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HighNote

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Under, he'll play the whole season. Yeah that's right.

The good thing about Schwartz's injuries is that they aren't lingering issues that keep returning. They're fluke hockey things so it's conceivable that as long as one of those flukes doesn't happen that he can play a full season.

O/U: Kyrou plays 40 games at the NHL level this year.
Under. I have this feeling we don't see a ton of injuries this year like we have in the past. We're use to having Stastny, Berglund, and Sobotka in the top 9, guys who tend to get injured. On top of those guys being gone, we're deeper than ever, so it will be even tougher for Kyrou to get extended looks in the NHL. Fabbri and Schwartz are the most injury prone, but they are both due to NOT get injured.

O/U: Pietrangelo - 55 pts
 

Frenzy31

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I am going to say Under.

I like Pie, but Dunn will take away some of his PP production. And with our forwards dramatically better, I think we will see less assists from the defensive end.

Over/Under - We finish 2nd in the division.
 

Frenzy31

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Under.

Fabbri will be fighting for PP time and scoring. We added a lot and while I expect him in the 40 point range, I think 15 goals and 25 assist is about right.

O/U: Allen with 35 wins - two above his career high
 

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Under.

Fabbri will be fighting for PP time and scoring. We added a lot and while I expect him in the 40 point range, I think 15 goals and 25 assist is about right.

O/U: Allen with 35 wins - two above his career high

I'll say over but it's because the offense is revitalized and the Blues will occasionally just outscore their opponents, covering for Allen in a few games.

O/U: Thomas and Tarasenko are on the same line for 20 games this season.
 

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Under.

Fabbri will be fighting for PP time and scoring. We added a lot and while I expect him in the 40 point range, I think 15 goals and 25 assist is about right.

O/U: Allen with 35 wins - two above his career high


Under.

O/U: 5 regular season losses to Preds and Jets.
 

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Under, I think they'll be pretty even between the 3.

O/U: Tarasenko cracks 80 points
Under. I really want him to finally hit that number and he finally has more talent to play with, but I think with so much depth the points will be more spread out so he'll get around 70-75.

O/U: Allen's meltdown this year lasts for a month and a half.
 

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Under. I really want him to finally hit that number and he finally has more talent to play with, but I think with so much depth the points will be more spread out so he'll get around 70-75.

O/U: Allen's meltdown this year lasts for a month and a half.
O: Allen loses his job before 2019.

O/U: Bozak 45 points
 

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O: Allen loses his job before 2019.

O/U: Bozak 45 points

Over. He had 43 last year with under 16 minutes of icetime a night. I think he has a decent shot at being on out top PP unit and will likely improve on last year's numbers a touch.

O/U: Jake Allen's end of season SV% at .913
 

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Over. He had 43 last year with under 16 minutes of icetime a night. I think he has a decent shot at being on out top PP unit and will likely improve on last year's numbers a touch.

O/U: Jake Allen's end of season SV% at .913


I'll take the over and say Allen's save pct is close to .920 for reg season.

O/U: Blues PP goals at 60 (keep in mind, only 5 teams last year was over 60)
 

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I'll take the over and say Allen's save pct is close to .920 for reg season.

O/U: Blues PP goals at 60 (keep in mind, only 5 teams last year was over 60)

Considering we had 38 PP goals last year, I've got to say under... I can't see the PP being 37% more effective than last year.

U/O PK is 75%. (We were 79.7 last year with the highly effective vets running it, and most of them are gone now).

Edit: Minor grammar correction, because yes it bothers me that much...
 
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Davimir Tarablad

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Considering we had 38 PP goals last year, I've got to say under... I can't see the PP being 37% more effective that last year.

U/O PK is 75%. (We were 79.7 last year with the highly effective vets running it, and most of them are gone now).
Over, even with the veteran PK forwards gone, there's no way Allen posts an .834 sv% on the PK again, that's nearly 5% worse than the next closest Blues goalie in the last 4 seasons. I think we'll end up at ~80% again.

O/U Blues have one player over 80 PIMs (Thorburn lead the team last year with 60)
 

Vincenzo Arelliti

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Over, even with the veteran PK forwards gone, there's no way Allen posts an .834 sv% on the PK again, that's nearly 5% worse than the next closest Blues goalie in the last 4 seasons. I think we'll end up at ~80% again.

O/U Blues have one player over 80 PIMs (Thorburn lead the team last year with 60)
Definitely under.

