What should the Blues do with Chris Stewart and Patrik Berglund? I recently touched on this topic when I outlined all of the restricted and unrestricted free agents the Blues have to address prior to the 2013-14 season, but I was curious what fans thought about the situation.
There’s really no easy way to answer this question as there’s a number of ways you could approach it. You could keep both players, you could keep one and let the other go, or you could allow both players to leave either through a trade or free agency.
As you might expect, opinions varied. Thanks to everyone that contributed their thoughts on the matter. If you want to be involved in the next Twitter discussion, give me a follow @FrozenNotes or add your thoughts in the comments below.
I’ll also include my opinion here as well. I’d like to see the Blues retain Stewart and deal Berglund. While Stewart was disappointing in the playoffs and looked to be out of synch, it’s impossible to ignore his contributions during the regular season. The same could be said for Berglund, but Stewart has the bigger upside when it comes to offensive production. Stewart has that potential to be a 30 or 40-goal scorer if he puts all the pieces together. Berglund doesn’t.
On to the responses from fans.
@frozennotes Honestly? Qualify them both, look to trade them.
— Grant Sales (@grantsales) May 17, 2013
@frozennotes – Move ’em..
— Bob Hamilton (@HaminatorJr) May 17, 2013
@frozennotes Sign! Then trade Stewart if you can improve roster, keep Berglund! He will cost us like 3.2 m/y.
— Erik Ekekrantz (@Zteke83) May 17, 2013
@frozennotes move Bergie, keep Stewart
— Liz T (@strgto) May 18, 2013
@frozennotes I think its time to put together a package deal with both of them and a couple of other players….
— Mad Dog (@Thunderfvck) May 18, 2013
@frozennotes re-sign both. Can’t afford to lose a center. Unless the Blues sign Clarkson they can’t upgrade Stewart with a FA signing.
— Michael Mabary (@MikeMikeMabary) May 18, 2013
@frozennotes I would dump both, they’re just too enigmatic & unreliable. Both can be beasts, but often don’t show for big games. #stlblues
— Mouse in catspeak (@Meouse) May 18, 2013
@frozennotes Keep Bergland IF you can get him at the right price. Stewart is up and down more than a Hooker when the Navy is in town.
— gerilo (@gerilo10) May 18, 2013
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Well…that’s certainly one way to put it.
Next response has two parts.
@frozennotes I’d keep both. Stewie great all year til POs unfortunately. Bergie really looked good IMO. Wasn’t always rewarded with #s tho
— Justin Striebel (@jstriebel22) May 18, 2013
Part 2.
@frozennotes I think changes have to be made to the dynamic of the forwards, but that’s not where I’m doing it.
— Justin Striebel (@jstriebel22) May 18, 2013
@frozennotes I know I’m hours behind on this, but qualify ’em both and test the trade waters. #stlblues
— Geoff Upchurch (@GeoffUpchurch) May 18, 2013
@frozennotes keep Berglund, he will find his game. Only keep Stewart if you can’t fill his spot before camp.
— Scott Busiek (@WhoLeTheDagsOut) May 18, 2013
On that note, thanks for all of the contributions. It sounds like most fans are at least open to the idea of moving at least one of the two players, but I don’t want to paint with too broad of a brush. If you don’t see your opinion reflected above, post it below.
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