Quoting: IcemanJoe
I don't know, what you are saying is possible, but Russo from the Athletic is saying the Fiala price tag is going to be big. That "many teams interested and will get into a bidding war". I guess we will have to see how it shakes out.
As I said before, there’s not many that can afford Fiala and also make sense to trade those assets for him.
I only see 5 teams:
Ottawa, Anaheim, NJ, LA and Isles.
Out of those , Isles would have to move someone out and not sure Fiala is a Lou type of player.
NJ probably will walk away as soon as the 2022 1st, Mercer or Holtz get mentioned. I think they’ll just opt to stay Pat and sign someone in free agency.
LA probably can’t afford that contract unless they move out a core player which doesn’t make sense. And Minny can’t afford to take much cap back. So I don’t see it working.
That leaves Anaheim and Ottawa.
I think it’ll probably be 7th or 10th overall going back and maybe a small piece . Obviously the 10th overall would require an additional piece a bit bigger than the 7th