I like Schmaltz but that is a severe overpay. You can get a much better player for that package. Meier didn't even get that return.

Why that much for Schmaltz?!?

Agree on the overpay.. issue I see with anything involving Arizona it’s gonna be a haul of draft picks and at least one top prospect. Have seen a lot of people willing to give up CMM Hendrix and Iorio for him as well. Definitely could find a suitable option for center like Pierre Luc Dubois?

Can't think of any reason for the Blues to do that.

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I'll echo the two commenters above that you're overboard by a first in the Schmaltz deal.

I think that Colorado's cap situation (particularly the 100% raise to MacKinnon) would preclude the Kuznetsov trade. From what I see about their roster, they would need virtually any acquisition to be either an ELC or a cap-neutral deal.

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Honestly don't know how I feel about it, tbh...like, yes at face value there's a LOT there, I guess I just don't know why the Yotes would move him without getting an absolute haul? I get that they're a dumpster fire of an organization, but at some point you have to keep your good players, no?

Colorado probably declines