Rare midseason rebuild

3-way trade between PHI, NSH and VAN

PHI gets: Tucker Poolman, Michael DiPietro, 2023 1st round pick (VAN)

NSH gets: Tony DeAngelo

VAN gets: Dante Fabbro

Consdering that Deangelo was worth 2nd+3rd+4th as a pending RFA, I don't think that with a reasonable contract he could not fetch a first. Problem is that VAN doesn't exactly need a full offensive RHD. However, with Preds acquiring a solid defensive LHD in McDonagh could mean that they need a solid puckmover to play with him, and since they seem to be keen in making the playoffs, upgrading a bit from Fabbro to Deangelo could favor them. Then again, Fabbro would also fit VAN's system better, and with PHI rebuilding here they don't have that much use for him compared to VAN, who also seems likely to compete.

I think Atkinson would be a great fit in CGY, who would need to add a winger in their top-6. He did score 50 points in 70 games in a bad team like Flyers last year so he definitely has the ability. Swapping two former first round pick prospects in Frost and Välimäki, who are also waivers bound, imo makes sense from both teams perspective. Dube is a decent project guy for Flyers, but is mostly added for cap reasons.

LA adds a solid Top4 D-man around the deadline. PHI adds a relatively potential prospect in Kupari who's been a bit stuck in LA system. He is interchangeable with Vilardi in this trade too. The spirit of this trade is kinda similar to that of the Chiarot trade, but naturally LA is getting the better player in the trade than FLA did.

VGK adds a young-ish top-6 winger to their roster around the deadline time, as well as a depth center. Gotta imagine they will be doing some kind of acquisition anyway, so they'll definitely be doing some fairly suspect LTIR tactics in their arsenal, as per usual for the Golden Knights. PHI gets a haul of picks and a young-ish center.

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