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Marco Scandella

West Notes: Hayes Trade, Kings, Jets

June 24, 2023 at 7:56 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain 4 Comments

As the hockey world continues to wait on the second-big center trade of the day, one that is expected to see Kevin Hayes of the Philadelphia Flyers join the St. Louis Blues. Due to his cap hit of $7.14MM a year, there was always a guarantee that the Blues would likely have to send some money back. A complicated trade such as this one usually doesn’t take a couple of hours to complete, as it could go on for a couple of days, especially if a third team needs to get involved.

As of right now, there is no knowledge on what assortment of players, picks, or prospects will be headed back in either direction, but we do know a couple of players that will not be included in the deal on the Blues side of the action. Renaud Lavoie has already reported that St. Louis defenseman, Marco Scandella, is not the one holding up the trade, as the Flyers are not on his no-move list. Additionally, Lavoie notes that Colton Parayko and Nick Leddy have also not been asked to waive their no-trade clauses.

A few moments after the news from Lavoie, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reported that defenseman Justin Faulk has also not been asked to waive his no-trade clause as well. This news is important for a couple of reasons. With some deductive reasoning, these reports could reasonably be interpreted as the Blues are trying to send a defenseman to the Flyers, and there is only one more St. Louis defenseman that has a sizeable contract, that player being Torey Krug. It appears that if the Blues are indeed trying to send Krug the other way, the no-trade clause in his contract appears to be holding up the deal, which may cause Philadelphia to seek out a third team to facilitate the trade.

Other notes:

  • As the trade market starts to heat up in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Kings are fervently in the mix. David Pagnotta of TheFourthPeriod reports that not only have the Kings engaged in multiple discussions to acquire a top-six forward, but they would love to get a trade made before the draft. The Kings and Montreal Canadiens have been the two teams most heavily linked to Pierre-Luc Dubois this summer, and he would be an acquisition that would undoubtedly improve Los Angeles’ forward group. Aside from Dubois, it is unknown who else the Kings would be targeting, but they are letting most teams know what they are looking for.
  • Continuing on with the Dubois speculation, Frank Seravalli of the DailyFaceoff notes that the Kings and Winnipeg Jets are indeed engaged in conversations, but nothing seems imminent on the trade front. Los Angeles did create some room to add in their earlier trade of Sean Durzi to the Arizona Coyotes, but the reasoning behind a trade not being close may not entirely be their fault. Mark Scheifele, Connor Hellebuyck, Blake Wheeler, and Dubois have all seen their names in the rumor mill this summer, and the Jets likely have plenty of teams calling for their services.

Los Angeles Kings| St. Louis Blues| Winnipeg Jets Colton Parayko| Justin Faulk| Kevin Hayes| Marco Scandella| Nick Leddy| Torey Krug

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Blues Not Planning To Use A Buyout This Offseason

June 3, 2023 at 4:00 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 2 Comments

Like many teams this summer, cap space is at a premium for St. Louis this summer, leading to suggestions that they’ll try to move out a veteran player to free up some wiggle room.  If they wind up doing so, it won’t be via the buyout route as GM Doug Armstrong told reporters including Matthew DeFranks of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he doesn’t see the Blues taking that approach with any of their players when the window opens up later this month.

As things stand, the Blues have around $7.5MM in cap room for next season, per CapFriendly, assuming that the Upper Limit only moves up by $1MM.  With that money, they have a few forwards to sign and possibly a backup goalie if they feel they’re better off with Joel Hofer getting one more season of starter minutes in the minors before moving up to the NHL full-time.  They have enough money to do those things but that won’t leave much left for roster improvements.  While Armstrong indicated that he will be looking to be active this summer, he understands the team isn’t a player or two away from getting back in the playoffs.

“I think there’s a little bit of you see the team that got in on the last couple of days go to the finals, it’s like let’s get there really quick again. We want to make sure that we’re doing things that are long-term success. I don’t see us being, as I said, very active. We’re going to be active, but we’re going to be smart active, we’re not just one player away from being a favorite to win.”

Some wondered if defenseman Marco Scandella could be a buyout candidate this summer with one year left on his deal that carries a $3.275MM cap charge.  He has struggled in recent seasons and dealt with injury woes in 2022-23 but he was able to return late in the year, making him buyout-eligible.  Such a move would have freed up $2MM in cap savings for next season but added $1MM in dead money for 2024-25.  Armstrong’s comments would appear to take that idea off the table although it wouldn’t be surprising to see the veteran shopped on the trade market in the coming weeks.

