I feel like if we aren’t doing any big changes to the defense (Hamilton), Oleksiak is a must add. He’s huge and can skate like the wind. He would fit in perfectly, and I really like that D-Core even if Dunn is traded. That is a really solid top 4.

Offensively, Perron is basically a full on RW at this point. We need a legit top 6 LW for he and and ROR. If Thomas is ready to be 2c you can slide Schenn over to LW to fill the other top 6 LW vacancy and then sign a 3c (Haula, Getzlaf, etc). My personal Favorite targets for a trade are Gourde and Palat, and FA is Coleman. All 3 fit the blues mold perfectly and would be fantastic additions. Maybe Landeskog as well if he is unable to fit into Colorado’s long term cap plan.

I'm incredibly bullish on Coleman as well, and on Hyman. Both would be cost-friendly for what they provide and each help solidify the LW position. Both will also be very hotly contested UFAs. As you said, Perron should not be moved from the RW and I do like the idea of sliding Schenn over to LW IF Thomas is ready to take over as the 2C. I'm not sure he's quite there, but I'm not Army, Berube and Co. This year showed me that the Blues need some 200-ft FWDs who will get in on backchecking, get into the dirty areas, and play the physical game that the Western Conference demands and also need to add another defenseman (Hamilton, Barrie, Oleksiak) who can move the puck out of the Blues' zone.

Umm the ducks don’t need LW. Idk who told you that.

I got it from a site that lists each team's individual needs and the severity of that need. However, I didn't realize the needs was for 2021 and not 2022 when I posted. Either way, the Ducks do look a little thin in depth down the LW.

Huge hell naw to Oleksiak, I have no idea why so many Blues fans want him. He's an absolute DISASTER moving the puck out of the zone.

And is a nightmare with the puck on his stick in the D-zone. He would not fit in, the fans would be on his giveaways instantly and forever.

I think Blues fans look at a huge, long body that's capable of eating 20 minutes, block shots, eat up passing lanes, clear out the front of the net, and play the physical style that's severely lacking from this defensive core, outside of Bortuzzo. Oh, and he's much cheaper than a lot of the other potential top 4 options out there.

The ducks need don’t need anymore 2nd to 3rd liners. They need top line scoring talent. They have plenty of bodies to play LW. For the price it’s not a bad trade it just isn’t really a need addresser.

1- And he's a TOTAL disaster moving the puck. You forgot that part.

2- Not for long. He's a 28 yo UFA expecting a sizable raise. Ya know, like how you doubled his pay.

Doubled his pay and that would still keep him in the reasonable realm... You forgot the part where he's a good defensemen, gives the Blues' D-core something they don't currently possess, and addresses a massive hole that this team had last year, in both the physical play and the literal stay-at-home defensive play.

You don't like him? So what? Make your own imaginary line up and leave him out of it lol. This is all hypothetical garbage anyway and nothing that you or I say here means a lick of ****.

It's a discussion forum, dude. And most of the defensive disasters came from turnovers in the zone, not general defending or physical issues.

It's a discussion forum about fantasy rosters, agreed. You seem to take some of it pretty literally and love to add your snark. Just seem to be a little argumentative about something that has absolutely no merit and no practical use.

Which would be different from what you're doing here how?

Responding to snark isn't the same as initiating it.

I agree, and then everyone thinks Krug's contract is bad

Muh huh. You responded to trace amounts of snark with a toddler tantrum. Besides, I was discussing your idea, and not attacking you. Nothing I said gives you carte blanche to Hulk out.

"Hulk out" and "toddler tantrums"... hyperbolic much?

Not sure where any of that took place, on my end, but mmmkay, bromigo!