No bitten bullets

Team: 2024-25 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 12, 2024

Published: Apr. 15, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Wait a little longer to offload Krug and/or Schenn. Hopefully, they can manage some semblence of bouncebacks before the full NTCs drop to 15-teamers. If the team is doing well and requires it in season, a 2C solution can be found then.

Not sure how many of these could actually fly from both sides, but all of these trades are in the area of trades agreed on in precious AGMs, if not damn near exactly those trades. The Buffalo one is the one that strays the most, and I'm actually not sure if they still want to offload Greenway's contract (which is how I'm treating it here), so it could be wacky nonsense.

And I think Leddy can still carry a bit of top pairing load, so Hague doesn't need to jump straight up to 23 minutes a night. And Krug could actually be the one dropped to 3rd pairing, but it's worth it to see if having Jokiharju next to him can allow Krug to focus more on what he does well. If not, Leddy can slide up to 2nd no problem.

Perunovich I'm hanging onto in case a Krug dump opportunity presents itself. Injuries happen, so I'll overpay Scotty a little to convince him to give us a little more time to jettison Krug. And let's face it, Kessel could easily end up the 7th Dman in this scenario, with Perunovich a regular. It's how it should be, but until we get a real coach, this one somehow imagines Kessel is amazing.

LTIR = Prospects most likely to take the pregame rookie lap during the season (kinda ranked from most to least likely, but things can change fast, so don't take it as etched in stone).

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