Paajarvi, 22, has a chance to see if he can improve his game on the Blues. He's shown flashes that he can be good when he played for the Oilers. He also comes from a hockey family; that might be a good thing. His dad, Gunnar Svensson, played hockey over in Sweden. He's currently a sports agent, one of the players who he's an agent for is Henrik Zetterberg. Having a family with history in hockey can help players at times. As of right now, Paajarvi is expected to be on a line with Blues center Patrik Berglund. Berglund is also from Sweden, and both have played on the same line for team Sweden before. Could that help both Berglund and Paajarvi during the season? That will soon be answered if they do end up on the same line.
In his career as of now he's played in 163 games, with 26 goals, 32 assists, 58 points, and is a minus 21. He's scored 5 power play goals, 1 shorthanded goal, and 2 game winning goals. The two game winning goals came last season, along with the shorthanded goal.
I'm interested in seeing if Paajarvi can improve as a player on the Blues once the season starts. And there's a chance that he could. That's pretty much because he is still young and has been learning how to use his skill better. Now all the Blues need to do is get defenseman Alex Pietrangelo signed to a long-term deal and then their offseason is complete. Could they end up trading one of their goalies in Brian Elliott or Jaroslav Halak to clear some cap space? Time will tell. The Blues have had a nice offseason from what it seems like. Will that transfer onto the ice once the season starts? We'll find out soon once October comes! One thing for sure is that the Blues got bigger in size.
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