O/U: David Perron 50pts
 

Novacain

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Ghost Edit: Over, solid 47

Over/Under: Barbashev puts up 25 points.
 
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Ghost Edit: Over, solid 47

Over/Under: Barbashev puts up 25 points.


That’s such a tough question with Barbs. I would have said over before we acquired 2 centers. The question is, will he center the 4th line and move Thomas to 3RW? I just dont know. Or will barbs play wing on the 4th? I’ll probably say under regardless, but hoping he goes over, way over :naughty:


O/U Bozak 20G
 

Davimir Tarablad

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That’s such a tough question with Barbs. I would have said over before we acquired 2 centers. The question is, will he center the 4th line and move Thomas to 3RW? I just dont know. Or will barbs play wing on the 4th? I’ll probably say under regardless, but hoping he goes over, way over :naughty:


O/U Bozak 20G
Under. He’ll end up in the upper teens.

O/U Edmundson 22min per game
 

Novacain

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That’s such a tough question with Barbs. I would have said over before we acquired 2 centers. The question is, will he center the 4th line and move Thomas to 3RW? I just dont know. Or will barbs play wing on the 4th? I’ll probably say under regardless, but hoping he goes over, way over :naughty:


O/U Bozak 20G

Under, 17, but he still ends up almost clipping 60 points with 41 assists.

O/U Soshnikov GP at 25.
 

Bluesguru

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Under. He’ll end up in the upper teens.

O/U Edmundson 22min per game

Under 22 min per gm for Edmundson. He averaged 20.44 LY but I see Vince Dunn getting the bump and Joel staying status quo.

I'll take the over on Soshnikov playing above 25 games. I think he plays 60 plus this year.

O/U Blues score 260 goals this year, a 3.17 per gm avg. (LY Blues scored 226 goals)
 

stl76

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Under 22 min per gm for Edmundson. He averaged 20.44 LY but I see Vince Dunn getting the bump and Joel staying status quo.

I'll take the over on Soshnikov playing above 25 games. I think he plays 60 plus this year.

O/U Blues score 260 goals this year, a 3.17 per gm avg. (LY Blues scored 226 goals)
Under.

260 would have been 9th highest in the league last season, one point behind Nashville/NYI with 261. However, last season scoring was higher league-wide compared to previous years. For instance, in the three previous years (2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15) 260 GF would've been 4th, 2nd, and 1st highest in the league respectively.

If you think scoring league-wide will continue to rise, then 260 is possible. I'm not sure it will, but it's possible.


Now, O/U: Brayden Schenn averages 19 minutes TOI per game.
 

Novacain

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Under.

260 would have been 9th highest in the league last season, one point behind Nashville/NYI with 261. However, last season scoring was higher league-wide compared to previous years. For instance, in the three previous years (2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15) 260 GF would've been 4th, 2nd, and 1st highest in the league respectively.

If you think scoring league-wide will continue to rise, then 260 is possible. I'm not sure it will, but it's possible.


Now, O/U: Brayden Schenn averages 19 minutes TOI per game.

Under, assumint he isn't used in a primary PK role. I think Schwartz-Schenn-Bozak ends up our 2nd most utilized PP unit after Perron-O'Reilly-Tarasenko too.

O/U Ryan O'Reilly 25 faceoffs a game.
 

Davimir Tarablad

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Under, assumint he isn't used in a primary PK role. I think Schwartz-Schenn-Bozak ends up our 2nd most utilized PP unit after Perron-O'Reilly-Tarasenko too.

O/U Ryan O'Reilly 25 faceoffs a game.
Under, he was at just under 26 a game last season on a team with only one other player above 10 FO per game (Eichel). Both Schenn and Bozak averaged more FO per game than Eichel last season.

O/U Blues will have a positive goal differential in the 1st period.
 

Novacain

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Under, he was at just under 26 a game last season on a team with only one other player above 10 FO per game (Eichel). Both Schenn and Bozak averaged more FO per game than Eichel last season.

O/U Blues will have a positive goal differential in the 1st period.

Over. We have a positive Goal Differential in the 2nd and 3rd periods too.

Over/Under 0.5 GP for Kostin this year.
 

Frenzy31

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Over. We have a positive Goal Differential in the 2nd and 3rd periods too.

Over/Under 0.5 GP for Kostin this year.

I am assuming you are speaking AHL - I will go with over. I think 50-60 points with 1st PP unit time.

O/U - Thomas takes over as the 2nd line center after 40 games.
 

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