2024-2025 Blues Multi-Purpose Thread.

[TheDizee]

A couple more injuries and we are a lottery team.

Don't worry, Kyrou will totally carry the team the next 2 months.

 

[BrokenFace]

A couple more injuries and we are a lottery team.

Binner would be the most devastating right now. Followed by Buch (especially with him being a center by necessity now), then Parayko and Kyrou.

 

[TK 421]

So how far could we realistically sink over the next 6 weeks? We're at 15th currently and I think we could get as low as 8th or 9th in that time frame.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

So how far could we realistically sink over the next 6 weeks? We're at 15th currently and I think we could get as low as 8th or 9th in that time frame.

What’s worse than rock bottom on skid row?

 

[Spektre]

Losing Thomas is bad but I think long term it could benefit the Blues.

I’m confident nobody thinks this roster are contenders with or without Thomas. It’s an important year for Bolduc, Neighbors, and others. It’s a growing year for the team in general.

I hope the best for the players but I hope they get a top 5 pick. Doubt they’ll be that bad but it would be nice to draft really high and add a top prospect to the pool.

 

[Xerloris]

Zero chance he’s back in 6 weeks. He won’t be skating in 6 weeks. I broke my tibia and fibula right by the ankle 7 weeks ago. I got my cast off last week and I’m walking slowly. My ankle is still swollen.

He will have to stay off the ankle completely for 6 weeks. You wouldn’t believe how fast neuropathy sets in on the calf muscle when not using it. His ankle will be stiff after 6 weeks.

My best guess is it’ll take 3-4 weeks after the 6 weeks before he’s back to playing.

Are you a 25 year old physically peak professional athlete with access to the best medical care you can possibly get?

 

[Reality Czech]

This Thomas news is gonna make the team tough to watch.

And frankly, that’s probably what we get. I overall liked Armstrong’s offseason but you can’t really go into a season with question marks at BOTH 2C and 3C. We accumulated too many wingers and threw a Hail Mary at the center position, and unsurprisingly, that Hail Mary was intercepted. There needs to be more of a focus put here besides putting it all on Dvorsky’s shoulders. We are going to have to acquire someone else from outside the organization by the start of 2025 Training Camp.

Who should we have acquired? All the center UFA options got overpaid and we didn't need anyone blocking Dvorsky long term. And it's not like guys like Stephenson or Monahan are major needle movers. Or we could have used assets for a trade but does that really make sense in a season when we're not expected to contend?

We may see a minor trade for a stopgap center but we're just gonna have to roll with Buch, Schenn, Sunny, Faksa and maybe hope one of Holloway/Texier sticks. Dean and/or Dvorsky might get a call up if all else fails.

If Boston is really looking to move Frederic for more offense I wonder if Saad would get it done, perhaps with a small add.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Are you a 25 year old physically peak professional athlete with access to the best medical care you can possibly get?

Are you the doctor treating Thomas with intimate knowledge of the recovery time of a broken ankle?

 

[Spektre]

Are you a 25 year old physically peak professional athlete with access to the best medical care you can possibly get?

His ankle is fractured. Whether they put him in a cast or a boot, he will go 6 weeks without putting pressure on it, or moving it.

Recovery time after the 6 weeks is where youth and fitness will help. Nobody in the world can go 6 weeks in a cast or boot and then instantly put on ice skates and play in the NHL or any other league.

100% he will have some neuropathy in his calf muscle and 100% his ankle will be stiff from being in one position for 6 weeks. It takes time to get that strength and mobility back no matter what your age is.

I guess it’s fine if you don’t believe me. When the Blues “reevaluate” him after 6 weeks, they’ll probably give another timetable of when he will return.

When Thomas isn’t skating in 6 weeks, I’ll be here and looking forward to your reply of something like “hey, it’s almost like you knew what you were talking about somehow”