What will be the biggest roster hole in 3 years?

[dhsux]

Oh, I'm looking forward to three years from now. Blues in solid contention, and....

other stuff.

They will be a cup contender in 25/26. No need to wait three years.

The Blues, with Dylan, could well have made the final 4 this year.

[MikoTython]

Oh, I'm looking forward to three years from now. Blues in solid contention, and....

other stuff.

They will be a cup contender in 25/26. No need to wait three years.

Likely. We'll know a lot by next year if the track w/ the existing roster, plus new guys, plus another youngish NHL top-9 center is enough to put them over. I think it is, except that DD is still somewhat in suspense as a core player for this team.

[smegma]

Broberg when he wants 100% money up front guaranteed signing bonus vs salary and leaves to sign with Vegas.

Sorry, guys, I couldn't resist. Most likely center, one or two quality top-4 D. Hopefully NOT in goal.

Yea, like that would ever happen!

[a smell of green grass]

Likely Top 4 RHD. We already need someone better than Faulk right now to go with Parayko. As Parayko gets older that will only get more true. Theoretically Jiricek could be the guy, but we will probably want another one to step up soon even with him. Broberg and Lindstein can be penciled in as our future LHDs, and we have several more in the prospect pool that might also make it. The RHD future is very suspect at the moment.

That said… that’s a pretty common problem, and it’s plausible we end up with someone playing the other side. RHD is a tough spot to fill league-wide.

This would be my answer. RD is a bit thin at the moment and then gets really thin whenever age catches up to Parayko.

And while yes, RHD is a league-wide shortage, the only 2 in the pipeline we have are Jiricek and McIsaac.

Thank you to STL Fan in MN, and BlueTuneHead. Very good summary.

[a smell of green grass]

Likely Top 4 RHD. We already need someone better than Faulk right now to go with Parayko. As Parayko gets older that will only get more true. Theoretically Jiricek could be the guy, but we will probably want another one to step up soon even with him. Broberg and Lindstein can be penciled in as our future LHDs, and we have several more in the prospect pool that might also make it. The RHD future is very suspect at the moment.

That said… that’s a pretty common problem, and it’s plausible we end up with someone playing the other side. RHD is a tough spot to fill league-wide.

Jiricek has the pedigree to buy a top 4 defender on a team. Broberg has that. And by all accounts Lindstein is the most impressive prospect we have according to some scouts and some team entities coming out of camp environments. Broberg would have to be locked up by then on a big long term contract. But if we can assume or hope Tucker is manning our bottom pair, you would have

Broberg/Parayko
Lindstein/xxxx
Fowler/Jiricek. Tucker is here as well

My guess is by this point because of the way our cap is being handled, Tucker or the Fowler spot wouldn't exist like that, and it would be a 7th man and a BIG money contract from the outside. I'd assume that in 2 years we are spending 8m on some established player. If that's the case, Our defense has potential. Will be interesting, but when you write it all out, the defense doesn't look like it's in bad shape. It's the next couple years where you will have to find Fowlers replacement and Paraykos because he will have 2 years left but should be at that point starting to move down the lineup. If Parayko is a 2nd pair guy for us in his 36 and 37 year old season, that won't be too bad.

Thank you to callitwhatyouwant. Very good summary.

[roadkillIL]

Broberg when he wants 100% money up front guaranteed signing bonus vs salary and leaves to sign with Vegas.

Sorry, guys, I couldn't resist. Most likely center, one or two quality top-4 D. Hopefully NOT in goal.

Yea, like that would ever happen!

Ha Ha, bout swallowed my chew! Literally LOL!
Bad dog, bad!

[a smell of green grass]

Oh, I'm looking forward to three years from now. Blues in solid contention, and....

other stuff.

They will be a cup contender in 25/26. No need to wait three years.

Likely. We'll know a lot by next year if the track w/ the existing roster, plus new guys, plus another youngish NHL top-9 center is enough to put them over. I think it is, except that DD is still somewhat in suspense as a core player for this team.

Helpful reply. If DD is da 2C, that fills a hole well and quickly. If he is not, fixing the problem will be costly and much less sure. Thank you for your reply.

[a smell of green grass]

Broberg when he wants 100% money up front guaranteed signing bonus vs salary and leaves to sign with Vegas.

Sorry, guys, I couldn't resist. Most likely center, one or two quality top-4 D. Hopefully NOT in goal.

It takes a very honest man to feed me cannon balls. Thank you, DawgDad. So now I can watch the Broberg contract like a hawk.

[Old_Goat]

An Assistant Coach for the Power Play as well as possibly for the Penalty Kill.