BleedBlue14
UrGeNcY
Would you trade Kyrou for a potentially equal young cost controlled player at LHD??
I’m trying to figure out where he’s going to fit on this roster even a year from now.
He’s projected to play his natural RW position. Entering the 2020-21 season the Blues will have 10 players in Tarasenko, Perron, Thomas, Schwartz, Blais, Fabbri, Barbashev, Sanford, Steen, & Sanford vying for 8 positions not including Kyrou..
If Schenn is gone and Thomas moves to C it’s still 9 wingers. They will also have Kostin and possibly Poganski, MacMac, & Toropchenko challenging for a spot.
I like Kyrou a lot but it’s just crazy depth which is what the organization is lacking at LHD.
If they traded for a young LHD it would give them Dunn + the new person long term to fill out the top 2 pairings.
Short answer no.
Long answer: I think we really need to figure out what our 3 d pairings are going to look like.
Something tells me two of Parayko Faulk Pietro will be playing together quite a bit this season. If this is the case absolutely not.
If this doesn’t work out we still have options and a lot of depth on the left side.
I think the plan with Kyrou is dependent on what we see happen with Schenner. I would be more shocked if we Re-upped Schenner than if we let him walk. To me the most logical future plan as some guys move on or fade out is the following (assuming Pietro and Schwartz re-sign)
Schwartz - Thomas - Tarasenko
XXX - God - Perron
XXX - Bozak Kyrou
Barbie - Sunny - Steen/replacement once contract is up.
Dunn - Pietro
JBo - Parayko
Gunnar - Faulk
Bort
Defensive pairings will be a mix and match and I can almost assure you someone on the right will be playing on the left from time to time to get more minutes. As we saw last season I don’t think management is completely comfortable using Dunn as an all situations top 4 and moreso as an offensive spark plug. We still have the flexibility to move him up/down but can also do the same with Faulk I’d imagine.
The XXX on the forward groupings are confusing to me after this camp. I really like Blais and what he brings to the table. I also really like Kostin and how impactful he can be on the game. I’m not too high on Sanford, however he has had success at times with 90-57 and I’d imagine short term he’s slotted in. Most of our other prospects are probsbly best suited as injury call ups and or fourth liners.
As always things will change and players will move teams and regress and improve. But if I had money on what the plan going forward is. This would be it.
I really like our injury call up options right now in Borgman-Mikkola- Poulot- Reinke. I think adding another doesn’t make a lot of sense.