Buffalo gets Thomas, Broberg, Neighbours, picks for retaining half of Tarasenko and taking Koskinen's last year. Should any team be giving/getting anything more?

This is pretty well thought out IMO.

The only thing I see is that EDM is underpaying a little considering they are moving Koskinen and getting Tarasenko at 50% off. The return for BUF is great.

Aaaaaabsolutely not.





What??? The Blues do not wanta 10M player throwing off their salary scale, let alone one who has medical uncertainty about his neck AND they don't even need a 1C. The also sure as hell are not giving away that much young, cheap talent, nor are they retaining 7.5M. This is the very definition of pie in the sky.

I don't think you read the explanation by the author. BUF is retaining the 50% (can't transfer on a 3 way trade post on CapFriendly). The one thing I actually meant to add to my post was that I didn't think Eichel was a good fit for STL.

There would definitely be risk, but it's a small price to pay if Eichel returns to form and if he does, this would give them one of the best teams in the league. In terms of the pay scale, he's signed long term, the deal was made my another team, and he would be the clear best player on the team. STL could use an elite offensive player to get back to contending and they have lots of depth at centre and could afford to move on from one of Thomas, Sundqvist, or Barbashev. Why I think it could be a good fit is because it would be like a Pettersson-Horvat combo; no one denies Eichel is the better player, but this would still clearly be O'Reilly's team.

Tarasenko also wouldn't have a ton of value due to his cap hit, but to a team like Buffalo, he would be a great trade chip to have, because if they retain 50% then he has lots of value.