Too much to pay, man. Calgary's leverage is slipping by the day.

Islanders aren’t sending a first and Beau for Vlad.

I think I agree 😄 but man, people are making it seems like the dudes return is a BOAT load, so that's what I gave here.

Youre right, tight ass lou is signing Niederreiter for 6x5 and missing the playoffs again.

Nino is a better overall player than Tarasenko so that would be the smarter move and they don’t need to give up the 2023 1st to do it!

Yupp, that's what they should do! Forget Tarasenko, overrated lazy ass with not nearly enough skill to warrant a 1st round pick and BEAUVILLIER the great. Nino is the ideal pure goal scorer Barzal needs.

I feel like you arrested being sarcastic lol

Beauvillier has been very good in the post season. Your ask is pretty high if you Beau and a first in a very deep draft class next year for a 31 year old.

Is he tho lol

Exactly , a 2023 1st in one of the deepest drafts in years is not worth trading for a 31 year old Tarasenko. Then when you factor in removing Beauvillier , it doesn’t make the team much better.

Nino is better than Tarasenko at 5v5 so he would be the better fit for Barzal

He is

Then make it a 2024 1st. Beau is not a bad player, but he's making over 4 mil and produced less than the blues entire top 9. Tarasenko being the highest producing forward off our team, scoring well over 30 goals for the like 6th time, well over a ppg and who has a much more lengthy and positive post season resume. Plus Isles need to move cap for it to work

Isles still say no

It’s not a good deal for the isles to move a first

The isles are not moving a 1st a year or 2 out for a rental

Lou loves trading 1st for all sorts of **** lol.
Whatever GL

He’s never traded a 1st a year out and all of his trades (whether you agree with it or not) has filled a need.

He’s only traded his firsts at the deadline or for a 22 year old defenseman who both fills a need and knows Sorokin.

If lou is going to trade the 1st and Beau he may as well trade it directly to Calgary for MT lol, along with some other pieces.
Tarasenko is great, but Lou doesn't want a pending UFA on the roster, and I'm not sure if he would be a good long term solution. Very well could be but his injury history really concerns me.
Would much rather send this package for JT Miller or MT.
No deal!

Okay, so further drain your limited prospect pool, give additional draft capital and see if you can get and resign Tkachuk. Also make room for his 9-11 million dollar cap hit. Probably takes using more picks to move contracts.

Lou isn’t making the trade for MT unless he knows he’s extending the full 8

Okay, then he should find out and do it.