GDT: 2024 Blues Draft Day Thread

[Blanick]

Honestly a little shocked LSW is still there on the board

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Seems like a lot of people like Ralph, but he was expected to go later?

It's like Letourneau. The level of competition isn't there, so this is where your scouts take over. He had a cup of coffee in the USHL, but I didn't get to see him play.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Artanamov, Stiga, or Mews please

Artanamov is gone already lol

 

[Hrkac Circus]

They did the trade horn for Marino but not Sergachev lol

Horn guy was like “screw it, I’m eating my lunch!”

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Honestly a little shocked LSW is still there on the board

Perfect timing lol

 

[PJJJP]

So what is the return for Hayes

 

[Blanick]

LSW taken by San Jose, they having themselves a draft.

 

[Mike Liut]

So what is the return for Hayes

What did we pay?

 

[Blanick]

Wow LSW, Pulkkinen and Stiga taken back to back to back right before our pick. Ouch.

 

[Spektre]

Pulkkinen gone

 

[bleedblue1223]

Wow LSW, Pulkkinen and Stiga taken back to back to back right before our pick. Ouch.

That was rough.

 

[Damian Frerker]

dammit

 

[TheOrganist]

I want to Ralph. JK. The scouting description sounds promising and I like that we’ve gone D heavy.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Lukas Fischer

 

[Blanick]

Blues go Lukas Fischer, probably best defenseman left available at this point.

 

[kimzey59]

Lukas Fischer
Another reach.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Fischer. Another solid pick! Big defensemen. Very young player as well

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

The Blues aren't messing around with big-bodied D-men. Given what we've watched the past few seasons, I like the strategy. I just hope they found the right players.

 

[Kylester]

What did Pittsburgh give us for Hayes?

 

[bleedblue1223]

D core will have some size now.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Doug said you guys wanted dman, you’re gonna get em!

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Big D are also excellent trade bait.

 

[BrokenFace]

Well, three D with the first 3 picks. We'll see if our drafting and developing is as good with D-men as it is with forwards.

 

[Louie the Blue]

With Texier making $1 mil less than Hayes’ and Scandella off the books, that should give Armstrong some $$ to get a low-end top 4/high end bottom pair D, right?

 

[Spektre]

Hopefully the Blues can trade both 3rd’s and move up