The mathematics doesn’t look good for the St. Louis Blues, and would the Vegas Golden Knights be desirous about Brayden Schenn?
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Maintain Outs, Decide Ins, and Potential Trades episode, on the St. Louis Blues and if Brayden Schenn would curiosity the Vegas Golden Knights.
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Bukauskas: “Okay, what about what’s happening in St Louis, Elliotte? Place the place you by no means know what you may see on the market, proper? They have been the headliners within the low season with the 2 provide sheets. What are they pondering right here as we inch nearer to the commerce deadline, significantly their captain, Brayden Schenn?
Friedman: “Properly, there, they’ve been actually upset with the way in which the season has gone. You understand, they’ve already made a training change. They introduced in Jim Montgomery. There’s been a few occasions this yr the place the quotes out of St Louis have sort of been, ‘if issues don’t get going, we, we’d should make some modifications.’
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You understand, by factors proportion, you already know, although they’re eight factors again of Vancouver for the ultimate playoff spot proper now. You understand by factors proportion, they’re at .491. That’s lower than you already know, Vancouver is at .573. Calgary is at .545. Utah is at .509, even Anaheim, which is some extent behind them as a result of they’ve performed two final video games, they’re at .500. So the mathematics is admittedly not good for St Louis.
You understand, it’s superb. You take a look at the underside of that Western Convention, like a few of these objective differentials, even Vancouver within the playoffs, is minus 11. The Blues are minus 17. Like the mathematics doesn’t look good for them. They’re not out by any stretch of the creativeness, however they should go on the sort of run that they haven’t gone on for a lot of this yr.
And you already know, one factor about Doug Armstrong is he’s not afraid, if he sees one thing and doesn’t like one thing, he’s not afraid to do issues. He’s performed it this yr. He’s performed it prior to now. I imply, we’ve talked on this pod earlier than about his well-known Christmas memo of 2018 months earlier than the Stanley Cup, the place he principally made a ton of his crew obtainable. After which Jordan Binnington got here up, obtained scorching, and the remainder is historical past.
However you already know, in case you’ve been taking a look at among the commerce boards, together with Sportsnets, personal one. They’re all of a sudden filled with quite a lot of Blues gamers. And you already know what it says to me is that Doug Armstrong has principally mentioned,’ you wish to speak to me about my guys, speak to me. Make me a proposal, and all assume.’
Now, I feel in Schenn’s explicit case, when his title obtained out final week. I feel there was quite a lot of curiosity. I feel there have been a lot of groups that reached out. And I don’t know specifics, however I heard that he requested a giant value. And never solely that, however I feel there have been some groups that have been instructed, ‘you simply don’t have what I’d need for him.’
And you already know, like I mentioned a yr in the past, there have been groups that sort of poked round on him. I feel Ottawa was certainly one of them. And, you already know, he principally mentioned, ‘like, that’s my captain. I don’t need my captain on the market except there’s a superb purpose.’ This yr, I feel it’s been totally different as a result of they’re upset by the way in which they’ve performed. And it doesn’t imply that he’s going to commerce eight guys. However what it does imply is that he’s keen to hear on quite a lot of his guys and sort of see the place does it go from right here.
And relating to Brayden Schenn particularly, you already know, the crew that I take a look at and say, I don’t know if they’ve what St Louis needs, however the crew that instantly jumped into my thoughts was Vegas. I imply, Toronto, positive, as a result of you already know, you’re all, we all know Toronto is on the lookout for a middle, and that’s a (Leafs GM Brad) Treliving sort of man. However Vegas actually jumped in my thoughts as a result of Brayden Schenn performed for Kelly McCrimmon within the Western Hockey League.
And like once more, if I search for and down Vegas and I’d be questioning what they’re keen to do, and the way can they make this work. However the one factor I’ve sort of felt is that you just don’t underestimate Kelly McCrimmon. When he decides he needs somebody, he’ll do what it takes to attempt to get that particular person. So the extra I considered Schenn’s availability, the extra I questioned about, okay, you already know Kelly McCrimmon is aware of this participant, and he’s a Kelly McCrimmon sort participant, and have they got what it may take to do that.
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I don’t know the reply to that. However it’s actually the crew, the extra I considered it, the extra I considered them.”
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