Tarasenko

STOP giving us cap dumps while also making us retain wtf is wrong with you isles fans? This is net less than zero value. Driving me insane.

Its actually not. Its around bellows and a 2nd for tarasenko @5 million. If thats too low fine, but its not a negative value package whatsoever. Let a 2nd and hickey and komarov go to a different team.

Bellows and a 2nd cancel out Komarov and Hickey. That leaves Blues getting a 2nd (that should actually go to another team) to retain $5M on Tarasenko. Absolutely a null value at best.

Idk where you got bellows and a 2nd for 5.5 million, thats an overpay. Plus that 5.5 million is still useful. Unlike ladd who is 5.5x2 and got 2 2nds plus hes useless. And if they want to bury it its 4.375 dead cap for ladd but 3.25 dead for leo and hickey. By my very simple calculations leo and hickey should cost just a 2nd.

Crunch your value all you want (it’s off), but how can you look at this deal and say sure, STL sees this as beneficial. They get two players that are worse than any player on the current roster yet cost $5.5M while also retaining $5M on Tarasenko the next 2 years. We come out actually gaining $500k in cap without including whatever Bellows goes for, who is currently looking like a career 4th liner.