Confirmed with Link: Loof 3 year ELC

[Linkens Mastery]

Blues sign Loof to 3-year entry-level contract | St. Louis Blues

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today the team has signed defenseman Leo Loof to a three-year, two-way entry-level contract.

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[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Raise the Loof baby

 

[Xerloris]

Is he good?

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Is he good?

A buddy of mine whose been living in Sweden the last 4 years has seen him play quite a bit and offered Niklas Hjalmarsson as a comp. Physical, not afraid to step in front of pucks with good instincts and positional awareness. Above average skater. I'll take it.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Is he good?

 

[ort]

I hope he works out just for the name alone.

 

[Joelhead]

Does he play in Springfield or as a bottom pair on the Blues? Is there any room next year on the Blues? Or does this enable us to maybe try and move a defender while paying draft capital to dump an overpriced player (Krug?)
This is probably a good move but it actually creates more questions to me than it answers.

 

[tfriede2]

Does he play in Springfield or as a bottom pair on the Blues? Is there any room next year on the Blues? Or does this enable us to maybe try and move a defender while paying draft capital to dump an overpriced player (Krug?)
This is probably a good move but it actually creates more questions to me than it answers.

100% in Springfield. No chance he’s with the Blues.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Does he play in Springfield or as a bottom pair on the Blues? Is there any room next year on the Blues? Or does this enable us to maybe try and move a defender while paying draft capital to dump an overpriced player (Krug?)
This is probably a good move but it actually creates more questions to me than it answers.

Until Krug, Leddy, or Scandella ate traded expect any LHD to be Starting in the AHL.

 

[Joelhead]

That all makes sense. I forgot about Scandella. Thanks guys

 

[Xerloris]

A buddy of mine whose been living in Sweden the last 4 years has seen him play quite a bit and offered Niklas Hjalmarsson as a comp. Physical, not afraid to step in front of pucks with good instincts and positional awareness. Above average skater. I'll take it.

Well this makes him seem exciting.

 

[joe galiba]

Until Krug, Leddy, or Scandella ate traded expect any LHD to be Starting in the AHL.

Rosen, Tucker and Perunovich are all lefties as well

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Really excited to see both Loof and Buchinger develop over the next couple of season. A couple strong veteran acquisitions and we might have something that resembles an NHL defensive unit.

 

[mk80]

A visual example to pair with that


in another example he got a suspension for this hit against Slovakia

 

[542365]

Happy to have him. Excited to see how he looks in preseason and the AHL.

 

[Memento]

YES! I've been excited for Loof since he got drafted. Basically a throwback, but a good one. The Hjalmarsson comparison is definitely apt; he won't score many goals, but he's physical, a good skater, and he's smart with the puck (i.e., handles it well, makes smart passes, etc.).

Definitely excited for this kid.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Buchinger-Loof-Tucker is gonna be dope in a few years.

 

[Bluesguru]

Look looks like a winner to me. I see him being a future starter here. Has some Ulf Samuelson in him.

 

[Spektre]

A visual example to pair with that


in another example he got a suspension for this hit against Slovakia

The guys head snapped back but it looked reactionary. It didn’t look like Loof hit his head

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Every team that has playoff success needs and has at least one guy that plays right on the edge of clean/dirty. It's a necessary component. If those clips I just saw cast Loof as a head hunter then that makes the McSorley's, Cooke's and Wilson's of the world assassins in training.

 

[GoldenSeal]

I mean sure, ok.

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Look looks like a winner to me. I see him being a future starter here. Has some Ulf Samuelson in him.

There's a name I haven't heard since I was knee high to a grasshopper. And now I'll be digging out the '92 Pro-Set album to take a look at old Ulf. Ulf Dahlen is likely to make an appearance as well.

 

[ezcreepin]

Super happy to have him signed and I think he might surprise in camp this year. Probably not make the team (even though the Blues need some bruisers), but he will be a great addition in a couple of seasons. We gotta do something with this left side to make room for the guys coming up, but I think the defense will come together as a unit probably around 2025, unless these guys have an Edmundson and Parayko camp.

 

[Mike Liut]

I love mean mofo’s. Tucker has some toughness too.

 

[stlbluz]

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