If Pietrangelo is walking

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Created by: STLBlues17

Team: 2019-20 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 2, 2019

Published: Dec. 2, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I know this is hypothetical, but what if Pietrangelo just won’t sign. The Blues are first in the west by 5 points already and have clearly shown they can win with this group so they’re not trading him, but what if they double down instead. Build the greatest Blues team of all time for one season and then move forward with Hall (Who is 2 years younger) instead of Pietrangelo. They’d need to hold Tarasenko out until the playoffs, but if they did that they’d easily have the cap space to do it. Playoff lines below. The trade is similar to the Duchene trade, but I feel Kostin is comfortably a tier above Abramov and Davidson as pelrospects.

Trades

STL

Hall, Taylor

NJD

Kostin, Klim
Sanford, Zachary
2020 1st round pick (STL)
2020 2nd round pick (STL)

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2020 2nd can become 2021 first if Hall signs in Saint Louis

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$73,479,594	$12,928	$732,500	$8,020,406

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hall, Taylor $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW UFA - 1	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 4	Perron, David $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Schwartz, Jaden $5,350,000$5,350,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Schenn, Brayden $5,125,000$5,125,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Tarasenko, Vladimir $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW NTC UFA - 4
Blais, Samuel $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Thomas, Robert $894,166$894,166 ($425,000$425K) C, RW UFA - 2	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C UFA - 4
Barbashev, Ivan $1,475,000$1,475,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Bozak, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Steen, Alexander $5,750,000$5,750,000 LW, RW, C NTC UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Gunnarsson, Carl $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Pietrangelo, Alex $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 1	Binnington, Jordan $4,400,000$4,400,000 G UFA - 2
Bouwmeester, Jay $3,250,000$3,250,000 ($250,000$250K) LD NTC UFA - 1	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Allen, Jake $4,350,000$4,350,000 G UFA - 2
Dunn, Vince $722,500$722,500 ($57,500$58K) LD/RD UFA - 1	Faulk, Justin $4,150,000$4,150,000 RD NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bortuzzo, Robert $1,375,000$1,375,000 RD UFA - 3		Foley, Erik $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2
De La Rose, Jacob $900,000$900,000 C, LW UFA - 1
MacEachern, Mackenzie $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Dec. 2, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

A_K

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My concern with Hall is injuries. Lots of people are calling him garbage right now because of a small-sampling of bad games this year. On the whole, Hall is an elite offensive winger, but if the current bad results are more than just a bad stretch and are actually a product of his injuries, I'd be extremely concerned signing him to a lucrative deal. He hasn't looked dangerous, he just got demoted to the 3rd line, his GAR/WAR/threat are all suffering right now... there would have to be a lot of confidence in his health going forward for me to even consider trading for him if I was GM. And Armstrong is a lot smarter than me.

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Dec. 2, 2019 at 5:10 p.m.

STLBlues17

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Sam

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Quoting: A_K

Definitely something to think about

Dec. 2, 2019 at 10:29 p.m.

rja40

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Quoting: A_K

Great take here, @A_K

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Dec. 2, 2019 at 10:52 p.m.

worcat

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Giving up alot of talent for a guy that has really only had one good year. Blues don't need to mortgage the future on a trailblazing four goal scorer. smh. This is a hard pass.

Dec. 3, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

Chopper02

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Quoting: worcat

Giving up alot of talent for a guy that has really only had one good year. Blues don't need to mortgage the future on a trailblazing four goal scorer. smh. This is a hard pass.

I not only agree, but I don't think Hall even fits the Blues philosophy of grinding and hard play. Kreider would be the much cheaper option and still boosts your top 6

Dec. 4, 2019 at 12:11 a.m.

STLBlues17

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Sam

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Quoting: Chopper02

I not only agree, but I don't think Hall even fits the Blues philosophy of grinding and hard play. Kreider would be the much cheaper option and still boosts your top 6

So a former MVP is unfit to play for the Blues because he’s not a grindy boi?

Dec. 4, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

Chopper02

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Quoting: STLBlues17

So a former MVP is unfit to play for the Blues because he’s not a grindy boi?

He's a player who tries to be too cute at times. Doesn't play the heavy north-south type of game the Blues play. Would I prefer him over Sanford? Of course. But for a cheaper option who think fits the Blues mold better I think that is Kreider.

Dec. 4, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

STLBlues17

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Sam

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Quoting: Chopper02

That’s fair

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