Vrana

I would cry like a small baby if Vrana ended up in Pittsburgh

Yeah that seems like a fair trade for Vrana. Unless he explodes over the next couple of months I think a 2nd is around what he will go for

You wouldn't be able to do double retention on Vrana this TDL- players are limited to two retentions on their contract. Detroit is already eating 50%, and the Blues are eating whatever they're eating. A third team can't get involved and retain more in that case. That's something that hurt Arizona a few years ago with Kessel at the deadline.

Best case scenario is probably that the Blues retain half and Vrana is at about 1.25. The math may work out anyway for PIttsburgh in that case by the trade deadline.

Ahh thanks for that. But yeah, the Pens can still make the math work, but shuffling things around and I'm sure there's some proration that would happen.

Yeah, I think it's pretty fair. I'd love for the Pens to act now rather than deadline, but I know that's probably unlikely.