Isles decline

Islanders counter with Josh Bailey for Vladimir Tarasenko, Jake Neighbors and a second.

What are you smoking NYI would be the one adding in this trade

I’m mocking the original trade. Holy ****.

Now that Tkachuk has been traded and a team trying to get Tarasenko has no leverage in trade negotiations, I’d rather pass on him and wait until next offseason to get him as a UFA. Isles obviously need some help on the wings, but the current UFA pool still has some nice, if inferior pieces in it; would rather give up nothing for one of them than a premium asset like Wahly or a 2023 1st for VT91

They still don’t have leverage. Just ask the Blue Jackets lol.

Okay, well none of this is happening. The Isles pass. The Blues aren't retaining and they aren't paying a 2nd to move Scandella with one year and change left on his deal. Sooo yeah.

Yeah but CBJ had to move someone to sign Laine. STL doesn’t have to trade VT91 and shouldn’t imo. If they had gotten Tkachuk (for futures) they’d be in a pretty similar situation and then maybe we could’ve gotten Vlad for a bag of chips like Seattle got Bjorkstrand lol.

Or we should’ve just been the ones to get him…