STL Blues - Time to rebuild

Équipe: 2022-23 Blues de St-Louis

Date de création initiale: 29 janv. 2023

Publié: 30 janv. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The Blues are a dysfunctional mess, mostly decent to elite players that simply don’t fit together. Players like Leddy and Kyrou might fit great on a different roster, Krug is an elite offensive defenseman on a team that desperately needs stalwart defense.

The Blues need a solid, young LHD. Chychrun seems the logical choice, but I want to move Leddy and Kyrou, and I don’t think AZ has the stomach or revenue stream to support those contracts. Hence, K’Andre Miller seems the logical choice. Kyrou might compliment NYR’s other top-6 forwards very nicely while Leddy gives them a steady puck moving veteran D. Kyrou and his elite production would fit more seamlessly with the Rangers.

Return players such as Blais, Kerfoot, and Mantha are selected due to their relatively low production/dollar and short term (other than Goodrow). Teams shouldn’t have trouble including these players in trades in order to clear cap space.

I am on the fence about moving Binner. He’s competitive and seems to improve with pressure. On the other hand, I’d love the draft pick.

Given these moves, the Blues should have $30M+ in cap space this summer. I’d try to sign Ryan Graves and possibly Pastrnak or Larkin. I’d resign Barbashev, Toropchenko, and Acciari. Not sure about the other RFAs other than Miller.

Either Kyrou goes or Berube goes. After four years, it’s clear they cannot get on the same page and it’s detrimental to the team. Personally, I really like Berube.

These are my thoughts. I’m open to suggestions. (Please keep it civil! ;-) )

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