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letsgoblues1967

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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 10 at 9:59 a.m.
Thread: Feeling Blues
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BDHockey</b></div><div>I would concievably move Kyrou in a trade for B. Tkachuk, but definitely not Thomas.</div></div>

Even that, different style of player obviously (and Tkachuk would obviously be more endearing to Blues fans for that reason, among others) but Kyrou and Brady Tkachuk are pretty much the same caliber of player. Good offensively (though in a way that makes you think there's always going to be another level that they just can't seem to reach) and defensively suspect. And frankly Kyrou has been perfectly good this season defensively while producing points at nearly the same pace.

Potentially more "leadership" with Tkachuk but I'm not sure how much of that reputation just comes down to "he'll fight people when they're losing".

Thomas, of course, is in a different stratosphere altogether.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 10 at 11:31 a.m.
Thread: Blues next year opening day
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>letsgoblues1967</b></div><div>Why do people always re-sign Alexandrov in these projections? Hasn't he shown he is not an NHL caliber player?</div></div>

I think it's for the sake of simplicity. I'd imagine if he were re-signed it would be to a 2way, 1 year deal hoping that he takes an offseason regimen a bit more seriously this offseason. Was reported that he was a little out of shape coming in to this season.

Regardless, the name probably would be different in the scratched part, but it's really hard to tell who it would be. Army generally brings in 2 or 3 guys on PTOs it seems like that are experienced vets that are either on their last leg or tweeners that it could pretty easily be instead for around the same cap hit.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 28 at 4:17 p.m.
Thread: Dvorsky
I can't really get worked up about who is going to play 3C if there are literally no other significant roster changes being made besides just bringing in Snuggerud. If Armstrong insists on keeping (or is forced to keep) the team in neutral then you might as well just play Schenn there. You do what's best for Dvorsky's development at that point, because I think you'd be hard pressed to expect much more out of this roster than we've seen this year.

I also don't think that Bolduc, Dean and Snuggerud are going to play so well down the stretch this season as to make the Blues forgoe bringing in any forward help this summer. I don't think they can go into the season with all of those guys penciled in for a roster spot. Veterans are fine as long as they don't cost too much money for too long. That's what really makes Stephenson a non-starter for me.