Ok well in that case, I agree.

Technically no as his best season was with Marner with 47 goals so he arguably needs a playmaker like Marner. Well the good news is there is someone available who can do that for him via FA but we need to move Kerfoot first.

We can trade Okposo for Nylander. Okposo was clearly superior with Tavares so might as well get him.

Time for another list just for the fun of it. Favorite player on each team (with runner-ups for most):

ANA: Trevor Zegras (Runner-up: Kevin Shattenkirk)
ARI: Clayton Keller (Runner-up: Logan Cooley)
BOS: Patrice Bergeron (Runner-up: David Pastrnak)
BUF: Owen Power (Runner-up: Peyton Krebs)
CGY: Blake Coleman (Runner-up: Elias Lindholm)
CAR: Jaccob Slavin (Runner-up: Jordan Staal)
CHI: Taylor Raddysh
COL: Cale Makar (Runner-up: Bowen Byram)
CBJ: Zach Werenski
DAL: Roope Hintz (Runner-up: Joe Pavelski)
DET: David Perron
EDM: Connor McDavid (Runner-up: Zach Hyman)
FLA: None
LAK: None
MIN: Kirill Kaprizov (Runner-up: Nick Bjugstad)
MTL: Cole Caufield (Runner-up: Nick Suzuki)
NSH: Ryan McDonagh (Runner-up: Juuse Saros)
NJD: Jack Hughes (Runner-up: Jesper Bratt)
NYI: Adam Pelech (Runner-up: Jean-Gabriel Pageau)
NYR: Adam Fox (Runners-up: Mika Zibanejad)
OTT: Josh Norris (Runner-up: Drake Batherson)
PHI: None
PIT: Bryan Rust (Runner-up: Jake Guentzel)
SJS: Tomas Hertl
SEA: Matty Beniers
STL: Vladimir Tarasenko (Runner-up: Scott Perunovich)
TBL: Brayden Point (Runner-ups: Steven Stamkos, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Victor Hedman)
TOR: William Nylander (I liked Jack Campbell and Jason Spezza, but obviously both are gone)
VAN: Thatcher Demko (Runner-up: Brock Boeser)
VGK: Nicolas Roy (Runner-up: Jonathan Marchessault)
WAS: TJ Oshie (Runner-up: Nicklas Backstrom)
WPG: Kyle Connor (Runner-up: Cole Perfetti)

Actually just curious, how can you not like Auston Matthews?

He comes off as arrogant and showboaty. (And he has a pathetic excuse for a mustache.)

EDIT: I forgot about Nylander, whom I do like. Edited the original list.

as a player or person? he's an incredible player but he seems like a dirtbag

Well, they just did. (https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2022/08/canada-names-roster-for-the-2022-world-juniors.html)

Goalies:

Brett Brochu (2023 draft)
Sebastian Cossa (DET)
Dylan Garand (NYR)

Defensemen:

Lukas Cormier (VGK)
Daemon Hunt (MIN)
Carson Lambos (MIN)
Ryan O’Rourke (MIN)
Donovan Sebrango (DET)
Ronan Seeley (CAR)
Jack Thompson (TB)
Olen Zellweger (ANA)

Forwards:

Connor Bedard (2023 draft)
Will Cuylle (NYR)
Elliot Desnoyers (PHI)
William Dufour (NYI)
Tyson Foerster (PHI)
Nathan Gaucher (ANA)
Ridly Greig (OTT)
Kent Johnson (CBJ)
Riley Kidney (MTL)
Mason McTavish (ANA)
Zack Ostapchuk (OTT)
Brennan Othmann (NYR)
Joshua Roy (MTL)
Logan Stankoven (DAL)

NOTE: Owen Power, Kaiden Guhle, Cole Perfetti, Jake Neighbours, and Shane Wright (among others) are all not returning.

I’m sad to see that Johnston and Bourque aren’t going, but it has to do with the NHL’s training camps starting soon. Those were the two who I thought were going to battle for a roster spot next year.

BTW, important note: this is the actual finalized Canada WJC roster. However, the USA list from earlier today will go through one more round of cuts.

He’s friends with the biebs so he must be a fun guy

No Guenther, no Sourdif, no Bourgault, no Bourque, on top of Perfetti, Wright, and Neighbours. Forward corps took a massive hit. That's 6 of our top 9 (only Greig, McTavish, and Johnson remain from the top 9 that played Russia). Even Guenther, who played up and down the lineup (and imo deserved to be more up than down) isn't there. Power and Guhle were also arguably two of the top 5 D in the tournament (Power in particular woulda been the favourite to be D of the tournament for obvious reasons). Surprisingly, Canada actually looks very solid in goal for the first time in a while, Garand and Cossa are very good prospects. But only one of them can play at a time. Gonna need a big tourney from Bedard, and probably someone else to step up (wouldn't surprise me if Ostapchuk ended up on the 4th line and chipped in some depth scoring, Greig+Stankoven will have to play big minutes, etc.).

#Let'sGoUSA have a very real shot at this. Canada is definitely better in goal, but I think the US is deeper both offensively and defensively thanks to Neighbours/Wright/Perfetti and Power/Guhle leaving. We'll see how it ultimately all plays out.

Apparently, CAL GM Brad Treliving and newly-acquired Jonathan Huberdeau had a “get-to-know-you” dinner tonight in Montreal. The two wanted to meet in-person, and made it happen.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) August 2, 2022

They went on a date?

But honestly, I think what I find most funny about this is that the GM and new star player of the CALGARY Flames decided to have their meeting in MONTREAL. Way to throw subtle shade on your city.

huberdeau trade to MTL 😈

Would be funny for Montreal to throw all their assets to trade for Huberdeau just for him to sign somewhere else in the offseason

funny for the outsiders, horrifying for the fans

and it would be even funnier if he went back to FLA or CGY

Think you’re reading more into that than the average conspiracy theorist. Was the Wild GM (can’t remember if it was pre-Guerin, might’ve been multiple Wild GMs tbh) throwing shade on the USA when he flew to Russia to meet with Kaprizov a few years ago? Give your head a shake

It was a JOKE, dude. Didn't realize I was in the ACGM thread where people have no sense of humor. (Admittedly, it's harder to pick up on joking tones in writing, but come on-you really thought I was seriously accusing Treliving of throwing shade on Calgary by meeting Huberdeau in the place where Huberdeau lives?)

(BTW-yes, Guerin was the GM who met with Kaprizov)

YES

WJC: Per Nate Leaman -- Center Logan Cooley (ARI), who hasn't practiced since 7/29 when he was helped down the tunnel following a cut on the last shift of his intra-squad scrimmage at USA development camp, is expected to return on Tuesday (tomorrow).

— Mike Morreale (@mikemorrealeNHL) August 1, 2022

USA USA USA!

in 5 years, he might be the best player out of this draft.

Question for all: Aside from Montreal which teams could field the best alumni team? Obviously the other Original 6 will be up there but I’d imagine Edmonton and my Pens could hang with just about anyone. Montreal is excluded simply because their list is just significantly better than anyone else

Completely agreed. Absolutely love Cooley. Ridiculously skilled, incredibly smart, team-first player, and he seems like a really sweet guy too a la Jack Campbell.