Capris

"Good" is not enough when trading for a player like Kaprizov. And I firmly believe Ottawa's pick will be somewhere in the 10-15 range. I'd like to swap all those good-not-great prospects to an elite one.

Sens shouldn't ruin their future and their cap for one player. Leafs gave in to the 3 RFAs who signed underservingly high contracts (at the time), which has weakened their team with cap restraints.
Ottawa and Minni shouldn't give in a one year wonder.

Dont think Melnyk will hand out those kind of contracts if this trade did go through. OTT is set for the future, all they have to do is stay the course and things will work out. Kaprizov should be MINs #1 priority but they might have messed it up by handcuffing themselves with the Suter/Parise buyouts. Dont think this trade is in either teams interest.

That’s a pretty heavy return, I’d take it from the Wild POV all day.

IMO this is a solid proposal. The value is pretty good, with my only real complaint being Sogaard. I’d probably rather just see a 2nd instead, since Wild have Talbs/Kahk and just drafted Wallstedt.

I do think that’s pretty much exactly what Kap is asking for on a contract, so I think it’s more that OTT wouldn’t offer it vs him not signing. Overall good thought experiment here, though.