LetsGoBooze
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Clarke looked horrible last night, did zero to stand out. I can see why he's been riding the pressbox, prolly should just eat a bunch of ahl minutes and develop further.
2024-2025 Blues Trade Proposals Thread.
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I think JR is trolling me now. His new article this morning begins:
"It’s doubtful that St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong was basing important decisions about the future of the franchise on the bounce of a puck Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena."
Two sentences later:
"A loss could have meant putting more thought into the phone calls that will continue to come on captain Brayden Schenn and perhaps others."
Why would a loss mean more thought into phone calls about trading players if the outcome of the game didn't matter? Just tell me he's trolling me so I can stop trying to figure this out.
"It’s doubtful that St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong was basing important decisions about the future of the franchise on the bounce of a puck Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena."
Two sentences later:
"A loss could have meant putting more thought into the phone calls that will continue to come on captain Brayden Schenn and perhaps others."
Why would a loss mean more thought into phone calls about trading players if the outcome of the game didn't matter? Just tell me he's trolling me so I can stop trying to figure this out.
ScratchCatFever
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bleedblue1223
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Yeah, that's the issue with guys like Clarke, Nemec, D. Jiricek. They have high value because of draft pedigree, certainly still have lots of upside, but development has highlighted just as many issues.
It’s obvious that the aging, 2019-cup-run center that Berube really covets and wants to empty the asset chambers on is Sundqvist.
WeWentBlues
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I would be shopping some of our magic beans to add to the NHL roster at this point.
Chandler Stephenson anyone? Probably too much term but could be surplus value with the rising cap. Slotting Stephenson inbetween Kyrou and Holloway is intriguing to me.
Chandler Stephenson anyone? Probably too much term but could be surplus value with the rising cap. Slotting Stephenson inbetween Kyrou and Holloway is intriguing to me.
bleedblue1223
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Snubbed4Vezina
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100% no. We were lucky to avoid that contract in the offseason and I want no part of it now.
WeWentBlues
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bleedblue1223
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We don't have 2nds and we shouldn't be trading 1sts. We really shouldn't be trading guys like Stenberg or Lindstein either.
Not even if Maple Leafs go crazy and say we will give you Matthews for Schenn????
joe galiba
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I think more than anything teams are taking 20, 21, 22 year old defensemen and playing them in the NHL, fans are saying they suck, but the reality is most defensemen don't really hit their stride until 24, 25, 26 and the teams know this
BadgersandBlues
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I don't get why Brant Clarke is on the trading block at all. He's a rookie (Not technically but still) who's had solid underlying numbers. I know the Kings are a good team and play a strong, structured game, but he's got an xGF% of 55 and positive SCF% and HDSCF% while being a +11 at 5v5. Now he's been sheltered, no doubt, but he's a rookie defenseman who just turned 22 and has played less then 100 games in the NHL. He's 6'2 and right handed. He skates a little funny, sure, but he just played 12 minutes of a playoff intensity game against us and didn't look out of place.
He screams Vince Dunn to me and any team would be lucky to have him. I don't want to trade anyone off our roster right now with the way we're playing, but if they really are interested in moving him, we should be looking pretty hard at that.
He screams Vince Dunn to me and any team would be lucky to have him. I don't want to trade anyone off our roster right now with the way we're playing, but if they really are interested in moving him, we should be looking pretty hard at that.
WeWentBlues
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The cupboard is looking pretty stocked to me and we are already going to have trouble getting ice time for all of these kids. Fine with also including Stenberg and Lindstein on the list of untouchable prospects. I'd move our 1st in the right deal. Not for a rental but someone with term. With the cap going up, suddenly most of our roster has surplus value. The team on paper always looked pretty good to me and we are starting to see it on the ice.
