Quoting: STLBlues17
No disrespect, but trading Dunn would be stupid af. Guy has destroyed every matchup he’s gotten the last two seasons and will likely be pretty cheap to keep around for the next two seasons. Might get hate for this, but I’d way rather have 23 year old Dunn making 2.8 million, than 30 year old Pietrangelo making 9. Of course, I’d rather have both than Justin Faulk.
Quoting: Sebybbq
But it’s possibly the way that Armstrong want to go. I don’t think he can afford to lose Pietrangelo with the team he have right now. The Blues can be a cup contender for the next 4-5 years. They have a good mix of veteran and young players. Guy like Pietrangelo, Faulk, Scheen, Tarasenko, Perron, Schwartz and O’reilly are in their prime year. Loosing a defenseman like Pietrangelo (who by the way could easily won the conn smythe) would be very bad for them short term.
I see you’re point with Dunn but the cup window is now can’t see any scenario that Armstrong doesn’t resign Pietrangelo.
Except that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Dunn will be cheap versus his production since he's an RFA and other than Scandella he's our only legitimate LHD, and I would argue our only real good one. Even if his ice time has dropped (a whole half a minute per game! Call the police!) we have way more redundant forwards than defenseman right now.
Also, anyone saying Pietrangelo should have won the Conn Smythe clearly only watched the finals. He was solid the whole time but only was "MVP" level good in the Boston series. He was maybe third, probably fourth in line for it after O'Reilly, Binnington, and Schwartz who scored more goals than anyone but Couture in the playoffs. Might have even been behind Rask.
I agree that losing Pietrangelo is bad but losing Dunn is also very bad. He's the kind of player you need to keep around to sustain your window. You need to find a way to keep both.