Trading Up in the Draft

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Created by: tstrauss16

Team: 2024-25 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 17, 2024

Published: Mar. 17, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Not sure if New Jersey takes this deal, but I assume an extension would be in place. The top 9 core for New Jersey would be:
Buchnevich - Hughes - Mercer
Meier - Hischier - Bratt
Palat - Haula - Holtz

The Blues only make this trade if 1 of 3 are available:
- LD Sam Dickinson
- LD Zeev Buium
- RD Carter Yakemchuk

If we don’t draft one of those 3 guys, I dont think we come away from the draft with the goal of acquiring a top pairing prospect.

I expect the draft to go as follows:
1) Chicago - M. Celebrini
2) San Jose - A. Levshunov
3) Anaheim - I. Demidov
4) Columbus - C. Lindstrom
5) Arizona - A. Silayev
6) Montreal - B. Catton
7) Ottawa - Z. Parekh
8) Buffalo - C. Eiserman
9) St. Louis (via New Jersey) - 3 available defenseman
10) Pittsburgh - 3 available defenseman
11) Seattle - 3 available defenseman
12) Calgary - J. Iginla
13) Minnesota - T. Connelly
14) New Jersey (via St. Louis) - K. Helenius

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Snuggerud, Jimmy		3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Perunovich, Scott		2	$1,500,000
Alexandrov, Nikita		2	$775,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Stephenson, Chandler		4	$5,750,000
Perron, David		1	$3,500,000

Trades

STL

2024 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

8-10th overall

NJD

Buchnevich, Pavel ($2,900,000 retained)
2024 1st round pick (STL)

Additional Details:

13-15th overall

STL

2026 4th round pick (BOS)

BOS

Hayes, Kevin ($1,785,714 retained)

Additional Details:

Don’t care where but trade him or Saad

Retained Salary Transactions

Pavel Buchnevich: $2,900,000 (50%)
Kevin Hayes: $1,785,714 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,675,000	$82,362,380	$0	$412,500	$5,312,620

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Neighbours, Jake $835,833$835,833 LW, RW RFA - 1	Thomas, Robert $8,125,000$8,125,000 C, RW UFA - 7	Kyrou, Jordan $8,125,000$8,125,000 RW UFA - 7
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 2	Stephenson, Chandler $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, LW UFA	Snuggerud, Jimmy $950,000$950,000 RW, C RFA
Bolduc, Zachary $863,333$863,333 ($412,500$412K) LW RFA - 2	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 4	Perron, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA
Toropchenko, Alexey $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Dean, Zach $852,500$852,500 C RFA - 2	Sundqvist, Oskar $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Leddy, Nick $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD NTC UFA - 2	Parayko, Colton $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 6	Binnington, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Perunovich, Scott $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD RFA	Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Hofer, Joel $775,000$775,000 G RFA - 1
Krug, Torey $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Kessel, Matthew $800,000$800,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Tucker, Tyler $800,000$800,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
Alexandrov, Nikita $775,000$775,000 C RFA
Walker, Nathan $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 2

Mar. 17 at 12:55 p.m.

dgibb10

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Devils should do that imo if available

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Mar. 17 at 12:57 p.m.

tstrauss16

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Quoting: dgibb10

Devils should do that imo if available

Feel like it helps both clubs

Mar. 17 at 1:12 p.m.

DevilsFanInTX

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Would love to see NJ do this

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Mar. 17 at 1:14 p.m.

drambui

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i think NJ should add a bit but the frame work is pretty good.

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Mar. 17 at 1:15 p.m.

dgibb10

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Quoting: tstrauss16

Feel like it helps both clubs

I’ve always been in favour of, unless we win the lottery for Celebrini, to go get as much value as possible with the pick. Then I’d also use the blues pick to get get a goalie or a dman.

For example if I could turn 9th overall+like a 2nd+3rd into buchnevich, Marcus Pettersson, and Ullmark. That would be ideal. Maybe some guys with more term but who knows. Lots of options

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Mar. 17 at 1:18 p.m.

mokumboi

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Quoting: tstrauss16

Feel like it helps both clubs

I love the idea,of course, but you are WILDLY overpaying. We would add like our 2nd or something. Maybe a 2nd and 3rd. Not Buch half retained.

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Mar. 17 at 1:27 p.m.

tstrauss16

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Quoting: mokumboi

I love the idea,of course, but you are WILDLY overpaying. We would add like our 2nd or something. Maybe a 2nd and 3rd. Not Buch half retained.

Yeah just getting the idea out there since the way we are playing we are dropping out from the 3 defenseman I want.

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Mar. 17 at 1:27 p.m.

tstrauss16

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Quoting: dgibb10

Plenty of options. I wonder what Ullmark is worth from a trade perspective

Mar. 17 at 1:31 p.m.

dgibb10

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Quoting: tstrauss16

Plenty of options. I wonder what Ullmark is worth from a trade perspective

I think it’ll center around a protected 1st round pick or a late one this year. Whether it’s sweeteners coming to the bruins, sweeteners coming back from the bruins, or retention and whatever depends on the market and how desperate the bruins may be for cap space.

Mar. 18 at 11:13 a.m.

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Armstrongs_burner

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Quoting: mokumboi

I love the idea,of course, but you are WILDLY overpaying. We would add like our 2nd or something. Maybe a 2nd and 3rd. Not Buch half retained.

have to agree, buch+a 2nd or 3rd would be more fair. No way does stl move their first and top scorer to move up 5-8 slots in the draft.

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