A-Yo! wrote:Definitely Keef with no teef getting traded to a contender, shoot do the same with Kariya. It's just time that the Blues totally understand that with Davis, the team can work the true youth movement then go forward. That being said, they do need a superstar or someone who can actually score and score regularly. It would be really hard to trade for Kov with the Thrashers being in the hunt still.
I will say this too, Brad Boyes has been a total disappointment this year. Granted others have as well but the guy has to start doing what he used to do which was score and score with some consistency. If not, put him along with Berglund and Brewer for a pick or at least a good young goalie. I think that is where the team needs to work on. We have two number two guys in the nets and I think championships are built from the goalie outward.
Respectfully disagree here.
First of all, this team is full of disappointments, Boyes included. Nobody has scored with anything approaching consistency. Walt is probably the closest and at an average of one goal every three games, that's not the average we're looking for. Having said that, Boyes IS leading the team in points. Granted we don't want him to be leading the team because he's got a ton of assists but on a team full of nobody scoring, it's not really a panic button moment when one of the brightest young guys on your team has a bad year. I will readily admit he's been basically invisible this year. He's always been quiet though and I guess I would wait. Boyes, IMO is PART of that youth movement we're trying to cultivate, not a direct problem in advancing it. I'm thinking long term here.
Kariya- Absolutely some team will bite at the deadline and I think there's no reason we can't get a first rounder out of him. Playoff experience heroics on his resume and ability (as many players with less skill in the past have) to turn a bad year around with a fresh start on a playoff contender.
Tkachuk- It's getting to the point that any return we'd get for him at the deadline would be marginal anyway. I'd leave it up to him entirely. He's earned it.
Berglund- Again, no panic button needed. Patience.
Young goalie- Again I gotta disagree. How many times has a goalie shown brighter than the sun during the playoffs only to suck a fatty the next season? More to the point, you don't see teams trading assets to try to get "that goalie" for the playoff run, there's WAY too many variables there and usually they don't play out in your favor. "That goalie" for the playoff run is usually drafted or emerges from a backup position and takes the team on their back on an insane hot streak. To the extent you can go out and "get" that one experienced, consistent scorer, it's far more a gamble to go out and try to acquire the goalie that is going to become a man ablaze for your team at exactly the right time.