Last game of the season Brent cant hold anything back now

(gulp)

Little much, don't you think?

This is the way that I look at it.

1) You have to overpay for a young d-man, who can score and has term at a reasonable rate.
2) Yes, it's 4 high picks/prospects, but he's better than Ty Smith and Shakir (who is an unknown at this time). Plus the LHD spot becomes way too crowded especially when Hughes arrives, so Shakir can be expendable.
3) We wouldn't be giving up any of our 3 best prospects.
4) We would have the potential of having a terrific blueline within the next year or 2.

But I could also be wrong and this could blow up in our face.

1) Fine with overpaying for a 23-yr old, top-4 d-man. I get that. But I also generally think Chychrun gets a bit overrated.
2) Take Smith or Mukhamadullin out. Also, Luke has played RD almost exclusively this year at Michigan and last year at NTDP.
3) Best three prospects are Holtz, Hughes and either Mukhamadullin or Gritsyuk.
4) We could hold these guys and still have an excellent blue-line. Siegenthaler's emergence as a shut-down option as been awesome. I'd love to get a young, shut-down RD to paid him with.

Our blueline next year...if Subban leaves as expected...
Graves -- Hamilton
Siegenthaler -- Severson
Smith -- ???


The 2023-24 blueline if Subban, Severson, Graves all walk...
Siegenthaler -- Hamilton
Mukhamadullin -- Hughes
Smith -- ??? (or ??? -- Smith)

From pipeline, we have Okhotiuk, Walsh, McCarthy, Edwards, Misyul and potentially the 2022 pick to fill the ??? spot.

I think we need a defensive, lock-down-the-game type. Ideally a right-shot. And preferably one who can adequately get the puck out of our zone while maintaining possession.

Guys I like for that: Cal Foote, Phil Kemp, Dante Fabbro

Valid points that you bring up.

Personally, I'd still prefer acquiring Chychrun - he has shown he can put up points and play with some physicality. He had a great season last year and this Arizona team might just be the worst team I've ever seen, so I don't fault him too much for struggling this year. Plus, as much as I get excited about prospects, I also get wary about putting all hopes into them since many of them just flame out. (As a Mets fan, I've seen this way too often lol)

I also think that finding defensive dmen are often easier to find (i.e Siegenthaler) than ones that puts up points. Point producers and potential impact players like Chychrun are harder to come by.

Now if I have to choose between Smith and Shakir to include in the trade, then I'm trading out Smith.

As for the scenarios you brought up.
For 22-23, I actually think Okhotiuk could be a good fit if you flip Smith over to RHD. They could compliment each other well.
For 23-24, I think they probably resign Graves, so the pairs likely remain the same.

Foote would be might preferred target, though I'm not sure if Tampa would be willing to get rid of him.

Okhotiuk played for the current coach of the coyotes, there could be interest. Also Bahl. Not saying those guys swap out the others (they are lesser talent) , but maybe the pkg is a little different than originally conceived.
Also Smith likes the right side too