Rivermen Roster for 2010-11 Shaping Up

by Tomorrows Blues on May 16, 2010 10:00 AM CDT in Game Time Prospect Department

By Brian Weidler, "Game Time" Prospect Department

St. Louis Game Time PROSPECT SUNDAYS

In a slow period for Blues' news, prospects have been the story for the organization more often than not in recent weeks. Prospects have gone deep into the playoffs in all three of the major junior leagues, and won championships in two of them, and several recent draftees have signed their first contracts with the Blues, preparing to start their pro careers.

Currently, the Blues have 25 players under contract for next season, and 13 of those players are likely to see time in Peoria next year, including former first-round picks Ian Cole, Lars Eller, and Alex Pietrangelo. Eller, in his first North American pro season, was named to the AHL's mid-season All-Star Team, was named AHL Rookie Of The Month for March 2010, was named to the 2010 AHL All-Rookie Team, and is currently one of the scoring leaders for Team Denmark in the IIHF World Championships.

Six of the thirteen contracted players who are likely bound for Peoria, will follow in in Eller's footsteps and skate in their first pro seasons in 2010-11, giving the Rivermen a half-dozen potential candidates for the 2011 Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL's Rookie Of The Year. Junior scoring standouts Tyler Shattock and Philip McRae, CHL 2010 Goaltender of the Year hopeful Jake Allen, and OHL playoff and regular season plus-minus leader Mark Cundari should lead the Rivermen's freshman class this fall.

2008 draft pick (third round, 70th overall) James Livingston is the sole remaining player from that draft who must be signed by June 1, or else the Blues will lose his rights. Fellow 2008 draftees Allen, McRae, Nigro, Pietrangelo and Schultz have already signed; Jori Lehtera (65th overall) and Kristofer Berglund (125th overall) are still under contract to European clubs in Finland and Sweden respectively; and David Warsfosky (95th overall) and goalie Paul Karpowich (185th overall) still have two years of NCAA eligibility remaining at Boston University and Clarkson, respectively.

Check out the Lucky Thirteen, as well as the scoop on free agents who have yet to sign, after the jump.

ST. LOUIS BLUES 2009-10 PROSPECT STATS

Lines with GREY backgrounds denote players above "prospect age" of 25 years.

Lines with BLUE backgrounds indicate statistics for players in the NHL at any point in the 2009-10 season.

Acq'd	Player	Ps/Sh	Ht	Wt	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009-10 Club/Lea	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW
1 (18) '07	COLE, Ian	D/L	6-01	211	01-18-89	Ann Arbor, MI	Peoria (AHL)	9	1	4	5	+ 2	4	0	0	0
							Notre Dame (CCHA)	30	3	16	19	-16	55	1	0	1
F/A '08	CUNDARI, Mark	D/L	5-10	200	04-23-90	Toronto, ON	Windsor (OHL)	63	8	46	54	+45	139	3	0	2
1 (13) '07	ELLER, Lars	F/L	6-00	198	05-08-89	Rodovre, DMK	St. Louis (NHL)	7	2	0	2	+ 2	4	1	0	0
							Peoria (AHL)	70	18	39	57	- 1	84	4	0	3
Trade '08	FAST, T.J.	D/L	6-01	190	09-02-87	Calgary, AB	Peoria (AHL)	18	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0
							Alaska (ECHL)	46	10	21	31	-16	26	3	0	2
2 (33) '08	McRAE, Philip	C/L	6-03	191	03-15-90	Apple Valley, MN	London (OHL)	33	11	26	37	+ 4	43	4	1	4
							Plymouth (OHL)	19	5	9	14	- 1	21	1	0	1
							*OHL Totals*	52	16	35	51	+ 3	64	5	1	5
							USA (U20 WJ)	6	1	4	5	0	2	1	0	0
6 (155) '08	NIGRO, Anthony	C/L	6-00	189	01-11-90	Woodbridge, ON	Ottawa (OHL)	61	16	46	62	+14	49	6	0	2
6 (160) '07	PELUSO, Anthony	RW/R	6-04	235	04-18-89	King City, ON	Peoria (AHL)	22	1	1	2	- 2	57	0	0	0
							Alaska (ECHL)	27	4	7	11	+ 1	48	1	0	0
1 (4) '08	PIETRANGELO, Alex	D/R	6-03	206	01-18-90	King City, ON	St. Louis (NHL)	9	1	1	2	- 9	6	0	0	0
							Barrie (OHL)	25	9	20	29	+20	27	4	1	0
							Canada (U20 WJ)	6	3	9	12	+ 9	14	1	1	0
F/A '07	PORTER, Chris	LW/L	6-01	205	05-29-84	Thunder Bay, ON	Peoria (AHL)	80	13	18	31	- 4	53	0	2	3
4 (87) '08	SCHULTZ, Ian	RW/R	6-02	200	02-04-90	Calgary, AB	Calgary (WHL)	70	24	31	55	+ 6	150	10	2	3
4 (108) '09	SHATTOCK, Tyler	RW/R	6-03	190	02-03-90	Salmon Arm, BC	Kamloops (WHL)	42	22	28	50	- 1	65	8	0	5
							Calgary (WHL)	30	8	20	28	+ 4	26	5	2	1
							*WHL Totals*	72	30	48	78	+ 3	91	13	2	6
3 (85) '07	SONNE, Brett	C/L	6-00	187	03-16-89	Maple Ridge, BC	Peoria (AHL)	77	11	13	24	-15	33	6	0	1

Acq'd	Player	Ps/Ct	Ht	Wt	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009-10 Club/League	GP	Mins	GA	SO	GAA	W-L-OT	Shts	Sv %
2 (34) '08	ALLEN, Jake	G/L	6-02	175	08-07-90	Fredericton, NB	Montreal (QMJHL)	23	1241	55	1	2.66	11-11-0	624	0.912
							Drummondville (QMJHL)	22	1271	37	3	1.75	18-3-0	550	0.933
							*QMJHL Totals*	45	2512	92	4	2.20	29-14-0	1174	0.922
							Canada (U20 WJ)	5	291	10	2	2.06	3-0-0	102	0.902

ST. LOUIS BLUES 2009-10 PROSPECT STATS -- FREE AGENTS UNSIGNED AS OF 16 MAY 2010

Lines with GREY backgrounds denote players above "prospect age" of 25 years.

