my thoughts on next year

Created by: RClay321

Team: 2023-24 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 23, 2023

Published: Mar. 23, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

TOP PROSPECTS
Snuggerud - returns to Minnesota for another year
Bolduc - starts in the AHL, could get a few games in
Dean - starts in the AHL, could get a game or 2 in
Loof - AHL
Robertsson - SHL
all drafted players in 2023 start in their respected junior leagues

OFFENSE
Team is looking for another top 6 player, I see them looking at wing and playing Buch at center all next year. Look for a reclamation project. Mantha and/or Zadina both fit the mold and would be cheap enough to look at imo

DEFENSE
ideally you move Krug, but he will be the hardest guy to move. One of the bigger contracts needs to go. If it is Parayko, they need a good young RHD coming back

GOALIE
Binner and Hofer will be the tandem, this is the easiest prediction

DRAFT DAY
at this point I would use the picks for prospects (unless someone intriguing surfaces)

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Perunovich, Scott	1	$875,000
Toropchenko, Alexey	2	$1,000,000
Tucker, Tyler	2	$900,000
Samorukov, Dmitri	1	$800,000
Björnfot, Tobias	1	$925,000

Trades

STL

Mantha, Anthony
2023 2nd round pick (WSH)

WSH

2023 3rd round pick (OTT)

STL

Björnfot, Tobias [RFA Rights]

LAK

Krug, Torey
Samorukov, Dmitri
2024 2nd round pick (TOR)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$76,872,500	$20,000	$0	$6,627,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Neighbours, Jake $835,833$835,833 LW, RW RFA - 2	Thomas, Robert $8,125,000$8,125,000 C, RW UFA - 8	Kyrou, Jordan $8,125,000$8,125,000 RW UFA - 8
Vrána, Jakub $2,625,000$2,625,000 LW UFA - 1	Buchnevich, Pavel $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 3	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 5	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 1
Toropchenko, Alexey $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Alexandrov, Nikita $816,667$816,667 C RFA - 1	Blais, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Parayko, Colton $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 7	Binnington, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NTC UFA - 4
Leddy, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 4	Hofer, Joel $775,000$775,000 G RFA - 2
Tucker, Tyler $900,000$900,000 LD/RD RFA - 2
	Bortuzzo, Robert $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Walker, Nathan $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 1
Perunovich, Scott $875,000$875,000 LD RFA - 1
Björnfot, Tobias $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2

Top Comments

Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:40 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

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Krug isn't returning a quality prospect like Bjornfot without significant retention, assuming LA were even interested in him. They're likely targeting someone with size.

Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:42 p.m.

RClay321

Joined: Mar. 2020

Posts: 1,294

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Quoting: tkecanuck341

Krug isn't returning a quality prospect like Bjornfot without significant retention, assuming LA were even interested in him. They're likely targeting someone with size.

there was supposed to be a pick added, updating

Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:54 p.m.

qc14

Joined: Sep. 2020

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caps accept, it would be hilarious if after all of this vrana and mantha end up playing on the same line together

Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:56 p.m.

MoSeider53

Future Norris guy

Joined: Aug. 2022

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Krug has already stated numerous times that both he and his wife, need to be close to their parents in Michigan. That's why he chose St Louis 700 miles from Detroit. LA is 2,400 miles from Detroit and no way in hell he waives to go there.

Mar. 23, 2023 at 5:56 p.m.

RClay321

Joined: Mar. 2020

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Quoting: qc14

caps accept, it would be hilarious if after all of this vrana and mantha end up playing on the same line together

I agree, I made that trade for the meme and I see it as a possible option to free cap for Washington

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