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Forum: Armchair-GMWed at 3:54 pm
Sujet: Trying to make keeping Pietrangelo realistic
Expansion draft isn't until after the 2021 season so cap relief wouldn't come in time to rectify the Pietrangelo situation. To keep Petro, the first move would be trading Allen and finding a sub-$1.5m backup. Then the next (more challenging) move would be to find a home for Bozak that works with his 10-team no-trade list. Then our GM who has no history of dead money would have to buy out Steen to save another $2m or so against the cap (assuming Steen won't waive his NTC). From there, depending on the exact cap hit that Petro signs for, someone like Gunnarsson, Bortuzzo, Sanford, Blais, or Barbashev might have to be moved. It's a lot of moving parts and the reward is a potentially bad contract for the back 9 of Petro's career... will be interesting to see what happens.
Forum: Armchair-GMWed at 1:10 pm
Sujet: new 2LW
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheEarthmaster</b></div><div>IMO we've already got a 2LW. It's Jaden Schwartz. That might be a little unfair to him, but with his penchant for injury and the inconsistency in his offense, that's probably where he's best suited.

What we really need is a true 1LW, and I think we've got that too, kinda hiding- it's Schenn. Within the next two or three years, maybe as soon as next season, Schenn will be the third best center on this team, behind Thomas and O'Reilly. If Thomas can step up and grab the 2C slot permanently, all we have to do is find a reliable 3C rather than a 2LW, and shift Schenn over to the left.

Depending on what Schwartz asks for and how Sanford's and Blais' development goes, maybe one of those guys can slot in to the 2LW slot when Schwartz's contract is up. Or maybe we trade for a Saad, Bailey, there's a few other names that have been kicked around, but Schwartz and Schenn have a better xGAR than pretty much any LW on the "market" that I've seen except Johnny Gaudreau (who would be a 1LW, obviously)</div></div>

Would be pretty cool if they'd split up Schenn and Schwartz and use a top-6 of Schenn-ROR-DP + Schwartz-Thomas-VT. I don't think we need to add anything to our forward group tbh, just need to see what we have in Sanford-Blais-Kyrou-Kostin and maybe make some smart rentals next year if there is an obvious hole.
Forum: Armchair-GM 6 jui à 11 h 26
Forum: Armchair-GM 2 jui à 12 h 35
Sujet: Yet another look
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>STLBlues17</b></div><div>Hmm, I’d refer to keep Sanford until he demands a sizable raise. He popped 16 goals and the analytics look pretty solid from both of the past two seasons. I think next season one of Sanford or Blais could really explode and make the other expendable.</div></div>

Yeah it probably isn't the best time to move Sanford until we know what we have in Blais, Kostin, Kyrou, etc. I just like the idea of Kyrou with ROR-Perron as the mail carrier in transition and if he can stick in the top six then we could get away with moving someone along with Bozak to get a deal done. Obv best case scenario is we are able to move Steen and/or Bozak without any sweeteners.

Not gonna lie the mocks without Pietrangelo and with everyone else staying put (and Dunn getting a Girard-like contract) don't look half-bad...
Forum: Armchair-GM 2 jui à 12 h 21
Sujet: Mathews
This one is bad for everyone involved IMO. Without Parayko, STL would be all-in on extending Pietrangelo, and there goes any bargaining power so say hello to 8x11m. And Matthews + roster replacement costs almost as much cap as ROR + Parayko so it's not like we are gaining enough cap room to make the signing any easier.

The Blues' m.o. has been to build a balanced team both on the ice and on the salary table. No point in handing over the 2 best contracts for an $11m player when STL is already a top team. TBH it's probably why the chances of Pietrangelo extending are looking more and more grim - they don't want to lose that balance and they'd rather have Faulk making 6.5 than Pietro at 10m. Whether it's the right or wrong move is debatable but that's what it seems like they want to do.