It has been quite a while since St. Louis went the route of a contract buyout as the team has done it only twice with the most recent coming back in 2009 when they opted to buy out the final season of Jay McKee’s contract.  It doesn’t appear as if they’ll be ending that streak this summer.

Doug Armstrong| St. Louis Blues Marco Scandella

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Marco Scandella Out For Season

April 4, 2023 at 4:59 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain Leave a Comment

Jim Thomas of the Post Dispatch reports today that St.Louis Blues defenseman Marco Scandella was seen in a walking boot on Sunday, and head coach Craig Berube confirms that he will be out for the rest of the season. The Blues currently have five games remaining in their season and are eliminated from playoff contention.

In a season to forget for Scandella, and largely the Blues as well, the St.Louis defenseman will only manage to play in 20 games this year, scoring two points in the process. At the beginning of the season, it was announced that Scandella would be out for six months with a hip injury. On February 20th, he was cleared to play but was once again injured with a lower-body injury in the team’s loss against the Nashville Predators.

Acquired during the season after their 2019 Stanley Cup-winning year, Scandella spent that year split between the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens as well. He was originally acquired by the Sabres during the summer before the 2017-18 season, as he was sent to Buffalo along with Jason Pominville from the Minnesota Wild for Tyler Ennis and Marcus Foligno.

Spending a few more seasons in Buffalo, he was shipped to Montreal for a draft pick shortly before the 2020 trade deadline. As the deadline rolled around, Scandella was finally acquired by the Blues for a few draft picks. Although this season hasn’t gone as planned, Scandella has played in a total of 150 games wearing the blue note, scoring seven goals and 19 assists with a very respectable +37 +/-.

Injury| St. Louis Blues Marco Scandella

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Injury Notes: Bergeron, Sharks, Scandella

April 1, 2023 at 6:01 pm CDT | by Brennan McClain Leave a Comment

Matt Porter of the Boston Globe reports that Boston Bruins’ captain Patrice Bergeron will not play in tomorrow’s game against the St.Louis Blues. Bruin’s head coach Jim Montgomery shares that Bergeron is dealing with both lower and upper-body “issues”.

As the Bruins continue on one of, if not the all-time best, regular seasons of all time, Bergeron has continued to be an important piece of the puzzle. Although his scoring is technically down this season, the Bruins center has put up 57 points in 74 games. Not only has Bergeron continued his above-average point production, but he has also still played extremely well on the defensive side of the puck. On a three-year stretch of having more takeaways than giveaways, the veteran center has 62 and 52, respectively.

Capping off a historic season, the Bruins will only play two teams within the playoff picture out of their remaining six games. Record books aside, the team has an important job to do come playoff time, and having a rested Bergeron will be a major component in the team realizing that goal.

Other notes:

  • The San Jose Sharks released some injury updates today, as Curtis Pashelka, a Sharks beat writer, relays that forward Oskar Lindblom should return this week, and; unfortunately, Alexander Barabanov will likely be out for the remainder of the season. Now in his sixth NHL season, Lindblom currently has 15 points for the Sharks in 73 games played. Coming into his own in San Jose, Barabanov has reached a new career-high, scoring 15 goals and 32 assists with the Sharks this season.
  • As the team finished today’s game against the Nashville Predators, the St.Louis Blues announced that defenseman Marco Scandella will be out with a lower-body injury. Unfortunately for the Blues and Scandella, he was only recently activated from the team’s long-term injured reserve on February 20th of this year. In only 19 games played this season, the defenseman has scored two points total.

Boston Bruins| Injury| San Jose Sharks| St. Louis Blues Alexander Barabanov| Marco Scandella| Oskar Lindblom| Patrice Bergeron

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St. Louis Blues Activate Marco Scandella, Scott Perunovich

February 20, 2023 at 4:18 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 2 Comments

The St. Louis Blues are getting two defensemen healthy for the first time this season. As announced by the team, Marco Scandella and Scott Perunovich have been activated from injured reserve, while Jake Neighbours replaces them as he lands on IR with an upper-body injury.

Scandella could make his season debut Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes. The 32-year-old is in the third season of a four-year, $13.1MM contract but hasn’t played since undergoing hip surgery last September.

