blow it up - gaudreau and monahan gone

Dylan cozens is one of the best prospects in hockey. This move would be very short sided for Buffalo.

Love me some Gaudreau. But not at that price.

If Calgary still wants to be a contender, a Gaudreau trade needs to be a hockey trade, not a trade for futures. Unless both Buffalo and St. Louis lose their minds and trade you some of their best players, like they do here. Then it's okay I guess.

Don't trade Monahan.

If you could guarantee that within 1-2 years Cozens would live up to his potential i woudn't mind the buffalo trade. I think is is really risky though. He could be the next Mittelstadt and be the number 1 prospect out of the NHL and not manifest into an NHL player soon if ever.

I think selling Gaudreau right now would be selling to low. Thomas is an interesting up and coming player, but i dont know to much about him. The first would be in the early 20s i believe and i just dont think thats a good enough return for someone who was a 99 point player just last season and has 2 years left on his deal still. Im thinking of the Max Pacioretty deal and would want something similiar in return to that. A highly touted prospect and a roster player that can contribute and a pick.

Montreal ended up hitting a homerun since Suzuki seems to be working out great as well as Tatar being a star for them.

So was Mittelstadt though. 3 year guaranteed of a 30-30+ type of center is probably worth a great prospect. For a normal situation i would say hold onto Cozens and wait and see if he reaches his potential but Buffalo might not have that same patience with Eichel starting to get frustrated. They shipped O'Reilly out of town because Mittelstadt looked to be his replacement but they obviously regret that now. Tough situation for them.

Mittlestadt was overrated he wasn’t even a PPG in college hockey. The excitement around him came when he won World juniors MVP as the best forward, and having 5 points in 6 games with the Sabres at the end of the 17-18 season.