I liked both trades. But there's only one issue with your armchair. We have no depth in our D. If Pens loses any of our d-men, we surely be screwed. Corrado is an AHL player. He's not good enough to play consistently in NHL. You'd have to find a way to trade for another d-man who can play in NHL to replace Cole.

Made another deal to add a depth D man, tell me what you think

Oleksiak is worth way more than that.
PIckard is better than you think apparently.

The problem with that trade is Pens is a transitional team and Oleksiak is too big and a slow d-man. You have to find a d-man more mobile who could help our PK too. That'd be the ideal replacer to Cole.

But Oleksiak is not the right guy for Pens. I agree that Pickard worths more than that. I don't think Leafs would accept that trade either. But from a Pens fan perspective, I liked it.

We could add a Rosen/Carrick if you guys throw in another piece, although neither really PK, they are mobile.

As for the OP, I don't like the idea of giving up Pickard. I'd rather trade McBackup.