Prospect Info: Blues 2024-2025 Prospect Thread

[PocketNines]

Love them both, but I’m not sure Otto has enough offensive upside to play on the top line imo. To me, he seems like a very good all around 3rd liner with 2nd line potential. But hell, who knows.

There was a 12-18 month period about 11 years or so ago where Alex Steen was our best forward and I have imaginings of Otto outstripping expectations in a similar fashion

 

[Mike Liut]

There was a 12-18 month period about 11 years or so ago where Alex Steen was our best forward and I have imaginings of Otto outstripping expectations in a similar fashion

True, but that top line of Steen - Backes - Oshie wasn’t a cup caliber top line imo.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

I've seen about 20 games of Otto Stenberg by now and I don't see a top line player. I see an impactful two-way, middle-6 winger (most likely a 2nd line player during his prime).

Maybe there's some untapped offensive potential in there, but I see a guy who will be defensively responsible, contribute to a strong possession game and be a shut-down guy on the PK while scoring 20 goals a season and setting up 25-35 more. He's the type of player that won't wow you on the scoresheet but his underlying metrics are going to be strong.

His compete level is through the roof and he's going to be a pain in the ass to play against. He's definitely going to be a fan favorite.

 

[Blanick]

I've seen about 20 games of Otto Stenberg by now and I don't see a top line player. I see an impactful two-way, middle-6 winger (most likely a 2nd line player during his prime).

Maybe there's some untapped offensive potential in there, but I see a guy who will be defensively responsible, contribute to a strong possession game and be a shut-down guy on the PK while scoring 20 goals a season and setting up 25-35 more. He's the type of player that won't wow you on the scoresheet but his underlying metrics are going to be strong.

His compete level is through the roof and he's going to be a pain in the ass to play against. He's definitely going to be a fan favorite.

I don't think he was ever projected to be a top line player. I kind of view his trajectory to be similar to Steen's. A reliable middle six workhorse.

 

[Frenzy31]

If anything, id say it makes binner more expendable next season/ beyond and gives us some comfort knowing we have a legit (and big) long term solution in net for the thomas, buch, kyrou,Holloway, bolduc, dvorsky, snuggerud, stenberg, neighbours, Broberg lindstein, jiricek era in 2+ years

with all that being said, anyone else sense a kyrou for werenski trade on the docket a year or so from now? lol

Why? We have a ton of D and Werebski isn’t healthy.

 

[DatDude44]

Why? We have a ton of D and Werebski isn’t healthy.

We don’t have any #1’s. Krug and Leddy will be gone in 2-3 years if not sooner, we’re gonna have a glutton of high end young fwds and only so many spots available…. and every championship team has a bonafide #1D.

Love what i've seen out of broberg so far, but i'm not ready to count him as our future pietrangelo/doughty/hedman etc...etc...

 

[Reality Czech]

I've seen about 20 games of Otto Stenberg by now and I don't see a top line player. I see an impactful two-way, middle-6 winger (most likely a 2nd line player during his prime).

Maybe there's some untapped offensive potential in there, but I see a guy who will be defensively responsible, contribute to a strong possession game and be a shut-down guy on the PK while scoring 20 goals a season and setting up 25-35 more. He's the type of player that won't wow you on the scoresheet but his underlying metrics are going to be strong.

His compete level is through the roof and he's going to be a pain in the ass to play against. He's definitely going to be a fan favorite.

Maybe an Ondrej Palat type player? I'm not only saying that because he looks like him. Or am I?

 

[Frenzy31]

We don’t have any #1’s. Krug and Leddy will be gone in 2-3 years if not sooner, we’re gonna have a glutton of high end young fwds and only so many spots available…. and every championship team has a bonafide #1D.

Love what i've seen out of broberg so far, but i'm not ready to count him as our future pietrangelo/doughty/hedman etc...etc...

Is he a #1 dman? A few years ago, I would have said yes, hands down. But with his past injuries... He is a number 1 dman on one of the worst teams in the league. What would he be on a top team?

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I echo the call for elite talent on the Blues. The team needs it.

One of our Russians is gonna go full on Babushka doll and molt toward stardom.

 

[DatDude44]

Is he a #1 dman? A few years ago, I would have said yes, hands down. But with his past injuries... He is a number 1 dman on one of the worst teams in the league. What would he be on a top team?

He'd be relieved with quality teammates and probably take his game to another level.

He was injured two seasons ago dude. Last year he played 70 games and had 57 points and was an even +/- on a dogsh** team. Led the team in +/- too. Averaged 26 mins a night as well.

It doesn't have to be werenski, but he's the only one i see potentially ever being available. and yes he's defintiely a #1 Defenceman. Nothing suggests he's not, outside of your opinion from an injury 2 years ago.

 

[STL fan in MN]

According to PuckPedia, Simon Robertsson was taken off IR and assigned to the T-birds yesterday. Not seeing it anywhere official but I assume that’s valid and hopefully he’s back healthy now and can pick up where he left off after a solid camp with the Blues.

