I thought of this in another thread, I think this is close to the way the Leafs would be getting Parayko. Parayko is good, but with 7 years at 6.5 left, that deal is a slight negative to his value. Blues get a young NHLer, a 1st, a prospect, and a couple extra picks for eating salary on Bertuzzi and flipping him to the Rangers.

Bertuzzi has a no move and Parayko has a no trade so that could hurt both of those players moving. It might be a slight overpay from the Rangers for Bertuzzi, but with retention I bet that's what it costs.

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Noooope.

I'm assuming the Blues don't trade Parayko. I just think if it does happen, its a package kind of like this one. Blues are getting 4 draft picks, including a 1st, the reigning captain of Canada's world junior team who projects as a middle 6 center as early as next season, a right shot D who has a chance to still be a 2nd pair guy and is an RFA. If a Parayko trade happens, that's a haul.

I don't think the Blues SHOULD trade Parayko though lol.

Nah, dude. The Blues won't want a deluge of picks eating up the value. They would want nothing to do with Bertuzzi. And you're really selling those values on the other two. This would not get anyone Parayko, let alone two more players. Other than the 24 1st, which can be used to trade up, nothing is of very much interest. And trading Parayko would demolish the defense. To rubble. With no replacement in sight. That package might seem like a haul for you, the Blues would turn their nose up at it because its nothing they actually need + now they also have one of the hardest holes to adequately fill in the league, 1RD.

Real talk: the Leafs do not have the trade assets to get Parayko. Not even close. There's no great coveted prospects that fit needs, no young NHL replacement type, no cap space to eat, no super high draft pick, the guys we'd love to dump won't waive for Toronto... it's all a rich tapestry. The Oilers, for instance, are better equipped by a considerable margin. And Colt might actually waive to play there, hypothetically.

But yes, the Blues have no reason to trade Parayko. We agree there, and I cannot help but appreciate when someone understands that.

Do the Oilers have the pieces to get Parayko? I guess its Broberg really. None of the Oilers top prospects are as good as Minten or Cowan.

Where I will somewhat disagree with you is the idea of trading one of the guys. I don't think the Blues are going anywhere with a top 4 of Parayko, Krug, Faulk, and Leddy, they're locked into those 4 guys, and I don't know that any of Tucker, Kessel, Perunovich or any of their prospects are coming to steal those jobs anytime soon. All 4 of those guys have no-trades, Faulk and Parayko both wear letters and Krug already exercised his no-trade. Trading one of them would be smart. But trading them for a collection of stuff you could flip later probably isn't the right plan either.

There are a lot of IFs in my trade offer and maybe its close to correct value, but it doesn't really make sense for the Blues.

Not bad. Feel like Parayko will never be what he used to be so it's likely him and Toro don't contribute to a playoff run as much as a rental like Sean Walker + Tyler bertuzzi would. Don't really see how Paraykos contract doesn't become a huge anchor unless they also dumped Kampf or Reaves for someone more worth their cap hit. Fraser Minten with an ELC is too valuable for the cap strapped leafs so imo leafs would decline this but I like the value for blues