Blues not trading Perron
Per Andy via Larry Pleau
Tim
Yup - just heard that. He was the first player asked for. No, was the answer.
Moderator: LGB Mods
Blues not trading Perron
Per Andy via Larry Pleau
Tim
Yup - just heard that. He was the first player asked for. No, was the answer.
I just read in the swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that the Blues had interviewed swedish prospect Carl Klingberg in a somewhat unusual way.
The Blues called him to their hotelroom and asked him to take off his clothes (except the underwear) and stand in front of them. Then they asked him to do 3 high jumpes infront of their table, a table which 10 of the Blues scouting staff sat behind.
I don`t think they wanted to check my physical status, it was more of a mental test, to see how I would react, Klingberg said.
In the same article they say that St. Louis is famous for doing stuff like this, and they put Patrik Berglund through the same routine before picking him in the first round of 2006.
Klingberg is a big forward from Frolundas juniorteam, (the same team as Lars Eller) and he is supposed to be picked somewhere between #20 and #40...
http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/h ... 5435580.ab
Ummm... weird.SIU LAW wrote:Swedish poster from the Asylum:
I just read in the swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that the Blues had interviewed swedish prospect Carl Klingberg in a somewhat unusual way.
The Blues called him to their hotelroom and asked him to take off his clothes (except the underwear) and stand in front of them. Then they asked him to do 3 high jumpes infront of their table, a table which 10 of the Blues scouting staff sat behind.
I don`t think they wanted to check my physical status, it was more of a mental test, to see how I would react, Klingberg said.
In the same article they say that St. Louis is famous for doing stuff like this, and they put Patrik Berglund through the same routine before picking him in the first round of 2006.
Klingberg is a big forward from Frolundas juniorteam, (the same team as Lars Eller) and he is supposed to be picked somewhere between #20 and #40...
http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/h ... 5435580.ab
SIU LAW wrote:From the Asylum:
Blues not trading Perron
Per Andy via Larry Pleau
TimYup - just heard that. He was the first player asked for. No, was the answer.
Not from Pleau. Said he [Andy] heard it from an agent who supposedly heard it from another GM who supposedly talked to Pleau
yeah.....we'll see how long they hold that stance.SIU LAW wrote:From the Asylum:
Blues not trading Perron
Per Andy via Larry Pleau
Tim
The Blues checked into the Heatley situation, but sources have told me that's TOO expensive. Heatley has five more years at $7.5 million left on his deal.
Also, Heatley is $4 million on July 1 as a bonus. If the Blues trade for Heatley before July 1, they have to pay the $4 million. If they trade for Heatley after July 1, that means Ottawa would have paid the bonus and the Senators will be asking for more in the deal.
The Blues are not pursuing anything regarding Heatley at this point.
Who didn't see that coming?SIU LAW wrote:JR
The Blues checked into the Heatley situation, but sources have told me that's TOO expensive. Heatley has five more years at $7.5 million left on his deal.
Also, Heatley is $4 million on July 1 as a bonus. If the Blues trade for Heatley before July 1, they have to pay the $4 million. If they trade for Heatley after July 1, that means Ottawa would have paid the bonus and the Senators will be asking for more in the deal.
The Blues are not pursuing anything regarding Heatley at this point.
gaijin wrote:More interested in the potential trades than the actual draft.
Just ask detoilet.cprice12 wrote:There is reason to be excited about every pick.stlzombie79 wrote:Oshie, Berglund, Perron, Polak, None of them coming from the top ten. All reasons to be excited about our 17thstrocklen083 wrote:I could care less about the draft itself. We aren't picking in the Top 10 and we sure as hell ain't moving up. I'm more interested in what team David Perron belongs to come Sunday and what we got in return for him...
Quite often top 10 picks never even work out and it's your picks in the teens or even in the later rounds that end up being the best ones in the entire draft.
You never know.
But yeah, trade talk on draft day is fun stuff.
Interesting. Keep pumping out the updates SIU & thanks.SIU LAW wrote:The Blues interviewed Landon Ferraro (Ray Ferraro's son) last Thursday. Center, Red Deer (WHL).
He is projected to go late first round by the experts out there.
6-foot, 170-pounds.
Skilled and fast.
He won the fastest-skater competition at the WHL Prospects Game in January.
"Nose for the net."
Link"He's always on the right side of the puck," said Blair MacDonald of NHL Central Scouting. "If there's a turnover, he's in good position right away. And he comes back deep in his own zone to help. He's very strong defensively, as well as being an offensive threat."
No doubt they interviewed MANY players, but I thought this was interesting.
Thank goodness. Stay the course I say.SIU LAW wrote:JR
The Blues checked into the Heatley situation, but sources have told me that's TOO expensive. Heatley has five more years at $7.5 million left on his deal.
Also, Heatley is $4 million on July 1 as a bonus. If the Blues trade for Heatley before July 1, they have to pay the $4 million. If they trade for Heatley after July 1, that means Ottawa would have paid the bonus and the Senators will be asking for more in the deal.
The Blues are not pursuing anything regarding Heatley at this point.
John Davidson said all is quiet this afternoon. He's hoping for some noise before the draft
He stated earlier:Trade talks for Chris Pronger are heating up. Keep an eye on http://www.tsn.ca.
Niedermayer decision expected today. Hockey Can pres, Bob Nicholson is pushing Niedermayer to play in 2010. log on to www.tsn.ca for more.
What?SIU LAW wrote:Swedish poster from the Asylum:
I just read in the swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that the Blues had interviewed swedish prospect Carl Klingberg in a somewhat unusual way.
The Blues called him to their hotelroom and asked him to take off his clothes (except the underwear) and stand in front of them. Then they asked him to do 3 high jumpes infront of their table, a table which 10 of the Blues scouting staff sat behind.
I don`t think they wanted to check my physical status, it was more of a mental test, to see how I would react, Klingberg said.
In the same article they say that St. Louis is famous for doing stuff like this, and they put Patrik Berglund through the same routine before picking him in the first round of 2006.
Klingberg is a big forward from Frolundas juniorteam, (the same team as Lars Eller) and he is supposed to be picked somewhere between #20 and #40...
http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/h ... 5435580.ab
If you read the original Swedish article, you will see that prospect found it strange that all the staff were wearing sequined hats and vests and that C & C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everbody Dance Now)" was blasting from a nearby stereo.STL JA wrote:What?