jackets sellers hot take trades

half retained, Jackets need any Defense they can get, Toronto has good D prospects on the way

Colorado has one of the best D core in the league, although with Byram's new problems maybe they will be hesitant to give up a D prospect

give them a backup/injury starter that can have flashes of being great, but isn't a guaranteed safe haven. Give them a surplus 4th the jackets have so they're not completely empty this draft, but Colorado needs a deep run

not sure how picks would balance out, but there could be some

The Islanders are very solid defensively, something the Jackets are bottom 3 in the league in D quality. Dobson has had a great start to his career, and someone that has some size and 2 way ability, compared to the Jackets near-all offensive minded D. In a way I see this as another Jones-Johansen trade, something where it's a high quality need for both teams. Only thing is this is in-division deal though.

Ok this one I wanna see how people react. Y'all can tweak at me if ya think so, but here's my explanation. The Islanders need a scorer just as much as the Jackets need one, but the Jackets need defense even more, and have some promising offensive youngsters, i.e. Sillinger, Texier, Kent, Chinakhov (if they develop him right and not like Bemstrom), and Marchenko (if he works out). The Jackets have also struggled to get Laine quality 5v5 chances. They don't have someone as high skilled to draw attention away. The Islanders do in Barzal. As he is a playmaker as well, he is much more speedy and dangerous compared to someone like Voracek who is not as shifty and attention drawing.