Hilariously bad for Columbus, that package wouldnt get you Werenski or PLD alone

Those pieces are nowhere close to getting you either Werenski or PLD Let alone Werenski+PLD+Anderson. Just love how Hab fans greatly over-value their players here on capfriendly.

Well that’s not even close.... you need a few more 1sts in that package for those 2 players. Let alone Anderson too.

Anderson= 2nd
Werenski= KK and Mete
PLD and 3rd >>>>> Domi

MTL adds.

Counter offer, Domi + Romanov for Werenski + Anderson



Close evaluation but KK and Mete is still not enough for Werenski

You’re probably right... I was trying to be nice... also it would take more then your counter offer for Werenski.

Maybe a 3rd Romanov has a pretty high ceiling and Domi is a solid 2C with grit. I would consider that offer as CBJ long before the OPs

MTL doesnt need PLD

Domi's growing jumping from 41% faceoff win rate to 49% in his first 2 years putting up 116 points in 151 games .
i'd much rather keep him and add a big bodied RW like Andersson who can create space beside him .

PLD we're past now as we Got Suzuki playing well among the youth at Center plus we got two mid 20 centers entering their prime on a 2-3 years rise since being moved to Center.
Danault after being moved from 4th pair LW when we got him climbed to 3rd line center when Desharnais got injured leading to MTL moving DD. Danault and Shaw had a struggling Pacioretty join them on 3rd line as a demotion leading to the last time Danaults played bottom 6 Center. A steady progression that was also saw in the Faceoff rankings as he jumped from top 50 to top 15 to top 5 in the NHL .

Domi and Danault are a lock
right now its about finding them a josh Anderson ,Ilya Kovalchuk and IMO a Matt Martin (or Patrick Maroon) to round out our roster.
on Defense the simplest fix is always the best and we know Jordie Benn can play in this system plus we still havent acquired a shot blocker to replace him and need a mentor we trust for Romanov.


i'd just offer sheet Anderson with 5 years term at 3.75m cap to mirror the Gallagher deal he signed before he broke out.
i doubt CBJ signs it given JA requests for a trade and his sharp and fierce decline since being denied (CBJ could match and end up stuck with a player who is unhappy and wants out )
A 2nd round pick is a fair return all things considered .

Sign Kovalchuk , and Martin (other better options but i like a low cost hitter who's got a grit edge as it gives us a Shawn Thornton type for 4th line )
Trade for Benn as he's the cheapest 20 + minute shot blocker you'll find who fits our system and we let him walk so we could sign Kulak (which we regret)
Lucky for us we over payed Chiarot according to most before the season and that's worked out great for us but had we been playing Chiarot,Mete,Benn we would have been better off .

Werenski will just be in Romanov's way and given we over drafted figuring only 1/6 LD we drafted with depth picks would work out just for 4/6 to over achieve puts us in a unique spot.
Harris , Struble and Norlinder all are ahead of projections as it stands with only Norlinder and Romanov with the potential to be top pair LD so we can afford to take our time like ANA from 2013-2018 (before they traded away all their defense.)