Domi trade choose and why

#1 choice would be Mantha. He is a hometown kid and has the size the Habs crave. I am OK giving up Struble as long as Mantha takes 3+ years in his next deal.

#2 choice would be Ehlers, and I think your return is fair. That's a good trade. However, the Habs can't really take Ehlers until they have a plan for Drouin and/or Tatar. Habs would still need to find another (ideally more talented) Armia-type player.

#3 is Brodin, and that cost isn't too high. The wildcard is just how good will Romanov be and how soon will he reach that level?

I'm not excited by the others. Kane is great, but too old and $$$$. Anderson, if healthy, is great, but I don't want to be the team waiting for him to be released from the infirmary.

As long as Domi isn’t coming to Minnesota, I don’t care what you get for him.

I think the two I hate the most are the last two, Calgary and Pitt

That is why Wings are not ready to trade Mantha as they like his size and upside. Wings probably not excited in a return that includes Domi. It creates a hole on wing with getting a center. With guys like Veleno and Rasmussen they would be a probelm with centers and no wingers.

I don't disagree with you about Mantha, but I do think both Rasmussen and Veleno are destined for winger duty in the long term. Rasmussen lacks the speed needed to be an NHL centre, but with his size and hockey sense, he'll be a clone of Mantha. Veleno's stock dropped in the draft exactly because scouts couldn't see him as a centreman and there were other players ahead of him who had shown more as wingers. Both will be good NHLers, but unlikely to be your next generation up the middle.