2023-24 St Louis Blues MVP

[Felidae]

Unfortunately, ST Louis Blues are eliminated after a hard fought race to the POs.

But now I can finally make a poll bout them, so, who is the Blues MVP this year?

This one should be close, the main ones imo..

Robert Thomas
- leads the team in points, 19 points more than 2nd best
- 21st most points in the league
- 26th highest PPG in the league
- leads all forwards in +/-, 5 more than 2nd best. The only other forward with a positive +/-
- averages the most TOI of forwards on team, a minute more than 2nd best


Jordan Bennington
- 11th best SV% leaguewide
- 6th most GP among goalies
- 19th in goals saved above expected per 60 (min 20 games)
- 18th in xhigh danger unblocked shot attempt sv%


Colton Parayko
- averages the most time on ice among skaters, a minute more than 2nd best
- 20th highest ATOI leaguewide
- most blocks on team, 87 more than 2nd best
- leads the league in blocked shots!
-3rd highest +/- on the team


HM

Joel Hofer
-10th in sv% leaguewide
- 10th in goals saved above expected per 60 (min 20 games)


Jordan Kyrou
- leads the team in goals with 30, 5 more than 2nd place
-2nd in points on team


Torey Krug
- leads defenseman in points on team
-36th most points among defenseman leaguewide


Justin faulk (missed 20 games)
-2nd in points among dman on team
-42nd in PPG among defenseman leaguewide
-4th in blocked shots, within distance of 2nd and 3rd place.


Pavel Buchnevich
-3rd in points on team
-2nd in goals on team
- only other forward with a positive +/-
-2nd highest ATOI among forwards, a minute more than 3rd place

Nick Leddy
- 2nd in blocked shots on team
-2nd in ATOI on team

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[Thallis]

Binnington almost single handedly had the team in the hunt for the playoffs. 2nd best GSAx after Hellebuck according to ClearSight, and just stole a ton of points. Thomas after him, but Binnington had a ridiculous season that probably isn't going to be recognized by many.

 

[Albatros]

Binnington almost single handedly had the team in the hunt for the playoffs. 2nd best GSAx after Hellebuck according to ClearSight, and just stole a ton of points. Thomas after him, but Binnington had a ridiculous season that probably isn't going to be recognized by many.

Binnington had a good season behind a solid defense, but individually he wasn't any better than the backup Hofer.

This is Thomas before Parayko.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Binnington had a good season behind a solid defense, but individually he wasn't any better than the backup Hofer.

This is Thomas before Parayko.

Blues have been carried by goaltending all season.

 

[Albatros]

Blues have been carried by goaltending all season.

Parayko is +3 and Leddy +9 despite playing huge and very difficult minutes, Torey Krug is -31 with the same goaltending.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Parayko is +3 and Leddy +9 despite playing huge and very difficult minutes, Torey Krug is -31 with the same goaltending.

That just points to how poor Krug is defensively. The Blues wouldn't have been close to sniffing the playoffs if they weren't getting bailed out by the goalies on an almost nightly basis.

 

[ESH]

Binnington had a good season behind a solid defense, but individually he wasn't any better than the backup Hofer.

This is Thomas before Parayko.

Are you sure that the Blues have a solid defense

 

[Felidae]

Are you sure that the Blues have a solid defense

Leaguewide, it's around average to below average 5v5, ranked 16th in GA/GP.

PK% is 20th though.

Still, they are worse offensively. Ranked 24th in G/GP and 23rd in PP%.

One might argue Thomas is held back more by their offense than Binnington is by their defense. But I'm not sure that compensates for Binnington being a top 10 goalie in the league as opposed to Thomas, who is moreso around the top 30 in the league for forwards. Maybe a bit lower or higher than that.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Hofer looked better than Binner this year.