That's the issue with dealing with the flyers right now. that's the most I'd pay and I don't think that gets it done. even then I'm not thrilled about the player

Losing Boucher as part of a deal for Konecny would be acceptable to me, but for Laughton? Nah. I'd rather just sign a UFA for the 3rd line.

I replaced Pierre Dorion as the Sens GM and it's over, no more abuse from other teams.

Straight up NO


That would be very stupid, basically giving up 2 second round picks + Boucher (who I value as a 3rd)

Laughton quickly became the most OVERRATED player on this forum, like it's insane

He has slightly inflated offensive numbers (which are still not very good vs opportunity + PP) with Brady Tkachuk like ice-time

He gets that opportunity on a terrible team but in Ottawa he become a bottom-6 forward again.

The MAX I would give is Joseph + Thomson OR Sokolov

Laughton is an upgrade offensively on Joseph (1.45 pts/60 at ES vs 1.18 pts/60 the last 2 years) but a downgrade defensively and particularly on the PK.

I wouldn't pay more than that for the difference between the 2.

Any GM giving up a "package" to get an average 3rd liner is a dumb idiot

Sens traded amuch better version in Connor Brown 1 year ago for a 2024 second... Reilly Smith just got traded for a 3rd... Bjorkstrand (vastly superior) was traded for a 3rd + 4th last year. Duclair got a 5th + 4th liner...

I mean, please give me ONE reason why Laughton would be massively more valuable than these guys?


Of course, I'd rather sign Zach Aston-Reese over making that stupid trade. At least ZAR could have elite defensive metrics