Yea sure — take Vatrano out of the deal

We have no need for LHD or a C really either

Getting rid of Kakko would be stupid lol

Let's be incredibly charitable and say Kakko plus the second covers Henrique.

We're not trading vatrano for the rest of that, we'd want a first or a high end prospect at a position of need, or we just keep him.

Echoing my two esteemed friends, Henrique with full retention for Kakko and the second is a reasonable idea. We don't really need any more center depth and Robertson is a LhD, and the only justification for trading Frankie Vatrano would be to get a first out of the deal.

I think we need to be more realistic here. Is this enough for those 2 Ducks? No. But I don’t think it’s off as much as we’re suggesting.

Henrique (retained) = ‘24 1st value (in this year’s market based on Monahan/Lindholm)
Vatrano = 1st + good prospect

Kakko <= contender’s 1st (I’d value the first more, but barely)
Kakko >> contender’s 2nd (he’s 23, defensively sound, and had a 40 point NHL season last year as a prior 2nd OA pick)

There’s no way we could assume that we’d get Kakko and a 2 for Henrique (almost a 1st and 2nd in value). Henrique for Kakko straight up should be relatively fair value (especially considering Kakko’s age and RFA status)

Having said that, the rest of that package doesn’t come close to Vatrano. So this should be stripped out

Our fundamental misalignment is Kakkos value. He's closing in on 300 NHL games played and the best he has managed to accomplish is a single 40 point season. None of his other seasons were even on pace for 40, they were down on the 30s or 20s. For me, he's Puljujarvi 2.0, he's worth taking a flyer on, not worth paying much for. I personally question if the Rangers even QO him this off-season after having such a huge slump from his previous meager totals.

Maybe we can rehabilitate his career, but it's not like the guy hasn't been surrounded by star talent, and he's been through three head coaches, none of which seem to have much confidence in him. I don't place any stalk in his draft position anymore, I don't know that there's much upside left there. At best he turns into a prime Jakob Silfverberg if we can fully rehab him.

I hear that. But with a pretty responsible 2 way game, he’s already a reliable 3RW at 23 years old. Draft capital notwithstanding, there’s value in that. I’d absolutely prefer him to a contender’s 2nd round pick (which I believe is like a 1 in 3 shot of becoming an NHL player at all)