No on Lyubushkin
Pens and CGY decline (Flames can get better deal, pens aren't going to retain for 5 seasons).
NJD also probably declines, feel like they need more on the blue line/in net.

So basically the Pens are in a selloff here, Yet they trade for Noah Hanifin. Yeah i seriously doubt that.

Canucks pass. Too much for a rental.IMHO.

Canucks pass.
Dubas isnt interested in Kuzmenko.
He rather keep Guentzel than trade him.

"It’s time we let him go"?!?!? Ryan Graves hasn't played 45 games for you yet. He's third on your team in plus-minus (among defenders) and fourth in ice time. What did you expect from a guy who's new to the organization? And what if Noah Hanifin decides to go elsewhere next July? Then instead of having Ryan Graves for 5 more seasons as part of your top 4, you have a Ryan-Graves-sized hole that has to be re-filled, the cost of which is going to be increased by $1.5 million per season because of the retention. Meanwhile, you've also given up your 2024 first, which could be as early as 12th overall. And what's the basis for thinking that Hanifin is going to mesh better with the team in 35 games under fire than Graves has in 44 plus all of training camp?

Personally, as a completely disinterested outsider, this seems like a short-sighted and risky approach and highly likely to be a disastrously losing strategy.

You could have had a "dug your own grave" pun in there with the retention....

Missed opportunities

Looks fair price for Guentzel. I kind of hope Canucks don't do that - but it looks in the realm of possibilities.