BlueDream
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We got Winnipeg's 1st so we will have one either way.Agreed. Not to mention the fact that we most likely won’t have the 18 first.
We got Winnipeg's 1st so we will have one either way.Agreed. Not to mention the fact that we most likely won’t have the 18 first.
Anyone think that Army reconsiders Fabbri for Hoffman this offseason especially if we can get them to take 21/71?
The cap floor exists, $16m below the limit. That could be $65m next year. They can just gut the roster without bringing in salary.There is no way we get OTT to take 21/71. They blew up a deal to trade EK because they wanted to add Ryan into the deal. They are trying to dump as much salary as possible.
For fleecing purposes. If no one is willing to work with him, then his leverage isnt great. If you burn bridges, your only hurting yourself.I get what you’re saying, but why even bother engaging with a guy who’s proven to be an ass in negotiations? Who would want to deal with him knowing that he agreed to a major deal and then tried to dump in an extra contract at the last minute?
For fleecing purposes. If no one is willing to work with him, then his leverage isnt great. If you burn bridges, your only hurting yourself.
I wouldnt be suprised if Dorian burned that bridge with Armstrong though. You could tell in DAs tone in his post TDL interview it pissed him off that Dorian asked for the 1st in addition to what he already wanted. No real harm in circling back with a lesser offer. That's a toxic organization, and I'd bank on Dorian panicking.
Yeah, make an offer. I'm not for burning bridges, I'm against getting into another prolonged dance with Ottawa. Reportedly a couple of months, then Dorion started playing games.For fleecing purposes. If no one is willing to work with him, then his leverage isnt great. If you burn bridges, your only hurting yourself.
I wouldnt be suprised if Dorian burned that bridge with Armstrong though. You could tell in DAs tone in his post TDL interview it pissed him off that Dorian asked for the 1st in addition to what he already wanted. No real harm in circling back with a lesser offer. That's a toxic organization, and I'd bank on Dorian panicking.
They currently have the 5th overall, they are a point back of Montreal and a game in hand. If they end up with the 7th or 8th overall... do they decide to not activate the protection clause and let that pick go to Colorado?If there's any guy in the league who strikes me as an Eric Staal-like return-to-form candidate, it would be Matt Duchene. Tavares should absolutely be the priority, but Duchene could be a good-get as well if it's primarily for futures.
It was kind of expected with how long they've sucked. Similar to how Winnipeg has surged into a Cup contender. All five of those players are top 10 picks, and three of them were in the top 5. It also shows how well the Blues have drafted considering how few top picks we've had in the past decade.Colorado is already scary-good with MacKinnon, Landeskog & Rantanen. I'm not eager to see that team with another top-10 talent courtesy of Ottawa. Jost and Makar will be a part of that core very soon.
We need to figure out the goaltender situation.
If whomever is our starter throws up a .905 save percentage and a below .500 quality start percentage over the course of the season, all the centers in the world are not going to save the team.
Just because goalscoring is a problem doesn't mean that goaltending isn't.I disagree. Blues are 22nd in scoring, 7th in goals against. Blues will be fine with Allen/Husso and adding a Hutton-type backup for the next couple of years. Unless there is a clearly better option out there, which I dont really see out there. And hell no to Price.
Just because goalscoring is a problem doesn't mean that goaltending isn't.
We aren't winning the Cup with a .905 goalie. It isn't 1995. This entire season might be an "outlier" for Allen, his stretches of terrible play isn't an outlier. He can't be trusted.
Take last night. Second time in about month we've had a go ahead goal cut off on review and Allen has immediately given up a softie. I know it's cherry picking, but it sums him up.
We can't keep wasting years of our best players by being patient and hoping for the best. Being patient made sense this year because we have so many prospects on the way. That's done.
Next season we need to start being aggressive to get this team in a position to win.
It’s not about getting a great goalie, it’s about getting a dependable goalie. It’s better to have a goalie that’s going to be pretty consistent over the course of a season to get to .920 rather than half the season at .895 and the next half at .945. Allen is the latter. We can’t trust what one is going to show up when it matters.There are very few great goalies out there: who is available, clearly better than Allen, and not on an outrageous deal? Its not hard to add depth behind him if you are that concerned about his inconsistent play, I wouldnt be against signing Hutton for 1-2 more years. Bottom line is that you can get value in free agency in goal. At least, much more than at forward. Im not even against moving Allen, but I really dont know how many concrete options our out there and it cannot get in the way of us adding a top 6 forward.
Adding Tavares does a lot more than Carey Price in the short and long run. Adding Tavares probably helps Allen out, but Carey Price doesnt do much to improve that Sobotka is our 2nd line center. You can criticize the equivalency, but the point is valid. We wont be any better next year if we have to count on Kyrou to be our big addition up front.
We need to figure out the goaltender situation.
If whomever is our starter throws up a .905 save percentage and a below .500 quality start percentage over the course of the season, all the centers in the world are not going to save the team.
We need to figure out the goaltender situation.
If whomever is our starter throws up a .905 save percentage and a below .500 quality start percentage over the course of the season, all the centers in the world are not going to save the team.
We shouldn't be wasting years trying to fix one thing at a time. We need to have a plan for both things. Since Jake isn't the answer we should be looking elsewhere while we look for help at forward.Totally disagree as well. This team wouldn't win a Cup with Patrick Roy in his prime so why make goaltending the top priority? They should try to fix the larger issues first, then worry about goaltending. Trying to force an Allen trade right now isn't going to help us much. We won't get good value for him and won't change the fact that we are scoring far fewer goals than playoff contenders are.