Highly doubt Blues trade ROR

The Blues won’t trade their point a game defensive center who’s carrying to the playoffs on his back.

Retained salary or buyouts are fast becoming rare.

Even with that, this dream roster is $2 million over the cap.

Calgary could do one big move before the playoffs, but will Treliving dare jeopardize resigning his young stars?
This roster is why playoff rentals are a thing, lower price and lower cap and doesn't ruin signing current players.

I think STL, DAL, and PHI are close together in terms of GM strategy. Great teams on paper that fall far short. Fired coaches but holding off further changes depending on if they can get into the playoffs.
PHI is out of the playoff race because of key goalie injuries.
STL and DAL are precariously close to switching to a retool/rebuild mindset, where they give up on the current roster and make trades that sacrifice the present for future success.

I remember when ROR's contract was ridiculous. It is excellent value now, but he is easily traded because of age. All players peak and then decline with age. There's little point in keeping ROR if they aren't making the playoffs with him.

If the Blues were to actually consider trading ROR (which I highly doubt would happen), they are not going to send him to Calgary for that package. There are a lot of other teams that can provide a much better return that what this trade offers the Blues in return for their best player.

I absolutely agree with that. No team is interested in quantity over quality. It's the opposite, you only get 50 NHL contracts, and you need to see a possible role filled for every one granted.

I only recognize Kylington + 1st + 2nd. The picks are in 2020 which is not STL's preference. There's nobody who expects those 3 assets will play more minutes for STL than ROR alone. In terms of quality, he is proven to be #4 in faceoffs won and the top FO%, and whatever is expected of Kylington is obviously less.

If you want STL to lose today, they have to have a *hope* of winning the trade in the long term.
Bigger deals are easier in the summer, and STL isn't on a deadline with an expiring contract. They will and should play out the season.
Other teams will send out playoff rentals or be forced to make cap dumps, because they have limited time and choices.

I too "recognize Kylington and (the picks)," but I think Jankowski has value too, just not on the Blues who have Bozak, Thomas, Sunny, and Barbashev. All admirably fill in anything that Jank would bring. He's a solid third line center, but not needed on the Blues, which is why this trade is still-born from its inception.

ROFl your not getting Stone for garbage players, OTT passes.

This Deal sends away all of our future..... and picks NO WAY