Blues - Building via the "DISCARD PILE"

a smell of green grass · Post by **a smell of green grass** » 16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm

Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.

Kilokaai · Post by **Kilokaai** » 16 Jul 2026 21:43 pm

a smell of green grass wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.

Might be the top post I've ever seen typed out, if you account for the change of scenery discards it was still terrible.

Snuggyfresh · Post by **Snuggyfresh** » 16 Jul 2026 22:01 pm

a smell of green grass wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.

You have got to be thw dumbest p o s in the world. Brobeg is top pair dman holloway is almost ppg and aoart of the best line in the nhl.....mctavish is our 2c until dvorsky and mcmichael is a cemter we will use as winger and will get 60 70 pts like kyrpu plays a complete game.

hornetfb52 · Post by **hornetfb52** » 16 Jul 2026 23:04 pm

Man I really wish that if you have someone blocked their moronic threads were blocked as well. Absolutely useless. Same (bleep) on Cards Talk

BluesDom · Post by **BluesDom** » 16 Jul 2026 23:30 pm

hornetfb52 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 23:04 pm Man I really wish that if you have someone blocked their moronic threads were blocked as well. Absolutely useless. Same (bleep) on Cards Talk

Absolutely annoying and useless. Amen

2forDiving · Post by **2forDiving** » 17 Jul 2026 04:15 am

Anyone else hear in their heads Pee Wee Herman’s voice when reading a Smelly post?

Younghopp1991 · Post by **Younghopp1991** » 17 Jul 2026 04:39 am

Jesus dude. You are such a victim

zamadoo · Post by **zamadoo** » 17 Jul 2026 05:57 am

Only four roster players from FLA's Cup teams were drafted by FLA, and one of them was Spencer Knight, the goalie taken 13th OA who is now a Blackhawk, meaning only 3 remain, and FLA just added even more from the discard pile.

Vegas had only two players they drafted on their Cup team, and their entire team was made of actual discards from the expansion draft. Everything they've done has been trades and signings.

Carolina had 6 and 7 of their own draftees in each of their two Cups. One of those players (Nikishin) is being discarded. "The rest of that legendary 2006 core—including captain Rod Brind'Amour, franchise icon Glen Wesley, and forward Justin Williams—were all acquired via trades."

Buffalo discarded ROR and Eichel so they could win the Cup as 1Cs for other teams, while BUF continues to draft and discard. Also of note is that they discarded some players for ROR who went on to win the Cup in COL. Congrats to them for finally making it through a round of the playoffs for the first time in 19 years, using the "build from within model" as they have in the past to win playoff games, but no Cup, despite having 11, 14, and 12 drafted players on each of their 3 most recent playoff runs (2006, 2007, 2026).

COL had 5 of their own drafted players for their recent Cup win. 6 if you count Byram, who was injured and missed the playoff run. They discarded 3 of those 6.

The Blues had 13 drafted players on their 2019 roster, which added key pieces to win it all, before they discarded several of those players. They currently have 8 of their own draft picks on the current roster, with a stocked pipeline. They stole two top players from EDM, who has now only 4 of their own drafted players on their current roster. Have acquired a solid 2C (like Schenn). Have #1C in player they drafted. Have #3C in player they drafted (who could someday be #1C). and we still have Sunny

Francis Park Thug · Post by **Francis Park Thug** » 17 Jul 2026 07:02 am

Kilokaai wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:43 pm
a smell of green grass wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.
Might be the top post I've ever seen typed out, if you account for the change of scenery discards it was still terrible.

But, he got you to respond.
That was his goal.
To him, that is a win.

a smell of green grass · Post by **a smell of green grass** » 17 Jul 2026 07:31 am

Francis Park Thug wrote: ↑17 Jul 2026 07:02 am
Kilokaai wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:43 pm
a smell of green grass wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.
Might be the top post I've ever seen typed out, if you account for the change of scenery discards it was still terrible.
But, he got you to respond.
That was his goal.
To him, that is a win.

You think that is a win for me? Let me tell you what a win is...

The Sharks having Celebrini.
The Inslanders having Schaefer.
The Maple Leafs having McKenna.
The Capitals having Ovie.
The Pengiuns having Crosby.
The Blues having Pietrangelo.

These are WINS that impact every fan every hour of every day for 20 years.

ManitobaBlues · Post by **ManitobaBlues** » 17 Jul 2026 07:34 am

a smell of green grass wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.

Ok, I am now convinced your Theograce .

zamadoo · Post by **zamadoo** » 17 Jul 2026 07:35 am

Good call on McKenna, who hasn't played a game yet, and enters the team that had all of Marner, Matthews, and Tavares, but still sucked, so bad that Marner left, and so bad they could draft McKenna.

a smell of green grass · Post by **a smell of green grass** » 17 Jul 2026 07:38 am

ManitobaBlues wrote: ↑17 Jul 2026 07:34 am
a smell of green grass wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.
Ok, I am now convinced your Theograce .

I'm not Theograce. Don't even know who he is. I am 1 single poster, using the same userid since the beginning.

Selling the truth is easy.

a smell of green grass · Post by **a smell of green grass** » 17 Jul 2026 07:46 am

zamadoo wrote: ↑17 Jul 2026 07:35 am Good call on McKenna, who hasn't played a game yet, and enters the team that had all of Marner, Matthews, and Tavares, but still sucked, so bad that Marner left, and so bad they could draft McKenna.

I never said that EVERY team with TOP5 drafted players will win a Cup.

What I have said:
1) TOP5 elite players bring fans TRUE EXCITEMENT. The NHL Draft brings meaningful excitement to almost every team EXCEPT St Louis. Every fan buying a ticket walks into the rink KNOWING that they get to see a potential HOF and elite player. St Louis has no potential HOFers, and won't have for 10 more years at least. St Louis fans get hot dogs, while all other franchises get steak -- FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.

2) St Louis is building a NEW CORE almost exclusively from THE DISCARD PILE of other teams. The NHL Draft is virtually meaningless to the Blues. What franchise has WON USING THAT APPROACH?!!!!! None.

BalotelliMassive · Post by **BalotelliMassive** » 17 Jul 2026 08:08 am

son_of_foolsgold · Post by **son_of_foolsgold** » 17 Jul 2026 08:21 am

a smell of green grass wrote: ↑16 Jul 2026 21:32 pm Historically, the great NHL teams of the past have built their franchises via the NHL draft. Other moves supplemented the roster, but the core players acquired via the NHL DRAFT were the cornerstone, the face, and the LIFE of the franchise.

And then we have our St Louis Blues....

With each passing day, the value of the NHL draft to the Blues future decreases. At this point, BluesTalkers have been trained by Blues Management to NOT EVEN CARE what value we get from the NHL Draft.

Instead..... The Blues are building the future from the other team's discard piles. McTavish, McMichael, Broberg, Holloway were all NOT GOOD ENOUGH to crack and stay on the roster, but on the BLUES they will be our CORE.

Congrat's Sport's Fans. Welcome to long-term mediocrity--UNLESS OF COURSE--you believe that the Blues will be SUCCESSFUL in a way that NO OTHER FRANCHISE IN HISTORY HAS.

Don;t think you can argue that Broberg and Holloway were in the Oilers "discard pile". They were forced to part with those players due to the mismanagement of their salary structure...McMichael was traded for Kyrou. I do agree on McTavish, however...

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