Right now it would be better to stick with Pesce. Certainly not adding a first and Morrow to get Parayko.

All Parayko needs is a solid partner.

You blaming this on his partner...
https://twitter.com/nhl/status/1628219595537412097?s=46&t=eVJqkoBw3RWDcZutStY52Q

Something is off with him. I think it's mental.

I don’t know about the values of the trade you proposed - but Parayko is in a tough spot because the entire Blues team’s defense is:

To start the year, Scandella and Perunovich were injured and have been. Then Krug has missed a ton of time, and is still injured to some degree. So that’s 3 players from the same position.

Due to this, and not being mean, but the Blues left side defense is basically Leddy, who isn’t a top pairing guy, an AHL-er in Rosen, and now Tyler Tucker, a 7th round pick, 22 years old, doing his best. Recently, the Blues seem to lose a defenseman early in games, primarily Krug, and have to play with 5.

Parayko can’t really be Parayko due to this.

It sucks seeing a lot of blues fans on social media being mean towards him. He’s in an impossible situation and is playing a ridiculous amount of minutes.

That being said, I think he gets dealt, especially if he wants to play in Canada. It seems there are a lot of players who prefer to go to the States. I think because there are only Canadian teams rumored - Flames, Oilers, Senators, that it’s likely he would or wants to play in Canada.

I think because his contract is a bit long relative to his age, that the price will not be as high as one may think. Somebody has to assume the risk of his final 2-3 years. I don’t think this is that huge of a thing, but it will devalue him. Risk is one of the 4 legs of the balance between time, winning, and money. You can’t have all 4 ever. Each one effects the other 3.

I like Parayko. I bought my kid a Parayko jersey. There is something not right with him mentally right now. Not sure if it's trade rumors or the above that you mention but might be beneficial to all parties if he gets moved.

Would rather have Pesce. Based on what I saw last night I’m not even sure I would put him in the lineup over Chatfield

So something is off mentally with Parayko, you say, but we are trading Pesce, a 1st, and our 2nd best prospect to inherit a mental issue and a winger we don’t need? You see the problem with that?

I'm not an NHL GM. The mental stuff is just my opinion as there have been a lot of gaffs lately. I'm sure that most GM's would grade Parayko as a better player with proven Stanley Cup success than Pesce. You are one team that could afford Parayko that has Stanley Cup aspirations. I also have a man crush on Morrow. Parayko (at least Parayko from last year and previous years) with Slavin would be a complete shut down defensive pair. This is all fantasy anyway.

Yes I would agree if you are basing opinion off of what you saw last night hence the name for my post...