NHL Central Division: Stock UP / DOWN

[TBone]

The Central Division teams surging forward and those running out of steam

The NHL's Central Division is shifting fast as some teams continue to build toward contention, while others slip further behind in the race.

By Noah Pedrazzoli
Aug 25, 2025

The Central Division has seen an increase in star power presence through the return of Mikko Rantanen and the arrival of Martin Necas, but how have the other teams in the division fared during the dog days of the NHL offseason?

Stock Up

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St Louis Blues

After a remarkable season, where they almost upset the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the St. Louis Blues fell short to the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. The Blues decided to regroup this offseason and make some depth signings; however, there are still questions if this team has the composition and firepower to properly stake a claim in a division that is already a dogfight to make any moves in. Nevertheless, this upcoming season will begin a full year under former Boston Bruins’ head coach Jim Montgomery, who could provide this team with the structure and tenacity it needs to stake a proper claim.

The Blues began their offseason by extending netminder Joel Hofer to a two-year deal, which ensures he will continue to play backup to Jordan Binnington. St. Louis began their free agency deadline by trading Zachary Bolduc to the Montreal Canadiens for Logan Mailloux, one for one. This does make sense due to the Blues needing young and promising defensemen to develop for their aging blue line, but it does raise an eyebrow if it was worth giving up a promising forward prospect considering their lackluster forward prospect pool besides Jimmy Snuggerud. The Blues proceeded to sign Nick Bjugstad to a two-year deal; he is projected to play on the third line centered by Pius Suter, who was also signed to a two-year deal to provide further middle-six depth.

St. Louis has had an interesting offseason in the sense that it was difficult placing them in this category. The Blues haven't made any extravagant moves but still conducted some cost-effective transactions to round out their lineup and provide reinforcements to star players Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou. The Blues will likely remain in the race for a playoff spot and could be poised to make some moves at the trade deadline to acquire that star forward or defenseman that will put them over the top to make some waves in this year’s NHL Playoffs.

https://puckprose.com/the-central-divis ... k2qa47wjqz

[DawgDad]

Fair.

[dhsux]

The Central Division teams surging forward and those running out of steam

The NHL's Central Division is shifting fast as some teams continue to build toward contention, while others slip further behind in the race.

By Noah Pedrazzoli
Aug 25, 2025

The Central Division has seen an increase in star power presence through the return of Mikko Rantanen and the arrival of Martin Necas, but how have the other teams in the division fared during the dog days of the NHL offseason?

Stock Up

- clip -

St Louis Blues

After a remarkable season, where they almost upset the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the St. Louis Blues fell short to the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. The Blues decided to regroup this offseason and make some depth signings; however, there are still questions if this team has the composition and firepower to properly stake a claim in a division that is already a dogfight to make any moves in. Nevertheless, this upcoming season will begin a full year under former Boston Bruins’ head coach Jim Montgomery, who could provide this team with the structure and tenacity it needs to stake a proper claim.

The Blues began their offseason by extending netminder Joel Hofer to a two-year deal, which ensures he will continue to play backup to Jordan Binnington. St. Louis began their free agency deadline by trading Zachary Bolduc to the Montreal Canadiens for Logan Mailloux, one for one. This does make sense due to the Blues needing young and promising defensemen to develop for their aging blue line, but it does raise an eyebrow if it was worth giving up a promising forward prospect considering their lackluster forward prospect pool besides Jimmy Snuggerud. The Blues proceeded to sign Nick Bjugstad to a two-year deal; he is projected to play on the third line centered by Pius Suter, who was also signed to a two-year deal to provide further middle-six depth.

St. Louis has had an interesting offseason in the sense that it was difficult placing them in this category. The Blues haven't made any extravagant moves but still conducted some cost-effective transactions to round out their lineup and provide reinforcements to star players Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou. The Blues will likely remain in the race for a playoff spot and could be poised to make some moves at the trade deadline to acquire that star forward or defenseman that will put them over the top to make some waves in this year’s NHL Playoffs.

https://puckprose.com/the-central-divis ... k2qa47wjqz

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

[TBone]

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yeah. That made me chuckle too.

[STL fan in MN]

The Central Division teams surging forward and those running out of steam

The NHL's Central Division is shifting fast as some teams continue to build toward contention, while others slip further behind in the race.

