Wow that might be the worst Tarasenko trade I have seen yet.

No thanks.

I think this is worse than the other one. Why on God's green earth would VT be worth one of the best 2nd line two-way centers in the NHL and a D2 highly competent shutdown guy? You know, the guy who literally shut down Crosby and Hall? I like Sundqvist but it's like people don't know that the Isles made it to the conference finals 2 straight seasons.

I should just make Lou Lamoriello offer sheets for Kyrou to annoy Blues fans.

This guy is not Blues fan, obviously.

I don't have anything against the Blues; I'm being realistic about the options that are available to Armstrong. Isles (and Devils and Rangers) don't really need Tarasenko. He'd be a nice addition at the right price, but that's about it.

And if I was a SMRT general manager I'd offer sheet Kyrou- or at least threaten to do so- and then open up talks about Tarasenko with all the cards in hand.

1- I was saying that because he seemed to think you were a Blues fan despite your user name literally saying "canucks" in it and your profile saying you're a Canucks fan.

2- Well, the Isles certainly do and the Devils would also if they had any hope of competing to some extent. There's also Carolina supposedly hot for Tank. Despite all the "friednly advice" Chicken Little catterwauling going on around here, the Blues hold the cards. They can simply hold onto him and allow his value to skyrocket when he proves all he needed was a proper preseason (which very well may happen).

3- That offer sheet stuff works both ways. Offer sheeting Kyrou would bring Thor's hammer down, and probably repeatedly.

1. I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm an Isles fan.
2. The Isles are bringing back Palmieri and have a deep set of RWs. They can roll out Golyshev, Parise, and Bellows at LW3. Isles probably need a LD2 but they likely will bring up Bolduc and/or Salo for that.
3. Tarasenko has had three shoulder surgeries. He might have value, he might not. Trading him will be about managing risk, not about getting a player in his prime. The Blues have only $6 million in cap space and have zero room to negotiate with the RFAs on offer sheets. There's no "hammer" to flex with. Offer sheet Kyrou at $3.75 million and Thomas at $3.25 million and see how Armstrong wiggles out of that. He could, but it would be extremely painful. That's what I mean about not having any cards with Tarasenko's $7.5 million sinkhole on the cap.
4. The Kraken didn't even want Tarasenko for free. What's his trade value now?