I like the Leaf deal (or something like this). Bernier could offer some protection for one year for Gibson.
My thinking of the trades....have Arizona take Stoner also, they could use short term defensive help. Trade Anderson for Bernier and maybe some inexpensive wingers which could help the Ducks almost immediately like Leivo, Leipsic or Lindberg.

I love the trades, but I think Anderson could get you a higher draft pick too. I do hope we keep both Sami and Hampus.
As far as the deals go I think Hampus on a 7 year would settle for 4 - 4.5 mil. Rakell will fetch 3.5 - 4 mil. And pirri will cost 3 mil i feel.
Overall I love it, I could live without Perron though and find a replacement from within our farm. Good job though.

I can't imagine the Leafs wanting to take Andersen, Stoner and retain $2M. That means they would be basically paying Andersen and Stoner $10.25M/year. You could get a much better goalie/defenseman combo for $10M.

Also, really hope Pirri won't get as much as Rakell. He had a decent year a while back, but was injured/scratched a majority of the past season. If he wants $3M, you let him walk. The Ducks let Perrault walk and I think he was better at the time.

That would be a bridge deal for Rakell, that's the only reason he'd make close to what Pirri might, and Pirri has arbitration rights, so getting him super cheap might not be possible. I agree though, if Pirri is looking for much beyond a couple million, cut him loose.

Solid proposal from the OP, very realistic. I'm not in love with that 3rd line though, and I think I'd prefer an affordable roster player for Despres rather than just a pick (though a Coyotes 2nd is great value), so maybe that can solve itself with another trade option.

Nice to see some positive feedback from this.



Yeah, Bernier as a backup for Gibson is my reasoning for it, since there isn't a lot of good UFA goalies out there. Not sure if Stoner has a place on the Coyotes 3rd pairing, which is why I went with Despres because he could play on their 2nd pairing. Definitely wouldn't be opposed to getting one of Leafs many forward prospects instead of the pick.



I would love to get a higher pick for Freddy and I think he's worth one as well, but when packaging Stoner and getting a retained Bernier, it drops his value a lot. The real value comes from the cap space to be able to keep Lindholm and Vats.



I can agree with that. Leafs taking that trade is probably wishful thinking. As for Pirri, I like having a guy who is willing to shoot since we seem to be lacking guys like that, so if we could get him for what I signed him, I'd be happy. He and Rakell could develop some good chemistry given time. If he wants more though, I agree letting him go is the best idea. I do miss Perrault though, letting him go was a mistake.



3rd line could have problems defensively for sure. Though i think it has some nice potential, but that's just me though. With Despres recent concussion, it might be hard to grab a roster player back for him, so I figured I go with a team that has cap space and needs some defense and went with the most reasonable deal I could think of for both teams. Ducks get the high 2nd to draft a forward while getting some cap space and Coyotes get a top 4 defensemen with some risk for just a 2nd.