{"id":447679,"date":"2026-02-05T20:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/447679\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:41:12","slug":"the-robert-thomas-sweepstakes-has-a-new-detail-teams-cant-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/447679\/","title":{"rendered":"The Robert Thomas sweepstakes has a new detail teams can\u2019t ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Photo credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The St. Louis Blues price for Robert Thomas appears too much for opposing teams to afford.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Maple Leafs will likely be out of the running<\/a> fot Blues forward Robert Thomas, and his price in general may be too costly for mosy, if not all teams for the Blues center.<\/p>\n

According to reporting from Nick Kypreos, the price for Robert Thomas is a hefty one. Kypreos reports that the Blues want something equivalent to “three top-15 picks”, a price described as “astronomical”.<\/p>\n

The return, whether actual picks or equivalent, would amass to multiple high-end prospect pieces or futures, meaning a team with deep prospect depth would have to sway St. Louis.<\/p>\n

Thomas, 26, has 11 goals, 22 assists, & 33 points this season for the Blues, second in points among the team, last in the Central Division with a 20-28-9 record and 49 points.<\/p>\n

Signed until 2031, Thomas has a sky-high trade value for a bottom-feeder Blues team that is looking at a reset, but not settling for their top assets.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Maple Leafs likely out of Robert Thomas trade talks <\/p>\n

If the Toronto Maple Leafs wanted Robert Thomas, they almost surely do not have the pieces to afford an already challenging ask.<\/p>\n

The Blues ask for multiple top prospects<\/a> difficult for Toronto, who arguably already have none. Ben Danford is the closest thing the Leafs have to a prospect, but hardly “top-15” level.<\/p>\n

The Leafs prospect depth is players with a lower floor and\/or untapped upside, no one that would reach of Thomas’ viewed trade value, much less multiple.<\/p>\n

Easton Cowan may be a starter, but there’s no indication that Cowan is a player the Leafs are looking to part ways with, and Cowan\/Danford is likely beatable against most of the league’s best offers.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t have the pieces to lure a big trade fish, especially someone with term, and it complicates the search for impact help to avoid the Leafs desperation as buyers.<\/p>\n

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