Not interested in Rutta and his contract

Ottawa accepts if Pittsburgh takes Zaitsev.

That Nashville trade is brutal. Bunch of scraps for players that actually have value to us.

Cue angry Blues fans complaining about retention slots in 3...2...1...

Blues pass. And yes, they're not using a retention slot on Acciari.

Not a fan. Only Predator there I'm particularly interested in is Nino, and I think there are better fits if we're trading our first.


Any defenseman who makes $4.5 mil and has spent time in Belleville this season commands negative value. I wouldn't consider this if he was on an expiring deal. Rutta is better and cheaper.

And Noel Acciari has been a decent depth player, but bottom 6 guys don't typically command anything like that. Poehling has already been one of the few bright spots in our bottom 6, but we're going to add two former 2nds in the system, too?