Keller/Kyrou REP

[bbfl1987]

Points only, who’d you rather have long term?

[Feenom]

Keller has proven he can create points for himself and others around him. On a not so good team too. I’ll take him, I think he continues to improve.

[berni67]

Keller now, and just imagine him with Bedard…..

[This Guy]

Keller for me too. More consistent. I'm optimistic STL can rebuild quickly enough to keep Kyrou as a fantasy worthy player, but I've been impressed with Arizona (I know I know!) this year and once they add Bedard or another high pick they can have some surprising fantasy pieces.

[stevegamer]

Keller is producing and generating production on team that had few high quality players, and at least one got dealt.

We'll see how Kyrou does moving forward with a more barren set of teammates.

I'd lean Keller, but not strongly.

[Bubba55]

Both these guys are 24 years old, although for whatever reason it seems like Keller has been around a whole lot longer. These guys have played almost an identical number of NHL games in the last three years, 189, and 191. Kyrou has put up 170 pts and Keller 164. Pretty much a dead heat I'd say. The difference however as others have pointed out is that Keller toiled away in a pretty bleak hockey environment whereas Kyrou was playing in a much richer hockey environment. Which brings us to today. The Blues are retooling, gone are the likes of Tank and ROR so in the near term, yes, Kyrou has a more barren set of teammates. The situation in the desert though is perhaps best described as brutal. A lot of "hope" that Bedard will come in and salvage the franchise because there is very little else there with the exception of Keller. While I'm not suggesting this will happen, there is some serious speculation out there that the Bedard camp could well follow the "Lindros" path and inform the Yotes that they if they draft him, he will not report. Can you blame him if he did? I wouldn't. My opinion only, but I have zero confidence that the Yotes will ever become a successful NHL franchise and I also have significant confidence that the St Louis Blues will continue to be a successful NHL franchise. This will remain very close but I'm not betting on a miracle happening in the desert and would much rather go with the surer bet, which is IMO, Kyrou and the Blues. I could be wrong, I could be right, but there ya go.