Ban Price trades
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Godot10?
I'll echo sentiments above that NMC's absolutely come into play here with the Penguins trade: Petry essentially forced himself out of Montreal during the pandemic and has remained staunch about not being based in Canada for any length of time. If this were deadline 2025, one could make a case that the pure rental aspect of his next tour through the Great White North could be feasible.
I suspect you're a bit light on the returns going to the other teams. Edmonton's cap situation - like every other salary cap situation we've seen over the past three seasons now - is going to be preyed upon. If an acquiring team can only flip any of Foegele, Kulak, or Yamamoto at the deadline for the same kind of returns you're obtaining here, then those clubs are apt to decline the offer. The NHL is not a business where GMs look to break even on everyday trades. Those outcomes are reserved for the desperate or overdue moves (think Puljujarvi). Fair value for each player in this case is going to be roughly equal to a third to a quarter of the draft pick value being returned here. Thus, we're looking at:
- An early fifth round pick for Foegele.
- A late third round pick to early fourth round pick for Kulak.
- A late fourth round selection for Yamamoto.
You've properly captured the player values in your trades. I think Kulak to Buffalo is a whiff, as they already lay claim to 3 LHD as good, better, or projecting to be vastly superior than ol Brett from Stony. However, their value is going to be substantially diminished by where Edmonton's cap situation puts them. Anything higher than what is presented here is going to be resoundingly rejected, as you've seen above. This is a crucial detail that Lowetide misses during his own AGMing: he moves his extraneous pieces at market rate when the reality of the matter is far less appealing. Teams don't do other teams favours.
The price for Konecny likely starts with Holloway, Yamamoto, and the 2024 first rounder. I'd toss Berezkin in for merit given that his recent KHL extension makes him all but useless to the immediate Oilers. A then-retooled Flyers club will have more of an appetite to roster him.