Tank and scoreboard watching thread

[Mike Liut]

The Blues are about to jump the Pens for #7. I love scoreboard watching on tank years. Let’s go!!!

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[Blanick]

The Blues are about to jump the Pens for #7. I love scoreboard watching on tank years. Let’s go!!!

The Blues will fall all the way to 4 or 5 only for them to go on a too little too late run. Finally win 3+ in a row and go on a 7-1-2 run or something to push us back out of the top 10. It is the Blues way.

 

[Mike Liut]

The Blues will fall all the way to 4 or 5 only for them to go on a too little too late run. Finally win 3+ in a row and go on a 7-1-2 run or something to push us back out of the top 10. It is the Blues way.

You’ve seen this movie before, huh? Lol

 

[Blanick]

You’ve seen this movie before, huh? Lol

Yep, way too many times. Can repeat the lines by memory at this point.

 

[Mike Liut]

Yep, way too many times. Can repeat the lines by memory at this point.

It sucks winning meaningless games late in the year. Hopefully this year will be different.

 

[Blanick]

It sucks winning meaningless games late in the year. Hopefully this year will be different.

Army needs to fully embrace the youth movement. That would help. My biggest fear is after this year Army still looks to hold on to pieces to try and compete next year. Anyone over 30 with a trade clause needs to be approached and told the new direction and asked to waive. I would like to keep Parayko though.

 

[Mike Liut]

Army needs to fully embrace the youth movement. That would help. My biggest fear is after this year Army still looks to hold on to pieces to try and compete next year. Anyone over 30 with a trade clause needs to be approached and told the new direction and asked to waive. I would like to keep Parayko though.

I agree, but I just don’t see anybody wanting Krug, Faulk, Leddy, Schenn with those contracts, and I don’t want to attach draft picks to move them.

 

[Blanick]

Krug off the injury is probably unmovable. With the projected cap raises those contracts start to look a lot more palatable. Schenn will net positive value IMO. Leddy if proven healthy will fetch something decent. Faulk is a wildcard. He has been bad this year but maybe we sell him on the change of scenery move? He has a track record of being a reliable piece a team might want for a playoff run.

 

[Mike Liut]

Krug off the injury is probably unmovable. With the projected cap raises those contracts start to look a lot more palatable. Schenn will net positive value IMO. Leddy if proven healthy will fetch something decent. Faulk is a wildcard. He has been bad this year but maybe we sell him on the change of scenery move? He has a track record of being a reliable piece a team might want for a playoff run.

I honestly would give any of those players away from free like Saad. I do like Schenn a lot though. I’d maybe keep him for his leadership. But the others can be had for free.

 

[Blanick]

I honestly would give any of those players away from free like Saad. I do like Schenn a lot though. I’d maybe keep him for his leadership. But the others can be had for free.

I mean the only one I could see returning a 1st or similar quality prospect is Schenn. Especially if he continues to play well between Holloway and Kyrou, artificially inflating his numbers. Former Stanley Cup winner, plays center, two-way. Some team will pay up.

 

[Mike Liut]

I mean the only one I could see returning a 1st or similar quality prospect is Schenn. Especially if he continues to play well between Holloway and Kyrou, artificially inflating his numbers. Former Stanley Cup winner, plays center, two-way. Some team will pay up.

I’d take a 1st for him without hesitation

 

[Blanick]

I’d take a 1st for him without hesitation

I had a thought the other day about the Jets who need center depth for their playoff run. I wonder if they would trade Freij (2nd rounder last year) who several fans were high on going into the draft.

 

[Celtic Note]

Army needs to fully embrace the youth movement. That would help. My biggest fear is after this year Army still looks to hold on to pieces to try and compete next year. Anyone over 30 with a trade clause needs to be approached and told the new direction and asked to waive. I would like to keep Parayko though.

Sort of waited too late on that one. Saad should have already been moved, same for Buch, Schenn and Faulk. But we had no interest in a rebuild so here we are: mediocrity.

 

[Blanick]

Sort of waited too late on that one. Saad should have already been moved, same for Buch, Schenn and Faulk. But we had no interest in a rebuild so here we are: mediocrity.

I agree that was my standpoint last year but we chose to try and "go for it." That failed so now move on and try to salvage. Luckily we have a ton of prospect to backfill.

 

[Celtic Note]

I agree that was my standpoint last year but we chose to try and "go for it." That failed so now move on and try to salvage. Luckily we have a ton of prospect to backfill.

The problem with going for it is we always had an aging group and a gap between them still being good and the young guys being ready. It made no sense to me to try to beidge the gap and try and squeak into the playoffs when we should have been loading up on assets. Now we are really only left with our firsts for a bit and we still sort of need those.

 

[Mike Liut]

Most of our remaining games are against playoff and bubble teams.

 

[TK 421]

Binner and Hofer are sucking bad enough to potentially ride out the remaining 30 games inside the top 8 picks. That would be a nice reward for us as fans sitting through this season and could provide a foundational piece if the Blues choose wisely.

 

[Mike Liut]

With the Pens losing, we are sitting at #7. I’m happy with anything inside #7

 

[Blanick]

With the Pens losing, we are sitting at #7. I’m happy with anything inside #7

I just hope we get Desnoyers, unless we somehow win the lottery.

 

[Mike Liut]

I just hope we get Desnoyers, unless we somehow win the lottery.

I’m down

 

[Mike Liut]

I just hope we get Desnoyers, unless we somehow win the lottery.

I like Frondell a lot too. Imagine our Swedish connection?

 

[TruBlueFan1970]

Pens win. Seattle and Anaheim right on our tails with 4 games left before the 4 Nations tourney. We could be at 5 before the break.

 

[Stealth JD]

There’s an outside chance of getting below Buffalo and landing at #4, pre-draft. Blues schedule appears to be more daunting the rest of the way than Buffalo’s.

Schafer and Hagens probably come off the board 1-2, but a consolation prize of Misa, Desnoyers or Frondell would be very, very nice inside the top-5 even if some team pushes us down with a lottery win.

 

[Reality Czech]

I mean the only one I could see returning a 1st or similar quality prospect is Schenn. Especially if he continues to play well between Holloway and Kyrou, artificially inflating his numbers. Former Stanley Cup winner, plays center, two-way. Some team will pay up.

How are Schenn's numbers "artificially inflated?" Pretty absurd to give him no credit at all for his own statistics. Regardless, Schenn won't be traded.

 

[Stealth JD]

How are Schenn's numbers "artificially inflated?" Pretty absurd to give him no credit at all for his own statistics. Regardless, Schenn won't be traded.

The cliff with Schenn is approaching… we saw that with the first 30 games of this year. Better to move a guy a season too soon than try to do so a season too late. If they can get out of that contract without retention or without adding a sweetener, they’d be wise to do so regardless of how he’s playing today.

If they looked to move him now, not only might they get an asset in return, but ultimately they could lean into the tank down the stretch. I’d be aggressively shopping him if I were Armstrong heading towards the TDL.