Rangers wouldn’t need Eberle and Bjork. I’d probably do that Kakko trade if they could get a 2nd or 3rd round pick back in return

Bjork would be a sick add at $2.7M — moves Wheeler down the line up, creates depth. Bjork is sick two way too

What would the price be for Gourde at 50%?

Great question— for leafs? probably Liljgren if i had to guess

If this thread is about adding to a young core, I don't understand moving Tolvanen. Hr has been good in Seattle and getting better.

I am curious as to the thought process here

I do think you've got about the right valuations on Seattle's rental players if they end up selling this trade deadline. However, I'm not a big fan of the Pittsburgh deal for the Kraken, and I'm definitely not a fan at all of the Bjorkstrand-Kakko swap. I think it's important to note that even if Seattle is a seller, they'd in all likelihood be conducting a soft sell. Important contributors with term/RFA control would be quite difficult to pry away from them, as Ron Francis and co. would be relying on those players to return to the playoffs and beyond next season and in the near future.

Tolvanen is young enough to be part of that future core for the Kraken, and has really fit in well with the team since arriving. He's much more of a sure thing than Broz and POJ, so for that reason I believe the Kraken would elect to just hang onto Tolvy if this offer presented itself. POJ isn't the best fit on the team anyway with Ryker Evans around. FWIW, I'm not sure this is a smart swap for the Penguins either, they already have the oldest roster in the NHL and that isn't getting them anywhere, I think at this point they should probably hold onto all the young players/prospects they can.

Kakko still has promise and talent that could be unlocked with a change of scenery, and contributes in other ways than offense, but there is no way it's worth it for the Kraken to trade one of their best forwards in his prime for him, let alone also retain half of Bjorkstrand's salary for the next two and a half seasons on top of that. I don't think Kakko alone has that level of trade value at this point, and his ceiling at this stage might be comparable to what Bjorkstrand is now. Bjorkstrand is the more sure thing than Kakko right now and with his age and contract situation is also expected to be a part of the emerging Kraken core, so Seattle would likely prefer Bjorky to Kakko.

Islanders aren't trading that package for Guentzel, so they won't need a replacement for Pageau.

I don't see a scenario where Seattle is willing to retain salary for multiple years. Bjorkstrand is also a top contributor with 2 more years of control at a really nice cap hit. Seattle would need a pretty amazing deal to trade him away and retain salary for multiple years. The other thing that will be interesting to follow is how Tatar plays in Seattle. It's a small sample, but Tatar is almost averaging a point per game with Seattle. If he is at or near point per game pace with Seattle at the deadline, he'll likely get more than a 4th. A bit of a gamble, but if a team can get a point per game player at 1.5 at the deadline or even 750k that will garner a 2nd rounder at 750k for sure, and no worse than a 3rd at 1.5. That being said, Seattle could probably flip him for a 4th today if they wanted to lock in the better trade pick than the 5th today.