Blues Trade Proposals 2021-2022 Part 3

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Is Army going to pull off a blockbuster offseason???

Krug for strictly futures and then Tarasenko for Tkachuk.???

Something has to give

Tarasenko doesn’t get you Tkachuk unless you are adding a ton.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Maybe we make a deal with Philadelphia.?

Krug for Provorov with flavorings added here and there. Unlikely, but a fun one to think about.

I wonder if Krug has submitted a so-called “short list”.

Was this “gauging of interest” a serious thing?

 

[Xerloris]

This chart reminds me that the Blues won a Cup with Del Zotto.

The best thing he brought to the team was Lisa Ann.

 

[jmwc95]

What

His defense and advanced stats have been in decline since our Cup season. He has been guilty of horrific turnovers, especially during the Avs series. You can’t have that out of a shutdown guy.

 

[Spektre]

Tarasenko doesn’t get you Tkachuk unless you are adding a ton.

Nobody thinks Tarasenko gets Tkachuk without adding

 

[TK 421]

I'm really anxious about how this offseason unfolds, definitely feeling the pressure knowing what Doug has to sort through. I've known from the second JBouw went down that was a massive loss and here we are several seasons later going "Y'all got any of them 24 min a night, brutal D zone deployment LD's we could have?".

 

[Robb_K]

I think we can make due for now with Scandella, Krug, Perunovich and Mikkola at LD. I’d rather keep Tarasenko one more year with this roster and give it another cup run.

Same for me. Except I would then want another LD picked up before the deadline.

 

[STL fan in MN]

Put me in the camp of being more than ready to move on from Tarasenko.

There’s no better time to trade him, us extending him is close to nil and he reportedly still wants out. Army did a masterful job of tamping down that story so it wasn’t a distraction this past season but they’d be pressing their luck to try that again. The talk would just intensify the closer it got to the trade deadline and he wasn’t extended.

I say, just rip the bandaid off and be done with it. Then use the cap space to re-sign Perron, Leddy (or someone of his caliber) and maybe someone else as well.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

I can see both sides. I don't think there's any way we're going to be a better offensive team without him, but I also don't see him in the team's long-term plans so it feels like the right time to move him while his value is so high after a 30+ goal season.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Blues are gonna end up with Pettersson or Dumoulin from Pittsburgh

 

[bleedblue1223]

Dumoulin would make sense.

 

[Frenzy31]

Why do you say that?

 

[Moose and Squirrel]

Tarasenko doesn’t get you Tkachuk unless you are adding a ton.

Tarasenko also ain't waiving for Calgary

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Blues are gonna end up with Pettersson or Dumoulin from Pittsburgh

No interest in Dumoulin. He wasn't very good last season and he can't stay healthy.

 

[Moose and Squirrel]

No interest in Dumoulin. He wasn't very good last season and he can't stay healthy.

could say the same thing about Chychrun

 

[BlueDream]

Dumoulin would make sense.

Problem with him is he’s only a one year solution IMO. He’s 31 and is a UFA in a year. Would we re-sign him to an extension when he’s 32? I’d kinda hope not.

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

could say the same thing about Chychrun

I'm not as high on Chychrun as others but I think there's an argument to be made about each players' supporting cast.

 

[ValHaller]

I'm a big fan of the idea of buying low on a guy like Prov if that's truly how Fletcher and Co. view their position. Something tells me they value him more than this Twatter talking head would have you believe.

 

[Moose and Squirrel]

I'm not as high on Chychrun as others but I think there's an argument to be made about each players' supporting cast.

mostly referring to his inability to stay healthy, but his 'bubble' year has some folks' opinion a bit skewed, imo

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I'm a big fan of the idea of buying low on a guy like Prov if that's truly how Fletcher and Co. view their position. Something tells me they value him more than this Twatter talking head would have you believe.

Are they trying to clear cap space? Is this the main reason? And avoid a long-term expensive extension?

EDIT: Appears to be a cap-clearing motivation.

 

[sfvega]

I'm a big fan of the idea of buying low on a guy like Prov if that's truly how Fletcher and Co. view their position. Something tells me they value him more than this Twatter talking head would have you believe.

For sure. Provorov is my favorite of the 3 names discussed this off-season, but I feel like the price isn't gonna be conveniently the pieces we want to move. But I'd be willing to pay more because he's exactly what is separating us from breaking through.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

For sure. Provorov is my favorite of the 3 names discussed this off-season, but I feel like the price isn't gonna be conveniently the pieces we want to move. But I'd be willing to pay more because he's exactly what is separating us from breaking through.

Looks like any Provorov trade would be for picks and prospects.

 

[sfvega]

Looks like any Provorov trade would be for picks and prospects.

Therein lies the rub. I have no problem with parting with the assets for him, but Philly seems like they wouldn't accept/be a good landing spot for our salary. Krug is worse than a lateral move for them, Tank probably passes, and Barbashev/Scandella isn't enough cap space for us in the future. We'd need corresponding moves, which makes it invariably more complicated and a longer shot. And forget trying to figure this out midseason.

 

[ezcreepin]

Looks like any Provorov trade would be for picks and prospects.

3-way trade possibly? Tarasenko goes to one team (somewhere like NJ, NYI, plenty of $$$), Provorov comes to the Blues, picks and prospects sent to Philly

 

[Frenzy31]

Move Tarasenko for the pieces to bring on Provo. If the team is confident Tarasenko will extend, then……. I think they have similar value.