2024-2025 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread.

[STL fan in MN]

Honestly, I wouldn’t be totally opposed to kicking the tires on Toews. Seeing if he can still play. It’d have to be a 1 year 35+ contract that’s incentive based though. Something like $1M salary and then he can earn more based on games played or points scored.

But his hometown team of Winnipeg could offer that same type of 35+ contract to be their 3C…question is, will they? I’ll be interested to see what kind of interest there will be in him this summer.

Just read this article (link)on it and this was the part that stood out to me in it:

The first week, he did some skills work. Last week, he went hard on conditioning skates. He’s most looking forward to skating with some old friends and teammates in the summer, once they’re done with their seasons. That’s when he’ll know for sure how feasible this whole comeback thing really is.

So my guess is we hear more on Toews later this summer once he’s skated with some current NHLers and has a better idea if he feels he can actually still play in this league or not.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Nope. He’ll end up in EDM or SJS with the Bowman/Coach Q connections, respectively.

I think you mean Anaheim rather than SJ.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Honestly, I wouldn’t be totally opposed to kicking the tires on Toews. Seeing if he can still play. It’d have to be a 1 year 35+ contract that’s incentive based though. Something like $1M salary and then he can earn more based on games played or points scored.

But his hometown team of Winnipeg could offer that same type of 35+ contract to be their 3C…question is, will they? I’ll be interested to see what kind of interest there will be in him this summer.

Just read this article (link)on it and this was the part that stood out to me in it:

So my guess is we hear more on Toews later this summer once he’s skated with some current NHLers and has a better idea if he feels he can actually still play in this league or not.

Same. I don't think he'd come here, I think he'd want a place with some amount of familiar faces, or a legit Cup chance. Would definitely be weird though.

 

[MortiestOfMortys]

I think you mean Anaheim rather than SJ.

Six of one, half dozen of the other

 

[BlueDream]

I've been critical of the prospect of signing Bennett, but it has less to do with his cheap shots and more to do with the term he'll likely demand and how he will age. To be clear, I don't hate him. He's a hell of a hockey player. My issue with his play is that invites the same head hunting and shots at our top guys. I mentioned all of this in another post I made regarding Bennett the other day, all of which points were conveniently glossed over by another poster who preferred to call the apprehension in signing him "Moral Grandstanding" My opinion on the head hunting aspect of the game has changed, as there is no longer an enforcer roll to maintain checks and balances. I'd prefer to not lose Thomas, Broberg, Kyrou, Holloway, Bolduc or Snuggy to a concussion for an undisclosed amount of time in the middle of the season due to some half assed retribution from a game the week before. But what do I know?? I'm just a virtue signaler..

Once again you missed the entire point.

I never called not wanting to sign Bennett “moral grandstanding.” That comment was made directly to your statement about the Blues not employing dirty players throughout their history. I called you out and proved you wrong about it, you have still yet to acknowledge or refute that, and now this is the result. You’re still talking about it days later. Lol.