Keith Tkachuk Remains A Blue-UPDATED

….I’m still trying to get over that Andy Wozniewski is gone…..

Trade Tkachuk, you wave the white flag.

Exactly. To see this played out in real-life terms …. see PHX

Nice to see Walt stick around for the rest of the year (knock on wood).

He was one of the few Blues trying to knock the Wings players around last night.

At least we know that Krispy Kreme can keep all of their shops open in the St. Louis area.

Rutherford says Blues not overwhelmed by any offers for Big Walt. So they kept him. Link is now in the story.

I’d rather no deal than a stupid one (and that’s not just in terms of players lost, but the damage it does in the locker room)…one game should not cause a change in your philosophy…as you said, Brad, there are games to be won, so lets play the schedule and see where this takes us.

I’m glad he’s sticking around. I want to see him sign a 2-3 year deal, and see what we can do to get the ol’ boy a Cup. I can’t see him playing for any longer than that, for sure.

the Blues are done wheeling and dealing for other teams’ draft picks. we’re loaded with prospects and the future looks bright. no need to do deadline housecleaning

The excitement of meat on the burner. The thought of ditching someone whose time as a blue needed to end – (I’m lookin’ at you, Sister Christian). The idea that maybe we’d get a good return for the future.

But I honestly was hoping they’d stand pat this year. I’m glad they did. This team is moving in the right direction. The management realized that and is giving the chemistry a chance to titrate.

…they are not really in a position to be a buyer or a seller… so they might have been either, but only if they were able to fleece somebody. But very few teams looked willing to add contracts.

I get the feeling it is gonna get ugly for UFA this summer.

But Strickland reported that he was traded, so it will happen, right?

In other news, Strickland also reported that this weekend isn’t daylight savings time.

The price for rentals has gone down. Given the bubble situation the Blues are in and the picks they’ve already collected, this move should carry more weight with fans and players than whatever junk the Bruins were tossing out. Blues fans have suffered enough. It’s time for at least a semblance of a playoff-push party.

That said, for the right price, I would have moved him anyway. But it sounds like Boston was “pushing hard” for Tkachuk while not really offering much at all. If the Bruins’ backup plan for a winger was somewhere between the two depth forward prospects they sent for Recchi (plus a 2nd) and a crapola platter for Guerin, then I doubt they were trying that hard to land Walt. If that hallucination is even half-way correct, good on JD and the gang for not biting.

Everything depended on what was offered.

Let’s take our chances with what’s in our own cupboard.

Now, if you’re going to be Walt-focused and not Blues focused, the question is this: does he re-sign with us for another year or two after this (by all accounts) expectation blowing upping season, or does he retire after the year is over.

I like what we did at the deadline – minimal. My boyfriend mentioned he heard (and I don’t know how true this is – I’m not calling him a liar, but I don’t know where he heard it from) that we were in the running for Pronger (or we WERE the running for Pronger) but they had asked for Oshie, a few prospects, and some picks, and we said hell no. If this is true, good call by Davidson – thank you for not giving away our future and rendering yet another Game Time wallpaper null and void.

obviously, I want the Blues to be smart about this…it’s nice to have all these prospects, but they ALL ain’t gonna play in St. Louis…I think I saw JD state just that in some interview over the last day or so…you are never going to have a completely home grown team, and at some point, some of these prospects are going to have to be moved to get the team over the hump, hopefully in a year or two.

I don’t want the Blues to end up where I think the Cardinals are heading…you get so in love with the players you have drafted and developed, you don’t want to think about trading them away…having a shit-load of prospects is no good if some of them are not used to help the parent club get what it needs to win.

The question was talent OR hard worker …. When the rare event occurs where its NOT an either/or situation, the man-crush is on. The dude is the real deal, from what I’ve seen at the games.

If Stubby Clapp played hockey for the Blues, some people would call him untouchable.

Yeah, but for the jersey sales alone.