McDonough is probably worth it tbh lol

I’d pay 7 mil to a top pair guy. McDonaugh is only getting older, has 4 years left, and just isn’t a top pair esque defenceman. If this is the value McDonaugh is worth, then Jake Muzzin is worth 2 1sts minimum lmaoo

No one will pay for McDonagh because he's on Tampa and they won 2 Cups recently, now they are up to the cap. They would rather poach Serge. Plus, if there was a team that wanted to pay for McDonagh, it's likely not a team where he wants to go to if he decides to go.

Who knows though maybe Flr, SJ and Tampa can work out a trade with McDonagh going to FLR, Bob to SJ, and a bad contract from SJ leaving somewhere else but doubt it lol.

Why would you sign him over palat and that Nick Paul contract is an overpay

If your team wants a player to improve the team you go get that player. you don’t worry about what other teams have won.

I think detroit makes sense for mcdonagh

I don’t see the blues doing that
He’s a little to old at this point even tho he is very good

GMs have made dumb moves before, and it won’t be the end of them. I have a feeling a market will be there for McDonaugh

If I remember correctly, his contract is similar to what Colton Parayko’s will be in 3 or 4 years time. So I don’t think they’re afraid to commit to these kinda deals. With an aging d core already and a lot of older current NHL forwards outside of Thomas and Kyrou, I wouldn’t be shocked if they were interested

That’s around what Paul is asking for and tbh, I’ve seen worse contracts. Comparable to the Goodrow and Tanev contracts and in my opinion Paul is better than both.

Burakovsky is seriously underrated. The dude would absolutely light it up with Tampa’s top line. I love the fit of him. In my opinion, he is better than Palat and will command less dollar value as well

That's true, but McDonagh's NMC might prevent that from happening unless he's open to moving to a decent list of teams.

If you signed Paul to 2,750,000, didn’t sign Puljujärvi, and had Sean Day over Mikkola you could sign both Palat and Burakovsky (and yes Burakovsky is better)

Can’t compare the two lol

Me either but Parakyo is a lot younger he’s only 28 vs 33 so it’s a little safer

Oh yeah Parayko is younger now by a good bit, but I’m referring to Parayko in 4 or so years time where his contract will basically be the same at the same age as McDonaugh (give or take a year), which shows St Louis isn’t gonna be afraid to take this kinda contract if that makes sense, considering they’ve given out others similar to it