Judge Smails

after taking his 3rd minor penalty of the game, David was benched in the 3rd period only playing slightly more than 12 minutes. Need you on the ice and not in the box David!

The Blues had their annual charity night Sunday, the theme was "Sunday Night Fever" dig David in the platform boots with goldfish in th heals and the big afro wig http://blues.nhl.com/club/gallerylanding.h...vid=DL|STL|home

David respecting his elders - from today's Morning Skate blog in STL - David talking about Keith Tkachuk .....One of those young players is Perron. “He’s still got it, and hopefully he keeps playing,” Perron said. “Every year he seems to say that he might retire, but he always comes back and he’s always good.” keep your teeth David, Walt looks like he's 100 years old with no teeth and the gray hair and beard EDIT - and a great goal by David, his 15th, matching his career best, Blues up 2-0 in Cal Gary

David named "Bud Light Player Of The Game" on Fox Sports St. Louis telecast

maybe David can get the "Gordie Howe Hat Trick"

and now the homecoming, I hope David plays a sound game and bags a hat trick - don't be nervous out there David - only wish I could get it on RDS here in STL but they black that out on Centre Ice

here are a few pics from the warm up last night showing off David's visor http://www.tsn-photography.com/Sports/St-L...766390960_RHomj

David, you could wear a lime green visor that lights up "DP-57" when you shoot for all I care. Just keep bringing it night after night and the fans, myself included, will keep cheering.

The old 9 of Hearts is a Darren Pang saying, it's from a card game where that was the trump card I thought David was going to drop the gloves last night during the 1st period melee, great photo of it in the local paper http://stltoday.mycapture.com/mycapture/en...ategoryID=38576

some very telling words from Cam Janssen Blues winger Cam Janssen had some pointed comments upon's Murray's departure. “I don’t think he was on the same page with everybody,” Janssen said. “I think guys didn’t know where they stood with him, and I think that’s not a good thing to have in the locker room. I had no idea where I was with him and I couldn’t understand what he was trying to tell me. It was a bizarre situation.” http://www.bnd.com/sports/blues/

it will be interesting as Payne is known as a high energy coach who emphasizes positioning and an agressive forecheck versus matchups. He's supposed to relate better to young players as well. Hopefully this will be a huge boost for David's ice time and production - put him back on the PK as well.

Canucks in town tonight for an early New Year's Eve tilt, plenty of time for the boys to play then hit the strip joints, casinos or whevever they play to spend their New Year's Eve. Let's hope David can have a repeat of the last time Vancouver came to town.

so at least now we know the secret to the Blues' recent power play success 6 men on the ice! I hope David wasn't the 6th man out there and yes, Mason was on the ice, it was not a delayed penalty

ugly mood here in STL - probably good for the boys to be in Western Canada for a few games, hopefully they come back with some Christmas cheer...and 6 points

Kovy you just made me spit out my Diet Coke :lol: my favorite crazy Keenan story was when he supposedly made Denis Savard stay at a different hotel from the rest of the Blackhawks because "he wasn't a team player" Imagine a coach trying to pull that today

now that's funny stuff David, when all the former Blues come in Tuesday for Brett Hull night, just ask them what is was like to play for Mike Keenan - you'll think Murray is your best buddy compared to Iron Mike

Chadd, you're right, I misread but I still like him and while Hartley can be hard on the kids, there's nothing wrong with that. Murray isn't hard on kids, he's inconsistent with them and has them playing tight and scared. example, after the 6-1 shellacking of Vancouver (David's hat trick game) the next practice he's chastized the players saying they were too loose and needed to "tighten it up" we now say that as a joke in the stands whenever we get the lead "Tighten it up boys" we yell. It's such a waste of all that young talent - Perron is one thing, what Murray's done to Patrik Berglund is another discussion to be having

agree with JR, Hartley would be a good fit for this team, I actually thought Laviolette would be a better fit but that's a moot point now sampling the fans thoughts about last night's game and the overall performance this season, most think Murray is on borrowed time, most suspect he and David do not see eye to eye and most support David knowing he'll grow into a superstar in this league - and we want him to do that wearing the Note. Keep your head up David, play your game, all will work out. Remember, you're being paid a lot of money to do something you love, not all of us can say that about life. I go to "work" each day, you get to play hockey in the NHL!!

well after tonight's debacle it appears Andy Murray's days are numbered; he all but blamed the loss on David - from the Blues team forum on StLtoday.com "Murray's response to 3 out 4 questions asked to him in his post gamer about losing the game and blowing the lead? "The 'symptom' was we had 'a' forward on the ice at the end of a shift that was tired. He tried to beat someone at the offensive blueline at the end of a shift. The things we've talked about...not getting it deep. We got caught at the backside of a change and FROM THAT POINT ON OF THE SHIFT WE SPENT THE ENTIRE TIME ON OUR SIDE OF THE REDLINE. It's a symptom of the things we've talked about." How does this team do a better job of closing out periods? "Well, you don't turn pucks over at the offensive blue line with less than a minute left. When you make plays like that, its against what our team needs. Again, one of our guys that had been on the ice for a minute and ten seconds didn't get it deep, didn't get off and we got ourselves in trouble." I went back and watched the exact play he's talking about. It happened with 1:30 left in the period. Perron got the puck knocked away at the blue line. Possession went back and forth a few times. The Blues got the puck out of their end FOUR times. Completed an ENTIRE line change. Got the puck COMPLETLY BEYOND THE RED LINE and DEEP INTO THE OILERS ZONE and had plenty of time to reset themselves defensivley. A MINUTE and TWENTY SECONDS after Perron's "game defeating turnover" the Oilers score.

