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Pierre-Cedric Labrie

Yan Stastny To Vancouver

By Randall Ritchey on March 3, 2010

Pierre-Cedric Labrie

The Blues will acquire Pierre-Cedric Labrie, 23, who is currently playing for the Manitoba Moose. 6-foot-2, 212 pounds forward has seven fighting majors, 69PIM and five goals, one assist through 45 games thus far with the Moose. In

I’ll have more on this deal later in the day but this looks to be strictly an AHL deal.

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Blues Acquire Matt D’Agostini from Montreal

By Jeff Quirin on March 3, 2010

Aaron Palushaj - Image via mlive.com

Late night reports from Blues Insider Andy Strickland indicate that the Blues have traded former 2nd Rd Pick Aaron Palushaj to Montreal in exchange for Matt D’Agostini. The deal is also being confirmed by KMOX Blues announcer Chris Kerber.

In Palushaj’s first professional season with the Blues AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen, Aaron has 5 Goals and 22 Points in 44 Games Played. Aaron had a productive training camp with the Blues this past fall. His NHL projection is a skilled “Top 6-ish” scoring winger. Injuries have hampered Aaron’s play time in Peoria this season. The knock on him is size. He has the height, but not the bulk. When I saw him this summer at the Susan G Komen walk, he looked like a SLU soccer player, not a professional hockey player.

Matt D’Agostini - Image via habsnews.ca

Matt D’Agostini, 23, has appeared in 40 NHL games this season, amassing 2 Goals and 4 Points. In the 08-09 Campaign D’Agostini chipped in 12 Goals and 21 Points in 53 Games Played. He is listed as roughly 6′1 and 200 lbs. In his NHL career Matt has 94 Games, 14 Goals, and 25 Points.

With the addition of D’Agonsiti, the Blues have another “Top-9″ type forward on their NHL roster. Could this be a move to add NHL depth to the roster pending a deal to move Brad Boyes or Paul Kariya (or Keith Tkachuk)? D’Agostini has a scoring touch that they hope he can develop in St. Louis.

D’Agostini is a Restricted Free Agent this summer. He should give the Blues another option for a cheap roster filler.

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Trade Deadline Blog

By Jeff Quirin on March 2, 2010

The point of this blog will be pretty simple. From “now” till the deadline on Wednesday BNZ will keep you up to date on all the trade happenings. Be sure to also check out our Blues buddies over at Frozen Notes, they have a Live Deadline Blog as well. Hockey Independent also has a Live Chat with some well known names going as well. Puck Daddy @ Yahoo has a Live Chat and Blog as well.

Deals Done March 3rd

to Colorado: F Stephane Yelle & Harrison Reed
to Carolina: F Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll & 6th Rd Pick

to Nashville: F Dustin Boyd
to Calgary: 4th Rd Pick

to Edmonton: Aaron Johnson & 2010 3rd Rd Pick
to Calgary: D Steve Staios

to Vancouver: Andrew Alberts
to Carolina: 3rd Rd Pick

to Anaheim: D Lubomir Vishnovsky
to Edmonton: D Ryan Whitney

*BNZ Analysis – Big upgrade for the Ducks. Whitney just wasn’t the right guy for Anaheim. Ray (S)hero wins another trade.

to LA: F Fredrick Modin
to Columbus: Future Considerations

*BNZ Analysis – LA ended up not taking Whitney, Poni, Torres, Kariya or any other impact forward. Instead they take an aging Swede and Jeff Halpern. GOod moves for depth, but doesn’t really help THAT much in my opinion.

to Washington: D Joe Corvo
to Carolina: F Oskar Osala, D Brian Pothier & 2nd Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis -This is a good deal for the Caps in their “win now, at all else” attitude. Osala could have been important since they could lose soem forwards while trying to find money to lock down Backstrom long term. I’m a Corvo fan (not just because he is on my keeper league team), he should do well pounding shots from the point in the nation’s capital.

