2 years from now hopeful

Created by: jwg314

Team: 2025-26 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 1, 2023

Published: Aug. 2, 2023

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In the discussion of who they think could be bottom-5 teams in the next 3-5 years, I've seen more than a couple people say they think Blues could be among that group. Though I think we're in for a rough 2-3 years, I don't think we'll ever bottom out hard enough for that to happen imo. Hopefully we get some decent futures dumping the guys I listed and maybe some top 10 picks as well.

Some notes:
- We want to move on from Krug and Leddy as soon as we can
- Hopefully Hofer can come in and take the starting job or at least 1A at some point
- I feel Dvorsky and Snuggerud are safe staples in the top-6 in the next 2-3 years. Bolduc I'm also hopeful for but he's a prove it for now. Neighbours I hope can step into that, but I think he should at least be a solid 3rd line winger. Dean I would like to be 3C at this point, but I hope Schenn can also remain productive enough to stay off the 4th line for now.
- I'm staying optimistic on Perunovich at least being able to take a somewhat sheltered PP specialist role, but I realize not everyone feels the same way.
- Ideally we can get a top pairing LD pickup a notch better than Pettersson but I decided to keep it mild so as not to anger anyone.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Snuggerud, Jimmy		2	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hofer, Joel	2	$3,500,000
Kessel, Matthew	1	$1,000,000
Toropchenko, Alexey	3	$2,000,000
Perunovich, Scott	1	$2,500,000
Alexandrov, Nikita	1	$1,250,000
Neighbours, Jake	3	$2,750,000
Tucker, Tyler	2	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Blais, Samuel	1	$2,750,000
Buchnevich, Pavel	8	$8,500,000
Pettersson, Marcus	6	$5,500,000
Ceci, Cody	3	$2,000,000

Trades

STL

picks/prospects. hopefully we can get him scoring at a 30G rate this year which should net us a 1st at 50% retained.

EDM

TDL '24
Vrana (50%)

Any team that wants him

STL

picks/prospects. hopefully we get a good enough year out of him to maybe get a 2nd+.

TBL

TDL '24
Kapanen (50%)

Any team

STL

Picks/prospect. I'd be happy with even just a 3rd for him at 50% retained. Should be useful playoff depth for any team.

PIT

TDL '24
Scandella (50%)

Any team

STL

Picks/prospect. Not expecting a big return, but would be nice to find a new home for him.

PIT

Krug, Torey

Additional Details:

Summer '24
Krug (probably a little retention)

Hoping we can get Krug a decent healthy bounceback in a full year so we can find a suitor for him next summer. I think he can still be an effective sheltered PP specialist.

STL

Pick/prospect. Not much of a return here either. Should be movable at 50% retained though.

PIT

Leddy, Nick ($2,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

TDL '25

STL

Pick/Prospect

CBJ

Hayes, Kevin ($1,750,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Summer '25

Retained Salary Transactions

Nick Leddy: $2,000,000 (50%)
Kevin Hayes: $1,750,000 (49%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$91,000,000	$87,733,333	$0	$1,482,500	$3,266,667

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bolduc, Zachary $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) LW RFA - 1	Thomas, Robert $8,125,000$8,125,000 C, RW NTC UFA - 6	Kyrou, Jordan $8,125,000$8,125,000 RW NTC UFA - 6
Buchnevich, Pavel $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, RW, C UFA	Dvorsky, Dalibor $950,000$950,000 ($1,000,000$1M) C RFA - 1	Snuggerud, Jimmy $950,000$950,000 RW, C RFA
Neighbours, Jake $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW RFA	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Blais, Samuel $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Dean, Zach $852,500$852,500 C RFA - 1	Toropchenko, Alexey $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pettersson, Marcus $5,500,000$5,500,000 LD UFA	Parayko, Colton $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 5	Hofer, Joel $3,500,000$3,500,000 G RFA
Tucker, Tyler $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD RFA	Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Binnington, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Perunovich, Scott $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD RFA	Ceci, Cody $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kessel, Matthew $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD RFA - 1
Lööf, Leo $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1
Alexandrov, Nikita $1,250,000$1,250,000 C RFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Buchnevich, P.		Thomas, R.		Dvorsky, D.
	Kyrou, J.		Perunovich, S.

Power Play 2
Snuggerud, J.		Schenn, B.		Saad, B.
	Faulk, J.		Bolduc, Z.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dean, Z.	Saad, B.
	Pettersson, M.	Parayko, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	Thomas, R.	Buchnevich, P.
	Tucker, T.	Ceci, C.

Top Comments

Aug. 2, 2023 at 1:34 a.m.

tstrauss16

Joined: Jul. 2019

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Good job. If we are moving Krug in 2024, we can try and get Skjei. I think he’ll walk from Carolina and be a decent free agent target. I’d rather not spend $5.5M AAV on Pettersson. I think you’re right about Dvorsky and Snuggerud. I’d like to start rounding out our defensive pool. I think our goal for this retool should be structured around the Thomas and Kyrou deal. Years 1-3: Finish probably out of the playoffs somewhere in the 8-12 range. Years 4-5: Just missing or making wild card. Years 6-8: Hopefully can be in a 3 year competitive window. By the end of that, Buchnevich is 36 (probably retired), Kyrou is 33, Thomas is 31/32, Neighbours is 29, Bolduc and Dean are 28, and Dvorsky is 27. I’d like to make a splash and grab Keller to bring him home during that cup window in 2028-29, Keller would be 32/33 probably with some term left too. Very well can continue the cup window past Thomas and Kyrou, especially if we are gaining Top 10 talent in the next 3 drafts. Gotta be patient, but the future can be bright.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 1:44 a.m.

jwg314

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Quoting: tstrauss16

It would be nice to get our top pairing LD next summer, but I'm not sure how enticing our trajectory will look to top FA targets at the time, that's why I went with a '25 addition. I was looking at guys like Chychrun/Theodore/Slavin etc but I just don't think that's realistic.

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Aug. 2, 2023 at 1:46 a.m.

tstrauss16

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Quoting: jwg314

I think Chychrun of that group would be the most likely. Really depends what happens in Ottawa. Even so, our prospect pool is currently ranked like 15-18 so it’ll only get better as we retool for the next 2-3 years. Really hoping for a late 1st round pick from Vrana. Maybe even move Parayko for a 1st round pick next summer.

Aug. 2, 2023 at 1:54 a.m.

Knuckl3s

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LMAO, those Pettersson and Buchnevich contracts

Aug. 2, 2023 at 2:02 a.m.

jwg314

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Quoting: tstrauss16

I’d love to just part ways with Parayko for a 1st, but I think that moving on from him pushes us further into a real rebuild rather than a short-term retool. We can’t really do anything without a Parayko replacement in place.

Quoting: Knuckl3s

LMAO, those Pettersson and Buchnevich contracts

Either you don’t pay attention to hockey at all, or you don’t realize this is two years from now with the cap going up ~$8M.

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