Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:05 am My guesses of who gets traded at deadline: buchnevich and scandella (no guesses on returns) with a possible kapanen and/or hayes

Off-season I see krug and possibly faulk with the selling point being "you'd like a cup, we're 5 yrs away and You're not getting sny younger"

Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:05 am My guesses of who gets traded at deadline: buchnevich and scandella (no guesses on returns) with a possible kapanen and/or hayes

Off-season I see krug and possibly faulk with the selling point being "you'd like a cup, we're 5 yrs away and You're not getting sny younger"

Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:41 am I don't WANT to lose buch, or faulk for that matter, BUT as we've discussed buch will give us the highest return, he's locked up thru next year, then will command kyrou/thomas money

Even with the cap going up this offseason and then next offseason, do we wanna spend 25+ million on one line!?

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:43 am

Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:41 am I don't WANT to lose buch, or faulk for that matter, BUT as we've discussed buch will give us the highest return, he's locked up thru next year, then will command kyrou/thomas money

Even with the cap going up this offseason and then next offseason, do we wanna spend 25+ million on one line!?

I think if the Blues could have it their way, Kyrou would be the one moved and Buch extended. Not sure how feasible that is though.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:43 am

Ozzies09tc wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:41 am I don't WANT to lose buch, or faulk for that matter, BUT as we've discussed buch will give us the highest return, he's locked up thru next year, then will command kyrou/thomas money

Even with the cap going up this offseason and then next offseason, do we wanna spend 25+ million on one line!?

I think if the Blues could have it their way, Kyrou would be the one moved and Buch extended. Not sure how feasible that is though.

BluesSK wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:38 pm I am really on the fence about moving Buchnevich. I think he's injured right now anyways or banged up at the least and that might hurt his trade value. I'd much rather move Kyrou.

Maybe both if we're gonna be able to land some great returns?

JMC-STL wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:55 am

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Safe travels from & back to your home. In your spare time during play, keep an eye out for a St. Louis-born kid skating for the Utica Comets: #61 RW Chase Stillman. The last name should be familiar to Blues fans.

CaptSMRT wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:45 pm Kessel makes Faulk tradeable... go get me a goal scorer Leeeery!!!

RAFritchey wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:50 pm

CaptSMRT wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:45 pm Kessel makes Faulk tradeable... go get me a goal scorer Leeeery!!!

I don't know about Faulk, but certainly Scandella, or possibly Leddy.

Dave's a mess wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:29 pm

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:52 am Looking at the standings, I am really struggling to find a path the to playoffs for the Blues.

They are 10 points being 3rd place in the central so catching one of them seems done and dusted. So we are left vying for a wildcard spot. After really dreadful starts, it sure appears both Seattle and Edmonton have corrected their course. Both have won 6 straight to pass the Blues. Seattle has points in 10 straight. Calgary has won three in a row to get tied with the Blues. Then you have the Yotes and Nashville who are both currently ahead of the Blues. The Blues would have to beat out 4 of those 5 teams listed..

I'm really finding it difficult to believe they will be able to do that.

Happy New Year

The way I see it, the Blues are one of 6 teams competing for the final Wild Card spot. Edmonton with at the very minimum get the first wild card spot, so I'm not counting them. The 5 teams besides the Blues are Nashville, Seattle, Arizona, Calgary and Minnesota. That group is just an absolute heaping dose of mediocrity. I could absolutely see the Blues winning that pillow fight over the next 43 games, but I don't really think they're appreciably better or worse than any of those 5. Odds are they miss out. Big changes in the offseason.

BluesSK wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:38 pm I am really on the fence about moving Buchnevich. I think he's injured right now anyways or banged up at the least and that might hurt his trade value. I'd much rather move Kyrou.

Maybe both if we're gonna be able to land some great returns?

RAFritchey wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:22 pm It'll surely be a tight race through February, possibly right up to the March 8th trade deadline.

LA is in a downward spiral. It seems like Pierre Luc Dubois really is poison on that team. They don't have a lot of UFAs that they might trade off, although the don't have any goalies signed past this season and a lot of RFAs to re-sign. I think they stay pat at the deadline, perhaps even try to add something (They still have their 1st round pick coming up, but not their 2nd or 3rd) if they can pull out of their nose-dive, but I think they'll fall out of the race this year.

Calgary is a mess, with a TON of upcoming UFAs, including Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin, who will both probably be overpaid this off season. They REALLY need to have a fire sale and a genuine rebuild. I don't know if they will, but they SHOULD.

Nashville has plenty of cap room, some extra 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks, and I could easily see them being buyers by the deadline. Ryan O'Reilly is having a great year there, Juuse Saros and Gustyav Nyquist don't become UFAs until 2025, so I think they make some moves to go for it.