to Phoenix: F Lee Stempniak
to Toronto: 4th & 7th Rd Picks

*BNZ Analysis – Phoenix adds another experienced player to their roster with former St. Louis favorite Lee Stempniak. I am honestly happy for Lee. After getting dumped in Toronto he gets to move to a playoff contender where he can contribute and not have too much expected of him.

to Washington: D Milan Jurcina
to Columbus: 6th Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – Not sure what is up here. The Caps can’t take on too much salary. Something else has to be coming for them to absorb Belanger, Walker and Jurcina.

to Atlanta: Clarke MacArthur
to Buffalo: 3rd & 4th Rd Picks

*BNZ Analysis – MacArthur helsp bolster the credentials of the Thrashers forwards. He adds size and a scoring touch. Replacement for Kozlov if he is moved?

to Buffalo : F Raffi Torres
to Columbus: D Nathan Paetsch & 2nd Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – The rumored 1st Rd pick for Torres was way too much. A depth player and 2nd rd pick isn’t too bad. Torres replaces MacArthur

to Calgary: G Vesa Toskala
to Anaheim: G Curtis McElhinney

*BNZ Analysis -Why? A more “capable” back up for Mikka?

to Washington: F Eric Belanger
to Minnesota: 2010 2nd Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – Given the history between Belanger and current Cap Chimera, its an interesting deal. Not sure if the CAps need another forward, unless another is moving out.

to LA: F Jeff Halpern
to Tampa Bay: F Teddy Purcell & 3rd Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – Sounds like an even swap of bottom 6 forwards with Tampa geting a draft pick.

to Phoenix: D Mathieu Schneider
to Vancouver: Sean Zimmerman & Conditional 6th Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – Phoenix adds another defensemen to their corps of blue liners. What’s important here is power play help and experience. Phoenix is trying to make sure they stay in the Top 8 teams in the West.

to St. Louis: F Pierre-Cedric Labrie
to Vancouver: F Yan Stastny

*BNZ Analysis – Randall has a blog up and will provide more thoughts. Vancouver got it’s depth Forward as Yan can be a good energy, 4th line guy who kills penalties. Too bad Cory Schneider wasn’t the Canuck to come back…as so many Blues fans were hoping to see come from Vancouver.

to Phoenix: F Wojtek Wolski
to Colorado: F Peter  Mueller & F Kevin Porter

*BNZ Analysis – Good deal for the Avs as they move out an inconsistent forward for a younger and cheaper inconsistent forward. Rumor is that the Avs had interest in Boyes, but were not interested in a straight swap for Wolski or JM Liles.

to Washington: F Scott Walker
to Carolina: 7th Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – CAps add more grit and toughness to their forward depth. I heard this likened to the Pens picking up Roberts.

to Edmonton: F Ryan Jones has been claimed off waivers from the Nashville Predators

*BNZ Analysis – Edmonton wants to obtain young players with upside to kick off their rebuild. Take Jones off waivers is a low risk acquisition.

to Anaheim: D Aaron Ward
to Carolina: G Justin Pogge & 2010 4th Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – Anaheim gets a little physical and defensive toughness on their blue line for a stretch run. Also gives them a warm body to replace Whitney or Wisniewski.

to Florida: F Craig Weller, F Byron Bitz, & 2nd Rd Pick
to Boston: D Denis Seidenberg & D Matthew Bartowski

*BNZ Analysis – Boston gets a “better” player in Seidenberg than what they had in Morris. Boston is still trying to find a scorer up front. Trading their 2nd Rd pick makes their second 1st Rd pick too valuable to trade?

to New Jersey: D Martin Skoula
to Toronto: 2010 5th Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – Not a shcoking trade. Burke is doing whatever he can to acquire young assets. Skoula had to come with Caputi to make the Poni deal work. NJ likes adding defensemen depth at the deadling (remember Salvador?). Burke gets another pick to play with.

to Phoenix: D Derek Morris
to Boston: 2011 4th Rd Pick

*BNZ Analysis – The deal opens up cap space for Boston to add a scorer. This also gives Phoenix depth on their blueline. However, Phoenix still needs to address their gap in the Top 6 with Upshall out. The lack of scoring was apparent against the Blues last night. Soem early thoughts are that Boston will run at Torres now. Might over pay as the rumor mill has indicated and use their 1st Rd pick and hold on to Toronto’s.

