STL / FLA TRADE

Florida agrees. I had no intention of trading Panarin at all but had been approached with two separate offers that had high enough value in futures to make me think considering how we're performing this year. I spent a long time debating whether I really wanted to ship him out... but I think with the young talent here it just makes sense for where we unfortunately ended up this year. We get a high-end piece to build around, another 2022 1st, and a couple of solid defense prospects while Namestnikov is a good third liner with some term, and we have a lot of cap space and financial flexibility to maybe be a player in the UFA market down the line too.