Perunovich remains one of the organization’s best prospects despite missing significant time over the past three seasons with various injuries. A talented offensive defender, Perunovich underwent surgery to repair a fractured left shoulder last October after he sustained the injury in a preseason game.

The 45th overall selection in the 2018 draft, Perunovich has been assigned to the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds as he continues to adjust to game action. He’s already recorded one assist in two games on a conditioning stint.

Neighbours officially lands on injured reserve after head coach Craig Berube told reporters yesterday he’d be out long-term. Per the team, Neighbours will be reevaluated in five weeks, meaning he could return with a handful of games left in the season.

It’s been an especially long road to recovery for Scandella, who’d been skating for nearly three months before returning to full health. As he enters the twilight of his NHL career, Scandella is coming off a 14-point effort in 70 games last season.

Perunovich could see NHL action near the tail end of the campaign to prime him for a full-time role in 2023-24. However, with so little professional experience under his belt over the past few seasons, some consistency in his ice time (and routine) at the AHL level could prove beneficial.

AHL| Injury| St. Louis Blues| Transactions Jake Neighbours| Marco Scandella| Scott Perunovich

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Top Blues Prospect Scott Perunovich Leaves Game With Injury

September 27, 2022 at 8:33 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 4 Comments

Defenseman Scott Perunovich is one of the very best prospects the St. Louis Blues have in their system – if he stays healthy. Injuries have been a serious concern for him in the past, and they may be unfortunately continuing now. The Blues announced that Perunovich left tonight’s preseason game against the Chicago Blackhawks with an upper-body injury and will not return.

Perunovich took a hit along the boards from Blackhawks forward Michal Teply, causing his arm/wrist area to make awkward contact with the glass.

St. Louis’ 45th overall pick in 2018, Perunovich missed the entire 2020-21 season with an injury after a spectacular junior season with the University of Minnesota Duluth. In 2019-20, he registered an assist per game and finished the year with 40 points in 34 games. Despite the missed season, Perunovich didn’t seem to miss a step in 2021-22, scoring 22 points in just 17 games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds and registering six assists in his first 19 NHL games with the Blues. He now has just played those 36 games combined over the last two seasons, and the 24-year-old is losing precious development time.

Perunovich figured to challenge for a top-four role with the Blues this season, especially with veteran Marco Scandella on the injured list. Hopefully, Perunovich’s injury isn’t long-term and he’s able to rebound and get back to health before the regular season begins.

AHL| Chicago Blackhawks| Injury| NHL| Prospects| St. Louis Blues Marco Scandella| Scott Perunovich

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Marco Scandella To Have Hip Surgery

September 20, 2022 at 10:05 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 3 Comments

The St. Louis Blues will be without the services of Marco Scandella for most of this season, after announcing hip surgery. Scandella will undergo the procedure later today and is set to be re-evaluated in six months. The veteran defenseman was injured in late August while training.

Six months would mean the end of March, not exactly leaving a lot of time for Scandella to get back on the ice and make an impact. Without him in place, there could now be an opening for young defenseman Scott Perunovich, who has dealt with his own injury issues and has just 43 professional games to his name.

It also means that Scandella’s $3.275MM can be moved to long-term injured reserve, giving the team a bit more cap flexibility for at least the first part of the year.

More importantly, perhaps, is how this will impact the last part of Scandella’s career. The 32-year-old is signed through the 2022-23 season but has already seen a steady decline in minutes since arriving in St. Louis, averaging just barely over 18 last season.

If a hip injury causes him to lose another step, it’s hard to see how he will stay ahead of players like Perunovich and Niko Mikkola (who happens to be a UFA next summer) in the pecking order. Hopefully, he will be able to make a full recovery and return to the steady defensive presence he has been for nearly 700 NHL games.

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West Notes: Second Round Schedule, Blues, Glendening

May 14, 2022 at 4:10 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 4 Comments

Even with so many Game 7s on the calendar this weekend, we’re starting to receive some clarity on the upcoming Second Round schedule. NHL.com writer Lou Korac reports that it “sounds like” the Second Round matchup between the Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues will start Tuesday, May 17.

With that said, there’s a strong potential we could see an off day with no games on Monday. The only series that could begin on Monday without a team playing back-to-back is the matchups between the Florida Panthers and the winner of tonight’s Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning. With the league strictly using an alternating schedule of games during the First Round, it’s not outlandish to say that it’s either two games or no games on Monday night.