Seattle has like NO cap space, though they do have most of their draft picks (missing a 5th rounder, but also have Toronto's 3rd and Calgary's 7th), and they have a few of pending UFAs they COULD get a decent return on (Jordan Eberle, Alex Wennberg, Justin Schultz). I think they could go either way. A hot streak, they stand pat and go for it (I don't think they'd be 'buyers' at the deadline), a cold streak and they trade off UFAs.

Arizona I think stands pat even if they fall out of the race. Goaltending is the main reason why they're where they are right now (Thank you Connor Ingram!), and they have a little cap space (Just shy of $3 mil right now), and their ENTIRE D-corps are either UFAs or RFAs coming up. OTOH, they have like $23 mil in cap space opening up this Summer and TWENTY 1st - 3rd round draft picks over the next three years thanks to all of those dead contracts (e.g. Shea Weber) or cap hits they took to help other teams make deals. IMHO, this isn't the year they make any moves, but I think they'll make some BIG ones over the Summer and going forward.

I think Nashville, Seattle, and LA will be our main competition for the wild-card spots going forwards, but we'll see what the next 6 weeks brings.

Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:59 am

RAFritchey wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:22 pm It'll surely be a tight race through February, possibly right up to the March 8th trade deadline.

LA is in a downward spiral. It seems like Pierre Luc Dubois really is poison on that team. They don't have a lot of UFAs that they might trade off, although the don't have any goalies signed past this season and a lot of RFAs to re-sign. I think they stay pat at the deadline, perhaps even try to add something (They still have their 1st round pick coming up, but not their 2nd or 3rd) if they can pull out of their nose-dive, but I think they'll fall out of the race this year.

Calgary is a mess, with a TON of upcoming UFAs, including Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin, who will both probably be overpaid this off season. They REALLY need to have a fire sale and a genuine rebuild. I don't know if they will, but they SHOULD.

Nashville has plenty of cap room, some extra 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round picks, and I could easily see them being buyers by the deadline. Ryan O'Reilly is having a great year there, Juuse Saros and Gustyav Nyquist don't become UFAs until 2025, so I think they make some moves to go for it.

Seattle has like NO cap space, though they do have most of their draft picks (missing a 5th rounder, but also have Toronto's 3rd and Calgary's 7th), and they have a few of pending UFAs they COULD get a decent return on (Jordan Eberle, Alex Wennberg, Justin Schultz). I think they could go either way. A hot streak, they stand pat and go for it (I don't think they'd be 'buyers' at the deadline), a cold streak and they trade off UFAs.

Arizona I think stands pat even if they fall out of the race. Goaltending is the main reason why they're where they are right now (Thank you Connor Ingram!), and they have a little cap space (Just shy of $3 mil right now), and their ENTIRE D-corps are either UFAs or RFAs coming up. OTOH, they have like $23 mil in cap space opening up this Summer and TWENTY 1st - 3rd round draft picks over the next three years thanks to all of those dead contracts (e.g. Shea Weber) or cap hits they took to help other teams make deals. IMHO, this isn't the year they make any moves, but I think they'll make some BIG ones over the Summer and going forward.

I think Nashville, Seattle, and LA will be our main competition for the wild-card spots going forwards, but we'll see what the next 6 weeks brings.

That's a pretty fair summary. I don't really trust any of the teams chasing, but I don't really trust the Blues either. The key is whether or not LA gets the wheels back on the bus. The race has already become for 2 wild card spots whereas not too long ago it looked like a race for just one. Nashville seems like the safest bet of the bunch to me with their goaltending and D, but who knows. The second half of the season got a lot more interesting lately.

CaptSMRT wrote:The Blues now have a 64% of making the first round!!!

BillP. wrote: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:53 am

CaptSMRT wrote:The Blues now have a 64% of making the first round!!!

They're as good as anyone else fighting for the 2nd wild card. WTF, why not make the playoffs? Go Blues!!

6. The St. Louis Blues are still a weak five-on-five team (they’re third last in expected goals percentage since their coaching change), but vintage Jordan Binnington may be enough to mitigate that. He’s been on fire in the new year with a .930 save percentage, saving 14 goals above expected. That’s second to only Stuart Skinner.

Binnington’s return to form has the Blues riding an 8-4-1 record in 2024, straight into the West’s final wild-card spot. That’ll be tough to maintain given the club’s weaknesses, but if Binnington is up to the challenge and keeps up this torrid pace, the Blues have a real shot.

Ozzies09tc wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:00 am Is our season over and i missed something?

We havent played in since the 30th and we dont play again til the 10th.

This is stupid.