to St. Louis: F Matt D’Agostini
to Montreal: F AAron Palushaj

*BNZ Analysis – Blog Here. If Keith Tkachuk wasn’t injured, I would think this deal would signal his movement. D’Agostini is a guy with a scoring touch who could help now with a change of scenery. He is 6′0+ and around 200 lbs. Size the Blues need on their roster. Matt is a RFA at season’s end and give the Blues a cheap, internal option to fill an open roster spot for a UFA like Tkachuk or Winchester. It’s a good deal for Montreal adding an offensive upside winger who has a fair amount of skill. Aaron was pretty good at camp for basically coming straight out of College (Michigan). However, his size is an issue. He looked like a soccer player this summer, not a hockey player. With that said, Aaron has a lot of raw skill and could turn in to a productive player with size and experience. Something else is likely in the works if they are moving a touted player with some upside.

Deals Done March 2nd

to Toronto: F Luca Caputi & D Martin Skoula
to Pittsburgh: F Alex Ponikarovsky

to Ottawa: D Andy Sutton
to New York Islanders: 2010 2nd Rd Pick

to Chicago: D Nick Boynton
top Anaheim: Future Considerations

Deals Done March 1st

to Atlanta: F Evgeny Artyukhin
to Anaheim: D Nathan Oystrick & 2011 Conditional Draft Pick

to Pittsburgh: D Jordan Leopold
to Florida: 2010 2nd Rd Pick

to Edmonton: 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to Nashville: D Denis Grebeshkov

to St. Louis: G Joe Fallon
to Chicago: G Hannu Toivonen & D Danny Richmond

Deals Done before March 1st

to Minnesota: D – Cam Barker
to Chicago: D – Kim Johnsson & D – Nick Leddy

to Ottawa: F – Matt Cullen
to Carolina: D – Alex Picard & 2nd Rd Pick

to Montreal: Dominic Moore
to Florida: 2011 2nd Rd Pick

to Pittsburgh: D Steve Wagner
to St. Louis: D Nate Guenin

to Dallas: G Kari Lehtonen
to Atlanta: D Ivan Vishnevskiy & 2011 4th RdPick

to San Jose: D Niclas Wallin & 2010 5th Rd Pick
to Carolina: 2010 2nd Rd Pick

to Atlanta: D John Oduya, F Niclas Bergfors, F Patrice Cormier, 2010 1st Rd Pick, 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to New Jersey: F Ilya Kovalchuk, D Anssi Salmela, 2010 2nd Rd Pick

to Calgary: F Ales Kotalik & F Christopher Higgins
to New York Rangers: F Olli Jokinen & F Brandon Prust

to Toronto: D Dion Phaneuf, D Keith Aulie, F Fredrik Sjostrom
to Calgary: D Ian White, F Matt Stajan, F Niklas Hagman. F Jamal Mayers

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to Toronto: G Jean-Sebastien Giguere
to Anaheim: G Vesa Toskala & F Jason Blake

to Washington: F Jason Chimera
to Columbus: D Milan Jurcina & F Chris Clark

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Blues Trade Hannu Toivonen

By Jeff Quirin on March 1, 2010

The St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks announced a trade today.

Pretty strange. Yes, I know.

The teams agreed to swamp AHL goalies and move a defensemen. Here is how it shakes out.

Image via rivermen.net

Joe Fallon - Image via Rivermen.net

Hannu Toivonen - Image via icehogs.com

To Chicago’s AHL Affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs:
Goalie – Hannu Toivonen
Defenseman – Danny Richmond

To St. Louis’ AHL Affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen:
Goalie – Joe Fallon

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Andy Strickland reported that Defenseman Daryl Boyle was also involved in the deal. The Blues did not announce this, but he is on the Rivermen’s roster on www.rivermen.net.

