Zubov joins Blues as advisor to hockey operations

[UMR-alum-05]

maybe I'm imagining it, but I thought I read a little while back that it was speculated that Loof might be going back to Europe

Affirmative. He signed a contract to play in the Liiga. Finland

[danno]

I see now that puckpedia shows no contract for Loof. I guess he is gone.

[Hockey Pete]

I'm sure it has to do with our Russian prospects. Of which we have several now.

Including Koromyslov (very mobile defender) who is now with the Blues. A bonus is that we have several more inbound in the next year or so...

Yeah I'm excited about Koromyslov.

I wonder what the D pairings in Springfield will look like.

I'd have to figure Ralph, Fischer, Burns, Koromyslov and Jiricek are all playing.

Jiricek, Loof, Buchinger, Fischer, Burns, Rosen, Gaudet thats the 7 shown on their roster my assumption is Lindstein breaks camp. They arent showing Koromyslov yet.
Only Jiricek and Burns are RHs i think

Loof will be playing in Finland.

Burns is a lefty.

Far as actual NHL prospects, Jiricek is the only Righty in Springfield.

Yup, the one position we're thin on, although I REALLY like the three we have (Jiricek, Schairer and McIsaac)...

[zamadoo]

I thought Susuyev looked good last summer. Kind of looks like a nothing prospect, but who knows, could be a 4th line grinder type. Looking forward to seeing Koromyslov. Maybe Zubov can get Korotky and Buchelnikov over here.

[TruBlueFan_1970]

Maybe we’re the secret team bidding on Marchenko and he only wants to play for the Blues due to the Zubov hiring?