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Who had/has a better career as a Blue: Steen, Perron, or Backes
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I love all three, but Backes is the clear winner. I guess if you're a new fan Perron might seem like the guy; an old fan Steen because of his heart...An old fan, having seen what he did game after game, standing up for his teammates, Backes in a long run. Backes was the best captain we've had before ROR.
Backes lost the room
Steen held the room and should have worn the C over David
Perron made the difference
Steen held the room and should have worn the C over David
Perron made the difference
Louie the Blue
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How’d Backes lose the room? They went on their deepest PO run in 15 years his last season as C
TheDizee
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along with drag teammates into battles. schenn does this a lil bit but backes was better at it.
And ROR came in and lifted the Conn and the Cup and earned the C when Pie walked.
Backes was a Captain but that team behind him and the system they played in was what rolled it, not him. I've never been totally convinced that he was C material though he tried to wear it right. Steen was a better voice in the room than him, IMO and I would have preferred him to wear the C, but things as they are, I'm fine with him not wearing the C but having his 'c'ignature engraved on the Cup.
Perron is just on a whole different level.
Perron's career was almost cut short but he battled back from it and look at him now. If I looked up resilience in the dictionary, there'd be a pic of DP57.
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You claimed he lost the room. I've never seen any articles or comments suggesting that he had lost the room.
ROR is a better player than Backes, but I feel like Backes is being penalized for the talent that was around him and don't see how he can be viewed significantly different from Steen.
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KingPuckChoo
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How can anyone vote Backes when compared to Steen or Perron? Steen played until his body broke down as a Blue, Perron is worth way more than he's paid and that's all because he wants to be here. Backes took no pay cut and ran off for a payday, kind of like our last Captain.
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Yeah I’m going to echo everyone else here.
It’s Steen and I don’t really see any argument for Backes at all.
It’s Steen and I don’t really see any argument for Backes at all.
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It’s a really great question. I went with Steen, he was an all time Swiss army knife type player. Thank God Toronto is Toronto.
I voted Backes. He was the backbone of the strong Hitch teams in St. Louis. The West was just so deep during those Hitch years (LA/Chicago). If the Blues had been an Eastern Conference team they'd of had a couple Finals for sure.
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we had leaky goaltending at key spots in those years too.
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Perron is the best player of all 3 and has had better longevity at a higher level. He's benefited from not having to be THE guy like Backes was for a while, but Perron is a better now than Backes was at any point in his career
That’s cool. He got the money (59M career) and Steen (58M career) and Perron (somewhere around 45M?) got their names on the Cup.
Which is going to last longer?
Yeah, and Nazem Kadri is going to get his name on the cup this year. WGAF? At the end of the day, these guys (and especially these 3) put their bodies on the line and they are going to feel the effects for the rest of their life. I am not going to ding them for getting as much money as they can for as long as they can for that sacrifice. And I haven’t even brought up the fact that Steen got the term Backes wanted here. Had the numbers been reversed, would Steen have stayed? I think it is silly to ask these guys to destroy their bodies and then be loyal. Where’s your loyalty? Match the Boston offer. Of course, had we done that after the 1st season of the contract everyone here would be trying to think up a way to move it like they did with Steen’s contract.
Like others are saying, 1 and 2 are interchangable between Perron and Steen. Backes is a clear third. The only argument people are putting up for Backes as number 1 is because of hypotheticals. The question is about their careers as Blues and Steen and Perron both won a cup while being very important pieces. Backes did not. There is no use saying "IF Backes was on the 2019 team" or "IF prime Backes played on this 2022 roster" because he was not.
I don't fault any professional athlete for taking the money when possible and still love Backes as a player and a true Blue, but the facts are the facts and he left the team and that team went on to bigger and better things, winning their first Cup after he left, ironically against the team he left us for.
I don't fault any professional athlete for taking the money when possible and still love Backes as a player and a true Blue, but the facts are the facts and he left the team and that team went on to bigger and better things, winning their first Cup after he left, ironically against the team he left us for.
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I went with Steen, but Perron will surpass him if he resigns here. Steen was an incredible 2-way player on this team and was a vocal leader throughout his time playing. He, along with Perron, helped the Blues to their first cup and really, that's kinda all that matters. Production wise, he has scored more than Perron, but should Perron play here another year, he will pass him in fewer games. However, without Perron being shipped out, who really knows if he ever becomes the player he is now? Hard to say, but Perron and Steen have always been two players I really liked a lot.
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This is tough because for 4-5 years backes was the face of our franchise and our most impactful Fwd that led us out of the rebuild…..steen was fantastic but minus 1-2 seasons wasnt at backes’s level imo in terms of offense and just overall impact on the game. And Perron is just a crazy story, insane on the PP and has been a quality player for us in three different stints.
I’d probably go based on their best 3-5 seasons in the note:
1. Backes
2. Steen
3. Perron
But based on longevity and consistent play I’d have to go steen #1, he was huge for us on the cup run, as was Perron. I think it’s cool that we watched steen legitimately play a new role in the same jersey year after year and wasn’t selfish about it. He was a top line scorer some years, a middle 6 defensive role type that could score and even by the end a 4th line shutdown/ puck management type & PK’er that chipped in with some big goals.
But I totally understand why Perron could be 1 or 2. But I think personally we’re not giving a guy like backes the recognition he deserves
I’d probably go based on their best 3-5 seasons in the note:
1. Backes
2. Steen
3. Perron
But based on longevity and consistent play I’d have to go steen #1, he was huge for us on the cup run, as was Perron. I think it’s cool that we watched steen legitimately play a new role in the same jersey year after year and wasn’t selfish about it. He was a top line scorer some years, a middle 6 defensive role type that could score and even by the end a 4th line shutdown/ puck management type & PK’er that chipped in with some big goals.
But I totally understand why Perron could be 1 or 2. But I think personally we’re not giving a guy like backes the recognition he deserves
The Avs are beating the Bolts and Rags? We took 2 games with missing key players.
Cup is heading East this year.
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