nope

STL has about zero leverage. They won't get jack for Tara. Getting one of the best 3Cs in the game and a 2nd is pretty good. Maybe someone offers something better but prepared to be dissapointed if you think you'll get something good for him (unless they eat lots of money).

I love how every fan of another team keeps saying the Blues have zero leverage yet there is an obvious demand for Tarasenko since every fan base is proposing trades for him and then inserting him on their first line in their line ups. The Blues have plenty of bottom 6 forwards. They can just make Tarasenko play for them next year if that's the return.

THIS

but at the same time, you think we're getting Beau for Tarasenko which is also absurd. It's somewhere in between.

I don't necessarily think that. That is a rumor caused by JR who probably doesn't know that much. I've seen quite a few Islander fans wanting to do that though. The thing I proposed also had the Blues taking back some shi++y contracts in Hickey and Komarov so it wasn't exactly a 1 for 1.

CAPS love Eller, so he won't be moved unless they are convinced McMichael is ready for prime time. Even then, Kuzy is on the hot seat, not Eller. I like Tarasenko and think he has some great updside and is really motivated to prove himself (has comeback player of the year written all over him), but he's still risky for a team to take on at his cap hit. Besides, the caps do not need that much depth at RW. Brass love Oshie for what he brings on and off the ice and Wilson (no matter what you think of him) is a unicorn in the current NHL and they want him on the ice more than a 3rd liner. This doesn't make much sense for the CAPS unless Oshie was taken by the Kraken or dealt.