Jamie Been over gaudreau any day

Kessel ?

I'd take Marner, Stamkos, Kucherov, Pastrnak way before Kessel

No Kessel at least not over your three scratches and no Rielly or Byfuglien.

Klingberg, Jones, Subban & Doughty are glaring omissions.

Good exercise is if team A (DAL, CBJ, LA) offered their guy in a trade for Rielly of Byfuglien would Team B (WIN, TOR) accept the trade

Raantanen, Kunetzov, Marchand, Marner, Stamkos, Barkov and Schiefele all above Kessel as well.

Goalies are a hot mess too. Price?

Id take Rinne/Fleury over Price any day. Rinne's SV% and GAA are better, and Fleury has playoff experience and Cups.

Took Byfuglien over the others for physical presence, can't have only offensive defensemen.

I think Kessel is a better playmaker and has showed that in Pittsburgh. Would be able to get the puck to Hall and McDavid better than the rest while also having the speed to keep up.

We will agree to disagree. Look at what Price did in Olympics. Big difference between Nashville's D and the Habs.

Doughty, Jones and Subban are all Physical and can skate unlike Byfuglien. He is very overrated and pretty much as offensive as you can get He starts 58% in the OZone

As for Kessel. He is a very good player, just not as good as the guys I mentioned (IMO). Many times he is going up against the 3rd pairing because of Malkin and Sid.

Kessel can move, but you seem to be saying the others can't which isn't true.