To Vancouver: Vlad Tarasenko (~10 percent retained), Robert Bortuzzo (8M in cap)
To St.Louis: Tanner Pearson, Tyler Myers (9.2M cap)
Why?
Buy low on the absolute legend cup winning Vlad Tarasenko who has a chip on his shoulder now . THE COVER of EA Sports NHL '17 baby
Don't personally have a problem with Myers but he's not that much of an upgrade on Bortuzzo. Rather have Bortuzzo and Schenn battling it out + the cap space
Clears some cap for the Canucks to get the Petey and Hughes deals DONE. JP Barry said yesterday (On Dhali and Donnie) he expects another move from Jim Benning to clear cap before they sign
Tarasenko is a year younger than Myers
Pearson is fine but he'd be pushed down to the 4th line (Miller, Tarasenko, Hoggie) if this trade were to happen
Pearson doesn't have a NTC until next season
Gives Podkolzin a role model and some comfort in language
Dougie Armstrong can save face a little
35 playoff goals in his last 77 playoff games
Canucks top-9 would be pretty dominant
Bortuzzo kind of got his chance to play again STL under Shaw (he'd played a significant amount in Pittsburgh a couple seasons before)
Benning set a cool precedent with OEL having ~10 percent of his salary retained could be done again
https://theathletic.com/2715841/2021/07/20/a-chip-on-his-shoulder-vladimir-tarasenkos-doctor-says-disgruntled-blues-star-is-healthy-and-motivated/
Miller - Petey - Boeser
Tarasenko - Horvat - Garland
Hoggie - Dickie - Podkolzin
Motte - Sutter - Highmore
MacEwen
Hughes - Hamonic
OEL - Poolman
Juolevi - Bortuzzo
Schenn, Bowie
Demko
Halak