By Noah Pedrazzoli
Aug 25, 2025

The Central Division has seen an increase in star power presence through the return of Mikko Rantanen and the arrival of Martin Necas, but how have the other teams in the division fared during the dog days of the NHL offseason?

Stock Up

- clip -

St Louis Blues

After a remarkable season, where they almost upset the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the St. Louis Blues fell short to the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. The Blues decided to regroup this offseason and make some depth signings; however, there are still questions if this team has the composition and firepower to properly stake a claim in a division that is already a dogfight to make any moves in. Nevertheless, this upcoming season will begin a full year under former Boston Bruins’ head coach Jim Montgomery, who could provide this team with the structure and tenacity it needs to stake a proper claim.

The Blues began their offseason by extending netminder Joel Hofer to a two-year deal, which ensures he will continue to play backup to Jordan Binnington. St. Louis began their free agency deadline by trading Zachary Bolduc to the Montreal Canadiens for Logan Mailloux, one for one. This does make sense due to the Blues needing young and promising defensemen to develop for their aging blue line, but it does raise an eyebrow if it was worth giving up a promising forward prospect considering their lackluster forward prospect pool besides Jimmy Snuggerud. The Blues proceeded to sign Nick Bjugstad to a two-year deal; he is projected to play on the third line centered by Pius Suter, who was also signed to a two-year deal to provide further middle-six depth.

St. Louis has had an interesting offseason in the sense that it was difficult placing them in this category. The Blues haven't made any extravagant moves but still conducted some cost-effective transactions to round out their lineup and provide reinforcements to star players Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou. The Blues will likely remain in the race for a playoff spot and could be poised to make some moves at the trade deadline to acquire that star forward or defenseman that will put them over the top to make some waves in this year’s NHL Playoffs.

https://puckprose.com/the-central-divis ... k2qa47wjqz

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yep, that’s really the only sentence I took issue with. But this is probably another blog that attempts to do a write up on all 32 teams and 1 singular person simply isn’t going to be an expert on the prospect pools of all 32 teams and is going to write something dumb and uninformed eventually. Snuggerud, Dvorsky, Carbonneau, Stenberg…those 4 should all be needle moving forwards for the Blues in time. Then you have Kaskimaki, Pekarcik, Stancl, Dean…maybe Robertsson as well.

To me, here’s where the Blues changed/upgraded:

Bolduc ——> Snuggerud
Sundqvist ——> Suter
Joseph/Texier ——> Bjugstad
Faksa ——> Sundqvist
Leddy ——> Mailloux

We exchanged one rookie RW for another that projects to be even better.

Suter should be a much, much better 3C.

Joseph and Tex were sharing the 3LW spot for the most part last season. Bjugstad (or Sunny) will play more RW but the slot in the lineup is basically theirs from a year ago.

Faksa to Sunny might be the only downgrade of the 4 but only because of faceoff ability. Sunny has the higher hockey sense. And it could also end up being Bjugstad at 4C. TBD. We’ll see what happens in camp.

Leddy might be a better d-man today than Mailloux…but only if he’s back healthy. But given their futures - Mailloux is just starting his career at age 22 and Leddy is sputtering with a couple wheels falling off at age 34 with over 1000 games played AND getting paid 4x as much…Mailloux is a huge upgrade there. And Mailloux is a righty so a much better fit on the right side. He’ll have some growing pains but the future looks a lot clearer with Mailloux slotted there instead of Leddy.

So while the Blues didn’t go make some huge UFA splash, they clearly upgraded their roster from a year ago. Add in Monty having the ability to have a full camp with everyone and I think there’s a high likelihood of them coming out firing out of the gate. Excited for the season to start.

[Tony Palazzolo]

The Central Division teams surging forward and those running out of steam

The NHL's Central Division is shifting fast as some teams continue to build toward contention, while others slip further behind in the race.

By Noah Pedrazzoli
Aug 25, 2025

The Central Division has seen an increase in star power presence through the return of Mikko Rantanen and the arrival of Martin Necas, but how have the other teams in the division fared during the dog days of the NHL offseason?

