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Re: All Things UFA today

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TheJackBurton wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:33 am
sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:30 am Jaden Schwartz to Colorado 🤮
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He's getting on the older side, but I hate to see ANY former Blues join the Avs. Yuck!
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TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:35 am
TheJackBurton wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:33 am
sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:30 am Jaden Schwartz to Colorado 🤮
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He's getting on the older side, but I hate to see ANY former Blues join the Avs. Yuck!
Basically.
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TheJackBurton wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:37 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:35 am
TheJackBurton wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:33 am
sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:30 am Jaden Schwartz to Colorado 🤮
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He's getting on the older side, but I hate to see ANY former Blues join the Avs. Yuck!
Basically.
And yet we sign Johnston. What’s wrong with this picture?
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Re: All Things UFA today

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netboy65 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:42 am And yet we sign Johnston. What’s wrong with this picture?
Schwartz is another LW. Hasn't everyone been saying that if we try to sign a top-9 forward, it should be a RW? That's my view of what's right about the picture.
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Re: All Things UFA today

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Skinner to Winnipeg 👀
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Re: All Things UFA today

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Ian Cole @ age 37 going to the Blackhawks @ 4 Million for the year. Surely he plays in 1000 games. Excuse me 4.75 million.
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Re: All Things UFA today

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kimzey59 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:23 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:19 am
sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:17 am We are signing Ross Johnston from Anaheim
If so, that spells the end for Toro or Walker. Johnston will be a much better 4th line menace than either of those two.
He probably doesn’t even make the team.
Other than PIM’s, he doesn’t add much.
The guy that signed for 3 years won't make the team?
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larueskee wrote: 01 Jul 2026 12:23 pm Ian Cole @ age 37 going to the Blackhawks @ 4 Million for the year. Surely he plays in 1000 games.
For a jag who couldn't even make the Blues that guy has had one heck of a career. I remember people saying that guy would be out of the league like 10 years ago. Then he won the Cup! :lol:
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Re: All Things UFA today

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VGK signed R. Andersson for 8 x $8.5m and are now $5.125m over the cap with only 17 players signed. Going to be interesting to follow them this summer. Has to be Hertl, Stone or both moving on.
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Re: All Things UFA today

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kimzey59 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:23 am
TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:19 am
sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:17 am We are signing Ross Johnston from Anaheim
If so, that spells the end for Toro or Walker. Johnston will be a much better 4th line menace than either of those two.
He probably doesn’t even make the team.
Other than PIM’s, he doesn’t add much.
He will absolutely be on the NHL roster
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Re: All Things UFA today

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Matt Kessel off to the Isle. So long!
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TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:47 am
netboy65 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 11:42 am And yet we sign Johnston. What’s wrong with this picture?
Schwartz is another LW. Hasn't everyone been saying that if we try to sign a top-9 forward, it should be a RW? That's my view of what's right about the picture.
Schwartz is a good character vet for the Lanche but the Blues dont need another LW and certainly not a 33 yr old.
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sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 12:40 pm Matt Kessel off to the Isle. So long!
Must have gotten input from Schenn…
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TruBlueFan_1970 wrote: 01 Jul 2026 12:33 pm VGK signed R. Andersson for 8 x $8.5m and are now $5.125m over the cap with only 17 players signed. Going to be interesting to follow them this summer. Has to be Hertl, Stone or both moving on.
Stone has a torn hymen, expected to regrow in time for the playoffs.

That's still allowed, right?
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Re: All Things UFA today

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Well Toronto got their goaler of course he's 37 and coming off one of his statistically worse seasons and will now be playing in front of that defense.

good luck
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BleedingBleu wrote: 01 Jul 2026 13:08 pm
sdaltons wrote: 01 Jul 2026 12:40 pm Matt Kessel off to the Isle. So long!
Must have gotten input from Schenn…
How will history remember the Matt ( don’t call me Phil) Kessel era?