Quoting: Shakabakes
I am open to a counter proposal. I don't think the Rangers are as interested in Kerfoot, but some of the others (especially Johnsson, who could take over for Kreider) would be of interest. Probably end up being a very different looking deal, though.
It would take more than Johnsson to get Kreider (remember the namestnikov trade with inflated stats-- no repeats). Any of the players he mentioned are at most putting up 30 points on the rangers.
These players are a dime a dozen and I'd rather have the top 6 wingers be Panarin, Kakko, Buch and Kravtsov.
That's not mentioning our most likely top 10 draft pick this year (and you could easily argue the top 6-7 are NHL ready), our upwards trajectory prospect in Barron (6G 7A in 9 games for Cornell), and continued interest in Puljujarvi.
Not the types of players we need in return.
ADA increased his value dramatically with the first quarter of the year (and he's still an RFA), Strome has increased his value with 23 points in 26 games (actually producing at a higher rate than Kevin Hayes last year-- i doubt we get that type of return though), Kreider is just kreider and will probably get a good return just because his size, speed and overall game (honestly he has more value than Rick Nash when we traded him although Nash had/has the bigger name).
We'd be better off stockpiling picks this year as the draft is absolutely stacked and we will need cheap contracts to fill out our roster in 2-3 years when we want to contend for the cup