Cameron Matthew Fowler

[TampaBlues78]

Do you think Anaheim will want him back? I am sure he’ll want to go back… What is the return? Do we get more or less for him?

[skilles]

I personally think we need Fowler for now

[MiamiLaw]

Anyone want totry to take a stab at the logic of the extension as far as timing? Why the rush to sign him? He played well when he was traded obviously, but he’s an older guy. It’s not like he’s going to get better and price himself out.

A real head scratcher to me.

[skilles]

Anyone want totry to take a stab at the logic of the extension as far as timing? Why the rush to sign him? He played well when he was traded obviously, but he’s an older guy. It’s not like he’s going to get better and price himself out.

A real head scratcher to me.

Because we desperately need nhl d men, its 3 years. I'd still take the deal today

[hockey jedi]

This guy was playing like an all star last spring. I still think he has that kind of game. Everyone looks worse than who they are this year. Blues management made a good decision based on the data they had at the time.

[MiamiLaw]

Anyone want totry to take a stab at the logic of the extension as far as timing? Why the rush to sign him? He played well when he was traded obviously, but he’s an older guy. It’s not like he’s going to get better and price himself out.

A real head scratcher to me.

Because we desperately need nhl d men, its 3 years. I'd still take the deal today

He was still signed for another year though so needing nhl d doesn’t really answer why there was a rush to sign him last summer

[Cahokanut]

These early contracts always seem to backfire, and seems to be exclusive to those over 29.

[Bluesfan1978]

Anyone want totry to take a stab at the logic of the extension as far as timing? Why the rush to sign him? He played well when he was traded obviously, but he’s an older guy. It’s not like he’s going to get better and price himself out.

A real head scratcher to me.

Because we desperately need nhl d men, its 3 years. I'd still take the deal today

He was still signed for another year though so needing nhl d doesn’t really answer why there was a rush to sign him last summer

Army likes to get the deals done early it seems for the players that are willing. Personally I think they need to get Fowler back with Parayko somehow.

[Pierre McGuire]

Need another for next couple of years and Fowler becomes the 3rd line LD while mentoring Jiricek.

[MiamiLaw]

Anyone want totry to take a stab at the logic of the extension as far as timing? Why the rush to sign him? He played well when he was traded obviously, but he’s an older guy. It’s not like he’s going to get better and price himself out.

A real head scratcher to me.

Because we desperately need nhl d men, its 3 years. I'd still take the deal today

He was still signed for another year though so needing nhl d doesn’t really answer why there was a rush to sign him last summer

Army likes to get the deals done early it seems for the players that are willing. Personally I think they need to get Fowler back with Parayko somehow.

In the past, it’s been more guys like Buch or Kyrou or (I think) Thomas he signed early. Guys that may improve or have additional productive years that could drive up their price. Fowler doesn’t really fit that mold. He didn’t really sign at a discount. I’ve got to think that even if he had a career normal year for him this year, that exact contract he signed would be acceptable to him and, if not, that amount of money could easily be used to find a similar level player.

[a smell of green grass]

Fowler is an Army special, an old defenseman that makes a GM that can't find young defenseman look average.

[Bluesfan1978]

Don’t know, I didn’t think his play would have dropped off this much. Defensively some games he looks lost. By next year they need to get him back with Parayko, figure out what type of D system they are using and stick with it. Get his trade value up. His and the Buch signing don’t look very good right now.

[Pierre McGuire]

Don’t know, I didn’t think his play would have dropped off this much. Defensively some games he looks lost. By next year they need to get him back with Parayko, figure out what type of D system they are using and stick with it. Get his trade value up. His and the Buch signing don’t look very good right now.

Parayko has been terrible too. He needs someone to help him. Fowler at this point isn’t the answer for that

[skilles]

Anyone want totry to take a stab at the logic of the extension as far as timing? Why the rush to sign him? He played well when he was traded obviously, but he’s an older guy. It’s not like he’s going to get better and price himself out.

A real head scratcher to me.

Because we desperately need nhl d men, its 3 years. I'd still take the deal today

He was still signed for another year though so needing nhl d doesn’t really answer why there was a rush to sign him last summer

Sure it does, we had/have very limited options so we jumped on the one we had ASAP before we lost it.

Ain't nobody better than Fowler signing a contract like that to come play here. It was a smart move and continues to be a smart move.

I think people greatly over estimate our options.

Same thing applies to Buch, while better players might sign better deals somewhere that doesn't mean we could have signed them on those better deals.

These deals are at least a reasonable plan to not get in a hole we can't dig out of where our young players are getting away before we get over the hump leaving us in that indefinite rebuild situation like a lot of teams have fallen in to.

[Bluesfan1978]

Don’t know, I didn’t think his play would have dropped off this much. Defensively some games he looks lost. By next year they need to get him back with Parayko, figure out what type of D system they are using and stick with it. Get his trade value up. His and the Buch signing don’t look very good right now.

Parayko has been terrible too. He needs someone to help him. Fowler at this point isn’t the answer for that

Well
Maybe they can help each other.
My opinion is the goaltending has had a negative effect on the team’s confidence. However you look it the goalies as a whole have played well below league average this year. This team isn’t used to that.
Something else I was thinking about was Mailloux not playing any PK time has increased the PK time for the top 4. Without looking it up I’m sure Suter played as much PK time as any other D last year.

[skilles]

Don’t know, I didn’t think his play would have dropped off this much. Defensively some games he looks lost. By next year they need to get him back with Parayko, figure out what type of D system they are using and stick with it. Get his trade value up. His and the Buch signing don’t look very good right now.

Parayko has been terrible too. He needs someone to help him. Fowler at this point isn’t the answer for that

Well
Maybe they can help each other.
My opinion is the goaltending has had a negative effect on the team’s confidence. However you look it the goalies as a whole have played well below league average this year. This team isn’t used to that.
Something else I was thinking about was Mailloux not playing any PK time has increased the PK time for the top 4. Without looking it up I’m sure Suter played as much PK time as any other D last year.

Well we only have 4 NHL d men, that makes things very difficult.