While I don't see the Blues wanting to be involved in this, Meier next to Thomas or Kyrou would be phenomenal

Yeah no. Arizona is asking for 3 first round picks in value on assets. Which means one or two of your top prospects plus a 1st Round pick. Meier will probably be 2 1sts as well.

It was from Sheng Peng's price-setting piece which Sharks fans have been following.

I can’t take the blues rumour seriously for 5 seconds they are clear sellers who are clearly out of the playoff race

There is almost no chance the Jets include Perfetti in a deal.

I doubt it Holtz was overrated already Blues have Snuggerud which is genuinely more appeasing, Quality>Quantity so I completely disagree with you.

No but doing so and spending 10m more on one forward with our defense and goaltending most certainly will. We aren’t a Meier away from competing. Adding him to the core would be wonderful. But don’t look for us to get in an arms race and be receptive of it.

This is more long term not the near future. This wouldn’t put us in a playoff hunt right now it was just get the barrel rolling for the Defenseman core revamp in the off season.

Wait a sec. Are you implying picks 25 and 27 are worth Simon Nemec and a 1st????

Not a Meier away, but clearly this move would include moving out a Top defenseman which would start a quick revamp

We’re gonna stick with 1st/Holtz/Mukh or Casey. No desire to push more chips on the table. If this deal can’t be done without Hughes or Nemec, we’re good. Take our chances with free agency, we’re in no rush our window is just opening.

I’m a blues fan and I agree with this comment.

That’s fair, I don’t think Meier is making 10 mil a year on extension

Moving out a defensemen is great and all. But, who waives you somebody that is going to give you anything beneficial?

Losing Krug makes the most sense. But then our powerplay which has carried most of our scoring this year is a mess.

Losing Parayko makes the least sense but would probably have the most suitors. But be prepared to give up 5+ goals a night for 2-3 years until someone is developed.

Losing Faulk is doable but who plays 19-20 minutes on RD that’s coming in return and has a beneficial impact to the game?

I would love for the Blues to acquire Meier trust me, but we are not in a position to get in an arms race for him at all. Moving both firsts isn’t the worst thing in the world, nor would he losing one of the late firsts and Bolduc. But I don’t see us winning an arms race with NJD, nor do I see any team trading a top prospect before gauging where they fit in to sign a guy to a 10m/year extension.

Personally, Blues CAN beat out NJ for Meier, but should they. That’s the question I’m going to answer and it’s absolutely not. Blues fans like Meier and Chychrun. I don’t think either of them should be options. Chychrun is too expensive for my taste, and Meier certainly is a great player but brings cap hell. He’s a comparable to Kyrou already. Revamping the D core is an absolute must. So unless we get another first for Barbashev to spare and somehow offload Krug and/or Leddy and bring someone that doesn’t cost an arm and leg I don’t see how you can really fix this with Meier. To sum it all up, I don’t want the team to just outshoot its problems lol.

Yes we know, you think Timo is worth a bag of pucks

So you don’t think Pierre Lebrun is plugged in?

Obviously you can’t read because it’s part of a package.

THIS is what I’m actually with you on. Krug makes the absolute most sense, I’d also like to see Leddy get dealt. You’d have to find a replacement that isn’t made of plastic, tape, and some gorilla glue. It’s easier to find a puck moving D than it is to find a Defensive guy. As much as everyone feels Parayko is bad. This has been sort of an outlier all in all. I’d be ok finding a replacement but I don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for Chychrun and I definitely don’t want us to outshoot our defensive struggles.

Any word on that Holtz injury? I think many people are down on Holtz with his lack of playing, skating issues and now injury on top of that

Looking at Bob McKenzies rankings, that would be Daniil But and Lucas Dragicevic for Timo Meier. Sharks lose that trade 10/10 times

First off this.

Okay but prospect people still are moderately high on him. the projection has certainly come down but not that far.

Beat writer suggests it's so. So I'm guessing yiu have to assume that's a thing.

He’s day-to-day it’s not serious