Re: The St. Louis Blues system
The previous responders covered the additions you need to consider......
My view you need to look at the large number of blues who will not be returning next season
Backes, Brower, Ott, Upshall, Brodziak and Paajarvi at forward
Gunnarsson on Defense
Leaves me to think the Blues will make little splash in the FA market and start to use many of the in house options....
Steen-Statsny-Rattie
Schwartz-Lehtera-Tarasenko
Berglund-Fabbri- ???
Jaskin-Barbashev- ???
The only 2 true holes to fill are at wing....Reaves is under contract but I don't think he dresses much next year.
Pietrangelo-Bouwmeester
Shatty-Parayko
Edmundson-Walman
On D this gives each pairing a puckmover and a physical/cerebral defenseman....Walman success at Providence is incredible this year and he makes the jump from NCAA to NHL just like Parayko did in my view...
16 Team Dynasty Weekly H2H Fantrax (starters in bold)
G A P +/- PIM SOG PPP H+B FOW --- W SV SV% GAA SO
(C) Krejci, Spezza, Koivo, Statsny Faksa
(LW) Zetterberg, Duclair, Ehlers, M Domi Belesky, M Martin
(RW) Pastrnak, Oshie, Larkin, Toffoli S Reinhart, Brouwer
(D) J Honka, Seabrook, Goligoski, D DeKeyser, Vatanen, Parayko L Schenn, S Johns
(G) Ward, Lack
Prospects- W Nylander, C Dvorak, I Barbashev, C White, T Rattie, M Dal Colle, A Mantha, R Barber, L Crouse, M Barzal, C Keller, L Brown, C Fischer, B Point, J Forsbacka-Karlsson