Pre-Game Talk: 2024 Blues Training Camp Thread

[Beauterham]

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the team has assigned forwards Zach Dean, Dalibor Dvorsky, Aleksanteri Kaskimaki, Mathias Laferriere, Mackenzie MacEachern, Hugh McGing, and Dylan Peterson, as well as defensemen Samuel Johannesson and Hunter Skinner, and goaltender Vadim Zherenko to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.


The Blues will open the 2024-25 regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 8 when they visit the Seattle Kraken at 3:30 p.m. (CDT) at Climate Pledge Arena. The game will be broadcast on ESPN and 101 ESPN radio.

Last players to be put on waivers to be assigned to Springfield not yet anounced, but as he doesn't need to be waived, it seems that Bolduc made the team.

 

[SirPaste]

Last players to be put on waivers to be assigned to Springfield not yet anounced, but as he doesn't need to be waived, it seems that Bolduc made the team.

Was just thinking the same thing

 

[Majorityof1]

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the team has assigned forwards Zach Dean, Dalibor Dvorsky, Aleksanteri Kaskimaki, Mathias Laferriere, Mackenzie MacEachern, Hugh McGing, and Dylan Peterson, as well as defensemen Samuel Johannesson and Hunter Skinner, and goaltender Vadim Zherenko to the team’s AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds.


The Blues will open the 2024-25 regular season on Tuesday, Oct. 8 when they visit the Seattle Kraken at 3:30 p.m. (CDT) at Climate Pledge Arena. The game will be broadcast on ESPN and 101 ESPN radio.

By my math we still have cuts to make unless 3 guys are starting on IR. Underlined are most likely cuts.

Forwards (15, 1-2 cuts): Bolduc, Buchnevich, Faksa, Holloway, M. Joseph, Kapanen, Kyrou, Neighbours, Saad, Schenn, Sunqvist, Tecier, Thomas, Toropchenko, Walker

Defense (9, 1-2 cuts to make): Broberg, Faulk, PO Joseph, Kessel. Leddy, Parayko, Perunovich, Suter, Tucker

Goalies (2): Hofer, Binnington

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

There are currently 29 players on the roster, so they'll need to figure out what to do with 6 players.

Forwards (16): Zack Bolduc (76), Pavel Buchnevich (89), Radek Faksa (12), Dylan Holloway (81), Mathieu Joseph (71), Kasperi Kapanen (42), Jordan Kyrou (25), Jake Neighbours (63), Simon Robertsson (80), Brandon Saad (20), Brayden Schenn (10), Oskar Sundqvist (70), Alexandre Texier (9), Robert Thomas (18), Alexey Toropchenko (13), Nathan Walker (26).

Defense (11): Philip Broberg (6), Justin Faulk (72), Adam Jiricek (37), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (77), Matthew Kessel (51), Nick Leddy (4), Colton Parayko (55), Scott Perunovich (48), Corey Schueneman (64), Ryan Suter (22), Tyler Tucker (75).

Goaltenders (2): Jordan Binnington (50), Joel Hofer (30).

My guess as to who's not making the trip:
Robertsson (IR)
Saad (Non-Roster, baby duty)
Sundqvist (IR)
Jiricek (IR or Juniors)
Schueneman (Waived)
Tucker (Waived)

Once Saad returns and Sundvist is ready, then you'll have a couple decisions to make.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Tucker and Schueneman have been officially waived.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842993336501600537

 

[BadgersandBlues]

Tucker simply doesn't have the footspeed for the NHL. It's unfortunate, but he was also a late round pick for a reason.

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Robertson and Bolduc are 2 names I think are better than what we have on defense