for myers (1.5mil retained) you can have nikita zaitsev. if you somehow want to bring in connor brown as well as dump myers, the 1st better be your own 2022 1st

Klimovich is a pretty good prospect, just drafted last year and playing in the AHL. The only reason I feel comfortable moving him is because we have Boeser - Garland - Hoglander/Podkolzin on RW long term. McDonough is a lower tier prospect but has been a pretty good NCAA scorer.

I'm also assuming that Brown and Ottawa/Melnyk are having a touch time reaching a new deal so they would be more open than normal to moving him.

It doesn't matter how much you retain, Tyler Myers does not deserve a spot in Ottawa's lineup. If they're gonna make significant moves, it starts with improving the Blueline. Tyler Myers is as terrible a player at 4×2 as he is at 6×2. The rest of the deal you can wipe your ass with as far as I'm concerned, because the Sens should have no more tolerance for loser players.

Why are you giving 5M to Brown when you just moved out Miller who's significantly better and makes about the same?
Brown is nothing more than a speedy 3rd liner who plays in the top 6 of a bad team

1) We likely won't re-sign both of Miller and Horvat (or at least we shouldn't).
2) Brown would likely be a good complimentary piece on the top line (Pettersson - Brown would be a lesser version of McDavid - Hyman)
3) If Brown can be signed for less than 5M then absolutely do it.

The Colorado trade may need a little tweaking, but I think Miller to the Avs makes a ton of sense. Giving up Barron is a tough pill, but ultimately I think they'd do it if there is retention that makes the cap work over the next couple years.

OP, I would take that deal if UNFORTUNATELY Ottawa trades Brown instead of extending him. They need quality vets, they don't have nearly enough, which is their main problem right now (outside of being healthy)



This post needs... the Connor Brown facts! He's a matchup/shutdown forward, not really a "3rd liner" or a "top-6". It's that kind of player who play big minutes because they are essential for a coach (like a Pageau or Danault)

This is before this season (so 2019-20 + 2020-21)

- Among Brown's 19:17 TOI/GP in Ottawa, 2:45 were on the PK and only 1:32 on the PP. His overall dZS% has been 62.6% which is extremely high. Simply put, he is mostly used as a shutdown forward or on a matchup line.

- Despite this defensive usage, he has been 61st for Even Strenght Points among NHL players since 2019-20 (not including 2021-22 yet). Look at the names around him on that list, they aren't all as good overall :

http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20192020&seasonTo=20202021&gameType=2&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=evPoints&page=1&pageSize=50

Facts summary :

- He has scored at a 24 goals/50 pts pace in Ottawa (127 GP)
- He was 2nd in takeaways last season (behind Mark Stone of course)
- He received Selke votes (17th)
- Total beast on the PK : routinely gets more scoring chances than the opposition
- used heavily in a defensive deployment (34.0 oZS% vs 66.0 dZS%) but still provides good offense

His speed, non-stop motor and flawless work ethic is a beautiful thing to watch. With only a 3.6 AAV for 2 more seasons... way too valuable for Ottawa and they love him a lot. Any team who has Brown should use him in a similar way that Ottawa has been

Miller seems like a great fit for Colorado and the Avalanche are a great fit for Vancouver as trade partners. Miller is top-10 in league scoring (with less GP than those tied with him), so landing him with retention and an extra year on his deal will 100% require Barron in return since the Canucks need young RHD. Newhook has a lot of hype as a prospect, but I'm not sure how much of that is because of the player being that good or the fact that he'll be joining a team that's already strong.

Myers has been playing like a decent #3 this year. He still makes his occasional mistakes and bone-headed plays, but overall he has been strong. In the past he was very inconsistent; having one great game followed by two where he treated the puck as a grenade. Given the premiums that GMs place on RHDs and size, I wouldn't be surprised if the Canucks got positive value for Myers with retention.

Newhook deserves at least as much hype as he gets. He's pretty close to untouchable for Colorado. Vancouver has Pettersson and Horvat as their top two Cs, so Barron makes a lot of sense and is why I think these teams are good trade partners. I'm pretty sure Sakic would try to swing it towards Helleson, 1st, and another good to really good prospect (up to Olausson). If it has to be Barron though, I think they do it.