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Without Pietrangelo

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Team: 2020-21 St. Louis Blues
Initial Creation Date: Apr. 2, 2020
Published: Apr. 2, 2020
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Playoffs? Definitely Contender? Ehh

Definitely still a top-10 forward group with a healthy Tarasenko and increased minutes for Thomas, defense will be a big question, but there’s certainly potential for it to be in the top-10. A lot will depend on if Dunn can handle 20+ minutes (I think he can) and if Scandella can repeat this season (probably not.) As for goalies and special-teams, they’ll definitely both still be top half of the league. It’s still a team with relatively no weaknesses, just not as scary or reliable as before.
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Apr. 2, 2020 at 3:12 p.m.
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If such a scenario happens, St-Louis should go after one of TJ Brodie or Travis Hamonic (one of the two will likely leave CGY)
Apr. 2, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.
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Quoting: KakkoForMauriceRichardAward
If such a scenario happens, St-Louis should go after one of TJ Brodie or Travis Hamonic (one of the two will likely leave CGY)


Brodie’s good, I don’t like Hamomic though
Apr. 2, 2020 at 6:55 p.m.
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I agree this is a playoff team still, but I don't see us a legitimate contender without Pietrangelo. I love Parayko and am ambivalent about Faulk at best but I think they're both better suited for the roles they're currently in. Also am not thrilled with the idea of Bortuzzo as an everyday player.

Give Vince Dunn all the minutes, plz.
Apr. 2, 2020 at 6:57 p.m.
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Quoting: STLBlues17
Brodie’s good, I don’t like Hamomic though


That is the correct take, yes.
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Apr. 2, 2020 at 8:25 p.m.
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I agree this is a playoff team still, but I don't see us a legitimate contender without Pietrangelo. I love Parayko and am ambivalent about Faulk at best but I think they're both better suited for the roles they're currently in. Also am not thrilled with the idea of Bortuzzo as an everyday player.

Give Vince Dunn all the minutes, plz.


I actually like Bortuzzo, he just needs a partner who can skate and pass up ice like Dunn has for him the past three years. He’s rarely out of position and is one of the rare physical defenseman who actually get defensive results. I imagine Perunovich and him would make a nice little 3rd pair for 13/14 minutes a night. Faulk sucks though and it’s not like he didn’t suck before coming here either. I’m gonna need the Blues to spoon feed him pp1 minutes next year so he gets 40+ points and looks appealing for Seattle.
Apr. 3, 2020 at 11:56 a.m.
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I actually like Bortuzzo, he just needs a partner who can skate and pass up ice like Dunn has for him the past three years. He’s rarely out of position and is one of the rare physical defenseman who actually get defensive results. I imagine Perunovich and him would make a nice little 3rd pair for 13/14 minutes a night. Faulk sucks though and it’s not like he didn’t suck before coming here either. I’m gonna need the Blues to spoon feed him pp1 minutes next year so he gets 40+ points and looks appealing for Seattle.


I like Bortuzzo too, I think he's good defensively and very good on the PK, and I think the team is better for him being apart of it. I guess it really all comes down to how much you play him. If Pietrangelo and Parayko both play 24 minutes a night, well, giving Bortuzzo twelve probably isn't the worst thing, as long as it's the right twelve minutes. I was really hoping Mitch Reinke would take another step this year and be able to fill that third pairing role though. Seems like the injury slowed him down after his monster last season though.

Yeah Faulk is bad. I think we've talked about this before, but he's the kind of player who looks great on bad teams, and he did for many years, but it's not a surprise that he's underperformed on good teams. It's crazy that we acquired him and the whole idea was that he would help our (at the time very bad) pp a ton, and people still say he's so good on the pp, even though he's...not playing on our pp anymore, and hasn't since January. I really wonder how we're going to wrangle out of it if we keep Pietrangelo without having to pay big money. RHD are always in demand but man that contract is rough.
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