EP grew up in South Philly

Vancouver would prob ask for one of Farabee Konecny Drysdale or Bonk for Petey. Ik Philly wont trade Michkov at all

just do buyout of atkinsion - 2.3m and 1.7m cap hits

I don't know if it is so much about an overpay or underpay; if you trade EP, you probably lose the trade.

But people do need to try to understand the philosophy of Vancouver's front office while dreaming about what they could trade for him. They would never do this trade. If they are trading Petey, it will be for a package similar to what the Flames got from Tkachuk. This front office is way too invested in the 'now' to make a trade like this for a bunch of picks.

Anyone know what Pettersson's go-to cheesesteak spot is?

A deal that includes TK probably takes out 2 of those 1sts and Foerster. There’s also no real point of giving TK in the deal to bring EP in and give him no top line players to play with cause u traded the only one u had to get EP in TK lol. Farabee probably could be available, Bonk possibly too. They aren’t moving Drysdale. The idea with Foerster was 3 1st round picks and a 1st round equivalent.

Those deals are nearly impossible to pull off and someone always loses when they are pulled off (Hubby being useless for 1/2 the season on a horrible contract) which is why they rarely happen like that. Trading EP basically signals *Not Competing Right Now* no matter what the FO wants. You trade him and ur retooling regardless at least the picks allows you to then flip them for someone who wants to be there.

This is something I do hope they explore in the summer

There are actually a few analogous examples, to some extent. Obviously the Tkachuk trade. The Eichel trade - unique given his status - but it included a significant player in Tuch, who has been great for Buffalo. The PLD trade could also be considered similar, and netted three useful players (and was a win for Winnipeg so far).

I know it is a less likely route in terms of finding a partner, but I feel like people outside of Vancouver may not truly understand how much disdain this ownership group has for a rebuild, at least to the extent that this trade would suggest (e.g. the major value being in picks).

We wanted them to trade pieces for just picks and rebuild the right way for years, but they didn't. I doubt they do that with a player of Pettersson's calibre given their contract sheet/roster construction now (e.g. Hughes on an efficient contract, Demko on a great contract, Miller locked in and 31).

And even if I am wrong about that, three mid-to-late firsts aren't getting it done.

Doesn’t matter now that he signed anyway but 4 1sts is literally his offer sheet value and to suggest it would cost more is laughable

I didn't say it would cost more than 4 1sts; I said it would cost something different than a bunch of lottery tickets based on the philosophy of the Vancouver ownership group and front office.

If we have moved to an offer sheet situation, I'm sure the Canucks would have happily signed him to whatever he signed, for the exact same thing I said above: they don't want a bunch of picks that won't play for the team for 2-4 years.