Cooked

Created by: A_K

Team: 2022-23 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 4, 2022

Published: Nov. 4, 2022

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

Doom and Gloom season, time to grab some young guys and re-tool this thing. Their only current NHLers under 25 are Thomas, Kyrou, Neighbours, and Toropchenko. There is nobody waiting in the wings if/when the UFAs walk. Bolduc and Snuggerud are good prospects that should make the team in a couple years; the rest of the pool is hopeful at best. Moves are required IMO.

I know they can't just trade everyone just bc of a losing streak. And I know it's 9 games in and they aren't gonna lose the next 73. But trade anybody that will agree to it, and trade more guys away in the offseason. Keep the coach and the GM but put together a team that can skate and has something to prove. Make it fun to watch, idc if it takes a couple of seasons to transition. Whether they're in playoff contention or not, this is a massive deadline for the franchise. One last chance to try to plan a future. Or (more likely) they can seal their fate by handing out more UFA money to guys in their 30s.

Trades

STL

Bolduc, Samuel
2023 1st round pick (NYI)

NYI

Tarasenko, Vladimir ($3,750,000 retained)

STL

2023 2nd round pick (OTT)
2024 1st round pick (OTT)

OTT

O'Reilly, Ryan ($3,750,000 retained)

STL

Sandin, Rasmus

TOR

Barbashev, Ivan ($1,125,000 retained)

STL

Spence, Jordan
2023 4th round pick (LAK)

LAK

Mikkola, Niko
2024 2nd round pick (STL)

STL

2023 5th round pick (TBL)

Retained Salary Transactions

Vladimir Tarasenko: $3,750,000 (100%)
Ryan O'Reilly: $3,750,000 (200%)
Ivan Barbashev: $1,125,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$67,922,500	$1,100,000	$1,747,500	$14,577,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Thomas, Robert $2,800,000$2,800,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kyrou, Jordan $2,800,000$2,800,000 RW UFA - 1
Neighbours, Jake $835,833$835,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 6	Buchnevich, Pavel $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 3
Denisenko, Grigori $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 1	Alexandrov, Nikita $816,667$816,667 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 2	Toropchenko, Alexey $750,000$750,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
	Acciari, Noel $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Leivo, Josh $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
McGing, Hugh $750,000$750,000 LW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Krug, Torey $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC UFA - 5	Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 5	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,800,000$2,800,000 G UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD UFA - 2	Spence, Jordan $820,000$820,000 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 2	Greiss, Thomas $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($250,000$250K) G UFA - 1
Leddy, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD NTC UFA - 4	Bernard-Docker, Jacob $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Walker, Nathan $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1	Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2
Pitlick, Tyler $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1	Perunovich, Scott $750,000$750,000 LD RFA - 1

Top Comments

Nov. 4, 2022 at 12:08 p.m.

Warrior24

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 3,455

Likes: 1,624

Isles should not do that, should be keeping their 1st and Bolduc who looks like a stud and should be playing over Aho in the NHL soon enough.

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Nov. 4, 2022 at 12:08 p.m.

GMBL

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 9,007

Likes: 3,490

OTT (ROR trade), Leafs trade, and NJ trade all seem like easy passes to me.

I don't think many teams wanted Binnington previously, and NJ would have a lot invested in net.

Nov. 4, 2022 at 12:11 p.m.

Not_Isles5513

1GarthSnowFan

Joined: Dec. 2021

Posts: 11,744

Likes: 4,803

Quoting: Warrior24

Isles should not do that, should be keeping their 1st and Bolduc who looks like a stud and should be playing over Aho in the NHL soon enough.

I agree with you. I also think it doesn’t make sense to propose trades that don’t work cap wise or in terms of roster spots.

Nov. 4, 2022 at 12:25 p.m.

A_K

Lets Go Blues

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 6,788

Likes: 4,341

Quoting: GMBL

OTT (ROR trade), Leafs trade, and NJ trade all seem like easy passes to me.

I don't think many teams wanted Binnington previously, and NJ would have a lot invested in net.

Quoting: Isles5513

I agree with you. I also think it doesn’t make sense to propose trades that don’t work cap wise or in terms of roster spots.

Yes trade value is subjective, cap space is hard to come by. And yes Binnington is a psycho with a big cap hit. But this is the priority list of guys I'd look to trade if I were managing the Blues. I would think they could get good value for some of these guys. Tarasenko has 91 pts in his last 84 GP. ROR is only a few yrs removed from a Conn Smythe. Barbashev would be great at a cheap cost. The rest of them, probably a longshot but they're the guys that you could try to dispose of and move forward.

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Nov. 4, 2022 at 12:42 p.m.

Not_Isles5513

1GarthSnowFan

Joined: Dec. 2021

Posts: 11,744

Likes: 4,803

Quoting: A_K

Trade value isn’t really subjective tbh

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