Stock Up

- clip -

St Louis Blues

After a remarkable season, where they almost upset the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the St. Louis Blues fell short to the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. The Blues decided to regroup this offseason and make some depth signings; however, there are still questions if this team has the composition and firepower to properly stake a claim in a division that is already a dogfight to make any moves in. Nevertheless, this upcoming season will begin a full year under former Boston Bruins’ head coach Jim Montgomery, who could provide this team with the structure and tenacity it needs to stake a proper claim.

The Blues began their offseason by extending netminder Joel Hofer to a two-year deal, which ensures he will continue to play backup to Jordan Binnington. St. Louis began their free agency deadline by trading Zachary Bolduc to the Montreal Canadiens for Logan Mailloux, one for one. This does make sense due to the Blues needing young and promising defensemen to develop for their aging blue line, but it does raise an eyebrow if it was worth giving up a promising forward prospect considering their lackluster forward prospect pool besides Jimmy Snuggerud. The Blues proceeded to sign Nick Bjugstad to a two-year deal; he is projected to play on the third line centered by Pius Suter, who was also signed to a two-year deal to provide further middle-six depth.

St. Louis has had an interesting offseason in the sense that it was difficult placing them in this category. The Blues haven't made any extravagant moves but still conducted some cost-effective transactions to round out their lineup and provide reinforcements to star players Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou. The Blues will likely remain in the race for a playoff spot and could be poised to make some moves at the trade deadline to acquire that star forward or defenseman that will put them over the top to make some waves in this year’s NHL Playoffs.

https://puckprose.com/the-central-divis ... k2qa47wjqz

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yep, that’s really the only sentence I took issue with. But this is probably another blog that attempts to do a write up on all 32 teams and 1 singular person simply isn’t going to be an expert on the prospect pools of all 32 teams and is going to write something dumb and uninformed eventually. Snuggerud, Dvorsky, Carbonneau, Stenberg…those 4 should all be needle moving forwards for the Blues in time. Then you have Kaskimaki, Pekarcik, Stancl, Dean…maybe Robertsson as well.

To me, here’s where the Blues changed/upgraded:

Bolduc ——> Snuggerud
Sundqvist ——> Suter
Joseph/Texier ——> Bjugstad
Faksa ——> Sundqvist
Leddy ——> Mailloux

We exchanged one rookie RW for another that projects to be even better.

Suter should be a much, much better 3C.

Joseph and Tex were sharing the 3LW spot for the most part last season. Bjugstad (or Sunny) will play more RW but the slot in the lineup is basically theirs from a year ago.

Faksa to Sunny might be the only downgrade of the 4 but only because of faceoff ability. Sunny has the higher hockey sense. And it could also end up being Bjugstad at 4C. TBD. We’ll see what happens in camp.

Leddy might be a better d-man today than Mailloux…but only if he’s back healthy. But given their futures - Mailloux is just starting his career at age 22 and Leddy is sputtering with a couple wheels falling off at age 34 with over 1000 games played AND getting paid 4x as much…Mailloux is a huge upgrade there. And Mailloux is a righty so a much better fit on the right side. He’ll have some growing pains but the future looks a lot clearer with Mailloux slotted there instead of Leddy.

So while the Blues didn’t go make some huge UFA splash, they clearly upgraded their roster from a year ago. Add in Monty having the ability to have a full camp with everyone and I think there’s a high likelihood of them coming out firing out of the gate. Excited for the season to start.

I wonder about Sunny. People are down on him but last year he was coming off a knee injury. Those typically take awhile until they are back to 100% or near it. My guess is that he'll have a better year.

[a smell of green grass]

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yeah. That made me chuckle too.

Army has told us what to expect from the prospect pool. He said that the re-whatever is over without giving himself a pat on the back. If there was something to cheer about, he wouldnt have called it over.

If the forwards are deemed lackluster, the author should take a look at the defense. Woah.

[DawgDad]

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yeah. That made me chuckle too.

Army has told us what to expect from the prospect pool. He said that the re-whatever is over without giving himself a pat on the back. If there was something to cheer about, he wouldnt have called it over.

If the forwards are deemed lackluster, the author should take a look at the defense. Woah.

I'm in the mood. Why do you think Army has said the re-whatever is older? Do you watch the games? Were you sad when they set a team winning streak record and made the playoffs? Do you understand the team's contract structure? Have you independently read up on the Blues prospects?