There really isn’t much to this deal, at least from a Blues point of view. They use Toivonen to secure another young goalie in the system and Danny Richmond was not a factor in the teams NHL plans. Where this could have some impact is for Chicago. The deal brings them a goalie with some NHL experience. Assuming a trade is made in Chi Town by the deadline, they may need someone like Toivonen to start in Rockford. Current Starter Corey Crawford has been rumored to be involved in the Hawks trade plans.

I don’t think the Blues are done by any stretch. Keep an eye out over the next few days.

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Armstrong Recalled

By Jeff Quirin on March 1, 2010

Blues Forward Derek Armstrong - Image via blues.nhl.com

Hockeybuzz.com’s Andy Strickland reports that the Blues have recalled Forward Derek Armstrong from their AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. With Keith Tkachuk’s new injury (pinkie finger + surgery = out 10 days) and Cam Janssen’s 5 Game suspension, the Blues were down to 12 active forwards. With David Backes coming back from the Olympics (and a potentially tired Backes) the Blues were likely running with only 11 forwards at 100% coming out of the break. Armstrong’s recall will allow the Blues to carry 13 forwards as they await the return of Tkachuk and Janssen. With the first 6 games after the break being on the road, the Blues will likely need the depth.

Armstrong has five NHL games on the books this season. In those five games he has no points and is a Minus-2 while averaging a 7:34 in ice time per game.

If I were a betting man I would expect to see Armstrong centering a line with King or Winchester + BJ Crombeen to compose the Blues “4th line”.

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Steve Wagner is off to the Baby Pens.

Steve Wagner for Nate Guenin

By Randall Ritchey on February 11, 2010

The St. Louis Blues have made a trade today, sending AHL defensemen Steve Wagner to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for AHL defensemen Nate Guenin. This is the second year in a row in which a defensemen (Danny Richmond) was traded between these two teams in a minor league deal.

Steve Wagner is off to the Baby Pens.

Wagner, an undrafted free agent out of Grand Rapids, Minnesota signed with the Blues in the 2006-2007 season and played 14 games, recording a goal and an assists.

The next year, Wagner shocked all by making the Blues out of camp. He played 24 games that season, recording a goal and six assists. He played well in Peoria notching 12 points (5 goals, 7 asssits) in 23 games. He broke his leg that season which put him out of play for the next year.

The next year, Wagner split time with Peoria and St. Louis. Playing 22 games with the Blues, recording two goals and two assists.  He posted 22 points in 47 games as he finished the year in Peoria. Wagner recorded 4 points (one goal and three assists) in seven playoff games with Peoria as well.

After playing 46 games in Peoria this season, Steve has only posted 15 points, a disappointing number for Wagner as he had regressed.

Nate Guenin

Guenin, a stay at home defensemen has been used in a fourth line role at times. The 27 year old has played in 14 NHL games recording two assists.  Guenin notched both of his assists against the New Jersey Devils with the Flyers on March 31st, 2007.

Guenin will join the Peoria Rivermen as Wagner will report to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

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Strachan to Peoria | King Recalled | Carlo?

By Jeff Quirin on January 30, 2010

DJ King is set to return to the Blues line up after not playing since Ocotber 24th in Dallas. Image via blues.nhl.com.

DJ King is set to return to the Blues line up after not playing since Ocotber 24th in Dallas. Image via blues.nhl.com.

According to the Peoria Journal Star, the Blues have sent Defensemen Tyson Strachan back to Peoria following the return of DJ King. Kings conditioning assignment in Peoria was up and it was time to head back to St. Louis. In one game in this recall Strachan played 18+ minutes of solid hockey, registering a shot on goal. DJ King is coming back from a hand injury sustained in his first game this season on October 24th against Dallas. DJ injured his hand in a 3 swing romp of Krys Barch.

With Strachan being the one sent to Peoria, fans should expect to see Carlo Coaliacovo return from IR Saturday night. Carlo has missed the last four games and hasn’t played since the Blues 3-2 loss in Ottawa last week.

