All I've got to say is wow.

I can see Ron Caron shaking his fists at you from the GM box in the sky.......

Stop.

A few quick questions...

1- Uhh why are the Blues resetting exactly?
2- If they are resetting, why the **** are they trading Kyrou? Or Dunn? Or Parayko?
3- If they are trading all these highly valuable assets, why are they doing so for absolute stinkin' garbage?

This might be the worst thing I've ever seen on CF, and that is saying a whooooooooooooooooooooole lot. Utterly insipid on every level. I expect so much more from someone with arguably the best user name on the site.

Intent is to plan for impact of Expansion Draft and lose key assets for nothing. At this juncture, St. Louis needs to protect due NTC: Tarasenko, Schenn, Perron, Faulk, Krug, Scandella. Then need decide who else gets protected: Thomas, Barbeshev, Blais, Kyrou, Dunn, Parayko. In this scenario St. Louis receives young players not requiring protection and draft picks. Idea is to not lose a key player for nothing. I agree drastic and probably too one-sided, but I believe many teams will be looking to teams like Detroit with Cap space and draft picks to make a deal prior to Expansion draft. Note that I did not even mention Hoffman, Schwartz, and Bozak who would need protection consideration if re-signed prior to draft. I placed Parayko in the deal mainly due high $$ allocated to Defense and Dunn due extensive detail that he was not favored in SL and available. This deal would obviously make more sense if the Detroit package included their 2021 Top 10 draft selection vs. lower 1st, but I'm just throwing out thoughts. What's your take on the protected list, someone currently contributing will most likely be taken due many NTC exclusions unless a side deal is made prior.

They would protect Parayko over Scandella easily. Also, Seattle is only taking one person so STL can somewhat predict who that might be and trade him. As for Hoffman, Bozak and Schwartz if they want them back they can be signed after the expansion and do not need protecting as seen by so many teams in the last expansion. Sorry but this doesn't make much sense. I mean being a Red Wings fan I'd take it even though we are in a rebuild. The value is just wayyyy too one sided to not take it.

Scandella has M-NTC, which is why shown as protected. Also neglected to include Oskar Sundqvist as well. Again this is intended as discussion fodder to determine what is most likely to happen. Thought is a team with tight cap situation and handcuffed with NTC players going into a flat cap for next year, what will happen. Most likely leave Dunn exposed for Seattle or make side deal. My idea was to help cap situation while acquiring other assets vs. losing a player for nothing.

Among other issues with this trade, if STL were to move cap, why these guys they're not the reason for their cap issues?

Reason these Blues included is due their attractiveness to Detroit. The intent was to question what will happen when Blues need decide protect list. Most likely before this move would be made SL offer deal to Seattle to avoid the loss. Detroit has cap and draft picks while SL has decisions to make due obligations. How do they handle the situation, I don’t know just tossing out ideas.