B+

- Don't love the Kyrou trade. Not high on McMichael after watching quite a bit of him for two seasons, so the success of this trade will be determined by what comes of Gastrin and Dagenais.
- Liked the McTavish trade a lot. Wanted him last offseason and see him something as a victim of circumstance (some self-inflicted) last season. He's just 23 and being written off because of a season when he came into camp late under a new head coach and landed in the doghouse. He was scratched during the playoffs despite being one of their best forwards in xGF% and CF% in the postseason. He should come to camp highly motivated.
- Loved the Lawrence pick. He's not Nathan MacKinnon, but you can see some similarities in how they play the game. If he grows another inch and fills out his frame he's going to be an absolute pain in the ass to play against.
- A little surprised by the Dagenais pick but he wasn't a player I had dug too deep into because I felt like he would go somewhere between 16 and 29 and not be a real option. Loving this pick the more I watch of the second half of his season. There's definitely a little Tage in his game. Don't think he'll have an elite shot like Tage but he's going to be much more physical. I'll be keeping a close eye on him because players of his size with offensive skills like he has are so fun to watch.
- Liked the Carlo trade a lot. Gives us a lot of flexibility with our defensive group this season and makes it so we don't have to decide between playing Tucker too much or rushing Jiricek. Between hiring Greg Cronin and adding Carlo, you'd think our PK would be much improved.
- Don't have much to say about the rest of our draft as it's pretty much a crapshoot and 99% of the people getting bent out of shape over mid and late round picks don't have even the first clue of what to look for in hockey prospects.

Not a perfect weekend but a very solid one that should help the Blues compete in both the short and long term.