That's... awful value for Parayko... add Smith and McLeod for STL to even slightly consider it

Backes is healthy...you can't just automatically fire people onto LTIR. Plus, Kesler's contract is insured. It's been said a thousand times. As much as I'd like to see Subban in Anaheim, 2 more years @$9 mil is going to cost you to move.

So Parayko is probably not for sale just situationally, the Blues are staring down either their captain walking or shedding cap so they can resign their captain which also means jumping inot a win now mode, a young borderline elite defenseman going the other way breaks both of those plans and only moves if they are blowing things up
Beyond that, woods and a 1st is a paltry return for Colton

Also Sundqvist doesn't hold a lot of trade value or look that great on paper but the Blues really like him and he is a big part of Berube's scheme.

A more realistic trade would be going after Faulk and Barbashev or so and even then you could probably easily make it work for something that seems fair and fitting value wise but it may not fit with the Blues competitive window.

The more likely Devils trade with the Blues would be like a Gunnarsson pick up on the cheap or a Steen + pick for nothing pick up to add some good forward D veteran presence with the cap space and nab a pick with it by leveraging cap space

Krug isn't signing that cheaply with New Jersey, Reportedly he wants 6 years $49 million or around a $8.125 million AAV. Kesler and Backes aren't waiving for New Jersey and that's a joke of an offer for Colton Parayko.

Word for word what I was going to comment

StL can do wayyyyyy better for that package

Not even remotely close then, even if it was just for Parayko (let alone adding in Sunny). We're not rebuilding. This is the offer of a mental patient.

In a world...where ACGM's run rampant....

Unless Subban is retained a little