The fact that this team is in the Western Conference in year 1 makes them an elite team, so a deal like that isn't needed. I don't think Tatar is going anywhere simply because of what it cost the team to acquire him at the deadline and I am not sure they'd get an equal return at this point. There is absolutely no need to trade Bellemare. His contract and team-first attitude makes him an asset. I like the Tavares signing and feel they have a legitimate shot to sign him, should he become a UFA on July 1st. I've read a lot about how teams are pissed at the NHL for the way Vegas was able to go about leveraging their expansion draft for favourable trades and players. If they somehow sign Tavares, you better believe teams are going to be mighty pissed, not the least of which would be Garthy Snow. To them all I say boo fricken hooo!

The fact that this is very much possible, attainable, and they have great prospects such as Glass and Brannstrom is just downright scary. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was Theodore getting shipped off to Ottawa in the Karlsson -Ryan trade. I think he's a top 4 guy but you gotta pay for a guy like Karlsson. Great post all around imo.

I would say you are overpaying if Ryan is coming back in that deal. Maybe try Schmidt instead of Theodore and drop one of the 2nd rounders or have one of the 2nd's conditional on Schmidt re-signing in OTT

I think bellemare is good too but I had too much cap space tied up in the forward group