  • Blues head coach Craig Berube said today that both defensemen Torey Krug and Marco Scandella are “maybe possibilities” to play in their upcoming series against Colorado. The Blues will already be in tough against the Western Conference-leading Avs, but aiming to win without their best defenseman seems like an impossible task. Krug had three points in three games against the Minnesota Wild in the First Round prior to his injury, while Scandella was limited to two games with a lower-body injury.
  • Dallas Stars forward Luke Glendening will be a game-time decision for Game 7 after being knocked out of the game by a hit from Calgary Flames defenseman Nikita Zadorov, which earned him a hearing with the Department of Player Safety. Stars writer Mike Heika notes that while Glendening did clear concussion protocol after the hit, he suffered a lower-body injury on the play which is currently limiting him. Glendening has no points in the series with a -2 rating.

Colorado Avalanche| Dallas Stars| Injury| NHL| Schedule| St. Louis Blues Luke Glendening| Marco Scandella| Torey Krug

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Marco Scandella Leaves Game With Lower-Body Injury

May 8, 2022 at 5:00 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

Make that four regular defensemen out of the lineup for the St. Louis Blues. On the TBS broadcast of the game, it was revealed that Marco Scandella would not return to Game 4 of the First Round Series between the Blues and the Minnesota Wild with a lower-body injury.

Fortunately for the Blues, youngster Scott Perunovich was ready to go for today’s game after almost four months’ worth of inactivity, permitting them to dress seven defensemen. However, this now means the entirety of the Blues’ top three left defensemen are out of the lineup (Scandella, Torey Krug, Nick Leddy). Right-shot man Robert Bortuzzo is out of the lineup as well.

It’s an incredible turn of bad luck for the Blues, who had a strong start to Game 4 but trail in the series 2-1. Against a team like the Wild who can roll three lines, that many injuries on defense are almost a death sentence for the Blues.

They’ll need Perunovich, Calle Rosen, and Niko Mikkola to step up in a big way, in addition to whatever goalie is in net, in order for the Blues to come back in the series and complete what at this point would be a very large upset.

Injury| St. Louis Blues Calle Rosen| Marco Scandella| Nick Leddy| Robert Bortuzzo| Scott Perunovich| Torey Krug

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Central Notes: Kubalik, Blues, MacDonald

February 14, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 1 Comment

Blackhawks winger Dominik Kubalik is one of the more interesting wingers that currently is in trade speculation.  He’s only two years removed from a 30-goal campaign and still has another year of team control remaining through arbitration.  However, he isn’t having a particularly strong year and that qualifying offer stands at $4MM, a high price for someone whose production is on pace for a 31-point season.  Accordingly, Mark Lazerus of The Athletic pegs (subscription link) the 26-year-old as a deadline enigma.  If Kubalik has his way, he’d like to stick around with Chicago and not be moved:

Chicago gave me an opportunity to be in the NHL and I love it there. So I’d love to stay.

The question for Blackhawks interim GM Kyle Davidson will be figuring out where the line is between opting for what would probably be an underwhelming trade return (relative to how he played a couple of years ago as a rookie) and where the smarter play would be to keep and qualify him this summer to give him one more chance.  In the meantime, Kubalik will have another month to try to up his value both on the trade and contract front.

More from the Central Division:

  • Blues defenseman Marco Scandella traveled with the team on their road trip and could play at some point in this four-game stretch, notes Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The veteran is dealing with a lower-body injury and missed his first game of the season over the weekend.  Meanwhile, the same can’t be said for fellow blueliner Scott Perunovich as Timmermann notes the youngster won’t be on the trip as he continues to battle an upper-body injury.  At this point, with Perunovich already being out for a month, a short-term stint in the minors seems likely when he is cleared to return.
  • Avalanche blueliner Jacob MacDonald has been cleared for contact as he works his way back from an injury that has kept him out of the lineup for more than two months, relays Peter Baugh of The Athletic (Twitter link). The 28-year-old has been limited to just seven games this season and is currently on LTIR.  Even with this step, MacDonald is still likely at least a couple of weeks away from returning.

Chicago Blackhawks| Colorado Avalanche| St. Louis Blues Dominik Kubalik| Jacob MacDonald| Marco Scandella| Scott Perunovich

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