No from oilers

Yes from Blues

agreed. i think the value IS close, but theres no way the oilers trade McDavid

Uhh I beg to differ.

Really? I love Schwartz but he had one healthy season over the last 4 years. He also may walk after this upcoming season and with our young forwards, we can probably stomach his loss. It's also easier to replace a top 6 LW than find a top pairing LD. Dunn-Reilly-Scandella/Perunovich is as good as an left side in the league for the foreseeable future.

I can see why the oilers might pass, but I was just looking for value.

If the Leafs retained 50% on both players, Holland might consider it for a moment.

I'm glad you added the 4th and 6th though, that really moves the needle.

why does a person choose to waste his time with this

For starters, I think you forgot the expansion draft. Adding another D while keeping Petro means we'll lose Reilly or Dunn for nothing. More to the point, I don't at all think it's easier to replace Schwartz, who is an elite play driving LW. Those definitely do not grow on trees. Next, Reilly is overrated, as last season was a definite outlier. He's not a 20-goal, 70-point, plus defensive/possession, top 5 for Norris guy. He's a 50-point, average defensive/possession guy. That's great and all, but we more than have that covered at this point by guys who are better defensive/possession players. Just from a math standpoint, we don't have the ice time for another 23-24 minute guy. He might not even be PP1 on our team, which would just further diminish his point production. Finally, he's due for a new contract only one year after Schwartz.

If our needs dictated the deal, fine. But they don't. At this point, the only real positive for us is he's a couple years younger than Schwartz.

Fair enough. You got some good points and truth be told, Reilly would be a luxury. I just felt like our defense has been the main cause of our success these past few years so improving it even more looks like an assurance for future success.

If it suits you blues fans, we can sign Petro for you, then you can keep Rielly at the expansion draft.