They keep rejecting deals, so must be some benchmark they are trying to hit.

No clue what the true ask is at this point, but I'm guessing they want more now than what they feel like they can get for him on draft day. They probably view the offers thus far as lackluster but pretty sure the ask is outlandish.

I'm assuming the same thing. The problem they may run into is the motivated buyers go elsewhere and there aren't the assets the want for sale. So many good team lack 1st round picks right now, it seems to be limiting their options. We will see though. It would be wild (no pun intended lol) if he isn't moved again

Maybe that is it: pick quality.

All the offers are late 1sts. Non-playoff teams wouldn’t trade for him until the draft. I can’t see them getting top-10 but maybe something in 10-15 range.

Would make sense if that were the goal here.

Yeah, I keep hearing two 1sts but it sounds like they want like two top-10 picks (minimum) in terms of value since apparently they were asking for DeBrusk+Carlo+ Boston's 1st + one of their top prospects and some other stuff. From Pittsburgh they wanted two future 1sts supposedly (guess he figures they will be very valuable considering the age of their group).

I'm thinking it's going to be the Blues who get him if someone doesn't pay up. Would suck for him if he ends up in CBJ.

I wonder if they are spending too much time on Chych to get best returns for Bjugstad, Ghost or whoever they are selling.

I think Ghost is hurt, so maybe that's why we haven't heard too much about him. Apparently there are a lot of teams poking around at Schmaltz so let's see if they at least deal a guy lol.

Hahahahaha welp way to circle back Pierre! Let's goooo baby! Wow that's underwhelming for Arizona!

Now I'm curious is this what the ask essentially was the whole time or if the price dropped lol. Makes you think if no one trusted to pay that, but for OTT it's definitely worth it imo. It's finally over...for now.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall for those back and forths. No prospects, pretty good. Although I love the draft haha so I'm sad they have like no picks