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Re: Players Under Pressure

I agree on Barbashev. Another thing he has going against him is the arrival of Vladimir Sobotka. In my mind those two players offer almost the same identical role. Although having said that I sure wouldn't mind them being on the same line. I would say another guy on the proverbial hot seat is Brodzi...

Re: Traverse City Prospect Tournament

Blues 1-0 after the first period. You could tell there were nerves and lack of chemistry all around, but still an entertaining fast pace. The guys who stood out to me were the goal-scorer Adam Musil, and the Finnish defender Miko Mikkola. Musil just seems like a real smart player, he always seemed t...

Re: Jake Walman

I like Walman to be a Matt Dumba type of player for us. If that happens I'll be very happy. Dunn will be Kevin Shattenkirk like but a little more physical. The best thing is that both of these guys are going to provide offense for us, much more than what Jaybo, Gunnar and Eddy can provide. I really...

Re: 2nd leading scorer

I'll go with Fabbri. Supposedly he is a lot more committed to conditioning this season and I believe that will pay dividends. I still believe he has a 70-pt ceiling even after stalling in his development last season.

Re: Cap Space Decision

The figure is realistically more like $2M under the cap. The capfriendly website doesn't list a #7 d-man. Regardless of whether that will be Dunn, Walman, or Butler, those guys all make around $900K. That really doesn't leave room for a UFA, and I'm not real interested in who might be available on a...

Re: Panger out?

Robb_K wrote:Darren Pang is the best colour man The Blues have ever had (I've heard them all). I hope they can get a deal done soon, without any hard feelings.
With all due respect I disagree. To me Joe Michelletti was the best.

Re: If you had a do-over

I know you said just the past decade but if we could go back in time and avoid the tampering fiasco it's hard to say how much of an impact that could have had. Seems like the presence of Scott Stevens in our lineup, and all those draft picks we lost, should have made a significant difference in our ...

Re: Tage Thompson in WJC U20

Dave's a mess wrote:
Beatoni12 wrote:I'm all for it, but this might be the most oddly timed post I've seen :).
For a second I though there was a secret Spring tournament I didn't know about :lol:
My bad. I guess I "assumed" Worlds and World Junior were taking place at the same time. You know what they say about assuming.

Tage Thompson in WJC U20

He quietly put together respectable numbers in the U20 tourney with 1 goal (game-winner), 4 assists, and a +4 rating in 7 games. Not bad. Also, that was really good experience winning gold and beating Canada in the final. Surprised I didn't hear more about it.

Re: Sanford projection

Interesting in the presser that Yeo wants to try him out at center in training camp. Seeing how they have Stastny, Berglund, and Brodziak pretty much locked in the 1,3,and 4 pivots, and with Barbashev as a very capable backup, I can't help but wonder if they've hoping to slot Sanford into Lehtera's ...

Re: Post mortem

I think it will be interesting to see if in the season-end presser Army/Yeo say "we got beat by a team that really plays the way the NHL is heading now, lots of offense from defenseman, and we need to adjust our style to play that way" to continue the trend of Blues trying to react/change...

Re: Sanford projection

I think he will need to put on 15-20 pounds just to be an effective NHL player. He was too easily knocked off the puck for a big guy even in the regular season, and that really limited him in the playoffs. The kid does have some real soft hands, but until he gains a lot of strength I wouldn't consid...

Re: GDT: Preds @ Blues, Rd 2 Gm 2, 7p

Wow, Great Game! This should be the Stanley Cup Finals Series. Maybe it was just me, but the first two periods were rather boring. Sorry, I was a little drunk at the time. What I meant was how evenly matched these two teams are. This series is shaking out to be one of the best in that regard. And y...

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