Don't think that's the best offer Wpg gets for Trouba. I know FOR SURE that's not the best offer Ana gets for Rakell

I don’t think Anaheim accepts that deal. Rakell is just on an amazing contract. It would take a Kings ransom to get him.
I also don’t like the three team trade for the pens. We give up the best player in the deal plus blandisi and Bane and only get Kreider out of it. Rangers make out like gang busters getting Granlund, jarnkrok, and a d prospect for Kreider. But I agree that Kreider would probably be amazing with Sid. The other trades I can definitely get behind.

The other thing that makes this tough is the long term outlook. The following year the pens only have 14.6 million in space and only 14 players signed. With Murray, Jarry, Simon, McCann, and Kreider needing extensions, even if the cap went up to 86 million it would be tough. Considering MM definitely gets a significant raise, Kreider def would if he had an amazing year with Sid, McCann should get a decent raise.

Gotta offer more if you want Rakell and his amazing contract

Zachas problem is Zacha.
He's got the ability etc., he needs to put it together in his own head.
The end of the season he put together a good run of gms with pts. Shero won't move him for anything short of a pkg for a Top D man imo. Which makes him and Chevy chasing the same thing.

That describes a lot of players who never did much of anything. Honestly, he needs out of NJ or he'll probably never turn to much. The NY area is probably the worst area to put a young player in. They are usually better in small cities with less distractions where they can focus on hockey while at the same time not be burdened with the reality they are playing major league sports and are relatively poor in their own city.

so in the three team trade
pens get: Kreider, a 3rd round pick, trenin, and letteri.
But give up: Kessel, Blandisi, and Birks

Ill be completely honest, im not very aware of trenin or birks. Which could be what decides if Id do the trade or not. Blandisi and Lettieri aren't any major piece in that so that's somewhat of a wash to me.

Idk, I'm not sure Chevy is gonna get a much better offer then that for Trouba if he even gets one that good.
Zacha might be a good fit in Winnipeg if he can figure it out.

Fair point ... just tried best case for so many moves

Ive been trading for Kreider for like 4 yrs, lol. This is the time we could finally actually get him... Thats why i gave NYR the best out of deal bc we would need to pry him away.
- Im a huge Rakell fan and after down yr, i give it a try ... but ur right i am a bigger fan of his contract.

And u caught the 1 thing i left out of the ton of info i put into this -LOL.
I wanted to address that too ...BC i have a plan for that too....
A- To Re-sign - McCann / Kreider and Murray
That we would prob have to move Horny72 the next yr and maybe 1 of Bjugstad or Rust ....
but I also thought of prospects like
- LHD- Mahura on Left side for the next year
- C- Trenin if Zacha doesnt work out or needs moved to LW
and we also have Bjokqvist / Bellerive / Angello / Lafferty all coming also.

I prob agree with u ... I love him but i do love his contract more, lol.

I hear that Zacha is too up and down too... but every time i watch him .. he plays his sack off and just always liked him.

I gave NYR - Granlund / Jarnkrok / Birks and only give Kreider / Crawley / Lettiri bc it would be tough to pry Kreider away ... Granlund is prob more talented but not the player Kreider is but is younger too and mite fit better on roster full of European players and young great prospects.
PLUS - Jarnkrok is good 3C or a 2nd/3rd line RWer on a great contract

But yah Blandisi and Letteri is a wash but Blandisi went to NSH bc PIT needed more depth at RW in WBS

Im also unsure of that also bc everyone kno's he wants out of WPG so who kno's what the going rate will be ???

Kessel would most likely block a trade to Nashville though, I thing they are on his no trade list. The reason why would be center depth. Who would he have to play with if it's not Johansen?
NY is probably on his no trade list because he doesn't want traded into a rebuild. He's too competitive for that.
Kessel's trade list has to look something like this.
Boston, Toronto. He's not going back there.
Washington, because there is no way that happens.
Now you got 5 teams left. CBJ probably isn't on the list, because they lost their best winger and he doesn't want to end up the replacement. On top of it, he doesn't like Torts while Torts would have to settle for the move if the GM made it. So to avoid it all together, CBJ is cut off. It's simply easier for him.
Philly is cut off as he probably doesn't want to end up on a non playoff team. He's competitive.
So you got 5 spots left.
1. TB. No cap space, but if it worked out he'd go to a team with talent, especially at center. But very low odds they can afford him so it's as good as not happening.
2. Carolina, young competitive would make the playoffs. He could deal with it. My guess is, this is one of the "other teams calling" on his list. It just matches too well.
3. Jets, cap issues. On top of it they have Laine and Wheeler in the top 2 RW. Not going to end up there. If he did, he goes to a good team.
4 VGK, cap issues, already have top 2 RW. Hell they are 3 deep on RW. Again if he goes there, he goes to a good team.
5 Blues, already have top 2 RW. Tarasenko and Perron. Doubtful he goes there, if he did, goes to a good team.

So that is really what you are most likely looking at. For Kessel to accept a trade to anyone else the first issue is, are they competitive? And if so the second question is, who is the center of the line? Because he's not going to play with a no one. He knows if he goes to a team with no help on the line with him, he'll be the one blamed for everything. He's been there done that. He wants a good center so he can rack up 80+ points and say, hey, I'm still producing. It makes him look good.

The list was made at Start of last season, I heard its made before pre-season starts ... and I would bet NSH is on that list.
IMO it could be 8 of these 10 ... there is no way he is going back to Canada to deal with that press again, so scratch the Jets for sure
NSH / STL / ANA / ARZ / LAK / SJS / VGK / FLO / TB / CHI

He also played with Bones for a full year so idk about the Center being a big deal, but i agree about 81 wanting to play for a good team.
I also think he will work with PIT and maybe extend that list of teams by 2-4 bc why would u want to be somewhere that u are not wanted?

My guess is LAK, SJS, and CHI are all off the list.
"Study: 60% of NHL Players With No-Trade Clause Choose Teams with Lower Taxes"
Those 3 cities are most likely out.

Also the point of WPG is they have no need for him. He'll never go there and he knows it. So it turns the NMC into a true NTC.
That's the point of it. To limit it as much as possible. The teams I listed there, don't have real holes for RW. And they won't swap.