StL Isles

Created by: BAC

Team: 2021-22 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 19, 2021

Published: Aug. 20, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

-Tank & Thomas for Bellows & Bailey isn't going to be liked, but it's a realistic and fair return.
-Bellows & Thomas are a wash in talent, & Bailey offers experience, leadership & consistency.
-Sanford and Staal are a wash salary-wise, & reallocates value from LW to D.
-Staal adds size, toughness & experience.
-Lindgren and Mantha are depth RD signings--one with speed & skill, & one with size & upside.
-Morin is a giant late bloomer utility player, finally healthy, who can play LW or LD.
-Perunovich is excessive expensive depth at this point, he can't get the NHL ice he needs in STL.
-Neighbors gets a shot, at least until Sundqvist returns, & he'll fit right in.
-Kostin will make a big impact, early & often, & may play himself into bigger roles.
-These moves re-stock and balance roster depth, leaves salary cap cushion, improves size & toughness without sacrificing skill.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Thomas, Robert		2	$1,750,000
Bellows, Kieffer		2	$1,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lindgren, Jesper		2	$900,000
Mantha, Ryan		2	$900,000

Trades

STL

Staal, Marc

DET

Sanford, Zachary
2022 3rd round pick (STL)

STL

Bailey, Josh
Bellows, Kieffer [RFA Rights]
2022 3rd round pick (NYI)

NYI

Tarasenko, Vladimir
Thomas, Robert
2022 5th round pick (STL)

STL

Morin, Samuel
2022 3rd round pick (PHI)

PHI

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$74,073,849	$306,349	$425,000	$7,426,151

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 5	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 2	Buchnevich, Pavel $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 4
Neighbours, Jake $866,667$866,667 LW, RW RFA - 4	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 7	Perron, David $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 3	Bellows, Kieffer $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kyrou, Jordan $2,800,000$2,800,000 RW UFA - 2
	Barbashev, Ivan $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kostin, Klim $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) LW, RW RFA - 1
Morin, Samuel $750,000$750,000 LD, LW UFA - 1		MacEachern, Mackenzie $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Krug, Torey $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC UFA - 6	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Binnington, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NTC UFA - 6
Staal, Marc $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 6	Husso, Ville $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Bortuzzo, Robert $1,375,000$1,375,000 RD UFA - 1
Mikkola, Niko $787,500$787,500 LD UFA - 1	Walman, Jake $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Top Comments

Aug. 20, 2021 at 2:09 p.m.

Roperttos

Joined: Dec. 2020

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Philly declines.

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Aug. 20, 2021 at 2:19 p.m.

DeadWingsv2

PlusMinus is stupid

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Detroit trade is not an option. Staal has a NMC for a reason. At this stage in his career, family stability is more important to him than winning.

Also, Detroit doesn't want Sanford.

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Aug. 20, 2021 at 2:40 p.m.

BAC

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 155

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Quoting: DeadWingsv2

Detroit trade is not an option. Staal has a NMC for a reason. At this stage in his career, family stability is more important to him than winning.

Also, Detroit doesn't want Sanford.

You may be right, but I'm betting that Staal would be willing to waive to come to STL for a bigger role on another contending team. As for family, I don't understand why, but one consistent selling point for the Blues is that players say their families love it there, and they love retiring from there. Perhaps that wouldn't appeal to Staal, but stranger things have happened.

Detroit might not be interested, but I doubt they would get better value for Staal than a young power forward with soft hands and a third. I think it's fair to say that Staal may hold more value for them right now than the proposed return, but that's a timing issue. He's a UFA-to-be. I think they would have to consider.

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Aug. 20, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.

aedoran

Joined: Dec. 2017

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Quoting: DeadWingsv2

Detroit trade is not an option. Staal has a NMC for a reason. At this stage in his career, family stability is more important to him than winning.

Also, Detroit doesn't want Sanford.

The cost of living is the Detroit Metro Area is about 50% less than NY. I wonder how much of a factor that was in him moving to Detroit.

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Aug. 20, 2021 at 2:46 p.m.

BAC

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 155

Likes: 20

Quoting: HikinenNisti

Philly declines.

I beg to differ. I think Clifford would be attractive in that he's a seasoned enforcer, and with the other Metro teams stocking up on goons, they'll need the muscle. Morin has size, but he's not proven himself as a fighter. Perunovich is a highly regarded young defenseman--one of the Blues' best prospects--who is simply a victim of numbers. I think they would jump on this offer. The only upside to the Blues is having more roster flexibility with a big body utility player, and a wee bit of cap space. It's not an upgrade in skill or toughness, for sure.

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