Devils would rather just grab Hanifin themselves

Binnington vetoes.

That’s a really bad trade for the Blues on the Ottawa one.

Not a great one for the Devils, they already have L Hughes, can’t see them targeting Krug.

The last one is reasonable, but unlikely, would imagine Calgary is on Scandellas NTC

Ottawa considers this

Devils laugh and tell you to go away.

I think it would benefit both NJD and CGY to cut out the middleman.

We’d probably throw a haul for Markstrom 50%+Hanifin.

2 1sts
Bahl
2nd

Then whatever tertiary pieces are needed to get it over the top.

The first two are just brutal. Are we trying to be Minnesota? And in what world is Brady worth a 1st, Binnington and crapload of retention more than Kyrou?

People just wanna trip.

I respectfully disagree. The Blues are going nowhere in the short term so Binner is expendable given the right return. Also, I don't think Binnington's NTC kicks in until next year. A rebuild around Brady makes a lot of sense. Kyrou can be dazzling, but he's not core material and the Blues have a bunch of young forward talent in the pipeline. Kyrou's contract is an albatross. Moving Krug is vital, but moving Leddy could be even more beneficial. Those NTCs will make any deal difficult. The glaring hole in the Blues roster is a #1 LHD. I'm open to suggestions, but I'd try to land either Hannifin or Chychrun, tank hard, then draft another stud D-man. Keep Perunovich for the third pairing and PP. Really like the initial concept, though.