The question is do you sit Daryl Sydor or Mike Weaver? Both are similar players in terms of a safe, steady, and stable veteran who can play the penalty kill. With Carlo being a left handed shot, I would assume its back to a Coloaicovo-Weaver pairing.

If you have Colaiacovo on your fantasy team, he is likely safe to take off IR, but I am not so sure if he warrants a start if you have a full load on the blue line tonight. Games just back after injury don’t tend to be good ones for marginal players.

In other Rivermen/Prospect news, Blues 2007 2nd Round pick Aaron Palushaj is injured and is expected to miss all of Peoria’s weekend games.

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Colaiacovo to IR & Strachan Recalled

By Jeff Quirin on January 24, 2010

Per Hockeybuzz.com Blues Insider Andy Strickland the Blues have placed Defensemen Carlo Colaiacovo on IR. The move is retroactive to January 21st meaning he will not be available to play till the 28th.

TYson Strachan - Image via www.blues.nhl.com

Tyson Strachan - Image via www.blues.nhl.com

Peoria Riverman Defensemen Tyson Strachan has been recalled to fill the void while Carlo is out. In 31 games this season in Peoria Strachan has 2 Goals, 14 Points, Plus-2 Rating, and 48 PIMs. In 6 NHL games Strachan has 2 Assists, Plus-3 Rating, and 4 PIMS.

Andy also says that both Colaiacovo and David Backes will make the trip to Western Canada.

It will be interesting to see if Strachan plays. He has been solid when called upon and provides a nice addition in the team toughness department. Something the Blues will need on their upcoming Canadian swing. I would ballpark it at a50/50 chance Strachan sees NHL Ice while recalled.

Andy says Backes continues to skate while he recovers from an upper body injury. Look for David to make a return as well. Will he and TJ Oshie be reunited? OR will Payne split them up and roll them both at Center? I’d like to see them split up for a game to see how it works. Maybe go Kariya-Oshie-Boyes & reunite McDonald-Backes-Perron?

Fantasy Impact:
Colaiacovo shouldn’t be starting for you in most formats. Set him on IR and find a depth replacement till the end of the week. Thursday in Edmonton could be his earliest return. Backes will likely be a game time decision Monday. Monitor his situation to determine if you want to roll the dice starting him or not.

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Tyler Love

Tyler Love Named Goalie Consultant

By Randall Ritchey on January 19, 2010

When Ed Belfour resigned as the Blues goaltending consultant just a week ago, questions arose on who would replace him. The Blues lacked someone who could reside on the bench and help the goaltenders during the game since Rick Wamsley took over as head coach of the Peoria Rivermen.

Tyler Love

Tyler Love

Chris Mason brought up the name Tyler Love and left it up to the coaches and management to make the decision.

The coaches obviously agreed with Mason as they have named Tyler Love the newest Goalie Consultant of the St. Louis Blues.

Love has had extensive work with NHL goaltenders including Chris Mason, Montreal Canadien goaltender, Carey Price, and Phoenix Coyotes goaltender, Jason LaBarbera.

Love is an instructor and a co-owner of  the World Pro Goaltending School in Calgary, Alberta. He has most recently been the goaltending coach of the Portland Winterhawks.

Love has been helping train goaltenders for more than a decade at the World Pro Goaltending school and has helped develop goaltender from beginners to pro goaltenders.

He’ll work with Chris Mason and Ty Conklin in St. Louis.

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Blues Prospect McRae Traded in OHL Deal

By Jeff Quirin on January 10, 2010

Blues Prospect and 2010 IIHF WJC Gold Medalist Phil McRae. Image via blues.nhl.com

Blues Prospect and 2010 IIHF WJC Gold Medalist Phil McRae. Image via blues.nhl.com

Per the London Knight officail website, Blues Prospect Phil McRae was traded to the Plymouth Whalers today. The deal for McRae sent 18 year old Tyler J. Brown and four draft picks to the London Knights.

McRae will join fellow Blues prospect James Livingston as well as fellow WJC Gold Medalist AJ Jenks on the Plymouth Roster.

McRae has 11 Goals and 37 Points in 33 Games this season.

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