The Official "STL Blues Draft Position" Thread Pt1: (19-8-2)

[HOOats]

Blues looked very bad down 1-0 after the 1st against an extremely shorthanded Rags lineup. Sitting Lundquist and missing Stepan, McD, Zucc, Klein, Moore. Similar disinterest as was exhibited by Detroit last night.

 

[Kublakhan]

I hit my head today..What do we want the Blues to do again?? Win or Lose?

 

[start winnin]

I hit my head today..What do we want the Blues to do again?? Win or Lose?

Lose duh

 

[Paxon]

I hit my head today..What do we want the Blues to do again?? Win or Lose?

We have their 1st round pick so they must lose mightily

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

Tarasenko leads Blues to S/O victory

 

[Beerz]

least the Rangers got a point..... helps us with the Isles tank...

 

[sjci]

Tarasenko is realllly good

 

[Falco Lombardi]

When the Blues play the Islanders, who do you root for? Just no OT?

 

[stokes84]

When the Blues play the Islanders, who do you root for? Just no OT?

Blues. Isles are about to go through a stretch that might put them in the back of the pack.

 

[MayDay]

When the Blues play the Islanders, who do you root for? Just no OT?

Order or preference:
1) Blues reg win
2) Isles reg win
3) Blues SO win
4) Isles SO win
5) Blues OT win
6) Isles OT win

Reasoning:
- A Blues win is better than an Isles win, since the Isles are very likely to finish lower in the standings than the Blues, it is better to maximize the position of the higher pick than the lower pick.
-No matter which team wins, a regulation win is better than any other result. Obviously.
-if it does go past regulation, a SO result is better than an OT winner, since SO wins don't count towards seeding tiebreakers, but OT wins do.

 

[Note Worthy]

This is really cool. I wish you guys the best of luck and I honestly hope McDavid ends up in Buffalo. I would love to see Buffalo become a constant contender.

Maybe I have a soft spot because you guys, like us, have yet to win a Cup. I hope we can both change that in the new future.

 

[Woodhouse]

The 2-3-1 Blues were just a big tease. Stastny (shoulder) returned last night and they scratched our sleeper agent in Le_p_l_ en route to winning their seventh straight. Oh, and Tarasenko being Tarasenko again:

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[Clock]

A little help, Nashville?

Tie game.

 

[Clock]

Nashville wins in regulation. Nice.

 

[Jacob582]

Do we want the Blues to win or lose tomorrow night?

 

[sabrebuild]

We want the win. I have lots of faith in us losing the rest of the year. Less confidence in the blues losing long term.

 

[MayDay]

No, we want the L.

Much more important for us to lock-up 30th overall than to maybe push the Blues pick (which will be in the mid-20s) up one spot at most.

 

[Clock]

Do we want the Blues to win or lose tomorrow night?

I think we have 30th basically secured and we'll just be building buffer as injuries inevitably set in, so I'm thinking a Sabres victory is probably more favorable for picks.

Want to avoid overtime, though.

 

[MayDay]

I think we have 30th basically secured.

Not convinced yet. It's still too close to call. Sportsclubstats still only has us as 65% chance of finishing 30th overall.

I'll be more confident when that number is over 80%.

 

[TehDoak]

No, we want the L.

Much more important for us to lock-up 30th overall than to maybe push the Blues pick (which will be in the mid-20s) up one spot at most.

Actually draft picks 15-30 are determined by playoff finish, so, if we're assuming St Louis is a playoff team, a loss vs St Louis is beneficial because it affects our draft pick. St Louis could win the presidents trophy, they are knocked out of the playoffs int he 1st round, they pick 22nd. They finish as the 8th seed and win the cup, they pick 30th.

 

[MayDay]

Actually draft picks 15-30 are determined by playoff finish, so, if we're assuming St Louis is a playoff team, a loss vs St Louis is beneficial because it affects our draft pick. St Louis could win the presidents trophy, they are knocked out of the playoffs int he 1st round, they pick 22nd. They finish as the 8th seed and win the cup, they pick 30th.

Right.

So unless we believe that the Blues losing to us tonight would be the difference between them making or missing the playoffs (which I doubt), it is better for us to lose and continue to lock up 30th.

 

[Samsonite23]

Right.

So unless we believe that the Blues losing to us tonight would be the difference between them making or missing the playoffs (which I doubt), it is better for us to lose and continue to lock up 30th.

Playoff seeds matter though.

 

[Sabretooth]

Actually draft picks 15-30 are determined by playoff finish, so, if we're assuming St Louis is a playoff team, a loss vs St Louis is beneficial because it affects our draft pick. St Louis could win the presidents trophy, they are knocked out of the playoffs int he 1st round, they pick 22nd. They finish as the 8th seed and win the cup, they pick 30th.

Is that true? I thought the only draft pick moving around happening was for the 4 teams that made the conference finals? I could be wrong but I thought if a team finished 16th and even won a playoff round, they would still pick 15th unless they made the conference finals in which case they would pick 27-30.

 

[MayDay]

Playoff seeds matter though.

Not enough to make a difference. Lower-seeds win all the time in the NHL playoffs.

I'd much rather solidify 30th place for our pick, than maybe move the Blues down one place in the playoff seeding.

 

[Clock]

As long as it's not a three point game, either outcome works.