I am actually curious to see what blues fans think of this....naturally RD is more valuable then LD so I would imagine they want more, but if they want more of a re-tool than rebuild getting out from under that Parayko contract in the long term has to be appealing.

Pagnotta has been saying the blues will trade Parayko for years without anyone close to the blues organization saying so. He's our most important defender. The only reason we would trade him is to do a full teardown rebuild for picks and prospects. The only reason we would want chychrun is to play him with Parayko, so trading Parayko for Chychrun makes no sense for us

David Pagnotta makes stuff up for clicks. Blues decline.

https://x.com/andystrickland/status/1765383024319828254?s=20

Wouldn’t STL need to retain or add a bit?

such a dumb statement. Devils wouldn't be floundering if they had Parayko as he's a defender who actually defends...

no thanks on Parayko, Colton, he sucks and would become OTTs worst Dman

But Parayko doesn’t defend

Weird that stats don't agree with you...

https://x.com/JFreshHockey/status/1763256765758533677?s=20

Uhhhhhh what?????

One year of 2nd line meh Chych does not even sniff Parayko. Cmon.

He's literally in the top 10 if not top 5 of nearly all the individual D stats. Against the toughest competition of any Dman. Half the time with the Blues 3rd and 4th lines. What are you on about, man?

Pagnotta is lying to you. As usual. He knows nothing about the Blues. Ever.

Player GAR (percentile)

Parayko
-- ES Off 62
-- ES Def 93
-- PP Off 22
-- PK Def 3
-- Overall 71

Chychrun
-- ES Off 87
-- ES Def 75
-- PP Off 93
-- PK Def 61
-- Overall 91

Zub
-- ES Off 91
-- ES Def 96
-- PP Off 22
-- PK Def 93
-- Overall 95

Dumoulin
-- ES Off 19
-- ES Def 97
-- PP Off 22
-- PK Def 20
-- Overall 72


Parayko is more similar to Dumo...but the contract is too high.

You know what ?

You're right.



Given what Tarasenko was just traded for, I'd be surprised if Ottawa got a couple of seconds for Chychrun.

Steve Staios is now Pierre Dorion 2.0.

Dude, you need to put down the analytics and watch hockey. I say "He's literally in the top 10 if not top 5 of nearly all the individual D stats. Against the toughest competition of any Dman. Half the time with the Blues 3rd and 4th lines." - which consists of two sets of objective data facts and a widely agreed upon vaguely analytic thing, and you return fire with a barrage of the most analytic-y analytics known to man.

And you say it proves Parayko is like Dumo. And you think that's reasonable. Based on those analytics.

Booooooy, that is not an advertisement for those analytics. More like a "wizard" behind the curtain exposé.

I am using analytics to respond to someone using analytics…

(And I watch too much hockey)

I mentioned individual stats and objective data. And I mentioned competition, which depending on the source may or may not be partially tied to analytics.

In no way was I 'using analytics". At all.

Ok. It was noted.