The new Vancouver Canucks with the endless retool and tons of bad money on defence. Going for Timo Meier would definitely be a Jim Benning type of move. How do ppl think Armstrong is a good GM? This same guy traded a 2nd for Scandella, a month after Montreal got him for a 4th from Buffalo

Seems like Army is re-tooling.

Now now, dont be so gloomy. If they end up with top 5 pick im happy. Young players progressing (Torp and Tuck). Missing playoff will made them hungry for victories next season. Smart drafting and trading Leddy or Scandella this summer will be good long term.

It’ll be okay. Soon.

This part isn’t supposed to be enjoyable.

The Blues strength is their depth, which is momentarily gone. Covid salary cap wrecked everybody, but this is kryptonite for the teams philosophy.

They’re being exposed right now as they don’t have an extreme high end to carry games. You’re seeing what happens when the depth is gone. The other team can shut down one line and abuse the rest of them. That demoralizes them.

That’s okay. It’s nearly the guaranteed outcome for a bit.

The Blues have an excellent scouting and development system, and the respect of free agents and other gms. While they aren’t as desirable as Tampa, Vegas, they’re doing much better than a whole lot of teams in these areas, especially considering Missouri sucks.

While all teams have holes, shortly the blues will have home grown center depth in Thomas, Bolduc, Alexandrov.

The primary reason for this seasons failure is the loss of (sometimes) 3 players from the same position, Scandella, Perunovich, Krug is the sometimes.

Leddy is not a top pairing, Rosen is an AHL talent, and Tucker is a 22 year old 7th round pick. It’s mission impossible to lose your entire depth at one position with a stagnant salary cap. It cascaded. You may want to pick and choose who to blame, but this is not the way.

The money does not exist to bolster the lineup, thanks to Covid, and no West conference team is going to help the Blues out.

As a result, the correct decision was made and (as of now) 4 players were jettisoned who were probably going to go anyway, except now the Blues have currency.

The depth will return. It’s a core philosophy of the organization, always has been. The currency exists to get it.

It is best that they suck the rest of the year. They will be better sooner and faster the worse they are right now. And you never know, a generational talent could land in their lap. Or Carlsson.

Thomas and Kyrou are great players, but since they're on the same line, they're not getting favorable matchups with Tarasenko and ROR gone. Schenn isn't that great for his contract, that'll likely be a bad contract in 2 seasons, and Buch comes and goes when he pleases. It's a team filled with tweeners throughout the line up. Leddy, Scandella, Bortuzzo, Blais, and Saad are all average at best.

Team needs more than just a re-tool, even if ROR is willing to re-sign in the Summer. Best would be to sell everyone we can, particularly Parayko and Krug since there's apparently some interest for them surprisingly.

Yeah this team just doesnt seem like a retoolable team to me at this point. Sell everything and start over imo.

Scandella is not the reason this team is losing.

Lets start with trading Krug and CP55 get 13 Million off the books

Kryou doesnt fit Chiefs style so let trade him.

Team already said Barby wouldnt be resigned

Rebuild the D.

Schenn ? , Buch
Saad, Thomas, ?
Neighbors, Alexandrov, torp
BLais, Acciari (or player that is similar style), Walker,

Find a #1 center and maybe a winger

Maybe Bolduc, or Snuggs would be ready but not banking on it!