Life is a funny thing indeed, but not as humorous as this "offer". The Blues are not motivated sellers. Or drunk. You have to offer what it would take, not what you can live with ditching.

STL doesn’t want Mikheyev nor are we waiting 3 years to pick a kid and wait another 3+ years for him to develop.

I’d love Forsling but he’ll probably get at least 5 per year on his new deal. I doubt he wants to leave Florida, that team is a wagon!

I’d be ok with that deal for Joshua though

What do you think it would take from Vancouver?

Buchnevich is one of the best names in trade talks, its going to take alot more than that to get him. Plus, I dont think the Blues should even move him unless the trade is too good to pass up.

You can’t honestly think you’re going to get 1.5 seasons of Buchnevich for a worse package than you just traded Horvat for last year right?

I'm not going to predict what it would take, because who knows? He's a great player on a cheap AAV until summer 2025, the Blues are not trying to sell him, there could be a half dozen or more teams calling and you no longer have your 24 1st or Brzzzy to offer. But I will tell you the first word Army says when Vancouver calls: "Willander".

And Willander alone won't convince him (even if maybe it almost should). So it's gonna take a lot.

If I was STL, I wouldn't move Buch at the Trade Deadline.

I floated Brzu and 1st as a start for Buch a month or so ago before the Lindholm trade and Blues fans ripped my head off acting suggesting they don't need offensive dmen.

But ya I would espect it'd take one of Willander or Lekerimaki. And maybe just a smaller prospect.

I'd probably give it some thought.

I don't remember anyone scoffing so hard at Brzzy, but he's obviously worth less than Willander.

it was on HF boards to be fair but i spent like a week taking on wave after wave of Blues fans saying they absolutely didn't need an offensive dman. No amount of reasoning could have swayed them. I kid you not it was like 6-8 different people.

Ahhhh... that explains it. And don't get me wrong, the Blues fan base is loaded with delusional idiots who pretend they know what they're on about. I thought you meant here, where - despite the usual refrain when obviously bad trade ideas get nixed - most Blues fans on CF are pretty reasonable.