Motte and Mikkola trade

I think the Isles are going to be content running out Robin Salo as LD3 but if they don't like what they see I could see this being a September trade.

Change the third to a fourth and that’s probably a done deal. A 3rd is too much for Mikkola imo.

Heh. A 3rd is too much. Funny stuff.

Look, man, I do not see Mikko as expendable, nor do I see why Leddy being around makes him more expendable. They fill entirely different roles. My theory is Army got spooked by the late season/playoff D stable injury crises we tend to suffer too way many times. I honestly think he's content to begin with 8 Dmen, because he thinks at least one injury is inevitable. I think he is dedicating himself to not getting caught short in crunch time anymore.

Of course, he's been kinda wacky and hard to figure the last several months, so maybe my theory is just some sort of rationalization for his behavior.

It’s very difficult to move salary rn so I don’t think ur right about a third being too much. Also when I watched him in the post season I thought he was the worst defenseman on the ice for the blues most nights.

I also know what the metrics say about Leddy but I also watched the blues forward core turn over the puck five times in a 3 minute span when Leddy was out there. Idea he is the problem is reflected by the numbers, but when you actually watched him he wasn’t the problem.

Leddy’s only bad play that series was when he got walked by Nate the Great. Mikkola is just a better version of Kurtis MacDermid.