Benstheman
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Steen is better defensively than Plekanec IMO and given the fact the blue have a fair bit of scorers up front they should not be dealing a player as defensively sound as Steen.
In no way am I saying Plekanec is a defensive liability, but Steen should honestly be in the running for the selke
In no way am I saying Plekanec is a defensive liability, but Steen should honestly be in the running for the selke
Benstheman
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Habs would likely have to use Steen as a 2C if we move Plek.
For some reason I always have pictured Plekanec in a Blues Jersey, I'm a habs fan btw. But it doesn't seem to make sense now.
For some reason I always have pictured Plekanec in a Blues Jersey, I'm a habs fan btw. But it doesn't seem to make sense now.
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I disagree, I think Plekanec is better defensively and has shown that the past 5 years (this year being a downyear for the team though). He's also been in the running for the Selke a lot more than Steen.
Did not know Steen would play C, but out C depth would be weak without Pleky or a C coming back. Really like Steen though, and think he's a better player
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With Backes gone, I want to cling to the last remnant of the dark ages of the St. Louis Blues.
Plekanec is a really great player though.
Plekanec is a really great player though.
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He actually centered Backes and Berglund. They really pushed him to center last season. All talk indicates they will keep it that way
Really ? I thought Berglund (used mostly as a winger if I'm not mistaken) would've been the likely candidate to go back at C, behind Stastny and Lehtera.
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After Steen got hurt, I think Berglund went back to center. It was fairly fluid but management seems to like Steen there. Potentially centering Fabbri and Tarasenko
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We have middle 6 centers coming out our ears. We need a top line center to play with Tarasenko. Lehtera just isn't good enough and Stastny doesn't click with Vladdy. Blues are going to try to Steen, and maybe Fabbri, out in that role to see which works best. Plex, while a good player, doesn't really fit as a top line center with Tarasenko either. His capability as a shut-down center would be wasted. I'd rather have Steen's versatility with our line-up. Plex doesn't fix our problems.
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I mean, if we trade Plekanec to fill our #2LW need, we'd then be in need of a #2C ourselves. So what would be the point?
If the Blues can negotiate a deal that keeps Steen even remotely more cap friendly than Plekanec we're better off with him. This move seems like even in a win-win it's a lateral impact on both teams. Rather stick with Steen and see what we can do this year since our GM already decided not to improve the team in any way.
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Sign Shipachyov, trade DD instead.
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I'd argue that Plekanec is better defensively. But with us planning on contending, we can't trade our our best defensive forward. We don't have anyone who can handle those tough defensive assignments and penalty killings like he can.
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Every summer it's the same thing. A group of Habs fans want to trade Plekanec in order to solve our top-6 scoring issues. If you trade a top-6 forward for a top-6 forward, you're no further ahead.
