2024-2025 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread.

[BlueDream]

Those Mike Reilly and Vince Dunn numbers are so absurd they sound made up. That’s insane.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

A lot of values for defensemen are weird for his model.
Here are some that raise my eyebrow.


Sergechev has a market Value of 1.3mil
Jake McCabe has a Value of 7.1mil
Matt Roy has a Value 9.7mil

 

[Reality Czech]

To put it in pragmatic perspective, Dunn is getting paid almost 1 MIL more than Parayko this year.

I'd rather have Parayko than Dunn. Seems like everyone is infatuated with defensemen who put up points and actually playing defense is secondary. Dom's model seems more suited for fantasy hockey than real hockey.

 

[Majorityof1]

I'd rather have Parayko than Dunn. Seems like everyone is infatuated with defensemen who put up points and actually playing defense is secondary. Dom's model seems more suited for fantasy hockey than real hockey.

I'd rather have both. You need both. Ideally you want your best D to do both. But if you cannot get it, there is a reason Dunn and Larsson are stapled at the hip at 5v5.

 

[STL fan in MN]

A lot of values for defensemen are weird for his model.
Here are some that raise my eyebrow.


Sergechev has a market Value of 1.3mil
Jake McCabe has a Value of 7.1mil
Matt Roy has a Value 9.7mil

If your model spits out results like this then you should probably tweak the model than publish the results…

 

[Reality Czech]

Was just listening to Hockey Sense with Strickland from a couple weeks ago when he interviewed Mathieu Joseph. Was a cool interview overall but I thought I'd pass this little tidbit along. When asked which Blues player he was looking forward to playing with, he mentioned how hard Leddy is to play against and how impressive his skating ability is. Not the answer I was expecting but clearly Leddy is respected by at least some of his peers.

 

[bleedblue1223]

I'll never understand Leddy's negative reputation that some seem to have of him.

 

[Reality Czech]

I'll never understand Leddy's negative reputation that some seem to have of him.

Just goes to show that even "average" NHLers are extremely skilled. I'll admit I was underwhelmed when we acquired him based on my limited knowledge, but he's been so much better than I expected. Such a solid pro.

 

[simon IC]

Just goes to show that even "average" NHLers are extremely skilled. I'll admit I was underwhelmed when we acquired him based on my limited knowledge, but he's been so much better than I expected. Such a solid pro.

I too was initially disappointed when I first heard about the Leddy acquisition. I am so happy I was wrong.

 

[bleedblue1223]

I remember when Strickland first mentioned Leddy as an option next to Parayko at that deadline and we were all pretty negative towards it. Part of me was optimistic because of his skating and puck-moving ability, and I think that type of player next to Parayko would really help him compared to guys like Mikkola or Scandella, but Leddy never faced the extreme deployment that he'd get next to Parayko. He exceeded my expectations in his current deployment.

Take out the disaster in Detroit and whatever happened in 17/18, and he's always been a solid player.

 

[Celtic Note]

I agree with most of what you said. I disagree with generalizing and projecting emotion onto people for pointing out the flaws in the model. That's strange to me.

Some people point are the flaws as a matter of fact. Others absolutely get bent out of shape. I am not saying all people critiquing the model are getting bent out of shape.

 

[Mike Liut]

I'll never understand Leddy's negative reputation that some seem to have of him.

Leddy is a quality partner for Parayko, but he’s not a true 1LD that we need to help this team go to the next level. Hopefully Broberg will be that player in another year, or we can trade for one.