The way that this all changes is the Vladimir Tarasenko situation – if he stays put for this season, I expect somebody to be bumped down to the third line. General manager Doug Armstrong did an excellent job in replacing some key forwards they lost. I think the top two lines as they stand right now look great coming into the 2021-22 season. Best of 2019: Sure, Blues the vote doesn’t have quite the same ring as Rock the voteBut that didn’t keep readers from voicing their valuable opinions in one of our most popular electric guitar polls in recent history - best blues guitarist - which ruled the site in June and early July. But don’t count out Kyrou’s scoring ability, as he had 14 goals in 55 games last season, which is a 20-goal pace. Kyrou is a pure playmaker – if this line stays healthy and together, Saad and Schenn should both score 20 or more goals. I expect Kyrou to build on a breakout season from 2020-21, where he scored 35 points in 55 games. On the flip-side, I think Saad and Kyrou can help to rejuvenate Schenn, who struggled last season. Saad has scored 20 or more goals in five of his ten NHL seasons, and in a couple of the years where he scored less, it was due to a shortened season. Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30 10 December 2021 - 16 December 2021 Compiled by the Official Charts Company, the UKs biggest jazz and blues albums of the week, based on sales of digital. Winner Belgian Blues Challenge 2016 2nd Place European Blues Challenge 2017 New Album Live on Stage in Blues Charts Worldwide Nr. I think Saad and Schenn can help Kyrou continue to grow his game, having two veteran two-way forwards with him should help. Saad can bring a lot of what Schwartz brought, and more as he has been more consistent over his NHL career. I actually think that hockey fans don’t realize just how complete Buchnevich’s game is – it’s actually quite something when you look at the analytics.īrandon Saad, former Colorado Avalanche (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images) He’s still only 26 years old with room to improve and get better as he has been. He has scored 57 goals over the last three seasons, two of those being shortened seasons. Buchnevich adds an entirely new element to this line – it’s something that Blues fans should be excited to see.īuchnevich is a terrific two-way forward – he has an overall game that will fit well with these two and he can score goals too. Perron has scored 118 points in 127 games over the last two seasons, while O’Reilly has scored 115 in 127. We all know how well Perron and O’Reilly have played together, both of them coming off of terrific point-scoring seasons. After that, they signed him to a four-year deal with a cap hit of $5.8 million.
The Blues traded Sammy Blais and a 2022 second-round pick to the New York Rangers to acquire Buchnevich. Pavel Buchnevich, former New York Ranger ( Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)