GDT: 2024 Blues Draft Day Thread

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Wait a minute did we give 2nd + Hayes???

Sure did.

 

[mk80]

Seems like a steal for this spot in the draft

 

[LetsGoBooze]

Wait a minute did we give 2nd + Hayes???

dont ask... lol

 

[Ranksu]

Okey, now im tiltting...

 

[RORbacon]

This is honestly the first trade since Oshie that i legit hate. Sucks. He just preached ASSET ACCUMULATION.

It really stinks and to me highlights a bad vision and assessment by the front office. With our current roster construction (and prospect pipeline) they are valuing a couple million in cap space over a 2nd. A 2nd that very likely may fall in the 35-45 range. It’s hard for me to fathom any additional move that makes this trade acceptable. We already had a reasonable amount of space.

Get a young player that fits our age group? Those players usually don’t require a ton of cap space and we just gave up a substantial asset that could be used to obtain a player like that…

It smells like an over-aged and likely over-paid free agent is on the way.

 

[Mike Liut]

Wait a minute did we give 2nd + Hayes???

You thought we were getting a 2nd? Lol

 

[Ranksu]

You thought we were getting a 2nd? Lol

Yes. Ofc. Whatta f is happening.

 

[Mike Liut]

Yes. Ofc. Whatta f is happening.

Hopefully clearing out cap room for a bigger deal

 

[Ranksu]

We have so many players who are deadmoney

 

[Beauterham]

Adam Jecho... the first pick this draft I'm really happy with relative to where we pick him.

Rest has been quite dissapointing IMO.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Yes. Ofc. Whatta f is happening.

It all depends on what’s done with the cap space.

 

[BleedBlue14]

It really stinks and to me highlights a bad vision and assessment by the front office. With our current roster construction (and prospect pipeline) they are valuing a couple million in cap space over a 2nd. A 2nd that very likely may fall in the 35-45 range. It’s hard for me to fathom any additional move that makes this trade acceptable. We already had a reasonable amount of space.

Get a young player that fits our age group? Those players usually don’t require a ton of cap space and we just gave up a substantial asset that could be used to obtain a player like that…

It smells like an over-aged and likely over-paid free agent is on the way.

I would be ok if the result was the Blues signing Chandler Stephenson.

At any rate though. Why not just use Hayes as a 4th liner or extra forward. There’s no way we’re going to spend all the access cap we have

 

[stl76]

Really liking our drafting so far. Kos and Jecho in the 3rd are good value.

Absolutely f***ing hate attaching a 2025 2nd to Hayes. I need to relax IRL because that made me furious and people around me are noticing lol

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Hopefully clearing out cap room for a bigger deal

Draisaitl

 

[Celtic Note]

I really don’t get or like attaching a second to Hayes. We shouldnt have traded for him in the first place. We didn’t need to try for the playoffs this past year. It was rushed and shortsighted. We would have benefited from a higher draft selection in this draft.

We shouldn’t be wasting assets on vets we don’t need and we absolutely shouldn’t be attaching assets to move them out. We need every pick we can get to either try and draft talent or use it to trade for young talent.

 

[stl76]

I really don’t get or like attaching a second to Hayes. We shouldnt have traded for him in the first place. We didn’t need to try for the playoffs this past year. It was rushed and shortsighted. We would have benefited from a higher draft selection in this draft.

We shouldn’t be wasting assets on vets we don’t need and we absolutely shouldn’t be attaching assets to move them out. We need every pick we can get to either try and draft talent or use it to trade for young talent.

At this point my hope is we are taking on a LARGER cap dump for an even higher pick.

 

[LetsGoBooze]

I like our draft for staying put with every pick, the rest from here on out are even bigger dart throws. I'll give us a B with picks that definitely emphasized team needs. Hopefully one of these 2nd round Dmen end up 2nd pairing quality. And i like the upside of these two forwards in the 3rd. Solid B grade on picks alone.

 

[Celtic Note]

At this point my hope is we are taking on a LARGER cap dump for an even higher pick.

I was just about to revise my post to say that the only way this makes sense is if we gain a higher pick for a short term cap dump or if the PIT IOU turns into a young guy better than we could get for our second next year.

I am not holding my breath for either of those to happen.

 

[tvillewr4]

Can we extend buch yet? Is that maybe a possibility? Still wud be desperate if that’s all the move was for.

 

[stl76]

I was just about to revise my post to say that the only way this makes sense is if we gain a higher pick for a short term cap dump or if the PIT IOU turns into a young guy better than we could get for our second next year.

I am not holding my breath for either of those to happen.

Yep, me neither. Sigh.

 

[Celtic Note]

We should not be signing Buch.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Lets see what happens before we panic. Maybe they are waiting for a player to waive their no trade.

 

[542365]

I really don’t get or like attaching a second to Hayes. We shouldnt have traded for him in the first place. We didn’t need to try for the playoffs this past year. It was rushed and shortsighted. We would have benefited from a higher draft selection in this draft.

We shouldn’t be wasting assets on vets we don’t need and we absolutely shouldn’t be attaching assets to move them out. We need every pick we can get to either try and draft talent or use it to trade for young talent.

It makes so little sense, but then I think of the Wings attaching a 2nd to get rid of Walman(a much better player who is younger and makes less money) and I just shake my head and resign myself to the fact that I will never understand why GMs do the things they do.

 

[MortiestOfMortys]

Looks a lot like the last guy we took from the Oil Kings

 

[Mike Liut]

We should not be signing Buch.

5 yrs 35 mill is my max offer, but TBH, I’d rather have the assets for him