Prospect Info: Scott Perunovich (2018 Draft - 45th overall)

[BlueOil]

i like that the blues take perunovich's development seriously

i think it's fair to compare him to quinn hughes based on his play style, but i'd love for him to be decent a defense at least and that's what i hope he can build on in the AHL. vancouver really didn't have a choice but to let hughes learn at the NHL level, blues can take their time with scott perunovich.

for the PP patrol, here's removal of non-p words to be in compliance rather than testing my brain for alliteration:

perunovich's

play perunovich

PP patrol

 

[Beauterham]

The official Thunderbirds podcast where they discuss Perunovich and have an interview with the man himself. Very interesting to listen and can't help it but getting even more hyped about him.

The Perunovich-talk starts at 17:30

 

[Blanick]

It is only a matter of time,

 

[execwrite1]

Didn't like the pick, wasn't sold on his prospects, now excited.

 

[execwrite1]

Perunovich out of the lineup Saturday - don't know why.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Perunovich out of the lineup Saturday - don't know why.

Day to day lower body injury.

 

[execwrite1]

Day to day lower body injury.

Thanks - hope it's not too long.

 

[Meatball]

Cale Makar-light.

And we can add him to the lineup for free without the need to trade our firepower up front.

Scandella-Parayko
Perunovich-Faulk
Krug-Bortuzzo

Our left side problems are solved and this team has offense everywhere combined with elite goaltending.

Greatest show on ice? J/k.

 

[execwrite1]

Perunovich back in the lineup Sunday. Scored the goal that started the comeback from 1-3 down to 5-3 win.

 

[shpongle falls]

Call up Perunovich and have him play at forward for the Blues instead of defense, he could be a winger here.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Call up Perunovich and have him play at forward for the Blues instead of defense, he could be a winger here.

Why? He was best player in ncaa as a D. Why would you move him to unfamiliar position in NHL? Has that ever worked?

 

[Majorityof1]

Why? He was best player in ncaa as a D. Why would you move him to unfamiliar position in NHL? Has that ever worked?

Byfuglien came into the league as a D,and Chicago moved him to RW. He did alright. Obviously he eventually went back to D. Federov played D for Detroit when they were short on D-men, and he was obviously a C. It was only a 10-20 game stretch. Burns primarily played RW in juniors, and was put on D in the NHL. He has gone back to forward at times, but he has a Norris at D. Wendel Clark was drafted first overall as a D, and switched to forward for 550+ points in 800+ NHL games. Its rare, but there are a couple of notable examples.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Byfuglien came into the league as a D,and Chicago moved him to RW. He did alright. Obviously he eventually went back to D. Federov played D for Detroit when they were short on D-men, and he was obviously a C. It was only a 10-20 game stretch. Burns primarily played RW in juniors, and was put on D in the NHL. He has gone back to forward at times, but he has a Norris at D. Wendel Clark was drafted first overall as a D, and switched to forward for 550+ points in 800+ NHL games. Its rare, but there are a couple of notable examples.

Federov was amazing. I remember Bowman was angry with him so he moved him to d as punishment, but he was actually really good there.

 

[blueper]

Still kind of thinking that Dunn could be or could have been a really good LW or Center.
Not at all suggesting that the Blues move SP

 

[stlbluz]

Still kind of thinking that Dunn could be or could have been a really good LW or Center.
Not at all suggesting that the Blues move SP

I thought that as well. Just seemed to have s knack for the position. Conversely I remember Twist saying that he would have liked playing defense but he couldn't skate backwards.

 

[Renard]

Why? He was best player in ncaa as a D. Why would you move him to unfamiliar position in NHL? Has that ever worked?

The Blues tried it with Bob Hess, an offensive defenseman. It wasnt successful.

Hess looked like a future star his rookie season but was a defensive liablilty and the team moved him to forward.

 

[STEVIE RAY BLUES]

Of the top 20 points leaders in the AHL the kid is the only defenseman. Currently he is 6th. Not bad for a rookie in that league.

 

[542365]

Won’t be in the AHL too much longer.

 

[EastVillageBlues]

Of the top 20 points leaders in the AHL the kid is the only defenseman. Currently he is 6th. Not bad for a rookie in that league.

Yeah, I'm already looking forward to the days when he will be running a PP unit on the big club. And he is super on-ice aware too, rarely puts himself in a bad position.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

I’m a bit surprised we didn’t call him up in Krug absence.

 

[MissouriMook]

I’m a bit surprised we didn’t call him up in Krug absence.

Same here. Makes me think that there might be some very specific things they have him working on in the AHL and they don't want to disrupt the work he's putting in by putting him in different situations and a different role in the NHL. Either that or maybe he's still a little too dinged up from whatever kept him out of the first game last weekend.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Looks like with all our guys on covid list we don’t have cap space for perunovich. Rosen makes same as Joshua so he was a fit.

 

[Kylester]

T-Birds win tonight, 3-2 in OT over Hershey. Perunovich assisted on all 3 T-Birds goals.

 

[Eldon Reid]

Same here. Makes me think that there might be some very specific things they have him working on in the AHL and they don't want to disrupt the work he's putting in by putting him in different situations and a different role in the NHL. Either that or maybe he's still a little too dinged up from whatever kept him out of the first game last weekend.

It is cap related reasons.

COVID player still count against cap. His bonuses are so high that there are ramifications for them. Why Rosen was called up over him.

 

[MissouriMook]

T-Birds win tonight, 3-2 in OT over Hershey. Perunovich assisted on all 3 T-Birds goals.

Now has 13 points in 7 games.