well it's Star Wars night at the Blues game tonight - I hope young Skywalker (David) learns to use the Force to beat the Avs goalies 3 or more times.

well a crappy game but David with 2 great assists he is on the post game show live right now, you can listen at this link www.kmox.com click on "Listen Live" - Edit - I got on the post game show - via Twitter - asked David about killing penalities and how he felt about it - I still hope they put him back on the PK

David and the Blues will be wearing the 3rd jerseys tonight againt Detroit - looking for 3rd win in a row

the 3rd jerseys are a huge seller here in STL - more and more people sport them at the games, myself included

pics from David's 2 goals vs Islanders - you can click the link to see each photo - David's goals are photos 15-21 - I'm thinking pic 21 would make a great coffee mug David Perron 1st goal vs Islanders

another nice interview with David http://www.insidestl.com/STLBlues/tabid/14...vid-Perron.aspx insideSTL Blues Spotlight- David Perron By Kevin Lorenz Thursday, November 19, 2009 It’s that time of the week again. Although the poll says otherwise, David Perron is this week’s winner. A reminder, the polls close Tuesday night at 11:59 so I can have some time to prepare for the interview. My apologies to all the Cam Janssen supporters, feel free to vote for him next week. But without further ado, I met up with David Perron Wednesday following practice. Here’s what he had to say. On being a late bloomer: “To be honest with you it was when I was 15 16 years old, I liked hockey a lot but I really got the passion for it and I knew that that was the only thing I wanted to do was be a hockey player.” On whether or not he was disappointed over being skipped in the 2006 draft: “Oh not at all, I wasn’t thinking about that, I was just thinking about getting better as a player. But I didn’t expect to be drafted.” On his feelings going into the 2007 draft: “Well before that year no one knew who I was. I had a pretty good year and our team did really good too, (we) went to the Memorial Cup (which is the biggest tournament in Juniors) and from there I was talking to a lot of scouts and they were telling me second, third round, and as the year was progressing they were talking even higher…I even heard some people talking either top ten or top fifteen and I was thinking oh my god I can’t believe that you’re telling me this.” (The Blues would draft him 26th overall). On his hands: “When I was really young I didn’t have good hands but, I started practicing every night in my basement and I got really good at it. I think one thing that was always there too was being tenacious on the puck and creating turnovers and stuff like that.” Working on stickhandling: “Over the summer, I’d say 15-20 minutes a day just on stickhandling. And same with the shooting. This summer I took a lot of shots in my basement, and on the ice after practice, me and Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes always try to improve on each and every detail.” On moving up each year: “I was working really hard in the summers and I guess everything fell into the right spot. I think playing with better players makes it easier if you want it, and everyone on my teams helped me a lot.” On growing up in Canada: “Well hockey, that’s all it is. It’s like here with baseball or football and that’s all people are thinking about, that’s why it’s so great, I mean you think about it and every time you wake up you watch the sports news it’s hockey for 25 minutes and the other 5 minutes it’s football and baseball. So it’s a lot different here, it’s fun that there’s less pressure.” On playing the Montreal Canadians: “It’s more exciting than tough, I mean every time I play Montréal, it’s a special game for me." Describe your first NHL hat trick. “It’s different than any hat trick in any other leagues…there’s a lot more hats on the ice. It was pretty special, just scoring one goal is fun, and two is even better. But three is unreal in the NHL.” Best hockey moment? “Like I said every game in the NHL is exciting, and scoring big goals for your team is fun. One of my favorite ones was against Detroit my first year and I scored 2 goals when we were down 2-0 and we came back and won 4-3 or 4-2.” What would you be if you weren’t a hockey player? “That’d be a tough one, probably homeless or something…I’m just saying I guess when I turned 16 that was the only thing on my mind and I knew I could do it if I put the work in, and I didn’t think about doing anything else. I did my high school, I got good grades and everything, just didn’t really think about that, and went for hockey and if it didn’t work, I’d think about that after.” Fav hockey movie? Rocket Richard, it’s a French movie about Maurice Richard…I don’t know if it’s in English, but it explains how he went through a lot of problems with English speaking people. Sometimes that’s what happens with us as well. Back then there was some discrimination between the French and English speaking players and it was very inspiring for French people to watch that.” Favorite place to eat in STL: “I’d have to say either Ruth’s Chris, Fleming’s or Morton’s, any steakhouse.” Favorite song currently on the radio: “I’d have to say Paparazzi, by Lady Gaga. Every time I turn on the radio it’s on for some reason so I kinda got used to it.” Fun fact “I’d love to get my pilot license one day, and see if I like it, and maybe one day I’ll get my own plane