Rumor: Tarasenko will not be protected in expansion draft

[Black Kevin]

Bad f***ing asset management if true.

 

[Foppberg]

I think they take Dunn too. The D that could be available in this draft is better overall than the forwards. I saw one preview that had Seattle picking Giordano, Dumba, Dunn and Shattenkirk.

Why?

 

[Lebowski]

You couldn't move him for nothing? Not even a 7th rounder? A 7th rounder would still be better than nothing.

Cap space isn't nothing.

They probably could have gotten value in a trade, but not without taking salary back.

 

[HansonBro]

Thats an ez pick if true

 

[Reality Czech]

I think they take Dunn too. The D that could be available in this draft is better overall than the forwards. I saw one preview that had Seattle picking Giordano, Dumba, Dunn and Shattenkirk.

That's a pretty good top four until you need them to actually play defense.

 

[Forge]

I don’t really get the “I told you so’s” in here.

Either they take him and we free up $7.5 mil in cap, or we still keep him and deal him. Win/win scenario for the Blues since he wants out.

Let's just say that there were some people that handled themselves less than diplomatically when discussing his trade value

 

[GermanSpitfire]

If Seattle doesn’t take him; they’re fools.

 

[Goulet17]

The guy is owed almost 10M actual dollars next season and has a cap hit of 7.5M.

Also, he's put up 24 points since the summer of 2019 and had major surgeries.

Someone might get a steal if he's truly healthy, but all the teams with cap space usually don't have an extra 15M over the next 2 years kicking around to find out, and those teams that do have the money usually don't have the cap space for a 7.5M forward who hasn't scored more than 7 goals in the last 700 days.

Yeah, I am not sure why your description of the facts is so hard for most of the posters on this board to grasp.

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

Cap space isn't nothing.

They probably could have gotten value in a trade, but not without taking salary back.

Yeah but they could probably do a 3-way trade or get someone to take him with max $1-2.5M going back to STL, no?

 

[Eggtimer]

I’m pissed my Devils didn’t trade for Tank . Could have been had for next to zero assets too . I guess they felt 7.5 (9.5 in actual $) was too risky

 

[IranCondraAffair]

If I was Seattles GM, and I was given the choice between Dunn and Tarasenko with their current contract situations, I'm taking Dunn 11 times out of 10.

 

[Apex Predator]

Seattle is got to take him right? No way they don’t. 2 years left on contract and they will have cap space.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

There was a core group of fans that was adamant that someone would offer something good for him and that he was too valuable for St. Louis to expose.

Many of who are crowing right now were the ones that agree with you. St. Louis was better off exposing him and getting out from that contract without having to pay anything or take anything back.

I mean, they could still make a decent trade if Seattle doesn’t take him. I just think Army is taking the chance on freeing up the cap room.

 

[Forge]

I’m pissed my Devils didn’t trade for Tank . Could have been had for next to zero assets too . I guess they felt 7.5 (9.5 in actual $) was too risky

We may not have had the opportunity. Didn't seem like he was open to going to crappy teams. Never saw us mentioned as a possibility or a team he'd waive for

 

[Glorydays22]

wheres colt55.....

exactly

 

[Captain97]

I’m pissed my Devils didn’t trade for Tank . Could have been had for next to zero assets too . I guess they felt 7.5 (9.5 in actual $) was too risky

He might have not wanted to go to Jersey, apparently there were about 10 teams he'd go to.

 

[Artanis]

@Colt55 lol

 

[Lebowski]

Yeah but they could probably do a 3-way trade or get someone to take him with max $1-2.5M going back to STL, no?

Who knows. Even if they did, the less cap they're taking in return, the lesser the value of the remaining parts would have to be.

In the end, losing him at the ED might be more or less equivalent to his trade value.

 

[The don godfather]

Seattle gets a solid solid asset. Plays well flip for him a 1st.

 

[Oddbob]

What on earth? Certainly he still has value even with his health concerns? Weird!

 

[boots legrand]

They'll still take Dunn.

they can only take 1 player from each roster.(unless a wink-wink deal shows up expansion draft day)

 

[The Blunder Years]

Voracek and Tarasenko. Wow imagine telling Seattle fans they would have those two guys a year ago.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

I mean, they could still make a decent trade if Seattle doesn’t take him. I just think Army is taking the chance on freeing up the cap room.

I think the best thing St. Louis can do at this stage is trade him for a conditional return if he scores or plays a certain amount. A team out there might be willing to take that risk if they send back some salary or something. Or, equally, it happens at the deadline when most of his salary is paid and teams have seen him playing a bit more.

 

[DisbeliefInDW]

Taking those players seems like a great fastrack to end up exactly where a team like the Sharks is now

Doubtful. Other than Duchene, none of the star players getting exposed have term. Hockeying is hard to understand for some, I guess.

 

[NYR94]

Why?

Projected goals above replacement (GAR), remaining contract, veteran presence.