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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 19 at 6:40 p.m.
Thread: Deadline version 69 - gut this team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_K</b></div><div>Welcome aboard the ship, let's take on some water. Admittedly this was a really tough part of the schedule, but it feels like the past 2 games mark the end of the new coach bump. This team is just low on talent and unable to outscore the elephant-in-the-room top 4 defense. Like AC14 said, the depth beyond the top line is just not there. And we've been waiting for the special teams to show up but we're now past the halfway point and it's still a bottom 3 PP. It could've gone either way this season, but now the important thing is that it goes either way. Don't finish in 17th place for the love of God.</div></div>

I know the defense sucks, but I would also point out that the forwards suck as well. Luckily that should be remedied somewhat quick.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 15 at 1:07 p.m.
Thread: Hughes Presser
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Andy_Dick</b></div><div>Matheson isnt available. I dont know why Habs fans want to deal him so bad. He will be 32 by the time his deal ends and you cant replace his production and all around game. Anyone that watches that guy skate and his hockey sense yet thinks he should be dealt, they are off their rocker.

Matheson has 64 points in 90 career MTL games, 233 SOG, 25PPP and only a -2 on a horrific goal differential team playing 25+ mins on average in every situation vs teams top lines and top PK with David Savard.



No one cares. Stick with all your overpaid Dmen and worst PP in the league, trying every D men you have to qb that awful special teams.</div></div>

The blues are not trading like the 11th overall pick for a 29 year old. Gtfoh. If that pick goes it’s for someone Kyrou’s age or younger.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 15 at 12:51 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 15 at 12:45 p.m.
Thread: Paraykos value
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>He's out there with the 4th line half the time, dude. Against top lines. How is that his fault? Most of what they do generate is thanks to him. And again, he's literally tied for second in the league among Dmen for 5v5 goals... not sure how someone with zero offense does such things.

And we are not in a teardown rebuild. We all know this. We are not pissing away all of Thomas and Kyrou's prime. Because that would be fantastically dumb. And frankly, if we did a teardown, our fanbase would not handle it well at all.</div></div>

We barely play our 4th line so that’s false. I’m virtually certain his most common teammate (besides leddy) is Thomas. Fwiw he is a bit overextended and I bet would be more effective offensively if he didn’t have to play so many minutes. Extremely valuable defenseman? Sure. Bonafide number 1 who can tilt the ice every night who I want here until he’s 38… I don’t know.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 15 at 12:26 a.m.
Thread: Paraykos value
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>Wait... Parayko is a zero on offense? Huh? He's our best transition, zone entry and Ozone keep-in Dman, and is tied fir second in the league among Dmen in 5v5 goals. Now, finally, they put him on the PP, and immediately his unit scores in consecutive games. Last season, he had the same amount of even strength points as Morgan Rielly. The real issue is out coaches keep making him play against top lines with our 3rd and 4th line forwards.

And this notion that he won't be good anymore when we're capable of competing... I just don't get this pessimist view of everything, like it will take five years to do anything. If you switched Krug out for even just a do no harm J-Bo type, we'd probably be up around Dallas right now. From one change. I mean, where was Vancouver last season?

I know us Blues fans are conditioned to accept the worst, it's just all so fatalistic. But fine... you think we should trade Colt now. So where and for what? And don't forget his NTC, otherwise known as the secondary logo of the Blues.

Long story short, we're not intentionally tanking the entirety of Thomas and Kyrou's prime, man. We're gonna do what we always do, try to get and be competitive.</div></div>

I mean the team scores about 2 goals/60 with him at 5v5 (that’s really really low.) I love the guy, but he sure isn’t helping them score goals. I’m cool with keeping him, but if someone really wants to speed up our rebuild… I’m all ears.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 13 at 3:17 p.m.
Thread: Paraykos value
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GSGHARRIS</b></div><div>Yeah, I can see the monster minutes he's playing each game. The same way Chabot was being used for us last year. I'd just love to see the two of them together. We don't need a young guy trying to figure out the league. A 600 game giant, to just kill opposing plays is what we need with my big 3 LHD guys.</div></div>

I mean I think it makes the most sense for both team and player to trade him. He’s such a zero on offense that he isn’t exactly helping us win, but he’s so good defensively that he would be an amazing piece on a team where others can pick up the slack. Plus I don’t imagine he’ll be any good by the time the blues are in a contention window. He’s worth a lot though, like a Parayko trade would need to be so good that it takes a year off of this rebuild.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 12 at 5:46 p.m.