It's going to take a lot more then that. Easily a 1st round pick and likely another prospect and or 2nd round pick. The other thing is AA needs to stay as Panarin and him are friends. Without him in Chicago, not sure Panarin wants to come back here versus a NYI/NYR team or LA Kings.

Let’s be real CBJ would probably want Debrincat in any trade for Panarin and you can’t blame them. Don’t forget FLA as well with Dadanov even though they would need to make the cap space in order to fit him in.

Just wait for him to ditch Columbus in free agency.

Do we win the Saad trade? Also we will need to throw in a lot more for Panarin.

Except we kinda need to stop sucking now...

If he goes in free agency without getting Columbus a cup then yes, we win the Saad trade. If we then sign Panarin as a free agent then we fleeced the Blue Jackets in the Saad trade.

What if we’re only acting like we suck so we can become extremely not suckey with Panarin?

While I like the cut of your jib, the defense would still suck. And I do not endorse winning games in the 7-5 manner...