2022-2023 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread

[PJJJP]

Looking at the muddled Central the Blues on paper should absolutely be in the top 3. Dallas and Colorado seem like the two teams that will find themselves comfortably in position, and Arizona and Chicago are not worth thinking about, so it's the Blues versus Winnipeg, Minnesota, Nashville. Winnipeg is off to a hot start but come on. They're Winnipeg. They can be caught.

That 12 million in dead cap space is gonna haunt the Wild the next 3 years

 

[bleedblue1223]

We are already pretty close to a wild card spot.

 

[PocketNines]

One of the three teams at .500 would be 8th in the West and the Blues are one of those.

Over the course of the season one of STL, Winnipeg, Nashville or Minnesota will join Colorado and Dallas in the top 3. The Blues should be able to be better than Minnepegville over the last 80% of the season. It would be disappointing if they weren't.

 

[shpongle falls]

Minnepeggville lol nice

 

[Brian39]

Amazing what a 5 game win streak can do. We had 6 total points just over a week ago and it looked like we had a real chance to be facing a double-digit game losing streak. 5 wins in 8 days, we're back to true .500 and are right back on that playoff bubble.

This season has been a roller coaster and I hope it doesn't continue like that for the next 66 games. I've gone through too large a range of emotions/opinions over a team that is sitting at .500 at the 16 game mark.

 

[execwrite1]

They aren't 8,000 to 1. They were +8000 a couple places about a week ago. Best I can find at the moment is +5,000. But those numbers are the return on a $100 bet, not a $1 bet. Odds of +8000 means that the odds are 80 to 1.

Your $10 bet at +8000 would win $800, not $80,000. I don't bet on the Blues anymore out of superstition, but if you can still get them at +8000 that's probably the best their odds will ever get this year.

I'd be betting several hundred bucks on the Blues to win the Cup if the odds were 8,000 to 1. A $125 bet would be a $1M payout at those odds.

Thank you - obviously, not a bettor.

 

[PocketNines]

Binnington is .905 at the moment but so is the average save percentage in the NHL. The common refrain about how Binnington has "gotten worse every single year" is never coupled with a mention that the NHL average save percentage has also gotten worse over the same period. I wonder why that's omitted.

These are average NHL regular season save percentages (with Binnington in parentheses):
18-19: .910 (.927)
19-20: .910 (.912)
20-21: .908 (.910)
21-22: .907 (.901)
22-23: .905 (.905)

Binnington also put up those numbers with heavy usage and is playoff ace caliber.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Rosen has the highest +/- on the team and has the 4th highest points between defenseman on the team. While playing 1/2 the have of the other defenseman. If he played all 16 Games and kept the same pace. He'd be second behind Faulk.

 

[PJJJP]

Rosen has the highest +/- on the team and has the 4th highest points between defenseman on the team. While playing 1/2 the have of the other defenseman. If he played all 16 Games and kept the same pace. He'd be second behind Faulk.

Rosen for Norris

 

[Frenzy31]

Binnington is .905 at the moment but so is the average save percentage in the NHL. The common refrain about how Binnington has "gotten worse every single year" is never coupled with a mention that the NHL average save percentage has also gotten worse over the same period. I wonder why that's omitted.

These are average NHL regular season save percentages (with Binnington in parentheses):
18-19: .910 (.927)
19-20: .910 (.912)
20-21: .908 (.910)
21-22: .907 (.901)
22-23: .905 (.905)

Binnington also put up those numbers with heavy usage and is playoff ace caliber.

Yes, but what about Chuckie sideburns.

Most popular player on an NHL team for fans…. The back up goalie.

 

[joe galiba]

Rosen has the highest +/- on the team and has the 4th highest points between defenseman on the team. While playing 1/2 the have of the other defenseman. If he played all 16 Games and kept the same pace. He'd be second behind Faulk.

to my eyes he is better than botz or mikkola

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Assuming 96 points is required for the playoffs(also makes for nicer math). 90 points in the remaining 73 games would mean 16 points out of those 13 games. Could also end up entirely out of the playoff picture if the current trend continues.

7 games into this stretch and sitting at 5-2-0, 6 points in the next 6 games needed to get back to the 96 point pace.

 

[Renard]

Call me crazy but Josh Leivo has been critical to the team's turnaround. He is developing great chemistry with ROR and Saad, elevating the play of that entire line. More importantly, it has brought balance to the entire forward group. Starting to see chemistry and cohesion amongst all four lines building game after game.