After he said that he traded Bolduc for Mailloux. A trade made possible by the re-whatever.

[seattleblue]

Fair.

"Lackluster forward prospects besides Snuggerud" isn't fair, it's blithering

[callitwhatyouwant]

The Central Division teams surging forward and those running out of steam

The NHL's Central Division is shifting fast as some teams continue to build toward contention, while others slip further behind in the race.

By Noah Pedrazzoli
Aug 25, 2025

The Central Division has seen an increase in star power presence through the return of Mikko Rantanen and the arrival of Martin Necas, but how have the other teams in the division fared during the dog days of the NHL offseason?

Stock Up

- clip -

St Louis Blues

After a remarkable season, where they almost upset the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the St. Louis Blues fell short to the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. The Blues decided to regroup this offseason and make some depth signings; however, there are still questions if this team has the composition and firepower to properly stake a claim in a division that is already a dogfight to make any moves in. Nevertheless, this upcoming season will begin a full year under former Boston Bruins’ head coach Jim Montgomery, who could provide this team with the structure and tenacity it needs to stake a proper claim.

The Blues began their offseason by extending netminder Joel Hofer to a two-year deal, which ensures he will continue to play backup to Jordan Binnington. St. Louis began their free agency deadline by trading Zachary Bolduc to the Montreal Canadiens for Logan Mailloux, one for one. This does make sense due to the Blues needing young and promising defensemen to develop for their aging blue line, but it does raise an eyebrow if it was worth giving up a promising forward prospect considering their lackluster forward prospect pool besides Jimmy Snuggerud. The Blues proceeded to sign Nick Bjugstad to a two-year deal; he is projected to play on the third line centered by Pius Suter, who was also signed to a two-year deal to provide further middle-six depth.

St. Louis has had an interesting offseason in the sense that it was difficult placing them in this category. The Blues haven't made any extravagant moves but still conducted some cost-effective transactions to round out their lineup and provide reinforcements to star players Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou. The Blues will likely remain in the race for a playoff spot and could be poised to make some moves at the trade deadline to acquire that star forward or defenseman that will put them over the top to make some waves in this year’s NHL Playoffs.

https://puckprose.com/the-central-divis ... k2qa47wjqz

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yep, that’s really the only sentence I took issue with. But this is probably another blog that attempts to do a write up on all 32 teams and 1 singular person simply isn’t going to be an expert on the prospect pools of all 32 teams and is going to write something dumb and uninformed eventually. Snuggerud, Dvorsky, Carbonneau, Stenberg…those 4 should all be needle moving forwards for the Blues in time. Then you have Kaskimaki, Pekarcik, Stancl, Dean…maybe Robertsson as well.

To me, here’s where the Blues changed/upgraded:

Bolduc ——> Snuggerud
Sundqvist ——> Suter
Joseph/Texier ——> Bjugstad
Faksa ——> Sundqvist
Leddy ——> Mailloux

We exchanged one rookie RW for another that projects to be even better.

Suter should be a much, much better 3C.

Joseph and Tex were sharing the 3LW spot for the most part last season. Bjugstad (or Sunny) will play more RW but the slot in the lineup is basically theirs from a year ago.

Faksa to Sunny might be the only downgrade of the 4 but only because of faceoff ability. Sunny has the higher hockey sense. And it could also end up being Bjugstad at 4C. TBD. We’ll see what happens in camp.

Leddy might be a better d-man today than Mailloux…but only if he’s back healthy. But given their futures - Mailloux is just starting his career at age 22 and Leddy is sputtering with a couple wheels falling off at age 34 with over 1000 games played AND getting paid 4x as much…Mailloux is a huge upgrade there. And Mailloux is a righty so a much better fit on the right side. He’ll have some growing pains but the future looks a lot clearer with Mailloux slotted there instead of Leddy.

So while the Blues didn’t go make some huge UFA splash, they clearly upgraded their roster from a year ago. Add in Monty having the ability to have a full camp with everyone and I think there’s a high likelihood of them coming out firing out of the gate. Excited for the season to start.

I wonder about Sunny. People are down on him but last year he was coming off a knee injury. Those typically take awhile until they are back to 100% or near it. My guess is that he'll have a better year.

