I don't think Mayfield compares to McCabe. McCabe was traded at 50% which means 2m for this year plus 2 more. He also plays more than Mayfield. Also jeanout was an outlier. That is not the norm. I'd expect Parise goes to a US market for a 4th and Mayfield to go for around a 2nd. He does have a small salary, but not sure if that gets him to a 1st. I'm curious to see what happens at the deadline with the clear favorites being in the east. Do west teams finally make a move? I guess we will see by Friday.

Mayfield and McCabe are also very similar.
McCabe: 3 goal, 30 point pace. 9.7 xGAR over last 3 seasons.
Mayfield: 7 goal, 14 assist, 21 point pace. 5.4 xGAR over last 3 seasons.

Mayfield has higher point production over last three years and is more consistent. Mayfield also has had more linemates than McCabe but McCabe has been consistently going up against team's top lines so this all evens out imo.

They are close and while I dont think Mayfield could get a McCabe haul, he could easily get more than a 2nd. And Parise is on a 20 goal pace with great analytics. They could 100% fetch this

Just want to point out that McCabe's TOI in Chicago was 19:29 and Mayfield is at 20:47 this year. McCabe's only ever come close to that type of ice time in his career once, when he was 23 and getting 20:42 every night with the Sabres. Mayfield's also tops in ice time on the PK on the Islanders - McCabe was 4th best on Chicago, getting almost a full minute less than Mayfield does on the kill.

Mayfield's cheaper than McCabe (even with the retention) and there are always going to be teams that value a rental over a guy with term, for their own internal reasons. I don't think it's any sort of stretch to say that Mayfield could push for a 1st round return, if the Islanders were open to moving him.

I just see McCabe as a guy who has 2 years after this one who was playing on a really bad team yet still putting up a positive goal differential. Mayfield is still really solid and I'm not saying anything different, but with the market being what it is, orlov is gone, McCabe (reatining 2 million for 3 years) is gone. Chychrun, Gavrikov, Jensen, Ekholm, Mayfield, Klingberg etc. The market is going to crash with this amount of dmen. Unfortunately not all these guys can get 1st round picks. On Parise, he does have value, but the islanders were the only team he wanted to play for. Maybe he wants out? I haven't heard much on that front. It's a situation where he tells you where he wants to go and you do right by the player. If he goes somewhere he would probably be depth and not get the opportunity he has gotten in NY. obviously this is all speculation, but vets get around a 4th at deadline.

They are different players, 1 is a stay at home mean penalty killer, and the other is a more mobile neutral zone defender. Also they play on different teams where McCabe has never played on a good team, yet consistently put positive numbes. I do think Mayfield is a really good defensmen who would be a good fit on any team, but the market being what it is, it doesn't seem like is a guarantee Gavrikov gets a 1st, and he's probably the closest to Mayfield on the current market. Is it possible Mayfield gets a 1st? Yes, but it's difficult to see rn in my opinion.