We have had decent contributions from Leivo, Pitlick, Rosen, Greiss. Who would have expected it?

If Leivo can stick with it, and be a contributor at 29 years of age, maybe Mikkola can get better too.

 

[Majorityof1]

We have had decent contributions from Leivo, Pitlick, Rosen, Greiss. Who would have expected it?

If Leivo can stick with it, and be a contributor at 29 years of age, maybe Mikkola can get better too.

Mikkola has been better than Leivo, and I was the only one defending Leivo when he was sent down. Mikkola is +5, good for 2nd on the team in +/-. He, Barbashev, and Acciari are the only players with more than 10 games who are positive (Barby is also a +5 and Acciari is +1).

He played in the top 4 on his off-side in the 2 games Parayko has been out and is a +3 in those games. He saved a goal in the Avalanche game blocking a shot with a wide open net.

What do you want out of a $1.8M Dman? Because if you want a 5th round pick making $1.8M to play on his off-side in the top 4, not let any goals in, be amazing in transition and put up a half a point a game, you are going to be severely disappointed 999 times out of a thousand.

 

[PocketNines]

7 games into this stretch and sitting at 5-2-0, 6 points in the next 6 games needed to get back to the 96 point pace.

You mean win all 6 for 12 points I think.

If they go 7-2-1 over the next 10 games they'll be back on pace too.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

Binnington is .905 at the moment but so is the average save percentage in the NHL. The common refrain about how Binnington has "gotten worse every single year" is never coupled with a mention that the NHL average save percentage has also gotten worse over the same period. I wonder why that's omitted.

These are average NHL regular season save percentages (with Binnington in parentheses):
18-19: .910 (.927)
19-20: .910 (.912)
20-21: .908 (.910)
21-22: .907 (.901)
22-23: .905 (.905)

Binnington also put up those numbers with heavy usage and is playoff ace caliber.

It’s never made sense. People just hate him and fit the narrative to match

 

[Xerloris]

It’s never made sense. People just hate him and fit the narrative to match

But he threw a water bottle, how can you defend such a f***ing monster?

 

[Mike Liut]

The worst case scenario…

We are a bubble team
Army keeps ROR, Tarasenko, Barbs and Mikkola
We lose in rd 1 or barely miss the playoffs
UFA’s walk for free
We enter next season without all the UFA’s

 

[Xerloris]

The worst case scenario…

We are a bubble team
Army keeps ROR, Tarasenko, Barbs and Mikkola
We lose in rd 1 or barely miss the playoffs
UFA’s walk for free
We enter next season without all the UFA’s

All I hear is hella hella cap space.

 

[tfriede2]

But he threw a water bottle, how can you defend such a f***ing monster?

Not just any water bottle - an empty one. The nerve.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

All I hear is hella hella cap space.

not really. we have about 12.8mm in cap space with 10 spots open. RT and JK extensions take pretty much all the space of ROR and Tank leaving.

 

[Renard]

I saw Kevin Sattenkirk's name on a list of Anaheim scratches from Saturday's game.

I had forgotten he was still in the league.

to my eyes he is better than botz or mikkola

He is better at some things than Bortuzzo or Mikkola.

 

[Mike Liut]

In 3 years, will this group of forwards be enough to compete?

Thomas
Kyrou
Bolduc
Neighbors
Alexandrov
Snuggerud

We better hope 2 of those bottom 4 on this list develop into really good players, top 6 caliber.

Also, I hope we still have Toro and re-sign Barbs and Buch. Hopefully we’ll have some cap room to sign a top end FA 1st liner too.

We need to stock pile picks and hit on them too.

 

[BlueMed]

Rosen has the highest +/- on the team and has the 4th highest points between defenseman on the team. While playing 1/2 the have of the other defenseman. If he played all 16 Games and kept the same pace. He'd be second behind Faulk.

Looks like Parayko and Bortuzzo will be back sometime this week. That means the 6th D spot will go to Rosen or Mikkola.. Hopefully Rosen gets it.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

In 3 years, will this group of forwards be enough to compete?

Thomas
Kyrou
Bolduc
Neighbors
Alexandrov
Snuggerud

We better hope 2 of those bottom 4 on this list develop into really good players, top 6 caliber.

Also, I hope we still have Toro and re-sign Barbs and Buch. Hopefully we’ll have some cap room to sign a top end FA 1st liner too.

We need to stock pile picks and hit on them too.

Probably not, as I would think generally need to dress 11-12 forwards to compete. Otherwise just gonna get overwhelmed out there as guys get tired.