flyersfan018
Registered User
How about
Staal + 2nd rounder
For
Schwartz
That's pretty awful tbh.
How about
Staal + 2nd rounder
For
Schwartz
Fabbri is completely off the table unless it's for some silly deal the Blues couldn't pass up.
Talk about an exercise in futility, this thread. The initial premise was flawed that the Blues need a center to replace Backes. 1) Backes wasn't going to be a center for us in the future, and wasn't down the stretch for last year. 2) We have enough middle 6, solid defensive players who can play center (Steen, Stastny, Sobotka, Berglund). If we get a center, we need an offensive guy to pair with Tarasenko. 3) Blues also don't have the cap for Staal without sending cap back, and Car doesn't want cap dumps.
So with no cap space and no interest, how does the thread proceed.
1) Blues fans say no thanks, the premise is flawed and there is no deal that makes sense
2) Canes fans "But you don't know how awesome our guy is", which was never in doubt, just his fit on our team/cap structure
3) Blues fans make bad offers with a cap dump as the main piece after Canes fans just said how valuable Staal is to them
4) Canes fans counter asking for futures after Blues fans said they had no cap.
5) Back and forth ensues.....
6) Everyone realizes, the premise is flawed and there is no deal that makes sense
Why would we trade for a guy nearing the end of his prime that gets paid 6m a year for a number of years, when we could have just resigned Backes for free? We let go of Backes for a reason, zero interest in Jordan Staal.
Only in the skewed reality that is HFboards would someone at age 27 be described as "near the end of his prime".
When Staal finishes his contract in 7 years, he'll be still 2 years younger than when Backes finishes his Boston contract (in 5 years). If the Blues could have signed Backes to a 3 year deal that expired when he was 35 they would have. Apparently they were open to going 4 years.
The reason why the Blues didn't sign Backes isn't because they don't need a player like him, it's because they don't need a player like him signed until he is 37. Staal is probably a better bet to still be productive at 35 than Backes at 37.
Why would we trade for a guy nearing the end of his prime that gets paid 6m a year for a number of years, when we could have just resigned Backes for free? We let go of Backes for a reason, zero interest in Jordan Staal.
Fair enough, tho Staal does turn 28 in September. How many more years would you consider Staal to be in his "prime"? It's a subjective question with no wrong answer, but I am curious what others think.
I was really trying to point out the issues with their respective contracts. For Backes, after 3 years he only has a modified NTC. When he is 35, Boston will have at least the possibility of moving Backes. Staal on the other hand has a FULL NO TRADE CLAUSE for the entirety of his contract. Given the contract details, I don't think there is much chance Staal will end up on the Blues.
But just for fun, IF Staal waived his FULL NTC to come to StL...given the assets the Blues would have to give up to acquire him, resigning Backes to the same contract Boston gave him would have made more sense IMO.
Only in the skewed reality that is HFboards would someone at age 27 be described as "near the end of his prime".
Jordan Staal's 5v5 numbers since he's been in the league:
Year -- PP/60 -- Corsi
07/08 -- 1.07 -- 12.59
08/09 -- 1.81 -- 11.49
09/10 -- 1.93 -- 13.58
10/11 -- 1.68 -- 11.69
11/12 -- 2.16 -- 12.68
12/13 -- 1.62 -- 12.37
13/14 -- 1.19 -- 11.38
14/15 -- 1.12 -- 11.56
15/16 -- 1.29 -- 10.48
Pretty clear that he was at his peak around 12/12 12/13 which is right in line with a lot of research that has been done regarding the peaking of forwards in the NHL lately. Peak comes closer to 24 than it does to 30. Take a look at the majority of the best forwards in the game. They are all at their best around the age of 23-27. Past that and production drops. (Ex: Crosby, Ovechkin, Stamkos, list goes on..)
His Fenwick numbers fall off even worse.
His numbers have been going downhill for a number of years, and I stand by my initial statement.