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It was on the radio Friday, wasnt the July 2 interview. Although on that one he did say Schenn said he should come to Stl during the worlds
Blues Discussion Thread 2018-2019 - Part II
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Schenn has been a fantastic addition in every sense. I remember Armstrong saying they liked him because of his character and he has delivered.
We should have a nice leadership group this year.
We should have a nice leadership group this year.
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Agree. Schenn is an important piece to this team. Id love to see him with the C. Nothing personal to Petro, but id rather Petro have the A. Petro is the best player on the team, but Schenn seems more like C material to me.
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I completely agree and was about to post something similar. Schenn needs to be here for the long haul. Next year after JBouw and Gunnarson leave, we need to lock him and Petro up. They both need to finish their careers wearing the Blue Note.
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Yeah I really hope he makes the Rampage he’s gonna be a big help with the youngins.
Hopes he makes the Rampage? If he doesn't make the blues as an extra forward he will certainly "make" the rampage, he has been an NHL player for the past 5 seasons. I see him sending Thorburn packing.
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I think Nolan has a decent chance to make the team as the 12-14th forward.
And if he doesn’t make it in camp I suspect he’ll still see a good 20-30 games with the Blues when injuries hit or they want to infuse some toughness.
And if he doesn’t make it in camp I suspect he’ll still see a good 20-30 games with the Blues when injuries hit or they want to infuse some toughness.
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It would be a big shock if Nolan made the roster, and the fact he has a two-way contract highlights that.
We have 10 spots taken up by the obvious players; Tarasenko, O'Reilly, Steen, Schwartz, Schenn, Bozak, Perron, Maroon, Fabbri & Jaškin.
I can't see Soshnikov or Barbashev being put on waivers on the back of a bad camp showing. That takes it to 12.
It's difficult to see Thomas not getting at least a 9 game look. 13.
We currently have 8 defensemen, so unless we trade one of them then that's our roster.
That's before we even consider Kyrou.
Even if there is a spot for him to fight for, he still has to beat out Thorburn and Sundqvist. I'm not a fan of Sundqvist, but I'd still rather him as an extra than Nolan. If Sundqvist is called on then he can still get PK time and give one of our top-9 a rest in that department for that game.
We have 10 spots taken up by the obvious players; Tarasenko, O'Reilly, Steen, Schwartz, Schenn, Bozak, Perron, Maroon, Fabbri & Jaškin.
I can't see Soshnikov or Barbashev being put on waivers on the back of a bad camp showing. That takes it to 12.
It's difficult to see Thomas not getting at least a 9 game look. 13.
We currently have 8 defensemen, so unless we trade one of them then that's our roster.
That's before we even consider Kyrou.
Even if there is a spot for him to fight for, he still has to beat out Thorburn and Sundqvist. I'm not a fan of Sundqvist, but I'd still rather him as an extra than Nolan. If Sundqvist is called on then he can still get PK time and give one of our top-9 a rest in that department for that game.
He can't play in the AHL without going through waivers, and he'd absolutely be claimed by another team. We could send him to the AHL on a 14 day conditioning stint, but that wouldn't be much of a help.
I don't think Fabbri will be the question mark many on here think he will be. He's already skating, training, etc. If the injury was going to happen again, it would have happened. I don't expect him to have a breakout year, but I will bet he comes very close to 40 points this year.
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There could be worse things... Like Thorburn.
I actually wouldn't be too upset, the dude lays the body on fools better than most in the league.
I don't care if he sits in the pressbox more than half the season. I just want him in the lineup each and every time we play Nashville and Winnipeg. I am dying to see Nolan lay out Subban. Just clothes-line him!
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Wouldn't you rather play an NHL quality that would aid us in winning against said teams??I don't care if he sits in the pressbox more than half the season. I just want him in the lineup each and every time we play Nashville and Winnipeg. I am dying to see Nolan lay out Subban. Just clothes-line him!
You know, instead of wasting that spot on some waiver fodder nothing player that does nothing productive?
And if Nolan is ever out there against Subban well that's terrible coaching and it's more probable Nashville scores than Subban even gets tapped by Nolan.
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My personal whipping boy (and VERY justifiably so) is Bouwmeester don't get the wrong idea.Well, I can tell who the new whipping boy is going to be ...
We have at least 6 (Jaskin, Sosh, Barbashev, Sundqvist, Blais, Kyrou) guys who aren't going to play in the top nine that are undeniably better than Nolan so there's literally zero reason he should ever see the NHL next season barring a drastic amount of injuries.
But sure mock me for questioning the validity of Nolan even playing instead of answering the question I asked.
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Wonder if we'll see a Stone Temple Pilots line at some point this year Schenn-Tarasenko-Perron or Schenn-Thomas-Perron. Unless Schwartz & Schenn's chemistry dries up I doubt it, but would be cool.
It was certainly not my intention to mock you. My apologies. I am very aware of your valuation of Bouwmeester. I just thought Nolan had some value as one of the NHL's hardest hitters. Obviously, physicality is no longer a valued contribution. My bad.
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Physicality can very much be useful, the thing with Nolan is his physicality would be completely useless.
The purpose of a hit is to separate an opponent from the puck and generate a turnover. In Nolan's case, almost all of hits do the opposite, they don't change the possession of the puck because the player he ran at already moved the puck. Adding in that Nolan isn't going to create any chances for, isn't dependable in his own end, doesn't generate puck possession, is not any good on special teams and it gets to the point where you have to ask yourself, what the hell does he actually do?
There are plenty of physical players that use physicality very effectively, Nolan simply isn't one of them. How hard he hits is irrelevant because his hits are pointless.
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There is a giant difference between 'skating, training, etc' and an actual game (even preseason game). He was skating and training last summer and was fully cleared on July 31, 2017. He was cleared on July 3, 2018 this go around. The odds of receiving the type of hit that would re-injure a knee during offseason training are drastically lower than receiving that hit in a training camp or actual game. I doubt he has dealt with any contact beyond a contact drill where he knows 100% where impact is coming from and has time to brace his body appropriately.
I'm not too worried about Fabbri, but the lack of an injury in the 2 weeks since he has been fully cleared doesn't prove anything about his knee's durability.
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