[Signing] Blues sign Patrick Maroon (1 yr, $1.75 mil)

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Aleks

Everyone spent all season talking about Maroon having no brain for the game, dumb decision maker, etc and in free agency everyone's lined up to fellate him like he was the hot ticket. Get your #### together CP

He doesn't play up to a 4m contract and I think you'd find most people saying as much. For less than 2, what's not to like?

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by flamesforcup

If they verbally agreed to a contract extention for January why not just do the full contract right now? Is it maybe because St Louis wants to see if he still has production or something?

They can't fit him in with their current cap space.

[wired]

Perhaps they are trying to et other players signed first?

[sureLoss]

Maroon's brother is saying the Lou Korac report is false.

[Enoch Root]

This makes me happy, as it probably pisses Oiler fans off.

Remember when they traded him and then said they would just sign him back on in the summer? Goes to St. Louis for less money!

lol

[Calgary4LIfe]

That's a great bargain for Maroon. St. Louis looks like they are the cream of the crop for the central this year, as long as Allen is 'good Allen' for most of the season, as others have previously mentioned. It is either Winnipeg or St. Louis anyway for the Central.

[Deegee]

If the report is true, that is a phenomenal deal for Maroon.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

That's a great bargain for Maroon. St. Louis looks like they are the cream of the crop for the central this year, as long as Allen is 'good Allen' for most of the season, as others have previously mentioned. It is either Winnipeg or St. Louis anyway for the Central.

Nashville won the Central last year, and I don't see them taking a step back anytime soon.

[dino7c]

I still think the Blues are an average-good team

doubt we see them in the west final, not sure what everyone is worried about

[icarus]

If he signed there because of his son, I don't understand the earlier report that players like Pietrangelo were enlisted as part of a full-court press to get him to sign there. Unless it was to convince him to accept a lowball offer.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by dino7c

I still think the Blues are an average-good team

doubt we see them in the west final, not sure what everyone is worried about

Wouldn't call them a powerhouse but if Allen has a bounce back year they could do some damage

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Wouldn't call them a powerhouse but if Allen has a bounce back year they could do some damage

Of course, if most teams in the NHL get very good goaltending, they will be pretty good.

That's the nature of parity in the NHL.

Conversely, if goaltending fails, it's hard to make the playoffs.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by dino7c

I still think the Blues are an average-good team

doubt we see them in the west final, not sure what everyone is worried about

Their goaltending situation isn't great. These moves keep the relevant but it's a stretch to think Jake Allen is going to take them very far in the playoffs. They are one of the teams in the league that makes goaltenders look better than they are and Allen still wasn't very good last season.

[Hockey-and_stuff]

What annoys me about the Blues is that they year the Flames to shreds nearly every time we play them. Jake Allen is notorious for this: he's the next coming of Brodeur against us, then proceeds to crap the bed against Anaheim, San Jose, LA, Minnesota, and Chicago for example.

[Locke]

Well, thats a hell of a contract for the Blues, but as has been suggested, there are factors that made that below-market, it was obviously not a deal that was widely available.

Credit to him though, at that price hes a great pickup.

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by Hockey-and_stuff

What annoys me about the Blues is that they year the Flames to shreds nearly every time we play them. Jake Allen is notorious for this: he's the next coming of Brodeur against us, then proceeds to crap the bed against Anaheim, San Jose, LA, Minnesota, and Chicago for example.

you should check out his record and stats vs the Flames; 3-3; 20 GAA in 5.5 career games

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Hockey-and_stuff

What annoys me about the Blues is that they year the Flames to shreds nearly every time we play them. Jake Allen is notorious for this: he's the next coming of Brodeur against us, then proceeds to crap the bed against Anaheim, San Jose, LA, Minnesota, and Chicago for example.

Only one team scored 6 goals on Allen last season. Guess who?

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Hockey-and_stuff

What annoys me about the Blues is that they year the Flames to shreds nearly every time we play them. Jake Allen is notorious for this: he's the next coming of Brodeur against us, then proceeds to crap the bed against Anaheim, San Jose, LA, Minnesota, and Chicago for example.

The Flames have a 4-2 record against StL over the course of the past two seasons.

[Hockey-and_stuff]

Either my memories of poor outings against St Louis go back further than two years or I'm just on drugs.

Either way I'm happy for some good news about our recent record against the Blues.

[Erick Estrada]

I think it was Elliott a few years back who would be in god mode when up against the Flames when they played the Blues as there was a couple of seasons where they owned the Flames.