Lines with BLUE backgrounds indicate statistics for players in the NHL at any point in the 2009-10 season.

Acq'd	Player	Ps/Sh	Ht	Wt	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009-10 Club/Lea	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW
F/A '09	CRACKNELL, Adam	RW/R	6-03	215	07-15-85	Prince Albert, SK	Peoria (AHL)	76	17	21	38	+ 2	40	4	2	2
6 (171) '05	DRAZENOVIC, Nick	C/L	6-01	200	01-14-87	Prince George, BC	Peoria (AHL)	58	19	20	39	- 7	40	9	1	1
F/A '07	FLETCHER, Justin	D/L	5-11	180	03-30-83	Maryville, IL	Peoria (AHL)	42	3	14	17	+ 1.	19	0	0	0
Trade '09	GUENIN, Nate	D/R	6-02	210	12-10-82	Sewickley, PA	W-B/Scranton (AHL)	41	3	2	5	- 3	63	0	0	0
							Peoria (AHL)	27	2	11	13	+14	35	0	1	0
							*AHL Totals*	68	5	13	18	+11	98	0	1	0
Trade '10	LABRIE, Pierre-Cedric	LW/R	6-02	212	12-06-86	Baie-Comeau, QC	Manitoba (AHL)	45	5	1	6	-13	69	0	0	2
							Peoria (AHL)	16	0	1	1	0	16	0	0	0
							*AHL Totals*	61	5	2	7	-13	85	0	0	2
3 (70) '08	LIVINGSTON, James	RW/R	6-02	213	03-08-90	Halifax, NS	Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)	36	14	12	26	+12	47	6	0	3
							Plymouth (OHL)	24	3	6	9	+ 3	58	0	0	0
							*OHL Totals*	60	17	18	35	+15	104	6	0	3
F/A '08	PADDOCK, Cam	C/R	6-00	180	03-22-83	N. Vancouver, BC	Peoria (AHL)	80	15	12	27	-18	95	1	0	1
Trade '09	PELLETIER, Pascal	RW/L	5-11	197	06-16-83	Labrador City, NL	Syracuse (AHL)	25	3	13	16	- 7	23	1	0	0
							Peoria (AHL)	55	14	28	42	+ 2	41	4	0	4
							*AHL Totals*	80	17	41	58	- 5	64	5	0	4
5 (156) '05	REAVES, Ryan	RW/R	6-02	200	01-20-87	Winnipeg, MB	Peoria (AHL)	76	4	7	11	-16	167	0	0	0
F/A '08	STRACHAN, Tyson	D/R	6-03	225	10-20-84	Melfort, SK	St. Louis (NHL)	8	0	2	2	+ 3	4	0	0	0
							Peoria (AHL)	65	5	21	26	- 7	75	2	0	1
F/A '07	TALBOT, Julian	C/L	6-00	185	03-24-85	Wahnapitae, ON	Peoria (AHL)	76	17	15	32	- 7	34	9	0	3

Acq'd	Player	Ps/Ct	Ht	Wt	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009-10 Club/League	GP	Mins	GA	SO	GAA	W-L-OT	Shts	Sv %
3 (85) '05	BISHOP, Ben	G/L	6-05	205	11-21-86	Denver, CO	Peoria (AHL)	48	2793	129	0	2.77	23-18-4	1302	0.901
Trade '10	FALLON, Joe	G/L	6-03	210	02-01-05	Bemidji, MN	Rockford (AHL)	29	1545	68	1	2.64	15-10-1	770	0.912
							Peoria (AHL)	10	532	31	0	3.50	4-6-0	280	0.889
							*AHL Totals*	39	2077	99	1	2.86	19-16-1	1050	0.906

ST. LOUIS BLUES 2009-10 PROSPECT STATS -- PLAYERS ON AHL CONTRACTS

Acq'd	Player	Ps/Sh	Ht	Wt	Birthdate	Birthplace	2009-10 Club/Lea	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW
Trade '10	BOYLE, Darryl	D/R	6-01	200	02-24-87	Sparwood, BC	Rockford (AHL)	52	4	16	20	- 3	29	1	0	0
							Peoria (AHL)	20	4	5	9	+ 8	2	0	0	1
							*AHL Totals*	72	8	21	29	+ 5	31	1	0	1
4 (94) '06	TUREK, Ryan	D/R	6-00	185	09-22-87	Southfield, MI	Alaska (ECHL)	60	3	7	10	- 6	85	0	0	2

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Do I have to state the obvious...

…about the ratio of right-wingers to left-wingers on the above charts? :)

Does no one want to to talk about the immediate, short-term future here?

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by Tomorrows Blues on May 16, 2010 2:51 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah

that ratio seems well out of wack. Any upcoming draftees that are LW?
Also, all but one of the centers shoots left. Not sure if that is a big deal, just something I noticed.

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on May 16, 2010 7:51 PM CDT reply actions