Prospect Info: Blues 2024-2025 Prospect Thread

[ChicagoBlues]

From what Lindstein has said, the player is pushing to come over and club has not yet decided.

Cool.

 

[STL fan in MN]

I just didn’t see it in this past WJRs from him that yells elite. I hope I’m wrong.

You don’t have to be elite to project to being quite a bit better than Gunnarsson…

 

[STL fan in MN]

Montreal Canadiens' Ivan Demidov rated No. 1 on Craig Button’s Top 50 NHL-affiliated prospects list | TSN

Montreal Canadiens blue-chipper Ivan Demidov, in the middle of a record-setting season in the KHL, is the No. 1 player on Craig Button’s top 50 NHL-affiliated prospects list.

www.tsn.ca

Craig Button released his NHL prospects ranking for all affiliated prospects. It’s definitely a “what-have-you-done-for-me-recently” list from where I stand. But that means he gives huge props to Jimmy Snuggerud.

Blues players:
#9: Jimmy Snuggerud
#21: Dalibor Dvorksy
#24: Theo Lindstein

Lindstein rated above Nemec. That’s…an opinion alright. I am a little surprised Nemec hasn’t stuck in the NHL yet though.

Can’t say I agree with Button’s list much but his list being so vastly different from Pronman, Wheeler etc I think goes to show that it’s really hard to say at this point in their development who is all going to be better than the others. Lots of differing opinions out there.

 

[SirPaste]

From what Lindstein has said, the player is pushing to come over and club has not yet decided.

Interesting I had only read that he wants to but hadn’t seen anything saying the Blues thoughts on it, just figured the whole thing would wait until the offseason. I would be pretty shocked if the Blues didn’t want him over here getting acclimated to the NA game and his future teammates.

 

[SirPaste]

You don’t have to be elite to project to being quite a bit better than Gunnarsson…

Gunnarson was a reliable top 4 guy for the majority of his career, not a whole lot of offense but a little more earlier on in Toronto but was was dependable in his own zone and could make good outlet passes. I don’t think it’s an unfair comparison from what I’ve seen in Lindstein, quiet dependable top 4 guy who doesn’t put up many points is the future I see for him. Obviously would love for him to hit another level and maybe find some offense but other than the WJC last year I haven’t really seen anything that would lead me to believe he could. It does happen from time to time but normally guys who have never put up points at any level don’t start doing so in the NHL. Just pointing out I think Gunnarson is a solid comparison, obviously would love him to hit a higher ceiling but wouldn’t be upset with a Gunnarson type either from a very late 1st round pick

 

[HighNote]

Thoughts on Dvorsky getting 9 games at the end of March?

We have a 4 day break from March 9th to the 12th, Springfield has a game on the 9th and then 4 days off after that. So he could meet with the Blues and get a practice or two in before his first game. From the 13th to the 27th, we have 9 games against mostly kitten-soft teams: PIT, MIN, ANA, NSH x3, VAN, CHI, and MTL. Not to mention that the first of those games would be in PIT against Crosby and the Penguins. Dvorsky has mentioned that Crosby is one of his favorite players growing up, so that would be a cool "welcome to the NHL" moment for him.

Dvorsky would get a taste of the NHL, but not in games where we're likely to get stomped. They should be competitive games given that we'd be playing mostly teams close to us in the standings. He'd miss 6 or 7 games for the Thunderbirds, but be back for the last 9 or 10 games and then AHL playoffs.

 

[TheOrganist]

Thoughts on Dvorsky getting 9 games at the end of March?

We have a 4 day break from March 9th to the 12th, Springfield has a game on the 9th and then 4 days off after that. So he could meet with the Blues and get a practice or two in before his first game. From the 13th to the 27th, we have 9 games against mostly kitten-soft teams: PIT, MIN, ANA, NSH x3, VAN, CHI, and MTL. Not to mention that the first of those games would be in PIT against Crosby and the Penguins. Dvorsky has mentioned that Crosby is one of his favorite players growing up, so that would be a cool "welcome to the NHL" moment for him.

Dvorsky would get a taste of the NHL, but not in games where we're likely to get stomped. They should be competitive games given that we'd be playing mostly teams close to us in the standings. He'd miss 6 or 7 games for the Thunderbirds, but be back for the last 9 or 10 games and then AHL playoffs.

I think we’re probably getting closer to a call up after the trade deadline. PerryTurnball’s reports seem to be that Dvo is started to look more pro ready. Armstrong was of the mind that when they call him up they want it to be for good but that quote was a while ago and weren’t not going to be playing for much down the stretch so he’s not going to be thrown into a playoff race. I could foresee a “cup of Coffee” call up in March to set the tone for Dvo’s ‘25-‘26

 

[stl76]

Thoughts on Dvorsky getting 9 games at the end of March?

We have a 4 day break from March 9th to the 12th, Springfield has a game on the 9th and then 4 days off after that. So he could meet with the Blues and get a practice or two in before his first game. From the 13th to the 27th, we have 9 games against mostly kitten-soft teams: PIT, MIN, ANA, NSH x3, VAN, CHI, and MTL. Not to mention that the first of those games would be in PIT against Crosby and the Penguins. Dvorsky has mentioned that Crosby is one of his favorite players growing up, so that would be a cool "welcome to the NHL" moment for him.

Dvorsky would get a taste of the NHL, but not in games where we're likely to get stomped. They should be competitive games given that we'd be playing mostly teams close to us in the standings. He'd miss 6 or 7 games for the Thunderbirds, but be back for the last 9 or 10 games and then AHL playoffs.

I’ve heard worse ideas