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St. Louis Blues

Gone  – Derek Roy, Brenden Morrow, Adam Cracknell, Ryan Miller, Roman Polak

Incoming – Peter Mueller, Jeremy Welsh, Paul Stastny, Carl Gunnarsson, Joakim Lindstrom, Jori Lehtera

Ready for full-time – Dmitrij Jaskin played 18 games for the Blues last season and could probably hold his own on the third line right away. However, the Blues added Peter Mueller and Joakim Lindstrom to the mix, making it a tough climb for Jaskin. Look for him to be an injury fill-in at some point though, and in the long term he has the potential to become a first liner.

Ty Rattie is at least one year, possibly two away from becoming a full-time NHLer. The future scoring-line sniper potted 31 goals in the American League last year for Chicago, but has some filling out to do and the Blues are deep enough to let him do it. He’s still only 21 so there is plenty of time.

Jake Allen is already on the NHL team and he has the potential to take the No.1 job from Brian Elliott. However, Elliott has his moments – enough of them that he can hold onto the job throughout much of the season. Allen will have his hot streaks, but for 2014-15 expect to use him sporadically (one week here, one week there).

Fantasy Outlook – The Blues boast two of the better fantasy owns on the blue line in Alex Pietrangelo and Kevin Shattenkirk. They also boast one of the best multi-category studs in the game in David Backes. They have a handful of players with the potential to top 70 points, and they may have a future superstar in Vladimir Tarasenko. Because this team is so deep, they have been allowed to groom their prospects. The pipeline has its share of quality fantasy players on the way. Fantasy Grade: A- (last year was B)