Let's hear it. Who will be second on the Blues in points this season? And how many points do you think they will have?

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I'm going to say Schenn. No rationale behind it, just picking a player and going with it.

Schwartz with 65 points. He ended up second on the team last year despite a brutal cold streak where he couldn't hit wide open nets in a Lehtera-type fashion. The tricky part about this question is that aside from Schenn, most of the guys you'd expect to finish second (Schwartz, Steen, Stastny) are big injury risks. I think Fabbri has a nice bounceback season, but doesn't quite keep pace with Schwartz or Schenn. I also wouldn't be surprised if Pietrangelo cracks 50 points this year.

Dave's a mess wrote:Schwartz with 65 points. He ended up second on the team last year despite a brutal cold streak where he couldn't hit wide open nets in a Lehtera-type fashion. The tricky part about this question is that aside from Schenn, most of the guys you'd expect to finish second (Schwartz, Steen, Stastny) are big injury risks. I think Fabbri has a nice bounceback season, but doesn't quite keep pace with Schwartz or Schenn. I also wouldn't be surprised if Pietrangelo cracks 50 points this year.

Schwartz had a stretch last season where I think he scored 1 non empty net goal over a 30 game period.

As for Fabbri, we have to remember he isn't coming back from a broken bone or anything like that. I don't expect a great season out of him.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote:

Dave's a mess wrote:Schwartz with 65 points. He ended up second on the team last year despite a brutal cold streak where he couldn't hit wide open nets in a Lehtera-type fashion. The tricky part about this question is that aside from Schenn, most of the guys you'd expect to finish second (Schwartz, Steen, Stastny) are big injury risks. I think Fabbri has a nice bounceback season, but doesn't quite keep pace with Schwartz or Schenn. I also wouldn't be surprised if Pietrangelo cracks 50 points this year.

Schwartz had a stretch last season where I think he scored 1 non empty net goal over a 30 game period.

As for Fabbri, we have to remember he isn't coming back from a broken bone or anything like that. I don't expect a great season out of him.

Good point on Fabbri. I hope a potential move to Center doesn't materialize right away. I'd like to see him at full strength before adding that to his plate. At least his injury didn't happen on the golf course.

I'm going with Staz because he is on a contract year

I'm going to throw a curve ball and say Pietrangelo. 14 goals,48 points last year, 2nd yr in as a Captain. Strong team this year. More PP time. I think he can hit 60 plus this year. One of these years he will and I'm predicting this is the year.

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.

Fabbri has to step up and be that player. If he is top 2 in points, it's great news for the Blues. If he struggles again I would imagine there will be chatter that he's available. Big year for Fabs....I expect him to challenge for the team lead in points.

Schwartz. 28 goals 36 assists 64 points.

NHLTIM wrote:Fabbri has to step up and be that player. If he is top 2 in points, it's great news for the Blues. If he struggles again I would imagine there will be chatter that he's available. Big year for Fabs....I expect him to challenge for the team lead in points.

Considering Tarasenko is about a shoe-in for 75ish points, that would require one hell of a break out season from Fabbri.

If Fabbri some how even reaches 60, I'll be over the moon. But if you put the line at 45 for him, I'd take the under.

Out of curiosity, is there a case study for NHLers who have torn their ACL? I can only think of Fabbri and Thorton(who somehow played with it torn). Who else?

I'd be curious to see their pre injury and post injury stats...

Schenn, followed closely by Schwartz, Steen, and Stastny. Because you have to have an "S" in your name to be a leading scorer on the Blues

I like Schwartz and Stastny as possible choices, but I'm going with Schenn.

The last two years, he's put up 59 points while skating 16:54, and 55 points while skating 17:48. And his shooting percentage for both years was around 14%.

In addition, he had 52% and 57% of his starts in the offensive zone.

If Yeo ends up playing Schenn with Tarasenko, he'll see more starts in the offensive zone (Tarasenko is around 66% in that catagory), and he'll get a little more ice (about a minute more per game) in which we could see Schenn break 65 points.

Not 100% sure it would happen, as if Schenn wants to play center, he has to improve on his ghastly faceoff numbers, but anything is possible.

I think the skater with the best chance to be 2nd in scoring on the Blues is between Schwartz, Schenn, Steen, and Stastny (goddamn we have a lot of players with last names that start with S on this team). I think Schwartz or Schenn are most likely to be second in points b/c they are in their prime years and have both produced points pretty consistently recently, and should be good for 50-60pts. Pretty bold prediction eh?

Really stoked to see a new offensive element in the Blues top 6 with Schenn in the lineup.

Schwartz with 64-67 points on 30-32 goals and 34-37 assists.

I think Petro has his best offensive year yet this year, to the tune of around 56 points. Schenn and Schwartz will both be over 60 this year though. I'll say Schwartz.

You're all forgetting that Schwartz will be injured by Halloween and probably out until Feb.

NHLTIM wrote:You're all forgetting that Schwartz will be injured by Halloween and probably out until Feb.

If that happens, I'm gonna punch you in the throat. Stop being so predictable!

NHLTIM wrote:You're all forgetting that Schwartz will be injured by Halloween and probably out until Feb.

Definitely. It will be a non-contact injury in practice too.

With the exit of Nail Yakupov, I'm gonna go with Magpie. This year he puts it all together, loses the last of the Edmonton stink, and sets the hockey world on its earwith a 30-30 regular season...then scores the clenching goal in the Stanley Cup Finals, and sits next to Vova in the Caddy convertible leading the cup parade.

Turk Sanderson wrote:With the exit of Nail Yakupov, I'm gonna go with Magpie. This year he puts it all together, loses the last of the Edmonton stink, and sets the hockey world on its earwith a 30-30 regular season...then scores the clenching goal in the Stanley Cup Finals, and sits next to Vova in the Caddy convertible leading the cup parade.

I would love for all the above to happen

In all seriousness, MPS should have a good season. On another one year deal, so this is truly a make or break for him. Hoping he does at least hit 15-20 for 35+ points, but a doubling of that would be awesome. He had some clutch goals last season and of course the OT winner in Game 5 vs the Wild.

Turk Sanderson wrote:With the exit of Nail Yakupov, I'm gonna go with Magpie. This year he puts it all together, loses the last of the Edmonton stink, and sets the hockey world on its earwith a 30-30 regular season...then scores the clenching goal in the Stanley Cup Finals, and sits next to Vova in the Caddy convertible leading the cup parade.

Gotta love your optimism, but I'd say Schenn with somewhere around 25 goals 35 assists.

Turk Sanderson wrote:With the exit of Nail Yakupov, I'm gonna go with Magpie. This year he puts it all together, loses the last of the Edmonton stink, and sets the hockey world on its earwith a 30-30 regular season...then scores the clenching goal in the Stanley Cup Finals, and sits next to Vova in the Caddy convertible leading the cup parade.

Why does Turk get all the good drugs? #NotFair

Turk Sanderson wrote:With the exit of Nail Yakupov, I'm gonna go with Magpie. This year he puts it all together, loses the last of the Edmonton stink, and sets the hockey world on its earwith a 30-30 regular season...then scores the clenching goal in the Stanley Cup Finals, and sits next to Vova in the Caddy convertible leading the cup parade.

Last yr he was a plus 9. First time in his career he was a plus player. He had a good year last year, it will be interesting to see if he at least continues the trend. If he does that, 15 goals, 30 points is a possibility.