Quoting: DopeGM
Also, very curious for your thoughts on the CLB team I just constructed. CLB loses both blockbuster deals but I really like how it slots their forwards.
I've already posted on your
Columbus ACGM, but the lines we'd have could be, with everyone healthy and no one moved (aside from Provorov and Elvis):
Johnson - Fantilli - Marchenko
Gaudreau - Jenner - Chinakhov
Texier - Sillinger - Laine
Voronkov - Kuraly - Olivier
Danforth, Nylander
Werenski - Jiricek
Mateychuk - Severson
UFA Vet/Svozil - Gudbranson
Boqvist
Tarasov
Greaves
I could see Columbus moving one of Laine, Chinakhov, Texier, or Johnson, but there's definitely no reason to go out and lose a blockbuster just to get someone in the lineup. Johnson is in rehab, Laine in the PAP, Chinakhov is injured, and Tex only just came back to North America this season. Injuries happen, too. There's really no reason to move any of them. I think this team needs time to develop, get a solid coach and GM, and move out a couple of pieces that don't want to be here/make sense to be here anyway.
Edit: Oh, and that's ignoring a top-6 pick this year.