JT: This was last year's top 9 on opening day, by lines: Tarasenko-Stastny-Sobotka; Schwartz-Schenn-Jaskin; Paajarvi-Sundqvist-Thompson.
Geezus
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152Here's JR's:UMSLBlues12 wrote:My now way too early line predictions:
Schwartz-Schenn-Perron
Fabbri-ROR-Tarasenko
Maroon-Bozak-Steen
Soshnikov-Thomas-Jaskin
Barbashev/Thorburn the extras.
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Maroon-O’Reilly-Tarasenko
Schwartz-Schenn-Perron
Fabbri-Bozak-Steen
Soshnikov/Barbashev-Thomas-Jaskin/Thorburn
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153That third line was so bad...we had the worst third line ever for awhile.Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:JT: This was last year's top 9 on opening day, by lines: Tarasenko-Stastny-Sobotka; Schwartz-Schenn-Jaskin; Paajarvi-Sundqvist-Thompson.
Geezus
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154I like that second set a lot. People are going to yell about Thomas being on the 4th line, but I'm still a big believer in not handing out ice time based on potential. Besides, 4th line or not, he will almost certainly get a shot at PP time. If he's as good as advertised, he will move up, as injuries create openings.bradleygt89 wrote:Here's JR's:UMSLBlues12 wrote:My now way too early line predictions:
Schwartz-Schenn-Perron
Fabbri-ROR-Tarasenko
Maroon-Bozak-Steen
Soshnikov-Thomas-Jaskin
Barbashev/Thorburn the extras.
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Maroon-O’Reilly-Tarasenko
Schwartz-Schenn-Perron
Fabbri-Bozak-Steen
Soshnikov/Barbashev-Thomas-Jaskin/Thorburn
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155Is there a team in the West with a better 4 centers than Schenn, ROR, Bozak, Thomas?
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156Sobotka on the top line, Jaskin on the second line, and complete garbage on the third line. How the hell did they win so many games early in the year with that????Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:JT: This was last year's top 9 on opening day, by lines: Tarasenko-Stastny-Sobotka; Schwartz-Schenn-Jaskin; Paajarvi-Sundqvist-Thompson.
Geezus
I am so pumped for this season. This team has a real shot at the Cup. So much has to go right to win the ultimate prize, but they really put themselves in a position to go for it. Let's drop the puck!
KA-KAW!
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157What an off-season this has been though. Tons of props to Doug, ownership, and rest of the front office. Wish another team in town would take notes on how to revamp a roster after not making the playoffs...
Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues
158Nope. This lineup is pretty damned good man, feels great. Looking at last year's lines, holy shit what an upgrade!Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:Is there a team in the West with a better 4 centers than Schenn, ROR, Bozak, Thomas?
Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues
159Not nesecelery. Schmaltz and Lindbohm will be in the minors, and Edmundson would bump someone else there to keep the roster at 23.bradleygt89 wrote:Good to know:
*Somebody is getting moved.*@CapFriendly
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With the #Blues signing FA Patrick Maroon to 1 year/$1.75M contract, we now show the club with roughly $3.284M in projected cap space based on a 23 man roster (15F/6D/2G)
RFA's unsigned (3 total):
Jordan Schmaltz
Joel Edmundson (Arb)
Petteri Lindbohm
Dunn is waivers exempt, but IMHO he deserves an every-day spot. They may go with 14F/7D/2G, ESPECIALLY with Bouwmeester, Gunnarsson, and Schmaltz all ending last season on the DL.
That would send Nolan ($650k) or Sundqvist ($700k) down saving us a bit more against the cap. We'll probably have just shy of $4 mil to make sure we get Edumndson in the fold.
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160Schenn and Schwartz were going great guns, Tarasenko and Stastny were doing what they do, and our defense was scoring a CRAZY amount of goals!MattyIce wrote:Sobotka on the top line, Jaskin on the second line, and complete garbage on the third line. How the hell did they win so many games early in the year with that????Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:JT: This was last year's top 9 on opening day, by lines: Tarasenko-Stastny-Sobotka; Schwartz-Schenn-Jaskin; Paajarvi-Sundqvist-Thompson.
