Next Year Kings

In MY humble opinion, the only way that this is all going to work out to keep Durzi and Gavrikov is to move Iafallo and Roy, but I don't know who will be in the market for high-quality but big-ticket players.

The more I think about the Gavrikov/Korpisalo trade, the worse the failure to make the pick our 2024 first looks.

Iafallo and Vilardi have had some great chemistry, he’s a player who plays well with everyone but I have to admit Moore is better with Danault than Iafallo has been. If Kupari and Vilardi can get a bit stronger defensively I think we can afford moving Iafallo. But I think Arvidsson can be replaced by Fiala eventually, so that’s who I’d guess would be moved.

Imagine if instead of Gavrikov's $4.75 million cap hit, we had Jake McCabe there for $2 million, even assuming a significant on-ice difference between them. I think that I'll do an ACGM to address our mutual angst.

As a Sabres fan I think we’d have a lot of interest in Iafallo. Putting him on a 2nd line with Cozens/Quinn, or the 3rd line with Krebs/Peterka, he could be a solid add to the group. Has ties to the area as well which could help.