No thanks

why would the blues trade perron after he just had an allstar season?

I am a reformed man and now see the logic of trading Brodin for Domi. Wild could have a entire team of LW's it will be amazing and every GM will seek to mimic the build. Eventually in the year 2025 we will all look back at this Era of hockey as being primitive, it will, be great.

May as well rename the team: Minnesota Left Shot Wings. May run into copyright issues with Detroit, though...

It's just math.

If the Blues are going to resign Pietrangelo and Dunn, they need to dump each of Bozak, Allen and Perron and they can't take on any more money other than minimum salary contracts. Not because they want to get rid of them but because they can't afford them in a flat cap world. They can afford to keep Perron if they want, but then they can't resign Dunn and he'd be picked up with an offer sheet.

So basically to dump Perron and Allen you need to do it just for draft picks or for super-low value contracts. Perron only has 2 years left on his deal and Allen only has 1 in a year where there's a huge market for goalies. Basically the Blues won't have a lot of options for takers for these players.

I totally agree it's low value for these players but seriously, what options do the Blues have? Do they really let Pietrangelo walk? Do they let Dunn get picked up on an offer sheet (when Perron will be gone in 2 years and is aging while Dunn is young and could be kept for many years)?

Tough decisions ahead for the Blues.

He's not a LW, he's a Centre. Had 71 points as a full-time centre. Koivu's retiring soon and Staal won't be around for ever. The Wild need a centre; tell me where else you'll find one?

You are really hung up on this Blues trade that is never going to happen. This notion that you get to fleece Perron and Allen both at a cut rate is not reality, man. Same with the idea that we must trade Perron.

I did some more thinking and you're right. They can afford to keep Perron. I'm not hung up on it. I ran the scenario and it turns out I'm wrong. They can get rid of Sundqvist and Gunnarsson instead of Perron and make the numbers work. They do need to trade Allen though if they want to keep Pietrangelo and Dunn.

He is better as a LW. If I did agree he was a center then it's still a bad trade Brodin would be Domi +.
Not sure where Wild find their center but just adding a guy to fill in a spot is a bad decision if it includes giving up the league's best defensive defensemen. I think Domi should be traded to Pittsburgh. I think he is a nice fit next to Sid.

Fair enough. Happy to have us not have Brodin and get someone else instead. I would contest fervently that there's no way Brodin is the best defensive defenceman in the league. He was a -15 last season.

Not his fault the goaltending was awful.

Sunny isn't going anywhere. Most likely, they will trade Allen, Bozak and find a way to deal with Steen. Gunny can go, too.