Geezus
I am so pumped for this season. This team has a real shot at the Cup. So much has to go right to win the ultimate prize, but they really put themselves in a position to go for it. Let's drop the puck!
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161Yeah, the defense was scoring like 30% of the goals. It was complete smoke and mirrors. Eddy looked like Bobby OrrRAFritchey wrote:Schenn and Schwartz were going great guns, Tarasenko and Stastny were doing what they do, and our defense was scoring a CRAZY amount of goals!MattyIce wrote:Sobotka on the top line, Jaskin on the second line, and complete garbage on the third line. How the hell did they win so many games early in the year with that????Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:JT: This was last year's top 9 on opening day, by lines: Tarasenko-Stastny-Sobotka; Schwartz-Schenn-Jaskin; Paajarvi-Sundqvist-Thompson.
Geezus
I am so pumped for this season. This team has a real shot at the Cup. So much has to go right to win the ultimate prize, but they really put themselves in a position to go for it. Let's drop the puck!
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Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues [update: signed!]
162I am looking forward to camp and seeing where things sort out more so this year than I have in quite a while. Great job assembling a complete roster. Now we need health and luck.
Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues [update: signed!]
163So what number do we think he's going to wear here? Number 9 is available given that he likes 19. Maybe 39?
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164True, and not disagreeing, but if we have injured players, they still count against the cap unless we place them on long term IR correct? So I'm sure just to have that flexibility in roster movement they'll move somebody before the season starts. Unless I've misunderstood the rules, which is possibleRAFritchey wrote:Not nesecelery. Schmaltz and Lindbohm will be in the minors, and Edmundson would bump someone else there to keep the roster at 23.bradleygt89 wrote:Good to know:
*Somebody is getting moved.*@CapFriendly
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With the #Blues signing FA Patrick Maroon to 1 year/$1.75M contract, we now show the club with roughly $3.284M in projected cap space based on a 23 man roster (15F/6D/2G)
RFA's unsigned (3 total):
Jordan Schmaltz
Joel Edmundson (Arb)
Petteri Lindbohm
Dunn is waivers exempt, but IMHO he deserves an every-day spot. They may go with 14F/7D/2G, ESPECIALLY with Bouwmeester, Gunnarsson, and Schmaltz all ending last season on the DL.
That would send Nolan ($650k) or Sundqvist ($700k) down saving us a bit more against the cap. We'll probably have just shy of $4 mil to make sure we get Edumndson in the fold.
My hope is that it is Steen.
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165putting Bouw on the LTIR solves it.
Welcome home Pat! The fans will love your style of play. You just do you boo.
Welcome home Pat! The fans will love your style of play. You just do you boo.
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166For all the praise DA is getting, and deserves, the fly in the buttermilk, is goaltending. If we go thru yet another collapse, all these upgrades could go for naught. I'm not sure there was a lot Army could do to fix it this year, but a lot of fans will be holding their breath.
Here's hoping, because I'm excited about this team other than goaltending.
Here's hoping, because I'm excited about this team other than goaltending.
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167Subtract:
Brodz
Berg
Botka
TT
BB
Future picks
Add:
ROR
Maroon
Bozak
DP57
Completely different team.
Brodz
Berg
Botka
TT
BB
Future picks
Add:
ROR
Maroon
Bozak
DP57
Completely different team.
Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues [update: signed!]
168Dust off ... 99!ratonmono wrote:So what number do we think he's going to wear here? Number 9 is available given that he likes 19. Maybe 39?
Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues [update: signed!]
169Now that Jake has more goal support and doesn't have to feel like he has to be the hero every game, he should be fine. I'm not expecting him to be an All-Star, but if we can keep him at a respectable .915 and 2.30 GAA and around 35 Wins out of 50 starts, and get a good 30 starts from Husso or CJ, we'll be just fine back there.barnburner wrote:For all the praise DA is getting, and deserves, the fly in the buttermilk, is goaltending. If we go thru yet another collapse, all these upgrades could go for naught. I'm not sure there was a lot Army could do to fix it this year, but a lot of fans will be holding their breath.
Here's hoping, because I'm excited about this team other than goaltending.
