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Created by: ameier6775

Team: 2021-22 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 29, 2021

Published: Aug. 29, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Eichel trade is a long shot but at the same time makes sense for the Blues if the they are trying to win now. Makes their top-6 one of the best in the league that could rival the likes of a Colorado. Makes Thomas expendable since their two line centers would be ROR/Eichel for the foreseeable future. Buffalo would be getting a player that is a future top-6 center in Thomas, two 1st-round picks, a 2nd round pick (from third team) and another pretty good prospect (also third team) that was probably a former 1st/2nd rounder while only retaining salary for two years which likely fits within the structure of their rebuild.

Karl Alzner might not be the perfect fit for the Blues, but with reports of them going after a veteran left-handed defenseman and Chara only showing interest in the East coast, might be the next best option of the UFAs remaining. Checks a lot of the boxes as far as what the Blues lacked from their blueline last season (defensive-defenseman who brings physicality with hits, blocked shots).

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Bozak, Tyler		2	$1,250,000
Alzner, Karl		1	$1,000,000

Trades

STL

Eichel, Jack

Additional Details:

Would involve a third team getting Tarasenko, likely with a pretty decent pick (2nd/3rd) and a good-not-great prospect going back to Buffalo which is not illustrated here. The Sabres would also eat some of Vladimir's salary (only for two more years) to get a maximum return of futures in the deal.

BUF

Tarasenko, Vladimir
Thomas, Robert [RFA Rights]
2022 1st round pick (STL)
2023 1st round pick (STL)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$77,519,682	$306,349	$425,000	$3,980,318

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 5	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 2	Perron, David $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 7	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5	Buchnevich, Pavel $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 4
Sanford, Zachary $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Bozak, Tyler $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kyrou, Jordan $2,800,000$2,800,000 RW UFA - 2
Barbashev, Ivan $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2		Kostin, Klim $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) LW, RW RFA - 1
Clifford, Kyle $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW UFA - 1	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Krug, Torey $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC UFA - 6		Binnington, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NTC UFA - 6
Alzner, Karl $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Husso, Ville $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 6
Walman, Jake $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 1	Bortuzzo, Robert $1,375,000$1,375,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Perron, D.		O'Reilly, R.		Buchnevich, P.
	Eichel, J.		Krug, T.

Power Play 2
Kyrou, J.		Schenn, B.		Saad, B.
	Faulk, J.		Walman, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Barbashev, I.	Sundqvist, O.
	Alzner, K.	Parayko, C.

Penalty Kill 2
	O'Reilly, R.	Buchnevich, P.
	Scandella, M.	Bortuzzo, R.

Aug. 29, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

mokumboi

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Firm no to Eichel, and Alzner isn't worth a nickel, let alone making him a top 4 D. Eww.

Aug. 30, 2021 at 12:41 a.m.

Dcochy

Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 355

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Aug. 30, 2021 at 4:02 p.m.

gretzkyghosts

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 5,351

Likes: 4,799

That is a very interesting trade.
First, what do you think is the value of Tarasenko with 7 goals and 24 pts over the past two seasons.
Second, let me remind you the Sabre team that had a top 6 of Kane, Eichel, O'Reilly, Reinhart, Okposo (his last good season 15 goals 44 pts). Pomenville (his last season with 16 goals 34 pts) finished dead last..
What makes one think that a team with O'Reilly, Eichel, Perron, Schenn, and Kyrou will do better?

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