Confirmed with Link: Mathieu Joseph traded to Blues

[Hale The Villain]

Just pissed away a 3rd for no reason trading away a perfectly solid 3rd line player who brings attributes we lack and need more of.

I've been defending Staios after the disappointing Chychrun deal, but I can't defend this. Self-imposed mistake.

 

[Emerica]

I’m fine with moving on from Joseph but a 3rd round pick? Damn

 

[Senator Stanley]

That's a high price to dump a useful player on a reasonable contract.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

It really is amazing. We see this little speedster out there that seems like a useful piece and no team in the league would even take him for free. Where is the disconnect here.

 

[jake1]

Just further proof, after Ullmark and Chychrun, that the market is the market. You don't get to pick a different one that would be kinder to you, you have to deal in reality. If someone liked him better than STL, they would have traded him there.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

It's fascinating to me that this fanbase watched this roster shit the bed last year yet are so attached and think that many of the players who shit that bed are good and should stay for this upcoming season.

No offence but this is a simplistic way of looking at things. Our issues last year were
1.Goaltending
2.Poor team D
3. Special teams.

Joseph is good defensively and on the PK, and obviously has nothing to do with goaltending, trading him doesn't improve anything.

 

[dumbdick]

This is staios sending a shot across the bow of a soft unmotivated team.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Buyout would have costed 4.4 real dollars over four years and cap hit of 750k for the next two years then 1.1 the last two years of it. Basically sent a third to save money. This obviously not Eugene Melnyk cheap but definitely annoying and not something money teams would be doing

 

[JackieDaytona]

I really like Joseph and what he brings on ice: speed, motor, good pk guy. But he is streaky offensively, even for a 3rd liner, despite some decent mitts. I also wish he was a bit more punishing and physical. But a good player who I imagine will carve a role out there.

Not sure a player of his caliber requires a pick to push a trade through ( stl will end up realizing what a great deal they got once he’s in the lineup) but cap space is so valuable these days and this teams cap predicament puts them in a vulnerable spot.

If a long term pinto signing is the outcome here, I suppose it was a required move by Staios.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Chef Staios needs to put down the tongs and step away from the grill.

 

[Micklebot]

If we still bridge Pinto, this might make space to upgrade JBD on the bottom pair.

Or, it gives us the ability to give Pinto term for a better AAV.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

No offence but this is a simplistic way of looking at things. Our issues last year were
1.Goaltending
2.Poor team D
3. Special teams.

Joseph is good defensively and on the PK, and obviously has nothing to do with goaltending, trading him doesn't improve anything.

Is he?

 

[Hale The Villain]

This is staios sending a shot across the bow of a soft unmotivated team.

By trading one of the hardest working players on the team?

 

[Wallet Inspector]

If this lets us get a a good bottom pair D, another 4th liner, and re-sign Pinto, then fine. Otherwise this is annoying.

 

[CallSaul]

No offence but this is a simplistic way of looking at things. Our issues last year were
1.Goaltending
2.Poor team D
3. Special teams.

Joseph is good defensively and on the PK, and obviously has nothing to do with goaltending, trading him doesn't improve anything.

I don't know where the myth of Joseph being good defensively came from, but it's not true.

His speed is an asset on the PK, and through the neutral zone, but he sucks in his own end.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

H O S E D

 

[Senscore]

It really is amazing. We see this little speedster out there that seems like a useful piece and no team in the league would even take him for free. Where is the disconnect here.

We are seeing a two tiered league develop, one of massive money core players, and everybody else.


Joseph is part of everybody else, and if his salary isn't suitably economical, he's a cap liability.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

By trading one of the hardest working players on the team?

How do you know he's one of the hardest working players?

 

[Icelevel]

He's the Kelly replacement.

Perron replaces Tarasenko, Amadio replaces Joseph.

I like Amadio but he's the opposite of a speedster.

Omg you mean we have no replacement for kubalik??

 

[Canadian Game]

Seems like there’s more that we don’t know. I think Joseph traded for future considerations alone would be surprising, let alone the pick added. If he’s getting traded for that, clearly the demand wasn’t there.

 

[HSF]

lmao

Staois come on man

 

[PlayOn]

Joseph was bad for 75% of this contract when you really break it down. Our standards are low if we’re worried about losing a guy that was good for 40 games this season.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1808205995241247056

They were really motivated to get rid of him.. Hard to explain from here.

 

[Agent Zub]

guys they are trying to change the loser locker room dynamics in a hurry.

that's all this is.

makes the other bffs on the team a little nervous and more serious and professional. especially with tooth and nail vets joining the team.

 

[swiftwin]

Lmao.