That's an entirely reasonable offer for Zegras, but isn't quite right. Anaheim just signed two excellent 21-year-old goalie prospects and has a third in the system, so Bjarnason doesn't move the needle. Our standing request is for Tyson Foerster and the 2024 first. We can understand your reluctance to part with Foerster, so we would accept Brink plus the Columbus second with the appropriate prospect -- I think that it would take Oliver Bonk to complete the deal. (In short, substitute Bonk for Bjarnason in the offer shown.)

Its more than just reluctance for Foerster. The leeway he was given to grow out of his early struggles more or less shows how important he will be to this teams future. To Torts he's literally the perfect player. Scorer who's incredibly efficient in his own zone. Brink was't given any of that time in the slightest. Suggesting Bonk is more than a fair ask, but since he's pretty much our only RHD with top pair potential certainly a tough decision

I personally disagree. Brink does nothing for ANA’s system at 5’8 and we don’t need depth prospects at all.

Zegras isn’t available, nor should he be. If you want to reel him out of ANA I don’t see anything other than Foerster and the PHI ‘24 1st that’d do it. More than happy to decline anything else with no regrets

Thanks for the counter-argument. It's always great to get an opposing viewpoint from an equally committed and knowledgeable Ducks fan.

My comments are always based on accepting the poster's premise that Zegras is available at all. I'm sure you know that my position has consistently been that he isn't. Since it probably isn't obvious that this should be taken for granted, perhaps I should premise every initial comment in any thread with that disclaimer.

I thought Cates was heir apparent to Laughton

It would take Foerster and their 1st for me to listen on moving Z, otherwise I’m not wasting time on the phone and keeping the fella around as part of the core

The thing is, Anaheims more than happy to keep the high end talent, so it's a matter of getting an impact piece the other way. Zegras and Gauthier as LW moving forward, putting two centers on each of our top 6 lines is very alluring. On top of that, we still have a loaded prospect system, so middle first round pieces or longer shot players are less alluring because we already have those. Too high a price to you may be seen as not even the bare minimum to us, because we value those pieces significantly less, because we already have those pieces, and you are asking us to subtract a very high end piece.

So we only do it if we feel the main piece coming back is a big enough impact piece. Brink isn't, Forester is, maybe Tippett is, but the add on top of Tippett will be higher than Foerster.

Thankfully for you, Torts doesnt make trades or the roster, he just coaches what he is given.

Tanev says okay

What about brink, attard a 1st and a 2nd

Welcome to CapFriendly! Sometimes, it's not too friendly, but the more you post, the more you'll learn and the more you'll enjoy!

Carefully consider the points made by my esteemed friends @jded and @GiggyWithGibby above. Trevor Zegras is a high-quality impact player, which is why you constantly see fans of other teams trading for him. (You'll almost never see a Ducks fan posting an ACGM trading him unless it's in a fit of pique responding to an unusually obtuse Zegras trade suggestion.) Brink and Attard are lower-level prospects who, in my opinion, aren't a significant improvement on youngsters we already have in the system. Bonk at least looks to me like he might have top-pair RD potential. And note that neither of my colleagues is very happy about my willingness to accept anything less than Foerster and your own 2024 first.

Good luck to the Flyers in the future!