When I watch Schwartz, I see a guy who knows when to make the direct play, and when to slow it down to let a direct play naturally develop. His hockey sense is simply outstanding. Contrast that with the way that Perron constantly seems to be forcing plays/fighting against the natural flow of the game in the offensive zone for a stark comparison. Schwartz sees/thinks/plays the offensive game the way that I wish Perron would.
Agreed. Schwartz does so many of the "little" things which make him so valuable and full of potential. People don't acknowledge those kinds of plays enough.
Stewart aint going anywhere. The Blues could never afford to lose his size up front. Plus he's scoring to top it off. Army wouldn't trade away a player he paid such a big price for. He's the type of player everybody is looking for. Big, strong scoring power forwards who can fight are every teams wet dream.
Amen to that! Stewart is proving a lot of haters wrong from last season (including me) and I will be the first to admit I was wrong.
I just keep getting impressed by Cracknell. Just does so many things smart. Great hockey sense.
He's come a long way. If the Blues let McDonald walk and stick with Sobotka at third line center, I could see him getting at shot at the #4 C job next year. It's a shame he doesn't really have the foot speed/short area quickness to contribute on the PK.
Haha you know he is eating his words right now. I'm done getting pissed. There are and will also be idiots in the world that believe the most ridiculous things.
I wouldn't mind a 4th line of Porter-Cracknell-Reaves.
That way, even if we don't get a #1 center, we're still big all the way up the middle.
EDIT: Not to mention Lehtera possibly being in the mix.
I'm keeping my expectations for Lehtera at zero for the moment, simply because it seems like an awful lot of things are going to have to fall in place for that to work out.
With that said, it would be quite the boon to the organization if he came over and showed enough to grab the #3 C job next year. It would facilitate moving Steen back to wing (which basically mitigate the loss of McDonald should he choose to part ways), while retaining three legitimate scoring lines at minimal financial cost to the organization. That would simplify the Blues offseason a great deal, IMO.
I'm keeping my expectations for Lehtera at zero for the moment, simply because it seems like an awful lot of things are going to have to fall in place for that to work out.
With that said, it would be quite the boon to the organization if he came over and showed enough to grab the #3 C job next year. It would facilitate moving Steen back to wing (which basically mitigate the loss of McDonald should he choose to part ways), while retaining three legitimate scoring lines at minimal financial cost to the organization. That would simplify the Blues offseason a great deal, IMO.