 

[PocketNines]

Peterson, Robertsson, Jjoohhaanneessoonn, Dickinson, have I left out any of the sons?

 

[Frenzy31]

He'd be relieved with quality teammates and probably take his game to another level.

He was injured two seasons ago dude. Last year he played 70 games and had 57 points and was an even +/- on a dogsh** team. Led the team in +/- too. Averaged 26 mins a night as well.

It doesn't have to be werenski, but he's the only one i see potentially ever being available. and yes he's defintiely a #1 Defenceman. Nothing suggests he's not, outside of your opinion from an injury 2 years ago.

I would point to OEL and Chychrun. Being top player means you get all of the grade A opportunities. Brad Boyes is another one. I think we need to focus on adding elite forward vs trading 1. The D appears solid right now.

 

[DatDude44]

I would point to OEL and Chychrun. Being top player means you get all of the grade A opportunities. Brad Boyes is another one. I think we need to focus on adding elite forward vs trading 1. The D appears solid right now.

He’s more talented than chycrun and OEL.

Are u seriously comparing werenski to Brad boyes? Werenski was a stud when they were a playoff team too.

I’m talking our D core down the line. Like yes Broberg has been great so far but by no means is this a championship D core, especially 2+ years from now when Parayko and Faulk are older.

It doesn’t have to be Werenski, but I don’t see any other elite options becoming available.

I honestly think missing out on Zeev Buium could be what bites us in the a** in 3-5 years if we don’t find an all situations #1.

Love the potential of lindstein and Jiricek. Love what I’ve seen out of Broberg so far. But I don’t see any of these guys as elite #1 D in the future, though for our sake I hope I’m wrong


I just hope we don’t spend 5-10 years losing in the 2nd rd with our next wave wishing we had that all around #1

 

[PocketNines]

not getting Buium when it could have happened hurt. that whole run of 5-6 picks right before ours was BRUTAL

 

[Vladys Gumption]

not getting Buium when it could have happened hurt. that whole run of 5-6 picks right before ours was BRUTAL

After everything we’ve heard since the draft I have a suspicion we were locked in on Jiricek and would have taken him even if Buium was still there.

 

[PocketNines]

After everything we’ve heard since the draft I have a suspicion we were locked in on Jiricek and would have taken him even if Buium was still there.

Which I also grasp and that's why this guy better be good, when Philly announced the trade I was sure we had moved up to get Buium but when he went instead to our rival it really sucked

 

[STL fan in MN]

Just secured a couple tickets for the Gophers home opener this Friday. First time at Mariucci. Looking forward to seeing Snuggy in person.

 

[Majorityof1]

After everything we’ve heard since the draft I have a suspicion we were locked in on Jiricek and would have taken him even if Buium was still there.

Possibly, but everything we have heard was couched in the lens that we got Jiricek or that we most likely be picking after the other D were off the board. They wouldn't release an anatomy of the draft video showing us scrambling for options after Buium was nabbed. It's all PR for the players we got. We were rumored to have inquired about moving up. I doubt that was for Jiricek.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

After everything we’ve heard since the draft I have a suspicion we were locked in on Jiricek and would have taken him even if Buium was still there.

I believe Buium was the Blues' target. I'm not too sure about A. Jiricek or his brother. Adam hasn't played since December, 2023 and David is off to an inauspicious start. Both are young as heck, but the jury is way out.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I believe Buium was the Blues' target. I'm not too sure about A. Jiricek or his brother. Adam hasn't played since December, 2023 and David is off to an inauspicious start. Both are young as heck, but the jury is way out.

Buium was absolutely my preference. I desperately wanted to trade up when he dropped.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

I believe Buium was the Blues' target. I'm not too sure about A. Jiricek or his brother. Adam hasn't played since December, 2023 and David is off to an inauspicious start. Both are young as heck, but the jury is way out.

Given how our draft unfolded, I don't think we were super high on Buium. We took several BIG D. It's hard to tell from the video they put out, but my theory is guy we may have wanted was Dickinson; he went right before Buium, which is why I think we didn't pull trigger on Philly deal. Jiricek was likely our top remaining guy at that point and I think we were relatively confident that he would fall. Not saying that we necessarily were right to not be all in on Buium, just that is how I read the draft for us.

 

[SirPaste]

Buium was absolutely my preference. I desperately wanted to trade up when he dropped.

I really thought we did, especially after Strick was tweeting that Army was in talks with Philly as they were on the clock. I was so disappointed when it was announced it was actually Minnesota.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I really thought we did, especially after Strick was tweeting that Army was in talks with Philly as they were on the clock. I was so disappointed when it was announced it was actually Minnesota.

You and me both. I was so excited thinking he was going to make it to us. And then I watching him go to Minnesota…that was a brutal sequence of events.