You wouldn't know DeBrincat is an impending RFA coming off of a 27G/66P season based off of some of these expected returns.

Ottawa fans are every bit as delusional as Toronto and Montreal fans. In their minds all their players/prospects are worth their weight in gold or several of any other team's best players. At least until a trade happens then their old players are trash and the replacements are golden.

Should probably just trade Cat to the Flames for a 2nd round pick and call it a day huh

We really don't want him and even if we did he wouldn't extend in Calgary either but any team who doesn't want him or can't resign him would be happy to take that deal and flip him for a late 1st and a B prospect or something.

So Calgary wants Cat?

Way too much from the Rangers.

I could see something around Lafreniere, but Ottawa probably adds, not the other way around. The Rangers could probably get a similar return for Lafreniere to what Chicago got for Dach. Lafreniere's previous agent is the A-GM in Vancouver, they have the 11th overall pick. Unless Detroit really loves Debrincat, and Ottawa has some wicked leverage on Yzerman, I don't think Debrincat is worth a comparable pick. The next best offer that the Rangers compete against is probably something like a mid 1st, and a few 2nd/3rd round pick type assets.

For Ottawa to get good value for Debrincat, three things have to line up: He has to be willing to sign with the team that trades for him, they have to be able to fit his new contract within their cap plan, and they have to be willing to give up the kind of player or players that Ottawa wants. (I don't think they want futures, because that's what they gave up to get him.) I think the number of teams that can check all three of these boxes is very small, so there’s not going to be much of a bidding war for him.

I could see New York maybe being willing to part with Lafreniere to get Debrincat – Lafreniere may never reach the potential they saw when they drafted him and Debrincat is a proven talent – but throwing in the 1st-round draft pick and two prospects too seems like too big of a package if there’s no bidding war. New York doesn’t have to trade Lafreniere, and I’m not sure they’re willing to give up on him yet unless they're having difficulty signing him, so I’m thinking this would more likely have to be a one-for-one for them to agree to it.