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CaptainCrunch · 10-02-2020, 12:49 PM

St Louis ready to roll into the regular season

St Louis Times Picayuune (AP)

With one game left in the regular season, the St Louis Blues took the logical step and named their game one roster and lines today.

"The last preseason game should be a final tune up" stated GM CaptainCrunch while eating a delicious burrito from Taco Time (Product Placement). "While we weren't super pleased with the preseason, we think that we're ready to go forward".

Expectations are high for the Blues, The new GM came in and tore the team apart, building it with a new emphasis on strong defensive play, and a counter punching offense. Assistant GM Sonny Weaver Jr felt confident "The Cleveland Browns are ready to roll, all we need is a coach".

This is a veteran team, with an average age of of 28.4 years old, and a lot of players in the last year of their RFA contract who will be looking for big deals next. That makes the expectation that this is a win now team.

Lead by a strong first line of Taveres, Landeskog and Captain Mark Stone and a bulky positionally strong blueline, this is a team that should have a good chance of winning every night, with the expectation that they should be fighting for a Championship.

With 1 game left in the preseason the Blue's have a mediocre 6-4-1 record while averaging 3 goals a game, and allowing slightly more then 3 goals a game. they had a mediocre powerplay at 17.6% and a moderate 84.5% PK.

There were casualties as recent acquisition RNH struggled in the preseason and was promptly traded for Timo Meier who scored in his Blue's debut.

At the end of the day, there were very few surprises in terms of the final roster.

Sent to the AHL

Aleksi Heponiemi, Dylan Coghlan, John Gilmour, Louis Belpedio, Lukas Vejdemo, Mikey Eyssimont, Pontus Aberg, Ryan McLeod, Daniel Brickley, Hunter Miska, Jacob Middleton, Otto Somppi.

When asked if anyone stood out Coach Bronco Nagurski was honest "Not really, Dylan played pretty well in his shots. We're really going to miss Pontus . . . not"

Released from their contracts.

D Grant Hutton
C Sergei Shumikov

That leaves the final lineup

Landeskog, Tavares, Stone
Miller, Pearson, Meier
Brown, Archibald, Archibald
Garland, Haula, Perry

Karlsson Graves
Maatta, Mayfield
de Haan, Holden
Pateryn

Raanta
Demko.

Camp Positives. Miller, Stone, Ladeskog and Karlsson were all very good in the preason so far, Miller and Stone and Landeskog were all point a game, while Karlsson has lead defenesmen with 10 points in 11 games.

Disappointments - Connor Garland struggled and was held off of the scoresheet, Raanta was not great in the preseason and will likely platoon evenly with Demko.

10-02-2020, 12:49 PM	#14
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	St Louis ready to roll into the regular season St Louis Times Picayuune (AP) With one game left in the regular season, the St Louis Blues took the logical step and named their game one roster and lines today. "The last preseason game should be a final tune up" stated GM CaptainCrunch while eating a delicious burrito from Taco Time (Product Placement). "While we weren't super pleased with the preseason, we think that we're ready to go forward". Expectations are high for the Blues, The new GM came in and tore the team apart, building it with a new emphasis on strong defensive play, and a counter punching offense. Assistant GM Sonny Weaver Jr felt confident "The Cleveland Browns are ready to roll, all we need is a coach". This is a veteran team, with an average age of of 28.4 years old, and a lot of players in the last year of their RFA contract who will be looking for big deals next. That makes the expectation that this is a win now team. Lead by a strong first line of Taveres, Landeskog and Captain Mark Stone and a bulky positionally strong blueline, this is a team that should have a good chance of winning every night, with the expectation that they should be fighting for a Championship. With 1 game left in the preseason the Blue's have a mediocre 6-4-1 record while averaging 3 goals a game, and allowing slightly more then 3 goals a game. they had a mediocre powerplay at 17.6% and a moderate 84.5% PK. There were casualties as recent acquisition RNH struggled in the preseason and was promptly traded for Timo Meier who scored in his Blue's debut. At the end of the day, there were very few surprises in terms of the final roster. Sent to the AHL Aleksi Heponiemi, Dylan Coghlan, John Gilmour, Louis Belpedio, Lukas Vejdemo, Mikey Eyssimont, Pontus Aberg, Ryan McLeod, Daniel Brickley, Hunter Miska, Jacob Middleton, Otto Somppi. When asked if anyone stood out Coach Bronco Nagurski was honest "Not really, Dylan played pretty well in his shots. We're really going to miss Pontus . . . not" Released from their contracts. D Grant Hutton C Sergei Shumikov That leaves the final lineup Landeskog, Tavares, Stone Miller, Pearson, Meier Brown, Archibald, Archibald Garland, Haula, Perry Karlsson Graves Maatta, Mayfield de Haan, Holden Pateryn Raanta Demko. Camp Positives. Miller, Stone, Ladeskog and Karlsson were all very good in the preason so far, Miller and Stone and Landeskog were all point a game, while Karlsson has lead defenesmen with 10 points in 11 games. Disappointments - Connor Garland struggled and was held off of the scoresheet, Raanta was not great in the preseason and will likely platoon evenly with Demko. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!