Posts About "Marco Scandella"
Looking at the Blues' 2020-21 Blue Line
October 20th, 2020 It is officially safe to say that the St. Louis Blues blue line is going to look different in the 2020-21 season after former captain Alex Pietrangelo signed a seven-year, $61.1 million deal with the Vegas Golden Knights. I believe that it is inevitable that the Blues defensive unit will take a step back with the loss of their best...
Evaluating Blues' 31-Man Playoff Roster
July 26th, 2020 Like every team in the NHL, the St. Louis Blues will bring 31 players to the bubble in the coming days. The Blues depart for Edmonton, the hub city for the 12 Western Conference teams, on Sunday. And while most of the roster was as expected, a few of the peripheral players to make the cut are surprises. In this article, we'll take an...
Blues Defensive Options for 2020-21
June 29th, 2020 The St. Louis Blues are defending Stanley Cup Champions and will enter the 2019-20 postseason in first place in the Western Conference. They are also built for the future, with just four players in the NHL approaching restricted free agent (RFA) or unrestricted free agent (UFA) status in the offseason. Unfortunately, one of those...
Sabres' 2019-20 Analytics Autopsy: Defencemen
June 25th, 2020 Now that another Buffalo Sabres season is finished – and mercifully so – many are conducting an autopsy of the past few months; and there was more bad than good. Extending the franchise-record playoff drought to nine seasons in a year when over 77 percent of teams made the postseason (not a typo), is something only this franchise...
Blues Scandella Extension is Costly Security Measure
April 23rd, 2020 The St. Louis Blues may be on pause like every other NHL team, but their general manager Doug Armstrong has been anything but stagnant. Last week, he signed three free agents, including pending restricted free agents (RFA) Sammy Blais and MacKenzie MacEachern. But the biggest move of the bunch was the four-year, $13.1 million contract...
Blues Sign Scandella to Four-Year, $13.1 Million Extension
April 16th, 2020 The St. Louis Blues have checked a box off their offseason to-do list, inking pending restricted free agent defenseman Marco Scandella to a four-year, $13.1 million contract extension. https://twitter.com/TSNHockey/status/1250886833841549313 Blues Bolster their Blue Line Scandella, 30, appeared in 11 games for the defending...
Projecting the Blues' 2020-21 Blue Line
March 17th, 2020 The cornerstone of the recent success for the St. Louis Blues has been their blue line. And that could all change depending on what happens with captain Alex Pietrangelo this offseason. Related: St. Louis Blues' Mt. Rushmore There are scenarios where the blue line virtually stays the same and there are ones where it changes...
Blues' 8-Game Win Streak: 3 Factors
March 5th, 2020 After the odd stretch where the St. Louis Blues had won just 2 of 12 games, they have bounced back in a big way. They've tied their season-high winning streak of eight, after defeating the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Related: Best & Worst Draft Picks Since 2010 There have been many key factors in the...
Blues' Defensive Pair Spark New Flame
February 25th, 2020 Impressive defensive pairings are noteworthy. Colton Parayko and Marco Scandella are headliners. The newest addition to the St. Louis Blues can’t fill Jay Bouwmeester’s skates, nor would he want to. The fact is, they play a similar style, which is what general manager Doug Armstrong was counting on. The new pair has six points...
Blues Acquire Scandella to Fill Bouwmeester Void
February 18th, 2020 St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong was understandably caught between a rock and a hard place. Just under two weeks before the NHL's trade deadline, Jay Bouwmeester, a beloved team veteran, and top-four defenseman went down on the bench after suffering a cardiac event. With longterm implications still uncertain a week later,...
Blues Acquire Scandella from Canadiens for Picks
February 18th, 2020 The St. Louis Blues have made a move, acquiring left-handed defenseman Marco Scandella from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a pair of draft picks. The Blues will surrender a 2020 second-round draft pick, as well as a conditional 2021 fourth-round draft pick. The Canadiens will reportedly retain half of Scandella's $4 million...
Montreal Canadiens Need to Sell High at Trade Deadline
January 18th, 2020 The Montreal Canadiens and general manager Marc Bergevin approach the 2020 NHL All-Star break facing a difficult decision. Do they look to add pieces in the hopes they can make the playoffs or do they sell off pieces to add picks and prospects to continue the retool ahead of the NHL draft being held in Montreal? Montreal Canadiens...
Canadiens Acquire Scandella
January 2nd, 2020 The Montreal Canadiens have acquired Marco Scandella from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020, the team announced Thursday. This comes less than an hour after the team also traded Mike Reilly to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2021 and Andrew...
