CHI-STL trade

[Steve (Mtl)]

Chicago receives:
Sebastian Collberg
Devante Smith-Pelley
Zack Phillips

St Louis receives:
Rich Peverley
Brenden Dillon
Ryan Garbutt
PIT 3rd round pick 2015

CHI to confirm after tonight's games, as we wouldn't want anyone's lineup to get effed over

ST Louis is trying to push for a playoff spot, so adding more scoring and a good amount of FOW in Pev, some depth with Garbutt, and Dillon may never score much but dammit I like the kid! Also, the fact that Dillon and Garbutt still have minors eligibility gives some flexibility... 3rd rounder added to a-take some of the sting off of moving Collberg, and b-stick it to PIT.... I GOT YO PICK!!!

[Dave (Chi)]

Chicago accepts.

Peverley and Garbutt don't fit my total rebuild, and while I also love Dillon, I'm not sure how well suited he is to a format that is almost exclusively based on offense (maybe a topic to re-visit this summer ). And I have 7 picks in the first 2 rounds in 2015, so I was ok moving the 3rd rounder to seal this deal. Plus I like to do what I can to encourage bad blood amongst playoff rivals

In return, I'm getting three prospects. I love Collberg's upside; he's the key to this deal for me. Beyond that, the farm team I inherited was really, really weak. So Smith-Pelly and Phillips provides a little more depth, and joins other newcomers like de la Rose, Erne, Carrick, etc.

I think I'm pretty much done trading now, as I have nothing that the big guns will want

Good luck to Steve in his quest for a play off spot.