Tag: St. Louis Blues

Central Division: St. Louis Blues Season Outlook

Forwards Mike Yeo has his work cut out for him as several notable forwards are out with injury. St. Louis will be expected to rely on the Schwartz-Stastny-Tarasenko trio more than usual. It will be something to see how Brayden…

Chris Wassel

Central Division: St. Louis Blues Season Primer

Salary Cap Situation - source Cap Friendly Projected Cap Hit: $72,569,167 Projected Cap Space: $2,430,833 Projected LTIR Used: $0 Current Cap Space: $2,430,833 Deadline Cap Space: $11,303,373 Todays Cap Hit: $72,569,167 Roster: 23/23 Contracts: 44/50 Offseason Moves – In/Out - source Sports Forecaster…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues

On the New York Islanders ... Jimmy Murphy: A source is saying that the Islanders have been telling GM's not to bother asking about John Tavares till at least January 1st 30th. Jimmy Murphy: The reason for January 1st 30th is…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Cap Compliant, Waivers, and Injury Notes

On the Salary Cap ... Chris Johnston: NHL teams have to be salary cap compliant and have their opening rosters submitted by 5 pm ET on Tuesday. On Waivers ... Renaud Lavoie: Players put on waivers. Brad Malone - Edmonton…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Duchene, Wild, Blues, Capitals, Thornton, Marleau and the Maple Leafs

On Matt Duchene ... Chris Nichols: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 on the Matt Duchene trade front: "It's deathly quiet there." On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher and Daniel Winnik's agent have begun contract talks. The…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Salary Cap, Blues, Blue Jackets, Oilers, Iginla, Gionta and Lupul

On the Salary Cap, St. Louis Blues, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers, Jarome Iginla, Brian Gionta and Joffrey Lupul ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: From the Board of Governor's meeting yesterday - it's possible that next years salary cap could…

Mark Easson

NHL Injuries and News: Waivers, Blues, Stars, Wild, Coyotes, and Ducks

On Waivers ... Renaud Lavoie: Players put on waivers. Stefan Matteau - Vegas Golden Knights Matt Taormina - Montreal Canadiens Niklas Svedberg - Minnesota Wild Cal O'Reilly - Minnesota Wild Zack Mitchell - Minnesota Wild Alex Grant - Minnesota Wild…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors and Notes: Blues, Oilers, Maple Leafs and KHL

On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: (chat) If the Blues suffer any more injuries, depth could become an issue. Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene would be a great fit for the Blues, but…

Mark Easson

NHL Injury Notes: Devils, Sens, Panthers, Caps, Bruins, Habs, Blues, Canucks and Stars

On the New Jersey Devils ... New Jersey Devils: Brian Boyle has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. New Jersey Devils: Boyle on his diagnosis: "My mindset is on Oct. 7. I don’t like missing games. I feel as close to…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Pens, Sens, Lightning, Canes, Panthers, Wings, Wild, Blues, Stars, Avs and Ducks

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Sam Werner: Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist skated by himself yesterday on their secondary rink. On the Ottawa Senators ... Bruce Garrioch: Senators coach Guy Boucher said that they are preparing to start the season without…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Wild, Kings, Sens, Oilers, Blues, Blackhawks and Canucks

On the Minnesota Wild ... Minnesota Wild: The Wild will be bringing Daniel Winnik to training camp on a PTO. Sean Shapiro: GM Chuck Fletcher said that prospect Mason Shaw (leg) could be out for four to six months. On…

Mark Easson

Fantasy Hockey: Three Players Poised For Breakout Years in 2017-18

With the 2017-18 season just around the corner, let’s look at some young, up-and-coming players poised to breakout this season. Andre Burakovsky - Washington Capitals Burakovsky is seemingly everyone's favorite breakout pick -- and for a good reason. The 22-year-old…

Todd Cordell