2024-25 St. Louis Blues Season Preview

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1. LGB

2. A wild card spot would be very successful for this season. Anything extra is a bonus. Everything would have to go right for the Blues to make the playoffs though.

3. I think they Will make the playoffs this season. I really like what they have done this offseason.

4. This will always stick with me from last season. If we actually beat the sharks last year for 3 games…. we would of made the playoffs

5. Army definitely seemed to fix the biggest need which was scoring depth last year with all the additions. Blues were a 1 line team all last season so if they are able bring up the goal totals from the middle six especially were they struggled the most they should be a competitive team this next season.

6. This is going to be an exciting year!

8. Have fun with Holloway and Broberg 😢

9. The Blues future is looking brighter and brighter. That’s if they sign their highly touted prospects and they pan out. I hope that Holloway and Broberg fits in well and lives up to their contract’s. Only time will tell. Let’s Go Blues!

10. With all the new faces, I have no idea what we are going to have results wise. However, on the positive side, we should have Binner break his agent’s record for most wins as a Blue and there’s every chance at least one of our goalies gets a goalie goal.

11. That 2.2 Million in cap space includes Torey Krug's salary still on the books, so if he does not play this season, they have 8.9 million in cap space. I don't necessarily think they'll use it, but it makes them dangerous in the salary retention space or adding at the deadline, depending how the season pans out

12. The offer sheets improve the team. But right now, I feel this team is very middle of the pack. 6th in the Central with 84-89 points.

13. Drew Bannister did a great job stepping in to coach after they fired Berube. They also have brought in Claude Julien as an assistant coach. I am hoping that with the full off season and additional players they will be a much better team this season. Every year they are the underdog team and thats ok with me. LGB!

14. Binnington and Hofer can keep them in the running for a playoff spot

15. Just a hockey stat question that you probably might know, I was wondering who had the best scoring season followed by a terrible scoring season? Say a player got 50 goals and 60 assists and then the next year only got 15 goals and 20 assists, must be around the same amount of games played not because of a shortened season because of an injury.

16. Unlike the hapless baseball team in St Louis, I like how the Blues are proactive in improving the team. The offer sheets proved that. The team will be better, but still might just fall short of the playoffs. Better days are ahead, so I'm not stressed about it.

17. Let's Go Blues!

18. If they're a playoff team, Binnington needs to be near Vezina level…

19. In order for the Blues to be a "true contender" they need a true superstar on offense. Ryan O'Reilly was the last one they had and I would put O'Reilly there as superstar as he may not have had typical superstar point totals but was so good all around. Could Thomas become a superstar? If he were to move in that direction this year and several players who had subpar years last year move back to where they could be like Kyrou, Buchnevich, Schenn, and Saad, and Neighbors continue to improve, then the Blues become a solid contender in their division–given the defense is better than last year and goaltending continues to be solid. I also think some of the other additions such as Holloway, the 2 Josephs, and Broberg have them in a better position than last year. Bolduc and Dean could also make the line-up and if they stay that means they're contributing. I have my doubts about Dvorsky–expect him next year.

20. Bennington great in net and I love when his cheese slides off his cracker! VERY EXCITING TIME

21. Kessel is locked in at the 3d on the right side… he's not an extra

22. Otto and Lindstein lurking….I expect big things

23. You've got it right. This is a playoff bubble team. If they stay healthier than several other teams, then they'll likely make the post season.

24. I can't wait for the season to start. The Blues are going to prove all the doubters wrong.

25. the blues are a bubble team and will stay that way until they decide to get serious about moving out older players and start developing younger ones. you cant keep adding bottom 6 forwards and bottom pair defensemen to the team and hope to scrape into the playoffs. armstrong has to do what he did when he moved on from players like stastny and shattenkirk so he could bring in better players.o' reilly and schenn. that's how we won the cup and thats why we play the game, not to just make the playoffs and lose in the first round

26. The Central is brutally difficult. The Blues have to find consistency and the D needs to step it up.

27. Signing P.O Joe just to have him be 7th D seems odd maybe they finally find a taker for Leddy

28. Trade Kyrou. Clubhouse cancer.

29. Conclusion: Blues are stuck in mediocrity.

30. I think Kessel will be in the top 6, over Sutter and Perunovich if need be. He played really well last year. I'd also love to see Bolduc crack the 3rd line.

31. 56% is a tad absurd.

32. Like to see Joseph get his…

33. Bolduc and Kessel will be contributors, not also rans.

34. Just looking at the comments… Blues fans are so hard on their players. Like saying Kyrou needs to leave . If it comes to locker room culture, I can think of a lot more concerning players (Johansen, dubois). Everything is compared to the Gloria days. We aren't the same team and that's okay. I think Robert Thomas and Kyrou have elite skill and Bannister will get more out of them and the upcoming wave of first round prospects. It's an exciting time to be a blues fan. It's feel like they got back to youth without bottoming out like the sabres, devils and sens had to to draft they way back to optimism. And I think it's important to the culture of the organization to always be playing meaningful games regardless of making the playoffs.

35. Binnington needs an excellent start.

36. Love the Blues but think they'll probably end up right around where they did last year. Fringe playoff team that could just as easily miss as they could get the 1st or 2nd WC. There are brighter days ahead with all the young talent coming in but not this year. Getting to the playoffs again would be a success.

37. Honestly I don't see how they don't score more goals this year. Kyrou will hopefully have a full season of not pouting over something, Holloway and Faksa should add in the teens, and another year of Thomas should mean more production. Obviously everyone has gotten a little better in the Central, but that division has always been the toughest anyway. Should be fun.

38. You forgot to say Torey Krug in the extras column or unless that was a mistake. I’m very sorry about both of those things.

39. Goaltending will dictate what kind of year 2024-2025 will be for St. Louis. They had impressive goaltending last year considering the rest of the team was statistically lousy. The Blues needed scoring depth and got it this offseason, but the objective for STL is to get young guys experience and get the team to gel by the 2026ish season where they should be very competitive.

40. No matter what happens this year it will be exciting watching these young players grow along side our veteran players for the next 5 years or so.

41. Blues will be a wagon in 2-3 years I'm hoping

42. Lets go blues