Quoting: BOLTLOVER1
Gourde not nearly worth that .. a 2nd rounder most likely .. only Miller is worth a 1st.. Johnson Palar Killorn and Gourde are all 2nd round comp.
I would trade all 4 of the "middle grinder wings" if possible and reload with 2 Crunch and 2 new FAs like Ferland Simmonds etc.. bring da beef
What I REALLY want to do is move Stamkos to RW on 1st line .. if we have to keep him .. move Cerelli to 2nd line and trade for Kadri for 3C and resign Paquette as 4C
Also Tampa should keep Callahan if cost more than a 3rd or 4th .. could buyout for 2.6M or play him on 4th ..
My deal is maybe a bit high, but I do think that Gourde could get us a 1st rounder. Just as trading Tyler Johnson could/would. Wouldn't put these two on the same tier of Killorn and Palat, who both hold less value.
Why would you move Stammer to the 1st RW and move Cirelli to second C? That would kill our on ice depth IMO.
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if we have to keep him
I'm not even gonna comment on that, c'mon now.
Ferland would be a good add, but Simmonds wouldn't. He's not his youger self anymore, he's now slow and doesn't use his body as he used to. It also looks like he lost his scoring touch, acquiring him would mean another dead weight à là Palat; no thank you.
It doesn't make much sense to keep or buy out Callahan: if you keep him you wast a roster spot that you could use for a Syracuse guy that is very likely to bring more that Callahan to the team.
If you buy him out you have 2.6M less cap space next offseason, where we'll need every single penny we can have. Even at the cost of a second rounder, I'd def ship Callahan to a team that needs him to reach the cap floor/ on his list