All of these are either bad for the Blues or the other team. There's no inbetween.

How so? Explain.

A lot going on here...
-I do like the Edmonton trade but I think Jaskin is far from "dynamic" even if he does find his game.
-Thats giving up quite a bit to get Scandella. Pretty much the Shattenkirk package and I don't think he's the same type of player as Shattenkirk.
-Colorado would want more than that for Duchene. Schmaltz is not going to be a top paring guy, and Sergeev.... They'd want someone more NHL ready (Parayko).
-No need to give up Peron especially for a guy whose played 29 games the past 2 seasons.
-The Bow trade is pretty bad for STL
-The Stastny trade makes no since either
-And why would the Blues give up one of their better young Defense Man for JJ???
None of this is any good guy....

This is where I think you went wrong.

Scandella is a good player - maybe not as good as Shatty - but yeah that might be too much for him, though you'd think Minny would ask for that much seeming as though you're dumping Pouliot to them.

No way St Louis gives up Parayko for Duchene. Colorado will get the same package as what Toronto got for Kessel. An A+ prospect and a couple of decent ones after. Schmaltz= A-, Husso= B. That is a good package for the Avs. Just some underrated names.

Point is to get Dman depth, and let the younger guys play more minutes.

Same thing. Let the younger guys play bigger minutes. And cap space clearance.

Again, let the younger/better guys play. More depth.

This one sorta goes against the above comments because the point was to get a decent veteran Dman that can play better than Ed. Columbus makes the trade knowing they lose him anyways so they basically gain a 3rd.

If you really put some thought into this.... it would make sense.

These moves would set the Blues back big time. You don't just trade guys for depth and cap space especially when you're trying to compete like the Blues are. This team is no better now or for the future.

Well if you think about it... how far have they gone in the past 5-7 years? Exactly. With the loss of Shatty, Oshie, Backes and Brouwer, they aren't going to get any further. They need to take a couple of steps back to take the next big step forward. That is exactly what Armstrong should do in the off-season. They are getting younger. "This team is not better now or for the future"? Really? Obviously you don't understand. If you can't see that this team is getting younger and faster then you can get back to believing the Blues will make the finals this year or the next. Which they won't with their current lineup.

Why does everyone have such a boner for nail yakupov??

haha he's still pretty skilled (except maybe his stickhandling). Just putting him in a position to succeed can maybe help him.

I really don't know. The guy is a bust. The Jackets were extremely lucky to have gotten Ryan Murray.

Well if you look at when he played with McDavid, he put up I think it was a point per game average. So him playing with centers that can get him the puck in the O zone can probably help him have success in terms of points.

Maybe putting him beside Sid or Backstrom would help him?

Sheary-Sid-Yakupov

or

Ovi-Backstrom-Yakupov