You are talking about Perunovich? 25 yrs old still hasn't established himself? And Krug? 32 and on the downside. Absolutely an 18 yr old high end offensive prospect would look good in St Louis.
yeah, there's a reason guy like Bruscewitz was still on board into 3rd. smaller do who lack elite skills don't have much value. bigger d who lack them do. and piling up points on loaded chl team doesn't change that.
And they're probably killing themselves for it. I realize Perunovich has a bit of upside and Krug is whatever but Brzu is 18 he's a few yrs away anyway. The Blues are one of about 5-6 teams who just don't have a good PP QB option.
A good QB will not just move the puck along but will get you shots. I can't really think of any good PP guy for the Blues in the new era of hockey. I think you might just be mired in low expectations.
I mean there are no. 1 centers and goalies and everything in the draft each yr. But you don't know what you're going to get or how theyll pan out. Within another yr or two if Brz trajectory keep climbing he wont be available for any price. Teams basically never trade high end or sure bet defensive prospects.
So our most valuable trade piece with multi year retention, one of the 3 pieces we actually would want to build around and probably our 2nd most valuable trade piece (sadly) for a grab bag of stuff? Ohhh baby, don't oversell me. If you have to offer 9 pieces, its not a good deal. Quantity does not match quality. No thank you at all. That is bad. We are basically getting worse at every position while keeping the cap the same (that is your sale's pitch) for a bunch of meh prospects and late firsts. Yuck.
We have Buchinger that basically does the same thing if we want a smallish power play guy with defensive deficiencies or can sign a free agent out of the NCAA. So how about Brock Boeser 50% retained for Buchinger and our first?
Keep him then.
if we get petterson instead of willander in buchy deal, i think we need lekkerimaki too.
He's def not prototypical. When he plays he's pretty average. And he isn't reliable enough to play 80+% of games.
Buchinger looks ok. Brz is leading the OHL in scoring. I can't remember that ever happening. Plus of course we have Quinn Hughes. And Hronek. We aren't in need of a PPQB. I would def consider consider a top 10 pick + for Boeser though.
I don't think we need retention and D-Petey would def be on the table. I'm just making the point Brz is a really good fit. The counter is Krug and Perunovich which isn't a strong case. The Blues need a PPQB now and most definitely in the future.
It would be D-Petey as Brz are already in our system and not hard to come by. I think anyone could give the puck to Carson Rehkopf and have 30-40 assists and he’s just one of their weapons.
Really weird take. You are talking about a historically good offensive season by a prospect as something that is "not hard to come by". Not to mention the Blues don't have a good PPQB. So clearly they are somewhat hard to come by. 5-6 teams in the league don't have one and the Blues are one of them.
We are good. Thank you. Many a player has had dominant seasons as we currently have a smallish Hobey Baker winner that doesn’t move the needle.
You can't even make an argument for the value of anyone on your own team without the other side assuming you are polishing a turd. The guy is a great prospect thats it. And the season he's having is very exciting. It looks a lot more impressive than what D-Petey is doing. You could have him instead. It just seems like a better fit for both sides to go with Hunter.
