I find the bashing of Blues fans in this thread for their stance on Parayko interesting.
For starters, Blues fans in this thread have just been saying that JVR does not have much value to our team based on our team needs. Which is completely fair and true. Certainly not the same value he has to TOR or other teams. The only person in this thread who has said JVR has no value at all is a canucks fan:
jvr has no value. he will fetch a b prospect at the trade deadline.
2 ufa years is not worth a blue chip prospect
Secondly, yes we do value Parayko very highly, as we should. Blues fans have had the privileged of watching some truly great Dmen over the years and after watching ~100 games of Parayko you will be hard pressed to find a Blues fan who does not believe he will be a great player for a long time. This includes guys like Al MacInnis and Ken Hitchcock. However there are plenty of non-Blues fans who have watched the kid play and are just as sure that he is the real deal. If you disagree, that's fine. Just please stop making threads about him...
Which brings me to my final point. Rarely if ever do Blues fans make threads trying to trade Parayko or otherwise determine his value. It is almost always other fan bases trying to trade for him with a mix of spare parts that are not even close in value or players that may be similar in value in a vacuum but do not fit our team needs at all. Parayko is already the Blues second best defenseman and has plenty of room to improve. The only reason Shattenkirk is on the trade block instead of being happily locked up long term in Saint Louis is how incredible Parayko has been. It would make ZERO sense for Stl to trade Parayko right now.