Roadmap to the Cup - 4 Line Pressure

Most Edmonton ACGMs I can recall seeing recently have featured Ceci "anywhere for anything," so I'm a little skeptical about that price, but I wholeheartedly agree that Ceci to Anaheim makes sense and is a realistic possibility.

Yeah, this is partly to counter that narrative. Ceci isn't a valueless husk that merely wastes 3.25mil in cap space and treating him like Zaitsev is just wrong IMO. I think a deal to ANA or DET only works if they can't arrange a deal with available other RD options (Dumba, Mayfield, Severson, etc), but I think it's a plausible backup plan for each of them.

More than plausible, and more than a backup plan -- this might be on Verbeek's front burner, given that the only RhD we have under contract right now is the recovering Jamie Drysdale.

I'd surely give a fifth, or two of them, for Ceci; I'd almost certainly give a fourth (even our own, which is like a third), and maybe another lower shot, for him; the issue is whether I'd give up that mid-round third. I don't care what people say, at his cap hit and with two seasons left, he has positive value to teams that are thin. Note that we'd be playing him with Cam Fowler, not a stiff.

Hawks probably consider this without any conditions on the picks. Assuming Edmonton isn't on Murphy's no trade list.

I think the Oilers would be better off not signing Janmark or Brown and keep Ceci over Murphy to not lose those picks and prospect.

Ceci vs Murphy

IMO Foegele should be in the top 6 too. He had that level of production 5v5, did a great job helping cover the games Kane was out, and he'll be playing for a new contract next season.