A Little More Realistic

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Created by: STLEx32

Team: 2018-19 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 24, 2019

Published: Jan. 24, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Get rid of the Steen contract and get something for Bouw before he walks in free agency.

There are always insane moves being made on this site, so this is a little more realistic. The Blues are 3 points out of a wild card spot and have at least a game in hand of most of those teams ahead of them. Is there a chance a blockbuster trade is made? Yes... But with the increased chance of making the playoffs, I personally do not think Petro/Senko/Schenn/Schwartz will be moved. You never know though.

Arizona is very banged up and need bodies. They have been linked to Steen in the past, so why not now? Steen is versatile and can play any forward position, something the Yotes need with all their injuries. As players come back Steen can be moved up and down the lineup and in any forward position. He also brings some leadership to a fairly young team. Blues eat 1.25mil to make the contract easier on Arizona.

Get something for Bouw before he walks, similar to the Shatty trade from a couple years ago. Many people think Petro could be going to the Leafs, but the Leafs need money for their young forwards. Toronto needs a reliable top 4 d-man and Bouw has shown he is just that over the past two months. This is easier for Toronto, because they will not have Bouw's money on the book next year and use that money elsewhere.

Trades

STL

Gross, Jordan
2019 3rd round pick (ARI)

ARI

Steen, Alexander ($1,250,000 retained)

STL

2019 3rd round pick (TOR)

TOR

Bouwmeester, Jay

Retained Salary Transactions

Alexander Steen: $1,250,000 (21.74%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020
2021

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$79,500,000	$59,009,321	$150,988	$1,082,500	$20,490,679

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 5	Tarasenko, Vladimir $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW UFA - 5
Schwartz, Jaden $5,350,000$5,350,000 LW UFA - 3	Schenn, Brayden $5,125,000$5,125,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Perron, David $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Maroon, Patrick $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 1	Bozak, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Thomas, Robert $894,166$894,166 C, RW UFA - 3
Fabbri, Robby $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Barbashev, Ivan $741,667$741,667 LW, RW UFA - 1
Foley, Erik $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 3	Sundqvist, Oskar $700,000$700,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Sanford, Zachary $875,000$875,000 ($50,000$50K) LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
	Pietrangelo, Alex $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 2	Allen, Jake $4,350,000$4,350,000 G UFA - 3
Edmundson, Joel $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Binnington, Jordan $650,000$650,000 G UFA - 1
Gunnarsson, Carl $2,900,000$2,900,000 LD UFA - 1	Bortuzzo, Robert $1,150,000$1,150,000 RD UFA - 1
Dunn, Vince $722,500$722,500 ($182,500$182K) LD/RD UFA - 2
Gross, Jordan $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2

Jan. 24, 2019 at 11:28 a.m.

BluesGetTheCup

Joined: May 2017

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Leafs aren't paying that for Bouw, and they want a RHD. More realistic to have them get Schmaltz or Bortuzzo. If Bouw was traded it's most likely for a 3rd rounder and that's it. Shattenkirk was a legit top 4 young d man. Bouw is not.

Steen trade, maybe. I don't see him waiving for ARZ though.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 11:33 a.m.

Gofnut999

Joined: Jan. 2017

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I doubt Zona has any interest in Steen and he has no interest in going there.

You won’t get much more than a 3rd for JayBo.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 11:36 a.m.

STLBlues17

Sam

Joined: Jan. 2018

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I still think Pietrangelo and Schenn have a strong shot at being traded. Pietrangelo because trading him begins the culture change and Schenn because he’s got 1 year after this and will he passed on the depth chart by Thomas as soon as the end of this year.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

STLEx32

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STLex32

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 17

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Quoting: STLBlues17

They have been moving Schenn out to the wing recently and he has been having success, so he could play alongside Thomas. I think Petro is more of an offseason move, the trade deadline has not been very exciting in the past handful of years so I don't think that will change. Like I said in the description, anything is possible, but these are more common deadline type moves.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 11:48 a.m.

STLEx32

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STLex32

Joined: May 2018

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Quoting: BluesGetTheCup

I reduced the Bouw trade. He might get more than a 3rd, because there aren't a lot of top 4 d-men being shopped... If Toronto wanted a bottom pair defensemen, they would have picked up Schmaltz off waivers. That was only a couple weeks ago and the Leafs have needed defense all season. Not sure why they would trade for a player they could have got for nothing days ago.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.

STLBlues17

Sam

Joined: Jan. 2018

Posts: 5,240

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Quoting: STLEx32

The thing is, the value for Pietrangelo won’t be higher in the summer than it is right now. Getting him for 2 playoffs is a lot better than 1.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

BluesGetTheCup

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 857

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Quoting: STLEx32

True on Schmaltz. But I really don't think the Leafs want Bouw. Not with Rielly/Gardiner/Dermott on the left. They'll want a RHD

Jan. 24, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

Juice

Joined: Apr. 2016

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Quoting: STLBlues17

The thing is, the value for Pietrangelo won’t be higher in the summer than it is right now. Getting him for 2 playoffs is a lot better than 1.

Not 100% sure on this. There might not be a whole lot of teams able to absorb $6.5m into their cap this year...unless the Blues retain salary or take back a sizeable contract in return.

In the offseason once more teams have cap room to play with (and when Pietrangelo will be elibible to be extended)...you might get more teams bidding on him and upping the price

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