final move

Hard pass. And the Blues do not need any more tiny Dmen.

I’d be okay with it.

Next season Puljujarvi can refresh his scenery.

I bet Edmonton would want to give a 3rd instead of a 2nd. I’d demand the 2nd as stl for the cap relief. Puljujarvi is not just on the struggle bus this year, he’s driving it. Worst case scenario for stl they cut him loose after a year trial, and got a 2nd for barbashev, which to me is a fair value. One thing about Puljujarvi is he likes the puck a lot and tends to take it from the other team. With a flatter team composition like STL will have next season he may find a full time role.

What is it with Edmonton and player development sheesh.

Bortuzzo is probably good for a 1 more deep playoff run. A good bottom pair or 7th d-man for that. Hard to keep good vets away from the playoffs.

Actually I dunno. Maybe Bortuzzo’s value is a tad higher than I initially imagined. Maybe not. I’m on the fence.

That may be so, but neither of those players play D

Heh. I mixed him up with Iorio, which is dumb coz he's huge. I'm still waking up apparently.

Still, this is an easy pass. They have no incentive to trade Bortuzzo and others will beat that Barby offer.