GDT: St. Louis Blues @ Ugly Yellow Helmetsville

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

Tarasenko will win the rocket the first year he has a competent center and no major injuries

 

[ItsOnlytheRiver]

Josi got twisted like a pretzel on that OT winner. Just twirling out there.

Nashville should trade that bum.

-PerryTurnbullFan

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

I think it’s ownership. They aren’t going to pay people not to play.

I don’t think so. Allen will be dealt - not bought out

 

[WeWantTacos]

 

[Ted Hoffman]

but roman josi is so good ....

Even great players get beaten on occasion. I'd take Josi on this team in a heartbeat, he'd step in and be the #1 guy on our defense and I think there's very little debate about it.

 

[ItsOnlytheRiver]

I don’t think so. Allen will be dealt - not bought out

They are willing to give up assets like draft picks so other people will pay their bad contracts, sure.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

If we win all four of our games in hand, we’d only be 4 pts back of Nashville

 

[Itsnotatrap]

Bold prediction: Nashville will be trading their first and either Tolvanen & Fabbro, or both, by Weds AM.

 

[JoshFromMO]

How crazy that this team is being carried into the promise land by a declining player and a career AHLer in net

 

[elkranio]

Back to back early game wins. With NBC covering them.
That's some powerful voodoo.

 

[Ted Hoffman]

I think it’s ownership. They aren’t going to pay people not to play.

The only two guys I can remember us buying out were Dallas Drake and Jay McKee; both of those were when Pleau was the GM and both guys only had a year left on their contracts. [CapFriendly shows us as having 0 buyouts ever and that's demonstrably incorrect. Pretty sure it's missing a handful of others from prior years, too - but that's a rant for another time.]

Yeah, it was also different ownership but Armstrong hasn't shown an inclination to do buyouts in his tenure. He's shown more of a willingness to package assets with crappy contracts to get other teams to take them [i.e., Lehtera, Sobotka/Berglund] to get mistakes to go away. I would expect Allen will be the same kind of move.

 

[Eldon Reid]

Bold prediction: Nashville will be trading their first and either Tolvanen & Fabbro, or both, by Weds AM.

Depends who they go for. Panarin is going to cost 1st and both of those prospects for sure. If you go for a Simmonds, one and 1st probably.

 

[ItsOnlytheRiver]

Yeah, it was also different ownership but Armstrong hasn't shown an inclination to do buyouts in his tenure. He's shown more of a willingness to package assets with crappy contracts to get other teams to take them [i.e., Lehtera, Sobotka/Berglund] to get mistakes to go away. I would expect Allen will be the same kind of move.

Why do you think he hasn’t shown an inclination to buy people out? I’ll give you a hint: This is a traditionally poor franchise. Ownership has never tossed money around except the Lauries.

 

[Quaz]

I could see them retaining some salary if another team thought they could turn him around with a change of scenery. Maybe the Blues keep him as the back-up and hope he gets taken in the expansion draft.

 

[Itsnotatrap]

Nashville adding the grit of Cody McLeod really paid off. Seeing his bruised face in the penalty box while we broke the ice on the PP, and then seeing him on the bench the rest of the game, really added to the enjoyment this weekend.

 

[Brucelenok]

Congrats. to Blues fans and Vladdy on his 200 career goals. Hopefully he stays hot and hit 40 goals this year!

 

[Itsnotatrap]

Depends who they go for. Panarin is going to cost 1st and both of those prospects for sure. If you go for a Simmonds, one and 1st probably.

Thinking they are going bigger than Simmonds now. They are spooked. Guessing Panarin, Stone, or Duchene.

 

[Default]

Nashville adding the grit of Cody McLeod really paid off. Seeing his bruised face in the penalty box while we broke the ice on the PP, and then seeing him on the bench the rest of the game, really added to the enjoyment this weekend.

real good player btw

 

[Itsnotatrap]

The team chemistry that seemed so awful before seems pretty great right now. Doing nothing is often doing something.

 

[Stealth JD]

What a great turn-around this club has executed. I'd love to see the next 28 games getting the 2nd and 3rd lines rolling.
If Army can dump Allen before the deadline, all the better. If he can add a guy like Stone or Duchene, that would be amazing.

 

[Stealth JD]

Even great players get beaten on occasion. I'd take Josi on this team in a heartbeat, he'd step in and be the #1 guy on our defense and I think there's very little debate about it.

I dunno. That's as much a statement of Pietrangelo's recent play than anything else. When both are on their games, and having 'career' seasons I think there's a very good argument to be made for Pietrangelo being the superior player. Josi may be good for a few more points, but I've seen him beaten badly in the playoffs, multiple times, enough times to prefer #27's all around game; especially considering Pietrangelo is routinely amongst the Blues best playoff performers. Josi's defensive zone play simply doesn't compare to 'typical' Pietrangelo.

 

[Robb_K]

Tarasenko will win the rocket the first year he has a competent center and no major injuries

You mean NEXT SEASON, with O'Reilly as his centre (and Schenn as his LW) all year long???

Schenn will stay with The Blues because they are no onger a mess, and they are a playoff team. You heard it first here, folks!

 

[Robb_K]

What a great turn-around this club has executed. I'd love to see the next 28 games getting the 2nd and 3rd lines rolling.
If Army can dump Allen before the deadline, all the better. If he can add a guy like Stone or Duchene, that would be amazing.

Only if he can do that WITHOUT OVERPAYING. Getting one of those 2 is not going to guarantee The Blues to win more series' than they can without him. The Blues have enough forward depth now. Schwartz should start scoring any time now, and Perron will return in 1 or 2 games. Giving up future young players on low-cost contracts for several years to get one additional veteran forward, with a high salary, may not help this team enough to warrant giving up those assets. However, if they could get something for Steen or Allen in such a trade, cutting down what they'd have to give up in future player assets, I'd be all for it.

 

[GoBluz24]

Finally the Blues are at "true" .500 winning %.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

So is Ryan O'Reilly a Selke favorite this year?