St. Louis Blues 2017 Season Preview: Draft Utopia

St. Louis Blues 2017 Season Preview

Alex Pietrangelo is captain of the St. Louis Blues. His leadership is invaluable.

Chris Ransom follow @DraftUtopia Posted on 9/21/2017.

St. Louis Blues Line 1 Forwards

Player	Position	Games Played	Height	Weight	Goals	Assists	Points
Jayden Schwartz	Left Wing	78	5-foot-10-inches	190-pounds	19	36	55
Paul Stastny	Center	66	6-foot-0-inches	205-pounds	18	22	40
Vladimir Terasenko	Right Wing	82	6-foot-0-inches	219-pounds	39	36	75

St. Louis Blues Line 2 Forwards

Player	Position	Games Played	Height	Weight	Goals	Assists	Points
Alexander Steen	Left Wing	76	5-foot-11-inches	212-pounds	16	35	51
Brayden Schenn	Center	79	6-foot-1-inches	195-pounds	25	30	55
Samuel Blais	Right Wing	0	5-foot-10-inches	164-pounds	0	0	0

St. Louis Blues Line 3 Forwards

Player	Position	Games Played	Height	Weight	Goals	Assists	Points
Vladimir Sobotka	Left Wing	1	5-foot-10-inches	197-pounds	1	0	1
Robby Fabbri	Center	51	5-foot-10-inches	195-pounds	11	18	29
Ivan Barbashev	Right Wing	30	6-foot-0-inches	180-pounds	5	7	12

St. Louis Blues Line 4 Forwards

Player	Position	Games Played	Height	Weight	Goals	Assists	Points
Dmitrij Jaskin	Left Wing	51	6-foot-2-inches	196-pounds	1	10	11
Oskar Sundqvist	Center	10	6-foot-3-inches	209-pounds	0	0	0
Kyle Brodziak	Right Wing	69	6-foot-2-inches	212-pounds	8	7	15

St. Louis Blues Forwards Review: St. Louis seems to have one good line of forwards. Terasenko is going to have to carry the Blues on offense like he did last year otherwise this team will have a very brief playoff stint this time around.

In 2016-2017, the St. Louis Blues ranked 12th in goals scored and 8th on the power play. With a lot of the players they lost, I expect those numbers to take a huge fall in 2017-2018.

St. Louis Blues Defensive Lines

Player	Line	Games Played	Height	Weight	Goals	Assists	Points
Alex Pietrangelo	Line 1	80	6-foot-3-inches	201-pounds	14	34	48
Joel Edmundson	Line 1	69	6-foot-4-inches	220-pounds	3	12	15
Colton Parayko	Line 2	81	6-foot-6-inches	226-pounds	4	31	35
Carl Gunnarsson	Line 2	56	6-foot-2-inches	196-pounds	0	6	6
Petteri Lindbohm	Line 3	7	6-foot-3-inches	198-pounds	0	0	0
Robert Bortuzzo	Line 3	38	6-foot-4-inches	221-pounds	1	3	4

St. Louis Blues Defensemen Review: St. Louis appeared to be really thin at defense last year. The Blues biggest strength is their defense on the blue line. They have guys who know their roles and Alex Pieterangelo is going to lead the way up front.

St. Louis was 12th in goals allowed and 3rd in penalty killing in 2016-2017. If the defense plays this well, then the Blues will return to the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Draft Utopia Between The Pipes Goalie Tracker

Starting Goalie

Player	Team	Games Played	Record	Shutouts	Save Percentage	Goals Against Average
Jake Allen	St. Louis Blues	60	33-20-5	4 Shutouts	.915	2.42 GAA

Backup Goalie

Player	Team	Games Played	Record	Shutouts	Save Percentage	Goals Against Average
Carter Hutton	St. Louis Blues	21	13-8-2	4 Shutouts	.913	2.39 GAA

St. Louis Blues Goaltender Review: St. Louis has Jake Allen. Allen can be a reliable goalie.

St. Louis Blues Prospect Pool: St. Louis has a thin prospect pool right now. That's the one weakness of this team.

St. Louis Blues 2017-2018 Prediction

Everyone expects the Blues to return to the playoffs because they flat out dominated. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the Blues find a way to disappoint everyone. I'm torn on them and the Los Angeles Kings for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. I'm leaning towards the Kings to get that final spot, but it's really close. I just doubt what the Blues have on offense.