Practice Lines (10/17)

[Frank Barone]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

[bluetunehead]

Montreal is going to take this news as validation of the trade.....at least the dumb ones will.

Two-thirds of this board already has

[STL fan in MN]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

Well, maybe we can get him back now.

With Krug on LTIR now, we’d be able to go over the cap plenty if we wanted to.

[blues2112]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

Respect you posters, but Leddy's cap hit is $4 million. Which depth forward is the same? Am I missing something?

https://puckpedia.com/player/nick-leddy

[ChooseBlues]

Montreal is going to take this news as validation of the trade.....at least the dumb ones will.

Two-thirds of this board already has

Montreal does not need validation. They are doing just fine. Mailloux is already a distant memory.

[Mr.Snuggleupagus]

And Pronger? He now with the FanDual broadcast so wouldn’t he be busy with that? And not like he’s been around a ton over the years. That said, has he even been on a FanDual broadcast yet? I saw where he was on Hockey Night in Canada the other night so I guess the FanDual thing isn’t every game. But either way, not like he’s just in the pressbox ready to give advice to whatever d-man is scratched that night.

FanDuel (with an 'e') mijo

[TheJackBurton]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

Well, maybe we can get him back now.

With Krug on LTIR now, we’d be able to go over the cap plenty if we wanted to.

It's really not that far fetched. San Jose doesn't necessarily need him and didn't seem like there were any hard feelings when San Jose plucked him off waivers.

I was looking at teams and their d-corps and even this early in the season there just isn't that much out there even on the left side.

[kimzey59]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

Respect you posters, but Leddy's cap hit is $4 million. Which depth forward is the same? Am I missing something?

https://puckpedia.com/player/nick-leddy

We didn't need to move him, period.
We've still got 650K in cap space with neither of Krug or Dean officially on LTIR.

If we had wanted to keep Leddy, we could have. Easily. We could still bring in a vet Dman with a faiirly hefty cap hit any time we want to just by LTIR'ing Krug. We're simply chosing not to do so(there are long term Cap benefits for not putting him on).

[blues2112]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

Respect you posters, but Leddy's cap hit is $4 million. Which depth forward is the same? Am I missing something?

https://puckpedia.com/player/nick-leddy

We didn't need to move him, period.
We've still got 650K in cap space with neither of Krug or Dean officially on LTIR.

If we had wanted to keep Leddy, we could have. Easily. We could still bring in a vet Dman with a faiirly hefty cap hit any time we want to just by LTIR'ing Krug. We're simply chosing not to do so(there are long term Cap benefits for not putting him on).

Truly, appreciate your insight.

Thoughts about Suter?

[Mr.Snuggleupagus]

We are moving Kyrou to the 3rd line? Not sure how I feel about that one.

Because you lack hockey knowledge and common sense.

[dtkblueshockey]

Good lines.

Balanced lineup.

Need to get Buch and Kyrou going on the scoresheet.

[kimzey59]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

Respect you posters, but Leddy's cap hit is $4 million. Which depth forward is the same? Am I missing something?

https://puckpedia.com/player/nick-leddy

We didn't need to move him, period.
We've still got 650K in cap space with neither of Krug or Dean officially on LTIR.

If we had wanted to keep Leddy, we could have. Easily. We could still bring in a vet Dman with a faiirly hefty cap hit any time we want to just by LTIR'ing Krug. We're simply chosing not to do so(there are long term Cap benefits for not putting him on).

Truly, appreciate your insight.

Thoughts about Suter?

I'd take Suter back in a heartbeat if he wanted to keep playing. We need a stabilizing vet for the 3rd pair.

[blues2112]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

+1. I didn't understand the need to move him when they could have moved a depth forward to make the cap work.

Respect you posters, but Leddy's cap hit is $4 million. Which depth forward is the same? Am I missing something?

https://puckpedia.com/player/nick-leddy

We didn't need to move him, period.
We've still got 650K in cap space with neither of Krug or Dean officially on LTIR.

If we had wanted to keep Leddy, we could have. Easily. We could still bring in a vet Dman with a faiirly hefty cap hit any time we want to just by LTIR'ing Krug. We're simply chosing not to do so(there are long term Cap benefits for not putting him on).

Truly, appreciate your insight.

Thoughts about Suter?

I'd take Suter back in a heartbeat if he wanted to keep playing. We need a stabilizing vet for the 3rd pair.

Yah, played 82 games last year. Curious if it's possible.

[skilles]

Really probably need to find a way to go out and find Mailloux a solid veteran partner. Last years Suter would have been perfect.

You mean someone like Nick Leddy?

I think there must have been some disconnect with Leddy

[Unfathomable]

Holloway-Thomas-Neighbours
Buchnevich-Suter-Snuggerud
Joseph-Schenn-Kyrou
Texier-Bjugsrad-Walker

Fowler-Parayko
Broberg-Faulk
Tucker-Kessel
Mailloux

Binnington
Hofer

* Sundqvist (LBI) and Toropchenko (LBI/UBI) not skating again.

Neighbours to the right side, Buch down to line 2, Snuggy up to line 2, Kyrou down to line 3. The lines are all jumbled.

Unsurprisingly, Kessel being given a chance. Probably likely to slot in for Mailloux for the next game.

A game or two from the high seats for Logan with Chopper and likely Prongs will do the young fella some good.

We are moving Kyrou to the 3rd line? Not sure how I feel about that one.

Kessel and Tucker will also very likely be a disaster.

I’ve seen comments like this for years and I don’t get it. In all the years MacInnis has been employed by the Blues, I’ve heard of zero times of him working with a player directly. I’m not even sure he works for the Blues fulltime. He’s an advisor to Army. Likely just someone Army gets an opinion from from time to time.

And Pronger? He now with the FanDual broadcast so wouldn’t he be busy with that? And not like he’s been around a ton over the years. That said, has he even been on a FanDual broadcast yet? I saw where he was on Hockey Night in Canada the other night so I guess the FanDual thing isn’t every game. But either way, not like he’s just in the pressbox ready to give advice to whatever d-man is scratched that night.

Fwiw I think pronger mentioned on his interview on the fast lane yesterday the Dallas game would be his first blues broadcast. So wouldn't surprise me if he is in mailloux ear tomorrow. Wish the kid ALL the best think the pr comparison to the pronger trade was dumb at best.

[ScalesofJustice]

Holloway-Thomas-Neighbours
Buchnevich-Suter-Snuggerud
Joseph-Schenn-Kyrou
Texier-Bjugsrad-Walker

Fowler-Parayko
Broberg-Faulk
Tucker-Kessel
Mailloux

Binnington
Hofer

* Sundqvist (LBI) and Toropchenko (LBI/UBI) not skating again.

Neighbours to the right side, Buch down to line 2, Snuggy up to line 2, Kyrou down to line 3. The lines are all jumbled.

Unsurprisingly, Kessel being given a chance. Probably likely to slot in for Mailloux for the next game.

A game or two from the high seats for Logan with Chopper and likely Prongs will do the young fella some good.

We are moving Kyrou to the 3rd line? Not sure how I feel about that one.

Kessel and Tucker will also very likely be a disaster.

I agree...Kyrou on the 3rd line is a very questionable move but it might open up the ice some for him.
More likely this will be very temporary.