Cooley and Defensive Moves

Created by: tstrauss16

Team: 2023-24 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: May 21, 2023

Published: May 22, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

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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

During the 2023-24 Season:
- Blues can trade Vrana at the TDL and acquire some draft capital depending on how well he is performing. I think the Blues could get a solid return from a contender for Vrana (as I don’t think Vrana really fits in the future plan of the Blues).
- Once Vrana is traded, I’d bring up Zach Bolduc to play on a line with Thomas and Kyrou.

2024 Off-season:
- Blues extend Buchnevich a 5 year extension worth in the ballpark of $7.5-8MM AAV.
- Blues also sign Cooley and Snuggerud to 3 year ELC deals ($950k AAV each).
- Blues extend Blais for a 4 year deal worth somewhere in the $1.5-2.25MM AAV range.

2024-25 Roster and Future Outlook
Bolduc (2R) -- Thomas (7U) -- Kyrou (7U)
Buch (1U+5U) -- Cooley (3R) -- Snuggerud (3R)
Saad (2U) -- Schenn (4U) -- Blais (4U)
Toropchenko (1R) -- Dean (2R) -- ???
Ferraro (2U) -- Parayko (6U)
Perunovich (1R) -- Faulk (3U)
??? - ???
Binnington (3U)
Hofer (1R)

Forwards Under Contract: 11 - $39,915,833 total spending
Defense Under Contract: 4 - $17,250,000 total spending
Goalies Under Contract: 2 - $6,775,000 total spending
Miscellaneous Spending: $2,500,000 in retained salaries

$66,440,833 cap hit for 2024-25 with 17/23 roster spots filled
$65,865,833 cap hit for 2025-26 projection with 14/23 roster spots filled

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Perunovich, Scott	2	$1,000,000
Toropchenko, Alexey	2	$1,000,000
Brown, Logan	1	$775,000

Trades

STL

Cooley, Logan [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

Arizona receives an additional Top 10 pick in the 2023 draft, a NHL ready LW, and an additional 2nd round pick.

ARI

Neighbours, Jake
2023 1st round pick (STL)
2024 2nd round pick (STL)

Additional Details:

Conditional 2024 2nd: ARI receives the higher draft choice between STL and TOR 2024 2nd rounder.

STL

Ferraro, Mario

SJS

Robertsson, Simon [Reserve List]
2024 2nd round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

Following the draft the Blues acquire a shutdown LD that fits their target age range.

STL

Roslovic, Jack

CBJ

Krug, Torey ($1,500,000 retained)

STL

2024 3rd round pick (FLA)
2025 7th round pick (FLA)

FLA

Leddy, Nick ($1,000,000 retained)

Retained Salary Transactions

Torey Krug: $1,500,000 (23.08%)
Nick Leddy: $1,000,000 (25%)

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	$77,724,167	$20,000	$0	$5,775,833

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Vrána, Jakub $2,625,000$2,625,000 LW UFA - 1	Thomas, Robert $8,125,000$8,125,000 C, RW UFA - 8	Kyrou, Jordan $8,125,000$8,125,000 RW UFA - 8
Buchnevich, Pavel $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	Roslovic, Jack $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 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	Blais, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Toropchenko, Alexey $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Alexandrov, Nikita $816,667$816,667 C RFA - 1	Heim, Andre $950,000$950,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 3	Parayko, Colton $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 7	Binnington, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NTC UFA - 4
Perunovich, Scott $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD RFA - 1	Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 4	Hofer, Joel $775,000$775,000 G RFA - 2
Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Bortuzzo, Robert $950,000$950,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Brown, Logan $775,000$775,000 C, LW RFA - 1
Walker, Nathan $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 1
Rosén, Calle $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

May 22, 2023 at 5:29 p.m.

Db1899

Joined: Aug. 2021

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Cooley looks like a franchise 1C , it’s going to a significant overpay to get Arizona to consider moving him

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May 22, 2023 at 5:31 p.m.

tstrauss16

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 1,120

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Quoting: Db1899

Cooley looks like a franchise 1C , it’s going to a significant overpay to get Arizona to consider moving him

Yeah that part was a pipe dream, I am ok with the 10th pick and getting a center that way too.

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May 22, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.

dopplsan

Nah.

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 4,525

Likes: 4,452

CBJ pass. We'd prefer to stay away from that Krug contract.

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May 22, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.

noted

Joined: May 2021

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The Blues would have to give up all of their 1st round picks this year for Cooley and the Coyotes still probably say no. They are definitely not doing for this package though

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May 22, 2023 at 5:51 p.m.

tstrauss16

Joined: Jul. 2019

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Quoting: dopplsan

CBJ pass. We'd prefer to stay away from that Krug contract.

I’ll toss in a box of ice cream sandwiches

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