Paul McCann: Scouting the Central - 2019 - St. Louis + Preseason Notes

Berglund & Sobotka are not subtractions, traded over a year ago.

Sanford is not an addition, acquired over a year ago.

Better shut it down and try again next year.. this was a lazy article.

Berglund & Sobotka are not subtractions, traded over a year ago.

Sanford is not an addition, acquired over a year ago.
- Antilles

Right? Traded in the offseason before last year began. In the Stars article he didn't even mention their young stud dman but mentioned all their other dman saying they relied only on one dman.

It's all good though: he thought Subban was great when it was clear he was just good but bad for a team.

It’s a good thing you’re not paid to be a scout.

You have to tip your cap to what the Blues accomplished last season, as physically ill as it made me to watch them raise the cup least season. The way they did it was amazing, almost like a movie, and they even got to beat Boston the one team in the NHL closet to a set of villains as your going to find. (Thankfully nobody got licked)

Preds fans should know as well as anyone that having basically the exact same team coming in from one year to the next doesn't necessarily mean squat. Yes everything that could go wrong with Preds seemed to go wrong last year, but I'm not going to bother with excuses. The difference with the Blues is that they're back end is solid defensively, and that's something that doesn't tend to change from season to season baring injury or player regression. Bing should be fine if the Blues play well in front of him. Under that kind of system you don't really need a superstar goalie, just a competent one.

Someone’s been spending too much time working on new cheerleading routines and not enough on what’s really going on in the NHL. This article was an epic fail Paul, maybe you should actually research the team you’re writing about and try again.

You have to tip your cap to what the Blues accomplished last season, as physically ill as it made me to watch them raise the cup least season. The way they did it was amazing, almost like a movie, and they even got to beat Boston the one team in the NHL closet to a set of villains as your going to find. (Thankfully nobody got licked)

Preds fans should know as well as anyone that having basically the exact same team coming in from one year to the next doesn't necessarily mean squat. Yes everything that could go wrong with Preds seemed to go wrong last year, but I'm not going to bother with excuses. The difference with the Blues is that they're back end is solid defensively, and that's something that doesn't tend to change from season to season baring injury or player regression. Bing should be fine if the Blues play well in front of him. Under that kind of system you don't really need a superstar goalie, just a competent one.
- Squatchy

The difference “in my opinion “ from a Preds final to 1st round exit and St.Louis in winning a cup is getting a coach and players to buy in and believe in one another. In other words...be a TEAM. Confidence starts with a goalie playing well and allows the rest of the players to play “their game “ and not worry about protecting their goalie.
It will be interesting to see Binnington can have the same year as last...and if Pekka can regain his cup final performance this year? Sorry but my money is on a healthy Jordan.

Well it all could be worse.... We could be Tennessee Vols fans hahahaha I love the taste of misery!!
Go Pres!