Blues recall Ellis Alexandrov & Schueneman

[STL fan in MN]

Kessel has been with the team since trade deadline day in March. Got into a game or two near the end of the season. He’s very likely an option before Schueneman. Schueneman and the other two are just here as black aces. But I suppose it’s possible he does well enough in practice to move himself ahead of Kessel if they ever had to go that deep into their well of d-men. He has 30 something games of NHL experience and was by far Springfield’s #1 d-man all season (other than when Tucker and Kessel bounced up and down). He’s solid.

[seattleblue]

Kessel has been with the team since trade deadline day in March. Got into a game or two near the end of the season. He’s very likely an option before Schueneman. Schueneman and the other two are just here as black aces. But I suppose it’s possible he does well enough in practice to move himself ahead of Kessel if they ever had to go that deep into their well of d-men. He has 30 something games of NHL experience and was by far Springfield’s #1 d-man all season (other than when Tucker and Kessel bounced up and down). He’s solid.

Schueneman has a little less NHL grounding as Kessel but is probably closer to his full man strength than Kessel is. I feel like Schueneman plays a safer game? And so as an emergency insert for 8-10 minutes which is what it would probably be, that was my logic for thinking S before K (S is hard to type the full name repeatedly)

[Wattage]

Kessel has been with the team since trade deadline day in March. Got into a game or two near the end of the season. He’s very likely an option before Schueneman. Schueneman and the other two are just here as black aces. But I suppose it’s possible he does well enough in practice to move himself ahead of Kessel if they ever had to go that deep into their well of d-men. He has 30 something games of NHL experience and was by far Springfield’s #1 d-man all season (other than when Tucker and Kessel bounced up and down). He’s solid.

Just gettign these guys some practice reps so that if a couple injuries happened next game, theyd already ha e practices with the team and be ready to step in rather than stelping off plane with no practices with the team

[BluesDom]

At times it looked unsafe for Suter to be on the ice. He was targeted and hit hard. 2 massive hits early on.
Probably for his own good that they took him out. He was destroyed.

I hope Alexandrov earns a spot. Hes been a good soldier. Sends a good message to all players in the system. Perseverance pays off. You will be rewarded if you play right and produce. Hes done everything asked of him. Developed into a good 2 way player with some upside. Id be fine with him over Joseph. (kind of like Texier. )

[dhsux]

Kind of interesting.

Schueneman with more pro experience at 28 years old but Kessel with the greater nhl time.

Also the L/R issue.

[Wattage]

Is Kessel already here? Or did Schueneman just move a step closer to playing with Tucker presumably being out?

Yes. Kessel has been with the team for awhile and never went down

[Wattage]

Is Kessel already here? Or did Schueneman just move a step closer to playing with Tucker presumably being out?

Blues website lists Kessel as on the active roster so I believe he's already with us. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Hes been practicing with the team and listed in the pregane healthy scratches. Hes here