Confirmed with Link: Faulk & 5th to STL for Edmundson, Bokk, 2021 7th

[i aint Dunn yet]

sucks to lose bokk but wow

 

[Dbrownss]

Cant read the thread right now...but wth? I'm not upset...bit fairly perplexed by this.

 

[SwivelSchwartz]

Looks like a great contract to trade for Brady in a few years if ol Eugene is still there.

 

[execwrite1]

Huh?

I guess it's a good move. I did like Edmundson.

I wonder what the boys in the room are saying.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I don’t know how St. Louis would feel about trading Bortuzzo to a rival, but I would be interested in him from San Jose’s perspective.

I think he's the 7th man, and stays on the roster. Since the salary retention put the Blues under the Cap after the Faulk move, I think the roster is pretty set here.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

I think he's the 7th man, and stays on the roster. Since the salary retention put the Blues under the Cap after the Faulk move, I think the roster is pretty set here.

Yeah, probably. I think Bortuzzo is a lot better than a #7 guy though.

 

[Vladdy the Impaler]

Pretty much means Parayko and Faulk are the future of the D core, and Petro is likely gone. No way we can resign all three for the longterm.

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

Wow.

Lmao. Wow. St Louis wont win again.

 

[Unsustainable]

Faulk gets a ton of criticism, but he was #2 on TOI, can eat a bunch of minutes.

It’s crazy, I have his autograph from the Checkers and from the Hurricanes.

Till we meet in the final

 

[Meatwagon]

Im not so sure why everyone assumes this means Petro is gone? If he is a 10 mil/yr player, they "only" have to pay him an additional 2.5 per year. Not that bad in my eyes.

I think this means a couple things, Army has seen enough of Steen this preseason to know that he will have to buy him out. With Jbo leaving next year and most of Steens contract gone they could afford Schenn. Petro's increase will be made up by mostly an increase in Cap that will prolly happen now that the last 2 years have been flat.

I also think this may be a long play to protect Dunn. One, it pushes him down the depth chart making him cheaper to re-sign and Faulk can be your Seattle fodder. Then his contract is gone all together.

 

[The Note]

Lmao. Wow. St Louis wont win again.

I think you can argue it complicates things in the not so distant future but the Blues are certainly better today than they were yesterday. Faulk is much, much better than Edmundson.

 

[Halak Ness Monster]

A few thoughts:

1: It's very possible Bokk wasn't progressing like the Blues hoped. We've seen Army fire off a young 1st round pick quickly before for a better player(Rundblad for Tarasenko). Also, the emergence of Kostin as a much improved player this preseason mixed with Kyrou and our NHL depth means we don't have a glaring need for skillful forwards the next 3-4 years.

2: We improved! A lot! Edmundson was benched 3-4 times in the playoffs. Overall he was very hit or miss. He's a decent bottom 4 d-man but we have plenty of those. We got a d-man that played over 25 minutes a night on a team that went to the Conference Final. Did we have enough outstanding RH d-men? No! You can never have enough outstanding players!

3: Someone is going to be playing left side quite a bit. Faulk, Petro, Parayko will all get 20+ minutes in close games. It's crazy to believe we just paid for this guy to be a 3rd pairing d-man. Faulk's somewhat fresher legs will be huge in giving our two workhorse d-men a break after their hard work last season and short offseason.

4: My hat goes off to Army. He just took a Stanley Cup winner and improved it!

 

[AlexGretzchenvid]

I think you can argue it complicates things in the not so distant future but the Blues are certainly better today than they were yesterday. Faulk is much, much better than Edmundson.

I don't care who was better. St Louis was dead last and then won the cup. That was yesterday. The future brings who knows ya know?

 

[MissouriMook]

Yeah, probably. I think Bortuzzo is a lot better than a #7 guy though.

He'll get plenty of games on the left side giving JBo and Gunnar a rest. I don't expect either of those guys to play more than 60-65 games even if healthy all season.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

One other thought I forgot to put on my list:
Do you think Savard gave input on this move? He's coaching the PP, and that appears to be Faulk's biggest area to contribute. Just a thought.

 

[Falco Lombardi]

I don’t know how St. Louis would feel about trading Bortuzzo to a rival, but I would be interested in him from San Jose’s perspective.

I think Bortuzzo still has a role here as the last real physical presence with Maroon and Edmundson moving on.

Plus we don't need to be helping San Jose

 

[bleedblue1223]

One other thought I forgot to put on my list:
Do you think Savard gave input on this move? He's coaching the PP, and that appears to be Faulk's biggest area to contribute. Just a thought.

Maybe, but we now have 4 competent PP defenders for him to choose from. I think Faulk has been on Army's shortlist for awhile, just how Schenn was.

 

[hockensm77]

Yeah, that is a good point. Assuming there is no NTC (and I pray that there isn't) then maybe the plan is to consider moving him next offseason if Petro re-signs.

Something I noticed is that Faulk's 156 hits would have led the Blues by about 20 over Maroon. I've never heard anyone say Faulk is a tough player, but just thought that was interesting.

He lays out some heavy hits, and also doesn't hesitate to lay the lumber on guys in the defensive zone. I'm not sure what to expect from this move, overall, but Faulk plays with more edge than his reputation as an offensive d-man might make it seem.

 

[LGB]

Maybe, but we now have 4 competent PP defenders for him to choose from. I think Faulk has been on Army's shortlist for awhile, just how Schenn was.

Faulk is much better than any of the other options on the PP. His PP impact is elite.

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[Stealth JD]

This means Mikkola can't get in roster this season.

unless he really is the Finnish Parayko...in which case we can send Canadian Parayko to Edmonton for Draisaitl and roll:

Dunn-Petro
Finnish Parayko-Faulk
Gunnarmeester-Bortuzzo
Borgman-Reindeer

 

[Default]

Atleast Faulk provides a one timer..

 

[Mike Liut]

I hope this doesnt mean we are letting Petro and Schenn walk. Just can’t see how we are paying this kind of money for 3 RHD if we sign Petro too.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Faulk is much better than any of the other options on the PP. His PP impact is elite.

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Yeah, I'm just saying we've had options, Dunn was our best from what we had. I think Faulk is someone that Army has always wanted, not that Savard is the one that pushed for him.

 

[simon IC]

Not happy here. Not happy at all. I need to review Faulk's play some more, but I remember "Canes fans saying he is brutal defensively.

 

[TheGoldenGod]