Why does Pit do this? They aren't rebuilding, the 1st doesn't matter to them.

STL likely jumps for joy at that deal

What good defensive LD are available, just picked one that would be a good fit

Not when you included Yandle. We couldn't protect him, we have an abundance of LD, and we aren't interested in a 34 year old defenseman.

Guess it depends on where you view where STL is as a team

I don't follow??

Get real Vince Dunn is pretty much a 20-35 point LD he's going to cost a hell of a lot more then 2 x $2,500,000 in tax friendly Florida. If St Louis is dealing Dunn they're sure as hell aren't taking back a more expensive Keith Yandle back and they can't protect him so it makes no sense on their part.

I highly highly doubt that st louis will not be getting any salary back or retaining nothing when they trade tarasenko
As it is St Louis already stands to either lose one of their top 4 defensemen or go 4 - 4
This trade is just killing 3 birds with one stone

The Blues would love to get involved in something like this, but... Yandle is an issue.






A popular notion is that the Blues need a rebuild. So... yeah.

this makes no sense for pitt. they need to get tougher and get a better goalie, not lose their best D for a pick in the mid 20's that won't see the nhl for 3+ years.