My take on Allen: he is a very good goalie when managed right. Just as we say forward and d-men have to be used to their best potential, so does a goalie. Allen will never be a 60+ game starter and be effective. Just like Tarasenko will never be a great two-way player. He may learn how to be a better defender, but he is a scorer first and foremost. Allen is a very good 1A goalie, who needs to have a backup capable of 30+ quality starts and the offensive support in front of him. IMHO of course.
"Do Only Good Everyday"
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170Who? Brian Boitano?39hurricane wrote:Subtract:
Brodz
Berg
Botka
TT
BB
Future picks
Add:
ROR
Maroon
Bozak
DP57
Completely different team.
I hope Snuggerud beats the shit out of Kyrou
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171The legendary ...Ozzies09tc wrote:Who? Brian Boitano?39hurricane wrote:Subtract:
Brodz
Berg
Botka
TT
BB
Future picks ...
Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues [update: signed!]
172I know it's way too hot outside to be December but this sure does feel like the 12 days of Christmas.
Re: JR: Maroon to sign with Blues [update: signed!]
173Props to JR and Lou being absolutely spot on with this. It seems rare they break Blues news before the national guys but their sources were 100% every step of this down to the term
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174My take on Allen is that he cannot be trusted to make the routine saves. Sure he makes the highlight reel ones, but too many sneak between him and the post. I wanted him gone as the first off-season move, and I still do. All of this movement will be for naught if he continues to shit the bed. Just get someone who stops what he should stop... Sorry Brad... end of rant.bradleygt89 wrote:Now that Jake has more goal support and doesn't have to feel like he has to be the hero every game, he should be fine. I'm not expecting him to be an All-Star, but if we can keep him at a respectable .915 and 2.30 GAA and around 35 Wins out of 50 starts, and get a good 30 starts from Husso or CJ, we'll be just fine back there.barnburner wrote:For all the praise DA is getting, and deserves, the fly in the buttermilk, is goaltending. If we go thru yet another collapse, all these upgrades could go for naught. I'm not sure there was a lot Army could do to fix it this year, but a lot of fans will be holding their breath.
Here's hoping, because I'm excited about this team other than goaltending.
My take on Allen: he is a very good goalie when managed right. Just as we say forward and d-men have to be used to their best potential, so does a goalie. Allen will never be a 60+ game starter and be effective. Just like Tarasenko will never be a great two-way player. He may learn how to be a better defender, but he is a scorer first and foremost. Allen is a very good 1A goalie, who needs to have a backup capable of 30+ quality starts and the offensive support in front of him. IMHO of course.
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175Pretty much my viewpoint too.Turk Sanderson wrote:My take on Allen is that he cannot be trusted to make the routine saves. Sure he makes the highlight reel ones, but too many sneak between him and the post. I wanted him gone as the first off-season move, and I still do. All of this movement will be for naught if he continues to shit the bed. Just get someone who stops what he should stop... Sorry Brad... end of rant.bradleygt89 wrote:Now that Jake has more goal support and doesn't have to feel like he has to be the hero every game, he should be fine. I'm not expecting him to be an All-Star, but if we can keep him at a respectable .915 and 2.30 GAA and around 35 Wins out of 50 starts, and get a good 30 starts from Husso or CJ, we'll be just fine back there.barnburner wrote:For all the praise DA is getting, and deserves, the fly in the buttermilk, is goaltending. If we go thru yet another collapse, all these upgrades could go for naught. I'm not sure there was a lot Army could do to fix it this year, but a lot of fans will be holding their breath.
Here's hoping, because I'm excited about this team other than goaltending.
My take on Allen: he is a very good goalie when managed right. Just as we say forward and d-men have to be used to their best potential, so does a goalie. Allen will never be a 60+ game starter and be effective. Just like Tarasenko will never be a great two-way player. He may learn how to be a better defender, but he is a scorer first and foremost. Allen is a very good 1A goalie, who needs to have a backup capable of 30+ quality starts and the offensive support in front of him. IMHO of course.
So many of Jake's misses, are a just spectacularly awful, that it's hard to imagine how the team can have any confidence, wondering when he's going to fall apart again.
I hope he does well, but I'm not happy having him in the nets again.