Is Tatar still available

Team: 2020-21 Philadelphia Flyers

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 29, 2020

Published: Apr. 30, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

I feel like it's a no-brainer for the Canadiens to trade Tatar instead of resigning him because of his age. I think he should be moved, but I'd like to know if he's not available for whatever reason. Sometimes teams like keeping him for leadership purposes or because he's a locker room guy.

Even though Tatar has only one year left on his contract, I think his value is still pretty high. I've seen people giving him away only to get a first round pick in return, but I think he's worth a little bit more than that. This guy is coming off what would have been a 74 point year on a bad team and he has great defensive talent on top of that. His advanced stats show that he's one of the best all-round forwards in the league. While I think that this year may be overachieving, he would still have pretty good production with a better team. I think he's worth around Taylor Hall's return, but I don't think Marc Bergevin would be expecting a return like that. I'm looking at a similar return that Pageau got, even though I believe that the Isles overpaid to get him. A little more might have to be added since it's expected that the Flyer's pick is going to be later in the draft. Obviously this trade is done at the 2020 draft because it involves our 2020 first round pick. I'd be willing to make it our 2021 first round pick so it can be done at the 2021 trade deadline. That way the Habs have a better idea of whether they want to go for a playoff push or start selling. By the way, retaining salary doesn't increase his value. This trade only happens if the Habs are in a rebuild. If they are in a rebuild, then holding on to that $2.4M for the rest of the year doesn't harm them at all. The Devils did the same with Hall.

As for the Flyers side of the trade, I think Tatar would be a great fit for us. This is the assumption that Lindblom isn't ready or needs some time to get back to form. I expect Farabee to be one of our top-six left wingers for our future. He's obviously not there yet and that's why I want to try to go after Tatar. He has a similar playing style as Farabee and he can be put at our second line. We might have to dump a little bit of cap from a roster player to make it work, but if it's an upgrade, then it's worth it. We are in need of a second line, left wing rental and Tatar is the best one out there. I don't want to sign a UFA because they're going to want term and we don't need any more aging contracts.