Toronto trade: The Leafs gotta make a push this year before Nylanders contract kicks in. Brodie has been awful this year, so you dump him and add Edmundson for depth, and TVR as a long term, reliable, stay at home option that would pair nicely with Reilly. Pacioretty bolsters a left wing side that hasn't done much lately besides Robertson, who seems to be in and out of the lineup for some reason.
Oilers trade: A much needed bottom 6 upgrade with Dowd at half retained for the remainder of this season, and next. I honestly don't know much about Petrov, so maybe him and a second is too much, but Dowd has a high value, especially around the deadline.
Oilers bottom 6:
Holloway - McLeod - Gagner
Janmark - Dowd - Ryan
Hurricanes trade: Mantha has been a whipping boy here, but this season he has played really well and could be a good, big bodied scoring addition to a team at the deadline. I feel like a future late 2nd round pick is pretty reasonable, but I might be stretching it here. I picked the Hurricanes not because I think they necessarily need him, but they can afford him and it would be good injury insurance for the playoffs.
(with Svech out)
Bunting - Aho - Teravainen
Noesen - Drury - Necas
Mantha - Kotkaniemi - Jarvis
Martinook - Staal - Fast
Avalanche trade: Milano is a north-south speed player, and that would fit right in to what the Avs have going for them. I think I might have overdone the return in the trade, as I really have no clue how good Beaucage projects to be, but at 1.9 million for 2+ years, Milano has a great value contract and could be perfect for a team like Colorado.
Drouin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Wood - Colton - O'Connor
Milano - Johansen - Lekhonen
Cogliano - Olofsson - Kiviranta
Wild trade: this one is dumb, i know. There really is no reason to trade Eriksson-Ek. My thought was the Wild get Kuzy at half retained to play with Kaprizov, and maybe that provides a jolt to his system and revitalizes his career. If not, they can flip him at the deadline, or let him walk and open up cap space. Lapierre has already proved this season he can play in the NHL. He's got a lot of room to improve, but you can see the raw potential in his game. And then the Wild also get a 2 2nds and an unprotected 1st from next year. It's a lot, but that's what it would take for such a good player on such a cost effective contract. And even then I doubt the Wild would do it anyways.
Kaprizov - Rossi - Zuccarello
Foligno - Kuznetsov - Boldy
Johansson - Lapierre - Hartman
Dewar - Gaudreau - Duhaime
FREE AGENTS:
Dillon: I honestly really liked Brendan Dillon here, and he is still an effective player. He could mentor the young guys on the left and play up and down the lineup. I'm also just not that high on Alexeyev.
Duchene: i still maintain the Caps should've signed Duchene instead of Pacioretty this summer. Throw him some money on a 1 year deal with some trade protection, that way you can flip him at the deadline if need be.
Dowd trade is fair but I don’t think the oilers really need 4C when we have McDavid and draisaitl on the top 2 lines and obviously will be overplayed cause it’s McDavid and draisaitl
Appreciate the description and thought that went into it. I honestly have no issue with the value of what the canes are getting and giving up in a vacuum. The reason I don’t think the Canes do it is cap space and opportunity costs. Even at the TDL, bringing on Mantha at 50% retains still takes up a massive chunk of the cap they have to work with.
Think the Canes will look for a competent 2-way defender who can be a 5/6/7 for depth (TDA doesn’t fit this role) and Goalie difference maker before they spend on a forward who isn’t a center.
Appreciate the description and thought that went into it. I honestly have no issue with the value of what the canes are getting and giving up in a vacuum. The reason I don’t think the Canes do it is cap space and opportunity costs. Even at the TDL, bringing on Mantha at 50% retains still takes up a massive chuck of the cap they have to work with.
Think the Canes will look for a competent 2-way defender who can be a 5/6/7 for depth (TDA doesn’t fit this role) and Goalie difference maker before they spend on a forward who isn’t a center.
Depending on the cost, it’s not out of the realm of possibility. I think there are so many Joel-types around the league the assets they’d move would be pretty underwhelming
This is very well explained but some of my thoughts:
TOR trade is just too many parts on both sides. I like a lot of the fits for both teams, but my guess is that they would just be in for pacioretty or tvr or edmundson or just dump brodie, not do all 4 in one deal. No matter how they are moved, I would expect the sum return for TVR + Pacioretty + Edmundson to be slightly less than what you have here.
Dowd to EDM is a great fit and this would be the least I would want to move him with retention.
I think Mantha will return a 2nd -- that is the pretty consistent going rate for secondary scoring pieces at the deadline (Rakell, Domi, etc.). Don't think Carolina is the best fit for his style of play though however. VAN, TOR, FLA would be my top fits for him.
Milano is not "need to move" level yet and that kind of return for him I think would be a little disappointing. Beaucage is a 22 yo forward who is currently in the ECHL and doesn't have a track record of high pedigree or success, a 3rd and 4th are definitely good but would rather just keep him around at that point.
The MIN deal is the most interesting, and I just think it comes down to whether the Wild decide to listen to offers on JEE or not. If they aren't (which is the way I would currently lean) then nothing the Caps could offer would get him out. If they are, then this would be a VERY competitive offer IMO. Lapierre + 2 seconds is already pretty good, and the Caps' unprotected 25 1st is an extremely good asset, taking Kuzy back is just the cost of doing business and could work out well. I would have this as significantly more than NYI gave up to get Horvat, and at least equal with what NJD gave up for Meier -- the two last big forward for futures comps.
I don't think Minny has any interest in that Kuzy deal. Not while Guerin is still in charge.
Just as a side note, I think MTL would be seriously interested in Kuzy even as he is now, barring them adding a different top 6 center between now and next season. They have the cap space to take him without needing retention and might only need to send a guy like Dvorak back which is also on the last year of his deal and could be flipped elsewhere at next years TDL. MTL also has a ton of NHL ready prospects to throw in. Picks too. I really think there is a deal to be made there.
I like the moves you suggested here for the most part, but I don't see the wild giving up JEE. I took a lot of the ideas you proposed here and the ones in the comments and gave it a try here:
A 32 year old career bottom pair defenceman and a broken down has been does nothing for TO. Patches could be a decent player if he costs essentially nothing to acquire but this is just a wasteful and one sided deal that only benefits Washington.