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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 10, 2020 at 8:39 a.m.
Thread: Blues
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shakabakes</b></div><div>Obvious interest in Dunn, hence the proposal. Faulk Contract in a flat Cap Season pretty tough to move (like OEL).

Figured a deal that provided a puck moving Defensemen and Cap space would be enticing.</div></div>
We have Krug and Faulk, we aren't giving another PMD $5m+. It also sounded like Steen is LTIRetired from what Doug Armstrong said last night, so we are comfortable when it comes to cap space.

Plus, ADA is one of the few players in the League that I would never want near the Blues.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Breadmanhawks</b></div><div>What do you think the Blues' ask would be for Dunn? Not from a Rangers point of view, just in general?</div></div>
Depends who's asking. Probably a 1st &amp; a low ceiling, high floor type of prospect from playoff teams. From worse teams it would probably have to revolve around a better prospect because their 1st would be too valuable.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 5, 2020 at 7:21 p.m.
Thread: Draft day and FA day
Only the Blues can sign Pietrangelo for eight years. Trading for his rights doesn't change that.

A trade for Pietrangelo just doesn't seem realistic, more something for the media to speculate about to drum up interest in what they're peddling.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Boomer125</b></div><div>It's not , but go ahead debate away, AP is a Fantastic player but he is offensive , Paryako and Bouwmeester did all the shut down work played all the top line minutes did all the heavy lifting</div></div>
Pietrangelo is more than capable defensively, the fact that Parayko does the heavy lifting isn't some kind of message that Pietrangelo isn't able to do that... it's about using players where we can get the most from them overall. Pietrangelo was fine when he was doing more of the heavy lifting when it was Shattenkirk on the second pairing.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 5, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.
Thread: Testing Value
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeastModeUnknown</b></div><div>Yeah but you think we move him for spare parts yeah well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Blues is the CF chumps everyone thinks they are gonna use their best players as cap casualties. Rumors are like assh*les everyone ass one bud but what’s funny is Armstrong isn’t stupid this isn’t JR. Cap Casualties dUnN aNd PaRaYkO because they are the best players so they have to trade them no way around it when Bozak can just as easily be moved and Allen already moved. Dunn is an easy signing teams would have to massively overpay a contract for a team like St.Louis to take Compensation instead. And Blues aren’t having it lmao. Think of him as a cap casualty all you want but Blues aren’t f*cking r*tarded.</div></div>
Nowhere did I say that they'd move him for spare parts, and I wouldn't take that offer from the OP.

You want to pump his advanced stats? He gets bottom pairing minutes for us and our left side isn't anything special. He's fifth in EV TOI and he doesn't PK. His advanced stats are a result of his usage, putting him in the same sentence as the likes of Seth Jones and Zach Werenski is beyond delusional. "i'M nOt SaYiNg He'S bEtTeR" is no doubt your response, but you're desperately trying to put him in that group. Even in the playoffs, Dunn was sixth in TOI per game for our defenseman. Yeah, he's young and has room to grow... but the left side has had opportunity for him to take and he hasn't been able to earn that trust.

As a Blues fan I don't want to lose Dunn, he's a good player. I'm just not arrogant enough to talk in absolutes about players of his level. If we get offered a mid-first in this draft, with a plus, then Armstrong is unquestionably entertaining that offer. We have some prospect depth at LHD with Mikkola and Perunovich, there are several reasons it could make sense.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 29, 2020 at 8:56 p.m.
Thread: 2021
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Snowden89</b></div><div>you are joking right? to move out 10 plus million of salary on a contending team is not worth that? lol wowsers let me guess a 3rd and a 4th get it done? lol</div></div>
We seen an AHL calibre player in Marc Staal get moved for a 2021 second. Absolutely no need to be moving a first to move a decent third line centre, who's likely the player we look to move.

Again, it's largely pointless for the Blues to move Steen and Bozak. The cap will be flat in 2021/22, and the Blues need to give a number of players extensions... so it's not like we can rush out and spend all that $10m on long term deals for players, it would need to be one year deals. We've just moved our futures, so we're not going to be getting rentals. I don't see the high impact FA's taking one year deals. The Blues need to move one of Steen or Bozak, not both.

But, feel free to act condescending when you have no idea of the market or the Blues cap/roster situation.

It all meaningless anyway... not a chance in hell either player waives for Ottawa.