The Gallagher and Kassian trades are some of the wildest I've seen on this website.

So wild that they concealed the Pesce trade

The Pesce trade isn't that bad. Guenther is a blue chip young player.

Guenther is an excellent starting point, but I doubt he would be enough to pry Pesce out of Carolina. I think a package of Guenther, Vejmelka, and a first at least gets the Canes attention for Pesce. Whether or not they even consider moving Pesce is another story, taking into account the crazy chemistry he has with Skjei, but also Chatfield’s emergence, as well as having Morrow, Heimosalmi, Montgomery, Honka, and Keane in the pipeline.

The hardest part is just going to be making a package too good for the Canes to refuse, at which point it wouldn’t exactly be great asset management for the team wanting to acquire Pesce. The Canes won’t move their cornerstone RHD for anything less than a drastic overpayment.

The most outlandish part is the assumption that there will be an Arizona Coyotes next year...

There will be they're bringing in the big guns in Logan Cooley next year.
Keller just hit legit top 10 players status for the first time in his career
Schmaltz has been playing amazing and Crouse has been everything he's paid to be and more as ARZ long time investment is paying off today.


I dont see why Gallagher would go to ARZ but the fact they paid to get him might do it
I just dont see why ARZ would pay to take on Gallagher even though he's playing great again and looks the best he has since Danault left skating beside Evans instead of Dvorak (who he's always with)


I mean if im ARZ i go after the expendable young winger having his best season to date but as good as he's done others just simple did better leaving no room next year for him unless he takes a job from Hoffman or Gurianov forcing a trade (could happen he's outplaying them). But Ylonen is born in ARZ and a 2nd Generation ARZ player who grew up around Shane Doan's kid who just signed with ARZ after losing in the NCAA playoffs last week . Its got the right combination of all the right intangibles

If its just Leadership you're looking for Eddy and Wideman offer the same type of voice in the lockeroom and with our youth.
Just listen to any Habs tv video where they players talk about Leadership and its always Suzuki then they specificy the Veterans or "Old Guys" with those 3 always being noted

bro is stuck in 2018

I more meant that it seems like the city is at odds with ownership and the popularity isn't great.

Their GM will build like his dad did in a similarly dire circumstance when he inherited the dumpster fire that was STL.
His team is worse off Arena wise but Fanbase wise STL wasnt much more popular when Armstrong's dad took over and had a hell of a lot less picks/prospects or talent to sell for them.
Just saying everything points to them building via the draft and signing a few key missing pieces and trading for others they can get via Free Agency .

His Dad took Lars Eller and i think Schultz for Jaroslav Halak then Erik Johnson into Kevin Shattenkirk , Taresenkos pick at the draft for David Runblad , Ben Bishop for a 2nd all within the first 12 months in charge. These would be key pieces in winning him GM of the year in 2013 after replacing most of STL's Leadership in their Captain, their Defensive A with him rebuild their core much stronger eventually adding Russel and Bouwmeester

Given he was there running their draft before his Father joined the team after leaving DAL its fair to say he'll likely follow a similar mold because until his Dad joined STL Bill was a STL scout for 6 years. All he's experience stems from his Mentor and Dad who does things a certain way since being fired from DAL for not pushing Youth enough. Since then its been the Draft he's focused on as he leaned on his son in his rebound as GM in his organization that Bill had helped draft.


They literally couldnt have picked a better guy tailor made for this project as before the Armstrongs arrived in STL it was a shi* show of the age's .
Before TML was the longest standing joke with no cup for 50 years + that honor of being the most Seasoned Losers went to STL.
After the Amstrongs they got a cup and enough to rebuild on via Drafting and trades

ARZ will buy some guys but it will be in role's they cant fill themselves or if its Auston Matthews.
Odds are though ARZ goes out and finds itself a clear cut starter like Carter Hart who's value's low but ARZ knows they have the time to invest in rebounding it .
It gives some of Bill Armstrongs picks time to develop like Allen and Binnington did while Halak and Bishop handled things in net the first what , 4 years?

Sure. I believe there is a path for the Yotes to compete. I just dont know if they will still be in Ari at that time. Not a lot of interest from fans. But I could be wrong.