St. Louis Blues 2010 Regular Season Thread

[JackofDiamonds]

If the Stars win, the Blackhawks miss the playoffs. I expect the Wild will be getting some favorable calls tonight.

Stars and Wild are tied right now.

No they're not.

Yes they are.

No they're not.

[MrCrowesGarden]

It's strange to see three teams facing "win and you're in" situations this weekend... and none of them could.

[TheoSqua]

A follow up to what longhorned did a few pages back, here's what every players projected 82 games played would have come out to this year:

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G    A     P
47	25	73	Chris Stewart
28	42	71	Andy McDonald
31	31	62	David Backes
23	35	58	Alex Steen
41	16	57	David Perron
20	37	57	T.J. Oshie
16	38	54	Brad Boyes
06	47	54	Kevin Shattenkirk
22	30	53	Patrik Berglund
21	25	46	Matt D'Agostini
11	33	45	Alex Pietrangelo
09	28	37	Vladimir Sobotka
08	25	33	Carlo Colaiacovo
07	21	28	Erik Johnson
09	18	27	Nathan Oystrick
10	14	24	Adam Cracknell
09	15	23	Jay McClement
12	09	21	Eric Brewer
13	07	20	Brad Winchester
06	13	19	T.J. Hensick
02	16	18	Nikita Nikitin
04	13	18	Roman Polak
00	18	18	Barret Jackman
05	11	16	Philip McRae
07	07	14	B.J. Crombeen
05	07	13	Chris Porter
03	09	13	Ian Cole
06	06	12	Ryan Reaves
00	10	10	Dave Scatchard
02	05	06	Cam Janssen
00	03	03	Tyson Strachan

[TheoSqua]

That's 244 goals from our top 9 forwards. If we can get even 190 from them this team will be rocking next year.

[Popeye_Card]

That makes one LOL at the EJ trade, given that he's not a defensive standout.

It also makes one appreciate how underrated McDonald continues to be. He is a solidly good player who rarely has a bad game. Yet he is not often considered as an asset the Blues have.

[TheoSqua]

Johnsons projected stats from Colorado would beL

11 goals, 26 assists, and 37 points.


The Avalanche better hope that 1st round pick they get is a really good player and that their 32nd overall pick flops.

Goign through the drafts, not much comes out of the 11th overall pick.
Anze Kopitar
Jeff Carter
Jarome Iginla
Jeff Friesen
Brian Rolston
Mike Sillinger
and a few defensemen in the 70's

are the only players to make an all-star game being drafted in the 11th spot since 1971. (Though Scott Young was an 11th overall pick and he wasn't too terrible)

In comparison, the first selection in the 2nd round has netted:
Steve Payne
Adam Graves
Adam Foote
Ray Whitney

Really, for 80 picks that's not a whole lot of talent. The odds of either draft pick netting someone who will tip the scales of the trade is pretty slim.

[JackofDiamonds]

Johnsons projected stats from Colorado would beL

11 goals, 26 assists, and 37 points.


The Avalanche better hope that 1st round pick they get is a really good player and that their 32nd overall pick flops.

Goign through the drafts, not much comes out of the 11th overall pick.
Anze Kopitar
Jeff Carter
Jarome Iginla
Jeff Friesen
Brian Rolston
Mike Sillinger
and a few defensemen in the 70's

are the only players to make an all-star game being drafted in the 11th spot since 1971. (Though Scott Young was an 11th overall pick and he wasn't too terrible)

In comparison, the first selection in the 2nd round has netted:
Steve Payne
Adam Graves
Adam Foote
Ray Whitney

Really, for 80 picks that's not a whole lot of talent. The odds of either draft pick netting someone who will tip the scales of the trade is pretty slim.

If they end up with any of the first 3 guys you listed they won the trade handily. Unlikely though.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Johnsons projected stats from Colorado would beL

11 goals, 26 assists, and 37 points.


The Avalanche better hope that 1st round pick they get is a really good player and that their 32nd overall pick flops.

Goign through the drafts, not much comes out of the 11th overall pick.
Anze Kopitar
Jeff Carter
Jarome Iginla
Jeff Friesen
Brian Rolston
Mike Sillinger
and a few defensemen in the 70's

are the only players to make an all-star game being drafted in the 11th spot since 1971. (Though Scott Young was an 11th overall pick and he wasn't too terrible)

In comparison, the first selection in the 2nd round has netted:
Steve Payne
Adam Graves
Adam Foote
Ray Whitney

Really, for 80 picks that's not a whole lot of talent. The odds of either draft pick netting someone who will tip the scales of the trade is pretty slim.

If they end up with any of the first 3 guys you listed they won the trade handily. Unlikely though.

You're also assuming our 2nd rounder does nothing.

[Popeye_Card]

Why are we looking at those exact two drafting positions?

If there is a player available that we really like in the mid to late 1st, we have the extra picks available in the 2nd to try a trade to move up. The mid to late 1st, as a reminder, is where most of the current talent on the team was drafted.

[JackofDiamonds]

Why are we looking at those exact two drafting positions?

If there is a player available that we really like in the mid to late 1st, we have the extra picks available in the 2nd to try a trade to move up. The mid to late 1st, as a reminder, is where most of the current talent on the team was drafted.

Shhh. Because I want to be simple.