Optional Skate Blues

Before taking a dive around the NHL and the Blues games against Colorado and Chicago, Eric and Mike talk about the Blackhawks Sexual Assualt Resolution and Akim Aliu's attempt to put racism in the NHL under a similar microscope and why, to date, it's been unsuccessful.  

We wrap much lighter with Eric being his own Hot Garbage and Mike calling out people who give trash candy for Halloween.  

Around the NHL, Eric & Mike breakdown the fallout from the Blackhawks Sexual Assault Investigation, talk Evander Kane's future in hockey, early surprises around the NHL, and if we prefer the early ESPN or TNT broadcasts. 

For our St. Louis Blues, Mike and Eric break down forwards, defense, and goaltending from during the Blues 5-0 start.  We break down who's doing the early heavy lifting and how we could get even more production in the coming weeks.  

In this week's episode of OSB Mike and Eric talk Vancouver's RFAs signed and the lone RFA out there (cough, Brady Tkachuk...cough cough), Evander Kane's alleged falsification of proof of COVID vaccination, and Robin Lenher putting mental health front and center again...for 36 hours.  
After around the league talk we quickly talk Blues preseason line combinations before getting into superlatives for every division other than the Central.  

In this episode of OSB, Eric talks about hosting a "Go Away" Party for Zach Sanford...without Zach knowing or being invited to attend.  Eric and Mike also talk about new front office additions of Ken Hitchcock and Peter Chiarelli, Robert Thomas twinning Jordan Kyrou's bridge deal,  Armstrong's 5 year extension, Tarasenko wearing the Bluenote again (for now) and much more.  

Around the NHL, we talk Evander Kane gambling conspiracy theories, Kirill getting Kash in Minnesota, Rule 59, and much more.  

On this week's second episode of OSB, Eric and Mike discuss Bozak's team friendly deal, who could push for a job on the blue line, and take a deeper dive into Robert Thomas' next contract.  

Around the NHL we discuss everything from the "pending homeless" Arizona Coyotes and the eventual massive Spirit Halloween store to occupy Gila Arena, who's better Lundquist or Fleury, and a quick pop culture conversation about who should be the next host of Jeopardy.  

In this week's episode of OSB, Mike and Eric discuss the completely sane and logical signing of Parayko in a year of insane and illogical 8 year d-man signings, 44 raising to the rafters, 42 retiring a member of the Blues, Winter Classic sweaters and much more.  

Mike and Eric talk about the new deals for Barbie, Kyrou, Sanford and Dakota Johnson.  Also discussed is what is holding up a Tarasenko trade and a Thomas signing.  Around the league we talk about allegations of Pete Rose style gambling by Evander Kane, Minnesota and what it will take to sign Kaprizov, NHL GMs throwing around more crazy money and term  at defensemen, and more.  

In this episode of OSB, Eric and Mike talk about the addition of Pavel Buchnevich and the losses of Dunn, Schwartz, Hoffman while Blues fans remain in limbo with Tarasenko and Bozak.  

We talk about teams that have made the biggest gains and the teams that have had the biggest losses this offseason, Marc-Andre Fleury's trade to Chicago, Edmonton's GM's moves being clinically bi-polar and much more! 

Mike and Eric talk about the Lightning going back to back, what constitutes a dynasty in a flat cap era, trade season opens, farewell NBC, and Tarasenko wants out, does Landeskog want in?