Trade Deep Freeze
February 12th, 2010 | by David Rogers |Trade Deep Freeze
The Olympics are here and the freeze is on. I anticipated the Blues to make some sort of move before the trade deadline and that is still a very big possibility, but it will have to wait until the Olympics come to a close. Though the freeze is on, the Blues will skate tonight against Toronto before wrapping things up before the break against Washington.
Does this mean the Blues won’t make a move? Not one bit. The Blues likely are interested to see how the next couple games go before pulling the trigger on any deals. The line between being buyers and sellers is still a murky one when talking about the Blues. Things are pointing in the direction of being on the selling side, but we won’t be seeing a situation similar to the one in Florida.
Today Florida announced they were going to do a complete overhaul of their squad and that meant everyone and anyone could be on the move. Florida does have some interesting talent to look at, but it’s unclear what they are asking for in return.
My eye is on Tomas Vokoun, the goaltender for the Panthers. Now that FLA has stated that anyone can be dealt, Vokoun immediately jumps to mind as the Blues obviously need a more permanent answer in net. I think it’d be foolish for FLA to deal the goaltender as he is a guy a team can be built around, but I do hope the Blues can land him for a less than steep price for selfish reasons. His contract is pretty pricey ($5.7 million this year), so he would be a tough guy to land. Still, a guy can dream.
Speculation and wish lists aside, the Blues (and many other teams) sat idle before the Olympic freeze but I highly doubt this will be the case come the actual trade deadline. Stay tuned.
I think the Blues have a lot of room to work with just between 4-5 players.
Kariya - $6M
Tkachuk - $2.5M
Brewer - $4.5M
Mason - $3M
That's a lot of money to work with for four players that I don't think anyone in St. Louis would miss aside from Walt. I think Perron would also make good trade bait.
In my opinion, we need to dump some money in to a goalie or make a trade for one. I like the idea of trading Kariya+Tkachuk to Boston for Thomas. Vokoun would also be a good pick-up if we could nab him. Toskala will most likely be available as well.
Then, maybe go after a coach that can cultivate all this raw talent we are under-utilizing.
I would also like to see more focus on McDonald. I think he has the potential to be our future leader, both in scoring and as a role-model. He is a top-notch forward and already has a Stanley Cup under his belt.
Let's also not forget about our promising young prospects that will be joining us soon (ie. Petrangelo and Junland)
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