{"id":38606,"date":"2025-07-26T11:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38606\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T11:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T11:20:24","slug":"blues-could-be-sellers-sooner-than-expected-in-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38606\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues could be sellers sooner than expected in 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St. Louis Blues<\/a> could be compelled to sell off assets sooner rather than later this upcoming season. <\/p>\n

A piece by Marco D\u2019Amico published by RG Media on July 19<\/a> looked at how the trade market could heat up very quickly this upcoming season.<\/p>\n

In particular, the piece set Thanksgiving as an unofficial trade deadline. <\/p>\n

Why Thanksgiving?<\/p>\n

Conventional wisdom around the NHL suggests that teams outside of a playoff spot by Thanksgiving are unlikely to make it.<\/p>\n

The 2019 Blues were an exception to that rule. But, generally speaking, clubs well out of a playoff spot at that point have too much ground to make up, even if more than half of the season is yet to be played.<\/p>\n

So, D\u2019Amico argues that if the Blues find themselves out of the playoff picture by Thanksgiving, the club could be prompted to start selling off assets.<\/p>\n

Namely, players like Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn<\/a> have been the ones gaining the most attention this summer. Another notable name is Pavel Buchnevich. He\u2019s still a legit top-six forward who could deliver solid secondary scoring for a contending club.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth pointing out that the Blues are nowhere near a teardown. If anything, the Blues have undergone a successful retool over the last couple of seasons. But one has to wonder if a poor start could motivate GM Doug Armstrong to recoup pieces in exchange for veterans with high-priced contracts.<\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues betting on youth movement\"LoganLogan Mailloux is part of the St. Louis Blues’ bet on a youth movement leading the team’s phase. | Minas Panagiotakis\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

The Blues are betting on their youth movement. Players like Jake Neighbours, Dylan Holloway<\/a>, and Philip Broberg look like the real deal. Also, Logan Mailloux adds to the influx of young talent to complement the veteran core.<\/p>\n

But as the retool progresses, the Blues will be looking to add more young talent. That situation means that, if the Blues are in a position to earn a lottery pick, they may take that opportunity.<\/p>\n

The rationale is that the 2026 NHL Draft class is one of the deepest in recent history. As a result, several teams are motivated to land a lottery pick in hopes of getting a high-end player. <\/p>\n

That could mean the Blues might \u201ctank\u201d if they have a poor start. A shot at a top-10 pick might not be the worst thing in the world, in addition to bringing in more pieces to bolster the club\u2019s future. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a risky move, but one that could pay off if the Blues find that their current core is incapable of replicating last season\u2019s playoff appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St. Louis Blues could be compelled to sell off assets sooner rather than later this upcoming season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-38606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}