St. Louis Blues Willing to Make More Moves at Right Price
Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period was on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio with Steve Kouleas and Nate Thompson on Wednesday. He was asked about St. Louis and, with the departure of Nick Bjugstad, is that a sign that the “sale” sign has been made for the Blues?
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Steve Kouleas: “The Blues trade is not good today (Wednesday) with Nick Bjugstad’s Devils but what is maybe a manifestation of what we knew was coming, and you talked about the big names that are gone, could we see a situation where there is a fire sale, in part, as it relates to the change of GM, guard (Co) Jordan (Roberty) and Thomas Binnington may be gone, my friend, what do you think?”
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Dave Pagnotta: “I think this is the first big step. The Blues made a few small trades at the beginning of the season, but this is the first one that will really put the first domino in place here that has been lowered to get him out. He has another year on his contract at $ 1.7 5 million.
This is just an indication that the Blues are willing to listen to a variety of their players, including long-term guys, and we know that Justin Faulk and Brayden Schenn have another year left on their contracts. A list of 15 teams that don’t trade for both, which have been listening for a long time. They count on others.
Almost everyone, 25 and under, will stick around, at least. That’s at least the plan. Everyone else, they are willing to listen. Now that being said, Jordan Kyrou’s price is much higher than Schenn’s, for example, and Robert Thomas is much bigger.
They’re willing to listen to Robert Thomas, and they’ve communicated that to a few teams but you have to, if you want to have a conversation about it, you have to come to the table with a very important return.
He’s talking about someone who won’t be Doug Armstrong, hang up or throw his phone across the room and waste his time. This is a situation where, hey, we will listen, but you have to do or you have to give us a reason to listen and pay attention.
So it’s available with an asterisk, because it’s going to take a significant return for them to think about that, but they’re open to what’s possible with Bjugstad’s first move here to New Jersey opening things up, and it’s just a reminder to other teams that this club is open for business. “
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NHLRumors.com Note: St. Louis Blues and GM Doug Armstrong held on to their values of Robert Thomas, Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn, Justin Faulk, Jordan Binington, and others. Those prices haven’t changed since last season’s trade deadline. However, the changing of the guard continues in St. Louis, as Doug Armstrong moves on and passes the torch to Alex Steen next season.
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