Bringing up Perunovich

Pittsburgh has been trying to move one of their own LHD for a bit now to make room for Pierre Oliver Joseph. I do think they should move on from Scandella but only if they're bringing in a proper top/high end second pairing LHD and that's a lot to put on Perunovich right away. If they just need the roster room/cap space for Perunovich, Bortuzzo seems like the most expendable since Perunovich can play his off wing. I also like how Walman has played.

Walman has played good and I think he’s the best return for guys that the blues would move, bortz is too much of a locker room guy to move. He knows his role and plays it well. He is the guy Clifford was supposed to be for toughness. I think perunovich is ready tho it’s hard to see a guy who won the hobey baker award be in the minors when every other team has had great success bringing them up as soon as they could.

Yeah, the Pens have no room. They're trying move LHD's since they have FIVE. Plus, I know the creator of this AGM is not concerned with salary, but the Pens literally have less than $200K available in free space.

Hextall has also said the Pens 1st and 2nd rounders are off limits.

Pens swiftly decline.

why on earth would we do this ? same with the pens lose lose trade

Well if he was the guy Clifford was supposed to be why did we need Clifford? Bortuzzo's been on this team for years. I get that he's a good locker room guy, but Ryan Reaves was a good locker room guy too. So was Chris Thorburn. It doesn't mean they're untouchable. Bortuzzo has never played a full season with the Blues in 8 seasons with us. Not because he's been hurt, but because he's a seventh defenseman. Those players can't be locked in. We have a lot of good character on this team. At the end of the day, the better players have to play. Perunovich is ready, like you said, for a bigger role and to be on an NHL team. But Parayko and Scandella are both playing 20+ minutes a night right now. I don't think you can just gift that to Perunovich. Bortuzzo is playing fourteen, that you can give to Perunovich.

If it's that unpalatable though, just send down Mikkola and bring Perunovich up that way. Mikkola isn't doing much and Bortuzzo can still provide his locker room presence as the 7th defenseman. Either way, our defense needs a shot in the arm and Perunovich is ready.