I'm not expecting some point explosion, but I do think he is going to facilitate a 4th line to be more of a difference maker on the stat sheet. Monty said this of Sunny last year "he is always in the right spot. he allows the young guys to make mistakes and he covers for them". Now should he have been on the 3rd line? No, but on the 4th line I have a feeling he gets to enable guys like Torpedo to put up the 10+ standard that we expect. I think we all saw that he took a hit but I think it's because the line consisted of Faksa Walker Torpedo. They played 1 style and played it well. I think this years 4th line will have a chance to replicate that while adding some point scoring to the mix.

[DawgDad]

Fair.

"Lackluster forward prospects besides Snuggerud" isn't fair, it's blithering

Oh, I agree regarding that comment. Overall my initial reaction was it's a fair take, some other recent ones haven't been.

[STL fan in MN]

The Central Division teams surging forward and those running out of steam

The NHL's Central Division is shifting fast as some teams continue to build toward contention, while others slip further behind in the race.

By Noah Pedrazzoli
Aug 25, 2025

The Central Division has seen an increase in star power presence through the return of Mikko Rantanen and the arrival of Martin Necas, but how have the other teams in the division fared during the dog days of the NHL offseason?

Stock Up

- clip -

St Louis Blues

After a remarkable season, where they almost upset the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the St. Louis Blues fell short to the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. The Blues decided to regroup this offseason and make some depth signings; however, there are still questions if this team has the composition and firepower to properly stake a claim in a division that is already a dogfight to make any moves in. Nevertheless, this upcoming season will begin a full year under former Boston Bruins’ head coach Jim Montgomery, who could provide this team with the structure and tenacity it needs to stake a proper claim.

The Blues began their offseason by extending netminder Joel Hofer to a two-year deal, which ensures he will continue to play backup to Jordan Binnington. St. Louis began their free agency deadline by trading Zachary Bolduc to the Montreal Canadiens for Logan Mailloux, one for one. This does make sense due to the Blues needing young and promising defensemen to develop for their aging blue line, but it does raise an eyebrow if it was worth giving up a promising forward prospect considering their lackluster forward prospect pool besides Jimmy Snuggerud. The Blues proceeded to sign Nick Bjugstad to a two-year deal; he is projected to play on the third line centered by Pius Suter, who was also signed to a two-year deal to provide further middle-six depth.

St. Louis has had an interesting offseason in the sense that it was difficult placing them in this category. The Blues haven't made any extravagant moves but still conducted some cost-effective transactions to round out their lineup and provide reinforcements to star players Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou. The Blues will likely remain in the race for a playoff spot and could be poised to make some moves at the trade deadline to acquire that star forward or defenseman that will put them over the top to make some waves in this year’s NHL Playoffs.

https://puckprose.com/the-central-divis ... k2qa47wjqz

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yep, that’s really the only sentence I took issue with. But this is probably another blog that attempts to do a write up on all 32 teams and 1 singular person simply isn’t going to be an expert on the prospect pools of all 32 teams and is going to write something dumb and uninformed eventually. Snuggerud, Dvorsky, Carbonneau, Stenberg…those 4 should all be needle moving forwards for the Blues in time. Then you have Kaskimaki, Pekarcik, Stancl, Dean…maybe Robertsson as well.

To me, here’s where the Blues changed/upgraded:

Bolduc ——> Snuggerud
Sundqvist ——> Suter
Joseph/Texier ——> Bjugstad
Faksa ——> Sundqvist
Leddy ——> Mailloux

We exchanged one rookie RW for another that projects to be even better.

Suter should be a much, much better 3C.

Joseph and Tex were sharing the 3LW spot for the most part last season. Bjugstad (or Sunny) will play more RW but the slot in the lineup is basically theirs from a year ago.

Faksa to Sunny might be the only downgrade of the 4 but only because of faceoff ability. Sunny has the higher hockey sense. And it could also end up being Bjugstad at 4C. TBD. We’ll see what happens in camp.

Leddy might be a better d-man today than Mailloux…but only if he’s back healthy. But given their futures - Mailloux is just starting his career at age 22 and Leddy is sputtering with a couple wheels falling off at age 34 with over 1000 games played AND getting paid 4x as much…Mailloux is a huge upgrade there. And Mailloux is a righty so a much better fit on the right side. He’ll have some growing pains but the future looks a lot clearer with Mailloux slotted there instead of Leddy.

