Familiar Trade Bait and Unfamiliar Targets

The Buffalo one is unlikely. Skinner has a full NMC and no interest in going anywhere.

I like the Kuemper for Elvis idea. Curious where that came from.

The Edmonton trade depends on if Ceci is gone and Broberg is still in AHL. But IDK if bean will be a bottom pair defenseman. Bean has potential but I don't think that Edmonton is the place.

Laine to Buffalo is interesting but you're not getting Skinner as he has NMC.

Everything else is pretty good.

Also idea for trading Provorov. Maybe Calgary.

i don't necissarily hate the Kuemper/Elvis swap, but it's kinda just a meh trade all around.

Laine has a partial NTC, too. That's the most unlikely trade here IMO, I should have qualified it with all NMC's are waived. Everyone on here seems to have Laine as trade bait so I figured I'd play along for this exercise. FWIW, I'm 100% on the keep Laine train; if he bounces back, he's exactly what we need. If he doesn't, his trade value isn't going to get much lower anyway. It would be dirty to trade him while he's either in or fresh out of the PAP anyway.

Kuemper came from the comments ofthis ACGM. Of A) buyout, B) Campbell, or C) Kuemper, that's definitely my favorite option.

The nice part about Bean is he still has enough potential that he might be able to reach 2nd-pair potential with the right coach/system. EDM definitely depends on how the rest of their D-men shake out, but I figured it would be an interesting target that's a little different from everything else I've seen.

Laine/Skinner is really unrealistic due to NMCs, I agree. I think Columbus should keep Laine anyway, just included him as part of the exercise here.

Calgary could also work, I've seen that elsewhere here, though, and Calgary fans seemed to think it would turn into another Hanifin situation at TDL. That would more likely be an offseason move, too. I'm not opposed to that at all, I just think Columbus is more likely to hang onto him until TDL to both minimize the total salary they'd have to retain, and also let Mateychuk grow in the AHL a little before eventually filling Provorov's role.