St. Louis FA Announcements

Well this is no Calvin Pickard for a 3^rd overall pick kind of off season in St. Louis.  Whether it be by luck, skill or solid combination of both the St. Louis Blues “re tool” has almost come full circle.  There are still a few more holes to fill in the lineup but with what some mediocre talent are being paid after the first few days of FA St.Louis was not willing to play ball.   Obviously a few of the prospects we were hoping on did not make quite the splash that they were hoping, but they will be put into the fire come opening day on both of the professional levels.  It appears on paper that both the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Wolves should be in contention for long playoff runs,  most notably the Wolves.

Speaking of the Wolves, their contract is up at the end of this season and word on the street is that it could very well be their last as an affiliate with the St. Louis Blues.  Obviously talks will resume before season’s end but things do not look good as some media members have said they have seen Stephens and his flunkies visiting abandoned buildings closer to home. 

There were most certainly some blunders made last off season that were most certainly not repeated again this season.   Most notably trading away their first round pick, and also signing Tanner Kero to an offer sheet losing some more valuable picks.

Key Additions:

D – Alec Martinez - FA

C – Jeff Carter - FA

G – Jaroslav Halak - FA

G – Henrik Lundqvist - FA

LW – Zack Smith - FA

LW/C – Ryan Donato – From College

LW – Zemgus Girgensons - Trade

Potential Depth Charts come opening day

*Rookie

$Addition

NHL Forwards

Smith $ - Carter – Bailey

$ Trade – Henrique – Hyman

Girgensons $ - Donato * - Carpenter

Kero – Holland – Haley

Dowd

NHL Defence

Pelech – Martinez $

Daley – Carlo

Kulikov – Kempny

Samuelsson

NHL Goalies

King Henrik

Jaroslav Halak

AHL Forwards

Mangiapane – Quine – Brown

Carrier – Grimaldi – Greco

Bunting – Kunin – Rodewald

Beck – Kujawinski – Yan

Marchment, Lynch

AHL Defence

Carrick – Kulak

Murphy – Carrier

Bergman – Carlsson

Willcox – Stephens

AHL Goalies

Pickard

Wedgewood

Neddy