not for that offer, and OTT not trading Chych

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/01/senators-reportedly-entertaining-offers-for-jakob-chychrun.html

I mean I think Stl has to take that no?

That’s very bad for ottawa

why though?

you get a prospect who projects as a top 6 scoring winger
a vet who would be a very capable 2LD or 3LD and can eat minutes
a hobie baker winner/puck mover whos been trending up
AND a second rounder.

Bolduc hasn’t been very good in the AHL so far.

The deal starts with Bolduc AND a 1st. Leddy is pretty much viewed as a cap dump

Right, Leddy was thrown in to make the cap work for the Blues, he's essentially a dump. Bolduc was an elite scorer in JR for two years straight, sure he's struggled in his first AHL season this year, but I'm confident he'll figure it out it just might take a couple/3 years in the AHL and OTT doesn't appear to be in a hurry (or shouldn't be). If the only thing holding this deal from being "bad" to acceptable in your eyes is upgrading the 2nd to a 1st I'd accept that. As much as I'd like to see a trade like this go down though my gut says both sides say no. Not enough picks/young enough talent for OTT, too much in general for one player for STL for an unestablished young veteran. I was just trying to gauge how other fans felt about it. I think OTT could probably do better elsewhere but I certainly don't think its a bad deal for them by any means.

The blues prob say no that 1st rounder is extremely valuable and the blues could just try signing him when he hits free agency no need to overpay