Target of this trade is Carlo. Its a difficult one to pull, but Boston will also need middle 6C with the probable departures of Bergeron and Krejic.

Problem being, just as they have minimal options at C, there isn't anything promising behind McAvoy and Carlo on the RHD depth chart.

Unsure what Calgary's needs are, Anaheim has young Centers, young LHD, and bottom 6 wingers as trade pieces as well as draft capital.

Only "big" departure this season is Milan Lucic in the sense that there is no heir apparent to do what Lucic does (as far as I can see). If Sutter is sticking around, a guy like McGinn would excel in his kind of system.

Unsure what to offer as I am not familiar with Calgary's needs.

Joker gets a worse rap than he deserves in Buffalo, and while he is known for his offense, he has really rounded out the defensive aspects of his game. I'd be willing to take a chance on him for a 2024 2nd.

Peeke probably caps out at a 2nd line defensive RHD, but he would get the opportunity to play 1st pairing here with Fowler for a while. Not sure where he is at with Columbus and their needs, but I know Columbus needs centers at least in the top 6, again might be willing to do a deal based around Lundestrom instead of a pick.

Not sure how to pry Marino out of New Jersey, but they have two of the greatest defensive prospects sitting in their farm system and likely ready to go soon. They paid a 3rd and a stalled out prospect, i'm just going to put a 2nd as a placeholder for approximate value.

Wish Anaheim had been able to offer a similar package in the first place to land him from Pitt given our trading history with them.

I'm going to get flack from Ducks fans about why the hell I would bother looking into Risto as much as I am from Philly fans about lowballing them for him, but this is ultimately the point.

Philly thought they were buying a #1RHD capable of playing well in all zones, and they then signed him to a deal that reflected that. That turned out not to be the case, when asked to do too much, Risto falls apart. He is not meant for the PP, hasn't historically done well on the PK, and shouldn't be on the top pairing. He is paid too much for what he does, but that is not such a big problem for Anaheim during the length of his contract, provided Philly just wants to put it in their rearview mirror and forget it ever happened.

Anything more than a mid round pick and we look to other options.