Brannstrom for Ruta seems like a BAD trade for Ottawa.

Easy "NO" from the isles... We are sellers, not buyers and even if we were, this is an overpayment.

if you want colin white I'm sure the penguins would be more than happy to give him to you at TDL for a 7th

Lou aint selling sorry to tell you

Probably not, but either way this is a crazy overpayment and the Islanders can't afford his whole cap hit

Would you accept the offer if Ottawa retains 25%-50%?

OTT declines FLA, deal, they do not have the assets to acquire Chych

Lou will be buying for sure

Penguins accept that trade

Exactly....

By the time the trading deadline comes in 2 weeks, we will be out of the last wild card by 10 pts. Mgmt will not let Lou trade another 1st at that time.

The sharks accept definitely

Look, I know we all joke about how Lou loves trading his 1st rounders, and it's true. But I can't see him targeting a guy like Tarasenko when you look at the times he's traded the 1st so far:

2020 1st: traded to Ottawa for 27-year-old JG Pageau; Pageau immediately extends 6x$5M
2021 1st: traded to NJ for 30-year-old pending UFA Kyle Palmieri (fully retained) and 35-year-old pending UFA Travis Zajac (fully retained). Palmieri extends 4x$5M that offseason.
2022 1st: traded to MTL for 22-year-old pending RFA Alex Romanov. Romanov extends 3x$2.5M shortly after being acquired.
2023 1st: traded to VAN for 27-year-old pending UFA Bo Horvat(25% retained.) Horvat extends 8x$8.15M a week after being acquired.

Long story short: he has always targeted players younger than Tarasenko that have more of a chance to extend with the team as well. I just don't see Tarasenko being the type of player Lou would go out of his way to acquire and extend - not at his current age, and not at his current scoring pace (averaging about 22-37-59/82 GP going back to the start of 2022-23.)

Thank you...someone with reason. Tarasenko is not getting Ottawa a 1st and 3rd from us at all, oh and a 5th. lol
Two years ago Lou had interest in him when he was in St. Louis, that ship has passed.

This is ol uncle Lou we are talking about...