random idea

You’re taking from a strength for the sharks and giving us one of our biggest weaknesses so I badly want to say yes but can it be anyone other than Barabanov. I love the guy and want him in SJ long term.

Duclair Granlund Hoffman or a pick!

i personally don't want duclair back (he wasn't very good when he was here, granted it was under torts) and it's a hard pass on hoffman. wouldn't give up boqvist for any of those names.

that said… as much as granlund looked positively cooked last year, i think if he can bounce back a little bit he'd be a really nice fit for us as a playmaking veteran LW3 to support sillinger + marchenko.

would roslovic ($4m, 1 year left) + peeke (3 years at $2.75m) for granlund at 50% (two years $2m) work for you? SJS would be taking on salary short-term, but roslovic is pretty flippable and peeke could be a long-term RHD at a low price for y'all.

granlund and hoffman have negative value lol. barabanov has positive value.

i personally don't think that granlund at 50% retention is necessarily a negative asset if the jackets were to send additional salary (in the form of younger, more useful players) to SJS. the jackets need to cull some of their roster, and if they keep the lines from last night they'll need some playmaking at LW3, granlund does kinda fit that bill.

peeke + roslovic for 50% retained granlund and a pick seems like it could work. that said, part of what columbus would be looking for in this would be for a guy who can be a primary puck carrier on that line and i'm very sure barabanov could do that. not sure if granlund would be able to do that.

I don't see SJS burning their last retention slot for that trade.