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Late Night Poll: Free Agency Looms

It has been a few years since the Blues were in a position to be considered an attractive destination for free agents. Sure they managed to land Jay McKee and Paul Kariya, but those two came here after their beaming agents said something to them that made each of them say, "Wait, how much did you just say?"

Now the Blues are seen as a team on the rise and not just as a rebuilding team on the verge of making the playoffs. Despite some aggressive moves by new GM Doug Armstrong, the well is still quite deep in St. Louis. The opportunity exists to build a team that becomes a dynasty. St. Louis is becoming a place where free agents want to come.

  • There are dollars here.
  • There is a good young team here.
  • There is some sort of crazy-tall Arch here.
  • There is an East Side here.

In short, everything a free agent could want. 

I've made my intentions clear in a post below (as has fellow writer Hildy), but what about you? Who do you want to see the Blues go after when the free agency period opens on Thursday? Let's go to the poll, shall we?

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The Blues have finally gotten to a stage of the rebuilding where they can go after, and sign, free agents who are looking to go to a competetive team. Who should they sign when free agency opens Thursday?
No one. Sign their own free agents and keep building from within.
75 votes
Ilya Kovalchuk. I can finally take the Hecht nameplate off my jersey and put someone good on there.
148 votes
Marek Svatos. Just because it's fun to say.
13 votes
Alexander Frolov. He fits the Team Inconsistency being built here.
45 votes
Matthew Lombardi. No idea why - I heard someone else say he was good once.
9 votes
Pavol Demitra, Craig Conroy, Ryan Johnson, Yan Stastny, Manny Legace, Patrick Lalime and Hannu Toivonen. I can't let go of the past.
25 votes
Maxim Afinogenov. Because a less-good Kovalchuk is what we need.
58 votes
Chris Chelios. Who wouldn't want to see The Crypt Keeper skating around?
13 votes

386 votes | Poll has closed

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Ha!

106 votes, and not a single one for Chris “I think I might want to open up a Cheli’s Chili franchise in Moscow!” Chelios.

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by hildymac on Jun 30, 2010 10:27 AM CDT reply actions  

I love the Maxim Afinogenov line

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by MSUBluenoter on Jun 30, 2010 1:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Theres one Chelios vote

Either someone clicked the wrong button and didn’t realize it or they did it for the lulz.

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.

by Icion on Jun 30, 2010 6:19 PM CDT reply actions  

Three people have failed to realize...

… that a vote total of zero would have been infinitely lulzier than anything those people could come up with on their own.

by BleedBlue42 on Jun 30, 2010 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

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