ottawa would go for it but arizona wont

Trades like this don't really happen in reality but fun to see. And it's not like you're not giving up anything (in before some posters say that)

2022 1st round pick (OTT) --> 7th OA pick
Thomson, Lassi --> 19th OA pick from 2019, his stock went down drastically the first 2 years but then went back up to draft status last season
Järventie, Roby --> 33rd OA pick from 2020, his stock improved since the draft, worth a late 1st at least
Boucher, Tyler --> 10th OA pick from last draft, was taken too high but still have late 1st value (where he should have been picked)
Brännström, Erik --> was still worth a 1st not that long ago. Maybe not anymore but still valuable. 27 pts in his last 83 GP as a 21-22 y/o D-man developing in the NHL
2022 2nd round pick (TBL) --> late 2nd but another chance to get a good prospect
Murray, Matt ($2,500,000 retained) : with retention, Murray's salary is not too bad. He is good when healthy which unfortunately is 50% of the time at best. But still a goalie a team like Arizona could use
Zaitsev, Nikita : cap dump but still could be useful for Arizona for 2 seasons

7th OA pick + THREE 1sts + TWO 2nds + half a goalie + stop gap D-man

But I think the Yotes would push to turn 2 of Thomson, Jarventie or Boucher into ONE better quality piece.


Still worth it for Ottawa as it would result in a great top-9 and great top-4

Keller - Stutzle - Batherson
Tkachuk - Norris - Joseph
Formenton - Pinto - Brown

Chabot - Chychrun
Sanderson - Zub

Wow! Thanks for the analysis, fun read!

like the way you broke that down..and i agree ottawa gets great return