with the skill of Suter down the middle. That is going to be the definition of purgatory, whoever gets matched up against them. But looking at this, and of course him getting into the lineup, a lot has to do with the injuries that this organization has sadly dealt with over the past couple of weeks where they're right back where they left with key guys going out but looking at him debuting for this team going in front of his hometown crowd I've been to wear the note for six years since I got picked in the third round in 2020 it's a long time to wait to work to get here it's full of emotions and I'm so excited now with the Ottawa homecoming this is a guy that I expect guy have a huge game honestly our goal would be a storytelling moment with him spending the form of hockey years in Ottawa and he'll have 40 to 50 people there tonight for his debut Darius what did you thought about the young guy getting in of course Jim kept it a very Jim quote and said that he's a fourth liner prototypical stepping in but I think there's a bit of production with him that a lot of people might not notice I did want to get into this quote because I thought it was hilarious and i kind of wanted to start here because i don't know if this is a compliment which i think he means it like a compliment obviously but i think it can be taken another way too where it's like that's all you see me as right so i thought that was a pretty funny quote but no prototypical fourth line player i would take it if i was a player is a good thing right you're coming in we trust you to do a job and i think that's why you're getting the call up and why you're going to be put in this spot and the timing is incredible like the fact that he's from ottawa and they're you know against the Ottawa Senators and they're gonna have 40 50 people in attendance like that is a great story so really good stuff from him and it's always exciting to see NHL debuts and um you know just debuts in general with the Blues so uh we'll see how that plays out obviously he's not going to be put in a position to score some big goals or a hat trick or anything like that but he's just got to go to work and he has a job to do on that fourth line so that'll be fun but again classic Jim Montgomery like I thought that quote was hilarious because he's obviously trying to pay him a compliment but it can definitely be taken the other way but again huge story going into this one and then joel hofer also the starter heading into the next game i i think one storyline to really keep an eye on here as the season continues to progress and i'll keep saying it is does Jordan Binnington get traded or sorry not does when does Jordan Binnington get traded because uh i think it's going to happen at some point and again Hofer is the expected starter i think that he is the starting goaltender of this team he's earned that spot dating back to the last season you know where does it come into play where Jordan Binnington is possibly traded at this point and how far you know towards the trade deadline is that much and I think a big moment too it's looking at Joel Hofer it sucks to see Binnington slipping but an opportunity again for Joel Hofer to come in and show people why he's a top goaltender in the NHL looking at this of course with him being projected both goalies are fresh so if you did need to bring a guy in you have Joel Hofer ready to play i also want to say with Dylan Peterson i just double checked he's from California just playing his early days in Ottawa so don't write on us in the comments just saying that down below but fans let us know your thoughts about everything around this team from the debut coming into this game with Joel Hofer anything you can think of leave comments down there because we love reading through and if you guys want us to cover anything if that's from more on the top line to even diving into deep stats or looking at more prospects once again Blues fans we love covering absolutely everything about it and shout out to you guys for everything with the channel i've been your host Mark with my co-host series and take care boys