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Carlson is RH, but this just involves shifting the D around...
OEL - Weber
Mete - Carlson
Emelin - Juulsen
Riley
Much better d-corps than we had last season...
Having said that...
No way OEL gets dealt for that package. ARZ will want more youth and term than Pacioretty (Galchenyuk?)... and that's just to start. I have a hard time believing they'll part with their franchise d-man while getting back a problem in Galchenyuk (or 1 year of Pacioretty coming off a bad season), a cap problem in Shaw who is also injured, and a 2nd rd pick. I think Galchenyuk is a good start, as is the 2nd round pick. But you'll need a really good 3rd asset to get OEL from ARZ, and not an expensive one either. I'm thinking it costs you Poehling. Even then, I'm not sure that's enough.
Alzner, Benn, Schlemko, Petry are all salary dumps... I get that. What ever we get back in return will be gravy.
I don't understand they need to trade Lehkonen for a draft pick? With all these moves, we are getting many expensive players in the lineup, why not hold on to a relatively inexpensive player in Lehkonen? He's good for 15-20 goals while making less than 1M$/yr.