So while the Blues didn’t go make some huge UFA splash, they clearly upgraded their roster from a year ago. Add in Monty having the ability to have a full camp with everyone and I think there’s a high likelihood of them coming out firing out of the gate. Excited for the season to start.

I wonder about Sunny. People are down on him but last year he was coming off a knee injury. Those typically take awhile until they are back to 100% or near it. My guess is that he'll have a better year.

Maybe but I have my doubts on that. He’s blown out his ACL twice now I think. He’s in his 30s and clearly slowing down. That said, I think he’ll make a fine 4C. I don’t except him to improve but I think he’ll be much better slotted in as the 4C than 3C this season. He’s slow but he’s also quite smart and very good positionally. Doesn’t score much but is good at thwarting the other team as well. As long as our 4th line can mostly break even while giving our top 2-3 lines a breather, then those lines should be able to carry the offensive load for the most part.

[blues2112]

I wonder about Sunny. People are down on him but last year he was coming off a knee injury. Those typically take awhile until they are back to 100% or near it. My guess is that he'll have a better year.

Over his career, Sundvist has had trouble staying healthy, having only played more than 70 games in a season twice.
He averages 10G, 17A , 27PTS over 82 games, so his numbers last year (6-14-20 in 67 games) is right in line. What's more, he had a fair amount of PP time, which may evaporate quickly this season.

He's fine for bottom six, and I'd be delighted if puts up better numbers than last season.

source: https://www.hockey-reference.com/player ... qos01.html

[dhsux]

Here's one of our lackluster prospects right here.......


https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/video/mtl ... 8348922112

[Nublues69]

The Central Division teams surging forward and those running out of steam

The NHL's Central Division is shifting fast as some teams continue to build toward contention, while others slip further behind in the race.

By Noah Pedrazzoli
Aug 25, 2025

The Central Division has seen an increase in star power presence through the return of Mikko Rantanen and the arrival of Martin Necas, but how have the other teams in the division fared during the dog days of the NHL offseason?

Stock Up

- clip -

St Louis Blues

After a remarkable season, where they almost upset the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the St. Louis Blues fell short to the Winnipeg Jets in game 7 of the first round of the playoffs. The Blues decided to regroup this offseason and make some depth signings; however, there are still questions if this team has the composition and firepower to properly stake a claim in a division that is already a dogfight to make any moves in. Nevertheless, this upcoming season will begin a full year under former Boston Bruins’ head coach Jim Montgomery, who could provide this team with the structure and tenacity it needs to stake a proper claim.

The Blues began their offseason by extending netminder Joel Hofer to a two-year deal, which ensures he will continue to play backup to Jordan Binnington. St. Louis began their free agency deadline by trading Zachary Bolduc to the Montreal Canadiens for Logan Mailloux, one for one. This does make sense due to the Blues needing young and promising defensemen to develop for their aging blue line, but it does raise an eyebrow if it was worth giving up a promising forward prospect considering their lackluster forward prospect pool besides Jimmy Snuggerud. The Blues proceeded to sign Nick Bjugstad to a two-year deal; he is projected to play on the third line centered by Pius Suter, who was also signed to a two-year deal to provide further middle-six depth.

St. Louis has had an interesting offseason in the sense that it was difficult placing them in this category. The Blues haven't made any extravagant moves but still conducted some cost-effective transactions to round out their lineup and provide reinforcements to star players Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou. The Blues will likely remain in the race for a playoff spot and could be poised to make some moves at the trade deadline to acquire that star forward or defenseman that will put them over the top to make some waves in this year’s NHL Playoffs.

https://puckprose.com/the-central-divis ... k2qa47wjqz

I uynderstand but Dvorsky and Carboneau are not lackluster and on top of that There are several others like plek and sten they will just take more time to develop

[Red7]

"considering their lackluster forward prospect pool"

ok

Yeah. That made me chuckle too.

People outside of the 314 aren’t that high on Dvorsky. Stenberg projects as a Bottom 6 forward. Oth, Carbonneau looks promising.