2024-2025 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread.

[Stupendous Yappi]

Look at a 3rd line of Bolduc-Schenn-Neighbors. A lot better than what we iced this year.

Push Sundqvist and whoever is best of the remaining guys to the 4th line. Thats the team I want to see. But gotta get a center next.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Schenn’s foot speed will be a little bit more limiting next year and the next. Dvorsky has work to do on his skating.

I’d like them to add a middle 6 center with enough gears to center the Kyrou/Holloway line. That could become a matchup headache for opponents. Then have a line with Thomas, Snuggerud and someone else that blends with them (probably Buchnevich but there are other options) and you start to have the pieces to uograde the 3rd line a lot too. Now we are starting to look at the lineup of a contending team.

This is where I’m at. Acquire a 2C for HolloRou and Schenn can center Buch and Jake. Put Bolduc with RT and Snuggs.

Sunny and Tex the extras.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Oh wait! I forgot!

Aren’t we supposed to acquire only LWs? No centers. All lefties, so we can go in circles.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I know this is totally stupid and it’s not happening, but……..it would be cool if DA or a representative of his went to Kyrou and Holloway and asked them who’d they’d like to play with.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Bolduc—Thomas—Snuggerud
Holloway—ACQUISITION—Kyrou
Neighbours—Schenn—Buchnevich
Walker—Faksa—Toropchenko

Sundqvist & Texier are the extra forwards.

With this configuration, Texier becomes the roster luxury that I saw in him. But there are up-and-comers, so it will look different.

Someone will force their way into this roster. Kaski, Simon, Dylan. Etc

 

[WeWentBlues]

Could our answer for 2C already be on the team?

Buch-Thomas--Snuggy
Neighbours-Holloway-Kyrou
Schenn-Dvorsky-Bolduc
Walker-Sunny-Toropchenko

Alot easier to upgrade bottom 6 at the deadline if these lines work out. Also frees up cap to resign Faksa and make a splash in FA on defense.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Could our answer for 2C already be on the team?

Buch-Thomas--Snuggy
Neighbours-Holloway-Kyrou
Schenn-Dvorsky-Bolduc
Walker-Sunny-Toropchenko

Alot easier to upgrade bottom 6 at the deadline if these lines work out. Also frees up cap to resign Faksa and make a splash in FA on defense.

Not bad.

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

Last time we had to give them a 2026 2nd and 2025 3rd to get our 2025 2nd back. I’d prefer to not keep paying Pitt 3rds (or whatever additional compensation would get Dubas to do it) to keep getting our 2nd back.

Just take a year off from offer sheets. Or go bigger with a 1st and 3rd offer. Or just trade for the player with other assets.

We don’t have a 3rd. Or 4th. We have a 1st, 5th and 6th. Going to be a boring draft for the Blues and no offer sheets with no picks.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Could our answer for 2C already be on the team?

Buch-Thomas--Snuggy
Neighbours-Holloway-Kyrou
Schenn-Dvorsky-Bolduc
Walker-Sunny-Toropchenko

Alot easier to upgrade bottom 6 at the deadline if these lines work out. Also frees up cap to resign Faksa and make a splash in FA on defense.

I don’t see Dvorsky as an immediate center addition. I can’t help but think that he must latch on as a more-than-decent center or else be he will be moved.

 

[mk80]

Could our answer for 2C already be on the team?

Buch-Thomas--Snuggy
Neighbours-Holloway-Kyrou
Schenn-Dvorsky-Bolduc
Walker-Sunny-Toropchenko

Alot easier to upgrade bottom 6 at the deadline if these lines work out. Also frees up cap to resign Faksa and make a splash in FA on defense.

Based on Armstrong’s quotes alone from the end of season press conference, the expectation the Blues have is that Dvorsky will start the year in Springfield outside of an incredible camp in the fall.

 

[WeWentBlues]

I don’t see Dvorsky as an immediate center addition. I can’t help but think that he must latch on as a more-than-decent center or else be he will be moved.

Based on Armstrong’s quotes alone from the end of season press conference, the expectation the Blues have is that Dvorsky will start the year in Springfield outside of an incredible camp in the fall.

Easy enough to slide Schenn to 3C and put Dvorsky on the wing and/or sign a LW. Enter Trent Frederic.

Frederick/Schenn/Bolduc for 3rd line.

 

[STL fan in MN]

We don’t have a 3rd. Or 4th. We have a 1st, 5th and 6th. Going to be a boring draft for the Blues and no offer sheets with no picks.

You’re talking about this year’s draft. I’m talking about 2026 picks in which as of today, we’re only missing our 2nd (to PIT). Any offer sheet this summer would involve 2026 picks.