Les Blues de St. Louis sont la SEULE équipe de la LNH avec trois défenseurs gagnant plus de 6 millions de dollars… En 2022-23, les Blues se sont classés : 26e en GA/60. 23e en xGA/60. 24ème en SA/60. 30e en Penalty Kill. 17e en buts par D-men (36). 22e aux points par D-men (165).
The St. Louis Blues are the ONLY team in the NHL with three defensemen making over $6 million…
In 2022-23, the Blues ranked:
26th in GA/60
23rd in xGA/60
24th in SA/60
30th in Penalty Kill
17th in Goals by D-men (36)
22nd in Points by D-men (165)#STLBlues— Blues Views (@STLBluesViews) April 19, 2023
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[Highest percentage of cap given to defensemen in 2022-23… 1: Nashville (39.8%) 2: Colorado (37.2%) 3: St. Louis (36.2%) 4: San Jose (33.8%) 5: Minnesota (33.5%) 6: Winnipeg (32.0%) 7: Pittsburgh (31.3%)](https://twitter.com/stlbluesviews/status/1648782433427259394?s=46&t=Xn0juU2C4hEaElfmeGb4jQ)
[Most money allocated to top-4 defensemen, with GA/60 rank… 1: Colorado($24.5M) – 8th 2: San Jose ($24.0M) – 30th 3: Boston ($23.8M) – 1st 4: St. Louis ($23.5M) – 26th 5: Minnesota ($23.1M) – 6th 6: Nashville ($22.7M) – 12th 7: Vegas ($22.1M) – 10th](https://twitter.com/stlbluesviews/status/1648782809467633664?s=46&t=Xn0juU2C4hEaElfmeGb4jQ)
I think this might be more than just a bad defensive scheme and assistant coach. Hopefully I’m wrong, but this might be a multi year issue as these players continually age.
If it wasn’t for Covid upending everything, I fully believe we would have never had lost our first captain to hoist the trophy.
For every Ryan O’Reilly there’s a Ryan Miller.
Can’t keep seeing bad contracts and head scratcher trades forever before you have to ask some hard questions about what’s best for this team’s next ten years
Army needs to improve his FO. I trust him for the most part, but stop with the fucking Chiarelli hires and bring in someone from the Canes or something who can actually fix the problem so we dont keep throwing dumb money at it. No forward-thinking organization gives Leddy that contract.
So, not good value then. Take your pick, either Krug or Colt has to go, and get two cheaper young d guys to replace one.